"If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail"-PRE

am- easy peasy 4 miles in the morning! Today just feels like a great day!

pm- So the workout today was 4x1600 and Coach had us group up and just go with a average pace between the group. My group was Presto, Andrew, Alex, Mitch and me! I felt a little nasty cause my lunch was trying to come back up! Yeah not so good. Anywho, our goal time was 5:22. Our first couple were good. Started a lil' slow, 5:25, but got quicker on the next with a 5:21. Then the third we slowed down on the third lap so our time was 5:23. The last was just great, Alex pushed hard out the first 800, and then Presto, Andrew and me took over for the second half and finished with a 5:17. The 300's were okay, I came in at 47 both times. Great day and weights came after so that made it better!

Congrats to our PV Basketball team winning state on saturday! It was sooo legit.

am- Josie, Alli, Anna, and Karli and Me met at the high school at 8 cause we didnt have school cause the Juniors had the ACT. So we all were together for the first lil' bit but then me and Josie sped up and went farther cause we just wanted to go faster. And after we went to IHOP and got free pancakes! We saw some Desert Hills xc peeps so that was kwel! 

pm- We ran out on Telegraph and then down through Hell's Hole which ended up being like 8 miles. I learned lots of meanings for words that I didn't know before.... yeah I will just leave it at that;) Super legit run and lots of funny stuff. The striders tho were soooooo cold! After when we went inside to do our BeastandFeast's, I was late to do um cause I took 8 minutes to tie my shoes. My hands were frozen.  

Pretty sweet, I got a recruiting letter from Yale today! I was pretty excited and now some dudes in my class call me "Yale Boy". That's a wrap

am- Wow I thought it would be cold today cause of the frost but it was real nice! 

pm- Today was a pretty beast workout; it was 12x400's at 1600 race pace. My goal time was 70 seconds and after the 3rd, 6th, and 9th ones we did heartrate. So my times were 71, 70, 70, 70, 70, 69, 69, 70, 70, 69, 69, and 69. Great workout, I really tried to push that second half and thats were I would gap our group (Andrew, Mitch, Alex, and later Jake). My heartrates were good too! after the 3rd it was 118 bpm, after the 6th one it was 126 bpm, and after the 9th one it was 124 bpm! So I can say that it was a solid day for me. And me and Andrew practiced handing off the baton and we messed up so we had to do 25 push-ups. I felt weak after doing those so I went in the weight room and pumped out some hard-core reps. 

pm- Today we did a good ol' easy run and 4x200s for the prerace stuff! We ran up foremaster and everybody but Andrew, Paul and me were being lameo and going super slow up the hill. oh well the run was great; I had to stop at Artic Circle to take a john so everybody was halfway done with their 200s. I have no idea how fast I was running those but it felt fast! That is a wrap

am- easy almost 4 miles/ 30minutes with the team! It is way warmer here in st gezzy than Hawaii. btw, I was in Hawaii for the last week and was a domo and didnt really run. I will pay for that.

pm- So todays workout was 4x1600's like usual. Goal time was 5:22. So I really was happy with how I did compared to what I thought. My times were 5:24, 5:27, 5:34, and again 5:34. I was a few meters behind Warbeast and Andrew for the first three. Then the last one I went beast with 2.5 laps left when everyone was struggling. That was good cause it got Andrew up and then he lead the last lap. I was dying but its good that Coach had me still do the workout cause its my own ---- fault for not running. Then we had 300s and I did really good for not running: 47 and 47. And weights after so I can get big;)

am- nice morning run with the team. It is really nice weather in the morning but not so in the afternoon:/

pm- we started real quick cause we put on a youngsters meet @4 which was basically just PV kiddos. We ran out to Nicks house and then down through the desert over there and looped through Washington. We ran past Sandbergs and it was super low. 5.25 miles total, 45minutes

am- I didnt get good sleep but I felt good for the run? weird

pm- Todays workout of the day was 6x800 @ 3200 goal pace with HR check every 2. So my goal pace was 2:30 along with Warbeast, Uncle Drew, Alex the Lion, Mitch,  and Somethingdope. The first was right on for me, 2:30, but I was just feelin pain. The next four were right on 2:32 but I felt pain in the knee and had to take a major deuce on the last so I ran a 2:36:/ Then we cooled down around the school and the Warbeast tripped on coachs feet and wow that was funny. Poor kid had to sprint ahead of us to gather himself together. Total time was 50 minutes.

