Go Westminster Griffins!

20 km on the spinning bike with mom with my new biking shoes. fun but it was a hard workout.(:

My first miles of the new year of running. 6 miles at the gym with dad. Hill day so i would run 800s at 7 min. pace up different hills. final hill was at 4.5% grade. i did the workout in 43 mins.

6 miles with dad and running group around river. Fun but my legs were stiff.

Went to the gym with Dad to run and all the treadmills were full.  So, we lifted weights instead.

I had a swim team practice tonight and swam 1 mile between all the heats and strokes.

5 miles on the treadmill at the gym.  4x800m intervals.  Between 5:50 and 5:27 pace for the intervals.

5 miles on the treadmill at the gym.

4 very hardspeed work miles. i did a warmup mile then did a mile at a 5:46 pace. finished that then ran the the bathroom to throwup. came back and dad said i could just cool down. i decided to go along with my fast 800 at 5:27 pace. it rocked and i made so older people near me stare. then ran a cool down mile and a half and on my last 200 i cracked up the pace to 4:52. feeling awesome.

A 10kwith dad at the gym after a hard speed work day yesterday. i did it in 43 and a half mins. so not to bad.

Swim meet today.

4 miles at easy pace.

5 and a half miles on treadmil at gym with some 400m mixed in. half a mile worth of running on a bike.

5 miles at the gym.

4 easy miles with dad at the gym. tomorrow is the swim meet

Swim meet today.

5 miles with dad at the gym. nose is stufffed up so ran at a easyish pace. cut my hand on the treadmil and had a average pace of 7:11.

5 miles at 6:53 pace.

slept in

2.5 on the treadmil in the basement.

4 with at the gym with dad for a little bit.

swim meet

6 miles outside with dad and gray around the snake river.

4.5 on the treadmil downstairs with some very short 6:00 pace laps.

Swim team practice.

5.5 miles at the gym

5 miles at the gyn while mom was spinning.

swim team practice tonight.

legs hurt really bad from swimming last night so no run.

Swim team practice tonight.

Swim meet today.

Weights with Mom after church before the Super Bowl.

5 miles at the gym with Dad.  Started off at 7:08 pace, then ran at 6:58.  I ran a 400m at 5:07 pace.   Time for the 5 miles was 34:45.

5 miles at the gym with some faster parts.  Rode the recumbant bike for about 10 minutes too.

6 mile speedworkout. 2x400m (5:45, 5:30 pace), 2x800m (5:30, 5:15 pace), 200m (5:00 pace).  It was hard.

NO run today.  My knee really hurt so I skipped going to the gym with mom.

I walked 2 miles on the treadmill at home to stretch out my legs but give my knee a rest.

4 miles on the treadmill at the gym next to dad.  I ran easy to let my knee get better.

Last swim team practice tonight with the championship meet tomorrow morning.

Last swim meet today.   Glad that is done.

4 miles on the treadmill in the basement watching the olympics.  800m intervals at 6:00 pace.  I got to the 5K in 20:12!

5 miles at the gym on the treadmil. progession run so i started at around 715 and ended arounded 618. not bad. track starts soon. 

5.5 easy miles at the gym on the treamil. some kid tried to take my treamil when i was getting a rag to wipe off my sweat. all my stuff was still on the treadmil and it kinda ticked me off. i told to please move. didnt really listen so i told him to beat it. he backed away and left. 

A total of 6 miles on the treadmil at the gym. Dad said today should be a speed day and he told me to run a 5k. i did. 3.10 miles at around 6 min pace. finished at a time of 18:51 my fastest 5k ever. bring it on track. I am ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 miles at the gym

4 miles with dad outside.

4 miles with dad on the track. did 8 200 repeats and had a time of 35 secounds like on all of them. 

4 miles with Dad outside easy recovery pace because of the 200m repeats. 

5.5 miles on treadmil. today were 400m repeats. i was going to do 5 of them but decided to do 6. was going to run at 5 min pace but thanks to a cocky kid next to me i decided to do it at 4:43 pace. i also ran a 300 at 4:17 pace. as fast it could go. 

rest day from speedwork. 

5 miles with dad on treadmil. today were 800 meter repeats. i was tired and i didnt wan to do 4 of them. but my fast coach (Dad) helped me do 4. all of them were around 5:40 and 5:45 pace. My coach rocks. 

5 miles on the treadmill in teh basement. 

4 miles on treadmil with Dad at the gym, while Katelyn swimming and Mom was lifting wieghts. Today was a easy day because I have time trials in the morning. Wanted to see how elevated the treamil could go. I was running at 7.5 per cent climb. Then we starteed working oon my form and did form drills. 

