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

Fun run at 1 in the morning in Alpine. Mostly stayed on roads but went by aviary, which was decently packed down. After a quick stop at a porta-potty 1.5 miles in, I've felt better than I had in a while. Great first run of the year.

2015 was a good year. Not to many pr's, but I learned a lot from injury prevention, racing strategies and other fun stuff. Looking forward to an awesome 2016!!

Good run today. Actually did the distance coach said to. Just went on the canal. At 1 point I saw 2 guys behind me about 200 yards and they were running pretty quick. So I picked up the pace so they couldn't catch up. But they eventually did, and I ran like 3 miles with those guys. They run for SUU, so there's no shame in them catching up to me. Pace was pretty quick, 6:43 average. Next week I will actually come to practice, and I'm getting excited for the upcoming indoor meets.

Dank run doing alpine loop with a detour up to a class D rock outcropping. Good stuff. Stayed up with the pack till like 2 miles left and I fell back. Need to work on that. Good run overall tho.

Went to bonnevile, turned left to the canyon, up the canyon, down to the school, then a bit extra. Ran with josh the second half so that was peachy. Didn't feel good at the start, but got progressively better and by the end I felt pretty good. Haven't felt good at the end of a run in a while so there's some improvement! Car wouldn't start so I called zack to help start it up but marissa helped me out haha. Shoutout to zack for coming anyways and to josh for being a cool cat.

Easy today. Played some snowball tag, was a cool except it was a bit to cool, If you know what I mean. A minor sesh of strength training followed.

Did the spin bike a bit later to make up for the low mileage. 11 hills miles in 40 minutes flat.

Ran and did the bike today. Probablynthe fastest 9 miles I've done. Not as in pace, but it went by extremely quickly. Got into some pretty deep thinking.

Indoor track is back!!!

Decent race I guess. Came more for the run of it. Didn't prepare the way I should havenl mentally or physically.

I started in the back, which stunk. For the first 2 laps I was mainly in lane 3. Put a surge in the 3rd lap to get closer to the leaders. My goal was to win my heat. I know I could have won if I prepared right for it. Started my kick with like 180 left, way too late. Passed like 8 people, but still had some gas left in the tank. Got dehydrated after and felt sick for like the next hour.

Shoutout to justin for slaying and winning his heat. Good job to everyone else too. I know that if I put in some consistent training these next few weeks I will be able to pr once it's time for the ice oval.

8 miles by myself @6:57 pace. Uneventful and I liked it. New shoes came so that's exciting. Might run later to test them out.

Some lit snowshoeing with my cuz later. Wasn't much of a workout but definitely a good time.

Solid run going to discovery and looping back. New shoes felt good, I like them! Forgot my shorts so I had to run in basketball shorts which blowed. Everyone go follow @coachbennett on instagram if you don't already. Got some good stuff on there.

Ugh kinda a rough day at practice for me. My legs we're just aching a lot. So I cut the mileage short a few miles. Strength training after. My marshmallow stick will come in handy tonight.

Ran during 4th period so it was nice to get home early. Did alpine loop and some strides after. Was able to stay with the pack so that was cool. Felt good to get the legs moving quickly. Later found out the last few miles(which were in the low 6's,) was faster than my xc race pace lol. Which is rather embarrassing, but cool at the same time because I was able to talk pretty well during those miles. Rolled out my legs and did a decent amount of pushups later. Getting really pumped for the races at the ice oval!

Didn't want to go up in mileage too much this week so I did the bike yesterday and today. Mad at myself not being consistent the few weeks before this one, so my mileage is still pretty low.

Jacked up my wrist yesterday trying to dunk it (still 3-5 inches off) and now my doctor says I will have a bit of arthritis these next few days haha.

Felt pretty junky on the run so I hung back with jonas, which is always a good time. My hip was hurting some on the way down, so I used the foam roller once I got home. Did the bike a bit after that. Good stuff. Not sure what race I'm doing friday.

On roads in af. We have been doing lots of roads lately and I don't like it. Sore from a bunch of pushups and that fun stuff yesterday.

Nerves usually get the best of me in races, today was just worse. I know I could have pr'ed so that just made me more nervous. I need to figure that out. Any suggestions on what to think about, or not in the 30 minutes leading up to the race?

