Jacob Pachev

7 miles all at once with JoJo and Dad. We were a bit behind 8:00 per mile at the halfway point, but we caught up before the end. We ran 55:53. My stomach was hurting a little for some reason, but it stopped when I finished. I ran a mile with MiMi later in 9:11.

7 miles all at once with a fast 1.5 mile pickup. I ran with JoJo and Dad. I lead the whole time during the pickup. I felt really good, almost like I was jogging. In the last 400 meters we kicked. I ran 69(splits: 17,17,18,17). JoJo and Dad ran 72. I ran 8:47. I felt pretty good, so I'm hoping I'll do well in the 4 miles on Thursday. My time for all 7 miles was 54:11.

4 miles today. Tapering for the Earn your turkey 4-miler. I ran 2 miles with MoMo, JoJo, Stevie, William, and Dad, then 2 more miles with Dad and JoJo. Total time of around 31:40

I ran the Thanksgiving 4 miler today. I started out with Dad and JoJo. The target pace was 23:00. I felt pretty good for the first 2 miles. We ran 5:38 for the first mile and then had 11:25 at 2 miles. My lungs hurt a little but nothing too bad. At 2 miles I pulled away from Dad and JoJo followed me. Then at around 2.5 my back and my heart starting hurting. I didn't slow down too much though, my next mile was 6:00. I realized that I was behind pace, so I speed up a little. JoJo passed me somewhere around half a mile to go and I couldn't pass him back. My last mile was 5:50, and my total time was 23:15. I was a little ahead of David Taylor and JoJo was 3 seconds ahead of me. He got first in his age division. I got first in the 12-14 age division and won a turkey. Didn't feel super worn out after the race. Then the younger kids raced. Leigha ran(more like walked) the 100 meters. She didn't win but did fairly well considering she broke her ankle a month ago. I ran with Bella in the 400 meters for ages 3-4. She was a bit behind first place at the start but pulled ahead of everyone, including the boys, at about 100 meters. Near the finish Bella got passed by the first place boy. She beat all the girls and got a turkey. Next was MiMi and MoMo's race, the half mile. I ran with MoMo and Dad. MoMo started out very fast with a 37 second first 200. He was ahead of 2nd place by at least 20 seconds and ran 2:58. MiMi got second place in the girl's division with 3:54. She earned a pie. William and Stevie raced the mile next. William won with 5:48. Stevie was first in his division and ran 6:05, but he got chicked. Our total turkey count was 10. With Dad, Mom, Benjamin, Julia, JoJo, Me, William, Stevie, MoMo, and Bella all winning turkeys. 

4 easy miles today. Tapering for the state Cross Country championships. 1 mile with MoMo, Stevie, William, JoJo, Benjamin, and Dad in a little under 7:45. Then 3 more with Dad, Benjamin, and JoJo. I felt pretty good, not very sore from yesterday. Total time of 30:14. 

I ran the USATF State Cross Country Championships today. It was a 4k. MoMo, Stevie, and William all ran before me. MoMo got second place in the 2K. Stevie got 7th in the 3K. He would have been 5th but he got lost at the end. I think William got 7th place. He ran 11:14 in the 3K. My race was next. As soon as the race started I got right behind Cole Jamison. McKay Wells was with us but dropped back after a bit more than 1K. I was having a hard time even before 1K, but I managed to keep pushing. I dropped back from Cole after about 2K. I'm not really sure what was wrong, but I just didn't feel very good. 3rd place was gaining on me for the rest of the race. With about 200 meters to go, he was right on my tail. But I managed to hold him off. I ended up with 13:54. Pretty good, a whole minute faster than last year. Dad, JoJo, and Benjamin ran the 5K. Benjamin got 2nd with 15:53. JoJo was ahead of Dad, he ran 18:40 or so, Dad ran around 18:50. I'm pretty happy with my race.