GOING THE DISTANCE

7am- Good run down in the hell hole this morning.  Pretty hard workout, really hard coming back out.

4pm- Nice easy 3 miles around my neighborhood in the afternoon.

7am- We ran out to the desert past the water tank.  we ran out 2 1/2 then back 2 1/2.  Pretty easy and nice and peacful.  After we did striders.  Then on the way to the grand canyon I lost my periferal vision and had a bad migrain so no afternoon run.

5pm- Ran at the grand canyon after a rough day yesterday.  I ran 10 loops around the camp ground.  Got some good extra altitude training at around 8,400 elevation.

6pm- Me and my dad ran in the desert up to Mustang Pass where we (the youngsters) saw eric gould last year.  I pushed it a bit up to the top, then cruised easy back down.  Down by the road the trail was flooded a ton and there was a little pond.  Maybe the water tank on the turkey farm road burst.

7am- Ran 7 miles out to Middleton and back.  Last two miles were tempo which were really hard cause of the hill by fire station and the hill back up to the school.  Really pumped but a bit nervous for the first race of the season.  Dont really know what its gonna be like or what time i'll get.  Excited to find out. 

3pm- For afternoon run today we ran the usual 3 miler from the high school, out to Arctic Circle and back.  At first I just felt like i was gliding across the road.  Then the last 2 miles i had a horrible stomach cramp so that pretty much ruined it.  After we did weights and got our jerseys.

7am- Today we ran 4 miles up to the dirt mile.  We ran a nice easy pace, nice and fast, but not hard to keep up with.  Then running club after and the last one!

7am- Today we ran 3 miles on the grass plus striders after.  Not much more to say.

6:50pm- Tonights race was really fun.  I wasn't very nervous and felt good the whole race.  Even though I had sideaches during the warmup.  Very sastisfied with how I did and excited for the next race.  I was about 50 feet behind Red Leader the whole time and my goal was to beat him.  So I went beast mode at the end and did.   

7am- This morning was a good workout.  We went down to hells hole to do our hill workout.  I woke up feeling a bit sore and stuff but felt good by the time we got doing the workout.  Coming back up out of hell hole was hard like always.  Then we stopped at a white church and got some water out of the spickit.  it wasnt too cold but i tasted really good.  Then when we got back we had already gone a little bit over our mileage.  Plus my mom had already left cuz she had to go to work and couldn't wait for me any more.  so i got a mile and a quarter extra today.

6pm- Normal 3 miler out to arctic circle.  After we did most of the plyos but no weights cuz we had to go to the runner center.  There we had pizza, got prizes and steve gave us tips on racing stratigy.  Good time.

7am- This morning we met at the trailhead by the dixie center.  I was really suprised when i looked on the pineview blog last night and level 2s only had 3 miles.  But it was fine with me.  We started on the trail then over the bridge but then decided to take a little dirt trail under the freeway.  100 meters later the trail was gone and we ran on the sand for a bit.  Then we had no choice but to turn around.  So we went back and went up the trail a bit then went back.  Nice easy run.

6:30pm- Me and my dad went to the new virgin river soccer park and ran from there.  At the end we ran up the hill on 300 east that goes up to telegraph for our long hill.  Felt good at first but the my heel started bugging me like it did as a youngster so that stunk but o well

7am- 7 miles today.  We ran down 2450 street to the river trail then ran along that.  My heel wasnt too bad.  It hurt pretty bad on the warmup, but as we started the run it felt better and better.  The way back really was hard.  Plus i dont know why but my legs were completely shot today.  It felt like i hardly move them.  Today was not great.

3pm- 3 miles to arctic circle.  weights and plyos after. 

7am- Basically ran the warm up and cool down.  Ran the first 1000 but my heel started killing a ton.  hopefully it will feel good tomorow.

6:15am- Started out on my morning run.  Passed my dad goin the other way about halfway.  Then a bit after my heel started giving me pain, whatever it does.  So i kinda jogged/limped/walked the rest of the way home.