pm- We did pre-race easy run around town, went over to sullivans and did the shoe run, it was hard core! looped over to Sandbergs and some guys jumped in but I didnt want to. Got back to the high school and did 4x200's and those were good. Then we ran the youngsters meet and that was terrible cause lil' kids are just out of control! I am excited for the 1600 tomorrow and even more for the 3200 on saturday!

am- easy 4 morning run. I didnt run yesterday morning cause my knee was hurting.

pm- Well I just dont know what to say. I had probably the worst 1600m race ever. It was very disappointing. I just feel off. We warmed up for 2.5 and then raced and after did 4 miles to cool and finish up time. Hopefully I can put in a good 3200m tomorrow. I just am really disappointed with how I did. 

am- So we warmed up for a bit and then jumped on the track. I wanted to do better than yesterday so I went up front with Andrew behind Preston, Bronco, and Spencer who were ahead by a bit. I was going and then I started losing my focus and hurting and just feeling empty. I don't know what was happening. Soon, my form was crap and I was falling off quick. It felt like I was like dragging my feet and dropping my hips bad. Coach kept yelling to bring my hips up and finally I tried to finish strong the last 3 laps. I was 200m to go when the Bushars and my parents yelled at me to at least get the dude ahead of me. I got him but then got passed by two dudes and I just crossed the finish line and cried. I thought, "What happened to me? Why did I feel so defeated?" I went to my stuff on the field and sat and just cried for 5 minutes. I gotta just put this weekend behind me. I wasnt diligent with running during Spring break and so it came back and kicked me in the butt. I now know that I have to just have to get real serious now. I love running and I love the team, and I cant let them down like this again. I went home and my dad gave me some exercises to work on my hips so I can perform my best. Once I can get that down and just get my confidence back I will be ready to perform amazingly. 

Goals for the week: 

• Go to every morning practice
• Do my exercises for my hips every morning
• Run a sub 10:10 3200m at PV Invite 
• Get 8+ hours of sleep every night
• Believe in myself and my teammates

am- nice easy 4ish mile run. I am feeling like this week is gonna be a great one which is good considering my bad weekend. 

pm- Todays workout was the usual 1600 repeats but Alex, Mitch, and me only did 3 cause we are racing tomorrow. Wow what a confidence booster from the weekend! Goal time was 5:21 and I was hitting times nice and fast. They were 5:19, 5:19, and finished with a 5:20. Then we did the good ol' 300's and that was spot on, too! 46 and 46 again! And after that I went in and beasted in the weight room, upped my bench press by 5 pounds.... yeah thats it.

THE WORD OF THE DAY: I have started this dope thing cause I am so clueless and dont know what a lot of words I hear in school and running and stuff. So todays word is........pimp! What does that even mean, like I feel like it has this secret meaning.....

am- nice easy 4 miles over to starbucks

pm- Well today was the "Redeem Yourself" meet for me, as I did bad at the hurricane invite. So I did the 1600 today and that was good, not amazing, but good. We start out and this Dhills kido gets in front (I think his name is Josh gibb?) and then I was like 'this is too slow' so I went out in front and it was mitch, Alex, and me the rest of the way. I lead the first and then I told Mitch to take the second. He went in front and then seemingly hit the breaks hard core! I literally shoved him so I wouldn't run him over, and he spead up a lil', but I was feeling like we were going to slow. The third lap Alex went out in front and then I jumped next to him for the last 100m of that one. Then I was like "I gotta go if I want to get a PR today!" so I took off in an 'almost' sprint. I hit the last curve and was definitely feelin' it and gave a finish, but could have been stronger. The timer person said 4:52/4:53 when I came by(but i just found out by my good friend Controversial Cam that the guy was wrong! wow), and Alex was like right on me just like at the Las Vegas Invite! Solid race, and it definitely boosted my confidence. I for sure need to improve on how I raced, but it was a good start of a track season I am looking forward to!

