Step by step, mile by mile

90-60-30's. Three intervals. In the third set Mason and I hit just over a third of a mile in 90 seconds.

Warm-up, then long motivatio talk with coaches and the other six runners. Ready to murder state. Going to make a all-state team, and try to get top 10. No, I WILL. I've trained way to hard to get it handed to me by Mason and Aaron again. Time to haul. Good luck to fellow Utahans at state tomorrow. Strides at home

No one's entered their entries about state yet, so I might as well be one of the first. Wasn't even close to the race I wanted, or any Ute wanted, for that matter. Gun goes off, Christian, Aaron, and Mason get out well, but Kedric and I get pushed back. On the second big hill Kedric creates a small gap on me, but I knew I'd get him on the downhill. Suddenly, as I hit the top of the hill, I started to fade. Not running-wise(well that too), but I started stumbling and getting dizzy. Hit the mile mark at 5:15. I kept running, and I passed a few people, but got passed by many more in the second mile. Kedric has a huge gap on me. Suddenly, I see Aaron in the distance, Kedric passing him, and I', suddenly in focus. Passed a ton of people in that last 600m, Aaron being one of them. Came in to the track and saw a 17 on the board, and I wanted to die. I heard coach yell at me from the sideline to get two more people, and I think I did. As a team we did pretty mediocre. Christian had a good race, almost beat mason, and Kedric did well, but overall the top three runners from the beginning kind of blew. Aaron did really bad, I think that was a season worst for him, Mason ran almost a minute slower than usual, and I haven't ran that slow since around preregion. Overall I was pretty happy with how I ran the first mile, and the last 800m went alright, but the middle part sucked. I just gave up. What a way to end my XC career as a Ute, right? It was a good learning experience. I found out that I need to step off and re-evaluate myself as a runner. And train like I never have before, to be the best I can possibly be. Congrats to every blogger who was out at state, notably Hell Raiser for winning 3A state, Lehi for beating AF and LP, Talon Hull for almost winning 5A, and Garek for running a pretty rad race. #Cherokeelivesstrong

After a tiring day, a lengthy sterling scholar meeting, 2 hours of ACT prep and some AP bio homework, I felt dead. But, I knew I need to train harder than ever to accomplish my goals, so I grabbed some heavy gear, my trainers, and headed out for a run at 9:30.

My legs felt pretty crappy before the run. My stomach hurt from the sushi and fried rice I had an hour earlier, so I told myself I'd go out at a pace that gave me just a bit of discomfort. Hit the 3 mile mark just under 17:50, starting at a 5:59 and negatively splitting. What. Running basically 20 seconds faster yesterday was impossible for me. decided to take it a bit easier after that, ended up being a 6 mile run at 6:32 pace. My legs felt great. Strides after.

5 mile run. Splits were 7:07, 7:01, 6:46, 6:33, and 6:07. Actually felt pretty easy. I tried to speed up a bit on the last mile, but beside that it just kind of happened. Really enjoying the chance to start intensifying my training a bit again, I feel way better than I did running with the team. I feel like I'm running up at Team Prep USA again, only even better than before. Strides after, then drove a ways away from the rec center, ran there, lifted so I can get some sick calf veins and destroy Mason's 800m school record. I just feel great.

Took the ACT in the morning with Aaron and Mason. I can almost taste the 34, and it tastes like nerds

It was called a 5k, but my watch had something closer to a three mile, so I'll call it that. Warmup with Mason and Aaron. The plan was to hit the first mile easier and negative split. Aaron and I came out way quick, gapped everyone pretty well. By the 800m I got out in front of Aaron and got a couple seconds of a lead on him. Hit the mile mark at 5:23. U turned, and Aaron caught up to me on the downhill, but when the course evened out I got a little bit more of a lead than before, and on the downhill it grew a little more. I hit the 2 mile mark barely at about 10:58, Aaron at 11:03. Hit the final U turn and I suddenly got hit with MAD bathroom cramps. Aaron caught me, and I let him gap me. Aaron finished at 16:09, I at 16:19. Our lead was enormous. Mason took it pretty easy, so no one was even close to us. We both got ten dollar coupons to Dickies™, which we then have to the football players who got third and fourth as to reconcile the football/XC Twitter war. A 19 second PR for me, and a 1 second PR for Aaron. What a race. Felt great. Now I'm watching Gobley of Fire with Austin, Kyrie, and Aaron, after acquiring some delectable smoothies.