| 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 Miles: 94.50 | Nike Matumbo II Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.50 | 5.50 |
| AM: I'm back in SL this weekend, so I met up with Bill, Dakota, and Chris for a run at Cottonwood Complex. We ran the Region course, then we went over to nameless hill, did that four times, then went over to Bessie and ran that twice until the finish. Then we ran around the softball diamond two more times for 5.5 miles, and went to breakfast.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 18.00 | 18.00 |
| AM: I went for a run on my own after my last class. I went up to Kiwanis, did a lap around the loop, then ran up to Seven Peaks, past that to the next neighorhood where I hit 4 miles, then went back to the locker room the way I came. I felt really crappy for some reason.
PM: At practice, we had a big group, and we were joined by Coach and Batty. Once we got to the light, some guys went medium Carterville, and I went with the group doing long Carterville. We ran into the grils doing their tempo, so they were actually moving a little bit faster than us. We finished 10 miles in 6:39 avg
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 18.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: I went for a run after my last class. I just did 2 mile out and back on Carterville. I felt much better than on my morning run yesterday.
PM: We warmed up to Kiwanis, dropped our shoes at the tree, then did a lap warm up, and after a potty break, I came back to the tree, put on my spikes, and did some strides. The workout was 3X2 mile. I wasn't feeling particularly bad or good before the workout, which is normal. Our goal for the first one was 10:10, and from there just keeping them as close to that as possible.
This is without a doubt my least favorite workout. The reps are long and they hurt, but more like a tiring hurt. I'm not super winded after them, but I just couldn't get myself moving quite like speed intervals, but I also never quite found a rythmn like in a tempo. Maybe it was just the day.
The first one, I just started out behind Nick and Doolin. I hit a 5:04 mile, and then finished in 10:15. My time was a little slow, but still good. I felt like for as hard as I pushed it should have been faster though. I was feeling heavy and clunky during this workout, maybe because of some fries I had with my lunch. I didn't feel full when I was warming up, but during the workout I felt insanely full. After good recovery, we started the next one. This one hurt even more. I hit the mile in 5:07, and then finished in 10:20. I was not feeling good at all, and tried making myself throwup to see if that would help me at all, but no luck, so my stomach wasn't upset at all. I pushed it pretty hard on that one and my time was even slower, so I asked Coach if I could do a mile on this last one. He said that was totally fine. So I did a mile and hit a 5:09, and still felt like I pushed way too hard for that time. After everyone finished, we did 4Xcorner strides focusing on arms, then we cooled down a lap and back to the locker room for 10.
I'm disappointed with this workout. My times weren't awful, and actually I was in the front of the group the whole time, but I still feel like I had so much more in me, and I just couldn't get it done during workout. I feel like hitting 10:10's would have been a tough, but manageable workout at Kiwanis. Obviously I'm mad at myself for, for lack of a better word, wussing out of the last rep, but I just felt so off. Another aspect that added to my overall disapointment, is the fact that I was allowed to wimp out. In high school, I would have been told to suck it up and push through it, or make myself puke and finish the workout, both of which I have done before. I think I was expecting Coach to respond the way Bill would and convince me that I had it in me to finish, instead of just forcing myself to push through. Hmm. Maybe this is just a sign that I'm maturing as a runner. When others stop telling you where your limit is, and you decided that for yourself. Well, that's one more workout done with, and I guess they can't all be gems. It wasn't quite what I wanted, but I wouldn't say it was a loss. I am just going to forget about this, and tackle Thursday with a fresh workout mentality.
After practice, we had lifting. It was actually a really tiring day in lifting. We've moved up to six exercises, and one of them was paired with something else. We did kettle bell throws, front squats, lateral jumps, 3 types of ball reps paired with the band stretching exercise, row pulls, and shoulder press.
After that I went over to the training room and iced for 15 minutes.
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| Nike Matumbo II Miles: 5.50 | Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 8.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 |
| AM: After my last class, I went for an easy 5 miles.
PM: I was planning on running with the group at 3, but my 30 minute power nap turned into a two hour sleep fest, so I missed them. But I did the same run as them. I went out miles and back on the Provo River Trail, except I was off in lala land on the way back, and missed where we cut through the field to get to the road, so I ran an extra .5 out and back on the trail, then as I was finishing, I found Natalie as she was adding a little bit to get to her mileage, so I went with her for a mile while we chatted. This is the first time I have ever run into Natalie while running!
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 15.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 16.50 | 16.50 |
| AM: This morning I went for five easy miles.
PM: Since we had a really tough workout on Tuesday, and Coach is out of town, we did a fartlek today. We warmed up over to the lake loop start, and then changed into flats. It was raining for most of the time we were running, and pretty windy. We were all just running in one big pack, not dividing, and it was 10-5-3-2-1 with 5-5-3-2-1 recovery. It was supposed to be esier than Tuesday, but I pushed it pretty hard. I was running with the top guys on the 10 min interval. We hit 2.04 miles for that one. Then we regrouped, and I hit the mile in 4:54, then got a little over a mile in for the 5 min interval. Then I just stayed with the guys for the rest of the workout. Overall a solid, hard day. Afterwards, we changed shoes and ran back to to the locker rom where I hit 11.5
Then we went to lifting, and then after took a 15 minute ice bath.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 16.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: I slept in for too long, so only had time for 3 before my fiirst class.
PM: I went for a run at 2 with Dylan and JZ. We did the famous Eyestone loop! It's a great run, I don't know why we never do it. That was a littie over 8 miles, so then I ran up towards Kiwanis again and ran around the park for a bit while the girls were finishing their workout. Then I ran back to the locker room where I hit 11.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 |
| AM: This morning I met up with Briggs, Nick, and Jon at 6:30 to get our run in. They were going 13, but I had to be at the Cougar Run to help at my station earlier than them, so I only did 10. ~6:30 avg
Later AM: After all the kids races and the 5k, I went for another run. I went out 3.5 on Carterville, then when I turned I met up with a group coming back on their long run, so I finished with them.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 17.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 94.50 | Nike Matumbo II Miles: 5.50 |
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