Failure makes me work even harder.

Hell's hole sucks...enough said...

Today I ran with the varsity boys. We went from Michaels house to the summit (3 miles there) then started our tempo back. I felt good for the first mile and a half but the other half I had to push it to keep up with devin. We then ran two extra on that (we went back to michaels for colton) and that felt really good it was too fast a pace.

Probably my worst race...didn't really have good form at all and I basically gave up mentally. The finish was good but not good enough to make up for the rest of the race. I am going to really focus on running my hardest this next week to rebound and finally get where I need to be on the team.  My focus for this upcoming week is on my form, mostly posture.

It was by far the best long run this year. I felt amazing and I had a lot of energy afterwards. I think it might be for the fact I ran tall and straighter and that was my focus for the whole run.

Pretty good run...no complaints...felt fine.

Another terrible region race...can't catch a break...did great until the LAST lap and I got this pain in my diaphram that was so bad I could barely run...excrutiating pain.  Not my best race but as Rocky says in his movie,"it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you are because of him, or her, or anybody." I'm gonna work my butt off this week and at state I'll kill myself for it to be my best race ever.

This was a good run, felt weird running that far haven't ran that far for a while now...anyways can't wait for pre-foot next week.

Morining: 3 Miles-  Artic circle it was a pretty good run.

Afternoon: We did sunrise and did 5 hills and they were killer, but I did well starting on the hill and by the end I would always feel my bowel/stomach issues kick-in.

Morning:  3 miles Ran artic circle

Afternoon: 6 miles-We went out and ran to target and then on the way back we went in the tunnel to scare the girls (coming from the other side) It was pretty fun, but my stomach was being dumb.

It was a good speed run, but I had some bowel issues and so the end wasn't good and during the speed part of the workout I probably could have gone faster.

Morning: Ran to Artic circle and back.  It was a good morning run, but a little colder than usual.

Afternoon:  Did an indian run and it felt great my stomach felt better.

I was suppose to do six today but my bowels were worse than ever today and I had to walk a mile away to a church trying not to pull a murray ha.  I researched it and I just think I have to change some things in my diet.

 Morning) 3- I ran Artic circle tried to make my stride more smooth and it worked and saved a lot of energy.

Afternoon) 9- It was a good run, I felt good for the first 3/4 then started to get a cramp, but stuck up with tyson, devin,and jarod.  It felt good to stick it out, I haven't ran that far for a LONG time.

Morning) 3-felt good it was a good morning run

Afternoon) 6- I started out good but then my bowels acted up again...i'm thinking it's milk because yesterday I felt good and didn't drink milk.

Morning) 3- good morning run worked on quicker feet

Afternoon) 5- it was actually pretty good it may be the milk after all...anyways I also worked on good posture and quicker feet and it helped a lot conserved a lot more energy because I wasn't kicking back as much

Morning)3- felt good and worked on my stride and quick feet.

Afternoon) pyramids & 400 m- felt good for the pyramids, but started to tighten on the 400 m

Morning) 3- good run worked on my stride again.

Afternoon) 5- traveled up to american fork and went on a run in the wind and rain and cold forgot to wear gloves so my hands froze.

Race- regular 5k distance and it was a good race.  I thought I could have done better but everytime I got momentum I slipped (which was twice in the same place weirdly enough).  I was close to devo, but just didn't trust myself to go ahead of him.  That will be my goal next race.  I felt I could've gone A LOT faster.

Morning) 3- Regular morning had to get out all the junk acquired over the weekend. 

Afternoon) 9- Really fun run just what I needed after a very gloomy weekend.  Went to go on albino and took a wrong turn (thanks to tyson) and went into the desert and did an off-road run and it was a blast! Then did 4x200m which was pretty good.

Morning) 3- Felt a little weird, but it still was all right.

Afternoon) 4 + pyramids (9 in total)-  It was good until my legs tightened but I think it is due to my stride change and my turn over change.

Morning) 3- Legs felt a little sore, but not too shabby of a run.

