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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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Good workout today. 1 mile warm up to the sports park, 2 strides and stretched. Workout was 20 minutes of whistles. You pretty much go mile to 2 mile pace whenever coach blows the whistle then back to marathon pace when he blows it again. Usually the fast parts are anywhere from 10 to 90 seconds. First mile was 5:51, then 5:55, then 6:15. The reason the last one was slow was because we had pretty long recoveries. I actually got away from Heston during one of the long ones, I was going 4:50 pace for like 2 to 3 minutes because we didn't hear the whistle. 3.3 miles in 20 minutes. 1 mile jog back to the school. 

 

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Mileage today. Ran 1.5 to diamond fork and watched the junior high races, and about another half mile jogging around there. Then we ran down the trail by the highway and back to the school which was 2 miles. Added 1.4 more when I got back. About 5.5, mostly 6:55 to 7:30.

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Really tough workout today. Warmed up 1.3 miles to the junior high and did 5 sets of 450 race pace and 150 sprint. The 450s were at 4:40 pace, too fast, and the sprints were ok for me but I was still 3 or 4 seconds behind Heston and Fletcher. Drank a lot of water during and when I was done, I felt like crap. Last really hard workout before state! My goal is sub 15:50 and top 5 to 10!

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Good run with the boyz. Ran a few miles at 8 minute mile pace and then a 15 minute tempo. It took us a while to get rolling, we were at 6:30 pace and we did manage to get down to 6:10 pace by the end of it. I wanted to be down in the 5:45 to 6:00 range but the other guys didn't push it so I just held back. Total of 6 miles.

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5 miles. It was supposed to be really easy today but for some reason Nate and Heston started running 6:30 or faster. I kind of just let them go because I really feel like I need some recovery. Its funny how they went faster on the easy run today than they did on the tempo yesterday. 

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7 miles. It didn't feel that easy but my legs are still sore from that workout a few days ago. So excited for state! The lower mileage kind of feels weird, I'm actually really excited for some high winter mileage. This track season is gonna be top notch.

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