For my heat everyone put 5 flat for their seed time, so we were lined up in alphabetical order, which stunk. I was in the 4th row. Everyone started out crazy fast, and soon I was in dead last. I came in the 400 at 75 so right on pace. Not sure what really happened the next few laps tbh. Passed a few people on the last lap. Not the race I was hoping for. I just need to figure out what to do mentally before races. I still believe I can break 4:40 this year, with the aid of some speed workouts coming up, but mostly where I need to improve is in my head.

After lunch I skipped 4th period and went skiing. Good to get on the slopes again. Got home at like 4 and did the bike and completely wrecked myself, then stretched and did a good session of strength training. I'm gonna be sore tomorrow

Good run up the canyon. On the way down trevor and I found a trail so we scouted it out. It's a solid trail, but we won't be doing it again till the snow is melted. With about a mile left in the canyon the wind decided to make it's presence known so we froze and then had to take a little break in the sun to warm up. Don't have work till 5 tomorrow zo I can go to practice and strength training so that's good.

Wasn't able to get much in because we started way late and I had work.

Alpine loop with a stop at arctic circle with craik and justin for courtesy cones. Good run. Lately after good run's I haven't been as tired, even though I'm pushing myself harder than before. Think it's cuz I'm getting in better shape. At least I hope lol.

Long run today. Felt pretty good. Knees were hurting after so I'm glad I have tomorrow off.

Shorter Discovery loop today. The guys started pushing the pace after like a half mile, so we could be back in time for strength training. Didn't feel too swell so I didn't even try to keep up with the top guys, who ended up averaging a 6:12 lol. I still probably averaged in the 6:50's, so a good run for not feeling good. Strength training was a good time. Might do a bike workout later tonight. Excited cuz we have our first tempo on Wednesday and Distance challenge is on friday! I'm going to break 5 there.

10 miles on the bike later

First workout of the year!!!!! We did 4x2 minute tempos on the canal. I did decent, my goal was to keep up with trevor. I fell back a bit on the first but after that I did good. Getting really excited to race on friday!! Definitely going to break 5 there.

I had to run earlier than the rest of the because of a doctor's appointment so today was by myself. Did trampoline run than ran through some neighborhoods on the way back to the school. Did 6 strides and they felt pretty good! Excited to see what I can get in the mile tomorrow.

Distance challenge today! Warmed up early than I should have, but whatever. I got out bad, and just stayed in about the same spot the whole time. Decent race. Long cooldown. I'm quitting subway soon so I can focus on running more. Getting excited for outdoor track!

Ran up a bit of hogs than turned back. Had to leave early because my family is doing a day trip up in salt lake.

No running today sadly. Went skiing. Jacked up my ankle on the superpipe lol, icing it right now.

Cut today's run a little short because my ankle was bothering me from yesterday.

Did the RADventure run then looped down by art dye and back up to the school. Did a bunch of pushup's and other stuff a bit later.

Tempo today, 4x2 minute pickups so nothing too hard, at least usually. Today my goal was to keep up with trevor on all of them. As soon as the first 1 started I just couldn't get my legs moving fast at all. Was just super tired. I was pushing it hard, but I still wasn't going fast. I think it's because I'm working too much. I'm quitting in 2 weeks though!

In the Denver area the next few days. Ran by Arapahoe high school, the team that I got a shirt from at Nike southwest. Did a lap on their track then ran around in some neighborhoods till I found a sweet trail. It's like the canal before it was paved, except there were trees all around it. Did 2 miles out on that and then headed back. Picked up the pace the last few miles, hit like 6:15 on both. Average pace 6:59.

Solid run on the trail I did yesterday, I just went the other way. Had a lot of things on my mind today, so the run went by very fast. 7:02 average pace.

Biggest bi-polar run in a while. First half wad good, then the wind and snow was blowing in my face the entire way back. Wish I had brought more than my tshirt and short shorts but whatever.

1.5 during lunch then mountain run. Pretty much just trevor, josh and me most of the time. Hopefully it keeps getting warmer so all thr snow melts on the trails. Strength training after. Had to leave that a bit early because of work.

