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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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3 miles early in the morning. I wanted to do a 1.5 mile tempo but I just kept loosing focus and slowing down, so I stopped at .75 miles. 

Cross country at 7. We were just supposed to do 50 minutes easy, but thats not what ended up happening. We did probably 8 to 9 minute pace with the whole team for the first 25 minutes, and on the way back me, Heston, Nate, and some of the other varsity boys sped up. After one mile of going like 6:30 pace or so Heston and I pulled away and did a really quick last mile, 5:45. It was tough but I'm glad we did it, I haven't had a good workout for a while other than the hills I did a few days ago.

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5 miles in the morning with Nate, Heston, and guts. Felt good, Heston picked up the pace a lot at the end again, and I really don't think it's a good idea to do that on every run. 

5 miles later in like 95 degree weather.

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Really good workout at cross country. We did 8x200 meter hills, and I stayed with Heston on every one except the last one. On the last one I started too fast and Heston pulled away in the last 100 meters, and fletcher had an amazing sprint and got me. Warm up and cool down was a mile.

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4 miles in the morning with Nate, guts, and fletcher. We ran up the big hill by diamond fork and a loop around there. Nate had us finish fast, but I stayed back because I wanted some recovery.

5 miles later.

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Easy 3 miles, did 4x100 strides on the grass barefoot. It felt really strange, my back was arching and my legs weren't moving quick enough.

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Race: Provo Freedom Run 10k (6.214 Miles) 00:34:05, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 2
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Great race today! I ran the 10k and got a huge pr! My previous pr was 36:30, I beat that by 2 and a half minutes. I got there at 6 and started warming up at 6:15. Went to the bathroom twice and did some strides. I found Nate and Heston and we all started together. That first mile was kind of slow, I'm not sure what the time was. It felt easy but I didn't want to push the pace early and die at the end. There was a pack of 8 or 9 in front of us three, but they were flying so we let them go. Our second mile was mostly downhill and it was pretty quick. Heston and I started dropping Nate at about mile 2. We ran together for another mile and a half and then someone caught up to us. We stayed with him for a while and then he started pulling away. I decided to go with him, and I guess Heston wasn't feeling it and he stayed back. The gap that kid made was a little too big and I never did catch him. I Caught another person around mile 4.5 and stayed with him until 5.75 or so, then he made a move and I gave up. But with 400 to go I heard footsteps behind me so I just layed it all out there. Honestly it was probably one of the fastest kicks I've ever had! I caught the kid that made a move on me and gapped him a ton. Finished in 34:05, a really big pr! I got 8th which is better than I was expecting. I also threw up at the end. Cooled down a little with my mom afterward. 9 total.

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