You don't need to run every day to be a runner

DId the tempo the team did on monday, but did it twice. On the bike. My anlke is feeling much better and should be around 80% for westlake. Even with it hurting, I should be able to PR by at least 30 seconds. I've figured it will take close to 2 months to get back to 100%, which is right before footlocker. I want to go, but i don't think I will. It sounds super fun, but the main point is the race and I would be super out of shape for it.

5 quicker on the bike. Apparently the whole guys team thinks i'm running tomorrow just to beat parker. It's to CRUSH him, and shut him up. Not to beathim, which i've done all season. He thinks he's better than me, and even when i'm injured, he's not. Excited for tommorw. Should be an adventure.

What A day! Got to westlake about 2hrs before our race, so i just layed around for about 1.5hrs. THen we warmup up. Then my ankle EXPLODED. I had a bad feeling most of today, but just shook it off. I decided not to race. It was hurting quite a bit just walking from place to place to cheer the team on. If my anlke wasn't hurting, and if I would of had a good race, then I would have been around 17:40 I figured. As for beating parker, well, my time last year was faster than his today, so i would have beaten him. Our varsity team had it's ups and downs. Lil' warner was mad about his time (15:18), because his time from last year was faster, but he came in 2nd so there not much to complain about. Galen did pretty well, and so did seth. Zack ran JV because he had a piano recital to go to, and he got 15:59. I figured he would be 10-15 seconds faster if he wasn't running solo the whole race. But jamison had to drop out because he couldn't breathe well or somethin, I don't know the details, but he laid on the ground for a good few minutes before he got up, so it was something more serious than just being out of breath. Justin was our 4th man with a time of 16:39. He's gonna be a beast by the time he's a senior. Craik came in 5th with 17 flat. They didn't have time to say prayer and the cheer, so thats the reason we didn't do well. THe church is true! If  zack would have been varsity and jamison feeling well, we would have been top 3 maybe even won.  We'll do much better at Region. PG had a solid race though, and it was cool to see spencer palmer in the top 10.

For my "offseason" which should be between 1 and 2 months, I've chose a few things to focus on.

1. Consistensy- Not very consistent when I'm on my own for aver a week. I need to go biking or swimming everyday.

2. Core-Haven't done a solid ab workout since summer. This needs to change. Will do 150 pushups every day.

3. Pushing myself- I know I can push myself hard then what i've been doing. A LOT harder. Will start with this on the bike, and transfer over to running once I'm back.

This is my last post of my XC season. THis may seem a long ways off, but it really Isn't. I WILL MAKE VARSITY NEXT YEAR. I know I can, if I am smart with my training, stay injury-free, and really learn to push myself.  we are only graduating 1 senior on varsity, lil' warner. The 7th guy on the team was josh ericksen, if you take out the 2 seniors. I know I can beat him, and the other JV guys ahead of me. you might have read my track goals for this year. You probably think I can't do these, but I know I can. Not many people believe me, but I know I can. I know I could be up there with price, austin and juston. I need to show it.

Runner card is the best! The results are up less than 2hrs after the last race.

Busy day, was only able to get 8 on the bike today. I did average 27 mph, so that's good. Same amount of uphill as downhill.

15.2 on the bike, south on the canal. Saw tracer walking which was hilarious. Just like old times. Also saw luke, who was working 5x harder than tracer, and some of the girls on the team. I did a 5,4,3,2,1 with short warmup and long cooldown. Here's the distance with the different times:

5-1.62 miles

4-1.18 miles

3-1.004 miles

2-.78 miles

1-.64 miles

long cooldown, and went slow the first few miles, but a bunch of people were passing me and that drove me crazy. Once a person went by that was going at a nice pace (appromamitley 25mph), I stuck on him until I went off the canal. Averaged 22.1 mph for the whole ride. 100 pushups in sets of 20 afterwards. After this week I will increase the #  in sets, the the number of total pushups.

I have work on friday, and i'm going to miss region. I'm supr mad, but not worried. At pre-region, we came in 4th and 5th place was 101 points behind us. If our top 5 runs a averaged race, they should make it to state, unless if somebody pulls a westlake. But 101 points is a lot to make up.

20 minutes of abs and 100 pushups.

only abs and pushups the last few days. Today was region. I had work, so I had to leave early. I got to watch every race except the varsity guys. I wasn't worried though. We made it with 4th place. Juston was talking about varisty nexy year. we onlt lose 1 guy. GAlen,seth,jamison,zack, and probably juston are locks. Craik most likely. Juston was guessing josh or stephen. I will make sure i am the frontrunner for that spot by track. If i'm back to 100% by december. Which I should be. It dosen't hurt anymore to walk, which is an improvement. However, I played 21 yesterday at the pasta party( I won), but my ankle hurt a bit afterwards. Should be back to running in 2-3 weeks. I need new shoes.

28 mountain biking miles. Did hogs and a little bit through lambert. For fall break i'm biking the white rim trail in canyonlands. Im super excited. My ankle is feeling better than ever. It still hurts when i'm going up hills on my bike, but I expect to be injury free the saturday after state.

I found my dream long run today, which is my favorite. My family went offroading up Timpanogous road probably 2x as far as we did at XC camp. Someone will drop me off at timpanooke campground, I will go on the road until I get to grove creek canyon, then go on the BST until my house. Somewhere between 15-20 miles. So it's managable. It was beutiful. Maybe the day after region track or something, but it would be best in the fall w/the beutiful colors. I am tired of not running, I can't imagine what tanner felt like for the 4+ months he was out. I respect him much more now. Not that I didn't in the first place. No pain today!

