One Mile at a Time

I'm back! We'll see how long I keep this updated. Not sure exactly how far my run was today. Jared, Jake and I went up to the waterfall which was pretty cool because there were these huge sheets of snow/ice that we chucked rocks at. We went a little above the waterfall but not too far. Probably a 5 mile run. I wore one of Zac Slater's running tank tops that he gave me before his mission but I didn't notice an increase in my speed. Maybe next time. About 6 miles yesterday.

I was up at my cabin over the weekend and there was a ton of snow so I didn't run. I got back from my cabin today and felt like I should run. Picked up Jared and met up with Zericksen in the temple parking lot and did a 4.7 mile loop at an easy pace. It was pretty fun running with Zack for the first time.

AM- 3 miles. First morning run in a long time.

PM- 7 miles. Jared and I ran up the Reaper then met up with the rest of the guys who drove up. I'm not sure where Jared went but I just ran with the guys. I went to Molly's and they kept going. My legs are super tired from that run but it was a good one. Did abs after. Next Wednesday is our first meet at Westlake. I'm pretty excited for it. I went to Ross today and got some green nike distance shorts and a sick Oregon Project tank top. It's a little big but was super cool so I got it anyways.

AM- 3 Miles. The usual guys were there (Wade, Josh, Ali, Matt) except Price and Reed. Brady Olson was there. SUU spring break is right now so he's been running with us which is always a good time.

PM- 4.5 Miles. We did 5 800s where the first 600 were our mile pace and the last 200 was a little slower with a mile warm up and cool down. It was pretty tough but I kept a good pace. Did some benching after and a little bit of abs. Stretched a lot too. Only one week until the first meet!

AM- 3 miles.

PM- 6 miles. I ran by myself today because I had to get some help with calculus after school. I ran 5.25 miles probably around 7 minute pace. The last .75 miles were three stride laps. I felt really good running today. After the run I did abs and wall sits with the team. I think I need to bring a water bottle to school because I get prety thirsty on my runs so I don't think I'm drinking enough.

AM- 3 miles.

PM- Mile warm up then three 1000s. The first 600 we did at two mile pace then we went fast for the last 400. After that we ran a 400 with a partner going in the opposite direction around the track. Jared beat me by a little. Mile cool down after and then some weights. Wishing a recovery as fast as he is to Connor since he got his wisdom teeth out today. I also saw Adam Jensen at Costa Vida today but I got scared and didn't say hi.

AM- 6.2 miles. We started our run at the Lindon Marina and we were supposed to go to the Orem sports complex place and back which would be 8 miles. Most of the guys took a wrong turn. We ended up at some dead end so most the guys just went somewhere else but Price, Matt and I tried to find the real way. We were unsuccesful so we just turned around and went back to the Marina. 6'43" pace. Good run today. I might go for a short run later today but it will be hard because I have the Sweater Swing dance.

PM- 3 miles. I managed to sqeeuze in a three mile recovery run. Ran one of our morning run routes backwards so I ran towards the high school then away rather then away from it and then back towards it.

AM- 3 miles. Back to being pitch black after the time change.

PM- 6.5 miles. Ran the Reaper with Jared before practice because we had a Calculus review. My time was about 10:30 which I'm not super happy about. Part of that is just not running in a while and also it was super windy today. Didn't do weights or abs after since I had to go to the review but might do abs later.

No morning run today because of my calculus review. We were supposed to run 50 minutes today but I ran for then did two stride laps because my legs were hurting. I thought it was the cold so I cam home and put on running tights and ran 3 more miles. My legs felt much better so that's good. Did a little bit of abs also. The first meet s tomorrow at Westlake. Riverton is also running there. I think I'll run the 1600 and 800.

No morning run. Meet at Westlake. Ran the 1600 and the 800. 5:14 PR in the 1600 and 2:2? in the 800. Very happy with my 1600 not that happy with my 800. Good first meet though.

AM- 3 miles. This morning was so cold, it sucked.

PM- 7.5 miles. Ran to Molly's. My pace for the first two miles up Reaper and running across to Molly's was slow but I picked it up for 5. Got back to the high school and did two stride laps. Stretched after. I will now mentally prepare for my regional churchball game at 8:00. Hoping to replicate Kyle Collinsworth and his triple double last night in BYU's win against UAB. I went to that game and it was pretty fun except for when UAB came back from being 21 points down to only 4 points behind. BYU won though so it's all good.

AM- 3 miles. Super cold again.

