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Copper Hills Invitational 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
49.80
Total Distance
7.50

30 minute bike ride, 3.5 miles.

4 mile run later to and around the sports park, then watched my sister's soccer game. Racing the mile and 800 in the medley tomorrow at Wasatch. 

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Total Distance
8.20

Our meet got canceled because of the snow so we just did a workout. Warmed up 2 laps, stretches and drills. 4 laps of indian runs with the boys. Then we did 2x800s at 3200 pace and jogged a lap between. First one went 72-74, 2:26. Second was 72-72, 2:24. Felt good. Then we went into the D Gym and did 15 minutes of stairs. Pushed really hard and I was overheating in there! My calves will feel that tomorrow. Cooled down .3 with everybody then me and Heston Warr did 3 more miles, last mile in 7:10. 

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Total Distance
10.00

Good run today. We definately went too hard for an 'easy' day. Ran 20 minutes with all the boys then a 9 minute tempo run. Heston and I did a 5:20 mile in there so we were hauling, everybody else was way far back. He dropped me at like 7 minutes and got 10 or so seconds on me. Ran back to the high school, 4.7 miles. I ran the loop again to get mileage. 9.4 for the run, but I did other stuff today too so we'll say ten. 

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Total Distance
7.00

Did some pacing for my two mile on saturday. Warmed up 1.25 including strides. The kids doing the two mile did 4x800s with a lap jog to recover. It was pretty easy, and I hit some good times. First one went 72-74, 2:26. I was supposed to just hit 72's and 73's. Next one was 73-73, 2:26. The third one was too fast. 71-68, 2:19. I went 68 to make sure I didn't slow down, but ended up going too fast. Last one was good, 74-69, 2:23. I went slower on the first lap on purpose. 15 minute cool down. 

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Total Distance
6.10

Really easy run today to get ready for tomorrow. 6 miles at 7:47 pace, sun was out and it was 60 something degrees. Excited for tomorrow!

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Race: Copper Hills Invitational 3200 (1.988 Miles) 00:10:09, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
11.00

Average race today. Went up to Salt Lake for conference so I was in a car for 2 hours before I raced. Got to the meet like 2 hours before my race. Layed around for a while, drank water, had some trail mix, went to the bathroom a bunch. Warmed up a mile with Nate, Jordan, and Wyatt. Warmed up another mile and watched Wyatt get second in his heat, which got him a point for our team. Did some strides and then lined up. Got off and went into 5th or so. They settled right down and were going pretty slow so I passed them on the backstretch and stayed relaxed. Got through 400 in 74, and put in a surge, next lap in like 73 I think. This is where I started slowing down I think. I don't know why I couldn't keep it up, I should have been able to get through the mile in 4:50 pretty easily. Went through the mile in 5 flat and I had already dropped Nate. These next few laps are the ones that always get me and it happened again today. Picked it up the last lap but it wasn't that great, maybe 72 or 73. Finished in 10:09. Didn't get to cool down.

4 more miles when I got home, 6:59 average pace.

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Total Distance
49.80
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