| Location: Medford,OR,USA Member Since: Aug 07, 2014 Gender: Male Goal Type: NCAA Champ Running Accomplishments: High School:
XC 5K: 15:57.3
1500: 4:04.55
800: 2:01.05
400: 53.07
3000: 9:18.43
College
5000: 13:59.58 (UW Indoor Invite 2021)
Mile: 4:07 (converted from 4:12.07 at altitude; also converted by NCAA to 3:48.8 for 1500)
10000: 29:38.73 (Mt. SAC relays 2022)
Indoor 3000: 8:13 (converted from 8:24.76 at BYU indoor race, 1/16/21)
800: 1:55.6@ (solo time trial at Provo high school, 2019)
400: 51.84h (solo time trial at NMHS, 2015)
Post-College
Half Marathon: 1:06:08 (Garry Bjorklund Half, June 2024)
Road race 10K: 30:27 (Get in Gear, April 2023)
Short-Term Running Goals: -Qualify for the 2024 Olympic marathon trials Long-Term Running Goals: -Run a few fast marathons. Grandma's, St. George, and Boston are on my target list. An Olympic Trials qualifier would be amazing.
-Break stroller records?
-Stay fit for a very long time. I believe what goes into making a competitive runner at age 60 is much different than age 20, just like what goes into making a good marathoner differs from a good sprinter. I hope that by taking care of my body, I can be very fast for my age as I get older.
Personal: I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I served a mission in Rome, Italy from 2015 to 2017. I eat a whole food, plant-based diet, which I believe helps my running. I like chocolate shakes on sunday nights and I will always call the Pacific northwest home. |
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| Peg 37 Miles: 20.00 | Peg 37 B Miles: 19.00 |
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NCAA XC Championships (6.214 Miles) 00:31:22, Place overall: 83 | | NCAAs. Weird day because it was very warm, but so windy that I was freezing in the morning. Our women won which is absolutely incredible of them. Then we stepped up to the line. We started out with the wind at our back and running downhill. So it was going to be blazing fast. I just did not feel comfortable going out any faster than I did- 2:47 through the first kilometer, in about 240th place. Yep. Clayson was just ahead of me which was a little concerning but nothing too serious yet. Turns out at the time we were doing great as a team (in the lead through the first couple kilometers). I passed people pretty fast, but not as fast as I needed to. And it was disappointing as the race progressed to hear people still yell out that we were like 140th or so. At a certain point, I passed Clayson and eventually came up on Aidan AND Elijah. I realized that TWO of us would be scoring, which is when I realized our team wasn't doing so hot. The race progressed; I actually did pretty well up the hills. 8:50 at 3k, 15:18 through 5k. I was in about 100th by 6k, and that was the one split I didnt move up in place. My kick at the end wasn't stellar, and it was dissapointing because I saw like 25 people within 15-20 seconds of me at one point, so I wished I could catch them, but didn't. Anyway I saw myself catching Jackson Mestler and almost got him. 83rd and our third runner because one of our top 3 basically passed out with 400 to go. Tough day. Hopefully things go better from here. Congrats to the other Utah teams who did very well, and NAU who is a better team than us right now, hands down. I hope this fall my teammates can bring home some more hardware. Also- Mantz never gets on the blog these days, but he WON. First American in over a decade (back to Galen Rupp). That's absolutely amazing.
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| | 5 miles, thinking about my future in running. Ran pretty quick actually (6:45) but knew full well how slow I would be if I tried working out today!
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| | 7 miles. Reminded me of when everything got shut down a year ago. So much has happened since then.
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| | 7 miles. Tempted to go farther, but I resisted. I feel like I am almost over the physical fatigue of nationals. Next week I plan to keep chilling and hopefully get over the psychological fatigue of all the racing.
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| Peg 37 Miles: 20.00 | Peg 37 B Miles: 19.00 |
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