Patrick's Blog

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...........