| 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: This morning I went for my usual 10 mile run. Nothing exciting to report except that tomorrow is camp!
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| AM: First day of camp! After we got all our sick gear we went over to the intramural fields for the famous 10X1000 workout with 60 seconds recovery.. We did a few laps around the fields and got in 3 miles of warm up, then we changed shoes and got started. For some reason I didn't get the flats I ordered, I got some Nike Free Flyknit, which are still really nice, but they aren't really flats, and I felt it during the reps. We ran the first one together, and I hit 3:09. It felt really easy until the last 40 or so seconds. I knew that pace was way too fast to hit all of them in. The next one was 3:12 and after that we got divided into 2 groups. The first group was all upper classmen and the second group was everyone else. The next several 1000's were between 3:18 and 3:26, progressively getting slower until about the 6th one, then I managed to bring them down to low 3:20's. The freshmen were only required to do 8, so that was a relief. I felt pretty crappy, and like I totally tanked the workout, but apparently I handled it really well. Better than most incoming freshmen, so that was good. This was a really tuugh workout that I'm glad to have out of the way. After we did 4X~80 meter strides on the field, and we cooled down. I cooled down until I hit 10.
PM: After we drove up to Eden, and finally got settled in to the enormous house we stayed in, we drove down to a trail to get our second run in. We did 2.5 out and back. About 7:00 avg on a semi hilly trail.
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| AM: This morning we drove down to Eden Park to go for our run. We start from the park and run East towards the more rural part of town, then turn and run South, were we hit 5 and headed back. About 6:40 avg
PM: After an incredibly fun and tiring day of playing softball and just messing around, we went for our second run. We went to the same trail and did 2.5 out and back at about the same pace as yesterday.
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| AM: For our run this morning we went down to Eden Park again, but this time ran West instead of East. We ran until we got to the same trail where we did our second run the apst two days, and ran until that trail ended and we were runnning on the road that went through the canyon until we hit 5, then we turned back. Once back to the park I added two miles with the other Tommy G on the team to get 12.
PM: While waiting for dinner to be ready, I went out 1.5 miles from the house and went up the road, and ended up avoiding as much mountain as I could, but still got a good chunk of hills.
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| AM: This morning we had our fartlek workout. We started at Eden Park again, and went East, once we warmed up about two miles, we started our ladder. 10-5-4-3-2-1 with equal recovery after except for only 5 minutes recovery after the 10 min on. I handled this workout a lot better than the K's. I stuck on the lead group as long as I could for the first interval, and hung on until about 6 minutes in, then I fell off but I didn't totally crash. 5:12 avg on that. Then we turned around and did the 5 minute interval the way we came. I stuck on the lead group agian, but they sort of split up as the interval went on, and I hit the mile in 4:50. Then for the rest of them I just went hard and tried to stick on some fast guys with a fair amount of success. On the last 1 minute on we all stuck together and were basically sprinting for a minute. Then we turned back and headed to Eden Park where we hit 10 almost exactly.
PM: For our second run today, the group of guys I was with decided to start our run from end of the trail we usually run on, and run backwards on it. Again, we just went out 2.5 and back for the five miles.
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| AM: This morning we did the same run we did on Monday. Just 5 miles out and back. There isn't a whole lot of options for a run in little Eden, UT. 6:35 avg.
PM: We did the same run we did on Monday as well for our second run. Just 2.5 out and back on the little trail. I can't believe camp is almost over:( It's a blast, but I'm too lazy to write about it now since it's been several days. Next year I am taking my laptop so I can blog daily and put in some stuff that we do.
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| AM: Long run this morning. We started at Eden Park again and did the same route we've been doing going East, but we kept going until 7.5 instead of turning at 5. But I got a bit of a surprise. Apparenmtly the guys like to go fast on these long runs. We started the run at about 7:00 avg while everyone warmed up, the we picked it up. Soon we were going about 6 minute miles. Once we hit 7.5, we stopped, got some water, then turned back and got right back into our pace. I was with the lead guys and by mile 10 we had picked it up to like 5:45's. At around mile 13 is where I fell off. Theykept picking it up, now at about a 5:30 pace, and I could not stay with them. They broke away and I ran by myself for almost a mile. I knew the next group of guys wasn't far behind, so I stopped or a bit to stretch my hips which had been tightening up throughout the run, then joined in with them. They were going a much more controlled 6 min pace. The last half mile ish we picked it up a bit, but I ended up averaging 6:01 pace for the full 15. I was really, really tired after this run. I barely even remember having lunch at the restaurant on the way back, much less the drive back to Provo. It was a tough run, bit I'm happy with how I did. I finished pretty high up with the guys, and it's the fastest I've ever done any run over 10.
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