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May 16, 2015

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Running Accomplishments:

Ran 200 miles in under a week(nov 2019) . Ran 226 miles in under a week twice in 17 days(oct 2023). Ran 250 miles in under a week(mar 2024)

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Miles:This week: 40.00 Month: 571.00 Year: 1787.00
Fly's Lifetime Miles: 215.00
Pegs 36 #8 Lifetime Miles: 451.00
Pegs #9 Lifetime Miles: 322.25
Peg 37 White Lifetime Miles: 289.50
Streak LT Lifetime Miles: 11.50
Peg 37 Navy Lifetime Miles: 494.50
Peg 37 Magenta Lifetime Miles: 508.75
Peg Shields Lifetime Miles: 795.00
Peg Shields 2(orange) Lifetime Miles: 770.00
Total Distance
3000.00
Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 435.50Streak LT 2 White Miles: 107.70New Balance MD500v2 Miles: 9.50Nike Wildhorse 2 Miles: 47.25Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 556.65NB Zante Miles: 489.80Barefoot Miles: 39.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 600.30Saucony Type A6 Miles: 15.60Slow Miles Miles: 33.50Fast Miles: 163.70Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 258.40Victory Elites (Cobalt) Miles: 25.10Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 172.25NB 5000v2 (White) Miles: 2.45NB Zante(white) Miles: 14.70
Weight: 147.80
Total Distance
16.00

Happy new year! Starting off the year working the grind! I woke up at 6:20, groggy from staying up for four New Years with Emily, grabbed a mint clif bar(with added caffeine, what a beautiful concept) and a glass of water, and went back to bed for 40 minutes to digest the food, woke up at seven, stretched, and left for my run. 9 miles at 7:15 pace this morning with strides. I ran on the bay and pier and it was deserted and it was great. Last mile before the huge hill was right about at 6:00 pace. First 3 miles were about 23 minutes, then I sped up. Felt good! I'm leaving San Diego now to head to LA.

7 easy that night. We're pretty much staying in McFarland in the sense that everyone is Latiño here and they laugh at running. Also every house smelled great, all I can say is I hope whoever ate there thanked the cooks! I've never been so ravenous during a run before! Good run. It was dark the second half of the run but I wasn't too worried. The people in Cali are super friendly, I get yelled at or honked at at least once a minute. I guess they find a kid in bright and colorful short shorts pretty unusual! Good run. Strides after, feeling good!

Core later that night! Man it feels good to put in some hard work, hopefully it pays off!

 

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.25

12 miles in St George on Virgin River trail on to Mayors walk and back in just about 90 minutes. Quite the run! It started off with a gnarly hill so I knew this run meant business. I hoped to see some fellow bloggers during the run but didn't happen. I think I saw Tanner S. from dez hills and another car honked frantically at me so shoutout if that was anyone. Strides when I got back. I feel surprisingly good! I hit 70 miles without my Sunday long run. About to murder some breadsticks @ Olive Garden 

 

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 12.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles from the park to Emily's house and back. I left my one and only hairband on her mailbox as a memoir, so looks like the ponytail is on a brief intermission. I thought 12 degrees would be worse. It wasn't fun, but I thought I would lose a couple digits in the process. Strides after. Iced for about 20 seconds then drained the tub. For 7 hours in a car from St. George to Vernal my legs felt alright. No problems with the altitude adjustment. 

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
14.00

My alarm for my morning shakeout run didn't go off. 4 miles before practice to Terra and back, warmup with the team, then 4x2 mile at an easier pace with Aaron, core in between each set. Austin joined us later. I wore a long thick shirt and the heat was killing me at the indoor. I botched the last 2 miles and ran three alone outside. Came back, cooled down, and did strides. 14 for the day!

I got 87 miles from last Tuesday to today, Monday. I'm really excited to see where I am in the upcoming indoor season at BYU indoor.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

10 miles while it snowed pretty heavily. The pace was barely in the 7:40's which surprised me, normally I go a little easier. Cooldown and strides at the rec after. Did my core after that.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.50

Not a good day. Coach Henderson had me do a 6x1000 workout, aiming under 3:00 pace. I had to go right after school instead of with the team so the track would be emptier. 1.5 mile warmup, then mile of speed changes. First 1000m I took the first approx. 250m lap quick, coming in at 38. Ran a 2:52. 2 lap recovery, then the next one. Hit the first lap in 41, so I started picking it up, then as I came in around the bend the Baseball team was walking on it to the turf field. None of them moved! I had to weave through them and the last guy, just a grade A piece of work, refused to move. Rather than move, he made sure to take up the entire track that spans maybe 3m max across. I tried to step around him, but my legs got tangled in the netting surround the track, and I hit the ground, HARD. I rolled a bit. I heard the Baseball team laughing at me and I threw up both birds for a good 15 seconds as I gathered the strength to get up. That didn't feel too good. I decided to do some stretches and a distance run instead. Coach Heaton came in and told the now gathered track team(who witnessed all of that) to warm up. The front of my shin hurt, so I told Heaton about what happened. She seemed irate and told me to walk around, and she stopped me after a few steps and said I had bruised legs and scraped my arms, and my ankles were a bit swollen. She told me to go home and ice l, and rest today. I planned on defying her, but then I thought reasonably about this. So I drove home, defeated and a tad upset that a workout I had been long looking forward to was over for a ludicrous reason. My calves are really sore currently. All I came say is I hope that baseball player has a batting average of zero hits per game this and every other season, and that he stubs his toe often and gets hangnails daily. I'm pissed.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
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From Spencer Smith on Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 11:24:11 from 172.56.40.163

Most baseball players are tools. They think they know what it means to work hard.

Total Distance
14.50

Good day! I woke up at midnight really thirsty and drank a lot of water, then woke up a mere 5 hours later to head to early morning french with mon amie Emily. I was a little tired throughout the day. I got home right after school ended, wasting no time socializing, sunlight is limited and precious. Laced up and did a distance run from my house to the rec, down the road to Red Fleet, Kyrie's house, and back to mine. I really liked this run because I only had to make like 5 turns on the entire run, and go through only 3 intersections. From 3.5 to 8 it was one straight road, it was nice. Gives a guy time to ponder and think over important matters. I had no idea how long the run was, turns out it was just a tad over 14! When I hit the final turn off Kyries road(like 3.5 miles left) I sped the pace up to 6:19, then controlled myself after that to a higher 6. The hill at the end was pretty tough, but I pushed. 7:35 pace! It felt quite easy! 3rd longest run ever, and longest without stopping at all by like 3 miles!(normally theres a bathroom break thrown in there). Headed to the rec after, did my strides, and some core. Good day!

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 14.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
13.50

6 miles before practice on my own. Warmup, then we had to do this dumb game where we seperated into teams of like 12 and shoot basketballs with a yoga ball. I made a couple but I couldn't write this entry without giving props to Austin Valentine who made probably 10 shots! We probably dabbed more than Cam Newton. Unfortunately I was completely unstoppable and ended every match the victor! Out of the probs 40 people there I'm the only one to have that bragging right. Sort of fun, but a complete waste of time. Heaton had us do a couple laps cooldown, but Mason, Aaron and I said "forget that, we're getting in mileage." We got Christian and Jordan to come too, but Austin declined our invatation to do a cooldown with a certain unnamed girl #whipnoise. Got a bit over 5 miles in. Very legit and fun run with the boys. I like running alone and thinking, but sometimes ya just gotta lose brain cells and IQ points, and I prefer talking to them than becoming an alcoholic/stoner/Trey Hacking. Cooldown and strides after. 13.5 for the day, give or take a bit. I rounded down yesterday so I'd call this breaking even. In other news the neighbourhood's new songs are really good.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 13.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

2 mile warmup, mile of speed changes, then 2x2 mile tempo workout. My legs felt heavy. It was really cold but I refuse to not run in short shorts and a shirt so I was pretty rigid as well. I went a little over a mile down Aggie, then turned around. I didn't stop where I started so there was a bit more of an incline. I think I hit the half mile at 2:47. Mile at 5:30. 1.5 at 8:23. I thought "crap, I'm not gonna make it", but then thought "if you break 11 you don't have to do the second one" so I kicked it hard and ran a 10:56. Half mile active rest, then again. I went quicker at the start, hitting the half mile at 2:44. Mile at 5:30 again. I wanted to go quicker, so I started speeding up way earlier than before, with maybe 1000m left. A car pulled in front of me at the intersection, so I lost my speed. I tried to make it up but with maybe 200 left I realized I wouldn't break 11 and didn't really give everything I had. I got 11:03 for that, if it weren't for the car I think it would have been around my first repeat time. There was also a U-turn so I assume that sapped a bit of speed. Oh well. Pretty good workout, my legs felt the mileage. I was able to sustain for longer, but I wish they had been fresher for the workout. I feel pretty content with it, I didn't take it lightly. Long cooldown and strides to add to 10.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 5.50Streak LT 2 White Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Easy 7. Legs felt pretty tired, not gonna lie.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

Good run today! I left my running clothes at my house somewhat purposely, so I went home after school to get them. Once I got stretched and changed I notice practice started in 30 minutes so I laced up and headed out! Ran down to the high school on the more rural road which ended up being exactly 4 miles in 28 minute, 7 flat pace. Joined the team for part of the warmup and stretches. Did a distance run with Aaron, Christian, Mason, Zack, Jordan, Austin, and Kedric. Ran past the church down mainstreet. I really had to go to the restroom so I stopped at Subway, and sped up a bit to meet up with them at Vernal Ave. They managed to lose Kedric somehow. Good thing he lives around where we were, otherwise it'd be worrisome. Turned around and ran back down to Main, where I said sayonara and ran a bit extra to get home. It was really cold at this point and super hilly. I pressed on, but at the peak I got hit with a wicked bathroom cramp, paused for a few seconds to recover, and ran the remaining quarter mile home. 12 for the day.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.00

I went to sprint practice today for strengthening purposes. Good workout. At the end we had a competition to see who could go the longest doing burpees and I'm proud to say I hit 86. It sucked. I planned on running a lot more today but it just didn't workout all that well, I don't want to push it with BYU on the corner.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 1.00Streak LT 2 White Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

After school got out I did 9 miles on the lonesome, but major bathroom cramps told me to stop at the indoor to go. I went, and after I noticed the team doing some quicker stuff and thought "Oh heck, might as well". 1 hard, 1 rest, 2 hard, 1 rest, 1 hard, 1 rest, 400m, 1 rest, and some straightaway strides. The track is like 260m or something so I don't know what the laps mean. 37, 1:18, and 38. Felt pretty good. The 400 was a 69 which isn't too bad considering 90 degree turns and people who don't know what's good for them when they hear "Track!" behind them. Cooldown with Aaron, some hurdle flexibility stretches, and a bit of core to add to a solid 12 for the day. More core tonight(?)

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.00

Way busy today. I was really sore waking up today so I didn't run after school, took a hot bath instead to ease the muscles. I guess burpees have vengeance after all. I went to night school and after that I ran 3 miles at the rec on the treadmill at 7:19 pace. Could have done more but my Achilles felt weird, I don't think I stretched enough prior to the workout. Feels better now that I'm typing this on Friday.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.25

After I got checked out from school, I leave to do a shakeout, get a couple steps in, and BAM! I hit the concrete hard. I get up, knee and elbow bleeding, left leg scratched as freak, and go back inside. Mom got me fixed up and I left for BYU. When we got there Mason and I did 6 miles through Provo, it was fun and a nice temp. Strides after. Leg felt alright.

 

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
Race: BYU indoor (2 Miles) 00:10:55, Place overall: 17
Total Distance
12.00

Mile warmup. I felt pretty good for the mile. I was ranked second in my heat so I thought I could win it if I ran smart. Got out good and fell back(I planned on kicking hard) and hit the first lap in 57. I worried and slowed down. 2 laps in 2:00. Even worse. 3 laps in 2:58-59. I don't remember the next split but I do remember all the people who slowed down were trying to bring everyone down with them. 5:02. Not proud, but I'm glad I have another event. 2.5 mile cooldown. 

1 mile in the 7 hours before the two mile

1 mile warmup with Christian and Rylie. I stopped at a bathroom at a restaurant, thinking I'd avoid the crowd at the stadium, and there was an even bigger line there, and I was freaking out and sure I missed my event. I went way quick back to the field house and found out I had a lot of time left, I thought the 200 open were finals instead, so those took quite a while. I stretched out after and went to the pen after a while. I got put in the fast heat, ranked 4th to last. Got on the line and watched Christian kick like crazy and win his heat in 10:49! What a kid. While we waited freaking Ethan Field kept farting and I felt like I would throw up haha. I wasn't really worrying about the race, but I felt good as the gun went off. Hit the first lap in 2nd to last at 61. "Good, I just don't need to fade" I say to myself. I passed a couple people and drafted off a Wyoming kid. We hit the mile at 5:12, and he took off (there was a huge gap ahead and behind us) I think I had it in me to keep with him, but I let him go. Next lap in 6:20. Running alone sucks. 7:30. 8:41. Halfway through this lap I heard the gun go off and sped up a bit. 9:51. I wanted to break 11. Bad. Luckily someone caught me about here and we duked it out for the last lap. 10:55! I wish I went with the Wyoming guy but I'm still happy with it. 3 mile cooldown after. The others did good. Mason and Aaron both ran 4:51, Austin ran a 5:06, Rylie a 6:28, Mason almost won his heat but then dang Adam Jensen out kicked him. Darn you man. He ran a 2:08, Aaron a 2:11, Austin a 2:12. Christian did 10:49, Rylie a 13:22, and Izen jumped 16'9. Atta freshman. 

Overall I'm happy with the two mile, I think I could have pushed harder, and it probs would have been a sub 10:50 3200. Unfortunately I need to shave a minute off that time in the next 33 days to make finals at Simplot. I think I had difficulties running alone, but strategically I'd call it one of my better races.

The ride home was great with Mason, Christian, and Rylie. Listened to some good tunes and had some good times. I went out later to see one of my favorite people of all time, Joshua Jay Johnson Jr., for the last time before he leaves for his mission in Guatemala. He, Shauntel, Jaden, Jesse, Will, and I played Super Smash Bros and listened to more good vibes and I had a great time.

New Balance MD500v2 Miles: 1.00Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.30

12.3 in 1:33. I was going to do another four going quick but I stopped briefly at my house and my stomach felt pretty bad, so I ended it there. Felt pretty good, form was good.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 12.30
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.40

AM - 7 easy miles. I got a solid 12 hours of sleep last night so 3 cheers for that.

PM - Got about 400m in and the pounding of running sent acute pains in my left knee/femur telling me to stop.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 7.40
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
14.30

My house to Rec center to Don Pedros to Kyries house again. At 7 miles I remember thinking "wow that went by really quickly" and I guess I jinxed myself because I got the worst continual stomach cramps of my life over the next 7 miles. It was awful, my entire body was just hurting really bad, but all centered around my stomach. The best part was that there're no bathrooms on this route after mile 5. It was pure hell. I finished though, and that's what counts in my mind.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 14.30
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
13.00

4 miles from my house to the school. I did a quick set of a 3 2 1 fartlik workout at 5:20 pace or below during it that went pretty well, my quads were pretty spent from yesterday though. I also did a quarter of a mile hard in a bit above 80 seconds which I was fine with because I had to stutter step a lot to avoid giant puddles/slush. 9 miles with Austin, Jordan, Mason, and Kedric, and when I say 9 miles I mean they turned after 1.25, so the rest was alone. The first 4 miles alone were 6:30's so I slowed it down to an easier pace after that.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

Our schools advanced choir was asked to come sing recorded and videotaped for BYUTV on campus, so that was neat I guess. It'll be airing in like a month. It was really time consuming, we left at 7 AM and drove to provo, sang, went to the mall for 2 hours, and drove back. On the way back there were only 15 of us on the whole bus so I sat with Emily and the b-day boy Christian and had a nice drive back. The first two hours returning I thought I had left my bag with my wallet and other necessities at the mall which was mad stressful, I was panicking hard core inside. Then Natalie sad she had been sleeping on it, which improved my day greatly. I got back at about 7-ish, and I had to be back soon so my run was short. 1.5 warmup on the TM, then 60 sec at 800m goal pace (4:15-3:58 mile pace depending on how I felt), then quarter mile at recovery pace(7:35), then 45 sec hard, quarter recovery, 30 sec hard, quarter recovery. 2 sets of that. It was by no means easy, but it felt good to get moving quick and go hard! Cooldown to add to 5.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.50

Mile warmup, then coach Hill gave us a monster workout. Basically you pair up and one does core while the other goes ham on a lap with stairs. Do that a few times in a facility with the heat cranked up and try not to throw up. I went to go to the restroom, and they started without me! I heard them take off and thought "oh Aaron will get me a good lead". I go outside, and find out the wagon didn't even run, he was sitting there waiting for me to start! What a bag. I took off, fueled by fire. I started probably 20-ish seconds late but still managed to catch the back stragglers. You can't really pass on the stairs though, and that's where it was really congested. I got Aaron in a pretty good spot though. He took off and when I started running again it was Kyrie, Austin, Jordan, and Christian ahead of me. Christian and his partner kept taking off before their partner tagged them though. I went hard on this one and caught all but Christian. Talon went crazy on the next lap and gapped Aaron a lil' bit so I started with Christian maybe 60m ahead. I went so balls to the walls, man. I caught him right before the stairs and got us the lead, and we kept it for the rest of the set. Hill says we can do another set if our heart so desires, so of course I hear Aaron say "Another one Eugene" as I finish what I thought to be my final repeat. Good thing the heat and sickening sickness of the workout were at the max at that moment because that made me feel way worse haha. Still went hard though and the dynamic duo took home the gold per ush'. Cooled down and 4.5 seems right. 

3 more that night

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 7.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
18.00

AM - 7. Got a solid 11 hours of sleep which is great. It was 10 degrees outside though which wasn't a preferable temp. I didn't have my watch, but I went pretty quick to keep warm, I'd say the pace was at least a 6:40 average. Miles 4-6 were pretty righteous pacewise but towards the end I had to go to the restroom.

PM - My watch's memory was full, so I did an old 9 mile path with the stop watch on. Not sure of the splits, but I did know where the 6 mile mark and 9 mile mark were. Last time I did this run was the first day of summer practice with Aaron, where we ran the beginning easy and kicked it in at the end. Today was similar. Because I was only using the stopwatch I didn't see a point to go fast, but it was overcast and 19 degrees and I tend to run better in colder conditions. Was going leisurely the first few miles, but at about 3.5 I sped up for whatever reason and kept that pace. Hit 6 miles right under 41 minutes. I kicked it in hard the next 3 and came in at 9 miles right at 60 minutes. Dang! It didn't feel too hard either! Def could have maintained for a full half marathon if I desired, but I really didn't. I planned on doing 11 for this run, and that would set me at my highest mileage in a day by a mile. The only bothersome part of the run was some parts of me handled the cold fine, other parts... didn't. I rue the day I bought my first pair of BOA's, because ever since then I hate to run in anything else, I feel like a peasant. Anyway, back to the run. miles 6-9 took right about 19 minutes, so about 6:20 pace. 9 miles at 6:40! I did another 2 miles, but they were probs in the sevens. 11 miles, 18 for the day!

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 18.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

7 easy this evening. I wanted to go longer but I put the run off too late and it was getting dark. It snowed a lot overnight so I wore my wildhorses to get more traction, but man they're clunky and not smooth at all. I had to trek through a lot of deep snow and had to do a few jumps for the side walk to the road, and stepped in way too many misleadingly deep puddles. 7:32 pace.

Nike Wildhorse 2 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.25

3 in the morning. It was way cold and really foggy so I went to the walking park as the not get ran over. the walking park is a 1/3 of a mile on the outer loop, so I ran nine of those. First one was like 2:20 because I was getting stretched out, but the I pushed the pace. Nothing crazy, just trying to be the best hobbyjogger I can be(Its official. #hjptakeover) laps after that were 2:04, 2:04, 2:04, 2:00, 2:04, 2:08, 2:04, and 2:01. 18:49 for three miles. 

We were having a practice meet to see who qualifies to go to simplot(I'm going FYI). I thought "what the heck yabba dabba yolo" and ran the 1600 at 3200 pace. There were two heats. Aaron, Kedric, and Talon were the noteable runners in my heat. We decided to make a train of me Aaron and Kedric, each leading an alternating lap in that order(there were a little over 7 laps, 43 splits are right at 5:10-15 pace) First lap and I take the lead quick. I try to conserve as much as possible to stay with the other two but it was hard. First 263m lap in a 40. I yell out the split as I had the only watch and Aaron said something like "Good thing I'm on pace" and I dropped behind Aaron, Kedric, and Talon(what?). Hit 2 laps at 1:28. Aaron drops behind and Kedric leads. Split was a bit slow again. Talon decides he doesn't want to lead the speed train and tries to drop behind with Kedric but ended up stumbling me and Aaron and slowing us down. I hear coach Hill yell "2:40"! at the 800 and I panic and I'm gone. I took off pretty quick. I ran scared, knowing Aaron could get me if I relaxed too much. I remember passing Heaton and hearing her yell at me "3 laps"! "2 laps"! At one lap the other coaches were there and they yelled at me to kick, and immediately I heard the yelling at Aaron to catch me. With one lap left I was at 4:30. I knew Aaron was going hard but I remembered "Hey this is just tempo" so I finished with a lot left in the tank. Won it with a 5:12. Good neg. splitting, 2:40 and 2:32 800's. Didn't feel too hard, I finished and hit a wall with my fist for my loyal fans who cheered me on and felt alright. 27 90 degree curves kill though. I think Christian ran around my time so I might have not truly won it, but I'll say that I made an M today. Felt good! Jacia got 2nd in the girls race, and Rylie got 3rd. Aaron had me do squats with him but after a while baseball came in and Aaron talked to them and I dipped. 2 mile cooldown outside, came back to the indoor then ran another cooldown mile while Jacia and Tommi ran the other direction. After one lap I made the comment "Nice form" where we proceeded to insult each other many times, when she hit me with a low blow that will remain disclosed. I thought she had me beat, but I went savage with the comment "Nice second place finish". A little over 6 for this session. Good day. I was pretty worn out from the morning workout but it went over well.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 8.00Streak LT 2 White Miles: 1.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.50

8.5 on the lonesome. Running alone man, it has its ups and downs. I was really tired all today, I think I might drop AP History next tri so I can get another hour of sleep a day haha. I ate some fruit snacks to wake myself up and ran to the rec center, down Aggie and back home. Drivers were not friendly today! Got called some rude words (probs baseball) by some passerbys, and others just didn't want to waste energy turning a wheel a few degrees to the left.

Another 2 miles on the TM after night school with some strides.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 10.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

4.5 after school to the turf farm where sprint practice was being held. Coach Hill and Henderson couldn't make it so everyone went to Heaton's practice. I took the long route coming there, and the intense core I did yesterday hurt, a lot. It wasn't the most fun time. After the warmup Mason, Christian, Kedric, and Jordan left to go on a tempo run. I knew I had to run back to the high school so I opted not to. Aaron didn't have warm gear so he stayed as well. Heaton straight killed us RIP in peace my upper body lol we had to do as many pullups/dips/chin-ups as we could at one time. 6 TIMES. It was awful. We also had a lot of plank pushups but it was survivable. Then, as I drink from the fountain, I hear coach yell "Ladders"!! At this point Mason and the others had gotten back, turns out they had gone 5 miles at 7 minute pace. I should have attended. We seperated in age for each ladder, where I discovered a perk of being the youngest guy senior on the team. Mason, Aaron, Jordan, Christian, and Austin were in the 18 group and Mason was won his by a couple seconds. My group was me, Jacia, Brody, Todd, and a couple others. Brody went hard and I stayed with him, but on the last two legs(the longest one) I pulled ahead pretty good. We did them again and a freshman threw up on the drinking fountain which sucked because it was hot af in there. The next set Mason came in quite a bit ahead, so I was inspired. Brody went crazy fast at first but then he hit his wall, and I sustained and on the final one I went as hard as I could and almost collapsed at the finish. Ran back to the high school to add to 10 for the day.

 

I'm looking at the 4x800 list for the oval and it looks like it'll be wild. Ranked 5th, 10 seconds from the #1 ranking, which is both Lone Peak and Star Valley, but I talked to the anchor of SV's relay at BYU in the mile and he said that they fabricate times. also Springville, Maple mountain, Salem Hills, and Spanish Fork are all in there too!

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

Premeet easy run, 7:20 pace on the lonesome. 8 strides after.

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

1600 went okay I guess. I was seeded on the front row on the very right so I ran a lot in the second lane. I got spiked bad the second lap. With 200 left I was at 4:18 I think, and I kicked pretty hard and caught a couple, including josh erickson from LP. I told him to come with me and kicked hard. I think I hit like a 4:53. Austin might have beaten me, he was in the 6th heat, that'd probs get me fired for the 4x800. It probably shouldn't, but oh well. I need to do some speed/ tempo bad.

The 4x800 I screwed up on and did a 2:16. I feel like all the training I've done lately has been pointless when going against talented runners. Mason has done 2 runs this entire week counting today, and he murdered me in both races. I heard a saying "hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard", but I've been working harder than I ever have and I honestly think I'm getting worse. I don't love to whine, but I honestly don't see a point to trying hard at something where you can work all you want and still get beaten by teammates because they're naturals and you're not. I don't know I think I might need a break from this

Either way I needed a cooldown, we immediately drove home after the 4x800 and my legs were killing me. We stopped at The Train in heber and I did a cooldown run. Probably got 4 miles in the low 6's, I was hauling. It was like that scene from "the perfect mile" where the guy just goes ham until he collapses, only I didn't collapse. I stepped in countless puddles but I stopped caring after a while. There was like a 3 ft high snow wall that I cleared twice without stopping. I got back to the train and saw austin's dad drive off to get gas, but my wallet was in the seat so I needed it. I took off after him, luckily he hit all the stop lights, but eventually he sped off and I tried to keep him in eyesight, then I hit a rough patch of ice and hit the ground hard. Not only that, but I slid into a giant pool of a puddle. I layed there, not bothering to get up for a long time. I got up, drenched, and hobble-jogged back to the others who were eating and went home without food(I didn't want to make them stay longer). I'd say that completed the second part of "the perfect mile" scene. Also probs the closest thing to a God-given sign to stop running that I'm going to get.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 9.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kenny the Apache on Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 22:29:51 from 72.13.213.248

It's alright man you gave it your all and you probably heard that I am not doing track this year because just feel like I am not competitive in it. I understand how you feel. I felt like I was training harder than a lot of people on the team and still wasn't getting the results I know you have been grinding hard on the roads with all the miles but just enjoy yourself and don't get too frustrated!!! Hope you guys do well this season

From Zack Ericksen on Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 00:16:50 from 74.81.234.23

Don't worry too much about it. It's the beginning of the season. You've still got lots of training to get in to get where you want.

From Spencer Smith on Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 21:46:30 from 174.52.167.138

Don't quit man. I've thought about it a few times. I was so close to quitting xc season of 2014. I haven't had much success at all in 3 years of running, but I wouldn't give it up for anything. The memories, friends and everything I've gotten from running has changed my life. You've put in some good work, you have some fast times on those legs still. You will break out of that slump soon man. Just keep your head up and have fun.

From Josh Ericksen on Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 16:35:29 from 74.81.234.23

Sorry bro I couldn't follow you in that kick. I was struggling :) But nice job in that mile and 4x 800 split.

Total Distance
6.00

I decided I'd been training with no break for far too long, so I put an 8 day hiatus. I thought I'd hate it, but I thoroughly enjoyed the idea of free time. I actually did homework. But I'm glad I took this break, my legs needed it. 6 miles from the park down Aggie to Uintah and back. The pace was 7:02, but only because my last mile was a 6:30. It was hard, my hips and chest hurt. Strides at McCoy after. Shoutout to the LP homies that told me to press on. And of course the Cherokee himself.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

It was 9 when I started working on my french II online class, then next thing I know I've done like a trimester of work and it's 2:30. I totally skipped lunch which I regret. 9 miles from the park down main to the rec, down Vernal Ave, up to Air Village, down Aggie back to the car. The first couple miles I dropped into the 5's too many times(I shouldn't have at all) I slowed down at maybe 2.5 miles in. My achilles was tight after that, and it kept irritating me to the point where I stopped for a couple minutes to stretch it out as a precaution. It wasn't feeling better during the stretches so I resolved I'd run back to my house and get a ride to my car if it didn't feel better when I started running again. Suprisingly enough it felt fine when I started running again. I stopped again at 7 miles because it bugged me again, I think it's the worn down peg's, and finished at 9 at 7:19 pace. I'll be dabbing tonight.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

Ran a warmup lap and wasn't feeling it in my achilles, so I biked 45 minutes at a higher resistance, got probably a little over 10 miles in. I was on the side of the track as the 4x400 time trials were going on. I'm running my trial on wednesday and it looks like I'm going to have to haul. 58's or bust. S/O to Christian for winning it in 56.01, that's sick #Ateamanchor Achilles feels better than yesterday, and that's without ibuprofen. Tomorrow will be tenative. Lunaracers feel great.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

More biking. Lap swimming tonight, 400m trial tomorrow.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
2.25

For today the advanced choir had to do singing valentines to sweeties for most of the day, but luckily we got off for my favorite class: Advanced Choir! So I had to sing all day and then I went to AP bio, then after that; practice for solo's for choir! I was so tired by the time I went to practice. Mile warmup, then my 400 trial. All the distance guys were tired, but not tired enough to not stay and cheer for me, so that was cool. Clayton was nice enough to pace me. We started and I held back so I could give Clayton the lead for the time being. The pace wasn't hard, but I relaxed a little too much and gave Clayton a maybe 5m lead. Second lap I'm slowly gaining on him, but he beat me. It's hard trying to muster the kick to pass when 90 degree turns are a common thing. I ran a 59.2 which I'm cool with. I was going to do a long cooldown, but I got the ever slight irritation in my achilles that made me cut it short and proceed with some good core. Coaches said they didn't want to screw anyone over by kicking them out since I missed the initial trial, but that they're trying for a 4x800 and I'd be in that. Pretty good, tiring day. I found out afterwards that Christian bought singing valentines to two unnamed gals in our school, addressed "To: xxxxx, from Nathan, for Old Times Sake?" lol what a bag. Also I found out I got accepted to Purdue and Georgia Tech, but both under strange conditions I've never heard of #goodproblems?

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 0.25Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.00

4... Stepping it up! Achilles was kind of there throughout but it wasn't a bother. After I went to the rockwall where Trey and Steven were working, and since it wasn't busy we played a game of add-on that involved some pretty technical stuff for like 2 hours which was a rad workout. Achilles doesn't feel too bad now, and I haven't even taken the ibuprofen yet.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.25

Blocked out achilles bothering during the run. Wasn't awful but still annoying, if Simplot weren't around the corner I'd take some time off, but it's drawing close, so I'll just take it easy. 

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
1.00

Mile on the treadmill, then it turned off. 20 minutes on the bike, I went really hard at a good incline and it claimed I went 8 miles. Mile on the elliptical after.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

"I'm back and I'm better" - Bryson Tiller

 

Finally got in a real run, and man it felt great. None of this baby treadmill/biking cross training stuff. Headed up to the Colorado SM's track(it's 60 degrees here), and did a workout of 2x800 and 1x1000 with a 2 minute 400m jog in between each. Wasn't sure how I'd fair after all this easy stuff. Felt quick at first, and I was like "dang it you lost your touch" but then the guy yelled out "69" and I was at first happily surprised, but when I remembered the goal pace was 2:30 per 800 I took back that feeling. Figured I might as well finish with what I have left. Hit the 600 mark at 1:45 and that's when the wind really hit me. Forecasts say 20mph+ and id believe it, it was brutal. My legs were sapped on that last stretch and I finished in 2:22, a bit quick but I'll take it. Next one I hit the 400 at a high 73, perfect. Finished that one in 2:29. The 1000m I had my dad take a snapchat video on me finishing for the story, but he took it at the first 200 so I went fast to look cool for the video and hit like a 33-34 200m. I don't remember the 400 split but I know I hit the 800 at 2:32 and was feeling that lactic acid buildup, man. Gave what I had without going ham, which wasn't much because I finished barely at 3:12. Some long strides in the soccer field after and a cooldown to add to 6. I'm really happy with how it went today, I think I could have dropped some better splits later on if my my first repeat hadn't been quick. I was afraid I'd be struggling to do like 5:30 pace but luckily that wasn't the case. I was pretty tired at the end though so I need to start some solid training. But the main highlight- no Achilles problems!! I felt it during the warmup, but afterwards I felt no pain for the first time in a week! We'll have to see if this lasts. Today got me excited for simplot! Tomorrow we find out if our 8:21 added PR time qualifies us for 4x800 finals. Shout out to mason for saving us with his 1:56 PR.

Core that night 

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 4.00Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

some easy miles in the morning before my Colorado School of Mines tour. I talked for a while with another runner and found out he has a blog, so shoutout to C_crop #possiblefutureteammate happy annoy squidward day my dudes

A little over 4 back in Utah. It suprisingly got much warmer, I wore my state hoodie and spandex and was dying at the end. Managed a 6:47 pace which was a bit out of the comfort one, I can tell basically all my endurance has dissipated but it's for the better. No achilles pains either! Sub 6 pace the last half mile which was nice. Zante's feel nice. UINTAH MADE THE 4X800!!!! I'm so happy.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 3.00NB Zante Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.50

Mile warmup at sprint practice. Good core and strengthening. We had to do this plank/pull-up thing and coach Heaton made everyone stop and watch me do them and said I was doing them perf.  Later Heaton asked me what I've been doing lately, because I'm way stronger than before, according to her. Cool beans, and a nice mental boost for Simplot. We did some jog down sprint back stuff after, and I got in some good work, I made sure my form was good. After that I left practice for my run. It might have been my watch buggging out but it said my first mile was 5:53. I slowed down after that to not push too hard. Ended up doing 6 miles at 6:43 avg pace. Felt pretty good, I started striding out the last two miles and got the pace down in the lower 6's.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 7.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
2.50

Pre-meet with strides. Everyone left while I was putting stuff in my car so I ran the opposite way as everyone else, and I went a bit quick. 6:57 avg pace. Oh well, what can you do.

NB Zante Miles: 2.50
Weight: 0.00
Race: Simplot 3200 (2 Miles) 00:11:02, Place overall: 70, Place in age division: 5
Total Distance
8.00

mile warmup on the track, then a mile outside later with Christian.

First half of the race went alright, hit a 5:20 first mile but then I started struggling. I think I should have waited longer to race after my break. I got passed by Christian on lap 8 and after that I just went in to easy cruise mode. Big mistake. Last 150 I was about to lap some guys(for the second time) but they ran side by side and it was difficult to pass, there was barely enough room to squeeze through. Some massive green river kid yelled "hurry up"! At me. I passed and he immediately passed as well. I tried to hold the lead but he cut me off hardcore. Wasn't fun. He let out this monstrous war and cut me off and pushed me again. I had probably been jogging the past 6 laps but I kicked harder here than I ever have in a race. He moved to not let me pass, but I swung into lane 3 and beat him by probably half a second. I dabbed on him after we finished and I genuinely thought he'd beat me up haha. Christian did 10:36, but the rest of Uintah didn't do as hoped. Mason was 3 seconds off 1600 finals, Aaron ran what Austin did, 4:57. 2 mile cooldown with Christian, then I got a picture taken with the HJP members, shoutout to Casey Clinger for joining. After that 2 miles with Aaron, Mason, and Izen, and we flew for that. I can tell my trainings been shoddy at best this month.

