| Location: Salt Lake City,UT,USA Member Since: Jun 16, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Highschool Champ Running Accomplishments: - I did better than I hoped my first year of XC. Really I didn't know what to expect and looking back I'm proud of myself for reaching the level I did sophomore year.
-I broke five in the mile @ the Davis Invite Sophomore year
Freshman Year: I didn't run cross country because I didn't really know about it until well into the school year:( In track the first ever mile I ran at practice was a 7:13 (HA!) and I ended the season with a 5:38 PR. I really only ran the mile that year.
Sophomore Year: I started running XC with the first summer workouts. I built up mileage all summer and progressively got better. Once the season came in I PR'ed almost every race. I ended the season with a 17:27 at regions, which means I was splitting at about 5:48 miles, only ten seconds slower than my PR in the mile freshman year. I also got the Rookie of the Year award, along with Dakota. Track season, well, was track season. A lot of lovely drama and confusion but hopefully that is all over for next year because I really want to focus on being a competitor in my Region and at State. I ended the season with a 4:58 PR.
Junior Year: I had an awesome XC season. I built mileage all though the summer and pushed myself through the season. I was doing well, until my shins just got to painful to run through, and unfortunately that was the pretty much the end of my season. I took time off before Region and ran as hard as I could finishing 10. Once State came around, I decided that I would pull out of the race to give another one of our guys a shot at running. Right after State, I began cross training, and I cross trained all throughout the winter, until I got back to running about two weeks before indoor started. I struggled a bit during indoor to manage my shins, but I followed my training, got stronger, and strengthened myself enough where my shins no longer even bothered me. I was able to go through the entire outdoor season without injury and climbed to mileage I had never achieved. I was second in the 2 mile at Region and made State, where I PR'ed again. I couldn't be happier with my outdoor season because although I didn't quite reach the times I could have hoped for, I stayed 100% injury free and I can tell that I am stronger and ready to take on a summer of hard training.
Senior Year: I trained hard and consistently this summer, climbing to 100 mile weeks, and feeling strong while doing so. I stayed at high mileage all through the season, averaging 90 miles a week, and racing hard all the while. When it came time to taper, I saw just how much all those miles paid off, and now I'm proud to say I'm a Region Champion, as well as top 10 in the state.I trained hard and consistently this summer, and it payed off. I am a different runner now than I was a year ago, staying completely away from injury, giving me confidence that my body can take all the hard training that is coming up. I trained hard and went into Footlocker excited, but I did not do nearly as well as I could have. But, my failure at Footlocker fueled me for the season, and I set some PR's during Indoor. My real step up though, was during outdoor. I improved all season, with some great highlights along the way. I ran well at Arcadia, racing three times and PR'ing by almost 40 seconds in a 3200 after having raced twice previously. I continued improving and working hard, and at the Davis Invite I finished third with a 4:14 1600. I then went on to finish 5th at State in the 1600, and 3rd in the 3200, a big improvement over my 10th place finish during Cross. Despite knowing that I could have done better this year, I am very satisfied with how my season went. I made a big jump through hard work, and I learned so much about running and about myself. Now, I am proud to say that I have signed to BYU and will be running for one of the best teams in the NCAA! Go Cougars!
Personal Records:
5k - (aided) 15:03 Running of the Leopards 2013
- 15:36 NXR 2012
800 - 1:59.63 Region Champs 2013
1600 - 4:14.64 Davis Invite 2013
3200 - 9:16.9 Utah State T/F Champs 2013
3200 - 9:07.94 Arcadia Invite 2013 (sea level)
Short-Term Running Goals: -Cross Country Region Champion!
-Break 4:40 in the mile
-Break 4:30 in the mile
-Break 4:20 in the mile
-Run an 800 under 2:10
-Run an 800 under 2:00
-Run a XC 3 mile course under 17:00
-Run a XC 3 mile course under 16:30
-Run a XC 3 mile course under 16:00
-Run a XC 3 mile course in under 15:30
-Break 17:00 in a 5K
-Break 16:30 in a 5K
-Run in the mens elite race at Footlocker
-Place high in the state in the 1600/3200
Long-Term Running Goals: -Run in college
-Stay healthy and run for life
-Have fun while running!