5 miles with Dad outside. Today we did the mile time trials. Warmup mile then the trial. My first trial I ran a 6:22 mile outside. Was kinda discouraged and mad. we did a one more trial and that one was better 6:10 mile outside in the cold wind and morning that wasnt to bad. 

6 miles on the treadmill at the gym with some lifting afterwards.  A couple of fast strides thrown in. Saw some of the high school guys there too.

5 miles on the treadmill at the gym.

I was tired so i slept in this morning.  May be I will run after school.

5.5 miles with dad at gym. today were 400m repeats. i warmed up for 1 mile then started. all of my 7 400s were at 5:15 or 5 min. pace. 400 rest between each. then finally a cool down mile. 

4 qnd a half easy 7 min. pace on the treamil in the basement. 

Rest day.

I slept in since today was the first day of track practice.  What a waste.  The coaches have no idea what to do with runners so no good run today.

5 miles at the gym in the morning.  4x200m at 5:05, 400m at 5:15, 4x200m at 5:05.

Track practice still a waste.  Spent the time in the gym doing worthless drills when it was sunny adn 50 degrees outside.  I am just going to do what Dad tells me to do.  

6 miles around the school grounds at track. We finally were allowed to go outside so i did a 3 mile tempo run at around 6:22 to 6:15 pace. Fun run outside.

4 miles easy on the treamil in the AM. In the afternoon i ran 5 miles solo around the school grounds again.

5 miles on the track after school. today i did 6 600m repeats at or around 2:08-2:12 per 600. they hurt but i did them

6 easier miles from the hard and long week.

6 miles solo outside at the track.  2 1 mile time trials (6:03, 6:06) and a 400m in 76 seconds.  Pretty happy with this workout.

4 miles at Track practice.  400m in 1:12, 800m in 2:46 then helped pace the girls in their workout.

4 easy miles in the morning and 5 miles in the pm. paced and lead long distance team.

5 miles at track easy day. 3 miles warmup and 200 repeats and 1 cool down mile. 

7 miles at track. Today while everyone else was running hard for 7 and slow for three i ran surge  runs. 800 ranging from 100 surges to 700m surges all at race and fast pace. Did 4 miles worth of those and a warm up mile and two cool down miles. It was a really long hard day but it will be rewarding. 

4.5 miles on the TM in basement.  My biggest mileage week ever!

Rest day.

6 miles from school to the community park and a few loops and back.  3 miles of tempo at 6:30 pace.

5 miles at track practice including a 400m (1:08) and 800m (2:43).  My legs are tight.

2 miles during PE class then 5.5 miles with the Track practice.  Took it mostly easy today.

7.5 at track after school today. Today i did the surge workout again just like friday a week ago except i had very strong wind and my teeth hurt due to braces work. 1 mile warmup and 2.5 cool down and watched hurdlers. 

Last minute race with dad and coach Murphy. I was not going to do it but Mr. Rob changed our minds. It is the fastest race i have ver done with huge down hill in it. I was given a Alta High school jersey to where and race in, and the other Alta boys thought that was cool. My fist mile was 6 min. then 6:05 ish. and then a sub 6 finish. Won my age group and rocked it

5.25 mile run with dad.  Really hilly and in a light rain.  Fun time.

4 miles with Dad on the hills around our friends house.  On the downhill back to the house I ran 5:00 pace. 

6 miles of walking around the zoo and downtown.

Legs are sore, took a day off.

5.5 miles with Dad on a nice morning and a hilly route.  That was really fun to do and had a great time running with Dad.

3.5 miles with Dad.  Ankle and legs were a bit sore so i went short today.  Time trial tomorrow.

Today was our last day on vaction and Dad and I still hadn't done our time trial we talked about. Yesterday we found a college track and decide to do it the next morning. I have also have been having Achilles pain due the all the walking and running on concrete i  have been doing. So today we did it. It was a mile and a quater to the track so that and 3 laps on the track were our warmups. Then we did the trial. With achilles pain and sore legs i ran a 5:41, my new mile PR. On the last 200 dad had trouble keeping up. (:

Track practice after school.  Small warmup then 8x200m with 200m recovery.  Each one between 31-37 seconds. Then I ran to community park with the other distance kids and did a few laps then ran back and did some running around the school.  About 7 miles today.

7 miles in the cold wintery weather.  Coach made us run to the IF track with our backpacks.  Nearly was hit by a car!   I ran some 400m and beat everyone else by about a minute.  By the time I went home I was soaking wet and couldn't feel my hands.

5 miles at Track practice.