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 2.00Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From CameronAnderson on Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 09:33:56 from 206.207.67.90

Hey nice job and nice meeting you #hobbyjoggertakeover

Total Distance
4.00

Mile warmup on the track s/o to me for solving a rubix cube in 52 seconds 3 miles later with Mason through the ghettos of Pocatello. Mason kept running through alleyways that were probably half a mile long and sort of sketch, I carried a big stick, props to teddy Roosevelt 

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Race: Simplot 4x800 (2 Miles) 00:08:42, Place overall: 14, Place in age division: 5
Total Distance
6.00

Finals today. Warmed up for the 4x800 with my boys Aaron, Mason, and Christian. We did a couple strides outside and I felt pretty good. Aaron's been sick all week and I was now getting the epiphany that I was probs sick too. Mason made all of us wear sweats until we started the race to keep our muscles warm, but I really don't like heat so I felt uncomfortable. Todd gave me some needle spikes so I wore those to race. Strides on the actual track weren't great. My pace was alright but it winded me bad. Officials tell us before the race anyone who gets lapped gets DQ'ed from the race in case people lied on their seed times to get here. Race starts, Christian does what he does and is in last, maybe second to last in the first 400. We thought he'd move up, but he didn't. Still, the pack was semi close together, save a couple. The problem with that is Christian assumed I'd be in the first lane to hand off, and I was pushed back to lane 5! He literally was maybe 5 feet from the hand off one when he saw me. Unfortunately he didn't slope his angle for a clean handoff, he beelined for me and sort of tumbled into me. So starting off with a bad start, and starting at the very beginning of the exchange one. I work to file behind two guys. First two laps felt alright, as crappy as the first 400 of an 800 feels, I hit maybe 61. But with the sickness and non-existent endurance, I couldn't do my kick from last season to pass like the guys. I lost probably 2 seconds on them, maybe a little more. Handoff to Aaron, and I've hit my wall. My legs feel like bricks, so after a bit of shuffling he slows down, and my spikes get entangled in his shoes. It was messy. Aaron takes off and I'm hoping he catches guys and runs a PR, but neither happens. The conditions hit him and he couldn't go. Handoff to Mason at probably 8:38-9, and I know I'm not getting my name on the school record. Mason ran cray though and got us from 8th in our heat to 5th, goot thing too, because if he had ran any of our paces he probably would have been lapped. But Mason has a die hard spirit and came in at 8:42. Aaron was seriously pissed at my for fraying his shoe with my spikes and I honestly couldn't care less. Cooldown with Mason, during which the parade started. We couldn't find anyone but Davis and they brought a huge speaker so we chilled with them instead. Aaron, Mason, and I went to the store after, and Mason had our splits. I dreaded to hear mine. 2:09, 2:13, 2:16, 2:02. I was surprised by that, I thought I would have had to worst split. It made me feel a bit better, I didn't feel all that good, with Christians handoff I probably ran maybe 805 or 810 meters. So I'll accept it. 4x800 didn't get medals, but our 4x400 team did, which riled me up. I wish I had just not taken my break until after simplot so I could have been on it.

Another 2 miles during the 4x200 because I was bored. These 2 bozeman girls followed me the entire way, and I saw Travis Feeny and Garrett Barton from Ogden and waved to them.

New Balance MD500v2 Miles: 0.50Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles out at Red Fleet. My dad started out a couple minutes before me so I worked way too hard to catch him quickly, I think my pace for most of the first mile was in the 5:30's. That was unwise for a recovery run, with the gnarly hills in these paths I was feeling tired after that. Avg pace 7:11. 

NB Zante Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

Stomach was hurting in school today so I came home instead. Ate dinner then went to the rec center later. Mile on the treadmill and that wasn't fun so I ran on the like 100m track w/ Jacia and I had to stop a mile after that. The curry chicken I had for dinner and the heat of the rec center was killing me. I decided to go run in the crisp night air instead. Went out 1.5 and came back. Way out I felt just like crap. Avg pace for that half was 7:17. I turned around and felt way better, I was flying towards the end of it. That half was 6:30 pace, so maybe not flying but for me feeling how I felt with the spices of India having their dance of fire in my stomach it felt nice. 

S/O to Cason for finally updating his blog

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 11:35:04 from 70.166.229.2

I too have encountered the antagonist that is curry chicken. Shout out to you for your shoutout.

Total Distance
8.20

Made up a new route today. The first four miles were in foreign territory, up 1500 S and past Cy's house, then down this road with all these abandoned houses. After I hit 4 I was on main, so I turned left and ran down until I got to cobblerock, then to the rec center. I talked to Steven and Trey while they worked rock wall, and eventually no one was climbing so we played a good game of add-on. I beat Steven but Trey pulled a snake move and beat me. I felt dead tired, I'm trying to go kenogenic for a week(low carbs, high fat) and I felt wiped out after a couple miles of running. Stomach wasn't the best either, but I managed a 6:49 average pace so I'm happy with it. The track is snow free so I might try some tempo tomorrow.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kenny the Apache on Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 21:53:36 from 67.213.246.149

How do you add favorite blogs?

Total Distance
8.50

The name of the game was pain today. Because of the "I'm going to 'keto' myself diet" approaching day three all the carbs in my system are hitting a low, and my body hasn't adjusted for fuel yet. 5 miles at 7:26 pace, which was a real struggle considering I was hurting like none other. Cramps and pains for days, man. Run got a little but not much better by the time I got to the high school. 4x400's at that with no particular pace in mind, just whatever felt okay. Hit 68, 74, 72, 70. Long cooldown after. I think I might end this ketogenic nonsense early because my body is not liking this. I was weak during the run but I was completely drained by the end of it. I was getting major chills and major drowsiness.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 7.00Streak LT 2 White Miles: 1.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack Ericksen on Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 19:16:08 from 74.81.234.23

Yeah. be careful with changing diet. As a runner you burn off so much that you don't really need to diet much. Just eat semi-healthy no real plan.

From Eugene on Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 20:21:20 from 72.13.218.219

Zack, I researched it a bit more and after how I've been feeling as of late, I think I'm done. I have a french project due tomorrow and don't think I can attempt it w/o a caffeinated clif bar. Thanks for the tip, I swear you help me more than my coaches do lol.

From Kenny the Apache on Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 21:58:40 from 67.213.246.149

Dude be careful that for sure!!! Listen to your body and how it feels!!! Sometimes it's good to try different diets. Everybody is different with what works with them. Just remember health is wealth!!! #CherokeeNation

Total Distance
11.30

8.2 before the choir concert today. Didn't feel amazing for the first 5, but once I hit 1500 W I started to pick it up like we always would at practice. 6:58 avg pace.

3.1 after the concert

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.20NB Zante Miles: 3.10
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.50

Got in a run after school. Stoked that the trimester is over, but worried because I have all A's and one A- in AP history and I'm .21% away from the A and idk if it'll make it. Ran up near where Emily lives, down rehab and up the canal. Really, and I emphasize really had to go to the bathroom during this run. I stopped at a convinience store(way to live up to the name) and after my left quad was tight for a bit. Oh well. Didn't turn the watch on after the stop but before that it said 6:56 pace. Drove to 7-11 and got my free cup of water and drove to the church on Aggie and did some good barefoot strides. I might have gone longer, but the inconvinience + Track clinic tomorrow I figure 7's good enough. Plus I may or may not be hitting up the party scene tonight feat. Kyrie so gotta be fresh for that.

Barefoot Miles: 0.50Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Race: Uintah Root Beer mile (1 Miles) 00:07:32, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
6.00

On my life, I swear I never wanted or planned to run this. We had a track clinic today and I was going to leave as soon as it was over, but the guys forced me to run it. We start, and I begin to drink my first soda since freshman year. I hate soda. It burned really badly, and Jordan was gone after mere seconds. He had maybe 100m down when Aaron started, then Mason and I started when he was maybe 50m in. Running felt awful. I was burping everywhere and it was a real mess. I passed Mason at 100 and caught Aaron on the home stretch. Next soda I could barely stomach. Jordan takes off, and he has maybe 75m when I started. I was going real quick, I could barely even feel the devil drink inside me. Caught Jordan same place I caught Aaron the lap before. I probably waited 5 seconds before drinking the next soda, I really didn't want it. I finish this one before Jordan and I take off again. I didn't let the lead get to my head, I was going for broke. Around here I wanted to beat Hell Raiser's and the Lone Peak boy's times, so hopefully they see this. I see on the home stretch I have a little over 100m on Jordan, but I think I lapped everyone else so I knew it was just us. The last soda is lukewarm. Ew. Jordan was there for a few seconds when I left. I caught Mason at 200 to go and he yelled at me to go for it, so I did. Cruised in to a 7:32. Nice. Jordan got 2nd with a 8:40 I think, so it was a good race. We were the only 2 to break 10 I think. As soon as I finished and was declared the winner, it all came spewing. Not feeling great now, but I GOT A SCHOOL RECORD! woo. I averaged probably 25 seconds per can so that's like 85 second laps or something. Daggum allergies are going to be the death of me.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.50NB Zante Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

I felt awful today, I'm never drinking RB again. I'm also extremely sore due to the clinic yesterday. In church I had to leave immediately after because my family wanted to socialie and go out for lunch. I was on the fence about running today, but after blowing my nose for the 49763 time of the day I decided to go. I drove up to McCoy and ran on this dirt road I had never ran on before. The way up was terrible. I felt like total garbage and it was hilly and muddy towards the end and I turned around just a bit before 2.5, Avg pace was like 8:30. There were a ton of people out shooting today and I feared for my safety. I picked it up after the muddy part when I started coming down and eventually I saw the glimmer of my truck in the distance, looked at my watch and figured I had 1.5 left. I suddenly started just going really fast, I don't know how I managed it. Last 2 miles were under 13 minutes, last third of a mile was 5:18 pace. I felt really crappy afterwards but after some post stretching my sickness started to lift up, I don't feel great now but better. I dropped the average pace down a minute due to the second half so 7:30 pace. Ran a little when I got home to add up to 5.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

AM - Alarm didn't go off at 7:30 so I woke up at like 10:30 instead. Did a 3.5 shakeout @ 6:28 pace. Still extremely sore.

PM - First day of track! Mile warmup, then "The Long Road Home" workout. The basc gist of it is you partner up, run one lap, do 50 clap push ups, three laps, 50 V-ups, five laps, 50 squat jumps, seven laps, 10 sled pushes, five laps, another 50 clap pushups, three laps, 50 burpees, one lap. It's pretty awful; Coaches checked registermyathlete.com and anyone not on that got kicked out. Me Aaron and Christian were on that list, but luckily I called my mom and she registered me last second. I partnered up with Mason and we were off. Baseball soon came in on the field inside the track, and they kept hitting baseballs at us. There was a protective netting, but if you were in the inside lane you were going to get hit. We had a ton of people at practice and Amson and I were lapping them pretty soon, but lapping was difficult with our remorseless less-than-human baseball team inside batting at us. I think I was the main target from the seniors after the notorious "bird" incident. Anyway Mason and I went ham and won it by quite a bit, we were pretty unstoppable. I never even did any girl pushups, which is a rare claim. Good work from the team today, excited to get back at it.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.50NB Zante Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack Ericksen on Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 18:19:13 from 74.81.234.23

Sounds like a tough workout.

Total Distance
14.00

AM - All juniors took the ACT today, so no school until noon. Ran three miles in to morning down to the adjacent neighborhood, where I discovered a trail I could climb up to. It was muddy and still pretty snow covered, but I liked it. It ended right after the normal brutal hill so it's nice to know there's a way to skip that. Avg pace 6:58.

PM - Mile warmup, then a "core" workout. I remember the first week of track being grueling as a sophmore and difficult as a junior, but this was really easy. If it had been longer maybe it'd be a challenge but we only had 6 core stations to go to and only had to do the exercises in 1 minute intervals, I'm thankful for all the sprinters being born in april because when we go by groups we always go by birth month and I'm with them. I stayed for hops, sleds, and balance, and then ditched. Three mile easy run shirtless(miniscule detail but whatever), was going to go longer but changed my mind. Avg pace 6:52. Headed to the track and did 4x400's with a 200m jog in between(probably 1 minute active rest). Soccer was having tryouts and they loved my outfit consisting only of BOA's and Zante's. I had constant cheers and whistles for me while I ran. Went 67, 70, 69, and 66. Wasn't too hard, but I want those times to feel really comfortable, they didn't feel too amaing, but I'd account that for completely dead quads from the past few days, and idk how much I like the Zante's for speedwork. It'll be nice to eventually do repeats with someone... one day. Anyway I prefer my LT's for sure. Came back and jumped in the cooldown and I don't think anyone noticed my absence. Another mile cooldown by myself afterwards.

Yoga and 3 miles later. No watch but it was quick.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 6.00NB Zante Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

Mile warmup. Workout was running up bleachers, run a 400, push-ups up the bleachers, run a 600, 50 V-ups, 4x100 strides w/ like ten second rest, 50 burpees, 200, push-ups up bleachers, 200, run up bleachers, 100 one legged squats. 2 sets of that. Coaches have us maybe 45 minutes before they told everyone to stop so I went ham and was the only one to finish the workout. I have to shoutout Aaron for being right with me until the last set of burpees and push-ups where I went ham, he was the only other one to get all the way to the final station besides me. S/O to the breakfield twins bc I went ham to pass them and it was difficult, and shoutout to Brady for being right behind me Aaron and the twins, it's his first year of track and he's already killing some workouts. Led a easy cooldown afterwards and a 2 mile cooldown by myself after my sisters soccer game. I went to Cafe Rio alone after and got the usual salmon and tortillas, and they were almost out so the portions were maybe half the usual, so the girl handed it to me and told me just to go! What a sweetie. Good day.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

Easy day today, my legs were tired so I did some by myself but nothing major. Mile warmup, then the entire team had to run the neighborhood, I ran with Mason, Christian, and Kedric and we took it a little briskly. We did an extra mile as well. Turns out Aaron got stuck behind and ran the same way we did, and so did Brady, turns out he's going to be a distance runner. Nice. Mile cooldown by myself after.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
1.00

Mile warmup, and it was awful. My entire family was sick today, and I went to the doctor as a preparation thing and I had to sit in a room alone with my ill sister for an hour, so if I didn't have the virus before I'm sure I had it after. My lungs burnt worse than I can ever remember in my life. I had to stop the warmup premature. Coaches wanted me to just "tough it out", and I sat down for a couple minutes and told them my body told me I have to rest. They eventually let me go. If ever I've had doubts in my coaches today was the day, I honestly don't think they don't care about me after my recent performances. Looks like I need to impress next friday. I got home and slept for three hours, and felt SO much worse when I awoke. I was having cold sweats and could barely move I was so fatigued. And with preference tomorrow...

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
2.00

I woke up with a temp of 101.5 and felt like shiz. My parents wanted me to just tell kyrie(my date) to go w/ someone else, but that wasn't going to happen. I sort of accidentally took twice the recommended of Tylenol. With ten minutes until she picked me up, the medicine hit and I felt great. Day date was great. Got home and got ready and my tie and pants got lost so I wore jeans instead, and I tried suspenders but they immediately broke. So no tie or anything. I felt good, until me, Kedric, and Kyrie got into some intense "just dance 4". We played the luchador match and I honestly thought I'd die after. I felt like trash for the dinner, and I took more Advil after. We played some wii U after and the tv burned my eyes if I looked at it for more than a minute. Driving to the dance I honestly thought I'd pass out. I was freezing and hot at the same time. But once again the drugs hit at the perfect time, right as I started to dance I was told after I'm a good dancer. I went really ham and with the day date and such id count this as 2 miles. huge shoutout to Kyrie for asking me, had a dandy time.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

Only fever I have now is boogie fever! W/o the aid of drugs I feel great! Still taking today off as a precaution though.

 IMG_9330.JPG yesterday was a good time.

 

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

Man did this run feel awful. It somehow snowed a ton, and I did the trail from last week and it was awful, super muddy and slippery. My watch (Hopefully) bugged out because it told me avg pace was 6:50, then not 2 minutes later said 7:20, and I felt consistent at the time. I sort of just gave up after that, My lungs were burning in a terrible way and I just didn't feel good at all. I didn't walk despite wanting to on the huge hill so that makes it a little better. Not really sure what I did to deserve this.

I went to the rec center after school to run instead of the team run and I don't even slightly regret it. 10 minute warm-up, went to the restroom, 5 minutes of speed changes, then (originally) 3x1000's fast. I wanted to do all three but I had a feeling that with the still lingering sickness my body might not handle it, and I've seen way too many treadmill failure videos to not be wary today. First 1000 was 2:53. Man that one was hard to push through, I was nervous because I stumbled and my quads were feeling it. Next one was on pace for a 2:58 but I couldn't push through and stopped at about 2 minutes in. I did a 600 after that in 1:39 and it was a real struggle. Made it through though. 20 minute cooldown, I was going to do 4x200m strides but I did one in 29 and my quads were saying I was done so I listened. Had a good conversation with Steven at the rock wall after, he got called in because no one showed up for what he was told to be a 30 minute shift, they didn't come in for two hours. I stayed and talked to him the whole shift, it was a good time. 11 for the day. Good stuff from everyone today

Nike Wildhorse 2 Miles: 3.00Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

EZ PZ mile warmup then core, man I need to up my core I've slacked hard since footlocker haha. It hurt like heck so that was good. Coaches sent everyone on a mile run but instead I had to run a mile, do core, mile, core, mile. First mile was 7:14 then planks, then 7:06 then bridges, then I focused on staying straight and running smoothly, that one was a 6:32. They all felt easy which was nice. Cooldown for 5. My Achilles kinda lowkey bugs so yoga tonight!

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Some good speed today. 10 minute warmup then 800, then 4x400. 800 I got out and got a good lead, if I had been alone I probably would have slowed down a ton but Mason was right behind me so I kept it smooth and did 2:24. 400 jog in between each. First 400 Mason went fast to get a lead but I wanted to stay with him so I matched his pace, he filed behind me after the first 50m but I didn't slow down. I went 64 on that, too quick, it felt awful haha. Next two were 68 and 67, I just filed behind Mason on those to keep a good pace. I went to the restroom after the third one and missed the 4th one, luckily Brady, Aaron, Mason, and Austin were doing a 5th so I jumped in on that. The first 100 I try to file behind Mason, but Austin wasn't having any of that and I was worried he'd edge me off the track. At 150 I filed behind Mason, and thought that I might as well push this one, so I swung out in to lane three and pushed into a 65. Cooldown to add to 7. Felt good! Still a little sick and the air killed my lungs, but the times were good so I can't complain. Truth be told the paces might have been a but quick for early March, but oh well what can ya do

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 4.00Streak LT 2 White Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

6 easy. I would have ran with Mason and Christian, but Aaron wanted to put his shirt in his truck and made me come with him. Went to Basin after and finally used my gift card from winning the turkey trot, bought 2 rollers and some GU gummies. Red and white meet tomorrow, I'm gonna try to relax with some yoga tonight.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Josh Ericksen on Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 18:20:45 from 74.81.234.23

I hate those meets. It just seems like a workout since no one is there. For us its the maroon and gold.

Race: Red, White, and (I) blue (0.25 Miles) 00:01:00, Place overall: 7
Total Distance
4.00

What a trash day. Warmed up and felt fine. They moved the 100 to be the first event instead of the 1600 so Mason could make it. I was pumped when I thought the 1600 would start, but after I just didn't feel too great. Nothing could prepare me for how awful the race was. 200m in and I started falling off. Hit the 400 at 72. Austin passed me, then Kedric. Jordan caught me in the last lap. Don't even want to know the time. Sophomore year I got 5th, Junior year I got 3rd, today I got 7th. My lungs were on fire and I don't think i've been eating enough, I weighed myself before the race and it was like 2 pounds less than usual, but when it comes down to it I was weak and gave up. I felt miserable and coach made everyone run the 400 20 minutes later. I was in a heat with all the distance guys. I caught Kedric at 250 but I was sucking it up again. I started walking before I even hit the finish. Turns out I ran 60, which suprised me. I love it when I train hard and it means nothing, you really appreciate it after a senior year where it's a normal thing.

In other words I've basically coughed up my lungs since the meet ended

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Ryan Raff on Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 13:48:43 from 75.162.126.173

How's your nutrition?

From Zack Ericksen on Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 15:29:35 from 74.81.234.23

Yeah. Check your nutrition and also maybe take a small break or cut the distance runs a bit short and then try it out. Also check your sleep cuz that could be a problem.

From Eugene on Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 21:56:21 from 72.13.209.21

@Ryan I just got really busy and wasn't eating enough, it's better now.

@Zack every spring I get this awful sickness for two weeks or so, I think this is it(Hopefully). Last year the two weeks were during BYU and region, so I just want to get it over with.

Total Distance
6.50

I was going to do a long easy run, but Trevor asked me to come with the track with him so I did. Huge S/O to him, yesterday he ran his first race since freshman year, and ran an 11.69 in the 100m and took second on the team, he was winning until he died at the end. I did what I felt I could do, still sick. Ended up being 2x300, 2x200, 2x300, around 800 pace. Went 44, 47, 29, 28, 43, 46. The 300's sucked, the last 100 on the second one both times my legs were really tired. Went to subway with trevor after and ate some apple slices, then another 3 or so, Avg 7:02. This run felt nice. We went and saw the little mermaid musical after, Emily's singing was comparable to her looks. interpret that how you want, too bad she never gets on her blog.

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 4.50Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

Quite a wild long run today. At church today we talked about how the Sabbath was made for rest, so I felt guilty but I've been slacking on mileage from sickness so I needed distance. Drove out to McCoy at the corral that normally signals the turnaround for the run, but instead I just kept going. After two miles it switched from gravel to dirt, it was intense. Eventually I hit this ledge overlooking this giant divide with a huge river flowing way below me. I stood there in wonder, listening to nothing but wind. It was serene, then I heard the yap of a coyote or wolf or something, then many responding barks, sounding somewhat hostile. It then dawned on me that I was not even close to civilization and hadn't seen another person since the corral, so I turned and bolted. Despite the run being mainly pretty difficult uphill, I pressed hard, I figured "if I get eaten by wolves I'll regret going too slowly" so I kept a good quick pace. Finished 10 miles at 7:08 pace. Good run, quite scary.

S/O to my literal hero for winning nationals. @garek u r quick

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.00

Mile warm-up, legs were tight so I stopped for a lap to stretch them out. 2 miles easy for pre meet, but at 1.5 My right hamstring suddenly tightened up and I had to stop to stretch it out. We were supposed to run some 400's after but I didn't

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack Ericksen on Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 17:57:40 from 172.56.16.235

Hope you feel better!!

Race: Salem region meet (0.5 Miles) 00:02:14, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
7.00

Really bad conditions today, not a fun time overall, but I'd rate it okay. My tendon was hurting really badly on the bus ride up and the warmup, but it sort of disappeared before I toed the line. Not really, I just blocked the pain. Still felt a bit sick too, it started snowing around here so that got worse, anyway. I decided to not go too hard in the 1600 and save for the 800, so I decided to pace with Mason for 5 flat. First lap was 72, feeling good, I talked to Mason and Chesnut for the first 200 and jokes were cracked, good times. At 600 I just suddenly got this back pain like I pulled something, and it hurt to breathe really badly. That was hard to deal with, I got passed by quite a few people, Jordan passed me in the last 100 and I knew I should've kicked and caught Kedric, but I just didn't. I wasn't in a racing mindset after the back pain, just trying to survive. I got put in the medley so I dropped the open 800 since they were back to back. It was me, Chesnut, and two Salem teams for the 800 legs. So all Salem, but me. Chesnut had maybe a 50m lead on me and he went ham, I tried to just keep the gap constant as best I could which I thought I did okay. Turns out he did a 57, I dont quite think I did that haha. Second 400 I really felt dead, no energy in the legs. I wanted a trifecta in one day, so Mason and I ran the 3200. We did it jog a lap, run one quick, repeat 4 times. First one Mason led in 66, I wasn't with him, I stuck on him the first 200 then the back pains reappeared, three cheers for that. After that I led them in 73, 77, and 69. Mason and I finished in a dead tie which was cool, in like a 13, so less cool. Looking back I felt crappy today but I blocked that out way better than last week so that's progress. This back thing I need to get rid of pronto though. Also my legs felt dead and I still feel sick. Get outta here. I'm most proud of my 800(not at all) so I'll put it for my race report. I'm irate I'm not as good as last year yet though. You better bet I'll work for this.

New Balance MD500v2 Miles: 3.50NB Zante Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack Ericksen on Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 22:40:37 from 74.81.234.23

Lol I know this sounds crazy but you need to try this. It really helps a ton. Focus on thinking about your pinkie toe when you are running in races. After you try it I'll explain why it worked so well. Warning: Don't let it throw off your form or anything.

From Zack Ericksen on Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 22:42:18 from 74.81.234.23

Good race considering all the problems and conditions!

From Zack Ericksen on Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 22:50:09 from 74.81.234.23

Lol, one more suggestion, stretch your hamstrings, they have a connection with back pain lots of the time.

From Eugene on Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 23:06:13 from 70.212.42.22

So many comments to respond to lol.

Zack; our next meet is like the 29th :( hopefully it clears by then!

Zach: thanks! It wasn't a fun day haha. I actually left my jacket at home so it was a day of suffering.

Zak; that makes sense, I think my tendon pain was also hamstrings. I don't know why they were so tight, just from a distance run I guess. I'm praying it isn't tendonitis.

Total Distance
6.50

Choir region. We got literally the best possible score we could get that wouldn't get us to state. Dang. Good thing there's two region competitions I guess.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

Good work today. Warmup, then 5 minutes hard, 5 minutes easy for 5 miles. First hard I got out and I worked pretty hard for that one. I got close to .9 for the 5 minutes, and that was heading into the strong wind, and uphill. No one was really with me for that one. Got out good for the second one. That one was downhill, with the wind on my back, and man my quads were shot for that. I never really went as hard as the first, which is what I should have done for all of them. For the last two hards I decided to start out easier with Aaron, which I regret. If I'm not leading it, I feel like I don't push as hard, evident today. I was right on Aaron for the first three minutes then I lost him when we hit the uphill wind again. Last one was in to the wind and uphill again, Stuck with Aaron then just wasn't pushing as hard mentally. I did another 2 minutes hard to hit 6 miles, ran behind the school through the baseball and soccer fields. The baseball players (2 specifically) threw rocks and pebbles at me, love those guys. I really don't get the whole beef thing, it's wayy childish, grow up. Anyway got back did core with Aaron and Brady, did stretches and went home. Didn't really get a cooldown in, dangit. Ice bath tonight. 

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Mile warmup and the team worked on running form briefly. I did a loop with Brady and Aaron, the pace was really slow, I think the avg. pace was in the 8:20's, I hated it, but Aaron was sore from yesterday so I obliged. When we got back to the stop light in front of the high school I went for some more rather than ending it there. Did the same loop, went quicker and it felt good, I really had to go to the restroom though, maybe I should start eating lunch later or something. I dropped the pace down to higher 7:30's for the average of the 6 miles, so that's like 6:40 or such on the second loop. Did some core on the track after, I was the only one there. #loneranger

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
15.00

AM - 10.5 slow up at red fleet with Aaron and Brady. Last time I did this was with Aaron back in August, we should really do it more, it's a great time. Pace was slow and easy, about 7:50, but I pushed on the uphills. S/O to Brady for doing it with us, he only started track like a month ago! We hiked up a mountain face after and it was a solid time.

PM - 4.5 @ 6:55 pace. Just felt great for this, which surprised me, I thought I'd be dead. I ran from the walking park to the bathrooms, which were locked, to the trail on Kid's canal, down to the hospital and back. I ran around the walking park to get the run to 4.5 and the last quarter mile was 5:30's which didn't feel like I was pushing it hard. Strides after bc stretches always feel better with strides. Well you have good days and bad days for running, and today was definitely the former. Just a really dandy day with solid mileage. Glad I finally had a good day, because lately running's been feeling on the other end of the spectre.

S/O to my parents for getting married 23 years ago. They would then work to create the perfect specimen and after 4 years succeed with the creation of Eugene Nathaniel Grindle III #tb

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 10.50NB Zante Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack Ericksen on Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 19:20:46 from 74.81.234.23

Sounds like a great day!

Total Distance
7.00

Played about three hours of tennis with my dad. I made myself run literally every time I had to move, so it was intense. Was dead tired for the run, just did the loop around Aggie. Avg pace 7:06 which is good considering how fatigued I was.

Over the break I want to work on my left calf because its circumference is almost a full inch smaller than my right and I think I may favor putting my weight on it due to that. I also want to work on my lower four and because my upper and look nice but it'd be nice to be shredded with swimsuit season approaching

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

No running today. I was gonna wake up at 5:00 to run but I overslept. On the way to Denver airport now.

 

Excited to anounce that I'll be running the "5 to Thrive" 5k in Atlanta this Saturday. I'll see how the elevation drop feels and such, but I'm really hoping for a nice PR. If the course is not long/aided and someone good is there, who knows, maybe I can't finally get that sub 16.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

Hour of conditioning in the morning, got in two miles and a lot of good core.

Meeting with the university of Alabama XC/ distance coach later today! Hopefully it goes well.

Manohmanohmanohman I hate humidity. And warm weather. I decided to start my run at 4:00 PM, in the middle of the blazing day. It was awful. The sidewalk I ran on for the first two miles was nonexistent, so I ran on loose gravel/overgrowth instead. Once I got past that I ran past the U of A track to the soccer fields and ran around there a bit. Ran around the parking lot after. I felt dead today, my legs were way tired, then I looked at the pace and knew why. 6:38 avg pace. I was sure it would be 7:30, I stopped at like 5 red lights. Oh well. There's a pool next to our condo/dorm, and the water is FREEZING. PERFECT. Sat it that for a few minutes, after stretching.

Meeting went pretty well. I really like Coach Walters. Since I have my 33 ACT and current 4.0 GPA, the school already gave me full ride, so he wouldn't have to pay a nickel to have me run for him. He laid out somewhat reasonable times. 1:55 800m, 4:23 1600m, and 9:38 3200m. He told me to email him every week about how I've been performing and hopefully I'll drop some times soon to make him proud. I think with my 4:46 from last year the 1600's my best bet. If I make any of those times, I'm automatically on the Track/XC team for Alabama. Any advice on how to get those times, however, would be greatly appreciated because I think Mason, Christian, and Aaron are the only three runners coaches care about right now on the team haha. Or advice on how to handle humidity/70+ weather. Thanks.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 7.00Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 18:21:17 from 68.103.17.254

You got this! It sounds like there's a wizard setup down there! Tear it up at that 5k too while you're at it!

From Eugene on Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 19:10:48 from 70.193.67.184

@Cason didn't you see my second short term goal? Haha my goal in it is to beat your PR

From C_Cropp on Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 20:03:17 from 68.103.17.254

I saw that and I hope you do! Conditions should be great for nice PR (especially with the elevation drop and low wind). Is the course pavement and flat?

From Eugene on Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 20:27:57 from 68.60.218.81

I have literally no idea. My hope is some Georgia Tech athletes might show and then I can pace off them, but course-wise I have no clue. I think it's through a park in downtown Atlanta.

Total Distance
11.00

Long campus tour today. Walked probably three miles around campus during it but I won't count it. Three mile warmup from the condo to the soccer fields. I was joined by a fellow runner about a mile in, and I talked to him for the remainder of the warmup. I thought him to be a U of A track runner, turned out he was the distance coach for the Ohio track team. We talked about our schools and how crazy fast Garek and Casey are back in Utah. He seemed like a really cool guy. Anyway workout was 2 sets of 3x800 with 2 minute rest, active rest, 7 minutes between sets, on the fields. Path I layed out was about .15 straight into the wind, with one really brief downhill, maybe 5ft drop in like 2 seconds. 90 degree turn, like 100m, 90 degree turn, then run straight for about .2, going back up the hill, then a 45 degree turn and run in for an 800. 400m jog back to the start. I measured to make sure all were accurate, and my watch had them usually at .49, so about good. Splits were 2:31, 2:32, and 2:34 for set uno. Felt pretty crappy towards the end. I went up probably 12 flights of stairs, walked a ton, and ate a hefty college lunch. The ground was soft and my trainers stuck in a bit when landing. Humidity sucked. It was tough. But then I started thinking about how much I wanted to run for college, and how I'd have to push to get there. Times after that were 2:26, 2:29, 2:28. I dig deep on those ones, I imagined myself running in a collegiate uniform and when I felt tired I just kept pushing. I know the times weren't crazy fast, but I pushed hard by myself and I'm happy with it. Cooldown back to the condo. 

In other news, Alabama was voted to be the 27th best college in the nation in respect to attractive ladies attending. If Utah was a college ID have voted it #1, but the girl population here is like 60%. And it's like 30% at mines...

NB Zante Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 20:55:02 from 68.103.17.254

Good werk.... Have you happened pass by a Chick-fil-a while down there? They are crazy during rush hour (2 lanes of traffic for a drive-through)

From Eugene on Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 21:26:50 from 68.60.218.81

Haha I need to.

Total Distance
7.00

4 miles in Savannah, GA. We were meeting with my aunt and uncle, and they have a 2 year old with a early bed time, so I was rushed. Ran from our hotel down into this neighborhood that had a huge sign that said "Covenant protected" only in Georgia lol. I realized after running in it for a while that my shorts and no shirt might offend them. Then I remembered, this isn't Utah, standards aren't higher than the top floor of the Empire State Building. Went really quick. About 6:15 pace. Didn't feel too hard, but I don't think I've sweat that much in years. Sure my readers were dying to know that. I took a fl*pping cold shower after in approx 47 seconds, so a post run shower PR. Gonna try to run after dinner, we're going to an Indian place so pray for ya boy.

3 at the gym after. Man I felt awful. Spicy chicken had revenge like montazuma, I swear it was like 100 degrees and I was sweating more than the run before dinner ugh. Biked and did my core after. I was in the gym from like 9:30 to 11 #pastbedtime

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 21:47:55 from 68.103.17.254

The spicy chicken struck again!

Total Distance
8.50

Weird day. Probably seven hours drive to Atlanta. After I went to the nearby park to do a five mile tempo. The only place to run was a like .8 mile loop around the park. 2 mile warmup. Did the first mile in 5:49, and I felt trashed an I had to stop. The past three days workouts have been really solid, but they took their role today. Plus the Panda Express we had at Macon was trash. Anyway I decided to do 5.5 around after. At about 7 I started picking up the cadence a little on accident, next thing I know I look at the pace and its 5:30 and I slowed down pretty quick after that haha. I think for the day, with the first mile, 7:08 pace is about right

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

8 in the morning. Felt like any other morning run. I woke up, immediately ate a clif bar and layed there for a few minutes, went to the bathroom and left. I ended up going to bed at midnight, the room I'm sleeping in hast this creepy small door in the corner and there's a lock on it but the way the door is it looks like something was trying to get out from inside whatever's in there. Spooky stuff, anyway I kept hearing weird sounds in the night and it lowkey freaked me out so I had trouble getting to sleep. Hard to get the legs moving, just like any other morning run. Pushed the hills just a bit on the second half. Good run, there were next to no cars and it was really quiet so it was nice to have some time to think. I mainly thought about UVU next week haha. I think I'm gonna race the 800 and 3200. I don't want to go ham in the 800, just barely qualify for BYU, so a low 2:10, high 2:09 would be ideal. I'm also going to run the 3200, and if all goes well I hope to do great. 

Also since I keep seeing S/O's to him, shoutout to Zack from LP for qualifying in the 3200!

Another 4, 6:50 pace.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 8.00NB Zante Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Josh Ericksen on Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:21:34 from 74.81.234.23

We'll be at UVU too so i might see you there.

From Eugene on Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 08:32:06 from 98.251.118.86

I'll make sure to find you guys. Also if you're running the 3200 we can have a rematch from the oval.

From Zack Ericksen on Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 20:11:23 from 74.81.234.23

Thanks for the shoutout man! Good luck at UVU and we'll see ya there!!!

