Patrick's Blog

This morning after my morning class, I have two hours until my next class. I walked up to the locker room, changed then went on  a run. I went up to shoreline trail, over to red butte, down to presidents circle around to greek row, up until university street or whatever it is called, then back onto shoreline and finished out till 4 miles. Ran back to the locker rooms to finish out at 4.

Tonight, I ran with Tim, Larry, and Andrea at Sugarhouse Park. I did a lap around the park with Larry then ran around the park until at 7 miles. I forgot how much fun it is to run with Tim. I averaged 7:34 so my pace is coming back...

AM: At my fitness class, we had a sub. We walked from HPER up the the University of Utah track for another track workout this week. We did a short jog as a warm up, drills, then she made us do two hills by the track.... Weird warm up. Then we heard the workout was 3x1 mile repeats. I was nervous I wasn't able to hit my times because I havn't ran hard for a while and am still feeling really sick. We started fine and my times were suposed to be 6:30. My first one was 6:29, then we took 2 minutes recovery and started again. The other guys in the class started before me so I got to chase them down. We did the second mile going the opposite way on the track. My time was 6:07. I felt fine. I told her I shouldn't do the last one because of my speed workout tonight, so I just jogged around to finish at 3 miles. About 3 laps cooldown. Good, productive workout.

PM: My 3 mile loop around my house

I showed up at the Highland Track, did a half mile warm up, put my spikes on did 4 strides then it started blizzarding hail on me so I left. When it stopped I went from my grandmas house over to Cottonwood Complex then around the park and back.

3 miles of running on the treadmill then 30 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes on the bike. I am counting it as 3 miles. Slow easy running on the treadmill.

I went down to Sugarhouse Park and did a mile warm up,...... well after I locked my keys in the car and made it a quarter mile and realized it and sptrinted back to my car, able to reach through the window and unlock the car and got my keys. Then I did a mile warm up. Went up to the Highland Track, did an 800 in 3:02, wanted to be under 3 but my first lap was way to slow, like 100 seconds or something so I had to haul it and almost hit my pace. Then I did an 800 recovery, then put on my weights, and did an 800 with those then cooled down a mile and a half. Was going to do more either on the track or with the weights but my legs were absolutely exhausted.

AM: Today at my fitness class they just went on a run. I warmed up a mile around campus then headed up to the track and did an 800, Bryce was there so I did it with him. I hit a 3:06, slow....:( Then I ran up to Mario Capecci (Or however you spell it), down to sunnyside, down to 1900 East then home. 5 miles.

PM: 2x150 meter strides then an 800 with Larry, ran a 2:59 so a better time. Then 14x150 meter strides on Highlands Track, then another 800 in 2:58 so a bit better also. Then I ran a half mile in the park, put my weights on and ran another 800 then a lap on the road. Went to the market and got a protein shake and ice and took a 15 minute ice bath when I got home.... My legs are exhausted!

This afternoon I met up with Danny, Dave and Tim for a run. We started from Highland and ran the first 2 miles of the Cemetery run then back, we had to turn at 2 miles because I had to go pick up my sister from class. Waiting for her class to get out, I got in another mile around presidents circle.

Today was our second out of 4 mile time trials. I did just over a half mile warm up because the other guys wanted to get it done instead of getting a good warm up in.... So Chris is like "5 minutes till we start so get your warm up in"........ Ok well I got a half mile warm up then stretching. Last time I wore my spikes but today I didn't because my shins have been hurting a lot more recently. So he lined us up as we finished last time so I was lane 1 spot 1. I started out in first place for the first lap then on the second lap Brendton, Mike, and John caught up to me, we went through the first lap in 1:27, then Brendton took the lead and held it the rest of the mile. With 2 laps to go Brendton thought that was our last lap so he started kicking and he gained 50 meters on us in the first 200 of that lap then Mike, John and I maintained his pace for the next 200 meters. On the last lap I started picking up the pace because Mike and John were right on my heals, we gained the ground on Brendton but he beat me by a half a second! He beat me by 10 meters, I was furious! I ran a 6:04, Brendton ran 6:03, Mike ran 6:05 and John ran 6:06... Not a good mile. I wish I would have worn my spikes or flats because I would have beaten him! Then I did a lap on the track the opposite way and ran home. 7:04 pace for the first 5 miles. I hit 5 miles at my house then I managed to get on the treadmill for the last mile.

ran 2 and a half laps around theperimeter of sugarhouse park.