3pm- As soon as we started the warmup my heel started hurting so i just took it a bit easy.  When we got back i told coach and he had me go to mark.  He taped me up and told me what to do and all that.  So at home i rolled it with a waterbottle and a tennis ball.  Then i put it in a bucket of ice water and that flippin hurt.  So tomorow is a rest day and hopefully i can run on friday and in the race cuz this junk sucks.

6am- Great run in the morning.  My heel didn't hurt at all.  I was really hoping it wouldnt hurt in the afternoon.

3pm- But anyways it did.  In PE we had to run a little bit.  I tried to take it a little easy.  But i didnt have the new supportive insoles i got in my shoes so the heel of doom started hurting.  So on our warm up it was fine.  As we did our run to green springs it hurt just a tinge.  I tried to do the 200's but after 2 of them, it hurt to bad so i stopped.  Tomorows our race.  Hopefully it wont hurt so i can race in the varsity race baby!

8:30am- Todays race was good and fun.  A little different since it was in the morning not like cedar.  I would say i did good considering i didn't have racers on and that i kinda have an injury.  It was cool to race on varsity and cool to win as a team.  My heel felt pretty much all fine until after the race.  I wanted to stay with matt and able but i just didn't have it today.  Overall it was a fun time.

6am- This morning run felt really nice.  It was a cool temperature.  But the best was that i felt great with my foot and all.  So that was good. 

3pm- Dude it was super hot.  I sweated a lot.   Believe or not.  Haha that rymes.  Anyways we did harts warm/cool and us level 2s were supposed to do 5x 3 mins but coach made me and paul do just three cuz of our problems.  The first one i stayed right about with hunter cuz coach said for us to stay with somebody.  Then hunter started fading on the second so i stayed with kyler.  On the last one i tried to stay with kyler but i was dying and my legs felt funny and i faded back behind him a bit like 50 feet.  After we lifted weights but i didn't have to do plyos cuz of my foot. (yes!)

6:25pm- I didn't go to morning this run.  i was just feeling exausted and needed the extra sleep.  Plus i didnt to work my foot to hard.  Any was we met at PVHS a 4:15 and did the 2 1/2 DI loop.  My legs were just dead from the work out yesterday.  The DI loop was a struggle and was behind the whole time.  Then we had the 2 mile time trial which was ok.  I ran a 12:01 which i guess was good, i mean i don't have any two milers to based it on.  My heel hurted moderately so i could have done better.  I felt really tired the whole time but i was able to push the last 300 meters and finish strong.  Then we had the harts cool down which was also a struggle.  After the race we had the parent meeting and the room was super hot.  So not the best day so ill go to bed early and hopefully have a good day tommorow. 

6am- Today was a really fun day of running.  The morning was pretty fun.  It was raining really hard and we were all soaked when we got back to the high school.

3pm-  From 10 o clock to 3 o clock there was no rain, then right when we started running it started raining.  It was awesome!  Running in the rain is the best.  So we did 6 miles with 3 fartleks.  Our rout was up by sunrise tires, then up on to foremaster.  We ran along foremaster then back down and up past costco to pineview.  We did our fartleks starting at the new greek resturant thing, top of foremaster ridge, and by the dinosaur museum.  I felt good the whole time and no trouble with my heel.  I think the strassburg sock is really helping a ton and i love being able to run and not worry about my heel hurting.

6am- Good morning run to arctic circle for 3 miles.  The morning runs are always nice and fun cuz its dark.

3pm-  We ran 3 miles to the green springs club house and back.   Afterwards we did striders which we fun cuz the grass was pretty short.  Afterwards that I lifted weights.  I love lifting weights espescially cuz your body feels all good and tingley when your done.  Kinda like the holy ghost ya know.

6am- Same old 3 miler to arctic circle.

3am- Today i got to choose were to run cuz im the freshman of the century.  So we ran to hotnails.  I just tried to thing tons of positive pumpy up stuff on the runs to day so i can do my best at SUU.  I really want to push it and do good tomorow.  After the run we did 4x200 which felt good.  I like doing the speed stuff when my heels not hurting.  Which it wasn't. 

