Patrick's Blog

Today we had a morning saturday workout for my XC team. We started with a 2 mile warmup then we ran to highlands track and did 1 mile of speed changes there. I was feeling really good at this point. I was going with susannah and natalie but on the last two laps i left them and just wanted to finnish so i went faster. After the speed changes we did a timed mile. My time was 6:45, I was sad about this time because i knew i could of gone faster but I thought we were doing more of the miles so i wanted to stay consistant. I think i should of done a 6:30 but oh well. After the timed mile we did 6 4oos. I was supposed to do 1:45 pace for all of them but i did a 1:29 for all 6. I was amazed how consistant i was cause usually i am all over the place. After the 4oos we did 6 strides on the grass we finnished with a 1.5 mile cool down. Overall i loved this workout. We should do it a lot more because it was fun.

Today we ran the flag run. I liked the run. Me and Chase went at a fast pace because we wanted to get done and the heat was killing us so we wanted a drink. Overall this was an ok run, the heat was brutal

Today we had a morning and afternoon workout. in the morning we did one mile warmup, mile of speed changes, then 10 hills on the hill with a mile cool down, I liked this run because i love running up this hill. In the afternoon i went to xc and we did speed. We did mile warmup, mile of speed changes, and then 6 400s, and 6 200s. It was an ok run because i like speed but it was hot. The back of my knee was killing me the whole time. After that we did mile cool down. it was a painfull day

Today at xc we did the shriners run. That run is only 5 miles but after that i felt really good so i did an extra mile at the track. Running to shriners went by really really fast. I looked up and noticed that we were there. It was weird. It was over in like 35 minutes. I liked getting done early

In the mornin i went to xc we did the 2.5 mile loop around foothill then up to 13th. I like that run and i got back pretty fast so i decided to do a grass lap around the track to make it 3 miles. Overall it was a good day.

This morning i went to sugarhouse and did 2 big laps around the park, At that point i was at 4.5 and then i had to run home to make it an even 5 miles. My knee was hurting pretty bad but I stopped at the park and stretched it out but i dont know how to but after i stretched it it felt really good. Tomorrow i have to remember to stretch a ton before my race.

I went to boise idaho with my xc team. We ran in the Bob Firman invite. I thought That I did pretty well because not many people got a PR but I did. I liked this course a ton. It was challanging but good. I had an OK start but I should of started out faster. My first mile was 6.26 which I thought was OK. My mile and half time was 9.10 which I thought was way fast so i slowed it down a bit to a 6.50 mile for my second mile. My third I lost it and got a 7 something. I liked this race overall because 0f the course, my time, and I was second from east. Before the race I did a 2 mile warmup around the area and then I did the course backwards for a 3 mile cool down.