Today was the first track meet of the season, and while i di very well the team did not. in the 800m i led for the entire race and got a time of 2:32. and placed second. i was neck and neck with first but decided to let him win and i save for the mile. on the 1600 i placed fourth witha time of 5:41. while i did not get my ideal time i did get my PR for a elevation mile.

5 long easy miles followed by 12 one hundreds sprint.

3 mile warmup with dad, john and richard. then 6 400m repeats on the track with 200 jog rest inbetween. average time 78-84 seonds. half mile cool down.

AM. Today i went for 4 easy miles with Dad and Moxie. Praticing Form and knee drive.

PM Track Pratice. Today was a speed workout. 6 800m with a 400m rest in between. My aim was to run in 2:30's range. I Did it. One mile warm up, 3 mile workout, 1.5 rest, and 1.5 cool dwon. i out ran 2200m winners while running, they were sprinting i was just staring my 4th 800m!!!

6 miles at track today. # mile run to ravsten ( i out ran the bikers) and then 12 very crowded laps on the track. IF ans taylorview were there.

AM 3 miles in PE. Beat everyone else by 5:15 seconds.

PM surge workout at track. mile warmup with 3.5 workout. 800m surge workouts with no real break. i did 7 of them in the wind. i am so sore.

6 miles at pratice. to community and back with 4 laps around path.

3 easy miles at pratice with form drills. the meet is tommorow

race day. 1 mile warmup with striders. 3200meter, first time trying this distance. 2nd place in it with 12:03!!!!!! 800meter, i was tired but it was a solid run, 5th place 2:41. 1600meter i ran 5:51 seconds with wind, and got 4th!!!! 1.5 mile warmup/cooldown between.

Dental checkups

6 miles today at track. The track coach threw a tantum (no joke for no reason) and sent everyone home without praticing. I stayed because i nedd to train, so i went out to the track did a 2 mile warmup( in the rain and wind alone) then continued into 400m with 200m rest repeats, 6 of them, 85-70 seconds goal. I did them. The slowest was 82 seconds and the fastest 74. Two mile cooldown and then walked home. Really understanding what a diehard runner is and i am happy to be one of them. :)

7.5 miles at track. Today i went a little slower, well i planned on it. 2 mile warmup and then ran hard for 5 minutes and rested for 2-3 minutes. We did 4 of these and i averaged 3 and 1/2 laps. I out ran everyone else by 550 meters. On one them i ran 3 and 3/4 laps in 5 minutes!!!!!! so i had a 100m left which means i probably could have just ran a 5:15ish mile!!!!!!!! On a dirt track!!!! I wasn't working really overly hard so i think i could go even faster!!!!! 1 mile cool down, feeling awesome!!!!

7 miles at track pratice. 3 mile run to bread store and back. Solid pase finished first 3 in 23:15 minutes. Ate a slice of pumpkin chocolate chip bread and ran back in 24 minutes even. I di not see a another teammate until about half way back. I had stpped, ate and crossed cross walks and still no one ran with me. :'(. Came back did mile cooldown. It is sure lonely being a faster long distance runner......

Very cold and windy day, a very badly organized meet.  They forgot about the 1600m until very late.

2:39 for the 800m (5th) and 5:49 for the 1600m (3rd in a really bad wind).  McKay and I ran it pretty easy.

Worse meet yet, ok with my times.

1 mile with Katelyn around the park then 3 more loops around the neighborhood.

5miles at practice.

4 miles at practice around the halls inside due to the heavy rain.

4.5 miles during PE this morning. No practice after school because mom and dad got home!

6 mile long meet prior to race tommorow.  1.5 to park, 4 laps around and back

.5 race warmup. I was going to run the 800m and 1600m, but do to pouring rain, wind and injured kids we could not run. ;'(

8 steady miles with Dad, Curt, Craig and Lynette. Long and steady. Between 730 and 615 pace.

5.1 miles with family. 2 miles with Mum and Kate. Mum actually liked it and Kate had her fasts 2 miles of her life!!!! 19:47!!!! After that Dad and I ran 3.1 at good pace. In the wind i did 3.1 in 20mins. Last .25 was at sub 6 pace and last 150m was at 5:40 pace!!!!

8 miles at track pracfice.  1 mile warmup then a mile in 5:42!  I then led the team in 5 - 800m repeats.  Most of the team dropped out. A cool down afterwards.

4.25 miles from the school to Tauphaus park to run the high 5 relay course.  Distance kids still don't know how to put in a good workout on my team (except for a couple of kids).  According to one of my "friends" my dad and I don't really know that much about running. 

The Sandcreek meet today.  I am frustrated with the running on the track with people cutting me off and guys running on the inside of the lines and not getting DQ'd.  

800m in 2:34 for 4th.  Outkicked a couple of kids in the last 100m.