8 slower on the bike and 100 pushups in sets of 20.

leaving for thw white rim trail today. Should be lots of fun. Planning on running again the week after state, depending on how i'm feeling.

Day 1 of the white rim trail. Today was awesome. 19 miles, and mostly downhill. The people biking were: my brother nathan, my dad, me, my cousin eli, my mucle paul. My dad was way behind everyone else today. THe pace pusher today was my brother, who mountain bikes for PG. Averaged 13.9 mph, which sounds slow, but mountain biking is a lot slower than road biking.

Day 2, we did 45 miles today. We had a good climb where we gained about 250 ft of elevation in a little over a quarter of a mile. It was pretty rocky, and I gad to get off my bike for a bit. I did run up the part that I was off though, so i still got a good hill workout for the day. Mostly a slow descent today. Lost of sand, which slowed us down a lot. Eli had a pretty nasty endo today, and he broke his nose. He wsa going 23 mph at the time. I feel pretty sorry for him, becasue he didn't bike the rest of the trip. I was the pace pusher for most of the day, until the last 10 miles when I bonked hard. My wrists are just about dead. Going over hard rock isn't very fun. Came across a guy that ws running the trail Kudos to him. He was 41 miles in when we ran into him.

Last day and definetily the hardest. went 36 miles and gained over 2500 feet of elevation. For the first bit I was with my uncle in the lead, who was totally mashing it. He does ironman's, so his endurance really kicked in today. Once we got to the part where we came up out of the canyon, he took off. This climb we went up 1250 feet in 1.2ish miles. I didn't stop at all, which dosen't sound like much of an accomplishmet, but for me, a guy that hates hills especially on bikes, it's a feat for me. After that we had 15 miles of dirt road that kept going on forever. went with my uncle on this part too. We were cruising. We went up more than 1000 feet of elevation during this stretch, and we averaged about 14mph. I was ready to die. Once we got onto the road my uncle's super powers unleashed and he took off. I still pushed it, but nowhere near as fast as my uncle went. Overall a fun time, I'm not sure if I would recomment it to someone or not.

10 on the bike. I am tired of biking at the moment. I don't think my mom will let me go to state.

100 pushups in sets of 25. My ab workout was having my 2 year old brother jump on my stomach for about 5 minutes. My parents are letting me go to state, but I need to go to school until 3rd period. Should be exciting! I'm willing to bet that we will come in 4th or 5th tomorrow. AF, davis, lehi, us or westlake. The course is pretty hilly, but lil' warner is amazing at hills, and zack is pretty good. If everyone has a mediocre race, and if zack does pretty well, then we will beat westlake.    I am gonna start up running again once I get new shoes. I will probably get some on saturday. I am gonna get some saucony's, I have had 2 pairs, and have never had any problems, so i'm gonna go with them. Probably a kinvara 4 or virrata's

State today! Exciting, yet torterous. Our guys team did okay, I think. Lil' warner had a bad race and seth terrible. On the bright side, juston did super well, and ran a 16:42. I wanted to run SUPER BADLY. I am gonna start on tuesday. I know that I can be running @ sugarhouse next year, and I will. We came in 5th. I feel sorry for connor mantz, but everyone knows he's quite a bit faster than Josh. He's injured, and he still barely lost to him. Parker was talking the whole time about how AF was  demolishing everyone else. It was super annoying. He's better friends with more people on the AF team than ours. The bus ride home took forever. He went to costa vida afterwards, which was awesome. I ran about a mile with cheering people on, and my legs didn't hurt, but they were heavy. But they should be after a month of not running. Craik and juston said i'm their favorite junior. They're my favorite freshman.I read an article on how region 4 dominated state yesterday. It mostly talked about AF, but it said the top finishers from the other teams from region 4. It said lil' warner for out team , which was funny, because galen beat him.

only pushups the last few days. About 200 a day though.  On thursday my dad tried to convince me to rest for another few weeks, but I wouldn't go for it. But, yesterday, my ankle hurt some, for the first time in about 2 weeks. I took that as a sign to take more time off. This "offseason", has really been good for me, and it's been good in more ways than just physical. I've been pretty inconsistent with my training, and I know that's why I've gotten injured. I have learned to really push myself on the bike, and swimming, but in sprints. I am core in stronger than it used to be. Another 2 weeks should do the trick. However, my parents want me to take the winter off like I did last year, and they want me to get a job and work everyday. I am fine with getting a job, becauese I need one, but I will not take the winter off. I will be close to the same speed that I am now, which isn't very fast. I don't want to be the senior that's on JV, and if I take the winter off, I will probably be that guy. I have already lost ground this last month being off, and I don't want to get behind any more.

Just for fun, I took the state results and took out the seniors for some predictions for next year. Lone peak and Lehi are the only guys that have at least 5 returning varsity guys. According to the state results with no seniors:

AF: 1,3,10,?,? Hagen and Jason manning will probably be 4&5, not sure on places

Lehi: 6,12,15,36, and ryan raff is injured but will be top 15. At least 79 points

Davis: 5,7,16,24,33  85 points

Lone peak: 9,13,22,31,35 110 points

Next closest is more than 50 points back. Already excited for nexy XC season and track!

Can't go to the XC banquet because I haft to film a stupid volleyball game for sports broadcasting. I'll probably get the slacker award, or the always injured award. 10 miles on the bike today with a good ab workout. I've lost 12 pounds since I've gotten injured. Which is weird. Maybe I'm doing what wrestlers do, lose fat then gain muscle. Just kidding. That would be pretty rad if i did that though. I would be super toned. Life is good. The NBA season starts today. Go Thunder! 1 week till I'm running again!

10 mile bike ride yesterday, went pretty fast, for going on trails. 5 days till im ruuning again!