Patrick's Blog

Ran from my house to Sugar House Park and did a lap on the road in there. Then I came home and started mowing my lawn and my grandmas lawn. Then I did 2 miles on the elliptical while studying physics for my big retake on the gravity test.

Today since it is the first day of SPRING BREAK we had work out earlier. Since I was taking my driving test today with Talk I was already up at the track. By the Way I Passed My Driving Test!!! I have My license. So we started out with a mile warm up, I was  the only one who went to Tony's work out this morning though, so I did a mile warm up, then stretching. By this time it was pooring rain. So I went and stretched under the Bleachers and talked about my race on Saturday that I PR'd by 20 seconds on. Then I did 3 laps of sprinting the Straight a ways and jogging the curves, Then I did 3 laps of Sprinting the curves and jogging the straight a ways as a recovery. Then I did 3 laps of J's So I sprinted 150 meters and jogged 50 meters as a recovery. Then I was done. So I just had to do my cool down. So I decided to do a 800 meter cool down so I would be at an even 4 and I wanted to get out of the rain because AP tests are coming up and I can not afford to get sick at the moment, I have too much going on right now. Then I went and did my weights on the machine, 25 pound weighted calf raises, holding my knee up for a minute thingy, 3 sets of 15 squats, 3 sets of 30 crunches, Since I can't do push ups because I dislocated my right pinky finger I did more arm swings. First I did 3 sets of 1 minute on 30 second off arm swings with weights, then I did 3 more sets with a minute on and 30 seconds off but with out weights, Then I went and did 2 more miles on the elliptical because I need more miles and it is pooring rain outside and I need to study for my Gravity retake test on Monday when we get back from Spring Break. The weird thing is when I was running today, the back of my knee, the tendant on the left knee and on the left of that knee was really hurting. When I was doing my weights on the machine it was really hurting then also so I could only do one of the things on the machine. It hurts to run on and straighten with weights but when I walk on it or just straighten it with out any weights it does not hurt at all. I hope it is nothing very serious, well we'll see.

Today I had a APHUG study session with Matheson so I couldn't go to Tony's workout up at the track because they both were at the same time. So I went to the study session and then I walked up to the track to start my work out. Since Tomy hadn't texted me back what his work out was, I decided to go ahead and do my own work out. So I started out with a 2 mile cool down and then stretching. Then I started the speed work out. I was originally going to do 12 200's but I did 8 instead because the back of my knee was absolutely killing me, doing the warm up and doing the speed work out it was killing. My knee didn't hurt as much when I ran on my toes which is weird so I did my work out on my toes. So my first 200 was 40 seconds which is slow, then my times went like this 39, 35, 35, 36, 38, 35, 34. For the first four of the 200's I was wearing my spikes so I could go faster and stay on pace a bit better but the spikes were really hurting my knee. So I took off the spikes and ran the last 4 with out my spikes, I ran them just in my trainers. In between the 200's I jogged another 200 so I could get the mileage in so I did 2 miles of that. Then since my mom was here and I needed to go, and my knee was killing me to a point that even walking was hurting it I did my cool down. I started with a mile cool down while listening to my music on my phone:) I decided to do another mile cool down even though my legs are killing me I wanted to get the miles in so I wouldn't have to do as much later today or later in the week.

Then I came home and did my weights on the machine, I started the ones where you lay on your stomach and do like leg curls but those were killing the back of my knee, I don't know why so I stopped doing those and moved to the next thing on the machine. Then I did weighted calf raises, holding my knee up for a minute thingy, 3 sets of 15 squats, crunches, no push ups today because of my dislocated right pinky, weighted arm swings, and non weighted arm swings.

Then I did my last 3 miles on my elliptical while I was not only studying physics but also AP Human Geography because the AP tests are coming up. Overall today was a very painful day but a very needed day trying to get my speed back. I hope that my back of my knee thing doesn't hurt much longer because I have some very important races coming up and I need to be totally ready with absolutely no pain anywhere.

