How I became the best

Tri Meet at SF

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Member Since:

Sep 07, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

World Class

Running Accomplishments:

Freshman PRs:

I ran for American Leaderships Academy my freshman year, so I was in 2A and facing much easier competition than I would in higher divisions. I really only did cross country because it would get me in shape for soccer, But when I realized I was actually good at it I made running my number 1 priority. I barely made it to state, but had a bad race and did not place very well. I decided to try a half marathon in November and did pretty good (considering I had only been running seriously for about 4 months.) I started off track running my fastest time in the mile, and didn't get another pr in the mile until state championships. I realized I was better at the 3200 and thats what I have been focusing on since then. At state track I got prs in all 3 distance events, which was a huge confidence booster!

800- 2:15(?) Sprint Medley State Chamionships 2014

1600- 4:51 State Championships 2014

3200-10:40 State Championships 2014

10000- 37:10 Speedy Spaniard 10k 2014

1/2 Mar- 1:25:33 Thankful 13 2014

Sophmore PRs:

My sophmore cross country season went much like last track season. I started off with my fastest time and didn't improve on it until one of the last races. I struggled a lot during this season, I got down on myself after every bad race I had, that was probably my biggest problem. At region I had an absolutely terrible race. We were planning on getting the team qualified for state, and I'm pretty sure it was completely my fault we didn't. Haha yeah it was bad, I ran about a minute slower than what I wanted and got 20th or something. I kept training through to December, did a few races, and had a really succesful race at Footlocker West. I got 14th in the Frosh/Soph race. Even though I got out kicked by two people in the last 100 I was really pleased, especially after that bad season. I started indoor track running 10:37 and 4:49. Soccer conflicted with track a lot and I think it was really detrimental to my times. I'm thinking about not doing soccer next year and just focusing on track. I had a few good races, and managed to destroy this kid in the last 300 meters at region and make it to state! Unfortunately I let the fact the I was seeded last at the state meet get to my head, and I got last by over a hundred meters. Not only the worst race of the season, but also the most humiliating. On to cross country!

800- 2:13 Snow Canyon Invite 2015

1600- 4:40.02 BYU Invitational 2015

3200- 10:03.14 Snow Canyon Invite 2015

3 mile- 16:09 Cedar 2014

10000- 34:03 Provo Freedom Run 2015

15k- 55:04 SLCTC Winter Series 15k 2015

10 Miles- 1:00:24 One Hour time trial

Junior PRs:

Junior cross country season went well. It was rough but I had some high points. Finally broke 16 for 3 miles at region with 2nd place, broke an hour in the 10 mile and 34 minutes in the 10k. State xc went really bad. I missed my goal time by 40 seconds and my goal place by 25 people. Footlocker wasn't that great, I got the same time as last year and missed my goals on place and time. Trained really hard with high mileage through the winter.

800-2:10

1600- 4:42

2 mile- 9:57

3 mile- 15:39 Pre Footlocker

5K- 16:14 Pre Footlocker

10 mile-58:58 One Hour time trial

Best Races:

6th place in the Orem Earn Your Turkey 4 mile Run 2015

16th in the Footlocker West Regional Sophmore Boys Race (17:14.5)

10th place at the 2015 SLCTC 15K (55:04)

1st place-3200 Copper Hills Invitational 2015

8th place-Provo Freedom Run 2015

2nd place Region 8 Cross Country Championships (15:43.5)

5th place Distance Challenge 2016 3200

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train consistently and have some good races in the next few months. It would be nice to break 15 in the 5k soon as well.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get on BYU's XC team after my mission sometime. I also want to run under 29 for 10k and 14 for 5k but we'll see!

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Tue, Mar 15, 2016

Race: Tri Meet at SF (0.994 Miles) 00:04:39, Place overall: 3

Total Distance

8.25

Had some good races today. Didn't really hit the times I wanted but it was really cold and kind of windy, which made things hard. Ran half a mile warm up with the team, 1.5 by myself, then 1 more with Nate. Did a few strides (I think). Nate and I were lined up in the middle of the front line, Heston on the inside with Hayden Penrod (4A 800 state champ). I had a terrible start. I got super boxed in the first 150 and by the time I had gotten out of it, Heston and Hayden were like 20 meters ahead. I kind of gave up on chasing them, which was dumb, but it probably saved me from blowing up at the end. I'll go for it next time. After 200, I got behind a kid from Springville and just sat there. First lap was 68. I knew we slowed down on the second lap but I didn't pass the Springville kid, another stupid move. I ended up passing him at 700 meters, and started to try to close the 10 second gap to Heston. Passed 800 at 2:20, meaning that second lap was 72, way too slow. From then until the end of the race I really was just pushing hard by myself. I could tell their were people behind me, and with 300 to go I surged hard but I could still hear someone breathing heavily behind me. I just kept it going until 100 to go when I really kicked. Even that last 100 was kind of half-hearted effort. For some reason I just wasn't taking it seriously I guess. Nobody passed me, I took third. Cooled down probably a mile. Watched races and the high jumpers.

Warmed up half a mile with Fletch and Nate for the 800. Did some drills with Fletch, stretched, 3 strides I think? Probably a mile overall warming up for the 800. All three of us lined up next to each other on the very inside. My start was even worse this time. I wasn't very focused and that kept me from getting a pr I think. I was trapped on the rail behind Mason, and a springville kid was on my right shoulder and I couldn't get out until I passed Mason on the inside halfway down the backstretch. By this time Fletcher and a kid from Payson had gotten 10 or 15 meters on us, almost the same as what happened to me in the mile. I got into third and focused on reeling them in. I knew Fletcher went out too hard, they were probably 60 at the bell and I was maybe 5 seconds back. Kept working up on that lap, caught Fletch with 110 to go, and passed him pretty easily. I got 2:10, the winner was 2:04. With a better start I think I can run much faster. Not much of a cool down after this, maybe half a mile. Did some strides before the 4x4, then started. I was first and ran 59. My pr before that was 61 from freshman year, but I'm going to get down to 55 by the end of this year. No cool down because I was pretty tired of running and my legs were shot.

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