8:45am- This race was good.  I was more nervous for this one then the other races.  Dunno why.  But at the first we had a good start.  It didn't seem to fast but us pine views went straight to the front pretty much.  Halfway through the first lap it was me, kyler, hobbs, and colton in a pack right at the front.  That was the plan, to stay together.  Then on the second lap about by the bathroom those three started pulling away.  I hardly noticed until they were like 30 feet in front.  Then the panguitch kids passed me.  Then Sunshine came onto my side and i had vowed to never let him beat me again, so i stayed right on him.  I stayed behind him till the last lap.  As we started to head south again to the top, I started to kick it into gear.  I passed Sunshine then at the top passed the second panguitch kids.  Going around the corner i looked over and saw the big banner so i just pushed it from there.  Almost at the end I was caught up to hobbs and sprinted harder.  But he saw my shadow so he sprinted harder too and we came in 4 and 5.  It was a hard race but the last lap I just felt great for some reason.  The best part was that my heel had no pain whatsoever so I really hope this foot injury is done forever.

6am- Pretty much the normal morning 3 miler to arctic circle and back.  After we did yoga and stuff in the locker room.

3pm- Today was hot.  Pretty much really really hot.  It was not too hard of a run but the heat from the sun made it a intense run.  For the run we ran 7 miles plus striders in the middle.  and a half mile warmup before.  We were gonna go to the east but i guess there was a bad guy on the loose so we went to the park by the sunbowl.  Then back.  On the way back we stopped by jasons house and drank from the hose and cool off a bit. That was the best part of my day.  Afterwards we all lifted weights.  

6am- 3 miles. artic circle

3pm- today was 5x1000 and harts warmup/cooldown.  Total mileage was 6.75 miles.  It was pretty hot again today but not as hot as yesterday.  so my splits were 3:12, 3:12, 3:13, 3:17, 3:03.  After the 4th one everyone kinda faded a bit.  Then coach called the whole team together and had a talk with us.  He said there is no such thing as fear.  Its just something we make up in our head.  He said we've gotta push through the fear and not be afraid of pain.  I was really inspired and the next one (which was my last) i pushed hard and got 3:03.  It was a good workout.

6am- artic circle three miles.

3pm- 4x 2 mins and 5x400's with harts warm/cool.  I felt pretty good this workout.  I tried to remember about what coach said about fear and stuff.  So I just kinda blanked my mind and looked foward to the pain, knowing it was only gonna last a couple minutes.  On the 400's i was staying right up in the front so hopefully i was just pushing and everybody else felt fine also.  Paul is gonna be up with us next race and SUNSHINE IS GOIN DOWN!  

6am- Same old thing.

3pm- 3 miles plus striders and .5 mile warmup.  This run felt pretty fast.  We were going a pretty fast pace i think but i was pretty chill and relaxed.  Us level twos just ran to the greens spring clubhouse and back.  After we did striders and after that did weights but no plyos yet. 

6am- run to arctic cirlcle and back for 3 miles.

5:30pm- 7 miles with 30 minute tempo at 7 minute mile pace.  It was a hot run but it felt good and i felt strong on the tempo.  We ran down to the soccer park then out to the log lane church.  We got back and got showered and all and watched the game and waited for the run-a-thon.

12am- Ran my first shift of the night and started out trying to break 5.  But I was super tired, had been eating mostly swedish fish, and it was late (fair excuses) and got 5:13.  Then went two more times till 1:50 and we were done for a while.

 5am- I was pretty tired by this time around and basically tried to get the miles done without walking.  During this one we had breakfast which was hard to eat cuz i was so tired.  At 7 we did the dash for cash.  My group was big and i only had to go twice.  

7am- We ran down the road.  Then along a trail.  Then we went up a huge hill. Then we cut through a little neighbor hood.  Then we stopped at a pond behind walmart and all got a big drink from it.  Then we ran through the desert.  Then Hunter tripped on a rock and fell on his face.  Then we got back to the school and did 4x200's.  Then the rest of the guys did plyos and I went home.  We ran 6 miles total.

6am-  Woke up at 5:48 but somehow still made it on time.  Ran 3 miles.