Hill workout today. Lately I've just had no energy, especially on workouts. I know it's because I'm working a lot(about 20 hours a week). It's just hard because I know quitting will help me,(which I am), but I already have another job set up. I want to be fast but I need the money for my mission and college too.

3 miles during lunch with a few guys. Then to the pole, then 2 games of tag. Had some good chases, and 1 where I was chased. Strides barefoot afterwards which is always a good time.

Did like a half mile but my knee was hurting, so I went home and did the bike. Stinks because it's a beautiful day. Done 600 pushups so far this week!

Good run today. We made a new run called the couch run. We went up towards spring to the bathrooms but then we went on a trail up the side of the mountain. I fell behind on this part. Once we got to the top we headed down by the bike jump and ended up at sliding rock. Then we headed back and did dumpster to get to 10. I'm hoping we can find somewhere to add in a mile so we don't have to do dumpster every timr we do couch run. Breakfast at the Erekson's house. Good way to start the day.

Apline loop today. Felt pretty sluggish and not much motivation today. Stayed back with jonad and nick. It did feel good to go a bit easier though. Excited for the progression run tomorrow! Shoutout to Zack who ran with the PG guys today.

Progression run today. Did 32 laps on the track. Splits were supposed to be 7:30,7, 6:30,6,5:40,5:30,5:20,5:10. Felt felt like I was dragging today. Kept up fine till the last lap of the 6 flat. Then coach had me run at 6 minute pace for as long as I could. Hit 2.5 miles then like 6:30 pace for the rest of the miles. Didn't do how I hoped, but it's getting me motivated for the all out 400 on Thursday.

3 during lunch then 5 in lambert during class. Didn't feel too swell but I don't think anyone did. It was just me the fast sophomores Trevor and Jonas so that was weird for a bit.

Couldn't go to time trials because I can't get work off:( 3 quick miles then core.

Af and back then a bit up toeards the canyon then a mile barefoot. Felt decent, but I wasn't exhausted like I have been lately. Decided that I will run the 400 at the lehi dual meet cuz hearing my teammates times is getting me really curious to see what I can get.

Ugh worst run in a while for me. I've been sick lately but it hasn't affected me much. And I just had no enery again. Maybe it's because I'm working a lot, maybe it's something else. I don't sleep very well(I wake up 10-15 times every night) maybe its that. But whatever it is, I need to fix it. My dad's having me take these vitamin pills of different sorts so hopefully it will help.

3 in the morning and 7 at night. Felt pretty good on the night run.

First workout of the year. It definitely felt like it. 800,600,400x2. Times were 2:42,2:04, 75, 2:47, 2:06, 75. Man I was dragging today. But I think most of the team was. Cooldown then an ice bath.

Alpine today. The first few miles were a little rough, but once I got warmed up I was fine. I had the pace-setting duties on alpine highway so that was fun.

2 mile warmup the 5x800. I decided to do the first 1 conservatively because I nusually fall apart towards the end. I hit a 2:58 lol so it was too slow. The rest were inbetween 2:45 and 2:50. Coach pulled me out after the fifth. Cut the cooldown a bit short because my left quad was hurting. Got home and stretched for a while,did my core, and used my marshmallow stick for a bit.

Felt like junk. Maybe more later.

@night

Pretty good workout today. 2 mile warmup then 1200,800,800,400,400,400. Not sure on exact times, but they were around 4:07,2:45,2:43,75,75 and either a 66 or 67 on the last 1. Felt pretty good, I probably could have gone harder. It was good to actually feel decent after a workout because I usually feel like junk. Long cooldown.

To the dip and back on Bonneville. Stomach was hurting some.

Duel meet today! Did the mile and 800. Warmed up 2 miles before the mile.

The mile was a dud in a way. I just couldn't get my legs to go very fast. I usually have a good kick but I didn't even have a kick. They said 5:20 when I crossed but on the results it said 5:11. So I'm going with that 1 haha. Did a mile easy before the 800.

I ran the 800 half hearted. Just chilled the first lap and then kicked it in. 2 mile cooldown with thr guys and a few lehi dudes.

I'm kinda dissapointed with my races. I know I'm in better shape. Excited for my next race.