Total Distance
7.50

7.5, 4x2 minutes in the middle. Went .38, .40, .39, .40. Hilly and humid. There were markers saying the distance, and I started at the beginning, and hit the ".4" mark when I was at .37. So either my watch or the markers were off, my watch has been getting weird lately, so I'm trusting the markers more, so add like .02 to the markers in the favor of optimism. "Happy Easter y'all" - Steve Harvey 

NB Zante Miles: 7.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.00

I woke up at 2:45 MST (AM)😑 The Atlanta airport was way backed up so we barely made our flight, so no breakfast. I ate one complimentary wafer given by the nice fly attendant. I didn't end up eating anything else until 12, so 200 calories over the span of 9+ hours. Also yesterday we had a large Easter dinner at around 2 PM, so I didn't eat anything really after that, save a few tortilla chips. So yeah. 8 hours in the car after that due to traffic in Colorado. Legs felt crappy. We stopped about three hours from Utah bc my dad had to take an important 30 minute business call. I stretched for a while and jogged around for maybe a minute and the ol' ponies felt better. When I finally got home I went to the rec, talked to Steven for a while, did a warmup, then a 600 @2 mile pace and a 300 @ 800 pace. Tomorrows paces, not UVU's. 400m jog in between. 600 in 1:56, 300 in 47. Both felt easy! Form was good, breathing was deep and steady, and felt a little quick the first 20 seconds of each, but then I eased in and it went well. Hopefully this good feeling stays for tomorrow. Cooldown and strides for 3. I wish I could have gotten more in, but I expected this. That's why I did speed on Sunday. Cooldown and strides for 3, maybe a bit more. Good day. S/O to me and Connor baller for getting our hearts broke at Virginias defeat yesterday. But he's getting his mission call to Florida so it's good.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Race: Splurgapalooza (2 Miles) 00:11:04, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
7.00

Our meet at Wasatch got cancelled due to major snow. So we decided to have a home meet in the blizzard! It was snowing so hard. I had been feeling awful all day, but I still toed the line. We bunched the 800 and 3200 runners together, so I started with Mason on the waterfall. The entire track was full of snow and by the 100 mark my spikes were soaked. Kedric was going quick to get the lead but I got it. Hit the 200 at 35. Too quick haha. I intentionally slowed the pace a bit to hit a 77 first lap. I hit the 800 at 2:40. I was aiming for 10:45 btw. At this point I started burping which in turn made me want to puke, so it triggered my gag reflex pretty bad. From this point on Mason was right on my tail. I kept thinking "He can pass me at the end of this lap" but I didn't let him. Mile at 5:31. My gag reflex is getting triggered every thirty seconds now, and I'm praying I don't blow chunks mid race. I hit the 2000 and I started picking it up. At 600 left Mason's footsteps were more quiet but I remembered that Mason tends to run a 63 second last lap and has a 1:56 PR so I sped up even more. Entire last lap I'm about to hurl and gagging a ton. Last 200 I gave it all I had without pushing to puke, so still just a bit left in the tank. I finish and I'm immediately on the ground. Coaches are congratulating me, but they stop as I puke everywhere. It was bad. but I felt way good after. Cooldown to hit 7. Conditions plain sucked today, but I'm satisfied. A win is always nice, albeit basically a red and white meet.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack Ericksen on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 19:11:49 from 74.81.234.23

Congrats on your win! Looks like a great race through awful conditions.

From Eugene on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 19:20:47 from 173.240.40.237

I hear the conditions for UVU are gonna be perfect. I just need to get 2:10 tomorrow at the second day of the meet and I'll be set.

From Eugene on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 19:47:12 from 173.240.40.237

Also what's up with the pinky thing?

From Josh Ericksen on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 20:14:27 from 74.81.234.23

solid

From Josh Ericksen on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 20:15:30 from 74.81.234.23

And why do your coaches not care about you????

From Eugene on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 20:25:02 from 173.240.40.237

We have Mason, who ran a 1:56 last year, and Aaron, who ran a 10:16 last year. They're basically the two distance runners coaches really pay attention to. I told my distance coach about the Alabama walk on standards, and he basically said "good luck with that" so I train by myself mostly.

From Zack Ericksen on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 20:28:17 from 74.81.234.23

Did you try the pinkie thing?

From Eugene on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 20:29:44 from 173.240.40.237

I focused on it on my 5th lap, that's when I started pulling away. The last 400 I just was thinking of running quick into the wind and snow though, not much else.

From Zack Ericksen on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 20:30:27 from 74.81.234.23

And the reason I said it was to distract you cuz part of the problem seems to be you are mentally beat and get distracted by the negatives. The pinkie was just a random thing to focus on. It could have been anything.

From Zack Ericksen on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 20:33:48 from 74.81.234.23

And good call, last 400 definitely focus on the kick.

From Eugene on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 21:09:03 from 173.240.40.237

The pinky thing was random, I sort of suspected it would be a placebo thing. I thing leading the race helped me a lot. Either way thanks!

From Spencer Smith on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 21:43:59 from 174.52.167.138

Dude for being sick and for sub-par weather that's a great time! Excited to meet you on Saturday

From Ryan Raff on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 21:55:28 from 75.162.85.75

Dude what u racing at UVU?

From Eugene on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 22:04:00 from 173.240.40.237

Same spencer, same goes to josh and Zack.

Ryan, 3200 and 800. Hopefully. Apparently you need a 2:10, 5:10, or 10:45 to race the 800-3200 at UVU. I made the first two marks last year, but not the last one. I ran 10:55 for 2 miles in January, so hopefully coaches can put me in for that.

From Eugene on Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 22:08:01 from 173.240.40.237

Wbu

From Ryan Raff on Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 22:25:50 from 75.162.85.75

Sick! I'm doing the mile

Race: Triblizzard tournament (0.5 Miles) 00:02:14, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
9.00

I woke up three times last night with awful charlie horses in my calves. I rolled a lot today to get rid of that. 

Crappy conditions again today. Major wind this time. Since everyone else ran the 800 while I ran the 3200 I had to run it with the 1600 people. Went out fast, too fast. 28 second 200. Died after that and did 2:14ish. It wasn't even really a race, I ran it alone and the wind was awful, but I got first so I'll put a race report. I wish I had just toughed out another 800 because the winning 1600 time was Mason with 4:50 so I could have ran a 2:36 after. But who knows. Couldn't get a lot of mileage today, only five. I'll try to get some more in tomorrow, but I had spicy chicken... again. #prayfornathan

Yeah chicken was awful, felt like trash, but better towards the end. 4 @ 7:05 pace. Core and strengthening after.

New Balance MD500v2 Miles: 0.50Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 4.00Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

Well my coaches aren't taking me to UVU. They're taking people who have barely made the JV mark, Aaron, who's injured and not even running, but not me. Sorry to my LP amigos I was looking forward to meeting. There are four boy runners on the team who qualified for BYU last year. They took all of them but me. When I say my coaches don't care about me this is what I mean. Sorry for the rant to anyone reading but im pissed.

 

Solid 9 easy, 7:06 pace. I went to team practice and they had a long talk with us after in the indoor(it snowed again) about UVU and they made everyone going stand up and it got my goat. Coach said 20 minute tempo to the distance squad, but since I raced the past two days I decided recovery run instead. I ran from the school down to the rec center, where I shed quite a few layers because I was overheated, and ran back.

NB Zante Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron A on Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 14:26:12 from 73.65.214.204

Dude that must be so frustrating.:P What other invites are on your team's schedule

From Eugene on Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 14:41:28 from 173.240.40.237

UVU, Uintah, D hills, Carbon, Stansbury, BYU. So this was the only really big one until UVU. Hopefully coaches actually take me to a meet so I can qualify

From Josh Ericksen on Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 16:20:45 from 74.81.234.23

That sucks. Im sorry.

From Zack Ericksen on Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 16:36:33 from 74.81.234.23

Sneak off and run unattached. jk, That's so frustrating.

From Eugene on Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 17:55:58 from 173.240.40.237

I thought about it for about half a second. I'd like to go sub 10 at our home invite next week and make coaches feel foolish. If they actually put me in, haha.

Total Distance
1.00

I had the worst stomach cramps of my life when I woke up. I could barely move, it was awful. I was late to my second hour, and after 20 minutes I called my mom to check me out. The pain was nearly unbearable, it really hurt. We went to the doctor and got some medicine which made me feel a tad better. I volunteered to be a supervisor of a lock-in for the youth at my church. Probably got a solid mile in during night games. Really tiring.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

I went to bed at like 2 AM last night, woke up at 7:30, ate some cereal, drove home, made a smoothie, took a nap at 9, set an alarm at 9:30, woke up at 4:30 PM. I was somehow still tired when I woke up haha. Got dressed and headed to the track with Trevor AKA Tbird Shurtdog AKA T_81RD. 1.5 warmup. Workout was 2 sets of 5x800, first @ current 3200 pace, second set @ goal 2 mile pace. 2 minute rest between repeats on first set, 5 minute rest, 3:30 rest on second set. My stomach still felt like trash. I ran 10:55 for 2 miles back in indoor, so I determined 2:40 was good for the first set. Went 2:31, 2:34, 2:37, 2:40. A bit too quick, with the stomach thing + no running yesterday + just waking up, I decided to do 4 per set instead. S/O to Trevor for leaving after 2 200's at like 31 haha. Second set I was pretty tired for, I just wanted sub 2:30's. Those went 2:24, 2:29, 2:27, 2:25. The last one should have been quicker but I hit like a 32 first 200m lol. Every 400 except the second one of the 2:29 was sub 75 on this set so that was good. For running alone I found these times pretty excellent. Did 4x200's, going 3200 pace and sprinting with 125, 100, 75, and 50m to go. I ran the 800's in my spikes and my calves were shot so I wore my trainers instead. Those went 32, 33, 33, 34. Long barefoot cooldown on the turf. By the end of the workout it was dark outside which was neat. 

Team did really well at UVU. Mason ran 4:35, Christian ran 4:39. Mason won his heat in the 1600 and steeple. Not gonna lie, I'm a little jealous of the two of them. I would very much like to run for Alabama, but how is that supposed to happen if coaches don't take me to fast meets? Ugh. S/O to fellow bloggers Zack, Ryan, Josh, Connor, Asa, and Tyler at UVU, and Sage, Nick, and Garek @ PV.

Barefoot Miles: 3.00Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack Ericksen on Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 20:48:13 from 74.81.234.23

Sounds like a tough workout.

From Josh Ericksen on Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 21:13:26 from 74.81.234.23

Thx for the shoutout

Total Distance
5.00

Boy oh boy did my stomach feel awful today. Especially during the run. Played a little tennis before to loosen up the calves because they were pretty sore, but that got better as I ran. The stomach got way worse though. I still feel like trash. Did some hurdle flexibility stuff after. 

NB Zante Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

Mile warmup I had this weird tightness on my right leg, it might have been a tendon, but I was able to ignore it later on. We did the long road home again today, I thought it would be pointless and just sprinting half laps but it was difficult. And you better bet I went ham, Eugene 2.0 was born last Saturday during those 800's. Workout went run a lap, run up and down all the bleachers, two laps, 50 V-ups, three laps, 50 squat jumps, four laps, push ups up the bleachers, three laps, 50 burpees, two laps, 50 crunches, one lap. I lapped everyone at least twice in it which probably isn't too big of an accomplishment but I'll take what I can get. Legs were hammered by the end, but I was able to bust out a 73 last lap which I was proud of. S/O to Mason for running a 28 second last 200. Small cooldown with Mason, Christian, Austin, and Jordan. Man we're awful people. Good thing we're hilarious though. Longer barefoot cooldown and strides on the turf alone. In other news I got the highest scores on my tests today in my lowkey AP physics and AP Bio class.

Barefoot Miles: 1.00Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 1.00Streak LT 2 White Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.50

Premeet, EZPZ. Neighborhood with Christian, Mason, and Austin. I ran two 400's after. The first one I hit the first 200 in 38, sped up a bit and finished controlled in 71. Next one these girls started 100m ahead of me, and I went in to chase mode. Caught them and ran either a 64 or 65, I can't remember. Both felt good. I'm running the 3200 and anchoring relays tomorrow. My goal in the 3200 is run a slow first mile, like 5:40, and then kick in a sub five second mile.

Weight: 0.00
Race: Union (2 Miles) 00:10:55, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
8.50

Today was real great. Bus was super Jammed and I got squished. I got off and it was way hot, plus the track here is black so that wasn't fun. Also the track doesn't have a lot of rubber and your spikes didn't stick in. But oh well. Two laps when we got there then warm up later. When I wasn't running I made sure to stay in the shade. We line up and gun goes off. We bunched up guys and gals, it was a small meet. I didn't want to go out fast but I knew after a couple seconds I was gonna lead it. After a lap these two Union kids breathing rather raggedly cam up on me, and I sped up just a tiny bit. At about 650m in I couldn't hear their breathing anymore. I think I hit the 1200 around 4:1x. I started lapping people around here, so I swung into the second lane and picked up my pace. People wouldn't get into the other lane to let me pass which was annoying. 1600 at around 5:35. When I hit lap 5 I sped up quite a bit, I think I hit a 73. I kept an alright pace the next lap, then died a bit. With a lap to go coach yells "give me a 70!" But I didn't really have any motivation. Running on unions track isn't a party haha. Good closing speed for no competition. Anyway I won by almost two minutes. Cooldown, then chilled until the medley. I got the baton with the B team right behind, Union on their tail. My legs felt crappy but I tried to tough it out. Not sure what the time was but I got a 100m lead on the B team anchor, so that was good. Anchored the 4x400 and man it was pretty great. I went out quick and kept it. We won by about 200m haha. I ran a 57, it wasn't amazing but coach said it was the fastest split of anyone by three seconds! Today was good. More of a workout than anything. Gonna be a limit approaching 10 as x approaches infinity on Saturday in the 3200. Yeah I took AB last year.

Cooldown down Aggie once we got home

NB Zante Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack Ericksen on Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 23:33:08 from 74.81.234.23

Sounds like a great race! glad you did so well.

From Cameron A on Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 23:44:25 from 73.65.214.204

Sick new pic, and nice job. I hope we get to race eachother at some point in the season, that would be cool.

From Connor Baller on Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 14:53:43 from 67.186.202.88

All he does is win

Total Distance
6.00

Good day today. Was a bit sore waking up but all good. Rolled out a bit throughout the day. I've brought my roller to school everyday this week and it's been nice. Also I've ate basically the same thing for breakfast/lunch everyday. Half a cin/raisin bagel w/ jam, small fruit smoothie, some cereal. I don't have a 1st hour so I eat this over an hour or two. For lunch I eat ham on pita, an apple or grapes, and some wheat thins. I've been feeling good lately so I'll keep this diet up. Anyway warmup, then some speed which surprised me. Did an 800, ran right beside Christian the entire time, hit 73's for 2:27. Wasn't really winded. Lap recovery while the girls ran. 3x400(walking lap in between). I wanted to hit 72's but Mason was going sub 60 on all his basically so I got a little excited. Still tried to hold back though. 65, 67, 64. I ran the 67 alone, I started early bc Coach was busy. Last one I hit the 200 at maybe 33, then kicked it in just a bit to catch Christian. Excited for Saturday! 3200's first, so it won't be too hot, and Piercen Maez from Stansbury is in it with a seed time of 10:05. We're the only three under 11, the next fastest seed time is a high 11, so it's probs gonna be a three man pack. Goal is to hang with for 5 laps despite hurting, then just go for it with three laps left, take the lead, and hopefully hold it until the end. Neighborhood cooldown. Iced after

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.00

Today was sort of stressful. I had a big application to turn in to get a paid internship over the summer in the neurobiology clinic @ USU, and I couldn't get my transcripts, but I got them and my hopeful future boss seemed to like me a lot. Warmup, Neighborhood run, very easy. Christian and I did solo 400's after, I hit 72-73 and he hit 74-75 so tomorrow should be good stuff. I'm fairly excited. My top of my foot hurt, coach said ice it so I did. I think I tied my shoes too tightly. Wish me luck tomorrow mon amies(et mon freres).

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Spencer Smith on Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 21:42:22 from 172.56.6.115

Good luck dude

From Cameron A on Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 12:41:54 from 73.65.214.204

Do you thing you might go to USU if you don't go to Alabama?

Race: Uintah Invite (2 Miles) 00:10:35, Place overall: 4
Total Distance
10.00

Tough day. I got to the line and it was pretty windy. I was ranked fourth in the race with my 10:55. Rankings were Piercen, Christian, Hawk, Me, Stansbury kid, Paul. Piercen wanted to go sub 10 today so Christian and I though to hang on with him. I got out pretty well, hit the first lap at 74. I'm third at this point behind Piercen and Paul B. 800 at 2:31. At 1000m I passed Paul on the curve and Hawk came with me and passed me at the same time. I hung with him for a while and we hit the 1600 at about 5:07. Hawk had a crazy kick here and I got dropped. Christian passed me in the back stretch of that lap and took off, I spent the rest of the second mile in "no mans land". I glanced back with maybe a lap and a half to go and knew that the top four were pretty much determined. With a lap to go Henderson and Hill are screaming at me, I remember hearing "9:17" so I kicked alright, The other three were pretty far ahead so I had no motivation. S/O to Christian for catching Piercen. Hawk won it in 10:06 and Christian ran 10:16, barely beating Piercen's  10:18, so it was one of the deepest 3200's ran on our track since Ben Saarel and Luke Puskedra were in our region. And since the track was rebuilt in 2012 this might have very well been the most legendary 3200 ran on the Uintah track, which still wasn't too crazy. Prom's today so I went on my day date after a cooldown with Paul, he did well and got 7th place with a 10:55. We went and ate at Quiznos(I didn't eat, but everyone else did) and I left to go to run the 1600. I was sure I missed it but I had quite a while. I was in the fast heat again. I got pushed back to like 9th first lap but then moved up a little throughout, I wasn't going too hard, I only wanted a medal, which I got. My legs=spaghetti on the home stretch, I was stumbling pretty bad. My dad had me at 4:55. I later anchored the B medley, aka Underclassmen feat. me. I got the baton in 5th, moved up well and got second, but Christian had probs 100m on me when I started. 3rd place was like 5 seconds behind me so I feel good about it. Cooldown. Good PR today, but I still got a whole lotta room to improve. Still, I dropped a 20 second PR in the 3200 on Wednesday, ran some solid repeats on Thursday, then dropped another 20 second PR in the 3200 today. Coolio. Prom was lit AF

NB Zante Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

5 out on the trails. I had no time to cool down yesterday after my races and my legs were shot from prom. We partyed(partied? party'd?) for a while then Trevor, Korbin, and I and our dates and went to KG's house to watch a scary movie. We ended up watching "Hush" bc it was rated 5 stars on netflix(one review), and to anyone reading this; don't watch it. It was one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen, def. worst in the horror genre. On the drive to drop our dates off Trevor and I just made fun of the movie. I rated it one star right before I left on the run. I felt okay during it, it was super windy and the trails were tough. Top of my foot hurt again and when I got out of my car after driving home my knee hurt a bit but then it faded. UPDATE: researched foot pain, likely from lacing my shoes(I started lacing my peg's really tightly around a week ago) and webmd said it to be nothing serious.

Nike Wildhorse 2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

Warm-up and strengthening. About 20 billion strides up the bleachers, then we partnered up. I paired with Mason, then we did 6 hill sprints carrying each other on our backs, then 3 sets of 10 squats with him on my back. Then 50 partner clap push-ups, S/O to Mason for doing girl pushups for all of them haha. 2 lap cooldown. For everyone not racing at dez hills invite over the weekend we're having a region tri meet @ Uintah, and I'm announcing it. After Zack and Connor's legacy's that they've left announcing I know I gotta bring my best. Also my dad got my 3200 splits and he said I hit the 2800 at 9:20, which means my last lap was 75, which I'm happy with.

Ran down the rec road about an hour later to add to 5. My quads were dead at first but I felt really good towards the end, that's how the rec road run always goes.

NB Zante Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack Ericksen on Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 17:40:07 from 74.81.234.23

Haha, my coach put a stop to anything I wanted to do after my friend read a poem he made.

From Spencer Smith on Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 17:41:33 from 174.52.167.138

But the poem was amazing

From Tyler Penrod on Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 19:12:53 from 174.52.93.7

That workout sounds tough! And good luck announcing the meet!

From Collin Morrison on Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 08:32:22 from 172.56.16.155

Finally put you in my fav blogs after talking at footlocker lol. Have fun announcing!

Total Distance
7.00

Today was rough. Mile warmup, then 30 minute tempo. After about two thirds of a mile I got tired of 6:30 pace and sped up quite a bit. by 10 minutes my quads felt hammered from the steady uphill, but I had about a minute lead on the other 5 guys. A little later I turned right as planned, and after a minute turned back just to see how close mon freres were, and I saw them going str8 instead! I turned around but as I turned around I got hit with mad stomach cramps. I couldn't get my legs moving too well after that. I caught Jordan and got closer to the other four but they were quite far ahead after I turned around and I couldn't get them, I just felt like trash after turning around. Barefoot cooldown on the turf. Coaches want everyone to race at the meet tomorrow so Varsity can get a good workout in. I find that pretty dumb, yesterday was pretty dang hard and today was difficult as well. I wonder why all the distance records have been set in stone since the 80's. S/) to Collin for finally putting me on his fav's after meeting and finishing with him at footlocker lol

Barefoot Miles: 1.00NB Zante Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Collin Morrison on Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 22:19:25 from 75.162.93.52

Lol thanks for the shoutout, and good luck with speed tomorrow, sounds like a tough week

From Cameron A on Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:08:02 from 205.121.192.2

"I wonder why all the distance records have been set in stone since the 80s" XD that's great

Total Distance
7.00

During my TA hour Coaches and I headed to the track and started to set up the meet. Coaches asked if I wanted to help a bit more. I said sure, I was having a good time, and so Henderson called the school and had me excused for the rest of the day. I set up the meet with them for the next 4 hours. It was sick, I felt like a kid who was staying home on a sick day but wasn't ill. Announcing was super lit, plus I didn't have to race because of it. I was inches away from being kicked out, I had to be talked to twice. My friend who's last name is McDonald raced the hurdles and tripped, and I said "old mcdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-Ow" I felt bad lol. It was a lot of fun, I also had an phone interview with USU for the internship and it went quite swimmingly. I didn't end up starting my run until 9 PM. 7 with strides from the rec past rehab down mainstreet. Passed enough pedestrians vaping it was like I was in a middle school or something lol

NB Zante Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
2.50

Finally an adult, it means nothing lol. Like 50 people signed up for D hills 3200 overnight. I'm ranked 24th out of 63, and I really really really hope I get in the fast heat because like 2/3 of the people faster than me have unverified times and I really want to make that fast heat and get another solid PR. 

Easy 2 miles on the track during lunch with strides. Hurdle flexibility after. Aaron and I got my tennis rackets and hit some balls around on the field which was fun. Add belieber4lief on SC for some shenanigan stories.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From The Warbeast on Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 09:18:44 from 205.126.15.119

Yeah dude I hope you make it man!

Race: Dez Hills (1 Miles) 00:04:52, Place overall: 38, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
7.00

Ran around a bit once I arrived at the meet. I was in heat 5, ranked 4th. I knew I could win that by a margin. Once the girls heats end I go to the restroom, come out, and coach literally grabs me and freaks out and says "you're running now!" I assure him I'm not, but still I run over to the tent, grab my spikes, and run to the track. Turns out I got moved into heat three! I literally didn't stretch or stride at all. I run to the official and profusely apologize and he lets me put on my spikes. No lucky socks or shorts. I jump on the line and start maybe 5 seconds later. I ran sockless and it didn't feel good. I beelined in to a good position, maybe 5th. 3 guys immediately separated, and by 300 they died and I took the lead lol. I gave an "I'm so screwed lol" wink to sage the bell ringer, and sped up a bit. 400 at 68. 600 at 1:42. I got passed right about at 700 but that guy won by like 8 seconds so it's Cool. As soon as he passed me though my legs shut off. The non existent warmup struck with anger. Last lap two more guys pass me, Aaron being one of them. Really didn't finish too well. Season PR but I really think I shoulda qualified for BYU, I was 3 seconds off. Alli P came and talked to me after and so I met her and Vis(no holt:( ) I also saw the warbeast but idk if he recognized me. Really excited for the 3200 tomorrow, I WAS ranked 4th in heat 2 but with the mashing hopefully I'm in the quick one now. Sub 10 or bust, my dudes! If I get a warmup, of course. 3 cooldown. Fun meet so far.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Alli Peterson on Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 22:14:28 from 174.23.119.183

I can't believe you knew who I was. Good job today and also I liked your shorts

From Eugene on Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 15:01:08 from 70.212.49.236

I can't believe YOU knew who I was

Race: DH invite day II (2 Miles) 00:10:31, Place in age division: 6
Total Distance
8.00

Fun time. 2 WU. I had a basically perfect, conserved first mile, then it went kinda crazy. It went 78, 78, 78, 78, 79, 81, 83, 78. I ran with Mikey from PV and he ran smart but the lead pack we passed a few time had crazy surges. With 1000m left they made a surge and I told myself I'd catch them but didn't. Lame, but a PR. Love St geezy but didn't like this track, spikes didn't stick a bit. 2 CD with Riley and Kedric. He ran 10:43, atta kid. All four of the uintah boys ran sub 11 so that was sweet.

2 miles later. I had a pretty good talk with Hell Raiser and a couple others. I found Holt who has hair, I didn't imagine that haha. I didn't freaking meet Sage though which is ridiculous because I actually talked to him before hand about meeting up

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Sage Ducote on Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 15:00:38 from 199.201.101.212

Sorry dude. Lot of weird stuff happened at this meet that I didn't plan on lol

From Josh Ericksen on Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 15:40:37 from 74.81.234.23

Solid. Good race!

Total Distance
1.00

"I am the one don't weigh a ton don't need a gun to get respect up on the streets" It was astoundingly windy today and I wasn't willing to risk hurting my lungs because it's now serious grind season.

NB Zante Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.00

4 with the pack. I was going to do longer with Christian and Mason since they aren't racing tomorrow(behind in Calculus), but then I realized that puts me in the A team for the medley so I finished early. Did some strides, I had a sharp pain in my right foot, on the top. I'm racing the 3200, 1600, and anchoring the medley most likely. Originally Mason and I were going to try and hit a 2:10 and survive, but I might run smarter since he isn't racing.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron A on Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 22:01:22 from 73.65.214.204

2:10 dang you would have regretted that lol

From Kenny the Apache on Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 22:15:13 from 72.13.211.233

Hey you took me off your favorite blog homeboy

From Eugene on Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 21:40:39 from 70.212.48.81

Kenny become active again and I might

Total Distance
9.00

Quad meet today. 1600 I got out well, in second right behind Chesnut. Stayed on his back until the 800, then I passed for the lead, then immediately Heston came flying by. I let chesnut get ahead again and at 1000m Heston walks off the track. It threw me off and I let chesnut slip. I got passed by a few people in the last 200, just couldn't get moving, I was being dumb. Got 4:5x, Should have ran smarter. In the medley our sprinters did awful, it was peculiar, I got the baton with Salem about 75m ahead. I closed that gap crazy quickly, by the 400 I was on his heels. His team was cheering for him like crazy and he kicked pretty good, couldn't quite get him. My dad had me at 2:11, with a 60 first lap. Did the 3200 about 20 minutes later. Chesnut went ham and came in at a 68 first lap, his teammate hit 72. I hit 76 and started to reel them in. Kedric was right on my back but I shook him off at 800m. I passed the Salem kid around here and caught chesnut at about 1200. He sped up once I got on him. We hit the 1600 at 5:18, it didnt feel too hard but I was tired from everything else. At about 2000 I took the lead and chesnut surged not too long after and I didn't go with him when he passed me. Both of my open races I wasted energy passing chesnut at a trivial point and fell off because of it. I should have stuck on him and battled the last 200 out instead. Anyway wind really picked up here and some guys weren't adamant about being lapped so second mile was embarrassingly slower. 10:59 for second, 9 seconds behind chesnut, 15 seconds from third. Did a long cooldown with Riley after, she's pretty cool. And should make a blog. More of a workout today but still I'm stressed about it, I probs shouldn't be.

NB Zante Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.50

Good workout today. 2x1000m, let Aaron lead us in the first half then he slowed down a tad, so Christian and I swung out and pushed the pace a bit. We had to run in lanes 3 and 4 a lot due to sprinters boondoggling. Hit 3:03 and 3:02. 75 second first 400 on both of those. 2x400 next. Aaron said he'd pace 73 because I couldn't, and then the punk runs 68 or something lol. Christian and I hit 73. Went to the bathroom and did the next one with Austin and Mason, 70. About 20 seconds after I finished Christian and some others toed the line, so I jumped in with them. Christian and I paced the first 300 a bit easy and then went ham the last 100. 67. 300 200 100 after. Active rest for a 400 between every repeat. Barefoot cooldown and strides on the trf. Coach had a talk with me where he said I'm really good at practice, and I push everyone, but I could be great if I raced like that. Hmm. I didn't run yesterday. Christian and Mason never run the day before races, and their PR's are 4:35 and 4:28. Should I run tomorrow? idk if you homies have any advice i'd appreciate it

Barefoot Miles: 2.50Streak LT 2 White Miles: 4.00NB Zante Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Spencer Smith on Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 18:38:43 from 174.52.167.138

There is 1 guy on our team, Seth, who doesn't run the day before races. When he does he doesn't do well. It just depends on the person. If you felt good today after not running yesterday, I would give it a try. Totally up to you though

From Hell Raiser on Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 18:44:15 from 208.117.122.172

What spencer said it depends on the person. I often race really good after like a 10 mile day.

From Holt on Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 19:44:56 from 67.2.233.220

totally depends on what your goals are... if you are thinking long term development, than you had better be running before race day - especially when it isn't even close to taper time. I will tell you this as someone who has raced a lot and coached even more people who have raced a lot; those who buy into a system of more mileage (minutes, time on the feet) will benefit from it in the long run. Not knowing your teammates at all or your program at all, I could take a very safe guess and say I've seen runners like them do well initially (even very well), but those who run a lot will always maximize their talent better. However, sometimes people aren't just as talented as others and see them not work as hard and think that is the way to go.

From Eugene on Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 19:49:34 from 67.213.242.84

Thanks @holt. I realize that, but the end of my senior year is fast approaching and I feel as though I should be running faster, there's just something I've been doing wrong. I'm on the fence about it right now, but I'd very much like to run for Alabama and if it means taking a small dent later on to run the times now, I'll do a heck of a lot more miles this summer to try and make up for it.

From Eugene on Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 20:11:53 from 67.213.242.84

My main question is would it hinder my performance on Saturday.

From Holt on Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 20:32:46 from 67.2.233.220

if your thinking just saturday... then nope, it won't hurt; could help. next week, that's another day off. Week after that, that's another day of 0's. Adds up pretty quick in a high school system when you race a lot!

From Eugene on Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 20:38:59 from 67.213.242.84

Hmm. I think I'll try it tomorrow as an experiment, unless Saturday's quite standout I'll probably go back to my pre race runs.

Race: Deseret peak (2 Miles) 00:10:34, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 9
Total Distance
7.00

Today was irritating. It was raining and storming and quite cold and I didn't pack sweats or a jacket. Or spandex. 3200 Christian and I got pushed back and started moving up, but aaron got between us during the passing and my legs wouldn't move enough to pass. Christian started to move up and I still couldn't pass. Mile at 5:10 and I was a tad disappointed. Christian pulled away and I should have gone with him but I couldn't get past aaron. With 200 left I passed him, and with 20m left my legs locked and Aaron passed. Bad times. Really lame week this week, had three off days, I had this coming. I wasn't too far off Christian though, like 7 seconds. I should have went for it. Next time I guess.

NB Zante Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

Drove about 45 minutes up to Flume trail for a good time. 8 miles easy at 8000 ft. Tons of hills, high elevation, and Cafe Rio after church work to make the trifecta of a hard "easy" run. First three miles drudged along but then time started to fly by which was nice. My sock had a tear in it so my foot was rubbed the wrong way afterwards.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

Man today was hard. 8 miles with Aaron, Austin, and Christian. There was a huge storm about to roll in, so the others decided we should run into the storm. I said "hey maybe we should run away from it and come back", but they said "nah we have to run into the storm either way, might as well do it now" which made literally no sense lol. After two miles at a nice 8 minute pace, the hail came in, furious and painful, and we started picking it up more and more. Constantly whoever was in front would say "alright let's slow it down", but then someone else would lead and pick the pace up even more. It was mainly me picking it up, that weather was awful. Once we finished the math geeks on the team(Mason) had brung donuts as an apology, the others took them but I didn't. I did core last night and I've felt sore today.

S/O to Cason for running a 9:25 at Kansas relays! He's speedy. Check his blog out @c_cropp

NB Zante Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 20:35:25 from 68.103.17.254

Sounds brutal! Thanks for the S/O bruh

From Tyler Penrod on Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 21:10:52 from 174.52.93.7

Oh hail, that must've sucked!

Total Distance
4.00

I skipped helping at the dual meet to catch up on school bc I'm missing tomorrow for region choir. It goes from 7Am to 11PM, so I have to wake up at probs 5 for speedwork at the track ;( I hope Christian can wake up as well because the workout will be way easier with someone else. 4 at the rec, strengthening after, man I can tell I've slacked, but it feels good to get those gainz back. Core tonight. Got answered to senior ball which is lit bc I plan on getting mad chex.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tyler Penrod on Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 20:35:08 from 174.52.93.7

I hope you get a high five!

From Zack Ericksen on Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 21:27:34 from 74.81.234.23

^^^^

Total Distance
7.00

Woke up at 4:45 AM to get in the workout with Christian. He had mission prep at 6:20 so we had to cut the workout short. 1x800, 2x400, 4x200 @goal mile pace. I went pretty dang hard in the 800(survivable) and ran what Christian hypothesized to be a 2:13. Rest of it was good, we went all out on the last 200 and i think I might have ran a high 26. Was supposed to be two sets but Christian had mission prep and my stomach wasn't feeling well because I tried to eat breakfast. Cooldown and strides for 7.

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 3.00NB Zante Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.00

In AP Bio I destroyed everyone in a POGIL race, so my reward was an expired organic fruit rollup. I didn't know the former adjective. It REALLY didn't sit well in my stomach. Didn't feel all that great altogether today, I took a nap when I got home and was late for practice. Did 1.5 warmup, 400 @mile pace, 200 finish, cooldown for 3. It was raining a lot and my shoes weren't getting great traction. Hit a 69-70 and 28-29. My stomach felt destroyed and my legs felt tired from the bus ride(the advanced choir im in is going to state btw), but the 400 didn't feel too hard. Ready for tomorrow.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Race: Eastern Utah Championships (0.5 Miles) 00:02:15, Place overall: 3
Total Distance
7.00

I raced the mile, 800, and 3200, and they progressively got worse. I couldn't go quickly, when I needed it most. Could write a huge report, but don't wanna. These very attractive girls came up to me after my trash 800 and flirted with me which was cool. They asked for my number and I told them I'd win the 3200 for them. I was ranked 1rst and got wrecked. No BYU. Bites like a mother, I watched Whiplash on the way back and it inspired me.

Good quote from Whiplash-

" 'Exactly. Parker's a young kid, pretty good on the sax. Gets up to play at a cutting session, and he fxxxs it up. And Jones nearly decapitates him for it. And he's laughed off-stage. Cries himself to sleep that night, but the next morning, what does he do? He practices. And he practices and he practices with one goal in mind, never to be laughed at again. And a year later, he goes back to the Reno and he steps up on that stage, and plays the best mxxxxxxxng solo the world has ever heard. So imagine if Jones had just said: "Well, that's okay, Charlie. That was all right. Good job. "And then Charlie thinks to himself, "Well, sxxt, I did do a pretty good job." End of story. No Bird. That, to me, is an absolute tragedy. But that's just what the world wants now. People wonder why jazz is dying.'

'But is there a line? You know, maybe you go too far, and you discourage the next Charlie Parker from ever becoming Charlie Parker?'

 'No, man, no. Because the next Charlie Parker would never be discouraged.' "

Weight: 0.00
Race: Uintah Color Run (3.33 Miles) 00:17:50, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
5.00

My AP bio class was taking a practice AP test today, and our teacher strongly encouraged us to run in the color run before it. I figured I might as well. Jogged probs a mile and a half warmup. A couple kids from the team were there, including Aaron. I took it out fast, and kept lengthening the gap. There was a love of loose gravel and potholes so it wasn't ideal. I ran quite a bit passed the turnaround point so it might have been more than 5k. I turned around and started going downhill and opening my stride. It was fun, everyone cheered my name, I waved to some kids and got pretty colorful. Finished at 17:50, next best was Aaron with a 20-something, but I don't think he was going hard after yesterday.