1600m in 5;33 new PR!   4th place though as I let the race get away from me in front and did not keep with the front 2 guys.  I am going to RACE the conference champs next week and not let them get away.  

No real practice today so I ran 4 miles on my own.

8 miles at pratice. Today i tried to lead the team in 800m repeats but they didn't want to run so i did the solo. 7 800m repeats with recovery 800m and the 800m recovery acted a rest. all of them were between 2:44 and 2;29, the 2:29 is my new PR. One mile cooldwon at the end. I have the record at my school in the 800m!!!!! i found out yesterday. the old record had stood sine 1995. 

7 miles with Dad with a time trial workout. Today we did a time trialto see what i should aim for in conference. a slow 3 mile to begin the day. the time trial i ran my new PR, 5:12 in the mil and 5:10 in the 1600m. i finished thinking it was slow but actually in was right where i wanted it. If it were a offical it would have beat any other time in the regionand broke the record, set in 2006! 4 mile cooldown. I feel great, not really sore at all, just tired. 

3.5 miles with Dad after chruch.  Very upset stomach so I called it early.

6 miles at practice 200m repeats. Did it mostly alone as the rest of the team did other stuff.

3 easy miles.  Taper for Thursday.  Rest of the team did time trials?!

3 miles easy, rest of the team did speed work and played capture the flag.

Ran a new official race PR of 5:26.  I felt like I raced this one really well and just got beat out in the last 100m by a couple of guys.  A little disappointed that I didn't run a bit faster but now I am happy with the result.

800m in 2:35 on a very windy day.  I went into today a lot more relaxed and had fun depsite the weather.  Glad track is over, now to run more road miles with Dad and friends and to run a few 5k's and a half marathon this summer!!!

10 miles with Dad and friends. So this is my recovery from conference, 10 miles. First time i have made double digits in a run. Okay pace and time 1 hour and 17 minutes. Kinda tight but i am so happy track is over....

3.1 miles with Dad and Kately for 1 mile in the afternoon.  My legs felt good and it is cool to finish off 13.1 miles in one day!

3 miles with Mom and Dad after church.  I am going to help coach mom to get back into running!

1 mile before school with Katelyn.  3 miles with Mom after school around community park.  It is fun running with them!

1 mile with Katelyn before school.

3 mile fartlek run at park with mom and dad. All of the 7 fartleks were at or under 5:50 pace. Fastest was 4:30.

1 mile run with Kate in the morning. At school we ran the mile i asked to do 3 and i did them in 18 minutes and 57 seconds. After school i ran 4 with dad at half marathon pace.

1 mile with my sister before schoool.

1 mile with my sister before school.

8 miles in the morning with Dad on the country roads in Manhattan, MT.  Fun to run and talk with Dad and I outkicked him at the end!  We ran it is 62 minutes.

We ran 2 miles around the school in between events at the Class B/C track meet in Bozeman, MT.

Rest day and travel day home.

1 mile with my sister before school.

5 miles at the park running with Mom.  I ran 2.6 miles at 5:15 pace with only 3 short breaks.  I ran some warmup and cooldown too.

1 mile with my sister before school.

1 mile with my sister before school. 4 miles at school during PE including 3 miles in 19:25.  1.5 miles with Mom after school but headed in early due to lightning.

1 mile with Katelyn before school. 1 mile in PE.

3 miles with Dad in the afternoon after school.

1.25 miles before school with Dad and Katelyn.

Excited to run my first half marathon this weekend...I am going to wear a GoPro chesty too!

Today was my first Half Marathon. I was really excite and ready just to have fun in it. First mile i went out way to hard. I was supposed to be running 7:15 miles but the first one was 5:38.  Way to fast for a really really hilly course. Next 2 were okay and i could see the people in front of me.  miles 3-5 were fun in a nice single track trail run section. after that we went on the road and then we climbed a huge hil, i mean huge and it was made out sand. that stunk but i kept at 7:10 pace. Miles 6-10 sucked because i was tired and alone. at 9 i took my first glu and kept running alone. made it to 11 when guy came up to me and ran with me. He was nice but he started moving up and i couldnt Dad came at mile 12 and 12.5 i hit the wall. i was not liking the run and was yelling but somehow i finished, and got 12th, 9th male and 3rd in the giant age group of 10-19. ( i got beat by 2 seniors.) not bad for my first race and felt good after words.

Day off, I am so sore and stiff!

Still sore and a long drive home.  Dad took me on driving lessons tonight!

1 mile before school with Katelyn. 3 miles with Mom, Dad and Katelyn after dinner.  Mom and I ran together for most of the run while Dad ran with Katelyn. Also 2 miles in PE.

