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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
47.95
Total Distance
11.00

Am: 5 miles total w/ 3 miles tempo. Tempo was 6 minute pace with anywhere from 1 to 2 percent incline, with the last mile flat. Felt good, not too bad. My legs keep hurting in weird places, and my hip has started to pop when I walk, like something comes across the bone when I take a step. 

Pm; 6 miles with the team. Really hot, first 3 miles were 6:37 pace, then my watch died. A little bit slower for the rest of the run. I let Heston and Nate go ahead and I ran with Fletcher, then surged up to Guts for a little bit, then caught up with Nate and Heston. I did this as just a little practice on catching up to people. Hopped in the river after.

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Total Distance
6.25

Really solid speed workout today. Warmed up 1 mile and stretched. Workout was 5 sets of a 600 at a little faster than 5k pace, 300 meter recovery, a 200 all out sprint with a pretty sharp curve in the middle, 300 recovery. We hit the first four 600s anywhere from 1:58 to 2:01. The last one Heston did in 1:51, I did in 1:56, Nate 1:57. That one hurt a lot, the 200 after that was pretty tough too. On the last 200 we did Heston gapped me a bit, I caught up to him at 150, then I slowed down a lot. I was pretty much spent on the fourth one, so I was suprised I went faster on the last one. Sat around for a while in the shade, then jogged a mile back to the school and watched the soccer game. 

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Total Distance
7.50

Easy 5 miles with the team. We ran the long way to Nate's house and swam in his pool for a little. I just put my legs in because I still had to go further. Ran 2.5 miles back to school.

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Total Distance
8.20

1 mile warmup, then 3x1200 at race pace. We were going to do 4 but coach said if we could break 3:50 for the 3rd one we would be done. I honestly think we should have done 4 of them under 3:50, but whatever, it was a good workout. Splits were 3:48-3:53-3:41. Our rest was way too long also, like 5 minutes or more. This would have been much better if we had done four with shorter rest. 1 mile cool down back to the school. Once I got home I went to centennial and did laps on the grass until I got 8.2 for the day.

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Total Distance
3.00

1 mile jog to the sports park. We did 4 strides then played soccer for 15 minutes. I probably ran harder than I should have, but we won and thats all that matters. 1 mile jog back to sf. I'll do more later. 

Just kidding I wont do more later

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Race: Utah County Invitational (3.03 Miles) 00:16:06, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 8
Total Distance
12.00

Good race today. Warmed up with the team a before the first race, and again before my race. 2 miles warming up. Got a few strides in and I felt really good. The start was really fast, Heston went to the front after 300 or so, and that one timpview kid took the lead soon after. I was in a pack with the leaders, probably 6 of us. Passed the mile in 5:20. It was hurting a lot, and I slowed down in the second mile. I dropped off the pack and was about 10 to 15 seconds behind them, and it looked like Heston was dropping off too. I kept putting in really strong surges to get up to Heston, but I never could gain any ground on him. I ran by myself for most of the second half. I should have stayed with that pack, they were only 20 seconds ahead of me, I'm pretty sure I could have stayed with them. Heston had an amazing kick at the end and went from 7th to 3rd. I was completely by myself so my kick didn't really matter, but I got a 3 mile pr which was nice. 800 cool down. 

Drove down to St George. They had a treadmill down at our condo so I did some intervals. 1 mile warm up, 800 in 2:36, 800 jog, 800 in 2:36, 1 mile jog, 800 in 2:33, 800 jog, 800 in 2:33, 1 mile jog, 800 in 2:30. I was going to do another one but I had to go to the bathroom. Swam after with the fam. Its way hot down here. 

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Total Distance
47.95
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