So much depends... on the run you do today!

am: 3

pm: 6.5

had a workout today of 6x1000's with 2 min recovery. but my asthma has been coming back and the alergies so i was only able to do 3 and i couldn't breathe anymore.. sad day.

am: 3

PM: 11

had another workout today since we dont have a race this weekend. (another workout friday) it was 2x(2x1600 4x200's). i was able to do the whole workout this time... supposed to hit 5:24 and 33's. my splits were 5:22, 5:26, 31, 32, 32, 31, 5:24, 5:22, 30, 31, 30, 30. so it was a much better workout. but it felt very hard to hit my time because my breathing is still methed up. i feel shin splints starting to come on my left leg.

am: 3

PM: easy 5 with striders

felt very tired today even though we were going really slow. still recovering from my sickness though...  cant wait till this dang thing is gone for good.

am: 3, ran alone cause i slept in

pm: 5, felt tired :) good run though. tomorrows a cool workout

we ran a workout of (2x600's, 3x400's, 4x300's, 2x600's) we hit all of our times right on and the workout felt really easy so thats good. 

we were supposed to go 12 but because the trail we were going on ended suddenly so that was only 7.5, then after a water break we went and ran around the temple then some barefoot and by then we had been running for less than 2 hours because we stopped so much that we just didn't finish it. 

steps after

am: 3

pm: 8.5 workout of 7x800's with 2 min recovery. hard workout for me... there was a big wind but would have been pretty hot without it. times were (2:31, 2:31, 2:31, 2:31, 2:31, 2:29, 2:30) so pretty consistent but was supposed to hit 2:29 everytime but.. didn't i guess. Pretty tired after.

am: 3

pm: 8.5 another workout of 12x400's. i guess it was better than yesterday but i felt about the same. all my times were about 1:10 up to 1:12 down to 1:07. so i was all over. i felt like i was pushing hard the whole time like i usually do but i wasn't getting very good times like i did last time i ran this workout. felt perfectly fine after which means it was prolly a mental thing. i guess i havn't been focusing on running like i did the beginning of track.

btw i won't be as consistent on writing on the blog till about August because my mom and dad are always on the computer planning for 2 weddings so i never get a chance to get on. :)

am: 3

pm: easy 5.5 with 4x200's. felt a little weak still. tomorrow i'm running the 1600 and 3200 in cedar. hope i can get some energy for it.

Cedar mile and two mile. very cold and wendy and so i didn't do very well.  thats all i can remember. mile time: 4:44 two mile time: 10:10

am: 3

pm: 10x 400's with 2 mile warm and cool. Hit all time about 2 seconds slow... didnt feel it today but i need to make it so whether i feel it or not i make the effort the best i can.

am: 3

pm: 7 with striders. had the dentist today so i came late and did striders with the team then ran to coaches house with him and back to the school on my own. felt very good today and i thought it was pretty fun running with coach and had some good conversations. He's a good guy :)

am: 3

pm: raced the distance medley 1200 (order of races are 1200, 400, 800, 1600) , 800 in the 4x800, and the 400 in the 4x400.

we got a new school record in the distance medley with a 11:01 beating last years team by 2 seconds i got a 3:23. then 800 was like a 2:12, 400 about a 58.

it was a pretty tiring day with all these races one after another but i gave it my all and it was a good workout/race day.... i even threw the shotput about 22ft beating tyson by 2in which makes me the best shotput thrower on the distance team

am:3

pm: easy 5 with 4x200's

i was pretty exited for this race cause i really wanted to bread 4:30 and i kept telling myself i would. i felt pretty good during the warm up but it was REALLY hot hot hot so after the warm up run we all just sat in ice till our race.

at the beginning i started in about 8th of 15 people and sat there for a 1:08 first lap, then the front three people started to make a move around the 600 and three people were right in front of me cutting me off completly. so by the time i made myself around them i had lost a lot of ground(1:08), now in 5th on the third lap i caught the 4th guy and hung behind him way too long which was my biggest downfall cause i fell way behind and third lap was a horrible 1:10. last lap was when i had to start pushing through the pain and i serged past 2 guys from the 300 left to 100 left which is a huge deal for me because i have'nt been doing that well with my kicks lately. last 50 meters no one was around me so i eased off just too much which made me loose the sub 4:30.