1 mile with Katelyn before scholl.  She ran a 8:50 mile!

3 miles at PE today then 3 miles with Dad after dinner. 

4 miles at PE today (in older shoes).

3.5 miles at school and then 3.5 around park with Mom and Dad. fun but hot. 

5.3 miles with Dad at the end of his 20 mile run. kept a steady pace and had fun. Ran in Hokas. They are wierd.

1.25 mile in the morning with Katelyn. Then i lifted wieghts in PE.

1.25 miles in the morning with Katelyn.  Lifted weights during PE.

3.75 miles at Community Park with Mom and Dad.  Wore my new shoes, they are cool.

1.25 miles with Katelyn in the morning. i ran my own pace. 6:15 mile, i felt good just sore from wieghts. 

No run today...still freaked out about last night.

No run today.

5 miles with Dad, Craig and Moxie.

3 miles with Mom.

First day of summer training. Tempo Day!!! So i was supposed to run 4 miles at 6:1o pace but i got competive with myself and decided to try to run as fast as i can for as long as i can. I ran 2.01 miles in 10:40, 2 5:20 miles. It was really haed and it sucked but i just ran faster then i did at conference and doubled the distance. i was alone on the road the whole time and i did it!!!!! Freaked out a bunch of walkers while doing it. Warmup mile the a cooldown mile. In the evening i did 2.25 with Dad around neighborhoood at 6:35 pace and felt a little stiff but fine.

3 miles with Katelynand 1.25 on my own.

1 warmup. 1 cool down. 4.5 miles of speed work. 

3 miles at recovery pace. then 2 at 6 minute pace

I ran the Tiger Grizz XC course twice with Dad.  The second time with my spikes.  We finished off with 10 10m strides. Fun but hard.

Weight lifting with Mom and the gym today.

4.5 miles at Community Park with Dad, Mom and Katelyn.

4 miles at 6:12 pace with warm up mile and cooldown mile. 3 miles with friend and his little bro. For a 8 year old we ran pretty fast. 8:23 pace.

3 mile recovery run with Katelyn and friend. 4 by myself. 

speedwork day at park. 200,400 and 600s. Good day except it was cold and windy. i also did striders and wwatch and ran part of Katelyns pratice. They didnt do much, and the coaches didnt run wwith the kids. So she may run more with me now.

4 miles Dad before camping trip. solid sub 7 minute pace for most of it. 

8 miles with Dad and Mom and Katelyn at Community Park then with Dad alone running home. We got up to a 5:00 pace for a couple of short runs.

2 miles with Matthew through the neighbor at 7:15 pace. Biggest miles in week!

5 miles with Dad and Craig in the morning. I kept they ar a giid oace and made then do some tempo runs.

Day off.  Watched world cup soccer.

4 miles at park pratice then 4 6 minute miles on tread.

7 miles on tread at house. Wanted to stay here to be with Famiy on Kate's birthday.

6 miles speedwork, 3 with Kate. Hard stuff but good efforts.

5 miles at gym with family. I threw in some 5:20 pace 1200ms toward the end.

I slept in and went out with Dad about 9:00.  We ran 4.1 miles in about 31 minutes.  Saving my energy for the To Bone and Back race tomorrow.  

To Bone and Back relay todsy with Dad and others. Good time in my leg, 32:30 for 5 miles up a steep hill at the end. i came to the exchange point with me just finishing leg 1. I had us at 3rd place only behind 2 older and more experienced college runners. It was a fun race except for the 30 mph winds but it was a great time and we placed 3rd in our division!!! had a lot of fun messing with the Sugar freshman team.

1 mile with katelyn and then 2 on treadmil by myself while watching soccer match.

1 warmup mile and then 5 miles at 7:30-6:45 pace. 1 cooldown mile. i ran this with Gyles

6 miles with XC team in morning. First group run with the team. It was fun to meet and run with all the guys(& gals)

2 miles with katelyn then 4 solo in 28:12.

6 miles with dad around snake river landing. Easy to prepare for race. encountered a lot of ants. 

Good race today!!! i didnt get my ideal time but i did race well and i beat my competion by a minute and 15 seconds. he usaully beat me by about 7 seconds but times are changing. Our team got 2nd so we won $75. My age group is 14-29 so a lot of people but i still got 9th. reovery and warmup miles also happened.

2 miles with Kateyln and 2 with dad, it is very hot outside. 

14 mile bike ride in Grand Teton National pakr with my family.

3 miles with Dad and Katelyn running through the neighborhood.  Fun times talking with Katelyn.

I went back out for 4.1 miles at tempo in a time of 24:47.  That was hard.

5 miles with the IFHS group run at Freeman park then 4 more miles at home on the treadmill.

