| 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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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 85.50 | Nike BYU Streak LT Miles: 4.00 | Nike Lunaracer 2 Miles: 5.50 |
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| PM: Slept in and when I woke up it was raining. I put off my run until the afternoon when it had stopped raining, and finally got out the door for my run. Did long Cartterville from my house, and added a half mile up the canyon and back during the run to get 10.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: Four on the treadmill
PM: A group got together and we did 10 on the River trail. It's been awhile since I've gone that long on the trail, and it was actually sort of enjoyable.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: Did the usual four miles on the treadmill this morning
PM: Had a workout today. There were three groups, those racing friday, those racing saturday, and those not racing at all. The two groups racing did significantly easier workouts then my group, which did 1200, 2X800, 400, 800, 1200. What made the ladder tougher was going long short back to long. Coach gave us the paces for all of them, and we surprisingly hit them all or faster. They went 3:24, 2:14, 2:13, 61, 2:14, 3:27. The final 1200 was a bit tougher and I thought I'd run slower on it, but I still hit goal pace. Overall it was a good workout, this workout hurt but still felt semi-enjoyable; its been awhile since I've felt like this after a workout. Hopefully this is the first of many more enjoyable workouts. A group got together and I did 3 miles cool down to hit 10.
Afterwards was weights. It was a good day in the weight room, not too tough but not oo easy, just the right amount of work. Afterwards I did my hip reps and back extensions.
After everything, I was exhausted.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 10.00 | Nike BYU Streak LT Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: Routine routine routine. Did the routine four miles on the treadmill.
PM: Did long Carterville with Doc and some other guys at a good clip. Finished in 62 minutes
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: Had to get on the treadmill really early today. Busy busy day ahead, but I got the usual 4 miles in.
PM: We had a mandatory meeting for the student athletes for Honor Code week today, and afterwards the had J-Dawgs. It was sooo good.
A few hours later I got to the locker room for workout. I thought the J-Dawg I had early wasn't going to give me any trouble, but it still put up a fight on the workout. A lot of the guys left today for Washington, and another bunch of them are leaving tomorrow so they weren't doing the workout. That left a small group of us to do the fartlek. 10-5-3-2-1. I haven't done this workout in a while, but it was a good one to have on a day that there weren't very many of us and Coach wasn't there either.
We ran towards the Lake Loop, then stopped and changed shoes at the last bridge, and started the 10 min from there. We ran from that bridge and took Geneva west to do Lake Loop backwards. We worked into a good pace at the beginning, then got the pace going just a little bit faster in the middle and we finished 2 miles exactly in the 10 minutes. We ran backwards some to pick up some more guys, then all kept jogging along the Loop for our 5 minute recovery. We got started again for the 5 minute and Doolin and I got out ahead and pushed the pace a little. We got a little over a mile in, and our average was 4:57. We all bunched up again and did our recovery, then got rolling on the 3 minute interval. There was less separation now since the intervals were getting shorter. We hit 4:55 for that, then after recovery, we got started on 2 minutes. Some of the guys had dropped out by now, so it was only like 3 of us and Doc doing the rest. We hit 5 flat pace for 2 minutes, then jogged backwards for a bit, and hit the last minute at 4:30 pace. We finished exactly at the bridge.
We all changed shoes and ran back to SFH. I'm hapy to have this workout over with and the week nearly done too. It's been a stressful week with midterms, running, and life. I'm also happy with the outcome. This and the workout on Tuesday are good signs of my fitness. I'm so glad to be out of the 'getting back into shape' phase. Now I can focus on hammering some workouts.
Oh yeah, I didn't mention this earlier, but the day was absolutely perfect for running outdoors about an hour before we left SFH. I was expecting it to be a beautiful day for a workout, but when we left SFH, it was cold, overcast, and raining. When we got back to SFH, we were all soaked and splattered with dirt spots all over our shirts and legs.
After a good shower, we headed over to weights. Medium tough day in the weight room. I really like how they are doing weights now. After weights, I stayed longer and did hip reps, back extensions, and sitting v's. And FINALLY, the day is done.
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| Nike Lunaracer 2 Miles: 5.50 | Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 8.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 |
| AM: I'm gonna be schuuper tomorrow so I decided to tack on a few more miles to lighten the load. I did 3 on the treadmill, then 3 more on the indoor track.
PM: After my lecture and lab, I showed up at the locker room and only Doc was there to go on a run. After a couple minutes Dylan showed up and he joined us for our run. To mix it up, we went up the canyon 5 miles to get our 10. On the way out our pace was pretty normal, but we picked it up on the way back. Probably about 6 flat for the second 5 miles. I was tired for the run, probably due to the mileage I've run this week with the workouts, and the slightly heavier load I did today. I did the usual hip reps, sitting v's, and back extensions in the weight room after.
Thee day weekend!! Hooray for US Presidents!
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 |
| AM: I am in Salt Lake for the weekend, and I had a busy day ahead, so I went for a quick 8 miles from my sisters place. I don't know why, but I felt like crap. That run seemed like it took forever and like I was going 5 minute pace, when in reality I was going like 6:40's. Hopefully my run later is better
PM: Once I had some time, I went for another five miles to wrap up the weekly mileage. I felt a lot better than this morning.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 13.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 |
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 85.50 | Nike BYU Streak LT Miles: 4.00 | Nike Lunaracer 2 Miles: 5.50 |
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