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SLCTC Winter Series 15K

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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
38.75
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles at soccer

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Total Distance
10.00

10 mile run, it felt really good! It was pretty slow, I averaged 7:45, but I was really happy with it.

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Total Distance
8.00

Went to track and warmed up for two laps. This was our first workout with coach Cary this year, and it was pretty intense. We did a 1200-1000-800-600-and 2x400. He had really specific times he wanted us to hit. I had to skip the 2x400s because soccer tryouts were today. On the 1200 he wanted 70-69-68. It was windy so we only got 3:32, but he said it was a good enough effort. Same thing basically with the 1k, he wants us to practice negative splits so that we'll be able to run even splits in races. 800 meter jog inbetween reps. Altogether 3.5 miles for track.

Right after track was soccer tryouts. I was already really tired from the workout, and we had to do a mile and a half time trial. I started the mile and a half letting one of my friends lead for 250 meters, then I passed him. Coach told me to do the first two laps in 80, then start doing 75s. I hit 800 at 2:40, and the last mile in 5:10. I wanted sub 5 for the last mile, but I guess it was fine because it was windy and I was still tired from my workout. Afterward we timed 2x50 meter sprints, then played soccer. Altogether I did probably 4.5 miles at soccer.

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Total Distance
5.00

Probably 5 at second day of soccer tryouts

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Race: SLCTC Winter Series 15K (9.321 Miles) 00:55:04
Total Distance
11.75

Winter Series 15k today. Warmed up two miles and got my bib. I started right at the front with some of the guys I knew would be running fast. When I started I let the front pack get away, I knew they would be running way faster than me. I led a second group for the first few miles. I tried to stay really relaxed and easy the first half. After 3 miles, two people came alongside me, and we all ran together for about a mile and a half more. I let them get ahead about 20 seconds because I started to feel like the pace was too much. At about 8k I did a big surge. I caught up to one of the guys I was with before and we ran together until 7 miles. Then I started my long kick, I had planned to do it at 8.25 miles, but it just happened I guess. I focused on a guy that was probably 300 meters or so ahead and started to reel him in. He must have faded bad because he wasn't moving very fast. I passed him with 1k to go. From then on I just cruised and made sure no one was coming up behind me. My splits were 5:47-6:02-5:56-5:56-5:56-5:53-6:02-5:49-5:46-2:15. 800 meter cool down.

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Total Distance
38.75
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