| 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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 70.00 | 70.00 |
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 II Miles: 57.50 | Nike Matumbo II Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| PM: Decided to run in the afternoon. I went for my run at 5:30. It's tough to get out for a run when the sun sets at 5, but once I got rolling I felt pretty good. And the best part is I haven't felt any hip pain/fatigue in 3 days now!
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 II Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 12.50 | 12.50 |
| AM: This is the first two a day I've done in months! Since it's finals week, I have a ton of extra time, so I slept in, then went over to the SFH and ran 4 miles on the treadmill.
PM: After dinking around all day, I met up with Farnsy and Nick for a run at 2. We went 4 miles and change up the canyon, then came back the same way. I stretched before and after the run, and did my exercises too. A little bit of fatigue in the tail bone area today, lets hope that goes away by tomorrow.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 II Miles: 12.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 |
| AM: Since it's finals week, they shut down the track so they can test in the Annex and finals mean that coaches can't have practice. So a bunch of the guys met early in the morning before the track is closed down to get in our workout without coach. The workout was 4XMile, and I ended up doing 2XMile, then 2X800. I'm still feeling out of shape, but my stomach was hurting... maybe I had too big a bowl of Lucky Charms. Despite not doing the whole workout, the times I ran weren't disappointing. The goal was just to keep them in the 4:50-5:00 range, and I ran 4:55,4:55 then on the third mile I pulled out at 800 (2:24), then on the last one I just did an 800 (2:23). We had ~5 minutes recovery in between. This wasn't really as official a workout as we usually have, there were quite a few groups of guys and some guys doing their own thing, and some guys just choosing not to workout, but it was good to get in some quicker stuff. After 2 miles warm up, I did 3 miles cool down to hit 8.
PM: After taking my first final, I had lunch then took a good nap, and went for my second run afterward. Once I got to the locker room, I didn't feel like running outside, so I ran on the treadmills in the wieghtroom. I did 4 miles starting at 8.5 mph and ended at 10 mph. My average was just under 6:20 I think.
A little later we went over to Coach's house for the annual White Elephant Christmas Party. It was such a fun time! I love my team.
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| Nike Matumbo II Miles: 3.00 | Nike BYU Pegasus 30 II Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| AM: Ugh, slept in way too late, missed my morning run, then actually studied for my Biology Final, and it ended up being the most irrelevant test I've ever taken. That test would have been more suited for a Common Sense 101 class. What a waste of time I could have used to run.
PM: Met Nick at the locker room to run, then we saw Farnsy roll in just as we were going to head out. Monday crew again! We did medium Carterville and when we got back, we added the indoor warm up loop to get the full 10. Afterwards I stretched really well in the training room.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 II Miles: 10.00 |
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| PM: Showed up to the locker room and Farnsy happened to be there! That's four day this week that we happened to show up at the same time, so we ran together of course. Can't actually remember what run we did, but I'm almost sure it was 10.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 II Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 9.50 | 9.50 |
| PM: Went for a run with.... someone.... I can't remember who. We did long Carterville and didn't add the extra bit for 10, so hit 9.5.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| AM: It's my first day back at home, or rather my parents house, for the break, so I just got my run over with in the morning. Did my old ten mile loop, then stretched a bit. Hips were a little flared.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 II Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 70.00 | 70.00 |
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 II Miles: 57.50 | Nike Matumbo II Miles: 3.00 |
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