| 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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PM: Natalie is back in Salt Lake for the holidays! So I met up with her for a run. I'm still really sick, but I don't want to take any more time off. While on the run, I was coughing and spitting every 10 meters, not to mention producing some gnarly luggies :/ To add to this, Nat and I did Shriners run for 6 miles, but I had to do Duel in the Pool at 4 pm so I cut the run off at five miles and went straight to Steiner. One of our team of four ended up not showing, so two of us had to pick up an extra length of the pool, as if two lengths wasn't tiring enough. While finishing the third leg, I coughed and took in some lovely chlorinated water. Something really weird happened in my lungs with it cause I was coughing for a solid ten minutes afterwards and the chlorine did not feel too hot on my throat >:( At least I didn't drown.
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| PM: We had a track meeting today. After the meeting, distance went for a run. We did Shriners again, and I was coughing nearly as badly as yesterday. Later, my fever came back :( |
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PM: Today I met Natalie and Ryan for a run. We did the Thunderbird run, but cut off the flagpole part, then went over to 1300 S and then down that to 1800 E, and then the usual route down to the school, where we added some to be at 9.I wasn't coughing nearly as much today, but my chest was burning from a mixture of the cold air/breathing harder. Later at home, I got a pounding headache, which is strange because I never just get a head ache. This cold has hit me hard:(
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| PM: After a day of burnt out teachers who obviously need winter break more than I do, Christmas movies, cake, soda, chips, pizza, and of course, Hot Cheetos, I met Bill, Dakota, Chris, Megan, and Sarah for a run. We ran up to the track, ran a mile of speed changes, then run up did the VA loop over to the cemetery, where we did a lap, then ran back to East and did a lap to get 6. I feel much better today. Let's hope I finally beat this cold.
Since Footlocker, I've done a lot of thinking about my performance at the race and so forth. I kept trying to figure out why it was that I did so badly and I was beginning to get really hung up on it. I realized during my time off that no matter how badly I did, it is in the past. It was simply a bad race in the cycle of good and bad races which all runners have. I pushed that out of my mind, and started to focus on getting back into the swing of things. This break was very helpful though. I was able to get a lot of college and scholarship stuff I had been putting off, I've been able to get ahead with homework, I have been getting very consistent 8+ hours of sleep at night (more of a luxury really... I got nearly 12 hours last night. Teehee), and most importantly, I was able to hang out with my friends after school! Hooray for being normal!
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| AM: Went to the gym to get in a run and some weights. Did four miles on the treadmill, then got in a bunch of different weights, after which I did some really good stretching on the mats. One of my goals for track season is to be more flexible. For now, being able to touch my toes seems like an attainable start. I would like to run later, but I might be a little too busy. |
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