Speed only kills if you don't have it!

Out to Butterfield Park and back after conference.  Still sick and it was warm this afternoon, but I pushed through it.

AM- Ran with Greg and the boys this morning.  we had a great run and averaged 6:57pace.  It was way warm and nice for 5:30am in October.  4 miles.

PM- Ran with the boys again this afternoon on another good run as we went up the trail to 6400 west and back via 13400 south.  We averaged 6:55 for just over 5 miles this afternoon.

Ran this afternoon in the rain.  Tanner and I started in the back and moved up slowly. We had a good chat along the way and got soaked too.  7:00 pace for the run.  Went home and showered and then hurried over the Parent/Teacher conference, my favorite!

Slept in this morning until about 7:30, that was nice.  I went out on an easy run to Fort Herriman and back.  While I was out I ran into Ian, Travis, and Preston.  They were all on their morning mile jog.  It is nice when you coach kids and you actually see them doing what you asked them to do.  Today is our Region Championships at Westlake.  

Ran with the varsity boys up to Suncrest and back.  It was foggy and misty and whole way up and you could see much, which meant the cars couldn't see us.  Haag ran with the girls and they seemed to do well.  the boys and I had a great run.  5:45 ave down for the last 4.2 miles.  1:05.09 for the 8.4 miles.  The guys ran tough, especially after dominating the Region Championships last nigh!  Great morning run.

Mile repeats on our home course.  We warmed up for about 1.4 miles and then did 3x1 mile repeats on a very hilly loop.  I ran with my girls, who have been struggling in workouts of late.  I did 2 1 mile repeats and then had Greg do the last one so I could time my boys on their last one.  I got Kami to come with me on the 2nd one.  6:20 and 6:22.  5.7 miles total for the run. 

Easy 4 miles up the trail and back with the varsity and Haag and Greg.  Beautiful day today! 7:19 average.

Last real workout before State.  I ran around timing the boys on their intervals and ended up with miles of my own just doing that.

Beautiful day outside today.  My coaches and my team did a nice loop just over 4 miles around Rosecrest area.  I ran with everyone a little bit, girls, JV boys, and Varsity boys.  7:20 pace.

Went on a nice morning run with the team.  We started at Rosecrest Park and went up to Butterfield Park and back 6400 W and 13400 S.  We warmed up for 2 miles and then did a speed mile.  I ran with Haag and Kami and Taylor and tried to keep them with me, but they still feel back 5-10 seconds on the 5:24 mile we busted out.  Beautiful morning, probably 60 degrees at 7:45 am today.  I can live with this weather the rest of my life!

Ran with Haag on a 4 mile loop. We progressed from a 7:38 mile to a 6:08 mile over the run. 6:53 ave.

Well, yesterday was the worst experience of my entire career! My girls choked at State and ended up 9th place after being ranked top 4 all season. My boys who have been ranked Nationally decided to run the worst race of their lives and instead of winning a State title and  we ended up clear back in 5th place! Unbelievable! I was seriously considering retiring as a coach and just being the AD after yesterday.:) I have never had everyone of my kids do so terrible, and hope I never do again. I still can't figure out why either?  We probably lost our spot to be in the Nike SW Regional Championships yesterday. I hope they will really learn from this experience and use it to make them better in the future.

I needed a stress relief, because of the big bummer over the kid's lack of effort. We did a practice and not many showed up this morning. Although some of the varsity boys showed up. I ran over to Rosecrest Park to meet them and then we did a loop out around the Cove pond and back (5.25 miles). I ran the first couple miles with Macy, who dropped by to console me on his break from UVU. Haag and Greg ran with me after Macy stopped to go potty and run back with the kids. I ran home from the park when we finished. 7:03 for the 8.5 miles. The run felt good and helped after my bummer day.

I have spent the last two years building this program at Herriman and yesterday was a big let down, makes feel like I have just been wasting my time with these kids in a way, but I hope I haven't. If they learn from this it can still be a positive, or at least it will be someday. They are the most physically talented kids I have coached and the absolutely weakest mentally and I am not sure what to do about that?  I would think they would be a little more experienced, but maybe not. 

Also,I have decided it is time to start taking care of myself and getting myself back to where I am healthy and strong enough to compete again this next year, and that is what I am going to do.

Off to Lava Hot Springs now.

We didn't have too many kids at practice today.  The ones that were there with me ran up around the res and down Emeline to the trail and back to Monarch.  I started with the boys and ended up running with little Lucy.  She ran awesome today and we picked off some of the boys toward the end.  Our last 3 miles were under 7 min pace, not bad for a little Freshman.  7:27 pace for the run.  Enjoyed our last warm day for a while.

I talked to the race director of the Nike SW Regional Championships and they are letting us be in the race after all.  What an opportunity for my guys who sucked it up so bad at State after having a great season.  Nothing like a second chance!

I ran from Rosecrest Park up to the church below the mistress and back with Chuk.  6:57 pace.

I had the kids do a workout in the playground today.  Nice and chilly too, about 47 degrees.  I ran one of the mile repeats with the JV boys and Haag in 6:15 on our course.  Connor and the boys had a good workout today.  5.2 miles for me and varsity boys ended up with just over 8 miles.

We ran from Rosecrest Park up to the top of the Cove and back.  I am sore from the last couple of days and finally warmed up half way through the run.  The boys all had a good run today.  I ran the first half alone and the second half with Connor.  It was a nice day and the conversation was good.  Averaged 6:58 for the run and the last 3 miles were under 6:20 pace.

Beautiful Halloween day!  I don't remember it ever being this warm on Halloween.  I ran with my guys from Monarch up to the end of Butterfield Park and back on the trail.  We added another 7/10s to over 6 miles.  6:55 pace for the run.