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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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Woke up at 5:30 to go to the gym. When I got there the only treadmill open was one of those ones with a tv stuck on the front which I was bummed about. Warmed up 3 miles at about 7:50 pace I think. Workout was 4 mile tempo. First mile was 10 mph, 2nd was 10.1, 3rd was 10.2, then 10.3. It was tough, outside this workout wouldn't have been a problem. My hamstring started hurting around 20 minutes and I contemplated stopping because I really didn't want to get injured right before footlocker. I decided to finish and it feels fine but it had me worried for a little bit. I think it might have been because I subconsciously changed how I was running because if I ran normally the tv would bounce around like crazy. 1 mile cool down super slow, it felt so good. Might do more later but probably not.

5 miles later.

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Total Distance
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I forgot what I did but it was probably 7 miles.

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Total Distance
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2 miles jogging on the Mt Sac course!

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Race: Footlocker West (3.107 Miles) 00:17:15
Total Distance
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Woke up at 5:30 and drove to Mt Sac. Layed down for a while, froze to death, went to the bathroom a few hundred times, then an hour before my race I jogged .75 miles. Stretched for a bit then ran another .75 with Heston. Got a pretty bad start because we had to start on a line three meters back from the front line, lame. Got super boxed in but first mile was 5:14 which I was happy with. Passed Heston and a few people on the first set of hills and on the downhill I passed Haden Penrod and started catching up to Springbot. Kept on passing people and up the switchbacks I passed like a billion people I don't even know. Kept working, 11 minutes at 2 miles. I was hoping to be 10:30 but I haven't been doing any intense training for a little while so I'm ok with the result. Passed more people up reservoir and I was feeling good. Going down I was all out and I passed more people. By the bottom of reservoir I my legs were shaky but I just focused on not losing the guy in front of me. Kept working onto the track. One person passed me at 150 to go then I put in a good kick and passed him as well as 2 other guys. Its weird that my time is the same as last year but I feel like I'm in better shape and I raced better. I want to try to qualify for nationals next year but we'll have to see. So ready for track!

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