| 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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| Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 30.00 | Nike Lunarlite Flywire +2 Miles: 30.00 |
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Woke up around eight and decided to go run. It would also give me a chance to try out my Mizunos. I went out two and came back the same way. The Mizunos definitely felt better than the Nike Lunarlites. They still felt weird, but that's because they are new and I just have to break them in. That's how I always feel when I get new shoes. The reason they felt better, I think, is because they have a more curved design along the sole of the foot, where as the Nikes have a straight, flat sole. I tend to land on the outer back edge of my foot and roll in and I think the Mizunos just help my feet move more naturally, rather than force me to land flatter like the Nikes. Still, I will run in the Nikes some more and see if I can get used to them. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/98146723 |
| Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 |
| Today was our annual 7-11 Slurpee run. My only goal for this was not to throw up. And I didn't:) I was running with a group of the fast guys at first, then Scott and I broke off. We were together for most of the run, good job pushing today Scott!! At about the third Sev Emily and Susannah started running with us even though they weren't drinking the slurpees. Emily pushed me up until the run back from the Sev on 8th and West Temple, where I realized that Bill was a little ahead of me, and I didn't want to lose to him, seeing as he told me NEVER to let me beat him again, and I picked it up. I reached the Sev by Liberty while I was still ahead of Emily, and got my Slurpee. When I was walking out I saw her running towards the fountain, so she had caught up towards the end. I slowed down a lot, to about a 7:10 pace, towards the end of the long haul from the Sev on 8th and WT to Liberty, partially because I was a little tired of the fast pace, but mostly because at this point I had consumed 42 oz of Slurpee. As I was finishing my Slurpee and about to head to the drinking fountain I saw Bill running towards the Sev so I just ran over to the fountain. Pretty fun run, despite the Slurpees. After that a few advanced did two laps around Liberty and then ran back up to Sunnyside and I added about a half mile more to get 13 for the day. Did my core when I got home. Maybe I'll go for a stretch out run, my calves are a little tight. Here is my Garmin link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/98531659 P.S: I ran in my Lunarlites today. They felt pretty comfortable. MUCH better than the other day. They are nice and light but I feel like they have enough padding to go longer distances in them. I'm starting to really like those shoes.... |
| Nike Lunarlite Flywire +2 Miles: 13.00 |
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AM:Met at Wheeler Farm today. Did three miles warm up, then 10 1 min on/1 min off intervals. Right at the end of those I hit 3.2 and then I jogged over to the place where we were going to do relay strides. Four relay strides, I didn't start my Garmin for two of them, so it is .1 behind. Then about a 3.5 miles cooldown. I ran until I hit 9.9 and then we did leg lifts and arm swings at the tables and I did core at home. Here is my Garmin link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/98718792 Looking at my splits for the intervals, I was actually pretty consistent. I covered almost the exact same distance on the on every time. And you're right Bill, the map does look crazy. I looked at the player, and I did eight laps around the loop, when I thought I did like 5 or 6. PM: Felt good and my legs were a bit stiff so I went for a small shake out run. 1.5 out and back. Ran it in my Nike, they were also kinda stiff at first, but I loosened up towards the end and now I feel a lot better. Here is my Garmin link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/98795326
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| Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 10.00 | Nike Lunarlite Flywire +2 Miles: 3.00 |
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AM: We met (haha... get it?) at JCC to run up Dry Creek trail, even though it wasn't dry at all. Yesterday I pushed it on the intervals so today was just a recovery run for me. We went four out and four back. Super easy. I didn't push the pace at all. I just let myself go at whatever pace felt good. For the first two miles or so Mike ran with me. Then he turned around and I was on my own until the four mile mark. When I got there I waited a bit and soon Bill showed up followed by Patrick (good job today!) and Chris. Then I ran with Bill on the way back. Like I said super easy. We were chit-chatting the entire four miles. Overall it was a nice run and an excellent way to start my day. Did core right after the run. Here is my Garmin link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/98906791 PM: Feeling lazy and had a busy day so no running for me:) Either way I'm still on track to hit my mileage this week.
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| Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 8.00 |
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AM: Met at Sugarhouse Park today. Did on outside grass lap, then played 21 on the 400 meter state hill. I lost track of how many 400's we did but after Patrick won (Good job pushing today!), we started doing 200 meter hills and we did either five or six of the 200 meter hill. Taylor won that round because he was the first back that was under 21. After we did one big lap cool down and I hit eight. I will run some more later. Here is my Garmin link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/99118970 PM: Needed four miles so I just ran around the neighborhood. I wore the heart rate monitor just to try it out. Its pretty cool. It wasn't quite dark yet, but there was no sun, which was nice. It was also cool and there was as slight breeze. Perfect running conditions. Here is my Garmin link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/99226405
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| Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 4.00 | Nike Lunarlite Flywire +2 Miles: 8.00 |
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Ran one lap warm up, one lap fireman, then about two laps cooldown. My Garmin was being stupid today and not measuring very accurately so I probably did about .3 more than six, but whatever. Easy day and my legs feel pretty good, although I'm a bit tired cause I haven't been getting much sleep lately. Here is my Garmin link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/99332557 ONLY FOUR MORE MILES!
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| Nike Lunarlite Flywire +2 Miles: 6.00 |
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| I just needed four miles to hit 60 for the week. I felt really sluggish, even though I averaged a 7:16, although I would have averaged something even faster if I hadn't been forced to start and stop so much by traffic lights. Just about every single one was red. And I probably felt sluggish because I ran like twenty minutes after dinner. I know I should have waited more but I wanted to get it over with. And for the cherry on top they were home made burgers and fries! (lol) Anyway, yeah here is my Garmin link: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/99644636 |
| Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 4.00 |
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| Mizuno Wave Rider 14 Miles: 30.00 | Nike Lunarlite Flywire +2 Miles: 30.00 |
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