Mountain run then to legacy and alpine highway. I was tired today. Ran by myself most of the time. Ice bath which felt amazing.

Ugh I just felt like crap today. I think I'm getting sick.

9 miles on Bonneville. Felt just as bad as yesterday but just did my best to get it out. Ice bath with Connor at the mouth of the canyon after so shoutout to him.

10x400 today. I was struggling to hit 76's lol so not the best workout.

6 miles easy at night. These solo night runs are really good stress relievers for me. Today was a pretty rough day so I decided to run tonight instead of at practice. It was one of those runs that goes by really quickly because you are in such deep thought. Doing the mile tomorrow at the Westlake dual meet.

Westlake dual today. Long warm up of 3 miles. It was decently windy. My first lap was a 77, I thought it would be like a 73. With 800 to go I just told myself ro cruise to the finish and go for the PR on friday. Cooldown included basketball and climbing a pyramid. Goofed off on the high jump till the meet was almost done. It was fun. My mission papers are submitted now!

Easy miles by myself. 2 mile under the lights tomorrow.

Good race today! Drove down later and almost got scratched. Barely checked in on time. 2 mile warmup and a few strides.

I was in the 2nd heat. I had to start in lane 8 so that stunk. Everyone went out pretty slow though, so I got in a good position on the curve. I just chilled the first lap, came through in an 81. Then I just gradually moved up, till I was in 3rd at the mile, in 5:38. Steven was in 1st by like 80 meters and a Salem Hills kid about 40m up. The wind kept changing directions, so a few laps I was going into the wind on both straits. On lap 6 I seriously thought I was going to puke. I caught the salem hills guy with 900 left. After than I let him get about 15m on me till about 150 left to go. I told myself its now or never so I opened up my stride and once it was like 120 left I just took off after him. I ended up getting him by .2 seconds. 2 mile cooldown with zack seth and steven.

Overall I'm happy with the race. It's kinda hard not to with a 14 second PR. Really fun race today. I still know I race run lot's faster. My biggest confidence booster is that I negative split it, by 8 seconds.

And shoutout to Zack for qualifying for state!

Short run. I aerated all day so I'm exhausted. Sad mileage this week but I've done lots of aerating and it's actually a pretty good workout lol.

On Monday I was playing basketball and got kneed super hard in the groin. It's been hurting too much to run until today. Biked 15 each Monday and Tuesday. Started practice off with some basketball that actually got pretty competitive. Pole than 2 games of tag and back to the school. 100 pushups and 5 minutes of planks for core today. Haven't done much lately so I need to start that back up.

Workout today was 600,400,200. Played basketball before so I was tired from that. Only heard my splits from the last 2, 73 and 31. Not the greatest workout. Not racing at UVU which I'm bummed about. But only varsity and steven are racing. Which got me thinking. Besides the guys racing on Saturday, only Kaleb I think gets a spot before me. I'm pretty sure I can catch him, and pass him too, so I get to run at more invites. In the mile for instance, if I can keep him within 15 meters till the last 200 I know I can get him. Not in a cocky way, but confidence haha. This is actually a good thing not racing I think because I'm getting way motivated now.

5 with the team, 3 by myself. The other JV guys that are actually dedicated weren't there today so I did those by myself.

Super awesome run this morning. I woke up at 5:45 and couldn't go back to sleep, so I went on my run at 6:15 haha. Drove to mouth of provo canyon and went up 5.5 miles then turned back. On the way up I just chilled, hitting around 7:15's. On the way down I was still feeling super good so I did a bit of a progression run. Splits on the way down were 6:55,6:21,6:14,5:58,5:47 and 5:08 pace the last .5. Really happy with this run and it's giving me confidence for my next few races.

Shoutout to Tyler for the 10 second PR and for breaking 5!

Good workout today. 600,400x4. 90 seconds active rest. I'm in California so I just looked up the nearest high schools. There was 1 .5 miles from my hotel, but Dana Hills(3rd at NXN) was 2.5 miles so I went there instead haha. Felt really good, and smooth. Times were 1:48,72,1:48,72,1:47,71,1:45,67. Sea level is awesome to run at haha. Not quite acclimated yet, but I should be soon:) Long cooldown.