7:30pm-  This race was alright.  I was really set on beating Sunshine.  But not today.  Next time.  We did our warmup and all.  Then they started the race and we started to run around.  I was doing good with Sunshine at first then I don't know what happened.  I don't really remember much of the race.  Then at the end dallin's dad said they need me and that i was 5th.  So I sprinted and passed 5 guys.  I was just ok with my race.  On to wasatch.  And coach, i have a question for you.  Is 3 bean and cheese burritos a good pre-race meal.

6am- I am sick of writing the same thing for the morning.

3pm- Mall run.  total, 5 miles plus striders.  Weights after.  The run felt way hot.  We got a drink at the park by fossil ridge.  The best park was when we crossed in front of this guy in his car.  He had a beard.  Then he yelled something like, "watch it you idiots. next time im gonna run you the f*** over!"  he he he he he he he he he he.  it was flippin halarious. 

6am- 3 miles to arctic circle and back.

3pm-  Sandburgs run.  This run is fun.  When we got to the pond all the girls started flipping out and ran away.  But then we jumped in and got a drink.  The water in that pond is so delicious.  And cool and refreshing.  It was pretty much the easyest run of the year.  Really slow plus lotsa breaks. Simply 5 easy miles, nothin else.

6am- 3 miler to arctic circle.

3pm- 5.5 miles total.  The workout was 4x2mins 1 min recover, and 5x400s 30 sec recover plus harts warm/cool.  This was a good workout.  I did pretty good considering i fell a sleep 8th period.  At first when we did our warmup it was pouring and by the time we did 400's it was back to way hot.  On the first 2 two minuters i stayed like 20 feet ahead i felt way good.  Then fatige got to me and i just stayed right with colton on the last two.  Hunter stayed pretty much up with me and colton, he did good.  On the 400's I rolled my ankle 5 billion times cuz we had to do them on the field by the tennis courts.  cuz the gate was locked.  But i stayed right with josh and colton on those.  Hopefully the guys did good up at murry. and girls i guess.

8:30  Me and my dad ran the mustang pass loop.

6am- good ol mornin run.

12pm- 8 miles.  4 30 seconds, 3 800s, and 3 1000 indian runs.  It was a hard workout.  I pretty much warmed up on the 30 seconders cuz i got there late.  the 1000s were hard but kinda fun too.  the last one really hurt and my legs felt like jessica (hill) was biting them.  it was rough.  but everything is easier when your the favorite.

My heel started hurting bad ever since the workout yesterday and was worse today.  It hurt just to walk.  But people have told me ice works to help injurys.  Sounds crazy but ill give it a go.

no running again.  just icin, rollin, and stretchin

6am-  Got to start running again with the morning after me and my dad went on a bike ride last night.  It was pretty slow but i really would rather recover than stay injured.

3pm-  three super easy miles.  Me and jake had to run with the girls cuz of injury.  I wish i could go with the girls everytime.  They go so easy and slow and I LOVE it! My stupid plantar was fine and so i will just ice it i guess.  Im not sure though. 

6am-  Got a nice stretch during the night from my strassburg sock.  my heel felt tender but i was able to run with the guys the whole run.

3pm-  me and jake ran arctic circle 3 miler.  Hopefully i can do a workout or whatever everybodys doin on monday.  My heel felt pretty much good. 

6am-  morning run to arctic circle.  I felt like we went way fast and that i could barely keep up.  It was probly the 4 liters of soda saturday night.  but me and able were a bit behind and we had a good run.

3pm- 4 miles easy, 1 mile indian run, 4x100s, and 4 hill sprints.  I felt okay today but after my foot was feeling pretty sore.  so that why i have my foot in a bucket of ice water right now.  but i was a good day of running, not super hard but a good workout.  and it felt way hotter than normal today.  oh and we had a great time with some pv haters/possible hellians in the parking lot of albertsons.  hopefully they didnt report us for something, i dont know. 

6am-  arctic circle for 3 miles.  it was good and good and me and andrew pretty much ran together.  We were with the guys until a bit after we turned around at arctic circle, then they suddenly accelerated a lot.  So me and red follower just had a good run.

3pm-  7.25 miles.  michigans and 1m warm/cool.  So i was ready for this workout.  But when coach explained a michigan to us, Able wasn't sure exactly what to do so coach told him again.  In there somewhere coach said that we did two sets of it.  But i guess i didn't stay around long enough to hear that is was a joke.  So during the michigan i stayed with josh and it was way hard but i could have made it harder if i didn't think that we had another one right after it.  I could have pushed harder but i guess it was coaches fault.  he's not perfect so its ok.