Afternoon) 5 + striders- We ran down to 2450 park and did a grass run.  It was pretty good and fun, but there were a lot of sharp things in the grass!

Morning) 3- It was an alright run, didn't eat breakfast because I woke up late.

Afternoon) 8- Ran a warm up and a 2 mile race, but it wasn't my best because I didn't eat hardly anything today.

Morning) 3- fellt kinda sore by the knee but nothing to worry about.

Afternoon) 5- It was a fun run.  Had a good laugh and was fun.

It was a good run.  Ran with hunter and talked about what could happen next year in xc and got me super stoked about it!  I felt great, we weren't running super fast but not slow ha.

We ran to the middle school to do some roller coaster workout stuff.  It was pretty good, I ran pretty good.  Then we did a couple 200 m and other speed stuff.  I worked on driving my needs instead of kicking so much.  It didn't feel smooth but I did go faster so now I need to do that more and just incorporate the smoothness into it.

We ran to the elementary/middle school and ran on the grass there.  It was going good until I started to get a little bit of bowel disturbance, but not too bad.  I think it was because I forgot a lunch.  I worked driving my knee's more and, as coach holt said, "stepping over the bar" it felt pretty good it was a lot easier to accelerate and actually less tiring.

Ran a speed workout with 600, 3x100, 600, 3x100, 600, 3x100.  It was a good workout, I did good on the 100 m but 600 not as much.  My stomach was acting up a little bit, I just need to eat more and stay hydrated and eat more.

Today, we ran four in the morning because we were traveling to flagstaff that afternoon.  It was a pretty good run.  Had a good time with the varsity boys and had some laughs.  Overall it was a decent run.

It was a good run.  My muscle below my calf was really tight so I tried to loosen that afterwards.  I worked on keeping my hips forward and driving my knees.  It was a perfect temperature for a run, and the altitude in flagstaff didn't really affect me.

Not my best race, but not my worst.  I felt I could have gone a lot faster than I did and I was being really negative and puting a lot of pressure on myself and I didn't preform my best.  I will try to work hard this next week and try not to put so much pressure and negativity on myself.  I will try not to worry so much on how I feel physically.

Today we ran on foremaster than on the rollercoasters at the middle school.  It was better, I worked on not thinking too much how I feel and just relaxing and running.  It felt good to not worry too much.  I ran a good couple of rollercoaster hills, but the last two were the hardest so I pushed through those.

Today we ran michigans!  I felt great!  I felt smooth and relaxed until the very last 800 (of the 2400 off the track) then I struggled to keep up with tyson.  But most of the workout I was right up on Tyson so that felt good.  I've figured out that I just need to relax and run!  Also, be positive!  That really helped today!

Ran out past Washington Academy and it was a good run!  I felt relax and really moving, although my hands became really frozen.  I am excited to show what I am really worth at California in Footlocker Juniors Race!  I think I could do really well in that race!

Today I ran 5 with a 2 mile tempo.  I ran with Hunter after our family played some flag football.  We started out at a decent pace up the hill around his house.  We hit our tempo after 2.5 miles in.  I felt really good and relaxed.  I was by myself for most of the tempo because hunter was getting sick and I still felt really strong.  I think I have finally figured out how to run fast for me...shut off my brain, relax, and run smooth.  I am really excited for the race to come in California, because I have felt really strong (esp. on hills) and the footlocker course is very tough!

Ran over by my grandparents house and I felt really relaxed and strong most of the way (at the end the muscle below the ball of my calf was sore) and I had to slow down because I looked at the Garmin and it said I was going 5:50-6:00 pace and so I slowed down.  I felt really strong though and it felt easy to go that pace.  Once again, this really get's me excited and pumped for California this next week! 

Today I ran 6 with 4x200 m fartleks.  I felt alright until about 3 1/2 miles into it the muscle below the ball of my calf tighten and started to hurt.  I had to stop and stretch twice after that.  I think it was due to not stretching very well before and after runs. 

Easy 4 w/ 3x200m-  It was a good run, nice and easy.  I felt pretty good on the first 200 and then on the last too I started strong but didn't accelerate on last part, like I should...All together a good run, nothing special.

