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Utah Distance Challenge 3200

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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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Total Distance
40.25
Total Distance
5.00

10 minute warm up then the loops around the school buildings, with 2 sprints up the hill at the end. Felt really good! 10 minute cool down. 

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Total Distance
4.50

4 miles easy with an ab workout. 

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Total Distance
12.00

Slow mid week long run, averaged 7:38. Felt nice and easy until the end, but it was super cold and I forgot gloves. Ready to break 10 on Friday!

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Total Distance
4.00

30 minute bike ride, heart rate got to 130. We'll say 4 miles

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Race: Utah Distance Challenge 3200 (2 Miles) 00:09:57, Place overall: 5
Total Distance
6.00

Finally! Got to the oval at 4 something and ran 5 laps to shake out a bit, 2200 meters. My left big toe has been having some serious issues so I was hoping that wouldn't affect me too much. Then I just layed down, watched a ton of races (including Heston's wicked fast 4:26), drank a butload of water, etc. Ran 1 mile outside in the fog then did some drills. Hung around with Nick and Heston for a while and then went to the start line to check in. Did 2 strides and jogged around a little. Lots of stretching. I started on the outside of the front line, which was pretty much perfect. Started out and was in maybe 15th, so I just went right to the rail and let everybody else go out hard while I just hung back. I was midway through the pack, and I still ran a 71 first lap! Those guys in front must have been hauling! I found the kid from Park City that I knew had a similar 2 mile as me, so I followed him everywhere. I didn't let him go anywhere without being right behind him. Props to him because if he hadn't made a really smart progression I probably wouldn't have broken 10. We passed a bunch of people, and it seemed like he had kind of settled and I wanted to keep going. So I passed him and worked on the gap to the next person about 15 meters away. When I caught that guy, a kid from Davis passed me too, so I stuck on him and hung on. With 1 lap to go, I passed him and started pushing to the next guy. I caught him and passed him. I pressed really hard that last lap, coach yelled at me and said I had to run 73 to get 10. On the last turn, the Davis kid was on my shoulder and I hadn't started to sprint yet. On the home stretch I gradually built up to a full sprint and I caught someone in front of me, but the Davis kid passed me again and beat me by a like half a second or less. 69 seconds for the last lap. Super happy with this race! Cooled down 5 minutes.  

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Total Distance
8.75

Ran on sunday because I didn't get to on Saturday. 65 minutes in St George, we'll say 8.75 miles. Pretty easy, but went harder up this really steep big hill. 

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Total Distance
40.25
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