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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
45.25
Total Distance
14.00

For cross country we went to the springville reservoir and did a run on a trail through the canyon. It was pretty hilly and the whole team ran together for the first two miles. Then everybody turned around but the varsity kids. We went probably 7:20 for the next two miles, then Heston and I picked it up a lot, I swear every time we run together we start racing. Our last mile was definitely sub 5:30. Total of 6, then we jumped in the 10 degree water and swam for a while. Pretty nice workout.

8 miles later. Coach saw me running and told me to stop running so much, so I'm going to do like 48 miles or something this week

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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles easy. Ran on the grass for a bit.

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Total Distance
8.75

So I was an idiot an slept in till 10 because I'm lazy, and I missed practice. Did the workout at 8:30, and it was dark by the end. Workout was 4 miles of 60 seconds easy and 45 seconds hard (5k to 10k pace). I got to try out my new shoes and they feel awesome, and they glow in the dark which makes them 5 times as cool. Workout felt good, not too hard. Just taking it easy for my 10k on Friday.

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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles. I felt really nauseous and out of energy. My legs were heavy, probably slower than 9 minute pace. I was going to do some strides but I wasn't feeling it.

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Race: Speedy Spaniard 10k (6.214 Miles) 00:34:40, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
7.50

Ran the speedy spaniard 10k today. I felt similar to yesterday. Warmed up 1 mile with like 5 strides. I lined up with Heston and the American fork kids. We started and I stayed in the front pack. I left Heston and didn't see him again until the end of the race. I thought I was running kind of conservatively, but it was too fast. Joe Simmons surged away from the rest of us and I ran with an older guy and Patrick Larkin from AF. He got away and so did the older guy and I ran by myself for another mile. I put in a big surge after mile 3 and caught Patrick. Then another high school kid caught us and I tried to go with him, but he was going to fast so I slowed down again. I ran with Patrick for half a mile and then he surged and I couldn't follow. Almost right after that I got really bad stomach cramps. This happened a few weeks ago and I was worried it would get bad enough I'd have to start walking. I probably slowed to 6 or 6:30 pace the last two miles. I was probably on pace to go low 33 before my cramps. With a mile left i was basically crouching over because it hurt so bad. I looked behind me and saw Heston about 45 seconds behind me. I tried to push it on the last mile but it wasn't enough. We passed the 6 mile mark and a few seconds after Heston came past me really fast. He beat me by 10 seconds, I finished in 34:40, which is an alright time. I really wanted to get top 3 and break 34. Cooled down a little, I felt really sick.

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Total Distance
5.00

Woke up late and tried to go for a run at 3, but it was in the upper nineties. Only went 4 miles. 

Lots of swimming later

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Total Distance
45.25
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