3 miles Katelyn 4 tempo miles in 25:02.

5 miles in the morning slowish run. 9 in the afternoon with team. 1,5 to park, 1.5 warmup with Ben, 3 mile run in which i passed everyone including varsity kids. they were .5 in front of us because they took a short route, so Ben and i speed up and overtook them. 1.5 cooldown and 1.5 home. feeling very tired. 

6 miles with Dad. The the plan was to do speedwork but because niether us felt to great and after i tried 2 400 i gave up. we then went on a run though the neighborhood, it was fun. 

4 miles with Dad and at the end we ran a fartlek at 5:15 pace. biggest week of my life!!!!

A rest day watching the World Cup finals.  Tried to get a soccer game going, could not find enough players.

Ran in teh morning with Dad and Katelyn.  4.6 miles with Dad around the neigborhood and half of it with Katelyn.  Dad pushed it at the end.

7.5 miles with the team. 2 mile warmup. 3.10 mile tempo in which i was the in the lead pack, in front of top varsity kids. they havent been training. i have. 2.4 mile cooldown

3 slow miles outside. i have a huge headache and it is bothering me alot. race this weekend.

7 miles with team at pratice.

2 solo and then 2.25 with Dad and Kate.

2nd half marathon today!!! it was a good race. i ran well and raced it. Here are my spilts( each set of numbers is a mile time): 5:36, 6:14, 6:49, 7:23, 7:02, 7:37, 7:33, 7:12, 7:10, 7:16, 7:21, 7:31, 7:18 and for the .1 i did that in 32 seconds. i was feeling good for the entire race and had a lot more fun then my first half. My legs are really sore now!!!!  1:32:32 on the official results, 1:32:43 on my GPS.

No run today.  I am SUPER sore and we drove up to Luther Heights camp where I am spending most of the week.  I will try to run while I am up here.  If I can walk again soon.

4 miles at Camp and 3 mile hike

4 miles at camp.

3 miles of intense Predator vs Prey

4 miles at Bible Camp.

So i got back from camp last night, i haveing got very little sleep and rest for my legs, i was nervous for tommorrows race. I did great. It was my fastest Half ever and my legs feel alot better after this one then the one a week before. It was a fast course with a very steep first qaurter and then flat the rest of the way. I ran 1:29:36 and won my age group by 8 minutes. I was 14 overall and the 10 male, I am really happy with this race!!!!!!

4 easy recovery miles with Travis.

20 hills at community park. and with 1.5 mile warmup and 1lap cooldown, 2 miles at 6:15 pace on treadmil at home.

6 good miles around neighborhood.

6 slow miles to prepare for time trial tommorrow. 

well today was suppossed to be a time trial at tiger griz course but my calves are hurting a lot and during the run they really startrd to hurt and when i was running up one of the hills one popped and my leg erupted in pain. that ended the run and now i am taking it easy. 

dad said don't run today since my calf hurts.  Taking a day or so off.

 9 mile bike ride with my family.  Calf felt ok doing this.

Resting my calf and we had to drive Katelyn to camp at Lake Alturas so a day off today.

My calf is still sore (dad says it is a level 1 strain).  I have been resting it, icing it and wearing compression socks.  I went for a 6 mile bike ride this morning then went to the gym with Mom and Dad and rode the biek for 10 miles.

Calf is sore but getting beter I hope. I went to a spinning class with Mom this morning.

Calf still sore, I hope it gets better soon (XC starts in just over a week).  I rode my bike again this morning.

day off.

My birthday, day off while camping.

4 miles running and hiking with Dad up at camp along the Harriman trail. Leg feeling a lot better.

4 miles on the TM at home after getting back from camping.

Around the neighborhood.  Calf is doing good.

6 miles around neighborhood, decent pace

6 miles of 400m repeats. hard but worth it. it was a good run. 

first day of XC pratice. Good runs but slow. i got to know the varsity team. Nice and funny guys. 

2nd pratice of XC. good fun run. We did the yardsale run today. we ran from one yardsale to another and tried find the crazist or collest thing for a dollar. i walked away with a walker..... it was a pain lugging that 3 miles back to the school....

time trial!!! 1.5 warm up, 2.5 trial, 2 mile cooldwon. The trial was awesome i ran a honest 14:20 for 2.5 miles and came in 6th, so VARSITY!!!! it was awesome and i felt i could still push more.

XC practice was at Bill's Bike and Run.  We had a clinic then a group run.  I ran with Gray most of the time then with the guys at easy pace.

3 miles easy in the morning before out relay later today.