7 miles on a paved trail than 2 barefoot on the beach. Running on the beach is a good time, but I don't think it's as great as everyone says it is.

Another really good workout. 2 mile warmup through the campus of UC San Diego, then I somehow convinced a guy to let me do my workout on the university track! It's a sweet track, just as nice as BYU's. 12x400 was the workout. 90 seconds active rest. Times were 75,73,73,73,73,72,73,71,71,70,70,68. Felt really good! All my runs this week have been at like 6 in the morning, because I wake up early and can't go back to sleep. On my cooldown I found some sweet trails that I will check out more on my distance run tomorrow.

8 miles on trails @vacationpace. Haha 7:45 pace. My mission call is here but I'm in California so that stinks.

At 5:10 in the morning haha. The weather I ran in was my favorite- pretty dark out, but still enough to run in, high 60's and sprinkling. 8 miles of trails and rolling hills. It was great. Last 2 miles were slightly downhill, and I still felt good, so I picked it up and hit 5:45 and 5:38. Driving home today and I'm opening my call tomorrow!

Mountain run extended. This run sucked. End of story. Going to Boston on my mission and I'm pumped.

A little over 6 on Bonneville. It was hot. Helped at the jr. high meet then warmup for the crabwalk. Gun started and I immediately went to the back. Still finished through pain and suffering. Shoutout to craik for smashing the school record.

Sp blessed to be able to participate in the fastest-ever heat of crab running in Utah. I'm a little discouraged with my performance but I know if I stick to my training I will peak by worlds in June. I think the other competitors are peaking too early. Already tweeted about it and a instagram post might be on the way so stay tuned.

6 miles with the other dudes who arw racing tomorrow. Varsity did a workout.

Ran at night by myself.

Down to af a few laps around the track there and back. Windy and didn't feel good.

4 and strides with the team then did a bit more later.

Ran at 6 in the morning haha. I've been waking up way early lately. Just on the canal. Went to momentum for my prom day date so that was my core for the day. Tonight's gonna be a super good time.

Canyon. The grind was real today. UnShoutout to the Thunder cuz they are just as consistent as I am with running.

Long run of 4 miles.

I have the red rock relay in a few weeks so I should probably start training for that.

4 on Bonneville. Felt really good till I had to go to the bathroom during the last mile.

Shins were hurting today. Played some basketball, after a few minutes they didn't hurt so that was good. Didn't do too well, lots of turnovers.

Night run with Zack. Nice and easy. My right hip was hurting some so we stopped a few times and stretched. Shoutout to Zack for coming with me last minute.

6 during lunch. Played basketball during track class and was dead tired haha.

4 miles with my sister on Bonneville. Wasn't even out of breath after, so I ran to the mouth of the the canyon and back. Pushed it hard on that part, 6:25 average for the 2.8 miles. Getting pumped for the red rock relay this weekend!

4 miles with Trevor to the stop sign and back. Man that guy is awesome. Later did the cooldown with the 2 mile dudes and some pg guys. Justin and galen qualified, so that's good!

This was on Saturday morning but I want to do 2 seperate race reports. My 1st leg was the 6th total. It's 2.21 miles uphill. Supposedly it was a "hike". The team wasn't doing too well so I wanted to move up as much places as possible. Once I got the handoff I started out slow so I could push it once the steep part came. But it never came. It was all decently uphill but not at all bad. With a half mile left I just took off because I still had a ton of energy. Passed 8 people in my leg, so it was decent I guess. Not all that happy with my time so I was ready to push it hard on the next one.

After my first leg I had about 2.5hrs till my 2nd leg. Drunk some gatorade and a lot of water, ate a pop tart and some fruit leather. Ate a few gummy bears about 20 minutes before. We were in like 20th place when I got the handoff(out of 85) so I wanted to catch at least 10. This leg was 7.31 miles and it went down 2600ft in elevation. The first quarter mile was uphill and I passed some one right away on the hill. It was flat for probably another quarter mile then it got super steep for the rest of it. I passed 2 more people by 1.5 miles in, and then saw nobody the rest of the leg till 400m left. I was going at a pretty good pace for most of it. At one point will a little over a mile left I had to stop and walk for a bit on the downhill haha. I was hauling, going like 4:30 pace when I started to lose control cuz it was so steep and my legs were starting to turn to jello. Took a minute to slow down and walked for like 15 seconds till I had control. Kicked it in the last 400 in a 63, and it was pretty much flat so I was happy with that.

