One Mile at a Time

400s today with varying kick lengths. Great workout.

AM- 2.8. 

PM- 5.1 with Jared and Matt. Jared went longer but Matt and I did 5.1 at a good pace. A little chilly but the rain stopped before the run.

AM- Apple Grove short.

PM- 4.2. We warmed up a mile then did 4 buddy 800s. The rotation was Jared, Reed and Riley and then their partners were Matt, Ali and I. It was a really solid workout for us. I hit a 5:10 for my first mile split then 5:06. After the 800s we did some speed build ups then cooled down a mile.

AM- 3 miles.

PM- 4 miles.

AM- South on the canal.

PM- Pre race Lindon Park with all the guys. 200s after. Region tomorrow. I feel ready but I'm also nervous.

Not what I was hoping for.

AM- 3.

PM- 7.31. Thought a lot about the cross country season and the rest of high school running. I felt like a trained hard so I'm frustrated with the region result. Chilled on top of Molly's for a little which is always nice. Good view. Ran to Molly's because it's a run that I love so I needed it today.

AM- 3 miles.

PM- 9.05 miles. Jared and I had a nice trail run to Dry Canyon and also found a snake that Jared named Randall or something. I got a bloody nose with about 2.5 miles left so that was interesting. It was probably weird for people looking at me as we ran down 200 South because I had blood on my stomach.

AM- 2.75.

PM- 5. 

Molly's. Kept a 6:22 pace. Ali and I took off at the end and had a really good run.

A little with the team a little alone because they did speed.

Morrison told us last week that practice was at 2:30 today but some of the girls didn't like that so it got switched to 8 and I guess he told people at practice on Saturday when I had the ACT. I decided to do a hard run so I ran to the waterfall up Battle Creek from my house. I kept about a 6:40 pace for the first 2.5 miles from canyon road up to 700 East. Then I ran the Reaper in 9:45 which I was actually pretty happy with. Then up to the waterfall which made my legs burn then back down. My pace was pretty good considering all the hills. Just checked Strave and it has my pace more than a minute slower than what my watch had though so I'm not really sure what's going on there. Looking forward to Saturday, I'm running a half marathon.

AM- 3 miles.

PM- 2 miles? Not sure why we only ran two maybe because the varisty had a meeting with coach after.

AM- 3 miles. New locker room again. The showers are so nice in there.

PM- 6.6 miles. Ran in the foothills with some of the boys. I think all the boys actually did but some drove to Brayden's because he forgot shorts. I ran with Jared, Matt, Riley, Ali and Eric. We headed out 25 minutes towards dry canyon. It was tough but pretty fun. Ali said some funny stuff. Strides after then some pull ups and a minimal amount of push ups. Also saw the legend Tanner Nelson today so that was very exciting. He was looking very sharp in a white shirt and tie. Hopefully he reads this.

Went to packet pick up yesterday and the guy there said I probably should get to the shuttles at 6:00 so I did but then I had two hours before the race up at the start. I talked with one of the Skyridge coach's, Gill, he's really cool. Also met Kenny from the blog. The race was super downhill so originally my goal was to go 6:30 average but then my first 10 miles were all sub 6. After about 10 miles though it got tough mentally but I don't think any of my miles were above 6:30. There was about 150 feet ascent and of course that's all in the last 1.5 miles so that also took away energy. I ended up thirteenth and third in my age group behind Kenny the Apache and Jacob Warner with a time of 1:19.25. Fun race but my legs are very tired and my calves hurt. Got a medal for being third in my age group with a quote from Gandhi on it so that's pretty exciting. Also exciting was seeing Ryan Raff.

3 in the morning. Ali had the best Halloween costume. If you see him at Pre Footlocker on Saturday you should ask him about it. Some more miles in the afternoon. 1.5 for the warmup with Jared and Matt. We ran the Reaper today! I started out faster than usual which I regret a little. I ended up getting a PR. I think I can break 9 next week, my legs are just still tired from the half marathon but I'm happy with my time. Cooled down and did some abs. Shoutout to Jared whose portrait got hung up in the display case. He's like the Wayne Gretzky of art!!