I was pretty nervous in the morning which made it hard to eat. we got there with lots of time and the weather was perfect... very nice day for a race. so after warming up and sitting in ice a little more we went to the line.

first hundred meters a kid behind me was tripped from behind and he grapped my shoulder to break his fall and i saved his life... but i started way too far back in the group and i got backed up a lot. first couple laps felt like a very easy pace and i hit the mile at 4:50. then the top two kids started making there surge up and i was blocked off AGAIN. but i got around much quicker and got right on tysons hills. next 2 laps i just rode right behind him still feeling good but pushing harder. with 700 left i could tell tyson wasn't feeling too well so i tried to get in front of him and have him ride off me for a while but after 50 meters i never saw him again. then moving into the last lap i hit the ground hard trying to finish strong again.. the leader was a good 7 seconds ahead of me so i never even thought about catching him (which was my problem here). overall good strong finish getting a 9 second PR.

am: 3

pm: 5.25- today  we did prefontaine's 200 workout of running (edited to our pace) run 200 meters at 33's then cool down 200 meters at 43's. then after you don't hit your time twice on either paces you have to stop the workout... i did 5, which isn't that many but this workout surprised me on how hard it was. but i really did feel that good today, just really tight. it took about 20 to get back to feeling alright and not breathing hard. REALLY hot.

am: 3

pm: 7 with striders. way hot. we ran around the desert a bit by desert hills. i had a cut on my finger that got a lot of sweat on it so it was burning the whole run.

my right shin hurt a lot today so i didn't join the other kids in pacing our jv team in the mile. i've been icing it a lot though. all i need to do is hold it off for one more month.

am: 3

pm: 8.5, workout of 3x(2x200's; 5:00 tempo finishing at 1400 meters everytime. felt very good and solid. felt like i could have done a bunch more, but need to get ready for this weekends races.

right shin hurt a lot this morning and after the warm up and cool down. iced again. still fine while i run though.

am: 3

pm: 5 with 4x200's. felt good. some chest and shin pains

i felt rather week before the race... not enough warm up :(

but i had the fastest time coming in so i was able to line up first which was really cool :) tyson was sure jealous. race went rather bad. mile split was 4:55 then 5:12. not very good. one of my laps was 1:22 which is very bad from where i should be.

i ran the steeple chase as well for my first time. I loved it, it was very fun and i got a new school record on it. i did this race more for fun so i could be fresh for tomorrows mile and was doing tricks on the water part.. i'd say i was a crowd favorite. i got third in this event as well.

tired for this race again.. this meet didn't go very well for me. i was ranked 4th into this and at the beginning i was in about 5 hitting the first lap in 1:07, right where i wanted. then the wind picked up pretty good and i moved into 4th. i stuck there for another lap then i made my move trying to catch up to the leaders but i didn't stick it and pretty much just cruised in the last lap for an easy 3rd. winner got a 4:31 so wind was pretty bad. but i was pretty disappointed about this weekends efforts. even though i got three shirts for getting 3rd every time..

goals for next week are to nail every workout perfect, roll, strech, and be ready to nail BYU and get my sub 4:30!

am: 3 last week or morning practice!

pm: 11.5 total. ran a workout today of 3x(2x200's; 1x800; 1x300) equal recovery. so this was kind of a beginning of tapering, but most tapering will be next week so we peak at state. first set i hit all the times right on: 33, 33, 2:17, 46. didn't feel very warmed up yet... next set i felt a little better with 33, 33, 2:20, 45. i could have easily nailed my 800 time but i didnt have a watch so i was going off tyson and he was a little off... then i started to feel warmed up and all this energy came and i hit: 32, 33, 2:15, 40.  this last set i felt smooth and solid and the 800 felt good. the last 300 we had it so we went faster every 100. good workout, windy and dry. shins only hurt a little.