Strengthening later that day. 800, 1600, 3200, 5000 in 16 hours wrecks a body.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

4 miles at the high school. It was really windy, but I just went there to measure out to course from yesterday. Turns out it's a little over 1.66 at the turnaround, so 3.33. I was talking to the officials after the race since it was just me and them for a couple minutes, and they said there was like a 17 foot elevation gain. My race report has me at 5:21 pace, and with the uphill I think I deserve a 15:59 3 mile split(before the gain at the end). That was in trainers and mere hours after a very tough day so I'm happy with it. Anyway after those 4 I drove around and found an extremely tough dirt road out in the desert, it was still very windy. First two miles were about 8 pace, then the wind and downhill favored me and I got the pace down to 7:06. I went 5:40 pace on this gradual downhill for about a half mile.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Spencer Smith on Sun, May 01, 2016 at 21:32:00 from 174.52.167.138

Congrats on the promotion to lone faithful!!

Total Distance
9.00

We did some strengthening at practice, including stair push-ups where I slipped and hurt my shin pretty bad. "Distance" run after. Some of the Varsity sprinters ditched the workout and ran with us as well. We drove 40 minutes up to flume trail, which included a death race between Aaron Mason and I which I can claim victorious. We did the run from the bottom of the trail to the top, where I parked. We ran not too quick but the trail was killer. At the halfway point we found a map and it said we were like 1/5 of the way there. We kept going and at some point the sprinters turned around. Aaron and I ran about a mile after looking for them bc we thought they were behind us. We drove back and found them running, they might have ran more than us haha.

3 miles and strengthening when I got back.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 3.00Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.50

I left during third hour to go to the rec, where I ran 2 miles in 11:57, whoops. I lifted after and still made it back to AP bio. My Pegasi have managed to get me through 700+ miles.

Warmup, then everyone went on a 20 minute run, but instead I went on a 35 with 5x1 minute @3200 thrown in there. Hit .20, .20, .22, .22, .20. Not gonna lie, I felt tired. My stomach was really wrecked, which is strange because I had fruit and oatmeal for breakfast, and an apple, a ham sandwich and cheerios for lunch so nothing weird. Maybe all the fiber from fruit. Anyway. The pace felt a little out of the comfort zone for the first 2 then I eased up, last one was uphill. Strides after, then chilled on the turf with Baylee and the long D crew after. Pretty good work for being tired from solid runs and for running alone.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 8.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Toughest day I've had in a long time. Warmup, during which everyone but Mason and I stopped a lap early, insisting they'd gone four already. They hadn't. Last 200 Mason and I raced because we're idiots, got probably 29. Workout was 90-60-30 and 4x400. Mason Christian and I decided to go as hard as possible on the 90 seconds, but the 4x400 had a seperate practice so they had to leave. Coach said go and I was off. There was bad wind on the backstretch, which sucked because I had to run against it twice and with it once. Coach got really excited when I hit my 400 in 60. Backstretch again, and my legs were hurting. I was running alone in the wind so I wasn't as motivated, which sucks because I was 15-20m off hitting 600m in 90 seconds! Ugh. The 600 killed me for the rest of the workout, I was about 30m off 400m in 60 seconds and probably 20m off 200m in 30 seconds. I was alone for those too. 400's I ran the first one with the team, it was pace for half, kick the rest. I went quick and hit 33 then finished at 64. Next one I ran alone because everyone else walked a 400 and I wanted less rest for a better workout, so all the other ones were alone. 68, 72, 68. I couldn't kick during that 72, hit two 36's which is goal 3200 pace so pretty good. I did an extra one, 69. Three mile cooldown, I know I went hard today because 8 minute pace was killing my quads. Good day. Ice bath and core tonight. Got a small cherry slurpee and some snap peas because I earned it.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 4.50Streak LT 2 White Miles: 2.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.50

2 in the morning.

Mile warmup because my quads were shot to loosen up, then another half mile w Baylee. Did enough after that to add up to 8 for the day. Half mile barefoot cooldown after.

Barefoot Miles: 0.50Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00NB Zante Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.00

2.5 with strides, tomorrow's workout might be hellacious so I'm trying to simulate raceday conditions to get a prerace routine down. I was the only high schooler there, but there was a police boot camp sort of thing going on. They had a mile race thing which I stayed to watch. Winning time was a 7 something. Went home and my family was having ice cream to celebrate some things, including me getting the Strata scholarship, but I cant eat it so my mom made me pumpkin bread. 

Barefoot Miles: 0.50Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 2.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Not a good day for me. Went to AP Bio and took a practice test, where I was one question off a 5. Ugh. I have no idea why but I drank coffe today when I woke up, and right before my workout. I thought it'd perk me up(I never drink coffee), it didn't. It actually made me really tired. Workout was 4-5x1200. First one was solid. Hit 71, 73, 74 for 3:38. That one was quite good. I started feeling dizzy after that and very lightheaded. I hit 73, 78, and 83 on the next one for 3:54. I was feeling like I was gonna black out so I decided to take a bit longer rest and switch it to 2x1000, 2x800. Hit a 70, 2:24, and faded again and hit a 3:03. Next one just sucked, 3:07. I decided to just do an 800 hard and call the workout good. 400in 66, felt really good and smooth, then suddenly just stopped. Annoying workout, but usually I hit a really good workout and have a mediocre race so I'm gonna say the same goes vice versa. Never drinking coffee again. All of my repeats added up were 3 miles in 14:48 btw. Cooldown barefoot for 7. I kept looking at my watch to see my time, like every 100m, and after I looked I would spend a second trying to calculate my splits which was detrimental.

Barefoot Miles: 1.50NB Zante Miles: 1.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron on Sat, May 07, 2016 at 23:51:15 from 73.65.214.204

Are you going to be at state?

From Eugene on Sun, May 08, 2016 at 08:45:58 from 72.13.208.241

You freaking bet I am.

Total Distance
0.00

It was raining pretty horrendously all day today. My plan was to go do 4 mile tempo, hitting the lap starting at 90, and shaving a second off per lap. but the rain was bad, I decided to push anyway, and as I was leaving my mother said "Do you really want to risk getting sick for region?" and I didn't. I stood outside for probably 5 minutes contimplating it, feeling the weather out. So when the question "Would you rather go to state or get a SICK tempo in?" arises, I guess I know my response.

Off day.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.50

In the AP bio test the fire alarm went off three times and we had to leave the testing room. I think I got a 4 which irritates me. I wanted to be the first to score a 5 on that test from my schoo.

I'm running the 1600 and 3200 at region. Workout was some pushups and such while jogging around. after that hamoroni 400. We started in groups and I just drafted off Kyle for a while. Then with 200 to go I came in clutch with a 61-62. Jogged a lap then did 400 finish, first 200 pace. I stuck behind Jordan for the first 100, and did my favorite thing to do and pass Jordan(so I could cut in for the finish) and blew past him on the last 200 and started reeling Aaron in a bit. I hit the 200 at like 36 and finished about 67. Everyone walked a lap but me for the next one. I gave myself 90 sec rest and took off. I came in quick at 34 and couldn't kick, 67. 2 mile cooldown.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 3.00Streak LT 2 White Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.50

Mile warmup, senior speeches. They had me, Mason, Aaron, Natalie, and Beni talk. Mason and Aaron talked about how slow they used to be, and in my speech I called them out on it and said while they were running 18's in XC I was running 23's. My speech was a lot less deep than XC's, people laughed even though I wasn't really trying. Neighborhood and 6x66m strides. Tomorrow's gonna be fun! I've trained hard, just gotta prove it!

NB Zante Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack on Tue, May 10, 2016 at 18:44:56 from 74.81.234.23

I

From Zack on Tue, May 10, 2016 at 18:45:03 from 74.81.234.23

I believe

From Zack on Tue, May 10, 2016 at 18:45:11 from 74.81.234.23

I believe that

From Zack on Tue, May 10, 2016 at 18:45:19 from 74.81.234.23

I believe that you

From Zack on Tue, May 10, 2016 at 18:45:27 from 74.81.234.23

I believe that you will

From Zack on Tue, May 10, 2016 at 18:46:20 from 74.81.234.23

I believe that you will do

From Zack on Tue, May 10, 2016 at 18:46:46 from 74.81.234.23

I believe that you will do excellent!

I believe that you will do excellent!

I believe that you will do excellent!

I believe that you will do excellent!

From Eugene on Tue, May 10, 2016 at 20:58:02 from 173.240.40.130

I was so excited to see I got 7 comments haha. Thanks! Same for you! Have you broken 2 yet?

From Zack on Wed, May 11, 2016 at 13:35:23 from 208.54.4.146

Nah dude. Plan is 2 break 2 2morrow

Total Distance
5.00

I got put in the slow 1600 heat, ranked 1rst, so I just sorta tempo'd it. Start I got pushed back way badly. Some fool ran a 61 first lap lol. I ran a 4:58, splits weren't great, I lost focus. 71, 72, 77, 78. It's all about tomorrow though, just gotta do today twice. If any of my loyal bloggers see this and have advice give it please, ily

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron on Wed, May 11, 2016 at 19:30:41 from 73.65.214.204

If that race felt decent than yeah, you've just gotta keep the rythm going and dig deep so you don't slow down in those 5th, 6th, and 7th laps especially, good luck!

From Zack on Wed, May 11, 2016 at 19:52:01 from 74.81.234.23

I would recommend negative splitting, you want to feel strong through the first mile, then you can start picking it up and working at the pace. Don't go out too slow, but don't go out too fast.

From Eugene on Wed, May 11, 2016 at 20:28:07 from 70.212.43.80

@zack I'm really not the best at negative splitting. I can hold on to a pace but I usually only negative split like twice a season. But I have only done it once so far...

From Zack on Thu, May 12, 2016 at 19:04:29 from 74.81.234.23

for me negative splitting is a mental game, mentally tell yourself you are going slower the first couple laps, then you can mentally tell yourself that you have more than usually because you know that you were going easier on the first part.

Race: Region (2 Miles) 00:10:53, Place overall: 10
Total Distance
5.00

Today was quite upsetting. I warmed up well, I knew I could get it if I just pushed like I needed. And that first mile was perfect. It was me, Joey, Christian, Brandon Garcania, Ellis, and Chesnut. I was in fourth for most of the mile. 400 in 73, wasn't awful. 800 in 2:28. Mile in 5:03. I got hit with a terrible heat flash then. I just felt awful. Lost the pack, got passed, 10:53. So this is the end of my high school running career. It really wasn't where I wanted it to be, but I came so far from freshman year. To come from 6 minute miles and 25 minute 5k's to running 16's and 4's is incomprehensible. I choke up still and it's been hours thinking about everything and how it's over. I've met so many friends over these four years and I love them so much. Christian, Mason, Rylie, Kyrie, Austin, and Kedric have made my life 100 times better than before I met them. I've been in this blog for a year and through it I've met some of the greatest people I've ever met. Just know, if you're in my favorites list you mean so much to me and I'm so grateful to have met all of you. If I could give any advice to you guys if give it. But I tried all I could and I never could do well when it mattered so I don't know. There's a chance this is my last post on the blog, so to quote Truman show, 

Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!

Sincerely,

Eugene Nathaniel Grindle III (Nathan)

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron on Thu, May 12, 2016 at 21:17:47 from 73.65.214.204

Hey, it's been great following your story this season, I've really enjoyed it. Are you still goin down to state?

From Spencer Smith on Thu, May 12, 2016 at 21:20:08 from 174.52.167.138

I made a long comment but it got deleted and now I'm mad and don't want to type it up. But dude I can tell you're a super hard worker and I really respect that. Keep runnin dude

From Eugene on Thu, May 12, 2016 at 21:37:44 from 70.212.32.210

Cameron I'm not.

From Zack on Thu, May 12, 2016 at 21:42:43 from 74.81.234.23

I want to meet you Eugene!!! Come to state!

From Cameron on Thu, May 12, 2016 at 22:23:39 from 73.65.214.204

^^^^^^^^^^^

From Alli Peterson on Thu, May 12, 2016 at 22:33:58 from 174.23.174.42

Eugene you are one cool guy. Good luck in all your endeavors. Idk why but this post really made me sad. Don't leave the blog lol

From Josh Ericksen on Fri, May 13, 2016 at 15:42:06 from 74.81.234.23

Nice running Eugene. Your a good guy indeed. You will be sincerely missed on the blog.

From Connor Baller on Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 14:07:27 from 67.186.202.88

Dang man whoever would have thought that you’d not only stay on the blog, but eventually become the mileage leader #goatstatus #mambamentality

Total Distance
5.00

I think I did 5. I ate quite a bit after my choir trip and ran right after so I almost threw up a few times.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack on Mon, May 16, 2016 at 21:56:10 from 74.81.234.23

Yay! you haven't left the blog!

From Eugene on Mon, May 16, 2016 at 22:02:46 from 173.240.45.64

Don't take me off your favorites list yet, I'm not quite done here ;)

Total Distance
6.00

Track work 800, 2x400, 4x200. 2:30 rest for the 800, 2:00 for the 400's, jogged back for the 200's. I hit 79 for the first lap of the 8 and sped up and ran a 69. 66, 66, 30, 29, 28, 26. Cooldown for 6

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 1.50NB Zante Miles: 4.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles, trails. It rained a ton and I slipped a lot.

NB Zante Miles: 5.00
Weight: 154.00
Total Distance
8.00

Well I'm going to state. Distance with Mason, Christian, and Austin. Rainy. Last mile was 5-something. I was awarded a 23,500 $ scholarship at the awards banquet tonight.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron on Mon, May 16, 2016 at 22:15:50 from 73.65.214.204

Sick congrats and glad you're going to state

From Eugene on Mon, May 16, 2016 at 22:21:36 from 173.240.45.64

Glad to be back.

From Cameron on Mon, May 16, 2016 at 22:23:39 from 73.65.214.204

Make sure to watch the 3A races ;)

From Josh Ericksen on Fri, May 20, 2016 at 21:19:57 from 74.81.234.23

Dang thats sick!!

Total Distance
5.00

Mile warmup, then we had the 12(!) of us going to state do a practice medley. My team was two girls on the 200's, me on the 400, Mason on the 800. I got the baton behind the girls A team and caught them pretty quick. I was gaining a lot of ground on the boys A team 400 runner(like, a crazy amount. I probably got 30m closer to him in the first 250), but I didn't have the drive to go ham and catch him. I feel kinda burnt out. I would take my 7-10 days off starting now, but I have a RB mile to win @ Lone Peak next week. After that though, I'm taking some time off. I need it. Stretches and long cooldown by myself.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Alli Peterson on Tue, May 17, 2016 at 18:59:02 from 97.117.50.139

You're back!

From Eugene on Tue, May 17, 2016 at 19:55:51 from 173.240.45.64

I did it for you tbh lol

From Josh Ericksen on Tue, May 17, 2016 at 20:20:58 from 74.81.234.23

Sick

From Kenny the Apache on Tue, May 17, 2016 at 20:54:09 from 67.213.247.83

Hey I am coming back to the blog Add me back on your list

From Alli Peterson on Tue, May 17, 2016 at 21:01:01 from 97.117.50.139

I'm honored

Total Distance
6.50

2 during Special Olympics. I'm glad I got to help. Real workout we did 45 seconds hard. I got pushed back and passed about half of them on the 200. Got probably 333m. I should have gone with Mason. Felt weak mentally. Did another after with Jacia. I tried to pace for 300m. I was maybe half a second quick, which was cool because I was consistent. Didn't feel hard. We had speeches after. Did a RB mile prep workout. Drank a bottle of water, ran a 400m, drank another bottle, ran a 400. Did that in 2:51. Cooldown for 6.5

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 0.50Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Josh Ericksen on Fri, May 20, 2016 at 21:18:13 from 74.81.234.23

RB mile prep is much needed.

Total Distance
8.00

Did Jackalope full for the first time ever today. I'm pretty sure that the peak of the trail is the highest point in vernal. Good work. My stomach was bothersome and the hills were brutal, but as soon as a hill began to flatten the pace went in the 6's so that was sick. I passed a biker. Heading out to state after my choir concert tonight with Christian and Natalie.

Nike Wildhorse 2 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.50

A little jogging around during the mile races. S/O to Zack, Collin, and Connor for slaying.  & Hell Raiser and sage. Ran the cooldown with LP and Timp, and Collin. It was a fun time. More later to get up to 7.5

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Collin Morrison on Sat, May 21, 2016 at 00:38:18 from 67.166.105.173

Thanks for the shoutout man, and I'm glad you came!

Total Distance
8.00

Did a shakeout with Mason, then walked some with the Ericksens. Later on I did 4 with Asa lol cool guy. We ran up a trail and randomly found Sage running up there too which was neat. Did around 2 with Ike from Dixie lol cool guy. 

Even though I didn't get to run like I wanted to, state was an excellent time. Talked to Hellraiser a few times, he did well today. I talked to chesnut and Wasatch for about an hour, and they asked me to run on their Vegas Ragnar which was sick. Ended the day hanging with Zack and watching 4x400's. He killed it! Big S/O to him. I've been on this blog for 1 year + 5 days and after today I'm grateful for the friends I've made from it. Oh I also talked to Connor Baller for a bit.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

Fun run today. Extremely nostalgic. My original warm up was around the softball fields into the track, but the gate was locked. So then I ran around the baseball fields, softball fields, soccer fields, down to Ashley, the courts, everywhere in the vicinity. I was having really vivid flashbacks of high school throughout the years, those of lost friends, hardships, good memories... but mainly I remembered morning practice. There's just something about waking up at 5:30 every morning to go on a run with the team that just fills me with an indescribable feeling. All of the seniors on the blog are talking about how weird it feels and how sad they are about graduating, I haven't felt anything like that which worries me. It'll probs hit in one huge wave and I'll have a mental breakdown. Lol. Anyway probs did at least a three mile warmup, then did a 400 repeat on the grass field we did for XC. Ran a 60, which is a PR there for me, and I had the CR anyway. Then did 2x(300,200,100). First time I ran normally, then drank a bottle before the repeats on the next set. Ran 46, 28, 13, and 46, 27, 12. Cooldown for 8. I ran to the tennis fields, through the auto shops and fields, past the UTC, everywhere. Last run at Uintah as a high schooler.

I'm currently ranked 4th in the mileage board this year out of HS boys, behind Connor, Cason, and Hell Raiser. Once my break ends I'm going for #1

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron on Sun, May 22, 2016 at 17:39:41 from 73.65.214.204

Dude are you gonna be in logan during the summer? You said somethin about a USU internship

From Kenny the Apache on Sun, May 22, 2016 at 20:55:17 from 67.213.244.73

Man this makes me so sad!!! It's hard to believe you guys are graduating!!! I just want to say Nathan that you guys have been the best teammates since I came in as a freshman!!! I am going to miss seeing you guys this summer at 6 am for XC practice!! It's been a good ride bro!!!

From Eugene on Sun, May 22, 2016 at 21:57:00 from 173.240.40.112

Kenny, Cherish this next year. DO track. I would literally give everything and anything to go back to freshman year and live out those four years again. I love running so much, and it pains me to know its over. My one regret is that I let my failures overshadow my love of running, which caused more failures. Vicious cycle, really. Love every second of it, Apache. You deserve it. I wish I could be there to run with you, but even without Mason, Aaron and I to push you, you'll be great.

From Eugene on Sun, May 22, 2016 at 21:57:34 from 173.240.40.112

Cameron, Im working a summer internship at USU, uintah Basin chapter haha sorry man.

From Connor Baller on Wed, May 25, 2016 at 23:36:29 from 97.126.253.201

You're gonna have to put in some crazy high mileage this summer to get number one. I give you credit for shooting big

Total Distance
5.00

5 with the Apache himself! Good run with my boy Kenny. Had a good talk with him. Did strides after. I played some hardcore ultimate frisbee today so I'm calling it 5 for the day. Ready to race.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kenny the Apache on Mon, May 23, 2016 at 21:42:54 from 67.213.244.73

Thanks for going with me man it was a good time!!! Good luck on the race tomorrow!!! May the root beer be with you!!

Race: 5th annual LP Rootbeer mile (1 Miles) 00:07:26, Place overall: 3
Total Distance
3.00

Woke up pretty early to drive to LP to run the RB mile at LP today. We got on milesplit's snapchat so that was cool. I didn't warmup because of the drive which was an awful mistake bc my legs felt really tired during the race. Anyway. Race starts, and I'm first to start running. Justin starts right behind me, and Galen and Josh, I think. The wind on the backstretch was killer, and Justin caught me at the 200m mark. Next RB I finish before Justin and I'm off again. Justin catches me at the same place, and Craik's right behind me. Justin and Craik start before me on the next lap, and I stick with Craik. Last soda I feel awful, but I start right with Craik, Justin about 75m ahead. Craik takes off and I start to die. Then I saw Galen catching me and remembered top 3 get medals so I kicked into third. Fun time. I didn't throw up and I felt awful for it. Played a lot of basketball after with LP, Lehi, PG, and Joe. S/O to everyone there, noteably LP for inviting me! And Connor for running a 60 and dropping out lol 

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack on Tue, May 24, 2016 at 15:53:52 from 74.81.234.23

That was a good time! Thanks for coming!

From Kenny the Apache on Wed, May 25, 2016 at 08:52:42 from 67.213.244.73

Future beer mile national champ!!

From Connor Baller on Wed, May 25, 2016 at 19:03:33 from 97.126.253.201

Nice job in the rb mile and also balling after

From Justin on Wed, May 25, 2016 at 22:38:48 from 73.65.150.244

you killed it dude

From Connor Baller on Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 14:00:19 from 67.186.202.88

I ran a lap? Lol I thought I couldn’t even get the first soda down and dropped out before it haha

Total Distance
0.00

Ball so hard.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

I balled a ton today. Trevor and I biked at a crazy high resistance for thirty minutes and lifted after. I was asked to give a graduating speech thing on TV today, that'll be dropping soon. 

I plan on racing three races at the moment this summer. I'm signed up for Ragnar, and will see if I can get my internship off for Freedom and Deseret 10k. The three races are spaced 3 weeks apart, so ample recovery/training time. Man I can't wait to be back to training and racing(it's been two days lol) I'm gonna train hard, but smart. Do some good tempo's.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

Well I graduated high school. I'm extremely thankful for everyone that's gotten me here. I was out until 6 AM the following night, and woke up at 3PM on saturday.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.25

This was a strange run. Got in about 6. In the past 36 hours I've been asleep for around 24 of them, yet I was extremely tired on todays run. Like, I was yawning and closing my eyes and almost drowsing off while I was running. Strides when I got back. I've written out a mileage calendar for June and it looks pretty promising. I also ordered a new watch today. It's the Garmin Forerunner 235 and I'm super excited to get it.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Josh Ericksen on Mon, May 30, 2016 at 18:16:17 from 74.81.234.23

that watch looks sick! Where did you get it and how much was it?

From Eugene on Mon, May 30, 2016 at 18:20:45 from 67.213.239.29

I got it for 225 on Amazon, new. I used all my graduation money from relatives and church friends to buy it. Yeah it looks way sick! The VO2 max and Lactate threshold things looks really cool.

From Connor Baller on Mon, May 30, 2016 at 18:28:37 from 75.169.222.46

I finally added you to my fav blogs

From Eugene on Mon, May 30, 2016 at 18:30:13 from 67.213.239.29

ilysm

From Connor Baller on Mon, May 30, 2016 at 19:50:51 from 75.169.222.46

#heartemoji

Total Distance
9.00

AM - Ran a mile to get loose. Did some good core after.

PM - Mile at the park, then met up with Kenny. We were supposed to run at 7:15-ish pace, but Kenny had the only watch. My legs felt tired, but I stuck with Kenny who was doing good today. He had us at 6:21 pace when I split off. Cooled down barefoot and did strides at the park. Good talk with Kenny afterwards.

Barefoot Miles: 1.00Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 7.00NB Zante Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

AM - 6 miles with Kedric. Not sure on average pace but I know it was below 7:20. half mile barefoot cooldown once we got back.

PM - Jogged a bit to warm up, lifted a bit. Mainly hamstrings/calves.

 

Barefoot Miles: 0.50Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles @ 6:55 pace. Legs were really tired from yesterday, particularly my hamstrings and calves. I tried something new where I went slow the first two miles and then kept picking it up. 7:30's for the first two miles, but I started speeding up a lot around miles 3-5 which was way too early haha. Jumped in the pool at the rec after which was sublime. Drills and stretching after. S/O to my teammate Rylie for making a blog. And unshoutout to Kedric for his not working still.

NB Zante Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack on Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 12:52:49 from 74.81.234.23

The pool is always a good time!

From Rylie on Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 17:28:06 from 67.213.251.141

Thanks for the shoutout dude.

Total Distance
8.75

Good work today. My legs are still quite shot. My stomach was acting up today pretty bad, and my job as a USU neurobiologist intern(which I love) requires 80% standing/walking on a 9-5 job. If this is adulthood I'm not ready. Anyway my legs felt tired during and from that. First run with my forerunner 235, and I think I went a bit quick to impress it. First three miles were around 7:20, then picked it up, next three miles were about 6:40, then I just opened up the stride a bit and finished with a 6:19. Avg 6:51 pace. Little quick, but my heart rate was said to be good. It says my VO2 max is 65. I'll have to look that up later. Cooled down and did strides. I HAVE TO TAKE THE REST OF THE WEEK NICE AND SLOW. Just a reminder to myself. Easy mileage for now! Still didn't feel quite hard.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

7 up 1400. At work today I had to attend a meeting on octopus tetrodotoxin, so I missed lunch. Also didn't have time to hydrate, and it was in the 80's. Anyway lifted with T_81RD then ran. Was neg splitting the first 5 pretty good, but I didn't like where my heart rate was at, so I didn't put forth too much effort. Around 5.5 I got some minor pain above my knee and stopped to massage it out which ruined the pace. 7:09. Bamboozler beat me by 1 second pace wise today, dangit!!!!

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Alli Peterson on Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 20:52:42 from 174.23.119.15

Lol "it was in the 80s" come run in stg Eugene-o

From Eugene on Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 20:54:17 from 173.240.47.14

Hey I don't mean 2 be problematic @Alli but ur the only one on my favorites list that has yet to add me back. You're ruining my street cred gurl

From Eugene on Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 20:56:55 from 173.240.47.14

Also it's like 80's in december. lol @stgeorge

From Alli Peterson on Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 21:30:13 from 174.23.119.15

augh sorry. I didn't even know I was on yours. I'm honored I'll add you to mine

From Eugene on Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 21:56:15 from 173.240.47.14

You mean you don't constantly read my blog? 💔 And thanks Homie-G

From Bamboozler on Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 17:04:43 from 199.117.60.156

1 second pacewise...oh, and also 4 miles distance wise

From Eugene on Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 17:21:05 from 173.240.47.14

Whom has more miles on the mileage board? hm

Total Distance
12.00

What a day. Stayed up until 1 on the DM with Connor, Tyler, Bill, and a few others. I usually go to bed at 10. Woke up at 6-ish to go on my run at red fleet with Kedric(Bamboozler) and Aaron. I forgot my hat and glasses. We warmed up for a mile, ran 9, and then cooled down to the lake, then cooled down by jumping into the lake. We all forgot water and were SO dehydrated. When I got back I don't think Gatorade has ever tasted so supreme. I drank a full thing of Gatorade AND ate a package of gummy worms, and my weight was at 151, which means before that it was at 149. I haven't been this light since freshman year, and I was like 6 inches shorter. #Approachingkenyanweightstatus

NB Zante Miles: 12.00
Weight: 149.00
Comments
From Connor Baller on Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 18:27:02 from 75.169.216.198

lol dude 1am aint even bad, I was up texting/dming til after 2 for three straight nights

Total Distance
8.00

I did a good 20 minutes of core before my run. It was in the 90's in the evening so another night run. 8 miles real easy, 7:38 pace.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

AM - 4 easy. I tried using my heart moniter to decide my pace. The first mile it told me I was going wayy too easy, where I was at the point where I got down to 6:05 pace and it still said I was going 100 bpm. Then a bit later I slowed down on purpose, and the watch started reading my pulse right. It kept saying my heart rate was barely over easy pace and beeping at me to slow down. So yeah, I flipped off a watch today. No more of that. I'm gonna go move some tree branches I cut since I'm living on my own now lol.

PM - Lifted with Tbird for a bit, then went on an easier run. Watch kept beeping at me that my heart rate was too low (117bpm for 7:20 pace) but I ignored it. Threw in 1 set of 90-60-30, hit .28, .21, and .11. Felt good to get a bit of speed in, but I'm only a week back from my break so not too quick yet haha. Avg pace 6:54. I gained 135 feet to my 132 feet lost so it was a good run. 

I am sad to announce I must DNS for the Connor Baller Classic this weekend. I was super pumped to sleep over with Connor and Asa, but my parents are gonna be in town so I gotta stay.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.00NB Zante Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

AM - 3 easy on Aggie. Legs felt pretty tired for the first two.

PM - Played ping pong with Trevor, then did 7 easy. Started to get in a nice groove on the downhill, but then I remembered tomorrow's tempo so I took it easy. 7:05 pace.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 3.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack on Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 12:49:45 from 74.81.234.23

Sick Picture!

Total Distance
5.50

5 @ 7:24 pace. Lots of 180 turns.

Bump in the road today in the form of knee pain in my left leg. Original plan was 12 for the day with seven miles tempo. I iced and compressed and wasn't even sure if I'd be able to run period. But, my leg felt better. Didn't risk anything with tempo though. Half mile of strides after and they felt great. Stretched after.

NB Zante Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack on Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 21:53:30 from 74.81.234.23

Way to be smart!

From Eugene on Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 21:55:59 from 67.213.250.208

Haha thanks for the unwavering support Zack.

From Alli Peterson on Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 22:32:48 from 174.23.119.15

You guys are alwaysss on the blog I swear

Total Distance
13.00

Mile just to see how the knees felt. Felt pretty good.

PM - 8 in the extremely brutal heat(91F) of 2 PM. warmed up 2.5, managed to get about 3 miles in at 6:20 pace before the heat killed me. I was dead by the start of the quick stuff. Not a fun time, barely survived it. 7:12 pace avg. Extremely dehydrated. My heart rate stayed in easy/aerobic 99% of the run so that's good I suppose. Maybe 4 more tonight after work. I put 2 coconut waters, ice, and blue gatorade mix in a blender and make a fizzy drink. It was gross but I'm dehydrated. hit another low in my weight, havent been this light since 9th grade.

4 more tonight after work. Easy pace, but stomach felt wrecked. Since I ran 13 today I sped with maybe 300m to go and pretended I was finishing a half marathon.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.00NB Zante Miles: 8.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 1.00
Weight: 148.00
Comments
From Alli Peterson on Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 16:41:12 from 174.23.119.15

91????? I can't believe it was even attempted to run in those kinds of temperatures

From Alli Peterson on Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 16:41:43 from 174.23.119.15

Hahahah I need to watch what I say cause I get cold in like 65 degree weather

From Eugene on Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 16:46:46 from 67.213.250.208

Hey

From Eugene on Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 16:47:13 from 67.213.250.208

Fight me

From Alli Peterson on Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 18:40:09 from 174.23.119.15

Only if it's in stg cause it's 100° today and that's not even the high this week...(;

Total Distance
11.50

Extremely good run today. After two failed attempts at the tempo run, I succeeded at  it today, and man it felt great.

2.5 WU with speed changes, 

7 miles tempo @ 5:58 pace

2 cooldown

I can't believe I ran how I did on the tempo. After a track season of barely breaking 5 and 11, today was crazy. Just a reminder, I've been back from my break for less than 2 weeks. The hard part about this run was every mile I had to do a 180 degree turn which slowed the pace down SO bad. So pretty dang cool, stoked for Ragnar. And if anyone actually reads this with all the CBC hype going on, ily

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 8.50Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 23:12:42 from 72.13.212.116

My family and I were honored with the presence of a true champion tonight during our evening constitutional.

From Eugene on Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 23:14:06 from 67.213.248.0

Haha my phone's dead but tell your parents not to sweat the ragnar stuff. I'll figure it out.

From Zack on Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 00:01:34 from 74.81.234.23

I read it Eugene, don't worry. I got you!

Total Distance
12.00

Splits from yesterdays tempo: 

5:47, 6:05, 6:16, 6:11, 5:50, 6:09, 5:42

AM - slept in.

PM - 2 miles to U-hill base, mile with Kedric, mile with Rylie. so 4 miles warm up. Then raced up the hill. Kedric and I stuck together for about 1/3-1/2 of a mile, then Kedric slowed, poor kid hasn't ran in 7+ days because he got so sunburnt last saturday. I made some good moves up the hills, and was in extreme pain for most of it. Hiked to the U, then jogged back down easy. Dropped Rylie off and did 4 mile cooldown for 12 for the day.

NB Zante Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Alli Peterson on Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 20:36:03 from 174.23.119.15

Rumor has it it was only 11.5?? But idk I mean that's just what I heard??

From Eugene on Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 20:41:48 from 67.213.248.0

Disclaimer everyone; I did 11.5 today. But I did 12.5 yesterday. So rumor has it Chex yo self before ya wreck yo self *sassy black girl emoji*

From Alli Peterson on Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 21:04:00 from 174.23.119.15

But you put 11.5 yesterday.... So you're still off by .5.... Unless my math is wrong?

From Eugene on Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 23:21:58 from 67.213.248.0

Uh oh, that is true. So I guess I have a mile left over?? You can have it as a gift @alli bc you need some real mileage ;)

Total Distance
5.00

5 7:09 pace @ 10000ft elevation. Besides that all I've done today is talk to one person and watch Psych, so yeah it's been a pretty great day.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 09:26:30 from 63.151.193.90

Is that elevation exaggerated?

From Eugene on Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 09:55:42 from 144.39.210.20

maybe by like 50 feet. I drove to the top of Red Cloud loop for my run

Total Distance
10.50

AM - 7.5 easy. I didn't sleep well last night so I was pretty groggy at 6AM. First 5 mile splits were 7:40, 7:30, 7:20, 7:10, and 7:00. Then my watch died and I pushed it a bit. Didn't feel hard, excited for Ragnar! 

PM - core and 3 miles around. I would have done more, but I lifted so much I was fatigued

NB Zante Miles: 7.50Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
15.00

AM - My phone stopped working(again) last night so I slept through my alarm and left at 7 instead of 6, so it was a bit hotter than I hoped. 2 WU w/ speed changes, 3 mile tempo on TT course, barefoot cooldown and strides for 8. Saw McKenna and Rylie so S/O to them for putting in work. Tempo splits; 5:32, 5:33, 5:24 for 16:29. I was wanting to break 16, but my legs were tired and I wasn't all that motivated racing myself. I need to sleep more

7 more on McCoy while Trevor biked alongside. Not sure on the pace but I believe it was somewhere between 6:50-7:10, so quick for trail running. Also that whole sleep thing didn't work out, I'm updating my blog at midnight. Two easy days, then Ragnar

Nike Wildhorse 2 Miles: 7.00Barefoot Miles: 3.00Streak LT 2 White Miles: 3.50Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 1.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 23:38:04 from 199.117.60.156

I would feel almost threatened by those times...if we were still on the same team

Total Distance
9.25

AM - 5 very very easy neighborhood. I'm quite tired so today's easy run was more of a trudge. There's an 8ft high dirt wall I have to climb to get up to the trail ending the run, and I may or may not have fell off it a couple times. Also S/O to Brianna from PV, because last night she happened to happen upon Will's number, and Dubras and I some fun with that

PM - 4 with strides. stretched after

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.25NB Zante Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Alli Peterson on Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 09:01:32 from 174.23.119.15

D8

From Brianna L on Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 09:04:15 from 174.23.220.216

Haha you guys are hilarious

Total Distance
3.00

AM - 3 ez. I got some more sleep than usual, but not a lot. I think I'm gonna ice bath because my legs didn't feel too fresh.

Well one of our girls quit for Ragnar, so I guess I'm running 6 legs tomorrow. Racing 30+ miles.

NB Zante Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 09:59:27 from 67.213.241.33

You don't need an ice bath, you only ran three miles.