6am-  a good arctic circle morning run.  

3pm-  4 miles plus 2x400's.  then we did weights.  so it was a good run up to green springs.  then we did the 400's and those were fun cuz they were fast but not killer.  i think we might have done them too fast, it felt more like a 800 pace instead of 1000 pace but they were nice.  and i almost lost my life when i got stuck on top of the pull up bar when we did weights.

6am- 3 miles, arctic circle

3pm- 5 miles, sandburg pond loop.  after we did 4 200's and my throat was burning so bad because of my cold. 

6am-  3 miles, arctic circle.

3pm-  4 miles and striders at salem hills high school before the varsity runners had there race.  When we did the 4 miles, my throat was burning the first bit, but as i got warmed up it was less as bad.  But when we did the striders it started burning again. 

9:30am-  Pretty fun race at cottonwood park.  We won as a team and i think i had a good race; it's hard to compare races in cross.  This course was a pretty hard course but fun too.  The hills were good to make it fun cause flat courses just seem more boring.  The race turned out way good.  It was almost like a miracle that i felt so good.  The day before my throat was still burning like crazy, and me and ryan and able and colton and jason didn't fall asleep until 12:30.  Any ways, once the race started the first part felt stressful cause i couldn't run where i wanted too, i just had too go around people and stuff.  Coach and everyone had told us the place to pass people was up the hills.  But the place I passed everybody was going down the hills.  I just let my legs go free and everyone else kinda went fast but tried to control there speed going down.  Halfway through the second loop, paul came up with me and got like 10 feet ahead and i told myself i was just gonna stay right here behind paul.  But before i knew it he was like 50 feet ahead of me and getting farther.  paul had a way good race, i could tell he really dared hardcore.  Half a mile later i was catching paul and feeling strong.  When coach said there was 400 left i kept going a little harder and going around the last turn i was right up with hobbs and paul.  and thats how we finished pretty much.  I had a good race but i wish i could have pushed it harder like paul. 

6am-  this morning we did a little extra than usual.  we did the normal 3 miler then 4 hill sprints and 4 100's after.

3pm-  This workout ended up great.  It was the first time I have really pushed beyond my limits and dared to go harder this season.  We had 4 30 seconders, 3 800's, and 2 1000's indian run plus 1 miler warm/cool.  It started good and i felt ready for a good day.  The 800's were harder than the 30 seconders.  Then the 1000's really tested me.  I was already tired from the 800's but felt pretty good starting out.  When we started the second 1000 my legs were absolutly dead.  When were about 600 meters in, i just couldn't handle it and i started fading, first next to matt, then back tell i was next to casey.  I was ready to give up.  but then matt and casey kept encouraging me and pushed me a bit, literally.  Then casey said, "come on nick, dare to do this."  That reminded me of coaches pep talk on friday and I sprinted back to my spot and was abel to finish strong.  It was good for me and casey both to break through mentally like that.  I hope i can be abel to find that inner push inside for the next few races, and really do good at cedar.

6am-  arctic circle

3pm-  MICHIGAN 

6am-  This morning we cut the arctic circle run a mile short and just ran around the parking lot when we got back.

3pm-  5 miles, 2x400.  For the 5 miler we went up past the fire station up into the desert, then back down in washington were all the trees and old houses are.   Then we headed back to the high school and did the 400's.  After we did weights but still no plyometrics. 

6am-  3 miles to arctic circle.  it felt like we went way fast though.

3pm-  4 miles with 4x200's.  The level 2s did a shortened loop of sandburgs.  Then after we did 200's on the track. 

6am-  normal 3 ya know.

