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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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12.00

AM: Really solid run today. I planned to do it faster than my regular runs and it worked out really well. First mile was a little slower as a warmup, 7:20. Then dropped it to 6:33. I slowed down the next couple miles, 6:40 6:48 7:02 (uphill), but picked it up the next two 6:29 and 6:22. Slowed down the last mile to cool down, 7:32. Averaged 6:51 including the warm up and cool down. 

PM: 4 miles slow. The first two miles were like a warm up, then I went to the track and did a 4 laps with a 100 stride each lap, then 4 laps with a 100 sprint each lap. Felt good, but the sprints were tough. 100 meters is longer than it looks. 

 

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AM: Jogged .85 miles to Fletcher's house and then ran 4 with him. Stretched, then ran back home. 5.7 miles total. 

PM: After piano I went to the gym and finished up to 12 miles. 6.3 at 7.5 mph. It was soooo hard to run. I wasn't tired its just it is so hard to run in there! Its hot and boring and there's nothing to do. Anyways I got a lot of aches and pains so I iced my hips, ankle, and hamstrings. My calves weren't hurting, but I iced them anyways just for the heck of it. 

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12.00

AM: Easy 4 miles through the snow at 10 o'clock. I thought the snow was going to be a big problem but it wasn't. There were like 3 inches and it was like extra cushioning. No aches and pains. 

PM: Really great run! I was feeling really good so I just ran hard without really overdoing it. First mile was way faster than usual, 6:30. I wasn't expecting that so I just kept the same effort because it didn't feel too bad. Next mile was 6:07 into the wind, but there was a downhill. Next one was 6:17, then 6:19. The next mile there were two pretty nice hills so I hit a 6:42 or something. I ran through lots of snow and mud the next mile, 6:35. Cruised the next one in 6:2X, and the last one I cooled down a little bit with a 7:04. Averaged 6:30 for 8 miles and it didn't even feel that hard! Super excited for this track season!

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11.00

AM: 1.25 miles with my 6 year old brother, then finished up to 7 miles really slow and easy. 

PM: Played basketball for a long time, we'll say an mile and a half. Drove to my grandmas house and I did 2.5 up there, 12 for the day.

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9.00

Merry Christmas! Just one run today. Went and played basketball with my sisters for almost 2 hours, probably a mile. Then did 8 miles pretty slow, 8:08 pace. Workout tomorrow.

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16.40

Nice workout today. Overall 12.5 miles. 10 minute then a fartlek workout. 5 min hard 5 easy 5 hard 5 easy 4 hard 4 easy 4 hard 4 easy down to one. Most were around 5:30 pace or slower. It felt weird going faster than tempo pace. I pushed really hard up the hills in the first 4 minute interval, and it took a lot out of me for the rest of the workout. Averaged 6:59 over the course of the entire run.

4 easy miles later.

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72.40
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