Race: Ragnar leg 1 & 6 (13 Miles) 01:22:57, Place overall: 8
Total Distance
16.00

Leg 1 was eh. Got out to the starting line with 30ish minutes left, watched a video for ten minutes on safety, and sorta warmed up. Starting line with the 20 best guys(and one girl) of Ragnar teams. Started out pretty quick and got myself in 10th, behind a pack of four college runners, Connor, Springville, Riverton, Aiden troutner, and star valley. Passed springville pretty early on. The hills murdered me way bad. Adam Wood caught me around mile 2. I was so dead from the heat, I had awful side stitches. Luckily I was able to come in semi-clutch and catch Aiden and Star Valley. I was reeling in Adam and Riverton the last mile but they had too much ground on me. Got 8th out of the fast team starters. Mason got us in front of Herriman, and Christian got us in front of Riverton, but then he died out and got passed back by Riverton herriman and star valley. #triogameatrocious

 
Leg 6 was awful. I had an asthma attack and couldn't breathe and had awful sidestitches. Finished well though, last quarter mile was a 73

Barefoot Miles: 1.00Streak LT 2 White Miles: 6.00NB Zante Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron on Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 15:04:19 from 73.65.153.135

Lol I thought I was reading ballers blog ft half this entry. Nice job

From Connor Baller on Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 13:58:40 from 67.186.202.88

I don’t remember you running the 1st leg!

Race: Ragnar leg 13 and 25 (12.55 Miles) 01:15:05
Total Distance
15.00

My third run went amazing! Pretty bad start. I didn't even get to stretch, Jordan was immediately on the line, so I took off my sleeves and pajamas and took off. First mile was an 8:13 because it was at midnight and I fell off the trail and got lost and had to stop. Chest pain was still pretty bad. Next few miles were low 6's. I was irate because I really wanted to go sub 6 pace. Then I remembered I told someone I'd try and win for them, and suddenly all my chest pain was erased. Mind you I still had to control my breathing and make sure I was breathing in an awkward pattern to make the pain subside. But I went crazy. Split a few 5's, including a 5:32 and a good portion at 5:12 pace for 5:57 avg pace! What a great run. Killed my quads though lol. Was totally serene and calming to run completely alone down a highway overpass at night. I thought about a lot of stuff when I wasn't picking up the pace 

 

Nothing noteworthy about my last leg. Chest was pretty bad, got a 24:50 for four miles. Our team got us behind a bit but I closed some of the gap on Alta 

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 5.00NB Zante Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Race: Wastach Back Ragnar (188.7 Miles) 25:34:01, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
0.00

Well this was it. Every factor was against us on the team. One of our girls dropped, forcing Mason and I to add extra legs to our three original. Rylie got lost and ran an extra 5 miles on her night run. Someone collapsed and Kyrie had to stay with them and call for help for 20 minutes on her last leg. Kedric had knee problems, I had chest problems, and Kenny had some stomach issues. But still, we were at 23 hours and only had one runner left. We knew it was gonna come between us and Alta. We waited on the finish line, knowing Jordan should finish any second now. As the time passing by got ludicrously long, we watched Alta and another team pass by. Then we fell timewise behind another team. It turns out Jordan's tendons had locked up and he barely survived his run(not literally). There was really no one to blame. I gave my all, that's all I could've done. But the website has us ranked second, so I call it that for now. We lost by 7 minutes, which is pretty insane for all that went down. Good times.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 10:48:26 from 67.213.241.33

I wasn't "lost". I merely passed the exchange point and kept running. I never deviated from the course.

From Eugene on Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 10:53:06 from 67.213.255.164

So you knew exactly where you were at all times? You never suspected you'd be turned into a criminal minds episode?

From Rylie on Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 10:57:34 from 67.213.241.33

I knew exactly where I was, kind of. I saw the Ragnar signs so I knew I was on the course. The Criminal Minds things was my inner teenage girl coming out. Come on man I'm only 15.

From Connor Baller on Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 16:42:32 from 75.169.216.198

I watch Criminal Minds

From Eugene on Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 17:54:59 from 67.213.255.164

I watched one episode and it terrified me. Now I only watch psych

From Connor Baller on Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 21:31:07 from 75.169.216.198

Ya it's pretty sketch

From Kedric on Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 00:30:30 from 63.151.193.90

I'm trying to get past the part at the end of this entry where you said "good times" I seem to recall it being the worst of times. If you enjoyed this, you're either a sadist, a masochist, or both.

From Rylie on Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 08:27:55 from 67.213.241.33

Does that mean Nathan was the unsub the whole time?! Are you saying I was already stuck in a Criminal Minds episode? I could've escaped on my night run!!!

Total Distance
7.00

AM - rested and did core

PM - 2 mile WU, 8x200m grass hills, w/ 200 rest back down. Drills and 3 mile CD

Snapchat I sent right before had 96 on the degree filter. I think it was being modest. 200's ragned between 31-37, which wasn't great but I felt quite bad. Only felt good on the final repeat and last mile of the cooldown.

 

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

AM - 5. Tried to go easy but I didn't have my watch and went quick and just never really slowed. Probs a high 6:30/low 6:40 pace. Gonna try draining my legs after typing this.

PM - 3 on the treadmill, 4 outside in the blistering heat. Apparantly I don't handle warmth well??? Who knew. Achilles hurt a bit at the end. Gonna roll and ice that one out.

NB Zante Miles: 5.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

Holy moly I was tired today. Original plan was 3x2 miles but marching band was on the track. Then went to the park and changed it to 4xgrass mile instead. Warmed up three and felt pretty trashed. I went out on the first repeat and managed to get .20 in the first minute, but my legs told me to stop. No point in wasting a workout on dead legs. Went 6 miles after. Ran sockless and that was a huge mistake. The last mile my left heel hurt so bad, my limp game was awful. Took off my shoes and ran the last mile on the turf. I might do a short run later and try the workout again tomorrow.

Also I got quantified(finally) which is sick. On the other website it says I have 238 monthly views.

PM - went and lifted, did 3 easy on the treadmill after, ran the last quarter mile at 5:20 pace which felt pretty good. Also did 100 pushups and 100 sit ups.

Barefoot Miles: 1.00Streak LT 2 White Miles: 0.20Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 3.00NB Zante Miles: 7.80
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:33:55 from 199.117.60.156

I would've just practiced with the marching band. They tell me it's a really intense workout

From Connor Baller on Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:30:12 from 71.219.32.196

I don't know why anyone would look at your blog

From Eugene on Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:40:46 from 67.213.255.164

You're lucky this blog is family friendly boi

From Rylie on Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 17:59:40 from 166.170.5.30

I find your blog really...

Total Distance
13.00

I woke up at 5:30 and marching band still beat me to the track. WU, speed changes, drills. 4 mile tempo. I went quick the first mile but sustained, but those last two miles I just lost focus. I think it's because, in my head, I was planning to only go hard for two miles. Splits were 5:21(uphill), 5:29(downhill), 5:47(uphill), and 5:47(downhill). So four miles at 5:36 pace. Only a bit faster than when I did it in December, but that was coming off better training, I'm still running on tired legs, and in December I went hard enough that the run injured me. Cooled down for 8.

PM - did 100 push-ups while I was waiting in the Enclave room. Got caught at the end. Was extremely awkward. Did 5 miles up at McCoy. Ran the dirt road loop I never run on. Wow that thing is steep. Averaged about an 8:30 pace the first 3.5ish miles, then picked it up on the downhills for 7:30 pace for 5 miles. Total elevation gain was right below 600 ft. My left shin hurt a bit during it. S/O to Alli bc she blogs so much, truly an inspiration to us all💝(The joke here is she'll never see it because she doesn't even blog)

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 6.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

Ran 2 up main, 2 up the gov. trail, and 3 down back to the rec center. Splits were 7:50, 7:40, 7:30, 7:20, 7:10, 7:00, and 6:50 so that was neat.

4 in the afternoon. For the first time since Ragnar I felt pretty good, and it was in the heat too! Started at 7:20 pace and dropped down to a 6:20 pace by the end. Finished up with some strides, lifted, and did core. If I hadn't done Ragnar I bet I could have been #1 on the mileage board this week. Oh well. Tomorrow's progression run is gonna be prime time blues.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.00NB Zante Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
20.00

Wow quite the run today. Woke up at 5:20 and drove up to Kenny the Apache's house, where his dad drove us up to brush creek. I say "up" but there sure was a lot of uphill coming back. Ran the first 10 with Kenny and picked it up and finished at the Dino tri. I ran with the leader at the end at about a 5:40 pace which was pretty quick after all I did haha. Jogged just a bit while waiting for Kenny to come pick me up. Avg pace was under 7 so that was rad. Would have finished quicker, but Kenny was going quick at the beginning and I stayed with him. Good work today

I also found out that the winner I ran with at the end was Jason Holt!

Did some more easy in the afternoon to get 20 for the day! I've gotten 18 twice but never this much. Felt good and still do.

NB Zante Miles: 16.10Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 3.90
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 09:45:11 from 67.213.247.38

Only 16? You slacker. You're not legit, you're unlegit, and therefore you must quit. 👎🏼

From Kenny the Apache on Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 11:22:00 from 166.170.5.107

Haha yeah Eugene you could have at least got in 17 😉!! Thanks for going with me man it was a good run!!

From Rylie on Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 17:47:38 from 199.117.60.156

Still not legit man, still not legit😔

Total Distance
10.00

After church met up with Adam and Kelly. We drove up to Ice Cave and did some serious hiking and spelunking. It was quite difficult so I'll count it as a workout. While climbing down an extremely steep section my footing slipped and I fell down a few feet, luckily I managed to grab a tree trunk, but I got caught in some thorns and scraped up pretty badly. I hung on for dear life with one hand and with the other got a rope tied to the tree and climbed down. It was quite heroic. After about three hours of hiking they dropped me off back at the Basin, so I ran up to my house, which gains about 400 feet altogether. Managed 7:30 avg. pace which was sweet.

Nike Wildhorse 2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
16.20

Went to Uintah XC practice in the morning. Started off the run really slow with maybe 10 of us, then worked the pace down so by 4 miles it was just Clayton, Kedric and I. By the end it was just Kedric and I at 5:15 pace. Cooled down barefoot.

Real workout at 5:30, right after work. It was blazing and that makes for bad times, but I kept my head up. WU and strides. Workout was 3x2000m, going 600 fast, 100 jog, 400 fast, 100 jog, 300 fast, 200 jog, 200 fast. 500m jog in between sets. I dont recall the exact 2000m times but they were mid-high 6's. First one the fast parts went 1:47, 70, 53, 35. Next one's times were 1:48, 71, 50, and 30. Last one the heat hit me pretty hard that last 150, and my legs locked up. Hit 1:45 but I was on a faster pace. 400 I came in the 300 at 50, but my legs really got tired and I hit a 71. Decided to stop there. I was able to run those three laps under 4 minutes with the jogging though so that was neat. Good workout, the heat was awful and my legs haven't got any real speed in them lately so today was good. Cooled down to the temple park, where Claire taught Christian and I how to slackline. I'm pretty good. Claire made me some homemade lemonade which would have been good, but it was really acidic and my throat burned from the run already so it hurt to drink. Later on that night Claire told me some wild stories of how she partied back in France.

Barefoot Miles: 0.50Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 7.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:00:56 from 67.213.247.38

Super Senior!

Total Distance
13.80

AM - 10 down back canal, past Quailbrook, down Gov, and back. I felt tired, but besides that good. I had to cross 16 cattleguards which wasn't quite ideal for keeping a solid pace, still managed 7:30's avg. ezpzlemonsqueezy

PM - Rec loop with strides. Gonna do some core before I go to bed.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 13.80
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
16.00

Parked a little farther away from the park for extra mileage. Warmed up and drills at XC practice. The workout today was 2x(4 min hard, 4 minutes easy), 2x(3 min hard, 3 easy), and finished 2 minutes hard. I ran on the grass with quite a few turns, but still managed about a 5:05-10 avg pace for the hard ones. On the fourth hard I slowed a bit. Lately I've been able to switch from fast to recovery pace pretty easily, so I never walked which was good. Cooled down on Canal with Kenny after, S/O to him for staying close to me, even though I told him I'd go 5:30 pace lol. 6:48 avg pace for the run in entirety.

6.5 on the dirt road, pretty easy paced. My fourth mile was a 5:58 because why not, i felt good. Avg pace 7:20 which is p. good for 500 ft elevation gain.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 9.50Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 6.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

I've only gotten around 6-7 hours of sleep per night this week, and I decided to hang out with a friend last night, so at 5:20 I was too tired. Opted to sleep until 7 and just do a distance run later today. A lot of stress at work and in other things, once I get off work today I should be able to breathe easy though. This weekend is gonna be spectacular.

PM - was going to do a long run, but work made my diet shoddy today, and my legs just didn't feel great, so I cut my 14 miler down to 9. Def. felt better at the end, but I do race in three days so why risk it. Gonna get my confirmation about my trip to St.G tonight, so wish me luck guys, I got a date with destiny. And someone else lol

NB Zante Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Brianna L on Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 19:29:10 from 174.23.61.169

Lol good luck

From Holt on Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 20:59:56 from 67.2.227.44

Yikes... Relax!

Total Distance
17.00

AM - park loop. When I hit the long uphill on 1400 I was at 2.5 and I thought "hey, lets see if I can get down to 10k race pace" so I gradually moved up to 5:25 pace. It didn't feel hard or anything, so I figured lets see how much more I can speed up before this mile ends". Ended up getting the pace under 5 by the end of it. After that my miles got pretty quick, around 6:20, but not hard. 6:37 avg pace. 

Oh and s/o to Kedric, McKenna, rylie, Jacia, Reagan, Aspen for stealing my car

did 100 pushups/200 sit ups whilst watching psych

PM - 5 on the dreadmill(see what I did there? comedy gold) because of torrential downpour, then ventured outside for the last 5 because anything is better than a treadmill. 7:08 avg pace. My stomach was wrecked, I ate way too heavily way too closely to my normal run time. It was a cool 65 degrees and overcast/drizzling which was perfect running weather. so 10 easy to add to 17 for the day, and 102 for the past 7 days!

NB Zante Miles: 7.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Spencer Smith on Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 19:53:23 from 174.52.167.138

I can see that your tapering nicely for the Freedom Festival

Total Distance
13.00

Tempo work today, nothing too hard because freedom's monday. 4x1200 @10k pace with 400 recovery. Was going about 7 flat pace on recovery which was sick because it felt easy. Hit 3:55, 3:59, 4:07, and 3:49. Felt pretty sustainable, I was just trying to keep a reasonable pace, save the last one where I went a little quicker. After 14 laps I was still able to come in clutch with a 73 last lap which was cool. 5:29 avg pace for 3.8 miles. Good times bc my stomach was wrecked. 3 mile cooldown and strides. Now I just taper for Freedom 10k. My goals going in are break 34, top 3 in my age group, and obliterate Connor. S/O to him for picking up my race packet from Provo, btw. Even though the rivalry game is strong right now he's a good guy. He'll die a good guy on monday #beattheballer Went to Starbucks after and got a acai/coconut milk/blueberry drink which was quite sublime.

PM - 3.8 while the rest of my family went to the lake. gained about 600 feet going up which sucked but I flew coming down. It'd be an understatement to say I'm looking forward to moving out of here.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Connor Baller on Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 10:24:31 from 75.169.182.157

I didn't know you were a basic white girl

From Connor Baller on Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 11:18:23 from 75.169.182.157

Oh and sorry but Thomas Collin and I are thrashing you so hope you can pull off 4th

From Eugene on Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 11:20:22 from 72.13.222.225

Fam that doesn't even phase me. Only competition is you boy

From Connor Baller on Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 11:22:44 from 75.169.182.157

Are you gonna send me the stuff to pick up your packet?

Total Distance
4.20

Got maybe .1 out, and I decided I'd rather just do some easy barefoot running instead. 3 WU, .5 strides, .5 CD. Ready for tomorrow.

Barefoot Miles: 4.00NB Zante Miles: 0.20
Weight: 0.00
Race: Freedom 10k (6.214 Miles) 00:36:12, Place overall: 16, Place in age division: 6
Total Distance
15.80

Warmed up 2 miles and strides. Got out and by half a mile it was me, Connor, the Riding twins, Collin, Thom, Jamison, and some college dude. Collin and Jamison dropped off at the mile and the college guy sped up. My watch isn't loading so I'll go by what the mile markers said for now, which were a bit off. 5:12, 10:31. Lost the pack around here. I started to get weird back pains and shivering like crazy, need more salt, gotta be like salt boy lol. 16:22 for three miles. I lost focus after that, got passed by a couple dudes. At about mile five we had a long hill with a 180 turn at the top. Joey caught me here. We turned around and I saw there was Asa and Jared maybe 30-45 seconds behind, and this long haired dude a little closer. I caught up to Joey again but he started kicking hard. We turned and the last mile is on a hecka long and strenuous uphill. Hair dude caught me and we talked for a second. Then I realized the twins were not too far ahead and I sped up quite a bit. Caught both of them and had to weave through a ton of dumb 5k people. Finished and cooled down with Adam, Connor, Asa, Tyler, and Jared. Good learning experience today, I learned that it's WAY worse to go out quick the first 2 miles in a 10k bc there's over 4 miles left lol. Also need more salt. Fun time overall, the course was way more hilly than I thought but I didn't do terrible. Gonna train hard and drop a large PR at deseret. S/O to bloggers Connor, Adam, and Thom who got top three in our age division. And good luck to Kenny!

4.8 once I got back. About 7 flat pace.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 11.00NB Zante Miles: 4.80
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kenny the Apache on Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 12:40:53 from 166.170.14.109

Way to go man!!! Repping the Uintah uniform!!!

From Collin Morrison on Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 17:44:14 from 67.166.105.173

Lol salt does amazing things my friend, nice job today!

From Zack on Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 18:17:20 from 172.58.17.89

Atta boy!

From Cameron on Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 15:16:58 from 73.65.214.204

Dude nice job. There is an 80 percent chance that I will run the des news 10k so I am glad to hear you are doing it because it's about time we race each other lol

From Eugene on Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 21:52:56 from 72.13.208.128

True that Cameron

From Connor Baller on Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 13:56:55 from 67.186.202.88

Lol like salt boi. Gets me every time

Total Distance
12.50

Easy run in the morning. Felt like crap at first but better as it went on. Still went really easy. 7:24 pace. Planking while typing this. AP scores are out, I haven't checked but I really hope I got a 5 on AP Bio. No one's ever got a 5 from uintah and I think I have a good shot. Except the fire alarm got pulled during the test so we had to evacuate. Threed times.

Ran 7.8 pretty easy in the heat, avg pace 6:55. My last mile was a 6:15. It was really really hot and bright.

 

AP Bio: 4

NB Zante Miles: 4.70Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 7.80
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 11:02:00 from 199.117.60.156

THREED times?!?!? That rhymes with WEED times!!!!!

From Rylie on Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 21:24:03 from 72.13.220.218

Good job on the AP Bio test, a four is great! I know you wanted a five, but a four is not too bad

Total Distance
17.20

AM - 7 easy rec/canal, no watch. Pace was probably 7 flat-ish. Stayed up last night waiting for some stuff to go down that never did so waste lol. Neither of my alarms went off so I ran at about 9

 

PM - 30 min WU(4.2). 8x200m w/ equal recovery, 30 min CD(4). It was crazy hot out today. I read Alli's blog and I guess she's just such an inspiration that I started to have stomach problems on this run bc I aspire to be her. 200's went 31, 29, 32, 29, 30, 30, 31, 28. Good work. Gonna stretch and ice in the canal.

I averaged straight up 30 seconds on the 200's. I think I was around 33 last time I did this, but that was two days after racing 26 miles at ragnar. I'd like to get to the point where I can do this workout and average 27 and 28s.

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 2.00NB Zante Miles: 7.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 8.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Connor Baller on Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 20:11:24 from 75.169.182.157

17.2? That's it? Cmon dude.

From Eugene on Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 20:25:02 from 70.208.2.205

Garek would be ashamed of me lol

From Connor Baller on Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 20:55:28 from 75.169.182.157

At this rate, I may actually beat you at Des News

From Eugene on Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 21:04:51 from 70.208.2.205

Lol you have our names backwards there partner. You're racing deseret?

From Connor Baller on Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 21:16:44 from 75.169.182.157

Pretty sure

From Eugene on Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 21:22:29 from 70.208.2.205

Lol I thought you said you weren't. I'm guessing you're running the wheelchair 5k??

From Connor Baller on Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 21:24:57 from 75.169.182.157

Didn't know they had a wheelchair 5k, very interested

From Eugene on Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 21:26:05 from 70.208.2.205

I doubt they do but apparently there was a wheelchair 10k on monday. Yeah the wheelchair race might get you some muscles on your arms. You need em

Total Distance
11.00

Ran the long road at McCoy. First 5 I felt good, then soaked up the view at the turnaround ledge for a minute or two. Turned back, got about half a mile in, realized my picture i tried to take didn't work, so I turned around, took the picture again, then turned around again. After that I felt pretty trashed. The trail was pretty hard, there were some points so steep I had to walk down, but I ran up every hill so that was good. I saw a snake, and by saw I mean stepped about 6 inches away from a rattlesnake in the middle of the road, to which I jumped about 2 feet in the air and made a pretty girly noise(don't tell Alli). 11 for the run. For these next few days I'm just gonna get all my miles in on a single run, then just do some core at night and see how that works. 2 hour progression run tomorrow. I'd like to get 17 miles in the time limit but we'll see. Stomach felt trashed again today. Iced in the creek again. It was brutally freezing.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
19.00

Long progression run, and very possibly the hardest run of my life. It wasn't crazy painful, I just really had to dig deep to press on. 2 hour run, first 40 minutes easy, next 40 picking up a little, pushing the pace a bit that last 40. Splits went 7:41,7,39,7:28,7:24,7:16,6:53,6:52,6:39,6:40,6:45,6:33,6:18,6:10,6:19,6:21,6:13,and 6:30 pace for the last .6. Avg pace 6:48. Hit a half marathon at 1:25:57. I didn't think I'd be able to even get 17 miles, so I was pretty happy today. Bonked those last couple miles but still kept it up pretty good. I ran on road, trail, everywhere. Cooled down for 19.

NB Zante Miles: 19.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kenny the Apache on Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 09:40:40 from 173.240.47.125

#beastmode!!! Way to go dude!!! #FutureUofArunner

From Connor Baller on Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 11:35:25 from 75.169.182.157

That sounds disgusting. Nice job bb

Total Distance
10.30

AM - 7 miles on the 1400 route. I usually go super slow the first couple miles, but I went normal pace instead, and slowed down around mile 3. I felt good again once I hit the uphill though. I slept in until 10 so it was pretty hot out. Avg pace 6:48.

Did some quick easy mileage to get to 90 for the week. Did some strides in it. 6:51 pace. This run got my vO2 max up to 70. So I might take that in account for training paces, but then again that means 6:40 or faster for easy pace. Maybe I'll try it for a couple days and see how it goes. Rough day today. I accidentally chose bulb bulbasaur as my starter so I think I'm gonna delete Pokémongo.

Barefoot Miles: 0.50Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.50Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 3.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Connor Baller on Sat, Jul 09, 2016 at 12:43:04 from 75.169.182.157

7? You better be doing a 10 mile run later

Total Distance
8.50

Not a great start to the day. Original workout was gonna be 1x2 mile, 2x1 mile on the roads. Well yesterday we had pie for dessert and I ate a lot of it. I don't usually eat sugary stuff, so I felt pretty crappy today. I tried to get going a couple times, would get maybe a third of a mile in, and stop because I knew I wasn't feeling well enough to hold it. I did manage to get a mile in on Aggie. I pushed the pace, but didn't go all out. 4:50. I might try a short easier tempo workout this evening.

NB Zante Miles: 8.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

AM - 7. My achilles hurt after yesterdays morning run, I guess running my second fastest mile ever, in trainers, on a road, comes back to haunt. I massaged it all during church and throughout the day. I slept in a bit today, got going around 7:30. Did the rec loop/canal with some strides. Legs felt pretty trashy but felt better as I progressed. Avg  pace 6:49. I need to work on my hips, they've been hurting while I run lately.

A big S/O to my good friend Nick Hill, aka Hell Raiser, who leaves on his mission to El Salvador tomorrow! He was the first person to ever add me to their favorites. Good guy. 

PM - I got back from work and only had a bit of time left before I had to go with my dad to sell our fourwheelers. I also wanted to get my rights to "free slurpee day", so I told myself "If the avg pace is under 6:40, you can get one. The slurpee tasted great.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
15.00

AM - my alarm didn't go off so I was late for work. Only managed to get three in during break. 6:58 avg pace.

Warmed up 5 miles. Went to the track and found out football was already there. So I drove to the park and measured out a quarter mile loop. It involved both a 90 and 180 degree turn. Ran 4x400 @5k pace. I wanted to hit 75-77's, but I kept worrying the turns would slow me down so I'd speed up. Equal recovery. 70, 69, 71, then took off my shoes and did a 63. I felt kind of trash from the start of the warm up so these times were good. Cooled down for 12 miles @ 7:08 pace. On the cooldown these little kids were yelling at me, and calling me some quite colorful derogatory terms. lol I worry about our country's future more and more every day

Barefoot Miles: 0.50Streak LT 2 White Miles: 2.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 12.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.50

Neither of my alarms went off this morning. I woke up 20 minutes late, and couldn't find my keys for another 20 minutes. So I got to practice, and the team had already done a mile repeat. I warmed up maybe half a mile and did the 3 other repeats with the boys. Wet grass, 5 90 degree turns, 2 180 degree turns, and 15 miles with speed yesterday make for not great times today. Times weren't awful though. I immediately was able to jog around until the next repeat so I know I wasn't going hard. First half mile of the first one Clayton and I battled it out for a while. We both died pretty hard. Splits went 5:09, 5:12, and 5:14. Ran all of them alone after maybe 200m so I wasn't too motivated. Cooled down with Kenny and Clayton, where they played Pokemongo the entire time smh.

Ran a little over 5 more in the blazing heat in the afternoon. Avg pace 6:48. Did strength training after. After a while this college girl came and asked if she could do my workout with me. I told her I was about to leave, so left a little early. Just ended up going upstairs for the rest of it.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 7.30NB Zante Miles: 5.20
Weight: 146.00
Total Distance
10.00

AM - 5 miles hilly. Pushed the hills a little. 6:58 avg pace Iced in the canal after.

PM - Warmed up from the church to the track, did a lap, ran 6 strides, did a pretty relaxed 400m in 70, and cooled down back. Got myself a granola bar and some coconut water because I deserved it. It's crazy hot out. I felt pretty sluggish the first mile of the WU then progressively felt better. 5 miles @ 6:39 pace. I feel really good about tomorrow(race day)!

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 08:54:43 from 199.117.60.156

I think there's a typo here. You used an "I" where it should have been an "E"

Race: Light in the Dark 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:16:58, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
12.10

Ugh. Had to wake up at 4:30am for work. Got off at about 6, ran 3 miles on aggie, 6:57 avg pace. Did one easy stride. I discovered the finish for the race tonight. Now I just gotta find the start line... Went to bed again at 7:30 and woke up at noon. So I got like 12 hours of sleep.

RACE

I had to stay at work for a really long time and didn't get to really eat all that much today. I had a ten minute break at about 5:30 where I was able to squeeze in a quick meal. Got to the course at 8:20. For the first time ever they actually measured out a 5k correctly on Aggie, normally it's either 2.9 or 3.2. Did a couple strides, put on my bib, and got to the starting line. Long ceremony. The starting gun was an assault rifle which I found funny. Anyway gun goes off and I take off at a good pace. Suddenly this guy who looked just like Lagat gets right on my shoulder and starts like pushing me! Looking at my watch I think we hit a 65 second first 400. Ugh. The guy died about a third a mile in, but had put me in such a predicament that I felt pretty crappy by now. Hit the first mile at 5:03. Ugh. Felt way worse than it should have. Hit the first turnaround and the Lagat guy is probably two minutes behind me. Mason and Kedric weren't too far off though. After maybe 2/3rds of a mile into the race my stomach started to feel real bad, I was sure I'd puke. Ugh. Really suffered through a 5:47 second mile. I was able to recover during the second mile and kick the last 1.1 in 6:08 to win in a 16:58. Really wasn't a great race for me, 1-2.75 felt like a trudge. But, a PR and win so no complaints. Cooled down on the course backwards. Saw the Lagat guy, and despite REALLY wanting to say something snarky to him, I told him "good job" to which he shot me a dirty look. I won by about a minute, Mason got second with a high 17, Kedric got third. The people who put this race together did an awsome job.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 3.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 6.00Saucony Type A6 Miles: 3.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Josh Ericksen on Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 19:26:03 from 74.81.234.23

I feel ya. Getting up at 4:30 sucks.

From Connor Baller on Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 00:05:28 from 75.169.182.157

Nice job running your own race plan Eugene

From Eugene on Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 07:53:16 from 70.212.38.235

Fite me

From RileyCook on Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 10:56:07 from 73.52.134.194

Nice race!

Total Distance
5.00

AM - 5 miles of regret for not stretching yesterday. Avg pace 7:30.

NB Zante Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
20.00

Finally did it! 6:50 avg pace progression. I started late so it was pretty hot out by about mile 7. I changed the path so the 40 minutes fast were on a tough uphill. Last time for the three 40 minute segments I averaged 7:40's, 6:50's, and 6:20's. This one I averaged 7:20's, 6:40's, and 6:30's. I should have gone slower at the beginning. Really wanted to quit those last 30 minutes but I toughed it out. I had a Gu this time, around mile 8, which tasted pretty good, but after I finished I drank a ton and threw up and it was nasty. I just drank probably a liter of Gatorade and I think I'm gonna throw up again. Weighed myself after. About 5 pounds lighter than I've ever seen myself.

NB Zante Miles: 20.00
Weight: 142.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 17:55:00 from 68.103.17.254

That's insane!!!

From Eugene on Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 20:19:05 from 67.213.249.91

I know, but I really want to run collegiate, and Alabama has some high standards. However, on their athletic profiles they have an athlete with a college 8k PR of 29:30. Suspicious. Btw you should update your blog Cason.

From C_Cropp on Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 18:06:23 from 68.103.17.254

Sounds like you're on the right path and yea that is weird. I will now lol.

Total Distance
15.25

Went to Uintah XC practice. 8 miles. Went 7 miles with Kenny, Clayton, and Kedric. Clayton dropped after 3 miles, and at around 4 Kenny started surging and I stayed close behind, Kedric just maintained so we lost him too. At the canal I jumped on to a side road, which cost me momentum but now I could speed up without Kenny surging away. Dirty move but oh well. This got me about a second on Kenny so I decided to speed up because I think he was tired from all the surges he made. Pushed the last mile, but certainely didn't go hard. 5:49 split for 6:39 avg pace. Cooled down a mile with Jacia after.

AM - 7 miles easy at McCoy. I took the pace easy, but probably gained 600 ft elevation of trails. Did 80 pushups at the peak. A few strides at the end.

Nike Wildhorse 2 Miles: 7.25Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
17.75

15 miles miles down Canal, down main, up Gov, down Aggie, and past the church, finishing at the creek.

Some easy miles before core in the evening.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.75Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 15.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
15.50

AM - I've typed this report three times for it to be deleted. 8.5. I tried to do a fartlik and got about 20 minutes in but it felt too hard, haven't been sleeping well.

PM - Ran 3 miles WU to the KOA fields for some speed. Basically the fields consist of 4 soccer fields, each about 10 feet higher than the previous. So flat, a steep hill, more flat, ect. It was a good workout. Started out running up, across, and down twice in a 2:19 half mile. Jogged for 20 seconds to get across, ran up the fields, jogged 20, ran down, did that twice. The quick part was a little shy of 200m and I was hitting the uphills in 29 and downhills in 26 so it was some good work. I felt really good. I ate some cornbread literally 20 seconds before I left my house so my stomach hurt, but besides that I felt very good. A bit tired on the cooldown. 7 miles @ 6:35 avg pace. More mileage than I planned for today, but some good work, plus I might be able to hit 100 miles this week and still taper the next few days. Lastly S/O to my main miner Cason for updating his blog.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 7.00NB Zante Miles: 8.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 18:44:28 from 68.103.17.254

Cornbread: the new energy goo

From Eugene on Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 18:45:50 from 67.213.249.91

More like the new curry chicken

From C_Cropp on Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 18:47:29 from 68.103.17.254

Lol

Total Distance
10.50

AM - 5. Legs felt tired. Also didn't eat anything before, and worked until 11:30 PM yesterday so that might be why.

PM - 2 down to the park, did some mediocre strides on the grass (too windy), ran back. Avg pace 6:45

NB Zante Miles: 5.50Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

3 miles WU, then a workout of 400, 400, 800, 400, 800, 400, 800, 400, 400. Equal recovery. I found this workout on Jake Krong's early blog as a tune up before he dropped a fast 10k time and it seemed like a good workout. I felt pretty dead on the warmup, and I was def. running on some tired legs in the workout. Didn't go too fast, was mainly feeling out pace. Recovery was all around 6:50-7:10 pace, so more floating then jogging. 76, 77, 2:36, 76, 2:36, 78, 2:36. After the last 800 my left foot started really hurting on the outside. I floated 200m and knew it'd be dumb to finish the 400's. No cooldown, but I'm gonna stretch and ice it out. I don't really feel like running 12 tomorrow with a race on monday, so I guess I'm cursed to never hit a 100 mile week by the blog standards. 6:29 avg pace, 5:58 pace with the warmup excluded

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 3.00Saucony Type A6 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Connor Baller on Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 10:51:29 from 75.169.182.157

It's ok man, I think you're alright even without hitting 100

Total Distance
0.00

Foot still hurts.

I officially leave Vernal August 4th, although the 1-3 I'll be a counselor at our xc camp so Idk if that quite counts. On the fourth were driving down to stay st George, then Sedona AZ, Amarillo, Little Rock, and ending in Tuscaloosa. I'm excited to get some good runs in. I might run a race down in Flagstaff on the 6th, we'll see.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 15:38:27 from 68.103.17.254

Only 4th on the mileage board? Ouch

From Eugene on Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 19:41:50 from 70.212.43.125

I biked an hour today. That should count for something, just not something big enough to get that #3 spot

Total Distance
0.00

Well I'm not running Deseret. My foot still hurts, but the pain is going away bit by bit. The main reason is I wasn't aware that I couldn't pick up my packet today, which I only found out as I was driving up. Piss-poor day

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
1.00

Some good work today. Didn't run much, but very proactive. Woke up and the foot barely bugged, took my ibuprofen. Went to the lake with the family and aqua jogged for about ten minutes. Got home, ate, went and biked just under 16 miles in an hour at a high resistance on the stationary while watching House(great show), then did a lot of good core. Also parked pretty far off from the rec, and jogged there and back, and my foot felt fine with no recent pain meds! Gonna try an easy short run tomorrow #blessed2Bback

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.00

AM - slept through my alarm so ran alone. Three pretty easy. Iced in the canal for a couple minutes. Foot bugged a little bit the first mile then faded away. Now it bugs about the same, but I haven't taken my ibuprofen yet

PM - biked about 17 miles. Foot bugged after

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
1.00

Ran a mile with the team on their warmup, but that was just to get the affirmative to be the camp counselor this year. turned out to be a negatory. Apparently I'm too young, and all the girls will fall for me. Too late. Haha I dread telling Jacia and Kyrie the horrific news. Biked four miles in the morning, and 17 in the afternoon. All at high resistance, all >15mph. Gonna swim some laps tonight. My foot didn't feel awful during the mile, but it didn't feel good, so I think I might just rest until Sunday or Monday. I really hate being inactive though.

NB Zante Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

Pool jogging for an hour.

After 9 hours of working and a smoothie/bowl of cereal at 8 AM powering me through 14 waking hours, it's 7:30 and I'm ready to eat a whole lot of mexican food as my final feast while living at home.

Update- I'm entering a comatose state.

