Patrick's Blog

Today we had the first Tiny Tots meet ever for this year! So I arrived at the track and saw Andy and Tolbert and they asked me to do Shot Put. So of course I said yes because I didn't expect to be doing Short Put for 5 hours straight! So I was standing in the sun for 5 hours measuring the kids throws, I was going to do the 400 but I didn't hear the final call for the 400 so I missed my age division. So since I was burning up and already had no energy because the sun wiped my energy, my race then and there was going to be bad. So they made the final call and I went over to the bull pin so we could be seeded, I was seeded 2nd in heat 3 so I still had like 10 minutes because the 3 to 12 year olds were in 2 heats ahead of me...... great more waiting in the sun!!!!!!!!!! So they finally line us up and the gun goes and were off!

As soon as the gun goes off I was in 2nd place, I overheard the judges coach tell this kid to go out super fast thinking I would go with him and die off, but I didn't go with him, the Judge kid went through the 400 in 58 seconds and then he slowed down a lot! He finished with a 2:18 HAHA. But anywase it is better than what I did, So I go through the 400 at 70 exactly what I needed and I wasn't tired so I start picking up, well what I thought was picking up the pace but infact since I was alone or I thought I was alone I was slowing down. I slowed down so much that a girl caught up to me. With 200 meters to go, this girl passed me so I couldn't let her beat me so I go on the outside on the final curve and me and her were battling it around the final curve then with 100 to go she got a new gear or something because she blew me in the dust and beat me by 4 seconds. I finished 2nd overall in the boys so I did qualify for regionals which was my goal but my time was very disappointing, I know I could have run a lot faster! 

Since I did a mile and a half warm up including the  8 strides I did in the blazing sun above, I did a mile and a half cooldown waiting for awards. Then I went back over to shot put and decided to throw, I was the only Young Adult that threw today so I placed 1st overall with 2 scratches and a throw of 11 feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 miles before the last official day of school!!!!!!!!!! I was going to throw some 400s in there but I talked myself out of it, now im feeling guilty. I was so tired and lazy this morning I didn't put any shoes on! In the afternoon I went to the park and ran down there. But then I met up with larry and we did another half mile warm up. Then we did 3 laps of Js and then a light speed workout before the early release party for the yearbook. I didn a 200x400x200. My times went 34x72x33. So these times are pretty, really, really slow but they are sub 5 minute miles which is what I need to get to. Then I did a half mile cooldown, more of sprinting to the car so I can get to the early release party to get my JUNIOR YYEAR YEARBOOK!!!

Well, today is yearbook day! Thank goodness!! So from school I ran home at 2 miles but then I saw zoe and she gave me ride the last half mile so I was quilted into running another half mile when I got home:( . In the PM my dad drove down to sugarhouse park to meet me there. I ran down there and did another half mile in the park to get a mile and a half warm up at a 6:55 pace and I was not tired at all which is a good sign! So then my dad timed me in 400s. When I was going down the big hill and saw Caden on those weird skis things, the skis on the roller skates! That looks really really hard! But anywase, my dad timed me in 4 400s. My times averaged 72 seconds which is perfect! Then I did a very fast half mile cooldown to get to 5.5 in the day. I did a 200 recovery inbetween each 400. Overall it was a very effective but VERY cold workout!

Today since it is National Running Day I decided to go for a run, with out any speed. Just a recovery run! So I walked down To Sugarhouse Park when my mom and aunt Denise took the car, I walked down to Sugarhouse Park in my flip flops so I forgot my running shoes so I had to do this run barefoot. So I ran outside the perimeter of the park twice then I ran almost a whole lap on the inside of the park to get to the full five miles. It was a tough run because I was averaging a 7:20 pace and I have not really ran that fast for that long in a long time but it felt nice. Then I came home and ate ice cream!!!!!!!

Today I wore my new Saucony running shoes but I am too lazy to put in the shoe name in the shoe counter thing. So anywase, before I did the errands before my sisters high school graduation I went for a two mile run. Then I came home and did a half mile warm up at 6:50 pace, then I did 4 400s, in 69 which is slow. It felt like I was going faster than I did so I think I timed the last one wrong because I know it was faster than 69. Then I did a half mile cooldown. 

