Patrick's Blog

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.