Important update- I saw a doctor on my foot today. He said plantars fasciitis. Aparantly the outside of my feet are flat as a board. Good news and bad news. Good news is that it's extremely easy to prevent, I jjust have to get good shoes and do stretches, so I'll be back running VERY soon. Bad news is the verdict feels off. Plantar's is more of a heel injury, which I have no problem with. What do I know though.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

AM - five miles before my last day of work at USU. I'm giving a 15 minute talk on octopus poison. The avg pace was 6:49 so I've kept in shape. Had the expected leg pain one receives from 7 days off running, and my stomach was totally destroyed from about three pounds of Mexican food last night in celebration of me not having a fracture/tendonitis. I stretched a lot yesterday/a bit this morning, and there was almost no foot pain. That was without pain relievers.

PM - 3 miles rec loop. I swear I always feel sluggish the first mile, okay the second, and just dandy the third mile every time. And the paces always show. This time I could barely feel my legs. The last mile I was stumbling and once I stopped I was dizzy and got the hiccups. Paces were 7:11, 6:37, 6:19, so not too shabby for dead legs. Did my core after.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

Run was supposed to be easy today, but the trail I chose was just brutal. Gained almost 700 ft elevation by the end. Now it didn't have the sheer difficulty of Jackalope or deathhill, but Jackalope only has two miles that are pretty strenuous, and deathhill only one. This run had about 1.5 that wasn't too bad, but the other 9.5 was killer. I slept in so it was pretty hot out by the end of it as well. Lots of sharp turns and drop off's that killed the cadence. Traction was pretty bad too. Good work today. A large S/O to AlliJP for being born quite a while ago

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Alli Peterson on Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 19:04:46 from 97.117.35.78

thanks Eugene (heart)

From Eugene on Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 19:34:46 from 70.208.1.194

I'd rather just not have a thank you then get a second hand thanks

Total Distance
10.00

My feet were hurting yesterday, they were really tight for some reason. I also attended a wedding and hung out pretty late with Will. So as a result I felt pretty trashy when I woke up this morning. Plus yesterdays run was pretty hard. I decided to move the workout to tomorrow. Ran down to the KOA fields, got a few good strides in, jogged back home. Stomach was wrecked from yesterday

Broke out a classic for my shakeout, the ol' pegs. My feet felt good in them. It was storming outside and quite windy. The first mile I resisted the tailwind, but then for half a mile I let it just carry me in a nice 5:45 pace. Turned around and the wind was killer.

I'm changing my Colorado race to one in Texas. Money is three deep and it seems pretty lowkey so maybe 6 years of running slow at elevation will give me a killer return in my home state.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 3.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 7.00Slow Miles Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 21:50:00 from 68.103.17.254

Teh pegs

Total Distance
15.00

Woke up at 6AM and drove up to dry fork canyon(about 8000ft elevation). The canyon was dark and really really cold. Ran 5 miles to the base of Red Cloud Loop, and did 6x(2 minutes tempo, 3 minutes easy) up to the top. Elevation gain was stupid high. All of them were exclusively uphill save #5, which I ran at about 5:15 pace. The trees interferred with my signal on my watch except for the repeat at the peak, which was #5. At first I was discouraged because it was 8 flat pace for the hard part, but then I realized that when I was coming down(fairly quickly) the pace was the same, so I guess it was off, so that's a relief. Ended up being 15 miles in the end, which is about 3 miles over what I was supposed to run but oh well. I gained a little over 2000ft elevation, and averaged sub 8 for the pace so three cheers for that. I took my mom out to Denny's after, and had some good banana walnut pancakes. I feel quite fulfilled.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 15.00Slow Miles Miles: 13.00Fast Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 15:40:44 from 70.195.14.5

Nice vid

From C_Cropp on Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 15:41:11 from 70.195.14.5

And nice run

From Eugene on Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 16:06:40 from 67.213.239.253

Update yur blog. The world needs to know how the DII national champs train

From Eugene on Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 16:07:17 from 67.213.239.253

Also I'm pretty sure I got the hill tempo idea from your blog lol

Total Distance
11.00

I woke up pretty tired from hanging with friends last night. I was gonna split my mileage into two runs today, but I felt slow from yesterday so I decided "might as well just get another longer run" ran down canal and up and down Gov, then jogged to the KOA fields and did about half a mile of strides. Felt much fresher on the last one compared to the first. Jogged home. A little under 85 minutes for 11 miles. I didn't ice, roll out, and I barely stretched after yesterday bc I had to rush to breakfast, so def gonna catch up on that stuff today. Final note- tomorrow's tempo run will be up and down dry fork canyon, then I'll be camping that night and if I run the next morning it'll be on the campgrounds. Then I'm outta here. So this was my last run in Vernal. Although I find this town dreary and dreadful usually, I met a few quality people here who I'm gonna miss. Speaking of missing people, goodbye to my good friends Asa, Connor, Christian, and Chestnut who all leave tomorrow. Thx 4 the Mars, my DMs won't be the same without you guys. Or my instagram. Or blogging.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 11.00Slow Miles Miles: 10.50Fast Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Connor Baller on Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 14:07:47 from 75.169.182.157

Eugene you are the funniest man alive. The G.O.A.T, please email me and tell me how college is going #rolltide Love ya buddy

From Kedric on Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 07:54:56 from 63.151.193.90

You think I'm quality? You're TWO kind

Race: 8k time trial (4.971 Miles) 00:26:40
Total Distance
10.00

I did a time trial today. It went stellar so I'm putting it as a race. Warmed up 2.5 to the creek with Trevor, who was on the bike. I came in with a goal of neg. splits and accomplished that. I wanted to go 6:00, 5:40, 5:40, 5:40, 5:10. First mile was much quicker than I wanted, but didn't feel too hard. 5:34. Trevor immediately was gone on the bike. At the ten minute mark a started to pick it up. Next mile was a 5:27. Around mile three my legs started getting pretty tired and I had to dig a bit. Next mile was a 5:20. Here I caught Trevor and started getting some bad uphill. 5:20 again. Last mile there was uphill and downhill. Pushed it in for 5:00 for the remaining .97. Great work! I'm beyond blessed. Cooled down back to the truck and iced in the creek. I split a 16:25 5k, so PR. The course I ran on was aided, but it was also at 8,000 ft elevation so I'd say it breaks even.

I emailed Coach Waters and told him about this. Hopefully we can meet because of it.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 10.00Fast Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 14:25:33 from 68.103.17.254

Dude, that's great!

From Eugene on Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 15:40:45 from 67.213.249.114

I know! If I ran that at an 8k last year, I'd have been Alabamas third runner! With altitude conversion I'd be their number two! Number 1 is all American so he's a ways away.

From C_Cropp on Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 16:45:32 from 68.103.17.254

Awesome! Let us know what he says... That hard work's paying off!

Total Distance
10.00

Had a fun night with some good friends last night. We camped up in the mountains which was fun, but I got almost no sleep. "Woke" up at 6 and did three miles. Drove home and now I'm on my way to alabama!

7 miles in Colorado Springs. My stomach felt like trash per usual the night after hanging with Will. Quads were dead from an 8 hour car ride. My parents cancelled my race... again. So no race on Saturday and no 1000$. Dangit. Besides that stuff felt pretty good

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
17.00

It's cold in Colorado! 57 degrees on the snapchat filter this morning. Set out with a plan of a good fartlik workout. Well, I did three miles warmup, and when I started the workout I could barely get under 6:40 pace. My legs had no life in them and my feet hurt. I ate a TON for dinner yesterday so my stomach wasnt too well either. Changed the run to an out and back. 6.6 miles out, 6.6 miles back. Took 50 minutes to get out and 43 to get back, on the dot. After almost 12 miles my legs finally felt good enough, and my foot stretched out enough, to pick up to 6:10 at the slowest and 5:30 at the fastest. Doesn't sound quick, but I gained 250 feet in that stretch so def. Some good work.

I just got a call from the head xc Alabama coach about meeting with me! He said my 8k time was impressive. Hopefully that means something good.

Another 3.8 before dinner on the treadmill

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 13.20Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 3.80Fast Miles: 1.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Spencer Smith on Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 10:10:31 from 174.52.167.138

Dude that's sweet about the call!

Total Distance
13.00

First run in humidity. I ran pretty early in the morning but it was still pretty bad. I was full out drenched by the end of the run. Did 6 outside, not because of the humidity, but because Amarillo sucks to run in. Came back to the hotel and did two miles on the treadmill, with the last half mile at 5:20 pace. Core and stretching after.

5 miles on the treadmill in dallas. Completely drenched by the end. Gonna put in some good work this next week!

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 13.00Fast Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 08:52:50 from 70.195.8.76

Humidity is fun

From Spencer Smith on Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 19:33:39 from 172.56.40.223

Now go tell those florida dudes altitude is harder lol

Total Distance
15.00

5 miles in the morning. I'm not allowed to leave the hotel bc Dallas, so I had to run on the treadmill. Tried to do a tempo and failed. Just wasn't feeling it. Did some good core though.

PM - Warmed up to the nearby episcopal school, and found the track. Legs were tired from the start from 8 hours of drive/little sleep/afternoon humidity. Workout was 3×(4x400m). 2 minute standing recovery between repeats, 2 laps jog in between. My watch was dead so I had to use my phone timer, which probably slowed me down a bit. First set went 69, 67, 68, 68. Next went 68, 68, 68. At this point I noticed my phone was about to die so I decided this would be my last 400. Hit the 300m at 44-45, but then the I just hit a wall and jogged it in for 64. My phone died, so I did a mile on the track striding on the straights, did some more strides on the grass, and cooled down the way I warmed up for 10 for the day. I got some new shoes, Nike zoom structure 18's for 29.99.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 10.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00Fast Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Sun, Aug 07, 2016 at 20:40:14 from 68.103.17.254

I approve of the new blog title

Total Distance
18.00

8 miles warmup around. 3x200, 2x300, 1x400 of grass hill strides at the episcopal school. Jogged back down for recovery. Wind was against me on the uphill. Managed sub 5:20 pace for the 200s and 300s. Watch died for the 400 but the effort felt the hardest. Cooled down for 13. Had some real good oatmeal with some sublime toppings after. Foot hurt a little by the end of the repeats, but that's 23 miles with 2 workouts in the past 16ish hours so it's expected.

5 humid easy miles in the evening

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 13.00Fast Miles: 1.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack on Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 09:15:51 from 74.81.234.23

Dang man! Don't get injured!

From Kedric on Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 08:28:57 from 199.117.60.156

That awkward moment when your warm up is 8 miles

Total Distance
12.00

Set my alarm for 6 AM, hit the snooze button, and by snooze I mean the off button. Woke up at 10 which was great. The run was very hot and very humid. Not fun. I'm hopefully meeting with coach Waters today.

On October 13th I will be running at the Crimson classic here at UofA. If I can break 26:20 on an 8k, I will get all the benefits of running D1 and coach waters will put me on the team. However, I cannot train with the team. Two months. Let's do this.

PM - hot, surprise surprise. Felt better than this morning. Ran around the nice dorms, to the hs track, did one lap striding the backstretch, a 400, another stride lap, back for 5. 400 was in 77. I wasn't going hard, I never looked at my watch, just trying to feel a pace. Now I just gotta do 20 of those.

NB Zante Miles: 5.00Fast Miles: 0.40Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Josh Ericksen on Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 10:59:44 from 74.81.234.23

Good luck man!

From Zack on Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 11:27:53 from 74.81.234.23

Don't mention the not having benefits unless it is necessary to be apart of the team because if you say it then you most likely won't get it.

From Kedric on Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:46:29 from 199.117.60.156

Good luck, and may you be injury free until your untimely death

Total Distance
15.00

If anyone has any feedback on this, I'd appreciate it.

I've been eating less than usual lately to get my weight down a bit. I'm still eating, and eating well, but cutting out pointless calories, like chips and such. Yesterday I drank probably 3 bottles of water between when I had dinner and went to bed. Had a good dinner of pasta with salmon, and a bowl of cereal. So I woke up at 8 this morning, had maybe 5 grapes. Usually I eat a little more before I go on a morning run, but since moving out of Utah I haven't. I felt progressively worse on the 10 mile run today. It was hot out, and, naturally, I was sweating. I noticed my sweat wasn't salty, like at all. The structure's are new shoes, and heavier than my other lighter trainers, but still, I felt just like crap on this run. Last half mile I had to stop a couple times because I felt just sick to my stomach, like I'd throw up, but I didn't. Managed to get back to the condo, went to the bathroom, and went to do some strides. I got two in and had to sit down, I just felt awful! completely dead. Did another two strides and jumped in the pool to cool off. This next part is tmi, but vital to the problem I think. Went to pee after, and it was almost orange. But I thought I'd be well hydrated. I'm just kind of confused. I've drank a couple glasses of water since then. Any advice would be well appreciated.

PM - run after getting moved in. Felt better than this morning, averaged sub 7 pace so starting to somewhat get used to humidity.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 4.60Fast Miles: 0.20Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 10.40
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:30:11 from 72.13.209.117

Your body is probably just adjusting to the climate. You're used to the dry and cooler weather here in Utah. It's extremely humid where you are and way hotter than it is here. Just keep hydrating and eating well. If it doesn't get better soon maybe you need to see a doctor.

From Alex The Lion on Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:46:26 from 208.117.122.172

drink some gatorade

From Alex The Lion on Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:52:04 from 208.117.122.172

you might be low in sodium and electrolytes. possibly because of cutting out chips and such. also explains why your sweat wasnt salty. and explains your pee since if you are not getting enough electrolytes you would not be hydrating well even though youre drinking plenty of water

From Alex The Lion on Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 11:05:35 from 208.117.122.172

If you are taking any supplements that could cause an imbalance in electrolytes (vitamins b and c can turn your pee orange

From RileyCook on Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 12:26:51 from 172.56.16.163

Any humidity dwellers can correct me if I'm wrong...but I think you're mostly just feeling the effects of running in warm temps and high humidity. Even for people accustomed to it, it takes a toll, and especially for those of us not. As far as the sweat, non-salty, etc. (And this is where I may be totally off) I think that's not all sweat. With the humidity you also pick up moisture from the air that contributes to the wetness on you. So I think it's a moisture/sweat mix.

Stick with it and see of it gets better and plan routes where you can drink along the way or carry water would bey suggestion.

From fiddy on Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 14:57:23 from 170.140.243.140

I agree with Alex, it sounds like you were low on electrolytes. This is a problem that I struggle with a lot because it exacerbates my low blood pressure+ I live in Atlanta.

I drink at least one glass of emergenC every day, and I've upper it to two in the summer time. I'll supplement that with some gatorade if I'm going for over an hour. Also, as Alex says, you are lowering your salt in take by cutting out chips, remember to add salt to any home-cooked meal.

From Holt on Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 08:13:23 from 204.113.54.110

Dang... Alex the Doctor!

Bodies are slow to acclimate. Take the advice given, progress with caution, and be patient before trying anything to crazy.

Total Distance
11.00

AM - Def could have felt better. I was up late last night. After my afternoon run my roommate Grant and I went to where my parents are staying at and had dinner. Grant and I played an insane 1.5 hour match of ping pong. After that we met up with Grant's friends Alva and some girl. Alva was really cool, we have a lot of common interests. After that we went to Target, and hung out with our female neighbors for a little while. Didn't get a lot of sleep last night. Anyway. Alva, Grant, and I were supposed to run this morning but they both slept in. I ate a bit before I went on my run and felt a bit better compared to how I have lately, but that isn't saying much. Went slower going there, quicker coming back. Did that in 11:46. Not impressive, but I'm still getting acclimated and was pretty dang tired, plus I didn't go too hard. Orientation all today, then dinner with my family for the last time for quite a while in the afternoon, so we'll see how the afternoon sesh goes.

PM - Orientation was long and difficult. And extremely stressful. I didn't have much time left when I got back to the dorm, so I decided to just run a quick 5 miles. Got out and decided to do a 3-2-1 fartlik back. Ended up getting 2 miles in 12:46, so not too far off this morning! Wasn't great work, but I know I'll have better runs. For now it's about my family.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00Fast Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
17.00

10 miles in the morning. Felt tired and slow at the start but progressively sped up. Finished with a 6:18 mile with some considerable uphill. 6:45 avg pace, so not exactly hard, but I wasn't jogging.

PM - 7. Got 1.5 into the run and had to jump into publix and chill there bc it started to pour and I was running with my phone. Browsed cereal. After about 5 minutes it cleared up and I got back into it. First two miles were a bit slower, then I just sped up to about 6:30 pace for the last 5 because I felt really good. Hopefully I'm finally getting accustomed. I also walked about 3 miles today walking around college, but it doesn't count.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 17.00Fast Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

7 easy miles, no watch. Sped up at the end just a bit. I was gonna do some faster stuff today, but after yesterday I think I'll just get my 12 in today, take tomorrow easy, and on monday do some good work.

PM - 5 miles. I saw a runner in the distance after maybe half a mile who looked quite fit. So I started speeding up until I got to 5:25 pace to catch him. I do, but rather than strike up a conversation, I notice him slowing, so I just pass him. I don't need that slowing down thing in my life. Haha, I sound like Talon Hull's blog. Anyway I kept the pace pretty chill after that, sped up a bit at the end. Avg pace 6:49 to conclude a great week of training!

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00Fast Miles: 1.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
19.00

I went to bed at 9 on the dot last night to be well rested for a morning workout. However, I didn't actually fall asleep until past midnight. Woke up at 6, looked out the window, saw dew, and that was enough to make me go back to sleep until around 9:30. Set out at ten for my run, and it was blazing hot and extremely humid. Warmed up maybe 5.5 to a "nearby" high school track, but I needed to go to the restroom first. I ran to 3 different convinience stores, a family dollar, a park, and a car wash before I found one. Went to the track and hit my first 400 of my 1000m in 75 and just stopped. I probs could have kept going, at least for the repeat, but the heat was killing me and I wasn't sure if I wanted to play that game. Did some strides and cooled down for 12. Got back to the dorm and had a large fruit smoothie, along with a hearty portion of red white and blue rice crispies; 120 calories in 1 1/4 of a cup!

Another 7 miles about 4 hours later. Pegs forced me to go nice and easy

Core late at night with my roommates. Really regretted 3 cups of chili, and I'm sure I'll regret it even more tomorrow.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 7.00Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 12.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 7.00Fast Miles: 0.40
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
16.20

Slept way in. After that just relaxed until a little before 2, where I did 7 blistering miles. The past few runs I've felt like I really need to pee when I'm running. It doesn't hurt, but it's an annoyance. Avg pace was 7 flat. Gonna do some more mileage tonight.

Warmed up 4 miles. Tried to do a tempo. Got two "eh" miles in, and cooled down for 9. Did strides after. I thought the tempo would be good, but mileage was still in my legs, plus I had to stop three times for cars and hop on endless amounts of grass/sidewalk which really screwed up the pace. Oh well.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 9.20Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 7.00Fast Miles: 2.20
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
15.00

Early PM - 6 miles of death around campus finding classes. Alarm didn't go off so pure death in the sun today. I had a very large amount of peach cobbler before the run which I regret immensely. I'm surprised I didn't die.

Late PM - 9 miles. Felt tired and kind of trashed at the beginning but felt really good by the end. At about 4 miles in I was in a sketchier part of town, when I passed two dudes. As I pass by them I hear one of them yell "HEY!" And, being an idiot, I turn around. It's two black guys, one my height but bigger, and the other maybe a foot taller than me, and im 6 ft. "Can I ask you a question?" The bigger dude asks, walking towards me. I have a brief inner conflict. "Sure" I say. "I'm an MMA fighter" he tells me. Turns out he needed to lose 40 lbs by his match in October, and asked for my advice. I told him everything I knew. Good ten minutes of conversating. During which more of his friends showed up on bikes. They taught me a handshake and we parted ways. Best of luck to Orlando. Nice guy. Anyway avg pace 6:49, so it was a nice run. Classes start tomorrow. Ugh.

Fast Miles: 1.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 15.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 08:58:36 from 63.151.193.90

Dude you in!

Total Distance
20.00

Because I have to walk about 5 miles to classes on Monday and Wednesday, I'm counting some walking mileage today. Not all of it. Still did a long run. Woke up at 6 but my feet hurt badly so I slept in. Not the muscles, it's just my feet are torn to shreds. Lots of blisters and burns. After Chem 101 and Honors Calc I took off on my run(about 11). I get a mile in and was yelled at by none other than Orlando! I said hey and kept going, no stopping. Today's run was in 100+ degree weather with no clouds, so just a true battle with me vs. the sun. Felt okay for about 75% of the run, but then I got hit with a massive wall. The heat killed me. Pure hell. The last three miles it was really tough to push through, I really wanted to walk, or sit down and cry, but I did it. I don't know what will go down on October 13th, but all I can say is I think I'm def training on a level that should get me wearing that crimson jersey.

3 miles before core and strength that night, 2 after. While on mile 20 of the day I figure "let's try to get a minute slower than 5k pace(5:05-5:10)", Just started striding out and got it down to 5:33 before I hit the docks and stopped to stretch. Good work today. I'm racing a 5k Saturday morning(for charity), and probably another one saturday night(for Honors college). We'll see how that goes.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 15.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
15.10

AM - for the first time since starting college, I woke up and actually did a morning run! 4.5 warmup, 10x 1 minute hard, jogging back to start for recovery. Ended up catching my breath for about ten seconds after each hard, before the recovery. I did these repeats on a field that was drenched in water and totally overgrown, so that slowed me down a bit. By the end my legs were soaked in water, mud, and grass. Averaged 5:00 pace for the hard. 2.6 cooldown.

PM - four easy miles in the heat. Big S/O to Kenny the Apache for slaying it @highland! Kedric and Rylie did well too. And big S/O to Ryan Raff for getting third overall!

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 11.10Fast Miles: 2.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 21:46:34 from 166.137.246.98

Thanks! Did you look up the results?

From Ryan Raff on Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 23:32:27 from 75.162.68.240

Thanks man!

Total Distance
10.00

AM - 10 after Chem, at around ten. Ran 2 miles to where I THOUGHT the race packet pickup was for tomorrow, but I was mistaken. It was about 5 miles in the opposite direction. And there was no trail to get to it. So I ran 5 miles on the side of a highway. it was terrifying, but nothing compared to the end. I had to cross a river, which meant there was a bridge. It was about half a mile long, 300-ish feet in the air. The bridge was constructed where there was the road, a 20-inch across cement barrier about two feet above the road, and the ledge of the bridge, about a foot higher. So for half a mile, if I trip, I'm gonna either fall into a river and if the fall doesn't kill me, alligators will, or I fall the other way and get obliterated by a car. Oh, and wind from passing cars was no help. So yeah, terrifying. If my parents read this I'm sorry. I survive, and make it to the plaza, except I can't find the store where the pickup was at ANYWHERE. I look the store up on my phone(instead of the plaza), and it said IT WAS WHERE I STARTED. I was so mad. but I went into the bank next to me just to make sure. The teller said "oh, the store's in the plaza NEXT to us". So thank heavens I went into that bank haha. The women were extremely nice at the check in. They gave me a cookie, and when I asked how to get back to the college safely and they realized I had ran on a bridge, one of the ladies offered to drive me back to my dorm, and I couldn't say no. She drove me back, and I ran to Publix and back, and did my strides on the mini canal at the end. Some guy in a car saw me as I finished and said "hey, Rio's nowhere near hear buddy!" Which made me laugh. He asked me how much I'd ran today, and I said "10, but I have a race tomorrow so I'm taking it easy". He laughed at that and wished me luck.

PM - REST

Fast Miles: 0.50Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Josh Ericksen on Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 10:31:50 from 74.81.234.23

As easy as 10 miles is....

Race: Yeah yeah yeah 5k feat. Biker with an IQ of -7 (3.23 Miles) 00:17:30, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
9.00

 

I woke up at three this morning and I felt really sick to my stomach. Fell back asleep after thirty minutes or so. Woke up again, ate some bread w/ a dollop or two of marshmallow spread and watched some American Dad. That stuff's great. Jogged over to downtown, and ran a little more, did a couple strides. 3 mile warmup altogether. There were a couple guys who said they were from some senior college "elite" club that looked pretty quick. Race starts and all these kids dart in front of me and I almost trip. By about a minute all the sprinters have died, and it's just me and one college guy. At half a mile I make a small surge and gap him. At around a mile the biker turns around and says "we missed the turn" which I noticed, but figured "this guy knows what he's doing. I turn around and see the college guy turned, and I surge a bit to catch him. He doesn't even try to stay with me. Rest of the race was uneventful, lots of speed sapping turns that last mile. Just sorta cruised. With maybe 400m left we hit a stoplight, and the biker tells me to stop, because of traffic. I start to, then he says "never mind". I was just like "tf dude". Finished pretty well. Stomach felt not well at all throughout the race, still doesn't. They had an ice bath at the finish which I used the trash out of.

Splits: 5:20, 5:26, 5:48, :55 for the last .23

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 4.00Fast Miles: 3.40Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
17.00

AM - 12 miles. I thought it would be nice and cool from all the rain(that cancelled last night's race), but no such luck. Very hot, and I suffered a bit. Tried to go to the old golf course where they hold the crimson classic, which is about 5.5 miles away. Got 5 in and my knee started bugging. Stretched for a couple minutes and felt fine after that, but cut the run short today to play it safe. Tried to do some strides on the fields, but it was really wet and I wasn't motivated to look for another soft area.

PM - ran to the honors rec center, did four miles on the treadmill, stretched and did core after. Did my last half mile on the treadmill at 5:12 pace. Felt a little tiring for the first minute but by the end I felt pretty good, like it was a pace I could hold for a while. Ran back to my dorm.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 12.00Fast Miles: 0.75Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
13.00

AM - got in what I could before morning classes 

PM - 5. I would have gone longer but my stomach wasn't agreeing with me. Also earlier today I had to go to Publix, which is about .75 away from my dorm, to buy green tea. Ran there pretty briskly after Calc, and walked back carrying groceries, among them 4 seperate gallons of Arizona green tea. I got green with honey,  peach green, blueberry green, and another with honey. Walking back was incredibly tough. I'm counting it for mileage. Also did some tough core, and met a fellow local elite at the gym named Ethan. His 5k PR is the same as mine, but he has a blazing 3200 time (9:37). We exchanged phone numbers and we're doing a 5 mile tempo on Wednesday.

Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From C_Cropp on Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:40:46 from 138.67.178.132

You gotta do what you gotta do

From Zack on Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 16:31:50 from 74.81.234.23

Nice!

Total Distance
13.00

AM - slept in on accident. When I woke up I could have done a little, but opted to just eat a lot of cereal and relax in the hour before calc. 

Noon - 5 miles before lunch. I was rushing so it was a bit quicker, but consistent. Slowest mile was a 6:35, fastest was a 6:33.

After lunch my roommate Grant and I made a bet whether I could beat my other roommate, Nathan, back to the dorm without his knowing(he rides a longboard). He figured out, but I still won.

I did 8 miles in the afternoon. It was really hot, very bright, and my stomach REALLY wasn't agreeing with me. Barely managed to survive. Got another shade browner from the sun rays though, I can feel the crisp, like that one spongebob episode.

Fast Miles: 0.50Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 14:55:31 from 199.117.60.156

good to see someone else experiencing the sun's torments for a change!

Total Distance
15.00

AM - 2.5 WU, 4 mile tempo, 3.5 CD. Mile on my own when I woke up. My body hasn't been functioning well lately. My muscles are fine, but I'm having some other problems. Sleeping is a big one, I think I'm getting insomnia. Met with Ethan and did another 1.5 warmup. Workout was a 5 mile tempo run, but due to miscommunication I thought it was 4. As soon as we started the tempo, my legs were tired. Stuck with Ethan for the first three, had bad stomach problems that last mile. 23:50 for 4 miles. Def. could have been better, but I'll allow it. Cooled down with Ethan. He did 29:15-20 for 5 miles and I've never seen anyone so happy lol. I thought he might cry. Nice kid. I secretly hated him on the CD though! He kept surging!

PM - 5 easy/core routine with some quick drills after.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 10.00Fast Miles: 4.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
16.00

AM - 11 miles depletion run. Ran the first five miles with Ethan. It was nice to run with someone I guess, but he kept surging and I really just wasn't in the mood. Around mile 8 I felt like I'd throw up, but besides those two things it was a pretty nice run.

PM - 5 easy with some strides thrown in. My knee popped as soon as I started so I had to stop forr a sec and stretch. I wore a very small pair of shorts with TIGHT inner lining on the morning run, and they cut into my inner thighs pretty bad, so this run hurt that. Also my left pinky toe has just been taking a beating lately. So the running was easy, but parts of me felt pretty bad.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 16.00Fast Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

Man I felt awful waking up today. Ate something real bad last night. I thought I may have had a fever, but after 10 miles I feel fine. Gonna run to Fresh foods and back for lunch, and I'll probably race Nathan on his longboard again so I'll count that preemptively.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 11.00Fast Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

AM - 9 miles with Ethan. On friday I was doing 800's on the grass, and hitting the times I wanted, but I was having a pain on the outside of my shin so I stopped. Afterwards it felt much worse, so I took a couple days off. First four mile we went pretty easy, then Ethan asked if we could speed up and I begrudgingly did. He kept putting in little surges, so on mile 9 I sped up a little bit. Nothing crazy, like 6:20 pace, so Ethan was like "Slow down dude" and I was just like what?? Anyway stretched after. Shin didn't hurt during the run but hurts now. Any advice would be great.

PM - 2 miles warming up, followed by strength training/core. Stretched and rolled out my ankle real hard. I've had about 7 apples today.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 9.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 10:30:58 from 140.197.248.138

I've heard that if you amputate the leg at the knee, shin pain goes away

Total Distance
9.00

AM - 9 miles easy. Right calf was really tight when I woke up, the other one had a calf sleeve on. My peroneal tendon that's been hurting in my right leg bugged throughout the run, but it was a faint pain, not really a hindrance as much as an annoyance.

PM - swamped with classes. When I'm not in class/doing homework I plan on resting. I want to do short speed stuff tomorrow so hopefully my tendon permits.

Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
13.50

Grant basically broke his wrist last night, and I drove him to the E.R. . Was there until 2:30 AM. Decided to do my easy run of the day because I'm not waking up at 6 AM for the workout. So 5 miles @ 1 AM.

PM - First real workout in quite a while to mark the month of the grind! 4 mile W/U, 8x200 on the fields w/ equal recovery, 2.5 C/D. Ran a lot of the warmup and cooldown on grass. Ate probably 2 pounds of refried beans, tortillas, and something red velvet for lunch, and that haunt me worse than Luigi's Mansion in the workout. I think I'm going adhere to a pretty strict diet 6 days a week, and have Thursday's as an off day. Which basically means more than 1500 calories a day for me lol. Anyway splits for the 200's went 32, 32, 33, 31, 32, 32, 32, 29. It was 104 outside with humidity, and that plus grass hills plus my lunch made for a struggle. Still, it's a start. Excited to start the quick stuff of September! I built a good base of about 400 miles in August, and now I'm ready to put in some serious speed and be in great shape by October 1rst. Let's do this!!

NB Zante Miles: 8.50Fast Miles: 1.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.50

AM - 7. Slept in so had to go to classes first, so it was pretty hot out. Quads were tired from yesterday, but the pace wasn't too shabby.

Pm - Ran to the rec center, did a mile with strides on the straights inside, did my core, ran back home.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 4.50Fast Miles: 0.70Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

The peroneal on my right ankle stopped hurting yesterday!! And that afternoon my left peroneal started getting sharp pains after the run. So no run this morning to play it safe. Ran half a mile to the presidential rec center, biked 15 miles, ran back. Cross training converts that to about 6 miles. I'll call it 5. Ankle hurt less. Hopefully it goes away real soon because I really don't need this..

Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

A little over a marathon on the bike at high resistance. I've read that three miles on a bike is about the equivalent of running one mile, so I'll count that. I ran a little bit from the rec center to the dorm. I haven't taken any ibuprofen today and I barely felt any ankle pain during before, and a pretty minimal amount after. Rolled out and I feel no pain. Rec center is closed tomorrow so I'll try to run tomorrow.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tyler Penrod on Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 11:01:42 from 174.52.93.7

Roll tide

Total Distance
5.00

5 miles of actual running! ankle hurt a bit on and off but in the end I was fine.

Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

6 on the fields with Ethan in the morning.

PM - cross training. Got a good sesh in

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

7 REAL miles in the afternoon, and my peroneal felt REAL good!! Yes! Last mile worked down to 5:15 pace.

Fast Miles: 0.20Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

AM - 8 miles with Ethan in the morning on the fields. No ankle pain! Even after the run! I got back from my run, and had to take a 110 minute Calc test online. However, it wasn't made availabe to me due to miscommunication for over an hour! So, I had to take the test in about 15 minutes. Got a 98% which was sweet.

PM - Ran to the rec center, biked a little over 15k in the 30 minutes the stationary will let you bike, stretched, did core, did drills, headed back.

1113 miles from memorial day to labor day.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 8.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tyler Penrod on Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 18:02:36 from 174.52.93.7

Nice dude! About running and calculus.

Total Distance
7.00

AM - slept in so didn't get the run in until about noon, after classes. I hadn't eaten anything since my early dinner last night, so 18 hours w/o food. Felt pretty lame at first. W/U to the fields. Did 5 .1 mile strides with equal recovery. Times went 27.2, 25.1, 27.1, 27.3, and 26.9. I mainly did these just to test out my track spikes on grass. Felt pretty good. Now I can go eat. After I run to the dining hall, of course.

My watch has been acting weird whenever I run from the dorms to the fields. It goes from 7:15 pace to 8:40 pace in a matter of seconds, and vice versa. I started where I ended the run, yet it says I gained 6 feet, and lost 41 feet. My moving avg pace was 7:18, yet the normal avg. pace was 7:28

PM - ran to the rec, did strength, ran back. Had 5 glasses of tea during that and felt sick

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 6.00Fast Miles: 0.50Victory Elites (Cobalt) Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

Hard workout today. 2.5 W/U with some short drills, 2000m, 1600m, 1200m, 800m, 8x100m. 5 minute active recovery between everything but the 100's, 1 minute rest between those. Grass was really wet and overgrown, also quite hilly. I ran where the Crimson Classic is held. I think the trees interfered with my watch signal quite a bit, but luckily that won't matter at races! Overall just didn't feel 100% today, but I made  Ran sockless in spikes. On the 2000 I had to step on concrete a few times, and at one point I was running on a sharp downhill turn, and at the end bottom there was nowhere to go, so I had to stop and turn around, so some time was added on to that one. 

Anyway, 2000, 1600, 1200, and 800 went 6:38, 5:22, 3:53, and 2:30. After every repeat my feet felt a bit more torn up. After the 800 I decided to run barefoot, as I took my spikes off I saw that my feet had some pretty bad blisters. Anyway did the 100's barefoot, ranged between 16-18. Grass where I was doing these strides wasn't as soft as I hoped, So after the strides and barefoot 2 mile cooldown, my feet were pretty thrashed. Good workout. It wasn't killer in theory, but the hills and grass definitely added some difficulty.

Barefoot Miles: 4.50Fast Miles: 3.50Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 2.50Victory Elites (Cobalt) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
15.00

AM - slept in. Did 5 miles on grass fields before lunch

Legs felt really dead, pace was in the 6's for a majority of the run, which is sick. Can't remember the last time that happened on an easy run! Signed up for Falcon classic!

PM - Ran to the rec, biked for two hours, stretched, ran to the dining hall to meet Grant and Rob for dinner. Ethan was sitting alone and came and ate with us so that was cool.

Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

Slept in this morning, so didn't get my actual workout in until after classes and lunch, at about 2. Way hot out. 5 miles "warming up", 8 200-ish meter hill strides, recovery down. Wouldn't have been too bad of a workout, but the heat made it just brutal. 97 with humidity, and the sun was beating down on me. Cooled down for 9. Avg pace was 7:05. Cooling down I felt like I was just jogging, plus the heat kills my pace. But that was still around 7 flat! So that's good. Developing speed. 

3 miles after dinner. Sped up to 5:10 pace at the last 200.

NB Zante Miles: 9.00Fast Miles: 1.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

AM - I ate something last night and my stomach still wasn't settled when I woke up this morning.

Afternoon - 8 miles w/ 5 x 1 minutes hard on the grass fields. Got .20, .21, .22, .21, and .22. avg pace 6:38 for the entirety, and really didn't feel too hard! 