4:30pm-  race at cedar high school.  This race was fun and i did way good.  I was able to beat my season goal which was to break 16.  and our JV boys are still undefeated!  I was a bit nervous for this race but i was able to stay strong the whole race.  The starter people used the same gun and it didnt work the first time.  But the second time it did and we were off.  I tried to stayed right with our guys at first and did good, but when he said the first mile was 5:30 i was worried I started out too fast.  So i decided to try and go faster.  When we had like 800 left i was behind a desert hells guy and a page guy and kyler.  So i passed kyler by the softball fields then passed the two other guys coming on to the track.  Then like always I was coming right up on Hobbs.  But this time it was my breathing he recognized me by and kicked it up to finish right ahead of me.  It seems like mostly everybody did good.  Especially paul, man what a race.  Now i just need to try and stay with him next race.

pm-  did the usual pre race run, which was sandburgs but 4 miles.  I should not have ran.  I truly was kinda fine but most of the time i was hurting. this run was also the most scaryest day of my life.  so we were all swimmin in the pond and all when all the andrew lets out this screech and dissapears under water.  so mathew my new hero runs and dives into the pond, clothes and all.  so him and andrew are under there when all the sudden jake goes under to.  then paul. then me.  ALL THE FRESHMEN!!!  under the water this tentacle thing was choking me when all the sudden matt rips it away from around my neck and i floated up to the top of the water.  when i got up all the freshmen were ashore so i swam over there fast.  we waited, and waited, and waited.  but no sign of matthew.  then all the sudden he bursts out of the water gasping for breath giving this giant octopus thing the choke hold.  the octopus suddenly screeched and swam away to the depths of the pond.  matthew swam to shore and we all cheered for him.  then got our shoes on and ran away.  this was so scary but rad too.  now i know why matt never gets in when we go to sandburgs.

pm-  biked 10 miles just around the golf course and stuff.  tried to go on every road i havent been on in green springs.  and yesterday night before bed my mom like got this plunger and made it suck my i.t. band by my hip and stuff.  it felt so weird.  i was half laughing half crying the whole time.  and coach if you read this i will be gone tomorow shootin elks so i wont be at practice, ok?

pm- 3 miles to hot nails and back.  tomorows the region championships!  

pm- RACE.  This was a good race but a bit dissapointing.  I had really hoped to break 17 for this course, based off suu race and cedar race. I dont know if it was not running for 5 days or what but I had the worst side ache of my life so far.  It felt like a knife stabbing into by stomach and through my back with blood dripping all over.  In the race our group of pine views had a good pack.  Matt was pulling away a little bit but the rest of us were staying together good.  When were about by the bathrooms on our big loop, the side ache started coming on until it was just killing.  I slowed down and sunshine and josh and a few guys passed me.  Then coming down the slight, slight slope right before we started the last lap, I started to feel better.  I picked up the pace and was catching a hellian.  I almost passed him at the end but he just edged me out.  As a team for JV we did great and ended up with and UNDEFEATED SEASON!  The rest of the team did good but no other region titles.  Hopefully I can be in shape and physically prepared for foot locker.

pm-  5 miles, green springs.  I felt ok this run, but was still getting back into it a bit.  I always hate this run cause I am so close to home but then have to go all the way back to the high school.  Anyways, I fell behind the main pack a bit and ran with Randall for a bit at the end.  The weather is really getting nice lately.  

pm-  Today we did a workout on the track for practice.  We were supposed to get faster with each thing we did.  The workout was 1 800, 1 600 but faster, 1 400 but even faster, 1 200 even more faster, then a 400 all out followed by a 200 all out.  We started practice by having to take stupid pictures.  The we went and warmed up to pizza hut then started the workout.  The 800 felt faster then it was supposed to but thats alright to me, i just wanna pass all these fast juniors and run varsity next year.  It was raining slightly the whole time which was SICK cuz rain is SICK.  The rest of the workout was fast and hard but it was nice to do speed stuff and be able to go all out and not hurt bad.  Just gotta keep icing my foot and hip.

pm-  We ran down to the middle school and did wave hills.  I think we did eight.  Coach said he was just gonna have us do them until he said to stop.  So I thought we were just gonna keep going and going, but we stopped so that was nice.  Then we ran back to the high school.  It was a nice run, the weather was cool and cloudy and we just had some easy mileage with a nice little workout in the middle. 

