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Footlocker West Boys Junior race

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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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Race: Footlocker West Boys Junior race (3.1 Miles) 00:16:40, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
7.00

Warm uped 2.5 and talked up the race with casey. streched and did some stridders and pumped up for the race. 

The gun went off and i took off about 25 at the beginning. After going around the little dirt loop twice i got up to 10th, still feeling super good and fresh. Then on the switch backs i passed 5 or so people and reached the top pack at the top of the hills. Coming down i ran right behind the leader and drafted off him. then right before the second hill i took off. It seemed that on the hills i would do much better than the other kids and get a good lead, then on the down hills they would catch back up. then coming around the mountain to the third hill i kind of relaxed a lot because no one was around me. All of a sudden the second place guy caught up to me and gained a lot of ground on the huge down hill. Then going around the the dirt tail and onto the track i slowed down a bit so he could pass me, because then he doesnt try as hard as he would if he were behind me, then out kicked him the last 100 meters. After the race finished i still felt so good and exited that i felt i could do it again 5 min later :)

After i raced i ran with devo and tyson about 1.5 miles for their warm-up.

This was a good week of running and racing. I'm kind of sad that XC is over because i'm finally starting to feel good.... But all the better for track!

Comments
From Jake K on Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 13:29:35 from 155.100.226.53

Great race to cap off the season. Keep the momentum rolling into track!

From Holt on Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 17:23:36 from 204.113.55.41

Loved the smile in the race!

From JamesH on Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 19:24:47 from 209.33.214.26

Great job Mr. Finch!!!!

From Vis on Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 19:47:07 from 208.88.8.22

Great race. Keep the essence flowing.

From Kelso on Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 19:52:31 from 168.103.185.29

Finchy!!! :) you did SOOO amazing at Footlocker! Congrats on taking first in your race! That's so incredible. You're an inspiration to everyone on our team and I'm sure many other people as well! :)

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