Patrick's Blog

Today since I had like 45 pages to read in biology, flash cards to make, and 12 study questions I didn't have a lot of time to go for a run. I only had time for a mile. I went out a half mile and back............. Then back to studying.

2 miles in the morning because we have a late start. Then off to study Biology.

PM: Today for cross country we had our first speed, real speed workout of the season. So we started with about a mile warm up then a mile of speed changes. Then we stretched and changed our shoes. So then Bill told us our groups. My group was Voung, Kevin, Me, Abigail, and Sarah. So we were supposed to hit 3 minutes on each 800. The workout was 8 800s with a 400 in between as recovery. So we lined up, Bill broke us up, Natalie, Tomy, Dakota, Taylor, RJ, and Scott and my group was in the first group then like 30 seconds or something later is when everyone else went. So we started and our first 800 was 2:58. Then the times went 2:59, 3:00, 3:00, 2:59, 3:02, 3:01, 3:03. The last one I was absolutely dyeing. Our group pretty much stayed all together except for the last one when Voung and Kevin broke away from us and I just couldn't stay with them. The workout was not that hard but it was a real mental block for me, it was hard to think I have 7 more or 5 more or something. The physical part wasn't hard but the mental part was the killer. I'm glad I did the whole workout and not wuss out because this proves I can do 4 miles at roughly 6 minute pace so now I just need to do the 5Ks at that pace. Then for a cooldown I did 1.25 miles at the track with Andy and Caden. Then I totally forgot my locker combo and couldn't remember it for the life of me so I had to have Bill tell it to me. Then I got a delicious slurpee. Today was a good workout for me I just need to learn to push through things and stay with Voung because I know that I could have stayed with him today on that last one. Here is my blog. I was stupid and I didn't turn my garmin on for the recovery laps and on the cooldown because I accidently held down the button that turns it off instead of pressing lap.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/113959555 

AM: Today we had a morning workout, the varsity was supposed to run down to Sugarhouse Park and do an outside lap. When I got to the park I had to wait at the light and so Abigail, Caden, Sam, Dakota, Jesse, and Annie caught up to me. So my shins were really hurting where it hurt last time on the bone right under my knee so I decided to try the lap but then I just didn't want to seriously do anything so me, Caden and Sam all did a small lap in the park then ran back up to the track. Caden and I broke away from Sam so we got back to the track before anybody else so we did a half mile at the track to finish off at 5 for this morning. Here is my Blog for this morning: 

 http://connect.garmin.com/activity/114217653

PM: Since I was supposed to leave by 4 because I have a Spanish 3 test, AP Biology, and AP US History test tomorrow I wanted to get done early. So Dominique and I did a mile before Bill got there then we did another 400 and by this time it was like 3:15 and Bill didn't get there till 3:35. I new I had to get done so I ran up to the zoo at a fast pace then we all realized we didn't know what hill we were supposed to do at the Zoo trail. So we had to wait for Bill to drive up there, so he broke us into the groups he had us in yesterday and we did a hill just under .2 of a mile. We did that 4 times. Then we ran the 2.1 miles back to the track. Going back I knew I had to be done so the Varsity people started in front of me so I had some ground to catch up on. I caught up to Abigail and Nate, then I caught up to Voung. I knew Chris was in reach so I caught up to him and Chris stuck with me. We caught up to Taylor and Natalie was only like 10 meters ahead of him. If there would have been like another fourth of a mile Chris and I could of caught Dylan because he was like 20 meters ahead of us. We were hauling it down Sunnyside coming back. Then we ate Cake from Bill....... Then off to study for my tests!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here is my Garmin Connect for going up to the Zoo: (You can see Dominique and I doing our mile on the page just look up Dominique and I mile)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/114217664 

Today since I had to go to an APUSH seminar I couldn't go to practice. So when I got home I just had time to do my weights. I did my Hamstring machine, Holding my knee up for a minute thingy and then squats.

AM: This morning for workout we started at the track and ran up to Foothill, over to the U down to 1300 East and back up to the track. Easy workout because of the Murray race. We had to do .75 of a mile at the track to make it an even 4. Here is my morning Garmin link:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/115003093 

PM: This afternoon we started with a mile warm up, a mile of speed changes then a mile cooldown. This actually was 3.1 not 3 because I was running in the outer lanes for most of it. Here is my Afternoon Garmin Link:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/115003113 

I'll put my Garmin Links up later tonight.

When I came home I did my hamstring weights, holding my knee up for a minute thingy and squats. 

Today was the Murray Invitational. So when I woke up I knew I wasn't going to do my best because I woke up with MAJOR bad allergies. But I wasn't going to let that get to my head. So when we got to the race it starts poring!! for like 20 minutes, then it stops and as a team we start our warm up. All day I was planning on running the JV race so when I heard I was running the Varsity race I really tried to clear my throat and my nose from allergies. So as a warm up we run a bit of the course, I only ran 1.5 miles because I had over an hour till my race. So when it was closer to my race Caden and I do 6 strides, drills and stretched to stay warmed up while cheering for other members of our team, with the strides and everything we did about a 2 mile warm up. So we changed shoes and get to the line. No sooner does the gun go off it starts poring rain again, of course its my race. So since the ground is so slippery I sort of tripped but I caught myself and had to sprint to catch back up to Dylan and Dakota. So I eventually catch back to them but after we did our first  lap and were going up the second hill that is when they started to get ahead of me. I didn't care at this point, I was just working of passing people whenever I could. So as I am passing people and we get onto the dirt I notice my shoes are filling up with mud. So our first mile was something like 6:20 or around there. Thats exactly what I wanted and I was feeling really good so I decide to pick up the pace. But when I get to the snake thingy thats a trail and is covered in mud. I ran up it hard to pass a ton of people but when I did I slipped down the hill so I had to run up it again then I slipped down it again so I had to run up it for a third TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is when Caden passed me. But when we got to the dry dirt I faced planted in that dirt also so in this race I fell 3 times this race. So when I get to the indian head I just start really to pick up the pace because in the second mile is when I really fell. So I just picked up the pace until I got to the water park, thats when I started to kick it in. Natalie yelled at my to use my arms because they are crossing so I did and I really picked up the pace from that. Then I saw the finish line and I sprinted with everything I had left because it was a lot because I just didn't go fast today. Then we stood at the finish line for like 20 minutes. Then Jesse's, Annie's and Olivia's moms brought us PIZZA!!! THANK YOU!! Then when I got home, after unthawing from freezing to death at the race I did 1.5 mile cooldown. Here is my Garmin Race:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/115003145