18 hour relay at IFHS.  The first 6 miles are timed then the rest are just recorded.  3 teams fo about 16 kids each.  Started off ok but then the weather was cold and very wet with lots of rain all night long!  Intervals were ok including miles of 5:34, 5:28, 5:48 then a few slower ones due to big winds and heavy rain then just being very tired for my last timed mile. 

7 more miles through the night for our relay.  So tired and cold.   I had no sleep as we were wet and mostly hung out wiht the guys on the XBox.   I am going to sleep all day.

6 miles with team. slow 4 miles then 2 fast ones with dad leading

4 miles with Dad around the neighborhood pretty easy.

Rest day

8 miles of trails with the team at Kelly Canyon.   Hills and muddy.

8 miles with the team including a 5 mile tempo run.  Hard after yesterday's hills.

4 easy miles with the team.  First XC meet tomorrow.

First XC race today. warmup and i walked the course. this was a big race. 19 teams, that is alot of kids. IF girls went and ended up winning the whole race. Boys went and within the first 200m i was elbowed in the stomach. it knocked the wind out of me and i had trouble getting back into my rythem. it was a very hot day, the race had no shade. i ended up coming across in 20:20, not my ideal time, and as 8th not my ideal place. so i am top of the JV now which will be good, for now. beat my main competion, i threew up three times after the race....

6 easy miles with the team. talked school, running, life etc. fun running with the varsity boys

4 miles with Dad in a rain before going to the state fair.  It was fun but really cold.

6 miles at a pratice at the park. Good run with my spikes and i am getting used to them. praticed fighting for my space with Dad.

XC pratice at Freeman Park on the Tiger Grizz course running 1k interval timetrials.  1.5 mile warmup then the 1k intervals.  Fastest one was 3:31, slowest was 4:02 on the hilly part, overall 18:46 for 6th on the team in this time trial!  1.5 mile cooldown.

XC practice after school.  7 miles mostly at easy pace with some of the boys.

5 miles with the team.  We ran easy to Hawthorne then did a block run (interval repeats) through the old section of town.  Then we ran a cooldown.  

4 miles easy with the XC team then a team dinner.  We are racing in Soda Springs tomorrow at the Cardinal Classic.

Race today. Woke up and got on the bus at 6:30. then we drove down to Soda Springs to race 26 other teams. This race i raced in JV and top 20 (they said 15 orignally) got medals. We walked the course and saw the one hill in it. It was big but i knew if i was patient i could climb it. I watched the middle school kids run and then JV girls. As we were standing on the line the weather turned bad and the wind picked up, but off we went. Matthew was in front with me when a certain other JV runner who had said he could beat Matthew and I, bolted off. Then we got to the hill and we tucked in behind this kid. He was working and breathing to hard while matthew and i were relaxed and patient. We get to the top and we open up and lost the other runner. Last 1200m in the woods i am having stomach problems and promptly throw up into the trees without stopping or slowing down!! Now i am feeling better and Matthew is still in front by a little. Last 400m, we come in sight of the finish line and just go into a sprint Matthew crosses at 19:01 and i at 19:11. we both medal!!! My time actually beat 2 varsity runner's times so matthew and i both will be running varsity at Tiger Grizz!!!!!! oh about the kid who said he could beat Matthee and I, he finished 4 minutes after us. If you want to talk the talk you better be able to walk the walk!!!!! or in this case, the run. 

7 miles of the "gully" run with Dad, Walter and Coach Murphy down in Salt Lake. Last night we went to a awesome pro soccer game for my birthday present. RSl vs. Dallas FC, it was awesome. So in the morning we went for a run with the Walter and Rob. Not bad paced and we talked racing skills and form most of the way. 

Interval day at XC practice.  Warmup then 1 mile interval (5:53) and 800m (2:38).  6th best combination time on the team barely behind Andrew.  Cooldown.

7 miles at practice.  Tempo run today, ran pretty well and had fast times.

6 miles at practice.  Indian run today at Tauphaus Park then back to school.

We previewed the Tiger Grizz course and did some intervals.  Ready to race tomorrow.

Most difficult race today at home course!!! This is my first race as varsity runner and i was really excited! 38 teams were there so it was the biggest race yet. i raced at 5. The JV raced and Andrew's time would put him on varsity. so we started and within 300m Matthew tripped. he got back up and was on my shoulder again. i ran my first mile in 5:52, right on target. Next mile had the hills so i tucked in and was ready. I cruised through the hills and made it past the last one at the 800m mark. i thought matthew was on my shoulder so i kicked like i have never kicked before. i was 2 spots away from getting my other teammate. next time i will. 

5 easy miles around the nieghborhood. 

A day off.  I mowed the backyard for exercise.