Personal: High school is now over, and real life starts. I will be attending and running for BYU in the fall. GO COUGARS! Favorite Blogs: |
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| AM: Went on my usual Sunday 10 and finished with 6:48 avg. I may go for another run today. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/269519639
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| AM: Went on four on my own this morning. I can't find the link and also can't remember if I even used my Gramin for this run.... PM: Today we had a special guest join us on our run! My AP Physics teacher, Bill (a different Bill), decided he wants to run the leopards 5k in a new best time this year, so he said he would be joining us on some of our runs! He's awesome. So we went over to the Olivet cemetery for a few laps so we could see him and cheer him on, and after three laps, we did Shriners run from the cemetery. We went out until the road that goes down to City Creek fountain, then headed back along 11th and down the usual route. My Garmin died as we were adding on by the school to get to 13. Poor Garmin. I might have to get a new one soon:( http://connect.garmin.com/activity/269519627
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| PM: Today we went out to the Oval for some speed. We did 8 laps warm up, then 4 laps of speed changes, then another lap. We changed shoes and jogged around to the 1000 start. Chris and I were to hit 5:00 mile pace on these, so they weren't going to be hard. For recovery we would jog from the finishing back to the start. Our goal time was 3:07 and we hit 3:05, 304, 3:06, 3:05, 3:03. Then we cooled down 7 laps, I think, to get to 36 laps and be at 10 for the day. |
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| AM: Went on my usual four. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/269519613 PM: We went over to SHP and did two hills on the road. Our long poker hill and the steeper state hill. We did each hill 4 times and just one set of each. We had our very special guest join us again today, and on the last poker hill he decided to race me. Bill, my teacher, decided that I was tired enough to where he could take me on the hill. Now, it may have looked like I beat him, but in reality we decided there was a tear in the space time continuum which opened a wormhole that caused time to slower by where Bill was, which despite him having finished the actual hill in less time than I did, caused it to appear as if I had finished in less time than he did. It all makes sense if you think about.... We finished the hills and did one more road lap before heading back to the school for 9 miles. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/269519608
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| PM: Today we went down to Liberty Park and did two laps of fireman with the group. Then we ran back up to East to get to 7. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/269519602
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Miles: 7.00 |
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Indoor Championships Olympic Oval (1 Miles) 00:04:33, Place overall: 18, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
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AM: Went on an easy three. Felt good. PM: Chris and I did a two mile shakeout after arriving, then went on another mile warm up after they seeded us. I was in heat 11 of 13. There were sooo many milers. 23 total heats of boys and girls. The race went out conservatively (68), and I was in the mid to back of the pack. There was a large group of 6-8 guys right in front of me, and I swung off the first turn of the second lap and passed them (70). Then I was in fourth behind two guys running next to each other, and another guy Wyoming guy about 5 meters ahead of them. I went around the two guys on the back stretch of the third lap, and passed the lead guy going into the second turn of the third lap. Once I took control I fought to keep it for the last lap, and held off the Wyoming guy along the second turn of the last lap, but he swung off it and starting kicking hard on the final straight. He got about a stride ahead of me and was running out in lane three. Since I wasn't wearing my glasses, I thought he was running out in lane three cause of a finishing chute set up out in those lanes, but it was actually the pole vault set up. So I went out to lane three. but then he came back to lane one, and then I did too, so it was a great mix up which caused Bill the most anxiety of all. Anyway, this whole time we are kicking, and I think he thought he had it in the bag and made the worst mistake you can make on the kick. He slowed down before the line, and I was able to close on him and just barely edge him out. I was 4:33.89 and he was 4:33.90. I had no idea what my time was and Bill said he thought he saw 4:43 so I thought I ran that for about a day. And honestly I wasn't disappointed. I know I haven't been a high miles long enough to PR in anything, so I took the win and prepared for my 3200. When I showed up for it the next day, Bill was like "Oops, it was actually 4:33" so that was a lovely surprise. Although, it doesn't make sense to me that I would PR by like 8 seconds this early in the season with minimal training.
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Miles: 9.00 |
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UHSTCA Indoor Champs (2 Miles) 00:09:44, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 5 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| AM: I was feeling a bit stiff from yesterday, so I went for an easy five mile run. I felt great after I warmed up and averaged in the 6:20's. PM: I arrived and did a two miles shakeout with Chris. After they seeded us we went for another two miles warm up. We were both in the fast heat. The race went out and I hit a 68 first lap, along with the rest of the lead pack. As the first 2-3 laps went by I just went with the pack and stayed as far inside as I could. Eventually, the pack strung out and Rory and some other kid were right ahead of me, and they were fighting for the lead of the chase pack. On the backstretch of lap 4 I passed both of them and surged away. The rest of the race I was caught between Jaydn, who was ahead of me and had fallen off the lead pack, and the guys about 15-20 meters behind me. I tried to close on Jaydn in the last two laps. and did make some progress, but I wasn't able to reel him in. I finished 5th overall in 9:44, which is a 15 second PR, and now I have a goal race-wise. Overall a good pair of races. For as little training as I have under me, I am surprised I ran this fast. I can't wait to see what happens once I am in racing shape! Oh, and just as a side note, Ben Saarel won the two mile in 9:11....... and kicked with a 54.
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