We ended up coming in 17th, so it was decent. Not too bad considering how slow my parents are haha. The downhill wrecked my legs and I hope they will be back to normal so I can go for breaking 5 on Tuesday.

Hiked box elder peak in the evening with my uncle and cousin. Was a good time. Had to snowshoe up near the top. Was rather chilly up there too, once it started raining. Was kinda freaky with the thunder and lightning so we didn't stay at the summit long. 1 of 10 peaks down.

Pine hollow and some other trails around there with Tanner and Jonas. It was raining most of the time but it snowed when we were a bit higher up. Really middy, at first I tried to keep my shoes dry but that wasn't going to happen so I just went right through the puddles which was fun. It got pretty cold. As usual I got thrashed on the uphill but was able to put some distane on them on the downhill so that was good. Breakfast at my house after. Really good time overall.

Some really good performances at state this weekend- Zack with 2 huge PR's in the mile and 2 mile, Galen, Jamison, and Connor Baller finishing their HS running career's on solid notes, Dom, Jackson, Emily, Ali winning state as a freshman, and all other people that ran. Shoutout to you guys cuz you inspire me big time.

Part of Mahogany today. Started with the dudes and almost immediately fell to the back. Was sweating a ton and really tired. Fell behind after a bit and after a bit I told them to keep going ahead. Turned back a little after halfway I think. Once I got home I felt like junk and threw up some so that was fun lol. Took a 2 hour nap and now I feel a little better. Sad I couldn't go the whole way, my last practice with them as a LP Knight. Seems like they had a good time. My sister is doing XC so I will be going to some practices with her but not a whole lot.

4 miles at practice, kinda sad and exciting at the same time. They will be a good team this year, sad I can't watch the races.

Went to Corner Canyon after and did a decent amount of biking. Good times.

Easy miles

No running but a solid mountain bike ride

Didn't want to go fast so I stayed with the new guys

Easy short run then capture the flag. Last ever father's and son's is tonight and I'm hoping there's some sweet trails by the campsite

Mountain run. Holy cow I'm out of shape. Played basketball after.

4 easy miles at practice.

Later went hiking with Zack, Trevor, and Seth. We couldn't find the trailhead so we went up the mineral basin road till we saw the trail, and bushwacked over to it. The trail was steep and rocky(goes up 1500 feet in 1.5 miles). But it was well worth it once we got to the lake. Goofed off in that area for a while before heading down. Turns out we were within 100 meters of the trailhead at one point, but it was hidden big time so that's too bad. Definitely going up there again before the mish. Going to camp up there in late July maybe. Good time overall, shoutout to the dudes for coming with me.

Really eady miles. Hung back with Tristan so he wouldn't be by himself. He did really well, this was his longest run ever by almost 2 miles. Tomorrow and Saturday I'm at a high adventure for the priest's in my stake so I'm gonna hit the trails with Jamison and Kaleb.

Mill canyon peak today during high adventure. We kinda took a long detour so we got more miles in. I ran half of it, the total mileage was 8.

Easy day. 5 mile loop plus a half mile of pick up run's

Hiked La Plata peak today. Coolest mountain I've done. Super good time.

Good night run with Connor and Zack. Ran by the rodeo to Asa's, then found a tennis ball and threw it around so that was fun. Did some barefoot too. SOLW after. Shoutout to Zack and Connor for the sick run.

Easy miles with the JV group and Jamison. He leaves in 16 days!! I've decided I don't like being out of shape so after about 30 miles this week I want to hit 40-50 till the mish. 43 days!

