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Desert Hill Invite

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Location:

Washington,UT,United States

Member Since:

Jun 16, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Senior year- Cross Country: 3rd place at state

3.25mi- 16:01

5k-15:10 10th place at Nike regionals (1 second off nationals spot)

Jr year: 1st place at Footlocker West Regional Boys Junior Race.

1 mile: 4:27

2 mile: 9:37

800 meter: 2:02

5K- 16:18

Half marathon: 1:21

Sophmore year: we Won a state XC title for 4A in 2010. And went to regional's finishing 4th

Half Marathon: 1:29

injured most of all this year so no other times fast enough to report.

 

Freshman year:

1 mile: 4:53 

2 mile- 10:17 

5K- 17:45

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get in shape for college and stay injury free

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be on Varsity and help the Team do well.

Personal:

I just finished serving a full time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints this last june 2015. I served in the Laoag Philippines Mission and learned the Tagalog Language.

I will be running Cross Country and Track for Southern Utah University

Love Life, Love to be Positive, and Love to Run.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hurricane Orange And Yellow Lifetime Miles: 1038.27
Wisdom Red Lifetime Miles: 457.28
Pena Lifetime Miles: 12.80
Race: Desert Hill Invite (1 Miles) 00:04:21, Place overall: 2
Total Distance
10.00

am: 3. nice easy morning.

pm: drank lots of water today and prepared mentally for my race very good. my goal was a 4:19 with a 1:03 first and last lap and no laps over 1:06. we got to the school and warmed up. i still wasn't feeling way smooth or very good after the usual 2 so i went another mile and a quarter and felt a lot better. did a few strides and got ready for the race.

Austin Brower was the only one ranked ahead of me at a 4:21. i was a 4:27. gun went off and he flew out of the starting line and i got stuck for a second but quickly got out. he was going really fast and i knew that would be too fast for me so i eased right behind him, came through at 1:03, perfect. now i just worked on closing the gap on us and for the next lap it stayed the same, 1:06. next lap i tried to pretend it was my last on took off faster. i felt pretty good. i could tell that austin was beginning to struggle a bit and i gained a couple meters on him here, 1:07! (red flag) last lap i took off and closed the whole gap in 200 meters and coach told me i was right on pace for the school record (4:18.12) all i needed was a :30 last 200. right there i pass Austin, but right as i passed him he spirited up and took off faster and....left me in the dust. i didn't even end close to him. he ended in a high 4:18. and i ended in a low 4:21, 1:03 last lap. then all the excess decimals added another second.

Very Very pleased with this time. 6 second PR and finally a decent time for myself. I ran all my splits where i wanted except the last two were a second slow, but really the thing that killed me was not finishing strong. that has been a challenge for me my whole high school career and i still just cant get it down. i really get outkicked 3/4 times in my races. just need to trust it and work to make it better i guess. 

tomorrow is the 3200m. hoping for another PR there!

Wisdom Red Miles: 10.00
Comments
From Jake K on Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 21:49:43 from 67.177.11.154

Great race Mike! Run strong in the 32 tomorrow!

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