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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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43.50
Total Distance
7.50

Moderately hard workout today, but it wasn't that bad. I jogged three miles on the track before practice, and then we did our workout around one of the school buildings. He said the whole building was about 350 meters around. On the two long straights we would go at 75 to 95% of mile pace with a really short recovery. We did them in sets of two laps. We did three sets of those, then went inside and did a bunch of stairs. 2 mile run afterward, I think it was 7.5 altogether. 

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Total Distance
12.25

Did a 12 mile long run today and felt great! This is probably my fastest long run yet, if I had kept going I would have gotten my half marathon pr (which isn't that fast but I still thought it was cool). Averaged 6:40 pace, and miles 9, 10 and 11 were all under 6:20. Averaged 6:40 pace for the whole run including warm up and "cool down". I guess you couldn't really consider it cooling down at 7 minute pace, but it was slower than what I was doing before. I do have a race on Friday and this will probably affect it, but I don't care that much. I really need to keep doing these fast long runs once in a while to get that endurance to carry me through the season. I want to get my average pace on these down to 6:30, maybe even faster. We'll see. Quarter mile jog to get back home at 8 minute pace. 

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Total Distance
8.25

Coach had me do a little tempo workout, but I still had that long run in my legs from yesterday so it wasn't as quick as I wanted it to be. Ran a mile and a half, then did a mile and a half at 6 minute pace. Then I ran a few more miles and did another mile tempo in 5:52. I haven't done tempo in a little while so it felt weird. I also want to do a solid tempo workout before my 15k late in February. I'll probably 4x2 mile tempos at 5:40 pace or so. Anyway, my average pace for the whole run was 7:14.

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Total Distance
8.00

I can't really remember what I did, but it was probably 8 miles.

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Race: UHSTCA Invite (1 Miles) 00:04:42
Total Distance
7.50

UHSTCA championships today. I ran the 1600 and the 4x800 relay, third leg. For some reason I wasn't in the official results so I don't know my time but it was around 4:42. Warmed up 2 miles before the mile. Started on the back line on the inside. When we started I just got right into a nice tempo and tried to relax. This was my first race shorter than 2 miles since May so I wasn't too worried about getting out there with the really quick guys. I was probably near the back of the pack after one lap, but I started picking people off. I caught up to this group and worked with them until the last lap and I passed them and got a gap. On the straight I kicked hard but not all out, and I looked over my left sholder and no on was there. Then literally with like 3 meters left this kid leans and gets me, so that was a bummer. Lesson=learned. Cooled down a mile and sat around watching races until the 4x8. Warmed up a mile with the team and did some drills with Fletch. So Fletcher had a good opening leg, and we were pretty tight with the chase pack when he passed. Then Nick ran a 2:27 for his leg, but we're nt blaming him because he had just run a 30 second pr in the mile a few hours earlier. So when I started I was all by myself, no one behind me and the closest guys ahead of me were 40 meters up. I pushed really hard that first 100 meters to gain some ground and it worked, but the rest of that 400 was way too slow, but I was still gaining ground. On the last lap I turned it on and caught one of the kids in that group that was ahead of me. On the home stretch I passed 2 more kids, and kicked really hard, then handed off to Heston. He ran really solid with like a 2 flat or something. We wanted under 8:30 but we ended up with 8:47. Cooled down a mile. 

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Ran out of time to run today. This is getting a little ridiculous, I seriously need to get some miles in. Next week I'll do at least 60, then 60 the next week, kick it up a little higher the next week, and then taper a bit for the slctc 15k. 

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Total Distance
43.50
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