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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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37.80
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1.00

Probably 2 miles of hiking in St. George. 

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Total Distance
9.00

5.25 mile run in the morning. My watch said I averaged 8:39 pace, but that included stretching. I'm still really sore from that hard weekend, so I postponed my workout until later.

1.25 mile warm up. It was really windy so that probably added a few seconds to my times. 4x400s at my 2 mile pace for my next race with a 200 meter jog in between.. They were 73-75-70-74, so taking the wind into account, they were probably too fast. My legs felt a little bit better than earlier. 1 mile cool down.

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Total Distance
3.30

Ladder workout today. 800 warmup, then a 200-300-400-500-600-400-200 at mile pace with a hundred meters jogging in between. Went really well and I felt great. At the last 400 Heston started getting tired and slowing down. I didn't push the pace the because he likes to lead. On the 200 I sprinted and actually beat him! That's the first time I've ever beat him in a sprint finish! I was really happy about that. 800 meter cool down. Afterward I threw the javelin a little bit with taya and Katie. I'm thinking about taking up that too.

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Total Distance
4.00

Super busy day today, so I barely got four miles in. I had to go really quick, much quicker than I wanted. It was supposed to be a recovery run. I probably was doing 6:30s.

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Total Distance
4.25

800 meter warm up, then 2x600s 1x1000 and the 1x400 with a 400 jog in between. They were all at five minute pace except the 400, which we were supposed to kick. On the 400 coach told Heston to do a 60. I tried to stay with him but I fell behind and didn't finish well at all. He finished in like 59, I think I was 64. 1.25 mile cool down. 4.25 altogether.

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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles at soccer. Took it easy today because I have a hard workout tomorrow.

 

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Total Distance
12.25

Really tough workout today. This is my only workout that is specifically working on pace for my 15k next week. Did a 1.25 mile warmup, then 4x2 mile repeats at goal pace, so sub 6. I recovery jogged for five minutes between each one. The first and second ones felt good, but after that they were killer. On the last on, my left knee started hurting really bad, so I was contemplating just stopping. But it eventually went away. I didn't feel like I kicked that hard at the end, but my last mile was 5:49. This workout went really good and I'm super pleased with it. First two mile was 11:56, 5:59-5:55. Second was 11:56, 5:53-6:03. Third was 12:00, 6:06-5:54, and the last was 11:52, 6:03-5:49. 1 mile cool down.

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Total Distance
37.80
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