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

am: 3

pm: only 3 because i had to get a passport after school so i ran at around 6:30 and only had time for that, ill do my milage tomorrow morning.

am: 4 with striders

pm: workout of 3x(2x200, 1x400) pretty easy looking workout, (tapering has its benifits) but still had its tough parts mainly because we had to hit faster times. double recover.

am: 3, last morning run at the school for the season

pm: headed up to BYU today! easy 5 with striders. ran all over. felt really good and exited.

am: 5 around the BYU track. no race today cause its all tomorrow, nice just to chill and watch everyone else race but i wish i had at least the 800 instead of having the mile then 20 min later running the 8.

pm: 4, ran back to the hotel.

got to the meet and found i was in heat 8 of 9 (which i like better because the 9th heat raced 6 hours later and i felt like i would do better in the moring) .. warmed up for about 15 min then did some strides and stretching and went to the bull pin. i saw my sister in the stands and that helped my nervousness go away and i began to feel exited. my rank for the heat was 18 of 20 next to jordon cross of ogden, who i knew would get a sub 4:30 so i made a goal to stick with him. but everyone one in the heat had a time from 4:27 to 4:33 so i knew it would be an agressive race but i felt ready.

the gun went off and i got good position the first 100 meters and elbowed my way to about top 10. everyone was crowded tight but i made sure not to get backed up, even though i ran in the 2nd lane the first lap and a half. first split was a 1:02, way to fast. but i still felt very good. i moved my way up to 5th right behind Jordon, just staring down his back (1:09). pretty soon we moved our way right behind the leader who split the wind for us. and the final lap we passed him and surged faster (1:09) at this point i should have stuck on his back the whole way... and i could have, but seeing i was going to get a sub 4:30 i just didnt go. and that cost me. the last 100 meters a group of 6 guys past me, i realized what i was doing and pushed it hard the last 10 meters passing all but one. (1:07)

overall pretty wierd splits but they added up to be a nice time. glad to finally have good mile time, now for region and state i need to get a sub 4:24.

ran the 800 20 min later. had a high from the mile and thought i would own this succer but after i started i realized how tired i was. 1:03, 1:04. for a 2:07. bad race but i could have done better with more time.

2.5 warm and 2 cool with a hard workout today. much harder than i thought. it was pretty much hard hard sprints over and over till he said stop so i'm not sure on the milage. i felt good on the warm up but then on the first sprint i did something to my back so it hurt pretty bad the rest of the workout, also my legs were very tight and hard to lift but thats my fault. overall i did well effort wise.

4 and striders. felt very tight. ice bathed after and felt pretty good. might as well roll tonight even though i know its a little late but i think it will do me good.

Mile tomorrow!

had a stomach ache before the race. but I'll just go right to the race. The start i got in pretty good position, i kind of cut off Jason at the beginning. i was in about 6 and sticking right on Tyson's back (1:08) pretty good but i little slower than where i wanted. but on the second lap all of a sudden i was stuck behind some people that formed a C around me so there was no way to get around, so finally when we were just about to finish lap 2 i backed up and went around the group but by then Tyson had already put 2-3 seconds on me (1:10). The third lap i knew i had to push hard so i went hard and by then Jason had caught back up with me and he was going pretty fast (1:07). Last lap i was in third and i was a ways behind the two leading guys so i have someone to push me (1:05). our team did good with having Tyson, me, and Devin finishing 2,3, and 4th. the Jason kid stinkin' ran a 1:00 his last lap to beat out Tyson for a 4:24. that was weird but i should have tried to stick on his back and at least got a faster time.

today i raced the 2 mile and 800. i put the 800 place and time because that was my favorite race of the two.

first was the 2 mile. i was thinking in my mind that i would get a 9:30 and got into position to do so. it was a very got day again, i'm glad the cedar girls were spraying water on us as we went by, although i don't know how much it  helped. beginning was fine, me and tyson took turns leading till i couldn't stay up with him anymore for mental issues. one of the other kids that tried to stay with us made me really mad because he would run ahead of me then slow down and as i tried to pass him he would get in my way and elbow me so he would stay in front. so on one part i went out into lane 3-4 where he couldn't reach me (and he tried to!) and sped past him then elbowed him in the chest.... he fell back and i never saw him again. we got a good 150 meter lead and the closest guy which was the dixie kid that won yesterday's mile so coach told us to slow way down the last lap and a half and to cruize it in for an easy first and second so we would be more fresh for the 800. Place: 2; Time: 9:55.