Today at track practice I showed up to the track at 10 AM and I didn't see Tony there and I didn't want to wait haha, so I went on my own run. I started up at the track and ran up sunnyside avenue till I got to gaurdsman (I think thats how you spell it or I think that, thats what the name of the street is) anywase it is the street with Steiners Aquatic center on it. So I ran across that until I got to the University of Utah football stadium, I ran through that parking lot until it ended so I ran through the campus. I finished through the campus and from there on I don't know the names of the streets. So pretty much I did the Shriners drinking fountain run. It took me like 40 minutes because I was running alone and I run a lot slower when I run alone than when I run with somebody but also my back of my left knee thing was also really hurting, which is weird but I did do speed yesterday and that could of done something because I was in spikes. When I got back to the East High Track Tony was there, I guess he was just walking grass laps until people showed up for work out. Noella showed up today and she was doing a speed work out because I guess she missed yesterdays speed so she has to make it up today..... Sucks for her haha. Tony told me to do 4 300s today just to loosen up my legs. I was going to do them then, but I didn't because it started to rain. Hopefully I will do them later

I did my weights on the machine accept for the ones for my hamstrings because they are still killing me even after I do a long run to loosen up them. Then I did weighted calf raises, holding my knee up for a minute thingy, 3 sets of 15 squats, crunches, weighted arm swings and non weighted arm swings. I hope those arm swings help me during races to make me faster.

I went to the track because I thought there was practice so I thought it was the perfect time to go and do my 4 300s. Well I guess there wasn't or no one went because it was only me and Ricky. So I met up with Ricky and we waited for almost 30 minutes for anyone else to show up, which no one else did. I thought that was ridiculous so I went ahead with my half mile warm up of grass laps. Then I did sprint 300 jog 100 but 4 times for a mile. My times were 59, 60, 59, 58 which is pretty consistent and all under a 5:20 mile which was my goal. Then we did 2 laps on the track as a cool down while listening to the Rowland Hall kids get yelled at about something and listening to music :)

Today at track, since Tony is in Oregon for the rest of spring break I decided to work out with Bills group for today. We started with a mile warm up and then stretching. Then we did another mile warm up and then a mile of speed changes. After the mile of speed changes we did a lap recovery because it was speed for today. I didn't do the speed because I only had to hit 5 miles for the day so I didn't want to go over my miles.So Delaney and I decided to time Natalie, Susannah, Amanda, and Abigail's splits. So we started at the 600 start sprinted 150 meters to yell the 200 time. Then the 400 we started at the 200 start and sprinted to the finish because Bill wanted to know there last 200 or 100 meter split on every thing. Then we went to the last 100 and timed there last 100 on the 300. Finally was the 200 and we timed the entire 200 so Delaney and I started at the normal 200 start and sprinted the 150 diagonally across the field. We did everything twice so I am counting it as a half mile. Then as a team we did a half mile after the first set of intervals and before the second set of intervals so that everyone can recover. Then since Abigail started late I had to do everything 3 times so the last timing for Abigail was a fourth of a mile. Then when everyone was done with there speed Me, Abigail, and Bill did a half mile as a group for a cool down to finish me off for the day at 5 and Abigail off at 7, after that Abigail and Bill did more cool down. I don't know how much they did.

When I came home and after hours of studying I found time to do my weights. I started with the weights on the machine, then the weighted calf raises, holding my knee up for a minute thingy, 3 sets of 15 squats, 3 sets of 30 crunches, push ups (My finger is feeling better so I can finally do push ups again!!!) Then I did weighted arm swings for 3 sets of 1 minute on with a half minute off. Finished the day with some stretching because I am a bit sore on the back of the knee thing again. Hopefully that goes away soon. 

Since I guess there was no track practice today I went on my own run. Well I guess it wasn't my own run but I went on it with my sister Courtney. She never really has gone that far before and since she could not run it for sure she walked it and I ran it because she didn't want me to leave her in the dust and I didn't want to leave her in the dust. So I ran and she walked, I went slow for her to stay with her. So we went to sugar house park to begin with. We decided to go and do 3 laps on the road in the park. When we were in the park I said we should do the state course because then we would only have to do one lap after that and so she would know good cheering spots for next year when the BOYS GO TO STATE!!! So we did the state course and she was exhausted doing that so when we passed the swings she stopped and went swinging while I went and finished the state course and ran the last lap. I did the rest of the state course and the lap at a fast pace because I wanted to get some fast running in today, so I did that in about 13 minutes. I was booking it!!! When I got back to the park where Courtney was I decided while I was there to swing for a bit. So I swung for about 10 minutes:) I decided to go home because I wanted to be done with running for the day. So as she walked home and I ran next to her we went home, we went up the hill in the park onto 21st South and on 21st South until we got to 19th East and from 19th East we went home at a progressively faster pace to finish strong.

I came home and I did my weights. I did the machine ones, the weighted calf raises, holding my knee up for a minute thingy, 3 sets of 15 squats, crunches, push ups, and weighted arm swings. Overall it was a very easy day which I think that I needed to get my legs feeling good again. Throughout the entire run, even in the fast parts that I did on my own, I had no pain anywhere even on the back of my knee which means all it was was over use or I pulled something and it needed to rest. That is so good news now I can finally start going faster again.