pm-  3 miles up in the desert.  Well me and my dad planned to go on a run in the desert up by the dinosaur tracks and the parkway.  We went up on a trail which was really nice.  The scenery  was really nice and its fun to manuever the turns and the ups and downs.  Running on the road gets really boring.  We thought the loop was gonna be more around 5 miles but it only turned out to be 3.  Still a good fun run.

pm-  Today we did a little workout on the track.  First we did our harts warm and cool.  We did like a 200's relay race on the track.  My team was me, byron, and kashton.  We won cuz were are the absolute best.  I pumped for the trip tomorow, plus a bonus is no race for me. 

pm-  Ran around a high school in salt lake.  We did 3 miles on the grass, then we did striders.  When we ran around the high school campus, there were these kind soccer players that yelled some encouraging words at us. Then we went to dinner at TGIF and paid too much tip. 

am-  Me, Archie, Abel, Jason, Jake, and Reed got up at 7 to go on a short little run, just 2.5 miles around the mall.  We were waiting in front of the hotel for Archies gps to find satelittes when coach roberts pulls up in the bus, all alone, just him and the driver.  So he went with us too.  The weather in the morning was awesome, very cool but not unbearable cold.

pm-  6 and a half miles, hill workout up and down foremaster ridge.  This was the first time I have done this workout out and it was way hard.  We ran over to Sunrise tire and ran up the hill pretty fast.  Then jogged slowly back down.  Most people did 5 of them.  On the third one I was killin and stoner came from behind and PASSED ME!  Oh the shame.  Not as bad as getting beat my sunshine, but its up there.  I promised not to let it happen again.  So of course, it didnt.  Then we ran back to the school.  And hurray, hurray, tomorow we start up morning runs again.  hurray hurray, im so stinkin happy, hurray hurray.

am-  back to morning runs, hurray.  arctic circle. 

pm-  For practice today i just ran 3 miles; my knee was hurting too much.  I started out with the boys but as we went farther all the little tendons and stuff under my knee started hurting too much.  So me and Jake Brown turn back at harts and got around 3 miles i think.   I went back and iced it and others parts of my poor crippled body.  I am only and freshman but i am dying and falling apart.  What a bummer.  oh well.  Then when we were all waiting for rides and all that, me jake and andrew were watching rachel pull out when clunk, she back into a car.  Sorry stoner but it was pretty funny at the moment but yeah, thats too bad, sorry you had to do that.  There was a pretty nice dent in the car but her and mia just drove away really fast so it was pretty much a hit and run i would say.

pm-  We did the mall run which was 5 miles and after did striders.  The run was great, my knee felt mostly good and i could run good.  Coach just told me to run good and straight and clench and all that.  So the knee felt pretty fine.  I even won the 3rd strider so it was a day full of accomplishment.

am-  3 miler arctic circle as usual.  It was colder than normal like 40 degrees but i like it.

pm-  Workout in the afternoon.  The total mileage was 7 miles about.  We had our harts warm up then did the workout which was  1 minute hard and 1 minute recover, then 2 minutes and so on up to 4 minutes.  Then 3, 2, 1, then cool down.  This workout was okay but not too hardcore.  I don't really know what was up, my legs just didn't have it.  I would try to go faster, i even would say out loud, "go faster you fool!"  I finally started catching people by the end but I didn't stay up with krenshaw and reed and kyler and them most of the time like i normaly can.  It was just weird.

pm-  Me, Paul, and Andrew got together after school like at 2:30 and did mustang pass then through the desert to my house.  Total miles was 7.35690.  Right when we started we saw this shirtless man running through the brush.  It turned out to be coach holt so that was really good or really bad timing.  It was a good run and was fun because its way funner to run on dirt trails than road.  Now i gotta go win my race tommorow.

am-  RACE.  Today was the monster dash race.  This was more like a 3 mile tempo.  I felt like i was going pretty quick, but i guess not.  No one was any were even close to me.  I was just running alone.  So it was hard to go really fast not having anyone anywhere to make you push it.  Looking back now, I didn't feel like i was dying.  I was just breathing pretty hard.  So this was a nice, fast, cold run.

pm-  Today for practice we did a 2000 time trial then after 2 1000 repeats.   plus harts warm and cool.  I got the time i was going for on the 2000 which was 6:20 so that was good.  I did good on the first thousand, 3:09.  Then i missed the next one cuz i had to do some special business in la bano.