Ran to the rec and did strength before dinner.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 9.00Fast Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

Midday - 7 with strides and drills

afternoon - ran to the rec, cross trained, stretched, ran back.

Legs were pretty tired. I was supposed to have my final workout before the Falcon Classic today, but I decided to try a dish called "mixing popcorn with hot sauce". I love hot food, but I probably put half a bottle of Red Hot's on this popcorn. It was quite the spicy dish, and my stomach was still wrecked today from it. So, either doing 4-5 x 800's tomorrow, or some sort of fartlik.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 8.00Fast Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron on Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 13:11:46 from 144.39.237.70

Dude, good luck at that race! I hope you make the cut the same way I did on your favorites lol

From Eugene on Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 17:38:54 from 130.160.193.4

Thanks dude. I'm going for that dub(bc it's DII lol)

Total Distance
4.00

I had a midterm today so I wanted to be well rested, and studied a lot, and was just very busy today overall, so I'll call it a taper. When I did try my workout, the heat was unbearable so I stopped. Ran to and from lunch and my midterm to get a little more mileage. The closest I got to a workout was racing Nathan on his longboard from the far dining hall to the dorm. I went quick.

For anyone wanting a good listen, I strongly recommend the "The Big Bang Theory" podcast by "How Stuff Works". It's really interesting. I also recommend their take on the Chaos Theory.

Fast Miles: 0.70
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles in the morning with Ethan w/ 5x20 second strides. Just have chemistry in half an hour, then done with running and classess for the day, so I just get to relax.

My prerace thoughts;

I've tapered a bit for this so with any luck I'll be running on fresh legs tomorrow. I've only gotten a little speed, so I'm not expecting any crazy results. My three goals are to win the race, break 27, and get a T-shirt. The CR is 26:38 and it would be great to break that, but we'll see. The race is two laps. I want to take the first lap out a bit easier, and then take the lead at the beginning of the second lap and then just try to gap the leaders. I just need to run about 10 seconds per mile faster than my pacing for the 5k I ran in August for sub 27, and that was really more of a tempo than competitive race. Wish me luck guys!

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00Fast Miles: 0.40
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Josh Ericksen on Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 15:23:15 from 74.81.234.23

go shred it eugene

From Collin Morrison on Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 18:39:14 from 64.72.210.119

Dang dude go kill em!

Race: Falcon classic (5 Miles) 00:27:50, Place overall: 73
Total Distance
16.00

Not necessarily a great race, but a good learning experience. Mile shakeout at 4:45, came back to the room, had a bowl of cereal and a banana, grabbed my gear, some liquids, and headed out with Ethan. My legs felt good when we got on the course. I wasn't really nervous, there did seem to be some quick people. Apparently a couple people were FL national finalists which is pretty cool, now I've raced against more than just Garek, Conner, Connor, and Talon. I got on the starting line, and I felt completely ready. I noticed that there were 5 minutes left until start, yet the line was barren. Speakers come on and I'm told the race has been pushed back 30 minutes. That really put a damper on my attitude, but oh well. 30 minutes later and we're off. I was in the outermost right box, which is good because that's the inside for a lot of the turns on the course, and the course had a LOT of turns. So I don't get out too quick, towards the back. I hug the turns, problem is people were basically walking the curve! I got pushed back pretty bad, but I told myself not to make my moves until 3k. 5:24 at mile 1. I started moving around 2600m in, and passed quite a few people. 5:26 mile 2. People just wouldn't let me pass, and I lost focus around here. I kept passing people, but I'm not proud of my 3rd and 4th mile. 4 miles at 22:21 I think. I still wasn't really focused, I had kind of resigned, but then I realized I could break 28, so I buckled down that last 1000m and finished 27:50. Cooled down for 12. Didn't even get close to top ten - I would have had to break 25:20! Winning time was a 24:19. Wowzers.

My two problems I had with this race were my warm up ended up being an hour before I ran, so my legs tightened up, and I honestly added at least 20 seconds to my time by having to basically stop/walk on turns because of people ahead of me. I'm happy with how I finished, but it would have been more beneficial to just have gone out quickly and not been pushed back. On the drive back Ethan told me about a 5k next Sunday. The only problem is its at 2PM. Weather looks cloudy for next Sunday though. I'll see how I feel but maybe I can finally get sub 16.

Easy run before dinner with Ethan and Nathan in the rain. Would have done 5 but it started raining really hard. Did a few very brief strides on the grass. Nothing felt tight or bad.

Fast Miles: 5.50Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 6.00Victory Elites (Cobalt) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

6 miles with the UA Run club. We started off with around 25 of us and by the end it was just me, Parker(pres of club/1:14 half marathon), and Shawn(4:27 1600). The three of us each pushed the pace a bit, and we all agreed that we went quick. It wouldn't have been any fast mileage for me, but I was still tired from yesterday's race.

After dinner I ran to the rec, stretched and lifted, and ran back. Focused on upper body. Parker invited me to go on his distance run with him tomorrow. I run and I've already climbed the ladder of UA Run.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 7.00Fast Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

AM - slept in. 

PM - Easy X train + core. Had a wicked side cramp on the running. Just really busy today.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
15.00

AM - 8 miles with 5x1 minutes hard thrown in the middle. The original plan was 10x1 minute, but I felt pretty sick to my stomach on #4 and #5 so I cut it short. Grass was soaked so I couldn't get good traction, but all my paces were sub 5, which is the first time I've gotten that on this type of workout. Did strides and drills after.

PM - 6 with Jonathan @ UA run.

NB Zante Miles: 15.00Fast Miles: 1.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

AM - Easy run with a fast mile on the grass (no resting between the easy and fast stuff, just jumped straight into it). I ran after classes, before lunch. It was hot, humid, and muddy. Not ideal. Ran a 5:07 which isn't too shabby for trainers. Coming back I felt really good, I was going 6:40 pace and it felt like jogging. I swear I always feel the best AFTER doing quick stuff.

PM - Ran to rec, X-training. did core and stretched, ran back.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 12.00Fast Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

AM - woke up extremely early (4 AM) to get my run in. Did a little over 80 minutes, with 5 hill strides around 6 miles in on a huge hill I discovered. First four were around .19 long and I didn't get the times, but the last one I measured out a 400m for. I did that one in 69. Ran back to the dorm for 12 miles. I've stretched, ate some cereal, and it isn't even 6 AM here yet, so I'll probably go back to sleep until about 8:30.

PM - Bottom of my foot hurt a little bit. It's no injury but I think with the past three days having fast stuff, and more fast stuff tomorrow, and a race on Sunday, I figured rest would do no harm. I got on Strava for the first time in quite a while and saw on my easy second run on Tuesday I took the title of 8th fastest Blvd straightaway time with a 13:56. I was gonna do 4x800's tomorrow, but I guess 2 miles hard is just as good of a workout. I'm waking up at 4AM again, so I'll be able to run down the middle of main street. The course record is 10:53 for the 1.8 miles with 53 ft elevation gain,

Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.50

Slept in. Course record will stand another day. 6.5 in the blazing heat, nearly 100 degrees. Felt slugish, but the pace was 6:50 so that's good, I think. Lifted/did core after

Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 6.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.50

I swear my legs feel heavier after easy days than hard days

Fast Miles: 0.50Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
Race: Homecoming "fun" run (3.107 Miles) 00:18:37, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
8.00

Definetely the most difficult conditions I've ever ran in, save maybe my 2nd leg of Ragnar when I had the asthma attack. Still, close. Shakeout at 11:30. I thought the race was at 4:30, but apparantly it got moved to 2:30, so that messed up my schedule. I ate lunch with Jonathan. I had an apple, a banana, some pineapple, and some rice with what I thought was pineapple salsa, but actually was more of a curry/potato thing. It was gross, but it was the best pre race meal I could find(I honestly think anything else would've been better, but more on that later). Johnny boy and I left almost immediately after lunch to go get signed up so we'd have around an hour to relax and cool off in our dorms(it was 100 degrees out+ humidity) before heading out, but due to confusion we were standing out in the sun getting checked in for over an hour, losing precious fluids. Returned to the dorms and had maybe 5 minutes to go to the bathroom/change. Jogged to the start and chilled with J-man, Parker, and a few others. Got to the start, and had to wait there for around 10 minutes because of even more confusion. There were about 400 people running the race. These sorority girls came up to Daniel, Parker and I, and told us we'd have to get top three for some reason. We agreed. Bull horn goes off, and the three of us are off. The course markings were terrible! As soon as I took the lead, I started to make a gap and I heard Parker yelling at me that I missed an unmarked turn, so an extra 10 seconds or so were added on catching back up to them. Around here Daniel got dropped, so it was just Parker and I side by side. First mile in 4:24. Ha! The markers were so off. Just add about a minute per mile for the first two markers. We hit the uphill at about 1.3, and the curry hit me. Oh man, did it hit me. I felt so sick. My stomach was on fire and I wanted to hurl but couldn't. Two miles in 9:27. At this point Parker's long gone and I'm just trying to hang on for dear life. I turn my head and see an older guy maybe 8 seconds behind me. I started thinking "even if he passes me, I get first for my age group". I was wussing out so hard, all I could think of was how sick I felt. But, I wasn't going to just hand him my 2nd place plaque. I picked up the pace quite a bit on the downhill(not to too respectable of a pace), and just hoped I'd drop the old guy. I looked behing a little while later, and he's maybe 4 seconds behind. I still didn't slow down though. 3 miles in 16:38. Not sure about how off this split was, but I do know that it took me another 2 minutes to finish the 5k. I looked back after I finished, and I had dropped the old guy by about a minute. Overall poorly coordinated and marked race. Poor racing conditions. Poor attitude. Not sure if the course was an actual 5k. I hope not. Cooled down maybe a mile with Jonathan, who got 6th. He ran 20:12, which isn't too far off his 19 min. 5k PR, which is crazy when his 800 PR is 1:59!

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00Fast Miles: 3.10Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 22:12:55 from 199.117.60.156

I just ran a 16:39 last week...at altitue...And you want to run for college

From Eugene on Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 09:32:19 from 130.160.192.2

I'm glad to see winning an invite hasn't gone to your head. FYI I ran that same time last year, and that got me 8th

Total Distance
5.00

Really had to force myself to get out and run today, I was really busy in the AM and by the time I got back I wasn't feeling it. However, as soon as I walked outside I felt great, and adamant to do some great work. Ran 3.5 to the track, and I was going pretty quick. For the most part the pace was within 6:20-6:50. Felt good! Legs were a little tired. Too bad there were HS-ers on the track! Ran to the rec and did some real good core.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
13.00

AM - Woke up at 4 AM and my stomach felt bad and my throat was sore. I had a calc test at 9 so I figured some rest would do my brain good. It's a shame, because I felt extremely well rested for 4 AM. Did 2 W/U, 2xmile on the grass in the heat w/ 3:30 recovery. Really wasn't feeling it. 5:15 for the first one, then for the second half of the second mile the heat hit me hard, and I just couldn't dig deep. My mind was wandering. 5:30 for that one. Cooled down for 6.5. Gonna get some good speed in in a few hours!

PM - 2 WU, 16x (30s hard, 30s easy), 2 CD. I wanted to average .10 on the hard. Ended up averaging .11 and got at least .1 on all but #11, because I tripped at the start. Good work for two workouts in 5 hours! Heat once again killed. There's nothing quite like the feeling of just lying on the grass after the final rep, eyes burning from salt, your heart pounding. I had to take about 15-20 seconds of rest after repeats #4, 8, 10, 12, and 14. The grass just sapped my legs. Overall today was pretty fun, two workouts a day is pretty neat.

NB Zante Miles: 6.50Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 6.50Fast Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

AM - Alarm didn't go off! So no 7 mile tempo run. Got a shorter workout in before lunch. 2 WU, 5 x .2 hill strides w/ recovery down to the bottom, 2 CD. Hit 1:02, 1:05, 1:02, :59, and :57 I have two tests today and 8 hours of classes today, so we'll see if I have time for another workout.

Looking at the mileage board, I do believe I'm the youngest runner on page 1 of the yearly mileage board, which is pretty neat.

Fast Miles: 1.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

Great workout today. I knew when the warmup ended up being 6:30 pace that it would go swimmingly. WU 2 miles to the track. Workout was 3 sets of 4x400's in 85, 80, 75, and 70, with 800 jog between sets. Wasn't too hard of a workout, more of to open up my stride. Or, at least in theory. There were 15-20mph winds, but the tailwind was blocked by bleachers/hills. The headwind certainly wasn't though! Times went 82, 80, 75, 71, then 85, 79, 75, 68, and finished with 85, 79, 71, 69. My watch had the distance to be 1ong on the track, and the markings seemed off, but if that's the case then even better work today. Finished with some strides. Cooled down, which again was pretty quick. 5:57 avg. pace for 8 miles!

3 miles with some difficult core in the evening. Legs weren't even kind of sore, my back was a little tight though at points in the day.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.00Fast Miles: 3.20Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jason D on Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 20:59:26 from 24.127.111.174

Nice workout. Sub-6:00 for 8 miles is a good day for sure.

Are you using your lap timer or auto lap? For the track its best to turn the auto lap off and manually lap your watch if you are using a GPS. A GPS will give you bad data, particularly for average pace. The good thing about a track and a lap timer is that it doesn't lie (unless you misfire!). I've done workouts in the snow where I used my foot to brush off the common finish and the 200 hash. Even the 200 mark is more than you need.

Good stuff lately. Cooler weather is coming. Soon? Sort of? Maybe?

From Eugene on Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 21:19:28 from 130.160.194.6

Yeah I manually hit the lap. The pace could have been a little off, but I think with the wind it's still sub 6... At least in effort.

It was 100 degrees 5 days ago at this same time of day. Today, 70! I'll take wind over heat any day.

Total Distance
5.50

AM - 5.5 miles before lunch with 4x200m strides. Felt a LOT better than my 150m strides on the grass last Saturday. Wasn't going ham, just feeling out my stride. 38, 36, 35, 31. Avg pace 6:40, making 9 straight days of sub 7 paces. It took a while but I'm finally getting to a good place with my fitness. Finally got my abs back too! Maybe they're related. Two weeks until the Crimson Classic!

PM - rest

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.50Fast Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.60

60 minute run on the dot. Since today's a home game the town is SWAMPED. Too much weaving and jumping around to go quick, so I took it pretty easy.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 8.60
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
14.00

AM - Abridged version - couldn't sleep at all, so at 4 I set out for my run. Got the Strava course record for University Blvd by about 30 seconds with a 10:26. The course is a tad short of 3000m, with 75 ft elevation gain. I ate something bad yesterday and I felt really bad on the run today. I should have broke 10 at least. Was sure I'd throw up the last couple minutes. Finished with a couple strides. My shoes were literally soaked with blood in the toebox area once I was done, not sure what from.

PM - trail run with UA run. The first mile I got pushed behind a couple guys started off ham and died off. One of them basically tripped me, and I hurt myself pretty bad. AT 2 everyone turned around but me, I went about a mile farther. I got hit by a thorny branch that made me bleed a bit. I did 3x30 second strides until I had to stop, my right foot was wet(from blood, AGAIN). Finished up the hill hard. Once I got back to the dorm I could see my right big toe got messed up pretty badly.

Not a good day for me.

 

With 12 days until the CC, here's the plan. Medium workout tomorrow. Some 200's on Tuesday. Not sure on the workout on Wednesday. For now, let's call it 3x mile repeats on the grass. 3x2400m on Friday. Longer run with a couple hill strides on Saturday. a few tempo 800's on Sunday. 1200, 800, 400 on Tuesday. Besides that the mileage is going down, the taper is going up, and sub 26:20 is in the books. I've done the 100-mile weeks. I've done two a day workouts. I've worked for this, now let's get it done!

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 7.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 7.00Fast Miles: 2.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron on Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 17:44:50 from 73.65.214.204

Sick didn't know you were on strava!

From Kedric on Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 22:51:46 from 199.117.60.156

I would like to offer you a heartfelt good luck. I sincerely hope you make the team. I know how much work you put in, and you deserve it. The sky is purple. Water is dry. Austin is super masculine.

Total Distance
6.00

6 easy miles. 4 up to the rec/ around the fields, stretched and did core, 2 back. Was busy today with classes and didn't sleep well last night. I didn't stretch after either of my runs yesterday because I was hurting from falling off the trail, so my legs were the first four miles. After stretching I felt a lot better for the last 2.

 

I guess I'll do a daily review leading to the CC. 11 days. Legs felt flat for the most part. 14 miles yesterday made for my highest mileage in a while, so I guess not stretching/falling down a trail will do that. For breakfast I had fruit/granola, lunch was refried beans and rice crispies with protein powder mixed in. Dinner was jasmine rice with fish and some peach cobbler. Popcorn & baby carrots later tonight. Also had a few apples throughout the day, and my first(and second) cup of coffee ever. Wasn't too bad.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

2-mile warmup. 2x2000m going 600 hard, 100 easy, 400 hard, 100 easy, 300 hard, 200 easy, 200 hard. 500m recovery between sets. Not all out on the hard, but keeping a good pace. I had about 20oz of black coffee after breakfast before calc(2 hours before), and another 20 oz during material engineering(<1 hour before). It was hot out, and I just kept feeling worse as I went on. First set the times went 1:49, 72, 49, 32. Next set 1:50, then had to sit down for about thirty seconds. I was sure I was gonna hurl. I felt really sick. Tried the 400, hit a 75 then bagged the workout. Cooled down for 7. I was sure I was gonna throw up, but I didn't. Coffee might have health benefits, but I'll stick to my normal tea for now.

3 mile shakeout and drills before dinner. Still felt sick, I'll talk about that in the daily review.

 

10 days to the CC. Legs felt a bit tired when I woke up, but after getting up and walking to the dining hall and drinking some coffee I felt better. Felt real sick on the faster stuff today. Would've been nice to finish it, but the workout isn't easy normally, and conditions weren't great. Breakfast I had peaches and blueberries with some whipped cream, and a bowl of oatmeal, with coffee. Coffee before the run. Salad for lunch. I also got some rice but it was really wet and gross. Later to compensate I had some popcorn(topped with hot sauce), then went to get tea from the dining hall, where I had a very hearty portion of peach cobbler. On my shakeout run, that stuff had its vengeance. Felt like I had a knife in my gut. Felt too sick to even eat dinner until around 7. For dinner, I had some Vietnamese noodles with pork and veggies mixed in. Some rice crispies when I got back to the dorm.

Next ten days of entries are gonna be long fyi. I'm gonna try to roll out, drain my legs, and take a hot shower for my legs before bed(9-9:30).

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 7.00NB Zante Miles: 3.00Fast Miles: 1.60
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

2 WU, 2-mile failed tempo, 2 CD. I felt alright on the warm up with Ethan. Plan was 2-mile uphill tempo from the lowest area of campus to the highest, 2-mile back down, and 2x1 mile's at the bottom. We started, and I had to jump on and off the sidewalk for cars pulling out(Ethan ran on the road). Got a half mile in on a pretty good pace, but just got hit with waves and waves of relentless sickness. I was so sure I'd puke, my stomach felt just awful. Managed to barely survive in an 11:40 for 2 miles. I (once again) ended the workout short, and jogged back to the dorm. My HR was weird for the run(the hard part), it got up to 190, which is over 20bpm higher than I've ever seen it. It's been 20 or so minutes since I finished and it's still near 100(my resting HR is 30-40)

Did plyometrics in the afternoon. Felt really flat at first, but better by the end.

Daily review - 9 days. Still felt sick to my stomach. Legs didn't have much life in them before the plyometrics. I think I'm gonna do some more of it in the afternoons in the next few days to get some pep in my legs. I think it was more of a mental thing, though. I'm gonna do a short speed thing tomorrow, and I'm gonna feel good, so it'll go well. I just have to be there mentally. Breakfast was granola w/ fruit and yogurt, potatoes, and half a bagel w/ tea. Lunch and dinner were both peach cobbler and an apple/granola/yogurt mix, with some rice crispies between lunch and dinner. Last time having peach cobbler for a while. I had so much of it these past couple of days I don't think I'll have fond memories of it though.

NB Zante Miles: 6.00Fast Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack on Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 21:31:31 from 74.81.234.23

Still killin' at usual! You got this!

From Zack on Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 21:31:40 from 74.81.234.23

as*

Total Distance
7.00

15 min warmup, 3, 2, 1 fartlek, 15 CD. Made sure to be running a manageable pace, not going too hard. Hit about 910m, 615m, and 330m on the hard. Fun fact, the pace is inaccurate(quicker) when running on a track normally, but when running the opposite way, the pace is slower.

Daily review - 8 days. Ran to my chem mid term in the evening. Coming back my knee hurt. Ate a ton after my test. I feel sick. I need to eat less

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00Fast Miles: 1.20
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

4 to the rec/on the fields, core/stretching, 2 back. When I was running on the fields the track/xc team was doing some grass repeats. I sped up around them. 6:37 avg pace.

Daily review - I've started reading "Born to Run". Great book. Geez, I can't remember the last time I actually finished a book(probably AP English of junior year). My stomach hurt a little on the run today, but something tells me I should be fine by tomorrow. My knee hurt for about 5 seconds on mile 5, but besides that it was fine. I felt pretty good on the run, mile splits were 6:20-6:50 and none felt hard, heat was bugging though. I want to get a good lactate threshold workout tomorrow, but I'm not sure what to do. I'm gonna do speed on Sunday, and some 4/8's on Tuesday. If any readers know a good workout to help keep a 5:15-20 pace down for 5 miles, I'd appreciate it.

Breakfast - granola w/ fruit

Lunch - Salad w/ a TON of olives(like 2 bowls) and a bit of rice

Post run - more olives and some 3 bean vegetarian chili

Dinner - 

Fast Miles: 0.30Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

AM - 5.5 easy with a fast 1k on the grass in 2:55 

PM - 2.5 shakeout

Daily review - 6 days. I woke up today with the intention of running a 5k on the track @ 8k pace or faster (16:25). I warmed up 2 miles to the track, but there was a football game going on so I was going back to the dorm when I saw the fields and figured "well, I have my spikes here, let's do something". My legs felt a bit tired, and it was really windy and the grass was quite wet, so I figured I'd only do a kilometer. Held a steady pace the entire time, didn't slow, and came in with a pretty nice time that didn't feel too hard, probably could have held it for a mile if I didn't start having a stomach issue towards the end. Ran to the rec restrooms and back to the dorm for 5.5. Gonna try the 5k tomorrow. I felt pretty good on the shakeout, except I had some chia squeezes before my run, which are pretty high in fiber count!

Breakfast - 1.5 bagels w/ an apple and some tea

Lunch - Salad, apples/peaches, omelet

Dinner - big salad

NB Zante Miles: 2.50Fast Miles: 0.62Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 4.50Victory Elites (Cobalt) Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.60

3 miles warm up with a 400m in 80 just to stride out a bit. Very windy. 400, 400, 800, 400, 800, 400, 400 @8k pace. 200 recovery on the 4's, 400 on the 8's. Times were 7l, 77, 2:35, 77, 2:36, 78, 70. Finished with 4x200's pacing @ the start and kicking w/ 150m, 100m, 75m, and 50m to go. cooled down back to the dorms for 9.6 miles in 60 minutes.

Daily review - 20 mph winds! 5k wasn't happening. The wind definitely made the workout a bit harder, but the pace was sustainable, I just let my mind sort of wander. First 400 I forgot that this was supposed to be 8k pace. Both the 800's were either even or slightly neg splits. Went a bit harder on the last 400. I began to feel some lactic acid on the last two 400's, but the 200's flushed that out. Looking forward to some easy days! I wasn't that focused today, but it was the paces I need to hit on Friday so that's good(maybe a couple seconds too quick).

Breakfast - bagel and chia squeeze

Lunch - large salad w/ fruit

Snack - bagel with chia packet

Dinner - Huge salad with rice

1.5 bagel w/ chia packet & popcorn

Fast Miles: 3.10Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 5.00Victory Elites (Cobalt) Miles: 4.60
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles easy

Daily review - 4 days! My calves were very tight from 4-ish miles straight in spikes yesterday. I took it easy because my legs were a bit tired, but the pace was pretty good! The run didn't save, but for the most part the pace was in the high 6:30's/low 6:40's. Getting excited!

Breakfast - granola w/ fruit and a half a bagel and a chia packet

Lunch - salad w/ fruit and two bagels

Dinner - salad w/ fish 

After dinner - another bagel, some fruit, and pickle juice to numb the calves... We'll see.

 

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.50

2 W/U, 1200 @8k pace, 800 @5k pace, 400@mile pace. 3:55, 2:34, 73. 400 recovery. Strides and CD for 6.5.

Daily review - 3 days! Very windy out there today. Legs started to feel a little tired on the 400, so I took it a little easier.

Breakfast - bagel, oatmeal, potatoes, fruit

Lunch - salad and fruit

Early dinner(3 PM) - bagel and a salad with fruit

Later dinner (7PM) - a bit of rice, but there wasn't really anything else. Tried to get an apple, but it was rotten. Just went back to my dorm and had 2.5 bagels and some Italian ice instead.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.50Fast Miles: 1.70
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

2 W/U, 4x200 w/ equal recovery, hurdle drills/flexibility, CD for 5.

Daily review - 2 days... wowzers! I know myself pretty well, and I know if I get nervous I'm not gonna race well. I ran a 26:40 and up until the last mile I didn't even realize I was in race mode, so I just gotta chill... It's hard, though. First 2 200's I just focused on short steps and went 33 and 32. Next one I paced the first 100-ish meters and then kicked it in. Last one I started jogging briskly with 50m left in the recovery, sped up to pace for the next 50, started striding for 50 after that, next 50 started kicking, and last 50 turned over. On the cooldown, I saw Cerake G. and we waved to each other, He runs for Oklahoma and was(and still is) a way fast dude. He and Conner used to race each other a lot back when I was a frosh. Well, Conner's gone, so I guess it's my turn to race him!

Breakfast - Granola and fruit. Less than usual.

Lunch - salad and rice(and an apple)

Early dinner(?)(2PM) - 2 bagels and some rice

Dinner - MONSTER salad. I got a ton of greens, olives, corn, pico, and black beans to make an amazing taco salad.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00Fast Miles: 0.60
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
2.50

2.5 easy w/ 3 strides (6:35 pace, nice)

Final review - pace was easy today. Made sure of that. Highest the heart rate got was 130, even on the strides which were ~5:00 pace. Made sure to focus on breathing and form and staying relaxed. Tried a new technique called "centering" which felt good. Studied up on racing mentality and stuff like that. Left calf was a bit tight, I'll make sure to roll that out.

Ever since late may I've been training hard, and now comes the time to prove that. My body is in good shape, and that combined with the race mentality that I'm going to collapse before I give up, and I think I can do 26:20. No, I KNOW I can. So, if I could stay in all my loyal readers thoughts/prayers, it would mean a lot.

I'd just like to thank everyone that helped get me to this points . No matter what happens in the arboretum tomorrow, I'm giving everything I have for you guys. 

ITS GRIND TIME!!!

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.50Fast Miles: 0.30
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron on Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 12:24:41 from 73.65.214.204

I believe in you man, you've been non-stop grinding! Go kill it out there.

From Zack on Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 16:23:42 from 74.81.234.23

You got this man! You've been working so hard, you got this!

From Tyler Penrod on Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 17:21:37 from 174.52.93.7

You're gonna kill it! Throw down dude

From Collin Morrison on Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 18:31:18 from 64.72.210.119

You got it man! You've done the training, just trust in that and it's going to be awesome!

From Kedric on Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 21:36:18 from 70.208.2.183

Run your race.

At a great pace.

Show them your need,

For speed.

Good luck

My little duck

Race: CRIMSON CLASSIC (5 Miles) 00:28:59
Total Distance
13.00

I can't even describe today. I felt like I lined everything up perfectly, but today just really wasn't my day. Then again, are race days ever my days? 

Got to bed at 7:30 last night. Got some good sleep. Woke up a couple times thirsty, got water, went back to bed. Woke up at 6:30 and my stomach felt pretty bad, but I thought I'd be fine. Had an apple, a banana, and some oatmeal for breakfast. Got to the meet. Surrounded by all these great DI athletes... It was pretty neat. But, I told myself, I'd trained hard for this, I was just as good as these guys. Get to the starting line and I heard "Eugene?? It's Eugene!" It was my good friends Max and Will from Team Prep USA, now running for Kennesaw State! We talked for a bit and then the race started. Man, I don't even know what happened. It felt like everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. I got pushed a lot. I stumbled down the hills and tripped over roots. Around 4k my back started tightening up badly. I noticed my left hamstring was tight yesterday but I stretched it out after my shakeout. from miles 3-5 my primary focus was on making it to a port-a-potty. And that's all I have to say about that. 

Obviously I'm a little upset about training all this time just to fail when it matters. Huge S/O to my roommate Grant for coming to cheer me on. Only race splits I remember hearing were 5:16 for 1 mile, and 23 for 4 miles.

It's really irritating to be able to run workouts and do well and when it matters, you fall flat. So I'm gonna train to the point where even my bad races are something to be proud about!

PM - 3 miles

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 5.00Fast Miles: 1.00Victory Elites (Cobalt) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack on Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 09:39:08 from 74.81.234.23

Hey man! Nice job! I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.

From Eugene on Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 10:23:16 from 130.160.194.4

Thanks Zack. Good luck at state! You got this, first team all-state for sure.

From Tyler Penrod on Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 18:19:37 from 174.52.93.7

Sorry dude that's tough.

From Connor Baller on Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 14:54:02 from 67.186.202.88

Roll tide

From Eugene on Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 19:32:15 from 104.189.16.160

choked so hard i haven’t raced in 3 and a half years lmao

Total Distance
8.30

Gonna start doing my runs in minutes. 30 this morning. Glad I took yesterday off, my legs felt much better. Not good, but better. That course really beat me up.

Another 30 minutes in the afternoon. I ate a lot of junk food over the weekend, but now I'm ready to put get some quality mileage in these next few weeks.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 4.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 14:57:13 from 70.212.39.166

Perfect mileage today 👌🏿

Total Distance
8.40

AM - 15 minutes. Suprisingly didn't feel any sickness from yesterday, but I wasn't out for long.

PM - 45 minutes. Ran to the fields, took off the shoes and shirt, and just ran on the grass, letting my mind wander. It was nice.

Barefoot Miles: 4.30Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 2.10
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.10

AM/Noon - 60 minutes easy before lunch. Very hot today, but I toughed it out. Again I ran to the fields and went barefoot until I had about 7 minutes left. Excited to build my mileage back up again. I hate to admit it but I think I was in better shape in August.

PM - 20 minutes easy before dinner.

Barefoot Miles: 6.30Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 2.80
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.90

AM - 50 minutes. Slept in to be well rested for my calc test, so it was once again very hot out by the time I set out. I made sure to do the most hilly run I could in the time I had. I did a faster k in the middle in 3:24. Legs weren't really wanting to do quick stuff, but I sped up throughout it.

PM - busy with classes. S/O to all my blogger buddies of which I have too many to list at the moment. Special S/O to PV for winning state, and Zack and Ryan for running great races!

NB Zante Miles: 6.90Fast Miles: 0.62
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
13.00

AM/noon - 30 minutes. I felt miserable, it's too (explicative) hot here. I'm not a fan of Alabama. But I guess I just gotta start running in the mornings. Had ice tea and this peachy oatmeal thing after which made me feel quite a bit better.

PM - set out a couple hours later for a 60-minute run with 7x1 minute pickups on the grass in the middle. Glad I got the bad running for the day out of the way, bc I actually felt pretty good on these. Avg'd .21 miles on the pickups, which didn't feel too hard, definitely could have held it for longer. Did some strides and stretches and cooled down. I think I'm gonna go back to mileage over minutes. It feels better.

Barefoot Miles: 1.40Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 7.50Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 4.10Fast Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Josh Ericksen on Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 15:07:25 from 74.81.234.23

good work

Total Distance
12.00

AM - 4 miles before breakfast. Felt real good so the pace was a bit quicker. It was actually fall weather today, I had to wear a long sleeve shirt because it was in the 50's! Very windy.

PM - 8 miles. My main trainers have almost 500 and 600 miles on them, and I'm really not too fond of the structures, they're kind of clunky. The pegasi have done me real well in the past.

An idea(or two) about upcoming training:

I think I'm going to do an easy run in the morning from now on for Monday-Friday, and a real session in the afternoon, either a faster-paced run or an actual workout. I'll do a long run on Saturday. I think I might start taking Sunday's off again, which has been an on again/off again thing for me, but last November was a time where I was really hitting some quick paces, and what I was doing was fast stuff every time I ran, and taking Sunday's off

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 4.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

AM - 3 w/ strides. Watch was being wonky w/ the pace

PM - 4 miles. Tried to do a 2-mile tempo, started off around 5:35 pace, then worked it down to about 5 flat, but suddenly my back tightened up way bad up and I had to stop until it stopped seizing up. On the way back a golf cart cut in front of me so I pushed the pace to catch up to him for a minute or so. That was around a high 5:30 pace.

NB Zante Miles: 4.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 3.00Fast Miles: 1.30
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

7 miles. Felt pretty good so I kept speeding up bit by bit. Did a 6:40 mile, then a 6:20, then a 5:56, then a 5:36. After the 5:36 my back seized up again and I had to stop. I looked up some stretches but none of them seemed to do the trick. Ran home for 7 miles @ 6:14 pace. It's a shame I had to stop, because I felt real good today, and I think I had some more room to improve the pace. 

3 quicker miles before dinner, then core and some back stuff.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 10.00Fast Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

About 1.5 W/U, 3 x hilly mile repeats, CD for 6. Back had the seizing thing for just a bit on the warmup, but I realized I was going sub 6 pace and slowed down and it went away. First repeat had a lot of uphill then ended with some downhill, second one was a bit of uphill then a fair amount of downhill, third one had light rolling hills. First one went 5:23, followed by about 3 minutes of jogging, then a 5:13, then about a minute of standing rest, finishing with a 4:59. 

The second mile repeat might have been a bit faster, I forgot to hit the lap button when I started and didn't realize until a couple minutes in. I was pretty sure I started at .44, so I just ran until .45 or so and subtracted about 3 minutes from the first repeat and added. The last repeat I had to jump from the sidewalk to the road and back a lot, plus by a quarter mile I was averaging 4:40 pace or maybe a little quicker, so yeah that worked with the hills to slow me down a bit. Avg pace 5:50 w/ the WU.

2 miles to Publix and back to get stuff for dinner. Didn't record the run but had my watch telling me the pace. About 6:20 going up and 5:40 coming back down. Racing a 5k on Saturday.

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 6.00Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.00Fast Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
14.00

Legs felt tired today. 10 miles with 3x(4x400) in the middle in 85,80,75,70. Third set ended up being closer to 80,80,70,70. 10 miles @5:55, with another mile after stretching at the rec. Pretty good work for my third harder day in a row. I decided to bail on the 5k on Saturday. I just don't wanna pay 35 dollars when I already paid for a race next week. Starting to get in good shape!

No IHOP :( Had to run to Publix instead bc Lakeside was closed.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 3.00NB Zante Miles: 11.00Fast Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

AM - 4 easy down to the rec with one lap on the fields. No watch. I woke up, ate some candy corn, and headed out so I felt a little sick.

PM - 4 to the fields again. Wanted to go further but my stomach wasn't feeling too good.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Originally was gonna do 5, and I felt not too great. I lied in bed all day watching Netflix, only getting up to brush my teeth and get some candy corn(the only food I had eaten prior to the run. after ending my run at lakeside for dinner, only to walk around to discover the hall was closing, I decided to run to Moe's and felt a lot better. I was going around 6:10 pace despite it being uphill. Bought 2 burritos and ran back, to-go back in my hands(the burritos were quite dense). I'm sure that looked strange to any passerbys.

I found a 2 mile race here in town later in November. 2 miles. I managed to go sub 5 on one of my mile repeats earlier this week, I guess I'll see if I can hold it for twice as long. I've been exchanging emails with a coach of a Track Club not too far from here. He asked if I'd call him to discuss running for his club. If it'll get me closer to making the UofA team I guess.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

3 miles before lunch. It's way too hot out. Wore a very thick shirt which I regret

5 miles in the afternoon. Didn't feel too good. Did 3x30s strides.

