C Mantz Running

      Wished I could've gotten some more of workout it in.  I felt terrible, and I didn't go fast either.  I did a half mile warm up, then 8X200 sprints with a 5 min. rest in between.  After the workout I found out it was only supposed to be a minute rest between.  Then a mile and a half with Wes and Joe.  Then a 400, and then a mile.  My times for the 200s were around 28, mostly.  some were 29.  Not that fast for me, especially for a 200.  My 400 time is at a faster pace.  My 400 I ran today was a 60.  I'll push it more tomorrow though. 

      I felt great, so I kept running.  I was only supposed to do 6-8 miles, but I just felt good.  I just felt great.  i went to the canyon from SV and went for a while kinda until the road stopped and I was at the campgrounds. I think it was 11 miles.  maybe only 10.

     Medium workout.  Did some 200m race pace and 200m cadences per mile.  I felt alright.  Pretty sore from yesterday.  Hopefully it'll be gone tomorrow.  I'm going to the BYU invite on Friday, and I'm kinda scared of some of the competition I'm going against.  It'll be fun though.  I'm hoping for another PR week, but i don't know how I'll do with the workout yesterday.

     Taper run for BYU tomorrow and Saturday.

       Nice perfect weather, I felt great, pretty much the perfect time and everything for a run.  I saw I was seeded 3rd, but I knew that wouldn't happen, becuase Jake Heslington and Ben Sarrell are faster than me, and they had high number seeds.  I warmed up with Tyler and Tyson, and then stretched and then I went.  There were 30 people in my heat, and that was a bit scary, but it worked.  I planned to race the first mile hard, in the 4:40s or such, and then just hang on that last mile.  It worked out well.  At the start, since I had such a "nice" seed, I got boxed in for the first 150m.  At that moment, I went and slowed down to a near stop, went around the pack, and got my fast first lap in.  1:05 or something like that.  Then I just kept up my pace for another boring/painful 3 laps. My mile time was a 4:37.  At about the 5th lap I got passed by Cromar, and I just stuck with him.  Then a bunch of people started getting me and At the 800 to go, I passed them all, trying for an 800 finish.  At the 600 mark I got passed by a lot of people.  Then I passed some, including Cromar, at the 200 mark, and passed Alex Hedquist at the 50m to go.  I took 4th to Ben Sarrell, Jake Heslington, and of course Jerrell Mock.  I was really happy that I got the time (I was going for a 9:25) and also happy about the place.  It was worth the waking up at 4:30 in the morning.  

     The night before, I felt terrible.  Sick with a sore throat, and a stuffy nose.  I think I drank two liters in the middle of the night.  I didn't think I could even do well at all today.  Sure, when people encouraged me it helped, but I still felt like crap.  I was seeded 12th in my race of 15, and I had only ran a time under 4:33 once.  I saw some of the people in my heat were going to be fun to run with, like a bunch of the Davis guys, Jake, Tyler, Tyson Boyer,  Mack Morrison, Ben Sarrell, and a bunch more.  I wasn't going into this race with a strategy planned out before, but I did the same as my 3200.  I got a long drink and soaked my head in water before right before the start.  Then we went off, and of course no one pushed the 2nd 100 again, so of course I just went out and led it.  I stayed in the lead for the first two laps, with a first 800 of 2:11, and then got passed a few times, and passed some people.  I had a good 200m sprint at the end by passing a person or two.  I PRed again, with a time of 4:22, so I know my 800 split wasn't too fast.  Tyler got qualified officially in the mile, but he ran the mile after his 800 time of 1:56.04., Also we got to run with a bunch of really fast guys, so it was a pretty good race.