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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
42.75
Total Distance
9.75

4 miles at soccer, quite a lot of sprinting.

Track workout about an hour and a half after soccer. Warmed up for a mile and did 2x600, 2x400s and 4x200s are with 400 rest recovery (200 recovery after each 200). They all felt really good. 600s were 1:46 and 1:45. The 400s were 71 and 70. I had some trouble with the 200s because I haven't done 800 specific training at all yet. They were 32-31-33-29. I stretched after and started my cool down, but my knee started hurting really bad, so I cut it to just a 400 meter cool down. Overall I'm happy with it, but I just need to make sure I don't get injured. 

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Total Distance
6.50

Kind of sore from yesterday. Had a game at wasatch. I thought we were going but in the last 5 minutes they scored twice, pretty lame. Lots of running this game, I'd say probably 6.5 miles.

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Total Distance
7.00

Easy 7 miles. My legs were super tired from these last two hard days. I skipped soccer because I had a piano thingy, so that gave me some recovery time. I have another game tommorow then the Utah County Invite on Friday and Saturday. I'm so excited!

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Total Distance
6.00

Tough soccer game, we won though! Varsity won 3-1, JV was 2-0. I would say it was about 6 miles.

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Race: Utah County Invitational 1600 (0.994 Miles) 00:04:54
Total Distance
5.00

Raced the mile at the Utah County Invitational. Warmed up for  20 minutes, probably 2.5 miles. Did some strides, and I lined up with Nate on the back row. We got out alright, came through 200 in 34. The 400 was 69, so right what I wanted. Next lap was tough, Nate passed me and I tried to stay with him. That lap was 71. The third lap was also really difficult and I passed some people, but wtill only ran a 73. The last lap is what really killed me. It was 79. I felt like I was running through sand. Super frustrated, it was like 4:55. Nate beat me by like 6 or 7 seconds. I am getting so sick of not being able to get the workouts I need because of soccer. 1 mile cool down. 

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Race: Utah County Invitational 3200 and 800 (1.988 Miles) 00:10:15, Place in age division: 5
Total Distance
8.50

Second day of the Utah County Invitational. Warmed up for 2 miles with Nate and did strides. When we started I just relaxed and settled on the rail near the back of the pack. On the back stretch Nate started moving up so I followed. We got into 5th place and focused on hitting our splits. The first few laps were 75-76-76-74. We hit the mile in 5, and the next lap was 76. Then on lap 6 I guess I just lost focus or something because I dropped back like 4 seconds and lost contact with the pack I was with. My 6th lap was 82 and my seventh was 80, so those were way too slow, thats what kept me from breaking ten. I surged once I got focused again and caught up to Nate on the backstretch. I pulled up on his shoulder and passed him with 200 to go. I started a big surge at 150, but my sprint really started at the 100. Nate was a second behind me. I was okay with my finish but overall I am still pretty disapointed. By this time I really wanted to be close to 9:50. I'm going to work super hard this week and try to break ten at the Snow Canyon Invite. 1.5 mile cool down. 

A few hours later I warmed up for the 800. (My first one in over a year haha). I honestly like forgot how to run the 800, so it was really bad. I got out quick and got in 4th. People passed me on the back stretch, so I got wide and tried to stay with them. I thought I wassed 400 in 62 but my coach said it was 64. After that it was just a mess. A lot of people passed me, and that lap was 71. It was a learning experience, but this season is not going the way I wanted it to. 1 mile cool don. 

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Total Distance
42.75
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