One Mile at a Time

AM- Had a little bit of rain so that was refreshing. We were lacking in numbers today and only had 6 guys. 

PM- Coach told us to run to Discovery but we decided today to rename that run AF stop light because that's usally where we go to. We started off with a pack of like 12 but then at Discovery Reed kept going up by my house to go to the temple with Harambe, Texas, Simko and Wade. Jared, Riley, Brian, Ali, Matt and Eric and maybe someone else I can't really remember went on the path around the park then up to Manila and then to the stop light. 8 miles total at a 6:4something which was a little faster then I wanted to go but whatever. Barefoot strides after. I'm excited to race at BYU and also to see you all, some more than others.

AM- 3 miles to Lindon Park and back. Bets today- Tyler Barry for $7 Reed for $10.

PM- Lindon Park again with Ali. We were all going to run with the girls but they wanted to got to Macey's and Ali and I didn't want to go back up 200 South to the high school so we just ran alone nice and slow. Hit up Pizza Pie Cafe with Jared, Reed and Matt to carbo load then Jared and I appeared at the football game for 3.7 seconds then jammed at Riley's and did some free styling. It was some high quality stuff.

Met at the high school at 6:45. Good ride to the meet. Watched races for a little then chilled under our canopy thing with the other varsity guys. Warmed up around 10:30 with a mile and then we drained our legs and stuff. The boxes at the start were nice and big and I got the front with Riley and Jared. I wanted to start this race a little slower than usual because my second mile is always a struggle. I ran a 5:15 first mile though and then died for the second and ran a 5:50. I hadn't really planned on being in the top 30 because I thought it would be very tough but throughout the race I kept hearing places and it was usually around 30 so then I decided to try for it. I finished with a 16:39 and got 27th so that was cool. Shout out to Jared and Riley who were 24th and 23rd. It was a really fun meet and I enjoyed seeing everybody!

Today we had practice at 7:30 which I like a lot more than 2:30. Coach told us we could go wherever we wanted today and for only 30 minutes so it was pretty nice. Jared, Brian, Matt and I decided to head towards Timp on Tanner's trail and we almost made it to the legend Zac Slater's house. I miss that guy. He was one great friend but he's killing it in Portugal so as Connor would say, we gucci. We started out above 7 becuase we were all kind of tired from Saturday. The last mile was our fastest and with about 600 left Jared and I just both took off to try and beat each other but finished at the same time. Coach had us play frisbee after and I got 1.7 barefoot miles. My team wrecked mainly because Brian scored like 27 times and Harambe had some good catches and I had some lock down defense, not really but ya know just gotta hype myself up a bit. Shoutout to Jared for trying to beat us. Donuts and chocolate milk after which I might have spilled all over the counter haha. Good time up the canyon Saturday so shoutout to Gan for the invite.

2.9 in the am.

Practice started late as usual and then coached talked to the guys team so I didn't run much because I have physical therapy. Just 3. Didn't really drink yesterday or today so that's a problem. Going to try to drink a lot tonight.

Shoutout to me for possibly needing a cortisone shot for my back.

AM- 3 miles. Had a discussion on how many pull ups Ali can do. He says 15 in a row but no one believed him.

PM- Mile warmup then 1200, 1000, 800, 400 with the same distance as recovery besides the 400. The 400 I decided to do barefoot and I also did the mile after barefoot.

AM- 2.7 miles. Ali had another very random quote, more random than, "I've never been with a big girl before." Not sure where he comes up with all the things he says but it's very entertaining!

PM- 5 miles at a decent pace with 8 other guys. We played a game where Ali would imitate different peoples running forms and we would have to guess whose it was. It was pretty fun. Barefoot strides after then stretching and varsity talked about how we want to train distance rather than minutes from now on. Reed taped me so shoutout to him. Good luck to everyone who is racing tomorrow!

AM- Classic 3.05 to Lindon Park. Matt, Jared and I took it a little faster on the way back.

PM- Planned on running with the girls so we followed them then were with Skye and Haley and all the other girls went some other way. Jared, Riley, Matt and I only did 3.05 but most of the guys did 4 or 5. They're such overachievers. Had a good face time with some of the Lone Peak XC at lunch today and then enjoyed texting Justin. Un shoutout to Josh for not taking the chance to earn $3. Bush league. Soldier Hollow tomorrow should be tough but fun. I'm going to try to go top 20 so we'll see how it goes.

