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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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51.10
Total Distance
10.00

Great workout today! 10x400s at somewhere between 800 and mile pace. We had lots of recovery so fast paces weren't a problem. Splits were 62-64-64-66-64-64-63-63-58-59. Now if I could only string all those together I'd be running 8:30 in the 32! 400 recovery between each. Did 2 miles warming up and 2 miles cooling down. Lets say 10 today. 

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Total Distance
7.00

Easy run, I don't remember what we did though. Probably around 7?

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Total Distance
8.00

Tune up workout for friday, 2x500s and 2x300s at mile pace. I struggled today, it felt much harder than Monday. 3.5 miles after by myself. 

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Total Distance
9.00

8 mile run, felt good. Did 8 barefoot strides at the park and ran back home. 

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Race: Mountain Valley Invitational (1 Miles) 00:04:37, Place overall: 2
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8.00

Got to the meet and played frisbee for a bit to stay warm, it was pretty cold. Ran a lap and did drills with the team. Warmed up three miles total before the mile. I was seeded number 2, Haden Penrod was number one and he put down his time as 4:20. Started and got a really good start and went right behind Haden. I felt like we were going to fast and we were, 66 first lap. At 350 meters a Lone Peak kid passed me and he hit 400 at like 65. He was really pushing hard trying to catch Haden. Soon after Nathan Chesnut passed me and I sat behind him. Hit 800 in 2:17, a 71 second lap. The Lone Peak guy was coming back to us by now, and I let Chesnut do the work because it was windy (yeah I'm that kid that drafts off people the whole time). Hit 1200 in 3:27 or 3:28, and we caught and passed the Lone Peak guy. With 250 to go I went passed Nathan and started pushing really hard, surged again at 200, and kept doing miny surges to the end to prevent me slowing down. Finished 9 seconds behind Haden, which isn't that bad right? And if I could man up and take the lead once in a while I could probably be a few seconds faster. Overall this was a great race for me. 4 second pr, second place overall, good times. Next goal is 4:32 on Tuesday, then hopefully qualify for state in the 32 on saturday at copper hills. 2.5 miles cooling down, lets say 8 for the day. 

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Total Distance
9.10

70 minutes at 6 o'clock. Felt good, averaged 7:37 pace. Ran on grass a lot. Stretched at home and did an hour of strength stuff. Calf raises, hamstrings, squats, lunges, leg raises, russian twists, planks, sit ups, crunches, push ups, pull ups, good stuff. Not that sore from yesterday, but my legs are kind of tight. 

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Total Distance
51.10
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