Patrick's Blog

Went out to Cottonwood Complex with my dad. I did the first mile of the regions course as a warm up, then I did 1.5 miles worth of hills through out the course, bessie, miranda, and the roller coaster. Then I did the last two miles cooldown on the regions course. Then I went for the last 2.1 on 1300 east.

No school so got up and did an easy four miles.

AM: Since I was supposed to go longer yesterday, I got up and did a short run before school.

PM: At practice we jogged up to sunnyside park, did 10 strides, planks, squats, leg lifts, arm swings, and push ups, then did a lap around the park and went back to the track. 

Today we had a Tri Meet at Liberty park. We warmed up running the course, then lined up and did like 6 strides. Ran the race in a slow time then did a mile cooldown quickly with Sarah Squared and ran to peer court!

 I got up early and did three miles before school.

Since tomorrow we have the Murray Invitational we did a mile warm up, mile speed changes, mile and a half cooldown. 

This afternoon was the Murray Invitational. I warmed up about a mile then went and stretched with the girls that had already raced there race. All I could think was how rainy and cold it was last year and how sunny and hot it was this year. So after stretching and them calling the JV boys to the start line me, sam, Nate, Anders, Nelson, Maclean, and Ethan all lined up and did about 6 strides and some drills. Maclean said a prayer in arabic that got us all totally pumped!!! So Sam and I were on the front line, they held the gun up and were off! 

I get out extremely fast which is what I wanted to do. I was in the top pack of 20 going into the mile mark or so. Going around the and into the baseball field was a weird change which I didn't like, the surface of the ground was not stable and was too wabbly for my taste. Going through the mile I was just focusing on passing people and not getting passed. By about the mile mark I was thinking wow how havn't I even gone a mile yet!!! But then I realized that my Garmin just beaped so I was at a mile. I went through the mile mark in 5:11! Which was way to fast! So going around in the sand I noticed I was being passed by a ton of people because I slowed down so bad!!!. When I got to the snake, Sam did a speed change to pass people on the hill but I couldn't keep up with that so he passed me and got maybe 10 meters on me. Going through the second mile, my watch said I was at a 8:10 mile! That sucks so much!!!!!!! So I tried to speed up a bit which is were Anders and Nate caught up to me. Going around the soccer field and down that hill Sam gained 50 meters on me and Anders and Nate gained about 20. When we got to the Indian Head I was really trying to push it but that first mile really wiped me out. I was out of gas. My second to third mile was 8:08 though so I did pick it up a bit but still anything slower than a six minute mile sucks!!!!

After the race I went on a cooldown with some of the freshman girls, we went about two miles cheering on the Varsity Boys and the Varsity Girls. We just ran up the course backwards to cheer them on. I then did another half mile with Sarah B trying to find Ben haha 

Since I didnt hit my miles last week, this week I am going over my miles to balance it out. So I did 4 miles of just jogging around my neighborhood.

Ran down to Liberty park, went to the drinking fountain, ran back to the other end of the park, and did 8 strides then heard the workout. Varsity was doing a 3 mile tempo run, 2 mile tempo run, then a 1 mile tempo run. I was supposed to hit a 8:10 pace.... Way to slow! So I decided to do a 7:30 pace. For the three mile tempo run, I got a 22:30 so exactly what I needed, then on the two mile I started at the mile and a half mark because I missed the start and had to go to the bathroom but I got 10 minutes. Then on the one mile, it was a bit harder but I got a 7:27 so all were pretty consistent. Then we jogged back up to the track for a cooldown.

AM: for the morning workout today, we did speed. So we did a mile warm up, then a mile speed changes then I ran and went to the bathroom. The workout was a 400x200 chase thing. Where a runner runs a 400 and when they get to about the 220 meter mark, the 200 meter runner goes and tries to catch them. I was partnered with Olivia. I started for the first 400. My time was 74 and Olivia did not catch me, on the 200 I caught Olivia and I got a 34. Next 400 I got a 73 and Olivia did not catch me. I caught her on the next 200 with a 35. My next 2 400s were 75 and 77 and Olivia did not catch me on either of them and my 2 200s were 35 and 35 and I caught olivia on both of those. Then we did a grass lap cooldown and hit the showers.

PM: easy workout before a race, ran up to sunnyside park, did a lap, came back did a lap in lane 8 then a 200 to shake out my legs and I did that in 35 and then a 600 cooldown and a ton of stretching. 

Race day, did a mile warm up then stretching and strides. The JV boys ran first so we got to get it done quick. But I started on the front line with Sam and Anders. When the gun went off, I got out decently, fourth place. Going up the first hill I passed one person and was in third then going down the hill a group of like 2 or 3 passed me. Then going up the next hill I passed one or two of them again. Then going acros the bridge I tried to push that because that was scary because it was going to fall any second! But then at the mile mark Sam caught up to me, we went really slow for that first mile, like a 6:19 or something like that. Then going into the second lap I passed one person going up the hill, but then going down the hill a group of like 5 passed me and gapped me. Then with about 200 meters to go Anders caught me and outkicked me. Then I did a mile and a half cooldown. Then the boys went and did another mile, then we did hills and strides.