800 was an amazing race for me. i was ranked 10th with my slow 2:06 time and i was just hopeing to get in the top 8 to score some points. first lap went by fast and i hung behind in about 8 but i felt amazing. didn't hear my split cause our time reader was horrible. but on the second lap i just... went. and for the first time i pushed my legs down into the ground instead of stretching them out to sprint and i went so much faster than i ever have and it felt a lot easier. so with 300 left i caught the lead group really fast, it had about 6 people in it. 200 left i had to run in the 3rd lane around the last corner in order to get around 2 other kids. then with 100 left i had 3 cedar kids in front of me and i dived in between two kids one of them sticking with me. i saw that we were fighting for 4th place and i wasn't going to let him have it. i sprinted as hard and i have ever sprinted and in the end i edged him out. afterword i couldn't walk for 10 minutes. but i got 4th and top 4 make it to state! goal is to get sub 2 at state!

wasn't sure how far i was running till i was half way through. nice easy run, a little quick but nice.

my sisters wedding was today so that took up the whole day till about 10:30 at night, and i knew that even if it was just 2 miles i should run a little. so i went out and ran it, at prolly about 6:30 min pace. felt really good, iced my shins after.

2 warm and cool with a tapering workout that composed of 100's, 200's, 300's. it was pretty hard cause i'm not very good at sprints. plus it makes my back really hurt for the rest of the night.

felt good... windy and hot

1.5 warm up and cool. then 2x400's at 1:13ish and 2x200's. my back still hurts, but i feel very confident and ready. this week is going to be very good... also to note Josh Farish (who we paced alternately) broke the 5 min mile. and is the 10 freshman to ever do so, at pine view high.

easy 4 with 2x200's

well today was the mile.... i was ranked 5 and hoping for a sub 4:25. I woke up feeling good and excited. ate what i could (which isn't much).

i was in the first ally and the race started. i was in very good position and felt good (1:06). second lap was rather slow (1:12) because everyone had the same idea of not taking the lead so we just went slower and slower and i felt like i was jogging. then the start of the third lap Ben, Jordon, and tyson made a big move and i went with them, thinking i couldn't stay with them very long, bad idea. on there second push i felt like they were going way to fast so i stuck with the first pace (1:08) as i saw them get further ahead i slowed more and i was in fifth by the last hundred meters. then the dixie kid came sprinting by me and he broke me. then i got passed again the last 1 meter which put me in 7; one place from a medal.

i was very disappointed with myself here. i really just thought about it too much and put into my head that i have never had a good first day... which is true because i think that. I'm really mad that i don't have another mile to race, cause i want to end a little better than that.

well, i guess this was a good race for me. splits were 1:12, 1:11, 1:13, 1:13, 1:13, 1:14, 1:12, 1:06.

i started the race ranked 3rd but i thought i would get fourth with tyson ahead of me. i started the race, fairly slow but right behind the top pack. as the laps went by, i went with their moves, on about the 6th lap they made another fast move and thats when i passed tyson. i knew somthing was wrong cause he wasn't running normal and later i found out that when tyson took the lead on about the 6th lap an ogden kid went to pass him and cut him off causing him to hit the railing thing on the side of the track and it twisted his bad ankle so he fell back and pretty much just finished the race (still getting 5th). on the 7th lap Jason from dixie burst past me and i didn't expect him at all cause he's only been running 9:50's this season so i tried to stick with him. coming onto the last lap i fell back a bit but i kept pushing hard and i finished 3 seconds behind him (20 second PR for him!) stinkin kid beat me in the mile too. Next year will be fun to race with him.

800 was later. ranked 2nd in the 1st heat out of 2. i was hoping to get sub 2 so i could maybe score some points but i really blew it the last lap. first lap was a perfect 1:00, then going onto the last lap i just settled as if i was in the 2 mile and a group of kids past me. ended fine but that first part killed me. got a 2:02 again. i know i could've got a sub two i was just not running right. It stinks that tracks over, it went by really fast, but i have to wait a whole year before i can try again to get better times. I'm going to miss this stuff; but thankfully there is XC to fill my heart.

overall i'm sad i got worse then all of my rankings but happy with a 2 mile PR. Our team PINE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL took the 4A state boys title and i scored 7 points.

first day in two weeks... felt good

2nd day. the ball of my left foot hurt. feels like its bruised.

foot still hurts a bit but still nice

good and easy