Horrible Race with a Horrible Time. My whole family slept in today, the race started at 8 in the morning and since we all slept in I got up at 7:30 and didn't get to eat anything. Arrived at the race by 7:40, finished check in at 7:50 and then they made us line up. So I quickly got 4 strides in but that wasn't enough. I was not even breathing hard! So the gun goes off and I immediately take the lead. Me and Greg Schneider were first and second through the first mile, maybe mile and a half. We go through the first mile at 5:30 and since I had to warm up I was breathing hard and I totally crashed! My next mile was a 7:50, and then I finally got it down to a 7:20 for the last mile. Then the last .25 was at 7:07 pace. This race was bad, its a good course though. The first mile is all down hill then the last 2 miles are all uphill. So its a good strength workout. Then I did a 3.25 mile cooldown with Lisa while waiting for awards. Then we had a great pancake breakfast because they feed you after this race! THEY FEED YOU DONUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then when I was eating my delicious breakfast, I tried to take my Garmin off and it snapped in half........... GREAT...........

Short run up in the avenues while my dad was walking around. I didn't get the XC stuff so I don't know that deal haha

Later today I met up with Larry for a short speed workout. I jogged over to Sugarhouse park, and did a half mile warm up with Larry. Then I did 2 150 meter long strides with 2 150 meter long strides progressively getting faster. Then we did 3 200 meter uphill strides progressively getting faster each 20 meters. We had a 200 meter recovery after those jogging back to the start. Then I started the speed. I did 3 200s in 34, 35, 33 with 90 seconds recovery. Then I did a 400 in 72. Todays workout was a good one and a fun one. Then I did a lap cooldown on the track and called it a day. 

Today again I didn't get the XC email on where the workout is so I went and did my own workout. I started with a half mile warm up around the Highland High School Track, then immense stretching because I was sore from the hills yesterday. Then I went over to the road in the park and did a lightpost run. I started with 1x1x1x1x1x1x2x1x2x1x2x1x1x1x1x1x1x1. I started on and then did 3 sets of 1 on 1 off, 2 on 1 off, and 1 on 1 off. Then I finished out the lap and did another lap for a cooldown.

PM: Today at Tiny Tots, I started with a half mile warm up with the kids then the distance group was going on an LSD run. I took the little Bantam kids for 30 minutes while Kenzie took the older kids for 40 minutes. I took my kids up to sunnyside out one mile and back. Which was not a good idea because I did not know I was not supposed to leave the track with the kids, so that was bad but Tolbert has my back and told all the parents that it was his fault for not telling me where I can and can not take the kids for thier run. 

AM: went over to Dilworth elementary with my dad to do 400s. I did a lap warm up, then 3 400s in 71-72. Then I did a lap cooldown.

PM: At tiny tots, I did a half mile warm up alone then did Tolberts workout, which was like butt kicks, high knees, buttkick high knees, and then snaps. We did 15 of each. Then the kids came and it was a speed workout for them. I was pacing the Bantams I think for 90-95 seconds of each lap. Their workout was 800-400-400-200-200. I did the 800-400-200-200 with them because I was timing on the other two. So I brought the kids through in 3:09 for the 800, then 76 in the 400, and my last 200 I did 34. I was just pacing myself of the 400 and the 200. Then I did a 200 recovery back to the start. After my 400 I jogged a 400 then ran down to the 200 to read out their splits for the 400. Then I cooled down and called it a day. 

Today since I got the text about Abigails workout after I had already ran I didn't go to her workout. So I went from my house, over to Sugarhouse park, did a lap in their with some other cross country team, then did an outside lap and ran home. When I got home I ran up to Clayton and back to get to 5. I felt like I was going so slow today! I feel so lost without my Garmin! I need it to pace me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PM: Tonight at Tiny Tots I got there early and decided to do a light speed workout because it was centers day where all of the kids do all of the events to try out new stuff so I didn't think I would get a workout in. So I did a mile warm up then changed shoes. I did 4 200s in 32, 31, 32, 32. I felt really good on these. Then I changed back into my shoes and did a half mile cooldown. Then Walter said I was going to do  another workout. It was a weird type of Fartlek. Where we sprint all out 50 meters, then go back down to our race pace for 50 meters, then repeat. Since I had already done the 200s I only had to do a half mile of that when everyone else did a mile of it. I felt really fast on that, then I did a lap cooldown to get to 3 this afternoon.

Today I did a speed workout, or I attempted to do a speed workout. I started with a mile warm up, then 3 laps of J's to loosen up my sore legs. The workout was 400, 800, 400 all at 70 pace. My first 400 was 68 and I was not tired at all. Then when I found out I was doing an 800 at 70 pace, I mentally broke down. My first 400 was 70 and I was dyeing and I had to drop out after 100 meters of the second lap because I could not breathe. I don't know what was wrong but it was horrible! Then the last 400 I did in 71. Then I did a half mile cooldown and called it a rough day.