AM: after yesterdays awkward thing, I still ended up going to morning workout. We did the Shriners run!!!!! I ran the whole thing with Caden, Sarah, Sam, Anders, Nelson, and Andy. It was such a fun run!!!

PM: this afternoon was a fartlek workout. It was run down to the gulley, do 10x1 on and 10x1 off. We did a lap in the gulley, regrouped then started. I had to leave early because I had peer court but I got 7 of them done. 

This afternoon I didn't go to practice because I did the workout during my free period. I did a mile warm up, 2 miles of speed changes then a half mile cool down because my parents said I needed to go.

This afternoon/morning was the BYU Invitational. So I got to the race with 5 hours til I raced so I went and cheered in the shade for a few hours then with like 3 hours till my race I went and set up a bed and tried to go to sleep.... That didn't workout. But With an hour till the Varsity Boys race, I went on a warm up with Tomy, Anders, Dylan, and Faysal. We went out 1.1 miles and came back. When I got back I felt like I was going to puke so hard!!!!! Like it was to the point that I was thinking of telling Bill that I was not going to race. But I stretched a lot, had my mom pour cold water on me and then I put my spikes on and headed over to the starting line. I did about 6 strides then they lined us up, shot the gun, had a false start, shot the gun again and had another false start, then the third time we were off! So I decided to just run this, not push becuase I felt really really sick! So I did not start out fast at all, going into the mile I went through at like 7:06 or something. Then after that mile I started to feel a lot better so I picked up the pace a bit and ran a 6:20 and was feeling great! Then with the last mile to go as soon as I got into the baseball field I started to pick up the pace and I did a 6:30 third mile and averaged a 6:34, not bad for feeling like I was going to puke the whole race!

At the two mile mark I noticed the people in front of me were really slowing down so I just worked on the person in front of me and kept passing people, I just kept passing them and then working on the group in front of me. It really helps when you have someone to push to. Anders did beat me but he got ahead of me in the first mile and was so far ahead of me that I could not pass him.

I did not beat my time from last year which is a bummer, but if I pushed today I know I could have because as soon as I crossed the finish line, sure I was hot but I was not tired at all. That race just felt like I was going at a tempo pace. It felt like just a tempo run. So I know, not to feel sick before a race because I need to push my last few cross country races I have left in high school. One good thing did come out of this race though, I lettered today which is good. Now I can just focus on time, not place. 

Ran from the track, across 1300 east to the park on South temple, did 20 400 meter strides up the hill then came back so it was about a 400 stride for 200 recover for 200. Then we jogged up and got water and then ran down to R Street. Strided up 1 block over one block strided up over until we got to Virginia street. Then we took the Shriners run back. I ran with Sam, Nate, and Anders and we were pushing the pace. On the way back from shriners, we were averaging a 6:01 pace

AM: Ran up sunnyside to foothill, over to the cemetery on like 5th south or something, did 2 laps of firemen in the cemetery with just me, caden and Olivia... It was a lot of sprinting then we got kicked out so we couldn't do the third lap.

PM: Easy light speed workout. Started with a mile warm up, mile speed changes, then stretching circle then heard the workout. My legs were so sore from this morning so the stretching was a good thing. But we did a timed mile. I wanted a 6:10 so just about race pace and I got a 6:01 so that was good. Then we went up to sunnyside and did a lap and came back. Easy afternoon workout. After we got back, we took a 15 minute ice bath. 

Mile warm up, 3 mile race up in Bountiful, then a mile cooldown.

AM: did the small foothill loop for warm up. Then 8 hills then 4 400s and a mile cooldown.

PM: Ran down to Westminster to the flag pole, came back up to the track. Did 10 strides then a grass lap cooldown. 

mile warm up, mile speed changes, mile cooldown.

Mile and a half warm up when we arrived at the race. Then took a potty break and put my spikes on and then we to the line. They allowed three people on the line at Cottonwood Complex, where the race was held so me, sam and anders all got on the line. We did like 8 strides, tried to stretch out my incredibly sore calves, which did not work, then lined us up shot the gun and we were off.

I got out really slow for the first mile, I went through in like a 6:40 and I wanted a lot faster than that. But I felt good through this race and kept passing people which was good and I outkicked a lot of people. The last mile I really tried to pick up the pace and get going. If the race was longer I would have done better but I liked this race. It was a lot easier than Pre-Regions! So now I know I can really start pushing the races because I know I can push that course hard and not feel like I was even pushing!

Then I did a 2.5 mile cooldown cheering people on throughout the course.