8 miles at team practice after school.  A hard workout with a 30 minute fartlek section.  We ran to Falls Valley school and then along the canal for a while.

7 easy miles at pratice with only 18 kids. Most of the other kids went alternatate swim workout. The varsity boys and i ended it with a beard run.

hardest run ever. Sand dune workout. We went to the sand dunes and did hill and sprint workouts. i had to do 5 repeats of running up a very steep 400m sand hill..... at race pace. it was a hard day but a fun one. Isaac Andy and i were running like nomads!!!!

5 easy bread run miles.

race day but this race is just a chance to work my legs. Coach worked us hard this week and this race is kinda weak. i mean they pair the fastest boy and fastest girl on each team so the other pairs on the team have no chance at winning. also the race isnt the best organized so today was a easy race. They had wait 45 minutes after the girls went for a reason that still escapes me. when we did go i went fast. up with the top boys. i hung with them for about1.37 miles and then i slowed down. it was a good course but narrow. Matthew was in front of me and wouldnt speed up and eventually both of us were overtaken by Andrew. It was narrow so i couldnt pass matthew i wish i could of but i couldnt. The whole team slowed down in this one and we dont know why. We as a team won everything. boys girls and coed but they had no trphies or even medals....... but wwe won!!!!!

6 recovery miles. 

1.5 mile warmup, 2.5 mile, cooldown of 2 miles. we did 11x400ms repeats at race pace. we did this on rthe uneven grasy hills/plains of a local park. these were hard. we ran the 400ms with a 90 second rest in which we had to run back to the starting line. my times ere all between 1:13-1:21 so pretty fast for be on grass. I ran with the top pack and was around 5-7th on the team. it was hard and now i am tired. 

8 miles at practice.

7 miles at practice then the team dinner at Albert's.  

5 miles down at the Blackoot meet running the course and cheering on our runners who are not going to Bob Firman and Katelyn in the MS race.   Andy won and Katelyn ran great!

5 miles checking out the Bob Firman course.  We are looking forward to the race.  But on the bus ride over one of my teammates sat across my arms and sprained my writs bad and it really hurts.

We had trouble getting out fo the hotel due to a lazy and late teammate.  GOt to the eagle island state park on a cool and cloudy (rain clouds) morning.  My wrist is still hurting really bad even after I took 2 ibuprofens.  I saw my family and started to get warmed up...mna my wrist hurts.

The gun goes offf and I am immediately hit in my sore wrist and it explodes in pain.  I nearly drop out of the race in the first mile it hurt so bad.  Albert, Matthew and Matthew take off.  I get in front of Funk but am not able to get back with Gyles.  The course is fun but I am in so much pain I get out of my racing mode.  I run a new PR but so does nearly everyone else.  Really disappointed in this race as I was ready to go fast.  We had the EMT's tape up my wrist after the race.  Stick around to watch the other races but I am hurting and mad.   My teammates run hard and well and I am happy for them but mad that my teammate messed around on the bus and caused me to have this injury right before a big race.  Still pissed.

Need to refocus and get ready to run better at the meet in Twin Falls on Wednesday and get a better time.

Rest day.  I slept in instead of running with dad, my wrist still hurts.  Traveling back to Idaho Falls.

6 miles at pratice today. we ran down to a park and did 200m repeats at sprint pace. Then ran to a different park ran the same thing. Then to the last park where it was 300m sprints. Good run. Good day. 

5 easy miles and a bread run. we did some striders and sprints at the beginning. 

I ran the Dani Bates Invitational in Twin Falls.  I finished in 18:50 (coach and I had my time at 18:43) for a new PR.  I was hoping to run faster but the wind affected my in the last 2 miles.  Went out fast, maybe too fast.  Two other schools put their top varsity runners in the JV race to make sure they got medals (too slow to compete in the varsity race).  I was 7th overall in JV and now 8th on my team.  Still working to get the times I need to be back on varsity (another 30-40 seconds here is what I needed).  I am proud of my race.

6 good miles with Ben. 

7 miles at pratice three of which were mile repeats. My first mile, 5:52. Then 6:11 and my last mile and .1 was in 6:38. I was the fourth fastest kid on the team. 

6 easy recovery miles at pratice. 

5 miles of tempo run today at a hill in shamrock park. Good workout. 

4 miles and a bread run

Race today and i was running JV. i started off at 5:45 for my first mile and wasnt looking to good. Next mile cam at 11:51 and i was starting to get into the race. Then i saw Dad on the sidelines and i started pushing i went from 16th to 8th placce in the last mile and medaled!!! i raced a solid last mile. it was a windy flat race with a plane, yes a airplane, constantly circling over head. it was very loud. My time actually put me on stop 7 on the team.