| 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: 62.00 | Nike Matumbo II Miles: 8.00 |
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| AM: I'm back in SL this weekend to help my sister move into he new place, so I did 6 miles on my old neighborhood loops. Hopefully I can get out for a run later when I'm back in Provo.
Last week was the first week in forever that I hit the hundo!
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 |
| AM: Since Wisco is this Saturday, we are going hard MW. Today we warmed up to the intramural fields for some mile repeats. I was worried how mile repeats would feel at the intramural fields, but it actually ended up being an awesome workout! We did a few more laps for warm up, then changed shoes and I did some strides and drills. We were doing 4XMile with fast starts to practice Wisco.
The first one we hit a 66 first 400, then I hit a 4:52. I like these fast start miles because I just focus on going out hard, so then when we pass 400, it feels like we slow down and it allows me to focus and just stick with the guys. 4 minutes recovery beween each. Then the next one was a 65 400, then a 4:48 mile. Recovery, 66 and 4:50, recovery, 66 and 4:52. This was the first time in a while that I was feeling good. We hit some fast times and I was running with the traveling guys the whole time. The guy were doing a great job of running as a pack. Afterwards we did 4 strides and changed shoes. I did a three mile col down with Alaska, Farnsworth, and Briggs.
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| Nike Matumbo II Miles: 5.00 | Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 6.00 |
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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 five mile run with Trevor and Alaska.
PM: I met up with the guys at 3 and we did long Carterville at a relaxed pace.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 15.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| PM: Workout was an the intramural fields again today. We warmed up there and did a few laps, and Coach hadn't arrived yet so we kept warming up and got in a bit of a longer warm up. We changed shoes and I did a few strides before starting. We did a short workout. 1200, 800, 800, 400, 400. These were going to be faster since the workout is short and it's our last workout before Wisco. We were nearly 10 seconds slow on the 1200 for some reason, but I hit a 3:34. We had like 3-4 minutes recovery between all of the intervals. Next were the 800's, and we were supposed to hit them in the 2:13-2:15 range. I hit them in 2:15 and 2:13. Next we did the 400's, one uphill and the last downhill. I hit those in 64 and 62. I felt god again today, although defintely a little tired from the tough workout Monday. I was able to stay with the traveling guys for the whole workout, so that was good. After, we did 2 strides, and then cooled down two laps and then back to the locker room.
Then we went over to lifting where we acutally had a pretty tough lifting sesh. Afterwards I stretched and ice bathed.
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| Nike Matumbo II Miles: 3.00 | Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 7.00 |
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| PM: I had a ton of stuff to do today, so I went for my run at like 12 when no one was running. I just did long Carterville at a slow pace. I didn't mention it a few days ago since I am updating like two weeks of this now, but I have been having some lower back/hip issues, particularly one longer runs. So I decided to cut back the miles, and I am going into the training room before every workout to get stretched out. Judd told me it could be just a lack of stretching, since I don't stretch as much as I should, but I think the real reason is the bed I'm sleeping on. I don't sleep as well as when I was at home, and I think it's because the mattress that I was given. I think I'm gonna bring one up from my house this weekend. My back has slowly, but steadily gotton more achy since I started sleeping on that mattress at the beginning of the semester.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 10.50 | 10.50 |
| PM: Met the guys at 3 for our usual run. The group was al freshman! We did Eyestone loop backwards. That run is sllightly shy of 9 miles, so we went out about a mile and back on a random road, then came back and went back to campus on the railroad tracks. We hit 10.5 right around the tennis courts.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 10.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 7.50 | 7.50 |
| AM: I'm in SL, again, this weekend, so I just went for a run to round out mileage. I dropped lower than I would have liked, but I have been trying different stuff with stretching and what not to see if I can get my hips/lower back to stop bugging me. We'll see how next week goes.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 7.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 70.00 | 70.00 |
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 Miles: 62.00 | Nike Matumbo II Miles: 8.00 |
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