Patrick's Blog

While driving to Student Government today I was Eleanor and Sarah so I had to stop and talk to them for a few minutes! That was awesome! They looked great! Anyway, after Student Government, it stopped raining and snowing outside so I took advantage of it and went for a run. My Garmin broke so I had to try this new Timex Ironman Triathlon one I got for graduation. I couldn't figure how to turn on the GPS so my whole warm up it was just timing me. I ran down to SHP and did my normal 1.5 mile warm up then I tried to figure out how to turn on the GPS... I should probably read the instructions first, but I did figure it out! I did 8 strides going around the park with 10 second recovery then I did an 800 back and i did that twice. By this time it was pouring rain and snowing at the same time so my mom pulled me out because I cant get sick right before finals and Colorado. I should've just gone to the treadmill so I could've gotten my full 8 for today. Oh well.... :( More running for tomorrow! :) I came home took a nice long hot shower and watched 2 Fast 2 Furious!

Day 2 of IRONMAN TIMEX GPS watch: Ran down to SHP and did a half mile there. Did a ladder around the park of 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1 with 1 lightpole recovery. I ran this to see how my breathing would do and I only coughed on the first 1 light pole! That is exciting!! I then met up with Levi who was just running around the park adn I did a lap around the park with him then I ran home. Cooldown was 6:56 pace because we just kept talking and didnt notice the pace.

Day 3 of IRONMAN TIMEX watch: Today sucked. I wanted to get 8 miles in but I started late and had to be done by 6:15 because the community service board at the U was going down to the YWCA at 7 to volunteer with the kids there. I ran down to SHP and did a lap in the park to get 2.5 miles warm up, then I did 8x200 with Larry then I did 2x400 and had to go. I wanted to run 4 miles on the treadmill when I got home but I had to eat dinner and my legs were exhausted from not cooling down.... I will try to fit in 4 miles tomorrow between work, school, training, ASUU, and the Grand Kerfuffle.... Busy busy day tomorrowl.

Ran down to SHP and did a lap in the park to get 2.5 miles warm up. Then I stretched and went on to HHS track. I did a mile of J's around the track then hopped in on Larry's half mile and ran that with him. Unfortunately I had to leave then because we had to get Courtney from class in Sandy so I ran a half mile up and down the hill until my parents came and got me.

At noon I ran down to SHP and did my workout that I couldn't do yesterday and am doing it super early because I have an awards dinner tonight. I did a 1.5 mile warmup then went onto HHS track but realized they are in school and the PE class was on the track so I couldn't run on it so I decided to do the workout in the park on the flat part where it curves to 'modify' 200's. The workout was 8x200's and after each 200 I would do a 100 meter stride so I just stayed on 3 light poles, running out 2 for the 200 (I measured the distance with my Timex so I started a little before the pole and ended a little after the second pole) Then I waited 20 seconds and ran 100 meters back and did that 8 times. My times averaged 38-41 depending on how many people I had to dodge. SHP is crowded during the day! Then I did a 2.5 mile cooldown around the park and am now studying for my math test.... I DONT UNDERSTAND MY MATH! AND I HAVE OUR LAST MIDTERM THIS FRIDAY!!! AHHH

Today in P90X we actually had a tough workout! We started with a warm up of jump roping 50 times, 40 jumping jacks, 30 squats, running 2 laps around the gym and 10 push ups. We did that 3 times. Then the workout was Steps ups, squat jumps with weights, crunches, running 3 laps, burpees. We did a ladder of 21, 15, 9, 6, 3. Without any recovery just going onto the next set. For example, we did 21 step ups, 21 jump squats, 21 crunches, 3 laps of running, 21 burpees, then we did 15 of each, then 9, then 6, and ending with 3. I was exhausted after. It took me 18:15 to finish and I finished first but there was this dude that didn't do the last burpees so he could finish with out getting lapped by me 3 tines.. That was irritating. It was a good workout that got me super sweaty, we finished late because I stretched after so I didn't have time to shower before class so I just changed... It was gross. I didn't have time to run tonight because we had to pick my aunt up from the airport and I didn't get home until 6 and I still had to study, take a US History quiz, and do my LEAP essay.... busy busy day.

Ran up to Clayton Middle School and down to 1700 east and over to SHP. Did an outside lap around the park and then i did an inside lap. For not running since Tuesday I did surprisingly well.

Ran down to SHP and did a mile warm up. Stretched and did a mile of J's on the track. Did a timed 400, it must have been under 78 because I didn't get in trouble for running above 78. Then I did a backwards lap around the track, then a lap around the park and called it a night.

Mile and a half warm up down to SHP and stretched. Got a mile of J's in then I had to run to the potty. Came back and did 6 laps of run a hard 200 then recover on a 200 so it was basically 6x200's with 200 recovery with out stopping. I ran the first 5 at 40 pace then the last one at 37. Keeping my pace at 80's for a while until after finals because I need energy to stay up ALL NIGHT to study! Then I ran an 800 with Larry for a cooldown and he hit 3:42 then I finished out the mile.

Biked 12 miles so I am counting it as 4 miles of running. I got a lot of Pokemon paying though so that was awesome!

Had my dad drive me to SHP and I did a mile warm up there this morning, then I met up with Larry and did a speed workout. The workout was 200 to get the feel for the pace then 4x400 then a closing 200. My times went 38, 77, 78, 80, 78, 33. My pace was supposed to be 75-80 so I was in my window. This was a really good workout for me, I really liked it and I feel that I accomplished what I needed to. We had 1 minute recovery. Then I saw the HHS track team so I ran with Kai for a cooldown until I hit 5 miles. It was about a mile and a quarter around the HHS track. Great catching up with him.

Met up with Scott this morning planning on running at SHP but totally forgot it was the marathon so he drove us up to foothill and we ran an out and back on foothill. It actually was a really good run, we ran a mile and a half out, stretched and talked about what we are going to do over the summer and got our summer bucket list started and then we ran back. It was rolling hills which is really nice. Averaged 7:30, oops. I had to hurry home and go to Tooele for the rest of the day so I didn't get my mileage:(

Ran down to SHP and got 1.75 miles warm up. I AM SORE!!!! P90X did legs and back and my back and butt is crazy sore! I stretched a ton then did some strides to loosen up.... I looked ridiculous! Then we did a timed lap around the park and I hit 9:30, then I did a little cooldown and now it is time to take my aunts back to the airport:(

5 miles on the T-mill.

Mile and a half warm up down to SHP then stretched. Levi and Larry came and we did another half mile warm up then a half mile of strides and a 400. Stretched and walked over to the starting line and we did a timed mile in the park. I always like doing timed miles in the park because you get hills, grass, road and you get to be dodging people. Larry started 2 minutes ahead of Levi and I. Levi and I ran 5:47 and we passed Larry about 150 meters away from the finish. Then I did a cooldown of 4 miles to get to 8. 

I have got to remember to blog on the weekends! Anyway, took a break from studying and ran down to SHP and did an outside lap. Easy run.

Ran down to SHP and did a 2.5 mile warm up. Did a half mile with Larry then we did 8x100 meter strides. Then we went onto the back paved trail in the park and ran 2x2 minutes and we saw how far we could get in 2 minutes, then we ran back up to the start and did it again. I ran .43 of a mile so about 700 meters each time. Then I cooled down until 5 miles. DONE WITH FINALS!!!