WORD OF THE DAY: aight well todays word is "epaulettes"? I read it in my LA book and it sounded like they rolled up Paul in an electric cigarette!

am- wow I really did not want to run this morning.... but I did cause the more I run, the sooner I will get better! And KSL said that successful people exercise in the morning;)

pm- Oh baby what a great workout! We had 6x800's at the 3200 race pace(so goal pace was 2:30). So we start out and just were putting out 'peats like crazy! 2:30, 2:29, 2:30, 2:28, 2:28, and finished with another 2:28! Mitch told me that the level 3 guys had only 5 compared to last weeks 6, so when I found out that he was wrong I was a lil' BH to be honest. I think all of us 1600/3200 guys felt tons better than last week. I am so lookin' forward to the 3200m this weekend. State Qualifying sounds pretty nice right now;)

WORD OF THE DAY: todays word is in honor of Mrs. Goncalves 5th period portuguese class, and the word is "veado", or should I say "Brian"!

am- nice morning run with Andrew back from being sick! 3.9 miles total in 30 minutes

pm- pre-race stuff for the Invite tomorrow, we once again did the good ol' shoe run but we put up a run for the best drop-off ever! And at the park brian caught a duck and that poor thing is all I'm gonna say! Then we dropped off the stuff at "you know whos" house and dashed for Sanbergs. Mitch got stung by a bee and it was actually pretty funny how he reacted. It looked like a third nipple tho. Then we did our 4x200's and that is a wrap.

WORD OF THE DAY: the word today is "Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia"..... I just dont even want to try to figure out what that means.

am- nice easy run in the morning. I am super stoked for the PV Invite today!

pm- just did tons of loops around the stadium to help out with the meet. And I did the DI loop wid Warbeast and Mitch. Wow what a day for the invite! Lucy Biles threw down with a 5:00.61, and Josh Collins broke the meet record with a 4:16.21!! dang that was super impressive, and then all the attractive girls, wow. I also got a pic with Conner Baller, Sir Matt Todd and their bud so that was legit! AND I found out that I surprisingly got into the fast heat for the 3200 tomorrow! So dope. Man I am really happy I am running in the morning tho, it was sooo hot today! I got burned hardcore

WORD OF THE DAY: todays word of the day is "voracious". Wow I read this in the practice ACT test thing(btw i might take that thing this summer!) and I was just perplexed. 

am- well today was another hard day for me in the 3200m. I was really excited and just ready to go out and race a qualifying time. Well I got in a great spot for the start; it was the waterfall of the first two lanes. The gun goes and I get out good! Wow the first mile I thought was gonna be way quicker than it was. The whole front pack was coming across at 4:53ish til me in the back of that at 5:00 flat. Then everybody spead up and I didn't go with. I got psyched out and really sucked it up the rest. Dang Connor Baller is so beast, he beat Warbeast so now he gets AA. sorry presto, but that was so beast to qualify for state! After the race we ran out to Starbucks and back for the rest of our time. The rest of the meet was solid. I wish I could have done better but I guess I will have to prepare better mentally for next week. 

WORD OF THE DAY: well I dont know if this is even a word cause my mom said it and she tends to make up a few words;) anyways, it is "demoaned". yeah I was suprised my momma said that cause it doesn't sound too good:/

am- nice easy 4 miles out to starbucks and back. Today just has good vibes people! I'm feelin' it

pm- today was a short day so we ran right after school. All the juniors are getting their ACT scores back so we ran out to Nick's house and then over to Brians house. Nick got a freakin' 31!! Dang that is so dope cause it is his first time taking it too. And we had a workout of 2x(2min hard, 30sec rec, 1min hard, 30sec rec, 30sec hard, 30sec rec) and we did that from Nicks to Brians, and from Brians to Sullivans Park. Solid workout and dope run. Today was just great. We went over to PizzaPieCafe after and feasted.  

WORD OF THE DAY: well today is a special day, it is my momma's birthday! So todays word is "mom". So you all go say I love you to your moms today.... or if you want to say "I love you" to my mom, go for it;) 

am- a nice temperature this morning, got in 4 miles total

pm- 40 minutes easy which ended up being 5 miles. We ran out to Green Springs and through the neighborhoods. Story time today and it was super dope! Darth Vapor and Princess Lighter were a few characters highlighted in the run. Just had to be there really! 

WORD OF THE DAY: Wow well I heard quite a few words that qualified, but the guys told me they were not appropriate for the blog:/ So today's word is "commode". this is in Tuesday's with Morrie which is a sick book, you should all read it!