GOING THE DISTANCE

6:30am -  3 miles.

3pm -  1.5 mile warmup first off.  Then 1600m repeat workout.  The wind was a bugger.  My times were 5:18, 5:21, 5:21, 5:13.  The middle 2 were slowed a bit by the wind.  Coach had us work on running really close to each other to block the wind.  I ran hard on the last, and Andrew pushed up with me and Paul good.  Lifted weights after to get strong and cut.

6:30am -  3 miles.

3pm -  4 miles and striders.  Went down from school to the sullivan soccer park, did striders there, then ran back.

6:30am -  3 miles

3pm -  400 workout today for track practice.  6 400's at 800m race pace.  It was very hard.  First a 1.5 mile warmup then got into it.  1:02, 1:01, 1:01, 1:01, 1:02, 1:00.  I felt good and I was with Abel the first 200 on each one, then he would surge to get his time.  1.5 mile cooldown.  Weight lifting.  

6:30am -  3 miles.

3pm -  4 miles easy and 4 200's.  During the run my left tibia hurt worse that usual.  It's been pretty sore this week.  During the 200's me and Cam practiced our 200's handoff for the medly tomorrow.  we couldn't get the timing down until the last one.  but I was so close and I tried to lean to get it to him and I was too far foward and I went down.  Sliding into home plate style.  I got hardcore scraped up.  Ruined my white tanktop, its all bloody.

6:30am-   left tibia bugging me.

3pm-  Did the 1600 in the Hurricane invite today.

Got to the meet and chilled for like an hour.  Then me and the mile crew went and did a warmup of 1.5.  I felt pretty good.  The weather was perfect, 70's and NO WIND like last time that was horrible.  

Race started and I got behind Byron and Abel.  I did my first lap as a 1:08.  Second lap I was trying to stay on the inside and just keep my pace.  Cedar kid kept trying to cut me off.  Second lap was a 1:09.  The third lap I just tried to keep going I don't really remember the second half of the race.  With 300m to go I made a move and moved up to a Lone Peak kid with long blond hair.  Ben Powell passed me with 100m to go and I just couldn't kick like usual, I worked really hard the 3rd lap.  But it ended up as a good pr with 4:37.  4 seconds to go for state qual.  Im so close, I'll get it.  

Cooled down 1.5 miles.   Later did the 200m in the medly relay.  It was pretty good; 25 seconds.  We almost got dq'd cuz paul lifted up his arm in celebration after he came from 30m behind in the 800m and passed a guy at the very end for 1st in the heat.  That was bogus.

12pm -  Did the 800m in the Hurricane meet.  

Warmed up 1.5 miles with Abel, Cam, Jason, Josh and Dallin.  Then did about .5 mile of strides and whatnot on the field.  Ready to roll

I got out pretty well at first.  I had talked myself up a lot before so I was ready to hurt.  I just went with the flow for the first lap.  Not sure what the split was.  At the start of the second lap I made a move that 100m and passed jon (dhells)  and gained on Abel.  200m to go I went to try to make a move on Abel, but he heard me or something and kicked it in and I finished right behind him.  Pretty good PR for me in this event.  I'm pretty close to qualifying for state.

Cooled down a mile with cam and jason and krenny.  My left tibia was really sore so this is all for today.