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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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Nice workout today. Ran 1.5 miles to the school an then we did the stairs for 15 minutes. I was tired of doing easy stuff so I pushed it really hard. I ended up lapping everyone at least once, including Heston so I was pretty happy with that, and it hurt so thats good I guess. Cooled down 3.6 miles on the bike, then ran 4.5 once I got home to get to 10 for the day. 

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35 minutes on the bikes. I went off too hard at the start, he wanted our heart rates at 120 to 140 but I was 160 so I slowed down a lot toward the end. .75 on an eliptical and an 800 on the track (covered in snow). When I got home I did 3.5 miles with 4 400s thrown in really fast. Felt good. 

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Had to do a quick run today, I wanted to do 8 but only got in 6.7 or so because I had to get back to the school to accompany people for solo and ensemble. Averaged 7:01.

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I can't remember what I did, but it was at least 6 for the day

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12 miles at a super relaxed pace, averaged 7:45. Legs feel good.

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So I literally did piano stuff all day and didn't have time to run. I did my long run on Sunday instead, but I'm counting it toward this week. Started off with 7:30 to 7:10 for the first 4 miles to warm up, then got it rolling for the next ten miles. Every single one of the next ten miles were in between 6:28 and 6:39, which was awesome, I was happy with it. My watch said my fastest half marathon during the run was 1:27:09, which is almost my pr and honestly this run wasn't that hard. Really pleased, I think I'll run a great time at my 15k coming up. Last two miles were 6:45 and 6:58 to cool down a little. Ended at my grandmas house where I showered and watched the rest of the super bowl. It was weird looking back to Spanish fork canyon and seeing how far I'd just run, I pretty much ran across the valley!

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