Dang exciting run today with Tanner. We started on timpanogous road at the outlook point where you can see the back of Mahogany. We ran up big baldy, going there was good except the grass was way overgrown so my legs were incredibly itchy and there were tons if bugs. Once we got to the saddle I realized I was super hungry(I had a granola bar for breakfast and it was 1 o'clock). I spent about a minute at the top cuz we were both super thirsty and hungry. The way back was rough. My energy was completely gone. The first 2 miles back were downhill. We stopped at a stream and drank. It tasted super good. After that we had 5 miles of up hill and I tried to run it but I couldn't. I had eaten 180 calories and probably burned 1500 on the run at least so I was just dead. Tanner went ahead so he could pick me up in the car cuz wow I was going slow. Once I got to the road I would get light headed so I would have to sit down but I would get eaten alive by bugs. The rest of the way was terrible. Every 200 yards I would have to sit down and I was already going slow at it was. Tanner picked me up like .75 before the end so huge shoutout to him. After downing a water bottle in about 4 seconds I felt a little better. He had me drive cuz he was feeling sick. He puked a ton at Timpanooke lol #giardia.

The way back totally sucked, but it was Definetily still a good time.

Ran to lone peak and back. Didn't really push it, talked to Spencer King most of the time.

Low mileage on Bonneville. I felt good though and hit about 6:30 on the first 3 miles and hit 5:46 for the last. Guess I'm not in ad bad as shape as I thought. Really good day for me.

Really fun run in Corner Canyon today. I've biked the trails but have never ran them.

4 at night with Connor. Good times.

Ran on a lame road today. Yesterday my mom got mad at me cuz I got lost while mountain biking and now I'm not allowed to go on any trail that I haven't been on vefore lol. What a dumb punishment. Didn't feel too good so I went easy with my sister and averaged 7:22 which I think is a good pace for her. Coming home tomorrow so if I run it will either be early in the morning or late at night.

7 miles on a paved trail by Bear Lake. It was a good time but crowded.

I found a sweet single track trail and ran on it. There weren't any other runners but a ton of dirt bikers and they kept spitting dirt up in my face. I didn't like that.

Also went to Bloomington lake today and that was super sweet. Coming home tomorrow morning but then I'm packing and going backpacking in the uintas till friday.

Found another sick trail. No one else was on it so it was sweet. Going up to the Uintas today so I'm gonna have some sick trail runs.

Didn't run but I backpacked 16 miles to Amethyst lake in the Uintas and back. I'm not counting it as mileage cuz that's cheating.

Did the Ridge trail today. I love that trail. I went by myself but I realized during the run I probably could have got some one to go with me. Oh well. 6:55 AP and ice bath after.

I feel like I'm in decent shape rn, so I'm going to do a few 5k's before I leave. Anyone know any good local one's with good competition?

I ran a cool 11 miles on a cool trail. It wad 54 degrees so it was cool. I went by some cool waterfalls on the cool trail and they were cool. I took an ice bath after which was cool. Oregon is cool.

Went on a rad 8 mile run. It was the trail I did yesterday but started furthur up so it was rad. Rad times with my rad cuz. #oregonisrad

Did some rad mountain biking, 15 miles. Doing a rad drive through the rad Sister mountains rn

Did a lit trail today on the base of the South Sister mountain. There were lots of hills but worth it for the lit views. Only went by 1 other person which was lit and he was a total hippie and we had a lit 30 second combo. Going to a lit lake called Crater Lake and I'm gonna do some lit cliff jumping and hopefuly I'll get some lit pics.

Woke up @ 5 and couldn't go to sleep so I drove to this dank trail called the Deshoots river trail. It's usually for mountain bikers but since it was at like 5:30 I had it to myself so that was dank. There were some dank rapids in the river by the dank trail and it was so dank. My pace wasn't too good cuz my legs are wrecked from the other dank runs I've done this week but I pushed it on the last 2 miles and hit 11:58 so I was happy about that.

Shoutout to Josh cuz he turns 16 today so yay for him. And shoutout to Tanner foe getting his mission call. He will be a decent missionary at best.

I got in trouble yesterday for getting lost while mountain biking and now I'm grounded from trail running for a bit lol. What a dumb punishment. 6 easy on the streets with my sis. 7:22 average which I think is good for her.

Easy miles at like 4 in the morning. Not as much as I wanted but I hit 50 so I'm happy about that. Also mountain biked 50 miles so it's been a good week. Coming home today which I'm happy about.