Ran 4.2 miles around the neighborhood before I went to the grand canyon today for FALL BREAK!!!~ A week off y'all! Met up with Sarah and ran from her house, over to 1300 south, up to foothill and over to 2100 south, down to 17th east and over to 1700 south, down to 1600 east and over to Browning ave and back up to Sarah's house. I felt bad because I made Sarah go so slow and had to stop a few times because I have not ran up hill at all this year.... It is so pathetic how slow we were going and I was still really tired! I really need to run more uphill. When I got home I did my core, squats, wall sits and calf raises and ran the .3 for 4.5

This afternoon I went on my run at the Grande Canyon. It is incredibly windy here! Our hotel is on the freeway so I cant run on the road but I managed to find a trail that lead me to a neighborhood. I ran out a mile, then did 2x400 strides up a hill. The hill wasnt that steep but I need to start somewjere with hills. Then i ran home which was all up hill, back to the Hotel and I was still going against the wind no matter what direction I was running. Averaged 7:06, my slowest mile was my last mile which was 7:08 so my uphill pace is coming back.

I really need to remember to blog.... Anyway, in my fitness class, since it is the first day back from fall berak and the fitness classes are only a half semester I registered for a new class and I was the only one who showed up... Then  girl finally came later liek with 5 minutes to go. Hopefully I am the only one in it;) I ran around the track for a mile and a half with this girl going at whatever pace she wanted and was like a 9:30, then I ran home and brought the average down to a 7:27. Good run... Need more uphills.

At my fitnes clas Mike and Brad came so I did a mile warm up on the U track with them. Then the workout was 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 with 400, 300, 200, 100, 100 recovery of continuous running. After the 500 I felt like puking but I managed to get through it and finish. I wasn't allowed to time myself but the instructor timed us and we will compare our times later in the semester. Then I did a mile cooldown the other way on the track. Came home and did my squats, wall sits, calf raises, crunches and side crunches. My parents were late picking me up from work so I didn't wear my usual shoes or my compression socks and my shins didn't hurt at all! 

AM: 5 miles easy around Sugarhouse

PM: After my review session for World of Dinosaurs and before ASUU I met up with Larry at sugarhouse park. I ran down to the park from my house, did an 800 on Highlands Track in 3:08, I havn't ran an 800 for a long time or fast for a long time... Then we did 4x150 meter strides and then a timed lap on the road of the park. I ran 10:01 but I had to stop half way through and go to the bathroom and that is including the bathroom stop. Then I had to go to ASUU so no cooldown. 3.5 miles.

NEED TO BLOG! Anywase my dad drove me down to sugarhouse park and I ran the state course. 7:24 pace. Since I havn't ran since thursday I took it slow. I was just going for sub 8 minute miles. I was tired though after the run.... Came home, fixed the halloween decorations, then back to studying for my world of Dinosaurs mid term.

AM: 3 miles around campus slow and steady. Stopped half way to stretch.

PM: Met up with Larry, did 5 strides up the road on the first hill of the state course with the Salt Lake Track Club. Then did an inside lap and an oustide lap of sugarhouse park as a cooldown.

Lap inside the road at sugarhouse park, a lap with 4 accelerations, then another lap to finish out at 4 miles. Walked the last quarter mile, stopped at 4

this morning I met up with my fitness class at the track. we did a half mile warm up then heard the workout. It was 3x800 with 2 minutes recovery. We were supposed to hit half of our mile time from the last time trial plus 10 seconds. since we all were within 3 seconds of eachother, we stayed as a group. Our time was 3:15 which is slow for me but oh well. we took turns leading. i lead fitst and we hit a 3:11, Brad lead on te  next one and we hit 3:12, Mike waon tge next one wass supposed to lead on the next one but he dropped out on the second one so he wanted to be in the middle so we boxed him in so he wouldnt drop out. Brad lead the first lap then I lead the second lap. We hit 3:03 so that is more my speed but I was frozen because it started hailing and raining on our first one,.... OF COURSE! I was going to run home but my dad luckily came and picked me up after I did a two lap 'cooldown' in the hail and snow.. I biked the rest of the 2.5 miles. It is hard to blog and bike at the same time. I need not to stay with the group at the fitness class, I need to be ahead of them. It is just really hard to push on your own.

only made it one mile before my parents came and picked me up... Will go later after dinner.

Don't want to go out again because of the car wreck.