PM- 6.5 miles. We did a speed workout and it sucked. We did a mile warm up then 5 minutes easy 5 hard. 4, 3, 2 and 1. After the one we did a fast 400. It was just a tough workout. One mile cooldown after and abs. Report on church ball- you can't win 'em all and sometimes you just want to make the other team look good. I scored 10 of our 27 but we lost by 41 points. It was still fun even though we got destroyed. 

My leg was killing me today from yesterdays speed workout. I only lasted a mile. In the evening I played some mad ping pong with Zack, Spencer, Josh and Jared so I'm counting that as a mile. Haha I'm not really counting that, I went and played soccer with my friend and a bunch of people he knew so that's the other mile I'm counting.

AM- 3 miles. 

PM- 6 miles. Mile warm up with the guys. 8x400 hill repeats. Pretty tough but felt good. Mile cool down with Ali after. Little bit of weights after. Great weather today, cloudy and not too hot.

AM- 3 miles.

PM- 3.5 miles. The run sucked. I was freezing and had to go to the bathroom. Didn't want to go too far maybe 4.5 because of the meet tomorrow though. Abs after.

Dual meet at AF today. Super windy and freezing cold. Managed to PR in the mile with a 5:13. My 800 time was not what I was hoping for. In some future meet I want to run the 800 without the mile before it and see how I feel. Hoping to get a 5:09 at the Alpha Invite on Saturday. 

AM- 3 miles. None of the guys would start this morning so finally Price left and me and Josh went with him. We saw they went to Lindon Park and we were headed canal south so we just zig zagged down some streets and met up with them.

PM- 8 miles. Ran to Molly's by myself today. It was a good run. Kept a pretty fast pace. Had to finish with some time on the track to hit 7.5 so that my strides would bring my total to 8. Stretched really good after. Oh, and my time yesterday was a 5:12 so a second faster than what I thought.

AM- 3 miles.

PM- 5.1 miles. Easy run before the Alpha invite tomorrow. All the guys ran to Discovery and played tag for about 10 minutes. Jared, Riley and I put in a lap around the huge trail then ran back to the high school and did our 200's. Stopped at the junior high going both ways to say hi to Brayden. Stretched after. On our way back Spencer drove by and said hi. It was a great experience.

Alpha Invite this mornig. The weather was pretty good. I timed myself and got a 5:07 but coach got a 5:05 so I have to wait and see what the official is. I got spiked during my race but didn't realize it cut me. After the race I looked at my right shoe and saw blood and realized it was my own from my left shin. Really happy with how today went but think I could've kicked a little sooner. I dropped 5 or 7 seconds so I'm pretty happy. Getting a lot closer to going sub 5. Shoutout to Jared who broke 5 for the first time today running a 4:58. Planning on running a little later today so hit me up if you want to come! Official time was 5:07.6

PM- 6.2 miles. Called up Jared and convinced him to run with me. Planned on going 4 but it felt good running so we went longer.

AM- 3 miles. Slighlty faster than usual because coach didn't run with us today.

PM- 8.5 miles. Jared and I ran together today and started right after school until waiting until 2:30. We ran 2.2 then up Reaper and back down. I got 10:05 up Reaper. Ran from the highschool past my house to Jared's then turned around and came back to my house. Stretched at my house then drove back to the highschool to get our backpacks and Jared's truck. Pretty good run. My legs are super tired. For the 3.7 after the Reaper my average pace was about a 7:10.

Shout out to my boy Connor for getting his mission call to Paris, France! Saw all my favorite blogs at Connor's minus Tanner so that was sick.

AM- 2.5 miles. Ran inside today on the indoor track. It was brutal running on the tiny track inside Valhalla. 25 laps was about 23 too many for that track.

PM- 5.65 miles. Mile warmup then 30 30's for 20 minutes. I took 5th today. After the 20 minutes we did that thing were you race a partner around the track and see who gets 400 first. I ran my 400 in 67 or 68. Mile cooldown after and abs.

AM- 3 miles.

PM- 7.1 miles. 6.6 miles with Riley. 6:27 average pace. Ran to Lindon Park then out by Home Depot. Two strides after then stretching and some benching, pull ups and push ups. Good workout.

AM- 3 miles.

PM- 4.75. I left my lunch in history today but didn't realize until my next class was over so when I went to get it it was gone. I went to Clain's and made a casadilla and had a gogurt so it was kinda sucky to run. Mile warm up. We were talking about student counil voting which was today and Riley said he just voted for whoever was nice to him then Tanner came in with fire and roasted him. Tanner asked, "Does that mean you left the ballot blank?" Our workout was 800's where the first 400 was mile pace then a 100 sprint followed by 300 jog x5. After that we did 110 x4 sprints where we increased our pace 4 times. Mile cooldown after then stretching and abs.