Very strict bus driver today. He caught me standing up but didn't notice when I laid down on the floor so that was good. Jared gave me an apple and banana because we're out so shoutout to him. Got to Soldier Hollow and walked some of the course but then Jared and I got bored and stopped. Chilled for a while and decided to race in my Mach 15s. 1.15 mile warmup, stretched, drained legs and did strides before the race. I started quick but it was super hilly so the first mile was 5:50 ish and the second was like 6:05 and the last around 5:40. The hills were very tough and I think it was the toughest race I've had but I was able to finish in the top 20 and get a sick medal that is pure gold. Throughout the race I stayed around 17-20 place. Both PG teams got 4th. I'm happy with how the race turned out but if I could do it again I would go harder because the last .4 or .5 required no effort since it was all downhill. Mile cooldown after and stretching as well as some quality pictures with the team.

Got about 10 miles dancing at homecoming. My legs feel wrecked because I didn't do a recovery run last night.

AM- 1100 as usual for Mondays. 2.8 miles there.

PM- Sometime last week our varsity guys were talking and decided we were sick of running time so when coach said time we would just do distance. Today coach said 60 minutes so we did 7 miles to Home Depot/ dealerships. The group today was Reed, Riley, Ali and Simko. 6:32 for the average. It was a really good run. Stretched and did abs after. Gotta get that 10 pack. Brian and Matt had a discussion about girls which was very fun to listen to.

Extended Apple Grove. It's still super short even when it's extended. Jared was MIA due to rabies or some other type of sickness. Went to the doctor today and got three shots in my back and also some muscle relaxants so I think my back won't be hurting anymore. Currently my back feels weird because they numbed it. Shoutout to Zack.

AM- Today's morning run was pretty fun. Jared had to be back ealry so we did Apple Grove again to keep it quick. Ali and Wade went somewhere else and Matt and whoever else went quick so really it was just me, Jared and Brian. We threw down some good freestyles about lots of people inlcuding Zack and Josh. They were just straight fire.

PM- We went six miles this afternoon towards BMW. It was me, Brian, Jared, Riley, Matt and Eric. We had a fun run where Riley showed us his new running form/racing technique. We passed all the doterra buildings and there were like 4.7 million cars because some event was going on. Passed the AF boys on our run so that was cool. I got the hiccups for the last mile which was really weird so my pace slowed at the end. Barefoot strides. We had a dispute on who was finishing first out of me, Brian, Riley and Matt so we raced the last one and I was first barely ahead of Riley so screw Matt because he was a hater. .5 barefoot with Riley after to bring it to a mile total of barefoot. Reed also taped me up.

AM- Canal South.

PM- Luke let me borrow his shirt and hat he got from plant and soil science for a little and I rocked it so hard. Little over a mile warmup then butterfly for the workout. 1200, 1000, 800, 800, 1000, 1200 with a three minute break between each one. Everyone pushed it today so that was good but we still gotta grind harder. Ran one loop of our course to show Matt what it is for our cool down then did some weight stuff after stretching. Shoutout to Zack. Listening to Brian's radio show currently that started at 5:30. Not digging it so far but it is only the first song. 

AM-3

PM-3.83

Did not expect to be in the top 20 but it happened. Only one second behind Riley. A little frustrated I didn't beat him.

Had a crazy charlie horse last night in my leg and thought I was going to die.

AM- 2.8 to 1100. Good sized group today.

PM- 6.5. Jared, Riley, Ali, Brian, Matt and I went on Tanner's trail past Oak Canyon towards Timp. We had 6 of our top 7, just missing Reed who ran with Wade and Brayden. We all kind of split off after 2.8 to go where we thought it would be the flattest because it gets a little hilly then we met back up at Oak Canyon. Legs were pretty tired today but we kept a decent pace. Jared came back strong from being sick last week so that's good. Came back and Jared, Brian and I did our strides on the track. We were flying and it got pretty competitive so that was fun. Weights after.

AM- 2.7 miles. Played that game where you have a category and then name something from it with every letter in the alphabet.

PM- 6.13. Warm up, work out, cool down. Work out was 8 800s with a 3 minute rest. Coach said to go three mile pace but then said just don't go slower then three minute 800s. Did the last two on the track becuase there was a football game going on on the lower field. It was a lot faster on the track. Abs.

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Ran the state course today. Hopefully we qualify so I can race it.