I started with a mile warm up, then 4 400s at a slow nice easy pace. Then a mile cooldown. 

Since Tomorrow I am going to the Peer Court conference, I wont have time to run a lot so I went on the cemetery run from my house.

This morning I woke up early because I am going to the peer court conference later today. I did a mile warm up, then did 6 400s in 75-80. My knee was hurting a lot in the warm up but during the 400s, it did not hurt at all. Which I thought was weird. I was surprised I could do this workout because of the disappointing fiasco that happened on Friday. Then I did a 3.5 mile cooldown.

Today was the first day of the peer court conference so I woke up early and walked outside, but it was freezing so I decided to go to the treadmill. So I did 4 miles on the treadmill in the morning. Then later that day I went down to the weight room again with Ana and I did 2 miles on the elliptical and then weighted calf raises and weighted arm swings then I stretched out a bit.

Today I slept in so I didn't go in the morning but I felt really guilty so I went over to the weight room later in the day during free time and ran on the treadmill while my friend walked along on the other treadmill. I did 4 miles and I was really sore from the elliptical yesterday and my knee was hurting a little so I went back up to my room and iced my knee for twenty minutes.

This afternoon when I got home from the peer court conference, I did a light speed workout with Levi. AND MY GARMIN CAME IN THE MAIL because I broke my other one...... Anywase, I ran down to Sugarhouse Park with my spikes, did a lap in the park with Levi then I did 8 strides on the grass because my knee was hurting again. So after that, since my knee was hurting I didn't have to do the full five minutes. I was pacing Levi in a run to see how far on the track he could get in five minutes. I was supposed to do the last five minutes with him. So I started about 100 meters into his 3rd lap around the track and we immediately sped up. Then with 300 meters left until Levi got to the mile he had about 45 seconds until he wasn't going to be under five anymore so I was told to just go for it and run hard and gap Levi. Then we came through the mile in 4:57 so we got farther than a mile! Then we took 2 laps recovery on the grass and soaked our heads. Then we did a timed 400. I did it in 69 seconds still with spikes on. Then took another lap on the grass and called it a day.

This morning I got up and I was sore stiff from dancing HARD two nights ago! So I left my house, ran up to clayton, turned down on that street by clayton, ran it all the way down till 2100 South then went up to 1900 East and back home, Then watched to new Snooki and Jwoww show:)

When waiting for my aunt to come out of surgery because her small intestine ruptured or something I decided to get my second run in. I went out a mile and a half on 5400 south or 5300 south, I dont remember. Then I came back the same way and went and waited for my aunt in recovery and am still waiting in the hospital.....

This morning I woke up crazy early, more like my dad had to physically force me out of bed. So I jogged a mile warm up then went over to the track for 2 800 time trials with my cheering squad (AKA my parents)

. I didnt time my 800s, I just ran what felt like I was pushing, my parents screamed out one minute and 2 minutes when they passed so I am assuming I did about 2:20 for both. After 2 I was dead so I did a mile cooldown. Then when I was mowing my lawn I realized I had another half mile to do so after mowing my lawn I ran up to 1700 east and back..................... BOOYA!

This morning I woke up early to go and get my run done and I got it done before 7:30 in the morning which was a really nice change for once. So I did a mile warm up and a light speed workout to wake up the legs for this weekend at the Utah Summer Games. So my workout was 800x800x400x400. My times were 2:31, 2:30, 69, 71 so a good even effort workout for this morning. Then I ran a mile home and then from my house ran up .75 and back the same way which got me to about 1300 south when I had to turn around. Good way to start the week. PS: TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PM: I ran down to Sugarhouse Park with my new waterbottle belt that I got for my birthday. So I did 3 laps of J's for a warm up then I heard my workout. It was a ladder of 200, 300, 400, 300, 200 but if I ran under 65 for my 400 I didn't have to do the second 300 :0. So My times went like this: 31,  50, 65, 31. Since I ran a 65 for my 400 I didn't have to do the second 300. Then I cooled down until I got to 5 for tonight. 

ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anywase I arrived at Sugarhouse Park this morning after I opened my presents. So I did a lap in the park right when I got there, then I waited with Larry, and waited and waited and waited for 40 minutes and no one else came so we just decided to do my own workout. Since I did speed yesterday I thought of doing a workout that would loosen up my legs, I jogged a 200 to warm up the legs again then went and dropped off my water bottle in the shade then figured out the workout. I decided to do 40 200s all getting faster on each one. On the first one I did 35 and I was thinking of going 34, 33, and 32. But that didn't happen. On my second one I did 31, so im like OH CRAP! I waited for a minute and on the third one I did 30 so I did pick up the pace. Then Larry said he didn't want my legs to be wiped out so I only had to do 3:). Then I cooled down 2 laps on the track then 2.5 miles out on the streets.

This afternoon after some DRAMA went down and after all of my friends came over for my birthday and brought me donuts and cake things (Thanks Sarah Bischoff)!!!! And after they iced the donuts (Abigail) I went to Tiny Tots and got some running in. I had not changed into running clothes because I was at the gaming store getting my XBox fixed so I was in regular shorts and a T-shirt. But I jogged around and got just over 2 miles before Tiny Tots was over. 

This morning I woke up crazy early, like I was out the door at 6 in the freaking morning!!! I went on a recovery run because my legs were crazy sore from either Kinect or something else like the 200s I did yesterday. Then I stretched when I got home because................ DANG I was sore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PM: I had a Tiny Tots meet this afternoon over at Alta High School and I did a mile running to and from the 200 meter line because I was the finishing person who had to run from the 200 meter line. 100 and 300 meter lines because I was running the results up to the announcers box.

This morning since I have a race tomorrow morning I kept the run short because later tonight I have to do Speed Changes and stuff to prepare for the race tomorrow. I ran down to Sugarhouse Park and did a lap and came back.

PM: Tonight at Tiny Tots I met up with Kenzie and did a half mile warm up, a mile of speed changes then a half mile cooldown before our races tomorrow. 

This morning after arriving at Cedar City High school, I had like 6 hours till my race was supposed to start. So I did a warm up mile with Kenzie and one of her friends to sort of loosen up my legs before I had to actually warm up about five hours later. So at about one in the afternoon, and I was supposed to race at 1:38, I went for a half mile warm up around the parking lot and then came back and grabbed my spikes and went over to the bullpen. I was seeded in heat 2 lane 4 for the 400 which was before my 800. So I was stretching in the bullpen because I didn't want to be in the sun before I raced if I didn't have to be. So they finally called my heat to go over to the line so I grabbed my water bottle and went down to the grass. I put my spikes on and did drills and strides before they lined us up in our lanes. They stopped the race because since I am in the "young men" age group I was forced to start out in blocks. So since I had no idea what-so-ever on how to do blocks I kept the blocks the same as the person who ran on them before me did. So the gun went off and the whole field went out really fast! I was last in my heat so I didn't think I made it to finals tomorrow but I did! I was 7th overall and the top eight qualify for finals. I ran a 59 which really sucks but I was dead! I had about 40 minutes till my 800 started so I went back to the tent sat down for 10 minutes got water and went back to the bullpen to be seeded in the 800. I was in heat one seed 10 with my GHETTO 10!!! I was still dead after the 400 and I knew this was not going to be a good race right from that! So they lined us up and were off. I go through that 400 in 69 seconds and then I start hyperventilating and cant breathe! So I keeled over at the 450 meter mark and was taken to the medical tent for like 20 minutes or so. After that fiasco I go for a cooldown of about 2 miles then took an ice bath when we got back to the hotel.

This morning after forgetting about what happened at yesterdays trauma, I arrived at the meet with an open mind. My race was first today so it was in the morning so I got to get it over with :). So I did a mile warm up including strides but it was probably .75 of a mile warm up. Then I went to the tent, took my water bottle and got my spikes and headed over to the bullpen again. This time they were combining the older groups and the younger groups into one race to take less time. So I was in heat one and seeded 10 again with yet again another GHETTO 10!!!! So this was actually a 1500 not a mile but I don't know how to put it in meters so I said it was a mile. So they lined us all up and the gun goes off and were gone! I got out pretty fast with the lead pack, we went through the first 300 in about 49 seconds. I have no idea the 400 meter split but the 700 meter split was 2:16 so I think the 800 was about 2:32. Then the lead pack started to get ahead of me and because of this I fell back. I dont know the gun lap split but my final time was a 5:01 which really sucks:( but I was exhausted after this race so that shows that I gave it my all and I am glad I raced. Then I ran in the boys 4x100 meter relay and we won first place!!!!!! But after all that work to get my medal, it was stolen:(FML!!!!! Then I did a mile cooldown while cheering for everyone else to finish out their races for the day!