2 miles during laundry in twelve minutes. Pretty bad cramps from dinner but even with that I was moving pretty quick.

Fast Miles: 0.30
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

Couldn't sleep. ran at 2 AM. Avg pace 6:20.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 4.00Fast Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tyler Penrod on Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 18:31:44 from 174.52.93.7

Just the casual grind.

Total Distance
8.00

8 miles with 4 miles alternating the pace per mile in the middle at 9PM. I really don't know how to define the paces. Miles 1 & 3 were on the easier side of hard. Miles 2 and 4 were on the harder side of easy. 5:45, 6:29, 5:33, 5:31. Last one hit around a 3 flat 800, a 4:20 1200, and closed in a 71 400m. I had sharp chest pains the first two miles before going hard and my stomach felt really bad so I was debating scrapping the workout altogether(the original plan was 8 miles alternating). I felt extremely sick to my stomach all throughout the 8 miles(and today, that's why no run until now) so I'm happy I was able to close pretty quickly by the end of it. 6:12 avg pace.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.00Fast Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.00

3 miles to tire myself out before bed at 2AM. Closed with a 5:39, so there goes that. 

Fast Miles: 1.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

Been super busy with exams lately. squeezed in 6 at 10PM w/ 2 half miles fast in the middle, separated by probs 5-ish minutes of jogging. My watch died so I had no run with my phone on the strava app, but I had to unlock my phone and navigate the app mid-800, so that took some of my energy that should have been spent on the 800's. 2:25 and 2:26. 

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 6.00Fast Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Another 2 AM run. 2 brisk miles to warm up. Hill strides. 3x200, 2x300, 1x400. Equal recovery jog. 33, 35, 34, 50, 52, 69. Cleared out all Halloween candy out of the pantry around 11, which meant lots sickness. Really started feeling it in the 400. Cooled down for 5 at 6:15 avg pace. Race tomorrow! Nathan and I are driving up to Birmingham and going go-karting after.

Another 2 miles in the afternoon. Chest pains. Usually they fade after two miles.

Fast Miles: 1.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.00

Stayed up until about 1:30 bc I'm really bad at ending conversations. After that couldn't go to sleep until 3, where I got up and ate my salad and drank some water. I figured since I'd be waking up in two hours, I didn't need to plug my phone back in(I usually have it play a podcast to lull me to sleep. Woke up at 1PM. The race started at 8AM.

Took another Strava CR down. Grocery run. .4 miles, 2.x% uphill grade. I ran a 2:06 which beat out the record of 2:18

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Felt like I had a fever in the morning, but felt good enough in the afternoon to set out for a run. 3 WU, 4x200 w/ full recovery, 3 CD. Hit 30, 30, 30, and 29. Was supposed to do 8-10 200's, but after #4 I got dizzy and started feeling sick. I'm happy with the 29 bc I wasn't planning on stopping after, so I didn't even have the extra motivation of "I'm almost done".

New Balance MD500v2 Miles: 1.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

Couldn't fall asleep again. My sleeping schedule blows. 4 miles at 2AM. My stomach was so wrecked from having a huge Moes burrito for dinner. Two more miles here and there throughout the busy college life.

My calves are tight and my glutes are sore. I haven't worn my aggressive spikes since junior year when I mained the 800. Not too sure why I decided after two years of it to switch to the 3200 senior year. I don't think I had ever even ran it before then.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

This morning I woke up but the only food we have was the cookie cake for my roommate's birthday yesterday, so I had a slice of that before class. After class I was gonna nap bc I felt pretty bad from not sleeping well, so I decided to eat what we had, another slice of the cookie cake. After that I decided I might as well run now because I wasn't as tired. Ended up feeling pretty lifeless in the run after all. Scratched the workout. Did a mile striding 150m on the first three laps w/ 250 off, then another 100 off coming into the last lap so I could finish with a hard 300m. Did the mile in 5:29. Did some pushups and sprints up the bleachers but my legs really didn't have any life in them today. CD. Might go lift later today. I'm gonna run to Publix later and buy some Nyquil to have a real party tonight. In my dreams.

Fast Miles: 0.66Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

7 miles down riverwalk to a paved road for running I saw a couple days ago. Turned out to be a bust, it was maybe a quarter mile long. Went a bit quicker, watch lost signal but when it worked the pace was in the 6:20's, so a little bit quicker to make up for probably having no workout tomorrow.

The main high school around this area is American Christian Academy. They've won many state championships, and are thought to win this year too. I've been talking to their coach a bit about training me, and yesterday he called me. He talked to me about running for a while, and asked a few questions to determine which event he thought I'd be best at, based on workouts I liked and excelled at. He offered to train me if I, in turn, trained with his team as well. It'd be something like the job of an assistant coach(while still training to make Alabama's team, of course). Coach Tiller is going to introduce me to the team tomorrow, and see what I think.

Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tyler Penrod on Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 20:12:46 from 174.52.93.7

That's awesome. Hope it goes well.

From Zack on Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 20:42:19 from 63.248.225.238

^^^^

Total Distance
8.00

7 miles with the ACA. Nice group of guys. Me and the teams varsity did a 45 minute trail run. Pace was very slow and I just felt great throughout. Did 4x150m strides after and felt supreme. I finished probably 20m ahead of the guys every time and it felt easy, but that's not much to brag about. Got around 22-25 for the strides. 

Overall I really liked the team. The boys were really nice and we had some good talks and I got to know Nick, Garrett, and David throughout the run. Didn't get to know the girls too well, but from the looks and awkward hells I was getting from them, I assume that might have been a disappointment! My looks never fail. I made sure to stay towards the rear end of the pack of 7 of us, and it felt really nice to run slow.

A mile later to find keys

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 8.00Fast Miles: 0.40
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 17:19:42 from 166.137.246.27

Have your looks changed?

Total Distance
0.00

A few thoughts/aspirations about the next few weeks...

I'm racing a 2-mile road race next Saturday. The plan is to go sub ten. Two weeks after that I'm going to Birmingham(where they held DI nationals earlier this year) to race at the BSC icebreaker. I'll be signing up for the 3k, mile, and 800 and race what I feel like(probs 3k and mile, but if I feel I need another couple hours to recover from the 3k, I'll drop the mile for the 8). With the San Diego half marathon just 20 days later, I think my half debut will have to wait a while. Maybe I'll race a Christmas 5k instead. I'm glad. Instead of tons of half marathon training/stressing over break, I'll have time to relax, run some killer trails and smash some workouts.

It's been a couple of months since my last real race(CC and homecoming were more of brisk jogs). I'm starting to get some speed in my legs and that excites me. I ran a sub 5 mile a week ago, and I barely did that senior year due to sickness(and suckness). I'd like to get back the level of speed in my legs where I can run sub 2:15's and sub 60's in track work again. I'm not too far off; I did a sub 30 200 earlier in the week and from how I felt I could have held it at least to 300m.

This last summer I got some crazy mileage in that gave me great endurance, but in return I was putting so many easy miles in my legs that I didn't put enough hard ones(except maybe some good tempos before Ragnar). I sacrificed my 5k fitness for the one of a marathoner, when 5ks were the only thing that mattered. That's my midnight ramblings, I don't think I've had any on the blog yet.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 08:35:59 from 199.117.60.156

You ran a sub-five mile last week? clap. clap. clap.

From Eugene on Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 14:11:43 from 130.160.194.4

Clarification; sub 5 on my third mile repeat @bamboozler

Total Distance
4.00

Felt sick yesterday. I was warming up to the track when I stopped at a red light and got hit with a wave of sickness. I probably could have done the workout, but I bet I could run it better tomorrow. The sickness was probably eating a ton of baked lays before the run. Time to go back to my wholesome fuel of a whole lot of veggies, fruit, and coffee.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

Ugh. Felt sick today too, but despite feeling like total garbage(aside from my legs, which felt somewhat springy, which is unusual), I pressed on to the track. Plan was 10x400 @ 2 mile pace, followed by 4x400's @ mile pace. Hit a 65, 72, then I started dry heaving for a while so I ran home for 6. I really don't like having to end workouts early, and I was actually looking forward to this one. If I'm feeling better tonight I might try a fartlek or something, but right now my hands are shaking just typing this so we'll see how I feel. I probably feel like trash because it's almost three and the only thing I've eaten today were about ten animal crackers and half a cup of tea.

4 miles at night. .5 WU, then 2 miles going 12321 fartlek alternating between light posts. the 2 miles were mostly uphill, and the second mile when the hills got bad the light posts became scarce, so rather than run 75-125m hard for three light posts, I'd have to run that for just one. Hard pace varied from 4:30-5:15 depending on how hard the hills were. Once that part of the run was done I let the downhill carry me to Publix at around 6 flat pace for the rest of the run. 

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 10.00Fast Miles: 1.90
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 21:15:08 from 199.117.60.156

I think you need more protein. I know that meat makes ME run faster.

From Eugene on Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 21:45:19 from 130.160.194.7

Don't you mean MEat makes ME run faster?

From Kedric on Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:43:25 from 140.197.248.138

No. No I don't.

Total Distance
15.00

2 miles warm up. Was going to do 2400m @5k pace, but after 800m I got antsy and took off. The splits I remember were 79 for 400m, 3:05 for 1000m, and kicked hard for a 4:49 mile(1600). After that my legs felt pretty tired from the heat, so I decided to cut my run short. Ran home, and realized I left my keys at the track. I ran back to the track, and laid down for a few minutes because I was just spent. I got back up after a while, ran home again, and realized I had totally forgotten about my keys, again. So my 6-mile run turned into a 15-mile one, my longest run in over four months. Oh man I'm tired. Good news is if I can keep that 1600m pace up for another 1400m in a few weeks I could go under 9 for 3k, which would be just great. S/O to the Zante's bc I think every time I've done high mileage runs, they've kept me feeling good. Besides like once when I did 15 using the Launches.

NB Zante Miles: 15.00Fast Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

6 easy. Super, super tired today. 3 miles up to the fields, 3 down. Ran the first three at 6:46 pace and then decided to turn my watch off and not care about pace, which was pointless because I ended up running quicker once the watch was off. Legs aren't hurting or tight from yesterday, they're a bit tired, but less tired than the rest of me.

2 miles to get dinner in the afternoon. Gonna stretch and roll out tonight, and probably do some core too.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

2.5 WU, 6x9 strides with 2:30 rest. My freshman and sophomore year our coaches always talked about how the first 7 seconds of a race won't affect the rest bc lactic acid won't build up or something like that. I researched it last night and it's actually somewhere between 7-12 seconds depending on your raw speed. On the recovery I felt ready to go after about 20-30s so that's good. CD and Moes for 7.

3 miles running from the dorm to ChemE, to TCF, to Publix, back home. I stopped at the first two for classes and bought food at Publix(or would have, had I remembered to bring my wallet) so these miles weren't all at once. TCF to Publix was about half a mile, and I did that at 5:15 pace and it felt good. I feel pretty darn good.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 7.00NB Zante Miles: 3.00Fast Miles: 1.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

I brought only my dorm keys and a pencil to calc today and despite that was still able to be the only one in the class who could prove "Snell's principle of least time" in the 50 min class period. I started with 5 minutes of class left. After class, my professor told me I could be a very good calc professor if I so choose. Anyway. As soon as class got out I ran a new WU path to the track which was refreshing. My quads, hamstrings, and glutes are pretty wrecked from yesterday, I didn't anticipate that. I guess running 100% all out + grass works some muscles I haven't built up yet. Did a long warmup, stretches, and strides, but nothing seemed to work. Went on with the workout. 5xmile w/ 30s rest. Got to .66 at about 5:05-5:10 pace, I felt fine, but my legs were still tight so I bagged it. Did a 400m in 70 which felt pretty easy and cooled down to the dorms for 8.

Grocery run

NB Zante Miles: 8.00Fast Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

Washed the car, went to  IHoP, and bought some new shoes earlier in the day. Got some new zoom elites for 40$, and a new pair of New Balance spikes for 5$. Warmed up to the track and tried a lap fast in the spikes. I told myself not to look at my watch but at around 210m I couldn't help it and glanced down for just a moment. 28, which got me excited. I'm glad I saw that because knowing I was going quick helped me push past a wall. Really regretted those eggnog pancakes Finished in a high 58/low 59 which was pretty cool. 

Fast Miles: 0.25Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 4.75NB 5000v2 (White) Miles: 0.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

Jogged 6 miles on riverwalk. Took it real easy. It was fun, I just relaxed and got lost in thought. Very chilly out today - high 50's and very breezy at midday. Couldn't even go shirtless!

Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
13.00

2 miles to the track. I call it warmup but it's usually a 6:50 then 6:20 so maybe I'm going too quick. I feel good during it so it's probably fine. 2x1600m in 5:31 and 5:29. Recovery was a bathroom break. Not at a hard effort, just trying to work on aerobic stuff. Very windy out and my stomach felt uneasy so I stopped at 2. Then 4x300m @3k pace(54s) with a 100m walking rest. Felt ready to go by the end of the rest which was good. Did 51, 53, 50, and the last one I told myself to go under 50 and got a low 45. Felt quick but not a crazy effort, plus I finished running into the wind. After that 1x(80, 100, 120, 100, 80) meter sprints. Wore my spikes for the first two but my feet started hurting so I changed back into my trainers. I think my lunaracers are near retirement, they don't propel as much as they used to. Ran to Jacks for a cup of water and ran home for 11.

Grocery run. On the way back I passed two guys in a pretty dimly lit area. They moved to let me pass as I ran by, and I turned my head to thank them, and saw they were running after me! I sprinted away, but I could still hear them chasing me. I wasn't sure if they were being dumb or not, but either way I wasn't sticking around to find out. Thank God for turnover.

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 11.80Fast Miles: 4.00NB 5000v2 (White) Miles: 1.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Collin Morrison on Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 15:24:23 from 172.58.17.246

Dang man good thing you're a runner!

Total Distance
7.00

3 @ 2AM. Would have gone for longer but I ate something spicy for dinner.

4 miles on almost no rest of any kind. Real busy today, lots of hustle and bustle to exams. Did four strides in the middle. Started with 150m and ended doing 300-ish. Felt better by the end. I've got two classes tomorrow, then I'm gonna do a tough workout tomorrow, then after that heading to Florida w/ my roommate for Thanksgiving bc my family won't fly me back home.

Fast Miles: 0.50Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From on Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 19:48:07 from 76.167.173.204

Tough break there bud. Your family *is* flying you to San Diego in 3 weeks time for your Christmas break. Oh and your roommates family is generously including you in their beachside condo Thanksgiving festivities. You'll survive.

Now I have a running blog. Does this mean I have to start running?!

Madre

Total Distance
2.00

2 to class before leaving for Florida.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

8 miles at ~6:20 pace on some sandy trails. Trails were difficult, hilly, and it was hot and humid. Good effort. 4CD. Went jet skiing after.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

5 miles shaking out a 5 hour car ride back home. Did 2 minutes hard in the middle. Got .43, or ~4:39 pace, on a rolling downhill. Not too bad of an effort, my legs were really tired from the car ride and my stomach felt bad from only having some green tea and a bag of chips about 6 hours before. My watch isn't working so I had to use the Strava app, which I'm not a fan of. I was curious what my pace was for the normal part of the run so I measured the pace for 200m of a pretty flat area, 6:07 avg pace. Probably a bit slower in the last couple miles.

600 miles on the brooks!

Another mile to get dinner. I'm 100 miles ahead of the guy behind me and 100 miles away from the guy in front of me, so it looks like I'm locked in for the 17th highest mileage of the year on the blog. At least those 100+ mile weeks of 99% easy running were good for something.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 6.00Fast Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

Hard workout today. I only had a salad for Thanksgiving so I stuffed myself last night/this morning instead. Definitely regretted that. 1600m, broken up into 400m @3k pace, 200m easy, 400m @ 3k pace, 200m easy, 400m @ mile pace. No rest between repeats, 4 minute active rest between sets. Would try to do as many as I can. I didn't expect the workout to be as tough as it is, but that's my own fault. On the 200m I was hitting under 7 minute pace for all of them(on one I even hit 5:50 pace! Geez). Ran a 4:55 on the first 1600m, a 5:05 on the second one, and ran the first 1k but felt pretty spent, so rested for a couple minutes extra. Then I did the last 400m that I missed in 65. Averaged 67s on the mile pace and 72 on the 3k pace. Windy out today. Did a 150m sprint in 21 in my trainers and some 150m strides. CD for 10. Wasn't feeling great but I hit the paces I wanted to. 50 miles for the week, with only 5 days of running. 

Fast Miles: 3.00Victory Elites (Cobalt) Miles: 3.00Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles jogging. About 30s per mile faster than last time but felt the same effortwise, despite it being around 16 hours since I last ate. Calves are tender from yesterday.

Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

Distance run with the ACA boys, followed by 4x200m. Mile CD. Extremely windy out. I felt pretty sluggish and heavy on the run. The 200's were on the pavement in my trainers. 30s rest max. 1 and 3 had tailwind, 2 and 4 headwind. 29, 30 for the first two. Third one I let Dante, who was hitting 37's, get a 7 second headstart. I beat him by about 3-4 seconds. I didn't hit my watch correctly but it felt quite a bit harder than the first one so at least 28. Last 50m of the 4th one the headwind killed me and I jogged it in. 32. Felt sick to my stomach on the 200's but otherwise I felt pretty good.

Fast Miles: 0.50Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

I'm finally back on a good sleeping schedule so it feels good to not have me "waking up" and me "being awake" separated by about 2 hours.

I had Nathan drive me to the nearby disc golf course for today's run. 3 miles to warm up the legs. I don't know if today was just a really good day for me or what, but I was hitting 5 minute pace on it and it felt like nothing. Turned on my watch for about 100m of it and it was close to 5 flat pace, but I'm sure I subconsciously picked up the pace. Changed shoes and did another mile around the course. Made a loop where I would run up a semi-steep grass hill for about 100m, then it would flatten out, and I would keep going until I hit .10-.11. Then I'd recover for about 30s to a nearby dirt trail with a very gradual decline for .15-.16, then recover again for around 30s downhill back to the start. Did four sets of that. On the uphills my times were 31, 31, 27, and 26. I lost two feet so technically the "downhill" portion times went 40, 35, 35, 35. For better reference the uphill paces went from 5:10-4:30 and the downhill paces went 4:20-3:55. After that grabbed my bag and ran on the asphalt trail for a mile until I got to a semi flat portion and did 2x1 minutes, the first one getting progressively faster, then about 90s recovery, then the second one trying to hold my pace I was going at the end of the first one. My paces were 4:39 and 4:19. CD for 10.

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 4.00Fast Miles: 2.00Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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From Ryan Raff on Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 20:25:10 from 198.217.121.38

Atta boy!! Can't let you stay on the lone faithful list

Total Distance
9.00

9 miles on the riverwalk in the clunky old pegs. It stormed all last night/this morning and there was a 20% chance when I went out for my run so I was prepared to ruin some trainers. Wasn't too bad though. After 3 I stopped and did some drills. Did some strides in the last few miles coming back. I like doing strides mid-run, it feels more natural. Going to stretch and do core in a sec, something I've been neglecting lately.

Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 9.00Fast Miles: 0.35
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Ran to the dining hall, Calc, and after Calc to the track. Stretched for a bit and did some premeet. 400m w/ 1 min rest, 200m w/ 40 second rest, 200m. 71, 32, 28. I felt sick today, I was stuffed up the entire time and my stomach felt bad. Not too worried about tomorrow. It's only preseason, and I think I can beat my PR's pretty easily. 3k at 10, mile at 2, 800m at 4. Gonna run to chem tonight for a shakeout.

Fast Miles: 0.60Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Sick

Fast Miles: 1.00NB 5000v2 (White) Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
2.00

Light jogging on a busy day. I miss Garek's blogging. Too bad he DM'ed me a while back and said his blog is retired now

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
13.00

AM - Ran to and from Calc finals. I've never struggled in math, and I didn't today, but it sure was long and arduous. It's been storming hard lately. I felt pretty trashed but I'll chalk that up to not stretching/weather conditions for now. And probably from 2 days off.

PM - 7 miles in 46 minutes with Ethan. Weather was very rough. 8 strides after. Pace felt rough, but manageable. My body wasn't handling the conditions well. When I finished I was freezing and white as a sheet. It's been thirty minutes and I still am. Gonna go take a shower to warm up and stretch. Workout tomorrow!

Another 2 later to get dinner. My stomach felt pretty bad but my legs felt prime. Watch was dead but if it felt like the cadence and stride length of mid-5 pace, at an easy effort. Hopefully this feeling carries over to tomorrow! High mileage today, whoops.

NB Zante Miles: 11.00Fast Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

AM - 2 mile shakeout to breakfast and back. Didn't stretch before so my form felt off, but I felt good on it. Still storming out.

PM - 2 WU, 2x(4x400) w/ 2 min recovery between repeats, 2 lap recovery between sets, CD for 10. Definitely a mental battle today. Conditions were terrible! 15 mph winds. Ran with Ethan. He made the recoveries pretty hard, he wouldn't let me do standing recoveries and had me jog with him instead the second I finished. It definitely made the workout harder, and it was already really tough. I hadn't eaten really anything and I felt kind of crappy. Avg time was 69. Was supposed to do 3 sets but after set one Ethan said either we slow the pace down or do 2 sets. Really had to work mentally on the last two repeats.

Streak LT 2 White Miles: 5.00Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 2.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00Fast Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

Busy studying for finals. Did core yesterday and I'm very sore from that.

Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

Very draining day of finals. Was considering skipping running today but then decided I might as well. Ran to the rec, did a fast mile in 4:57, went downstairs, did some core, decided that the mile I just ran felt easy enough that I thought I could hold it for two miles. Unfortunately, my legs were tired from the previous mile. Ran another mile in 4:50(the treadmill wouldn't go any faster), and cooled down/strides for 8. Glutes felt tight on the CD. I only had a bagel for breakfast and a small salad for lunch, so today went pretty well!

Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 8.00Fast Miles: 2.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

Speed day! Warmed up three miles to the track. It was about 30 degrees when I left so I wore spandex, but brought shorts just in case. It ended up being a good move because I was pretty hot by the time I finished warming up. Changed and ran a lap in 69 just to stride out. My legs were pretty tired from last night's workout, I think it might have been the first time I did 2 sub 5 minute miles in a day. Glutes and hamstrings didn't have too much life in them. Workout was 2x(200,300) w/ 2/3 minute rest that was mostly walking. Went 27.9, 44.0, 27.6, 44.8. After that did some 80m sprints, then 3 100m sprints in 13.1(tailwind), 12.7(headwind), and 12.4(tailwind). Good workout! Coming in I wanted to go sub 30 for the 200's and sub 47 for the 300's, and it was super windy too so I'm happy. My PR's for these distances are 27.0 which I ran in early 2016 and 43.0 in early 2015(both w/ teammates pushing me). On the second 200m I thought I could beat that but I guess today wasn't the day, and I doubt I'm in 42 second shape yet. I think that 12.4 is a PR though. I hit the 200m in the last 300m in 28 but then my legs turned to lead. I liked this workout(that II found on Kyle Merber's blog), it isn't a ton of running but the running you do is high intensity. Felt good to be out of my comfort zone.

New Balance MD500v2 Miles: 2.00Fast Miles: 1.55Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Logging some easy miles through Atlanta. Tuscaloosa is a pretty flat town, but I probably gained and lost close to 500 feet on this run, and my legs felt it a little bit. Woke up at 7 to get on a bus to Atlanta, got here at 2, and family was coming to see me soon so I left as soon as I arrived. Realized once I left that I hadn't eaten since yesterday evening so I had no life in me at all. Left Achilles felt a lil tingly on the uphill but now I feel fine. About to take my first icebath in 5 months.

Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

7 miles in San Diego. After a six hour plane ride and basically no food or water the past couple days, I felt really bad on the run. Pace wasn't bad, started running 7:10's and brought it down to 6:30's by the end, but it felt difficult. Very hilly. I've eaten since then and I feel much better. Wanted to get 15 but it's alright.

Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
15.00

AM - Walked my sister to her school in the morning, then ran a mile back. My pace for the most part was 5:30-40. After about 30 minutes left for my real run. A little over half way into the first mile I realized I was going a little quick and ran a 2:18-19 last 800m for 4:58. Stopped after that for about a minute, ran to the park and jogged around and back to the apartment for 7.

PM - 8 on the same trail as yesterday. Man I'm out of shape. Had to take a couple 15 second breathers after some brutal hills. 6:40's for the pace so that's good. For lunch I had fried rice but it turned out to be a portion larger than my head. To-go boxes are for losers, but my stomach felt like a loser on the run too. I'm eating lots of veggies, carbs, and meat lately, hydrating well(even though the weather here still beats me up), and icing and rolling. Feels great to be healthy. Def tired from some good work today.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 8.00Fast Miles: 3.50Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
11.00

Moderate run down a trail to the lake. Pace was somewhere in the 6:30's, watch stopped midway. Difficult trail. Made sure to grind the uphills. I felt good the first 3-4 miles and hurt for the next couple but felt strong in the end too. No stops. Can feel the uptake in mileage in the legs.

Fast Miles: 3.50Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

Drove down to University of San Diego for another speed session! 2 sessions in less than 5 days. Woof. 400, 200, 200, 200, 300. 200 recovery between everything. Times were 61, 27.0, 27.4, 26.9, 44.5. Ouch. If I had spiked myself I'm pretty sure I would have bled straight lactic acid! My arms were full of it too which I've never felt before. The 400 and 300 didn't feel too hard, 400 was just striding out and 300 couldn't go fast.  CD for 7.

2 miles to get my sister from elementary.

New Balance MD500v2 Miles: 1.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 2.00Fast Miles: 1.00Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

6 easy miles on the trails. Gained about 350ft and almost all of that was in the 4.5-5.5 mile so that was a bit tougher. Once the hill started to get more gradual I focused on keeping my form solid because my legs were tired. That was around 6:00 pace, which wasn't too hard of an effort.

Fast Miles: 0.50Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

AM - raining hard outside, so I had to try to do a tempo on the treadmill. Did a mile in 5:00 and stopped. I had some chips and salsa about 40 minutes before the run, and the AC wasn't working. I'll try something quicker later if it stops raining.

Did 2 miles of 1 minute on, 1 off. Wanted to go for an hour but it was still raining hard and I just didn't feel great.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 3.00Fast Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

Nothing today. Planned on running in st George with Sage but it there wasn't enough available sunlight. 

Past 2 months have been pretty unstructured. No races, scarce core/strength, running fast when I wanted to go fast. Running slow (on the rare occasion) when I wanted. I found a pretty good plan for weekly training. My first race is mid January. I think I'll race the 3k and 600m as tune-ups. I'll see how my fitness is but I want to be under 9:00 and 1:30.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 17:35:36 from 72.13.213.165

Have you come back to the great state of Utah? Why?

From Eugene on Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 19:48:44 from 104.192.201.2

I'm coming back to Vernal for break! I'd say we could run or something, but you and Jacia'll probably just make some dumb super senior joke.

From Rylie on Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 20:22:07 from 72.13.213.165

We can run, if you think you can keep up. I won't call you a super senior.

Total Distance
8.00

First run at a mile altitude, in 15 degree weather. Ran the first mile split in the pleasant surprise of a 5:19. Felt WAY easier than I'd have thought. Chilled out after that. Altitude was rough, and I felt the first mile on mile 8. Throats felt terrible from the cold/altitude. Partied way hard after that with Shauntel, she's a cool cat. S/O to Kedric for driving past me twice on my run, being the first and second person for me to recognize back in Vernal. I missed this place bad.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 8.00Fast Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 11:53:25 from 140.197.248.138

That's because I'm the only one left in Vernal you would recognize. Your 'friends' all left.

Total Distance
12.00

Noon - 6 mile run at McCoy. Pace was somewhere between 6:10-6:20 which is pretty good for an incredibly hilly run where the primary running surface is snow/ice. Could have gone quicker normally but I had a side stitch.

Another 6 about 2 hours later. No watch, but same effort. No ice so maybe a bit quicker. Gonna do a ton of strength w/ shurtdog in an hour so a very productive day!

Fast Miles: 4.00Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles in 53 minutes. Went a bit faster because Trevor was biking behind me. Went a little quicker than I planned today but it's okay. Pace wouldn't have felt as bad if I hadn't wore too many layers and I can't handle heat too well. Going to do core/legs with Trevor later today.

Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
12.00

AM - morning run at the indoor with Rylie, Reagan, and Talon. Legs felt pretty wasted from last night's lifting so it was nice to go easy. Did a stride or two to loosen up. Core after, S/O to Rylie for inviting me!

PM - I got back from my morning run and felt terrible. I thought I had a fever but I wasn't running a temp. I got a ton of shots yesterday and I accidentally flexed mid-shot so my left arm has been hurting pretty bad since yesterday. Legs felt heavy so I went on the track to loosen up. 2 mile WU, and strides for 200m, 100, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2. CD for 12 for the day. Times went 36, 15, 33, 48, 68, 50, 33. Nothing tough today, just trying to make a wrecked body feel better. Wore half-tights and a short sleeve shirt so it was pretty cold out. The insoles in the A6 feel pretty good, no arch pain

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 5.00Saucony Type A6 Miles: 2.00Fast Miles: 1.50Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

8 miles easy, but still a little quicker than I wanted. Ran from my house, up gov trail, back down bc the end was under construction, and down to the rec center. Taking a hot bath as I type this because my legs hurt a little. Not injury type of hurting, the kind you get when you bump up mileage/intensity.

Fast Miles: 0.50Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

Solid day today! 2 mile WU, 2x(3/4 mile), 1x(1/2 mile), 2x(1/4 mile), all at 5k pace. Rest for everything was a 60m jog around the track, drank a sip from the water fountain, jogged 60m back, started the next rep, so short rest. Went 5:05 mile pace for everything. Great workout, on the fast parts the pace felt easy and after the ~1 minute rest I felt ready to go again, so I think 5:05 was the perfect pace for me at the moment. 3 mile CD w/ strides for 8 miles for the day. Long run tomorrow!

Saucony Type A6 Miles: 3.00Fast Miles: 2.00Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 16:22:13 from 72.13.213.165

Hey I did eight miles today too. It's 50 laps on our indoor in case you were wondering.

Total Distance
6.00

Got 3 miles into my 14 miler at 6:35 pace for all three splits, then my HS XC coach Galley waved me down. Talked to him about running, life, and Ben Saarel for a while. When we finished it started to rain so I ran back home. I'll try for a longer run tomorrow, if I don't eat too much xmas junk. Happy holidays to all bloggers!

Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

Conditions at McCoy today were awful, plain and simple. Could only get in 5 today, but I'll make up for it with some doubles later in the week 2 miles of fartlek at Liberty after dinner. Wanted 5 but hour wasn't enough recovery food-wise

Merry Christmas to anyone reading this.

Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 5.00NB Zante(white) Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kedric on Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 09:13:06 from 199.117.60.160

It was a very merry Christmas, and I got the greatest gift. I didn't see you!

Total Distance
13.00

Noon - 2 mile WU, 4x800 in 2:25, 2:24, 2:22, 2:21. 1:45 rest. Tougher workout than I thought, I really had to stay strong mentally. Felt much harder than Friday's workout, I woke up around 3AM this morning and felt super sick and I guess I haven't shaken it completely. I'll chalk that up to way too much Christmas dinner. Drove up to the Quailbrook church after and ran 2 miles up and down Gov. It was super packed with snow and ice. It was great. I was reading a letsrun forum yesterday about breaking 4 for the 1500, and someone said "make every workout a quality workout". That'll be my 2017 mantra. 

5 miles fartlek on Gov extended a couple hours later. Didn't save the run but it was either took just a bit more than 30:00 or just below. Looking at the shadows cast from the sunset my form looked and felt great.  Definitely my most solid double to date. Went and stretched, did core, and did strength at the rec after. Worked my hamstrings harder than the rest.

Saucony Type A6 Miles: 2.50Fast Miles: 6.00Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 11.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cameron on Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 18:54:08 from 73.65.214.204

lol You go on letsrun too? I waste so much time there haha

Total Distance
9.20

AM - Did an easy 6.5 in the morning with Kedric. I benched the bar many times yesterday and my arms were sore. I'm probably quitting running to chase a "mr.universe" title. Felt nice to just run real easy and have a long, semi-inappropriate conversation. I hate to say it but he's got a good future ahead of him in running.

PM - Ran laps at legacy. Did laps 4 and 8 fast(each lap is exactly one third of a mile). Ran the first one in 1:36 and the second in 1:28, but hit the lap button a few meters too early on lap 8. Stretch/core/strength after

Fast Miles: 0.70Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 6.50NB Zante(white) Miles: 2.70
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
13.00

9 mile fartlek, 6:21 pace. I set out at 1 and I hadn't eaten since breakfast and I was afraid I'd feel flat but in the end it was good. I felt really good today, effort wasn't crazy hard and switching gears on the dime was easy. I remember I felt a little lazy and unmotivated knowing I wasn't doing a workout today but I'm glad I set out because it was a solid run. Stretching after

4 miles fartlek a couple hours later. Core, drills, and strength after. Felt great, no watch.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 9.00Fast Miles: 2.00Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
9.00

AM - 5 mile fartlek to Bee's and back. I ate something yesterday that hasn't settled well, and my right knee felt a little tight the first 3, but besides that a very enjoyable run. I worked the final mile(all uphill) pretty hard.

PM - 4 miles fartlek. My knee hurt a little, but not an injury. I hit it on my car door getting out to run. Accidentally swore(I was in an LDS parking lot). Yikes.

Fast Miles: 1.50Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 4.00NB Zante(white) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Ryan Raff on Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 17:09:15 from 71.219.69.173

Shame on you jk nice work as always

From Kedric on Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 19:50:06 from 199.117.60.160

"accidentaly"

Total Distance
9.00

Had a lot of pasta last night, and two bagels for breakfast, so I was carbed up. Drove up to 7,000ft for an 800m time trial. 3 mile WU. Ran on somewhat slick, hilly roads. Net downhill, but the uphill was brutal too. Gave it everything I had for 1:56.7. Drove back down to Gov and ran another 5 miles. I haven't done any speed in 2 or 3 weeks and I've been focused on 5k and 3k stuff so it's sweet to still run quick(in the preseason). I really have no idea how Conner Mantz did two of those back to back.

Fast Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Zack on Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 11:41:35 from 63.248.225.238

Dang man!

Total Distance
13.00

Noon - 5 mile fartlek. Pushed the pace a bit the first 2 miles, then felt tired for the next two, but I felt good again for the steep uphill mile so I kept a solid pace on that. 8 miles fartlek for 3000 for the year. Felt trash and threw up after. Felt better after that.

I'm grateful for being able to run 100+ mile weeks and to never have taken more than a few days off because something hurt. I'm grateful I didn't get injured this year. I'm grateful I'm smart enough to be educated at a pretty highly ranked engineering college for free. Im grateful I'm on the dean's list. I'm grateful for friends and family who love me. I'm grateful I'm healthy. 

2016 has definitely been a tough year for me, in running and in other aspects. I really hate the whole "new year, new me" juxtaposition. Come tomorrow, I'll still be Eugene. But 2017 is gonna be a great year. I'm only just getting started.

Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 8.00NB Zante(white) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rylie on Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 17:23:58 from 67.213.243.30

You're welcome😊

Total Distance
3000.00
Pegasus 32 Gray Miles: 435.50Streak LT 2 White Miles: 107.70New Balance MD500v2 Miles: 9.50Nike Wildhorse 2 Miles: 47.25Lunaracer 3+ Orange Miles: 556.65NB Zante Miles: 489.80Barefoot Miles: 39.00Brooks Launch 3 (Black) Miles: 600.30Saucony Type A6 Miles: 15.60Slow Miles Miles: 33.50Fast Miles: 163.70Nike Zoom Structure 18 Miles: 258.40Victory Elites (Cobalt) Miles: 25.10Nike Elite 8 (Tangerine) Miles: 172.25NB 5000v2 (White) Miles: 2.45NB Zante(white) Miles: 14.70
Weight: 147.80
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