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

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!