4 w/ wave hills- Did a run down by the run, then cut in to do 5 wave hills at the middle school.  I felt really good and smooth.  I felt really strong on the wave hills and kept up with tyson and beat him one time (maybe to the fact he had to pee super bad).  It really got me excited for foot locker! I am excited to finally have the best race of my season!  XC4EVER!

Ran after our bus ride to just get the legs shaken out...felt pretty good.

We ran the Foot Locker course and then did some striders at the start felt good.

I started out right where I needed to be in like 23rd and right behind Michael.  Then as I started to approach the first hill (the switchbacks) I got thinking negative and axiety grew so much my stomach began to feel sick.  I was pretty slow going up the hills all around.  I was pretty good at the down hills.  Michael and I were going to work together to win, but instead I died off and he won...It was really disappointing because I know I could have been with Michael.  I am going to try to do some things to keep me relaxed and positive, like how Corey use to say jokes to himself in the middle of a race.  I think if I get passed these mental barriers me and michael could do some damage next year, but I have to get passed them first during track.

It actually wasn't even that bad for my first time back.  My lower back was a little strained,but I felt great! Can't wait for track!

Second day back!  I felt not as good as yesterday, but still no breathing/respitory problems! Just a small section in my lower is kinda sore/feeling bad.  But was way good run overall!

Green springs. Back still a little tweeked,but still great!  My ankle felt a little sore too.  It was a slow pace, and good.  Can't wait for track!

Morning run, it was a great run. Felt really good.

Good run! felt good just thinking about my goals for track and getting pumped!

Great run once agains (I am on a roll)!  And once again I was thinking about my goals and sometimes dreaming about my track ambitions!  I don't know if I should keep thinking about it, it makes me wanna run even more and work to exhaustion (don't worry I am not)!  It is really exciting because it is almost a mystery how good I will be ( on a scale of awesome to more awesome haha)!  Too bad track doesn't "officially" start for a while, but still exciting stuff!

Ran a mile to hunter's house to pick hunter up for a run, then went 3 miles more afterwards ending up at my house.  I felt really good today (cold but good)!  No real physical delimmas, just talked to hunter about him most likely doing track and our goals for it!  I tried actual running gloves (got for christmas) and it was SO much better than regular gloves!  Woke up early and I usually feel better when I go to bed early and wake up early! (but I do have to go to bed early to feel better!) Meals before run: Breakfast- toast w/jam. (I am going to start recording my meals on here cause I use to have stomach problems and so I want to find out what was causing it).

Ran with hunter out a little past the stake center.  My stomach didn't feel too good because I had taken 2 different vitamins right before I started running.  It calmed down after half a mile and the rest of the run was good.  Didn't talk much to hunter though cause I was thinking.  I learned today how I best learn, and it said I have to calm everything internally before I can get all in to something, so today I will work on that.  I am also going to do yoga today because it helps with running.  Meals before run: None

I ran by myself today, going out toward washington academy. It was a good run, perfect temperatures. I couldn't breath as well, I think that was due to the fact that I didn't get much sleep or eat that well the day before. I was running decently fast, getting reved up for track season! Meals before running: none Sleep: 7 hours, but went to bed late and woke up late.

It was a good run.  Tried to just turn off my conscious state as a runner and just run and it was easier to go faster.  It was a good run relieved a lot of stress.  I could breath easier today, but still a little trouble.  Meals: None Sleep: 9 went to bed at 10 and woke up at 7.

Today I ran 4 miles down past the double churches and back.  It was a good run and great weather outside!  I had no trouble breathing and I thought about how I am going to do good in track and my goals.  Meals: None Sleep: start-12 wakeup- 7:45

Out to the double churches and back.  Was wearing a jacket but the weather was a little too warm for that so I had to roll my sleeves up.  I felt really good though, and can't wait to run with the team again.  I also can't wait for longer run...so fun!  I saw real steel yesterday and even though its about robots boxing, it was really inspirational and helped me with my run today.  Meals: none Sleep: 10 to 8= 10 hours of sleep.