am-  3 miles to arctic circle. barely made it, my shin and knee were killin.  Little did i know this was the last running i would do for 2 months.

pm- Did a bit on the bike.  And coach, this is for you.  Jake and Paul said you wanted to know whats wrong with me.  Mark said i have a bursitis in my knee and tendenitis in the same exact place.  And there was a very sharp pain under my shin and he pressed on it.  I'll have to admit, at that moment a little tear fell.  He also diagnosed me with a category 969 wussitis.

pm- went to see mark so he could re tape me but he was gone.  went and rode on the bike.

pm- went and swimed at the rec.  swam like 20 laps.

pm-  I went and swam at the rec center.  I did about 10 laps, then asked a life gaurd for an aqua belt and i ran in the water.  After me and my mom went to our neighbors work and got an x ray and there was an official crack in my bone and got the official news that i will not be running in california.  how depressing.

pm-  Went for a real nice swim.  I did about 30 laps i think.  

pm- went to the rec after school.  I swam in the wet pool.  It was really really cool.  To dry off i used a tool.

pm-  to the rec i went and swam.  I went faster than a lamb.  my name isn't sam.  i ate a big ol yam.

pm-  coach said i had to swim everyday.  so i went and ate some yummy hay.  Then i swam later in the day.  water i swam in can fill a bay.

pm-  I went and ran in the pool.  When i ran, i looked super cool.  When i ran i got wet.  It was hard, so i bought a pet.  

pm-  in the water, i went for a run.  it was super super fun.  later i ate a hot dog bun.  then i went and laid in the sun.

am- ran in the pool then i went home, imagine that.

am-  Went over to the rec center and did some stuff in the water at 11.  I didn't want to.  So I ran some and swam some.  i even did a 25 in 20 seconds flat.

pm- went on a little walk so i can get moving again. I'll just keep going on walks til i can start running. went with Sally and she like it.

pm- went for a swim at around 5. I did like 15 laps, 20 minutes. I was really breathing hard which was good but i really felt dehydrated to i got out.

pm- Went for a nice swim.  Got like 10-12 laps of about 160 bpm for my heart rate.  Then for 10 minutes did some good hard pool running.  I did 4 intervals of 1:30 hard, then 30 seconds rest, then repeat.  I really went hard on those getting my heart rate up to 200-210 bpm.  I think that may be dangerously high but it was good.  

pm- Went to the rec and really got a nice workout in.  Swam good and fast for 20 minutes, then did some nice hard pool running for 15 minutes.

pm- went to the rec center and did my usualy swimming and pool running.  swam for 20 minutes then ran for 15.

pm- Went to the rec center and walked 7 laps around the track.  Not sure how long the track is.  Afterwards swam for 20 minutes.

pm-  simple swim after school. dont remember much.

pm- I got to start a little bit of jogging.  It was so fun.  I'm so thankful i have a good body that can run (if its not injured).  Walked most of the way but with my mom did some little like 1 minute jog sessions.  My knees are a bit weak and my left ankle too but they should get stronger as I keep jogging.  finished with about half mile running, 1 and a half walking.

pm- Me and my sisters went for a half mile run before we went to cedar. First we went 1/4 mile the walked for .05 then ran the last .2 home. The pace was a little slow for them (and thats really saying something). It was nice in my new shoes i hope they work good.

am- I walked up to the neighbors to take care of there dogs.  I hope i get some good dough out of this business venture.

pm- I went swimming a little bit but i was super tired from doing the rolly disc core upper body workout out thing that goes in and out.  

pmpm- I got on the tredmill and walked/ran in this pattern for 30 minutes: 4 minutes walk, 2 minutes run.  i had to get one last run in before tomorow when im getting my wisdom teeth out.  I scared i dont wanna die.

pm- I finally did something after getting my teeth pulled.  went for a walk with my mom around the neighborhood.

pm- me and my family at about 2 hiked to the top of shanobkibe.  Its a real nice view from up there.  and by the way it is exactly 1.35 miles from the dead end road to the tip of the concrete arrow at the top. and then back down.