Didn't want to far today so I went with Nick and Jacob. With about 1.5 miles to go we went onto the same road the girls were on and Ali started to gain on us. I didn't want her to catch me so I had to speed up a lot cuz she was speeding up a lot too haha.

Feelin a lil sick today so went short. Shoutout to Craik who came to practice without a shirt #thepouchway

I did the ridge trail today and it was a good time. I was flying the last 3 miles, 5:38 average.

I ran 7 miles in the morning.

Went to Silver lake with Tanner and it was a good time. Wen swimming for a bit but it wasn't far enough to get a good workout but it was still hard.

7 miles at a pretty decent pace for me. I kept up with the top dudes till I had to dind a porta potty about 4 miles in.

Hiked Cascade mountain today. There first few miles we super easy, then we got to the ridge. The peak is on the opposite side of the mountain from where we got on the ridge so if felt like an eternity getting there. We had a little scrambling to do, and we're on deer trails the whole time on the ridge. We got up in 3hrs and could have done it in 2 without too much trouble. It was a decent hike but I don't really want to do it again.

6 miles at 10pm with Connor and Justin. We met at AF and ran to Tyler's house but he wasn't there so we talked to his mom for a bit lol. Ran down to Discovery and did a loop and talked to Parker Barnes from AF who was there with some girl. Back the way we came, solid run overall. Average pace was somewhere around 6:50

6 miles on the trails by Hogs and stuff. It was a good time but I'm a little dehydrated.

Ran from tibble fork up to Pittsburgh lake and down to the trailhead. It was a way good time and I did it with my uncle and cousin who are triathletes. So pretty up there but it was hot too and now ny back is sunburned.

Did Mount Olympus in the morning and I'm boutta do Donut Falls with the fam. My legs are soooo sore from yesterday.

Just a nice and easy 4 miles this morning mostly with my good friend Spencer King.

Balled later with the Lehi and PG homies. We played for a while and it was such a good time. Shoutout to Asa and Connor cuz they're beasts and going to be great missionaries. Hopefully I'll see you once I'm there in a week.

No running today because my hip kinda hurts from basketball yesterday. I did a workout that I'm going to be doing a lot of on my mission. 100 jump ropes, 20 pushups, 50 reps of some kind of abs, then a minute plank, then a minute rest then repeated it a few times. I'm not in good shape for this kind of stuff so it was pretty rough.

Hiked to Pittsburgh lake this morning with some friends. Zack was gonna come but he likes his bed more I guess. It was super fun amd the lake wasn't even cold, went for a nice swim. I realized this was probably the last time swimming in a high mountain lake for the next 2 years amd it was sad. Might run some later but probs not.

Midnight hike to horsetail falls with Jake Jensen. It was a last minute thing and it was super fun.

4 easy miles with Zack on Bonneville starting at my house. The sun had set so the temp felt pretty good to me. Fun run, going to miss these night runs.

Super fun run today. Ryan said the team was supposed to do flat stuff but he said I could do Hogs cuz it's my long run today. It was such a good time, really going to miss that trail. Shoutout to the porta potty at the top cuz idk what I would have done without it. On the way down ran into Josh so that was sick. We turned around and went with us. Stopped at sliding rock and did that for probably the last time cuz it'll probably be closed when I get back so that was sad. Ice bath after which felt amazing and sadly is probably the last one before the mish. Pancakes at Jakes after and they were definetily better than the waffles at Justin's lol.

Last post for the next 2 years. I don't get set apart till tomorrow night but I've decided to do away with my phone today. We ran to the pond and played tag and based on the amount of scratches I have, it was a good time amd it definetily was. On the way back the top guys put some distance on me but they're in much better shape than me so I'm okay with it. Kicked it in the last half mile and it hurt, but felt really good at the same time. Won't blog about it but I'm doing extended mountain run tomorrow.

Running has been such a blessing in my life. It has helped me get through rough days when nothing else could. Running has brought lot's of happiness into my life, but it doesn't even compare with the happiness that the gospel brings. Heavenly Father and Jesus love us very much and want us to be happy. With the power of the Atonement, we can be happy. I know the book of Mormon is true and I can't wait to share it with the people of Massachusetts and surrounding states.

I wish you all good luck with your health, faith, happiness and running.