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Maple Mountain Quad Meet 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
41.50
Total Distance
6.50

3 miles at soccer, including Indian runs four times around the field.

Right after soccer I went and did most of the track workout that the team did today. I warmed up for a lap, then did 2x600, one at 2 mile pace, one at mile pace. Then I did 2x300s at goal mile pace, but they were too slow. I felt pretty sluggish today. Two laps cool down.

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Race: Maple Mountain Quad Meet 3200 (2 Miles) 00:10:31, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
10.50

2 hours of soccer, probably 3.5 miles.

At 6, about an hour after soccer, I had the 3200 at the maple mountain quad meet. It was a pretty lame race. I warmed up for 1 mile or so, and then went and stood by the start. There were three boys in my race. When we started, the kid from timpview who beat my once or twice last year ran a 67 first lap. I knew I should have stayed back but for some reason I just didn't. It was my plan the whole time to take the first mile super easy, but I was an idiot and tried to go with him. He slowed down and I caught up to him at 600 meters. I passed him at 700, and the 800 was 2:25. I passed the mile in 5 flat. I was in first the entire race, but slowed down really bad. I finished in 10:31.5, way off my goal ot 10:00. I think if I had run a more conservative first lap I could have gotten close to ten. 5 mile cool down when I got home.

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Total Distance
7.00

2 soccer games today. I played JV and Varsity. We lost varsity 1 to 0, and JV lost 2 to 0. It was pretty tough, but I think it was a great workout! I'd say I probably went 7 miles altogether.

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Total Distance
6.00

Another 2 preseason games, against Alta. They were an amazing team. I honestly thought they were flawless on their offense, and our defense kept collapsing. Their defense was probably equal to our offense, but we didn't ever score. Both JV and Varsity lost 8 to 0. It was pretty bad, but definately and eye opening experience. Probably 6 miles.

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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles at soccer practice. I'm not going to actually go running today, just because of how sore I am from this week. I've had some pretty hard workouts this week. Got some good stretching in after soccer.

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Total Distance
7.50

My coach told me to start doing fartlek workouts every other day to make up for not going to track workouts. So I did my first one today, and it felt great!  I did a 15 minute warmup, then 30 minutes of 2 minute surge at race pace and 2 minute moderate pace recovery. 15 minute cool down and a little stretching. 7.5 miles total.

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Total Distance
41.50
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