| 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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| First day of winter break! Track met at the Oval today for a morning practice. Once all the distance arrived, we started. 4 laps warm up, 4 laps speed changes, then 1 recovery lap. Then once we reassembled we did two sets of Flanagan which were burpees, jumping jacks, power squats, and mountain climbers each with about a 55 meter stride in between each one and 4 minutes, I believe, between the sets. Then we did 10 J's which are basically continuous 200's. I ran them with Nat and we really pushed them. We gradually got faster on each 200 and I had to really fight to stay with her on the last 4. The last 2 were just brutal. Man I am out of shape. Time to get back running! We finished the workout with a gruesome 10 laps cool down to be at 8 for the day. |
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| This week is my, and the rest of the teams, return to consistent running. After my cross training, I began to run but not very consistently, partially because it was no big deal since it was the off season. But now it is time to buckle down and start running consistently again. Today we didn't have practice, and I meant to get in my run in the morning, but one thing led to another and I didn't get to it until the afternoon. Since I am only hitting 20-25 this week, I just went for two miles. About a 6:45 pace overall, so I was moving a bit. Now I just have to do my core. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/135597038 |
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| Today practice was at the Oval. We did 4 laps warm up, 4 laps speed changes, and then did five laps of drills: high knees, butt kicks, A-skips, power skips, and grapevines (in that order). Then one more lap of basically speed changes again. Then we started the workout, which was a 40 minute tempo on the track. Ugh, longest 40 minutes of my life. The faster people ran on the outside and slower on the inside. I was stuck in lane 4 for the entire tempo, which was really annoying cause I had to dodge walkers and other runners as we went by. Since I ran in the outside lane, I got more than ten miles in, but whatever. I finished 21 laps in 40:50. Man, was I glad that was over. We pushed really hard, especially towards the end of the tempo. Nice job pushing today guys. Then everyone had to leave, so it was just Bill, Kiley, and I left to do the one lap cool down to be at 36 laps for the day, or ten miles. I would post my link for the tempo, but we were indoors so my Garmin didn't get satellite which makes it redundant to post my link. |
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| Spent the whole day Christmas shopping with my mom and did get a chance to run, so I biked for twenty minutes here at home. I got new running shoes! | | Add Comment |
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Just two miles this morning to try out my new shoes. They felt great, I just hope they keep feeling great. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/136196312 | | Add Comment |
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| Today I decided to bike since I have already passed my mileage. I just biked for half an hour at a constant resistance. | | Add Comment |
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