One Mile at a Time

No run in the morning. I had to get some stuff finished up for a college application. After school we had a 50 minute run. It was very rainy and a little cold. The pack today was Jared, Riley, Matt and Ali. We went pretty fast and Matt complained after because he thought Riley and I were pushing the pace but it was a really good run. We made it to Timp and saw some of the Timp XC girls. Tanner's trail was very muddy today and my calves, shorts and back were just covered. Our last mile we went 5:32 so that was exciting. 6:14 for the average. 4 strides after then we finally benched again so that was nice.

AM- 2.5 miles. Fun run.

PM- Mile warm up then 6 800s. We went pretty fast and it felt pretty good. Mile cool down with Jared, Matt, Riley and Ali followed by stretching and abs. I could tell today that yesterday was the first time benching in a while because I'm too sore from it. Talked about Footlocker too. It's going to be fun and same with NXR. Shoutout to the group from yesterday because we apparantly were darting in and out of cars and running down the center of the road and someone called in a complaint!

AM- 3 miles. It's getting a little cold so that isn't cool.

PM- 5 miles with Jared, Matt, Riley and Ali. I like running with those guys. Nice easy run 6:50 average followed by 4 strides and then weights. The run was actaully very enjoyable because it was easy and the weather was nice and Ali was saying some funny stuff. We also talked to a lady in one of those three wheel cart things you use when you're old and she was going slower than us down the middle of the road with a car behind her. She told us to stay safe so we told her to stay safe as well since she was slowing down traffic. Nice lady though.

Lindon Park x2 plus some 200s and extra. Shout out to my shoes for breaking 300 miles.

Got to AF kind of early and did a lap with Matt, Brian, Ali and Luke. Got our stickers then did a mile on the streets with the guys. It was a little cold but really my hands were the only thing bothering me so I raced with gloves. I don't like how the AF course starts so crowded so I just took off and was near the front which was exciting. Usually Riley passes me after about 1.5-2 miles so this race I decided to lead as long as I could. He caught up to me after about 2.25 and I hung on to him. With about 600 to go I started picking it up because I knew Riley has a strong kick. Riley outkicked me probably in the last 40 meters and beat me by a second. 25th overall and 16:57. Tough race. Mile cooldown then went to McDonald's with some of the team.

2.8 this morning. Not very cold and it was weird not running in the dark.

7.65 in the afternoon. Coach had meetings so we didn't do the Reaper. Matt, Ali, Riley and I went to almost the AF stop light. We passed the AF guys as they were headed to the Grinder. Not a super fast run today. 4 barefoot strides after then stretching and abs. Shoutout to Collin for committing to ISU! He's a beast!

2.9 in the morning.

Reaper today. Kind of thought we would do a speed workout but I guess not. I'm happy with how it turned out. The middle part could've been a little bit faster and I could've hung with Ali near the end but I got a PR and broke 9:00. Talked about NXR after practice. I'm excited for that. Ali and Riley made a deal and if Trump wins Ali has to give a speach about Hillary's loss and if Hillary wins Riley has to about Trump so that will be pretty entertaining.

Applegrove in the AM.

1.5 mile warmup then 30 30s for 20 minutes. 3.4 total with a 5:57 AP. Riley used his watch only for the fast and it was 2 miles at a 5:04 pace. Good workout. Ran with Riley and Ali for all and Jared was with us for most. Mile cool down and abs. Ali delivered a great speech. Very entertaining.

2.85 in the morning.

Drove up to Kiwanis then ran to three story and back. 8 miles in the foothills 6:30 ish ap. 4 strides and abs after. So, that's the run but before the run we met Mr. Adams. He saw us driving up so he followed us then informed us that a truck full of naked boys was the funniest thing he had seen all week. Mr. Adams, or as he also told us, Sal. T Sinner, was an old man in a crappy old car with two dogs and he was just cooked. He was the weirdest dude. He was talking to us and kept yelling at his dogs to shut up, then he told us his dogs obey him more than he obeys the Lord and that we shouldn't grow up to be like him. He told us after the run to come by his house and grab some apples since he owned an orchard which we decided not to do. Anyways, really funny guy and next time I talk to any of you ask about him because I can explain much better in person.

2.9 in the AM. Only me, Jared and Ali showed up.

Speed in the afternoon. Some of the girls made coach start practice at 2:32!!! It was crazy! We've never started before 2:37. Anyways, 1.5 mile warm up then 4 1200s. I don't like 1200s. Mile cool down after. Coach said practice will be different tomorrow morning so I'm not really sure what that mean, maybe it'll be frisbee. Or something really hard, who knows. Oh, we had our banquet yesterday, I got most improved. I guess when you drop more than two minutes that's significant improvement. Getting pumped for NXR. Coach entered me, Jared and Riley in the seeded so I'm not sure how that works but hopefully we're in it.

30 minute run today. All the guys ran towards Discovery for 15 minutes. Jared, Matt, Ali and I made it to the middle of the baseball diamonds. 4.7 6:20 ap. Got back and got 1.1 in playing frisbee. At one point I was sprinting and then somehow slipped or something I'm not really sure and I slid for about 5 yards and cut my knee a little too. It was pretty funny. My team got wrecked. You can't win 'em all. Sadie's today so I'll probably get another 5 miles at the dance, maybe not.

Sadie's with Nicole and the cross country kids on Saturday was so sick!

2.9 in the AM.

Chiropractor again today during the school day.

7.2 at a slower pace today something under 7:00. .5 of strides. The varsity guys were all pissed today about some team stuff so going slow was hard because we kept picking up the pace. The good thing is we aren't mad at the other varsity guys.

Threw in a bunch of abs and pull ups and push ups to blow some steam.

Lindon loop. Saw JT from Timp running.

6 with the varisty minues Brian and Reed so the norm. Riley and Matt turned early becasue they weren't feeling great so mainly me, Jared and Ali. I'm in the open for NXR so that's disapointing. Maybe doing abs later.

AM- Lindon Park

PM- 4x800. Three minute rest inbetween and 30 seconds slower pace than usual. I'll be racing the open :/ Still excited to race it though, hoping to break 16:00. It's going to be a fun trip.

4 in Kanab with the boys. Fun fact, Kanab backwards is bacon!

3 in the morning. The plan was to meet at 7 with the guys and run but only three of us ran and none of us caught each other leaving. I went on a road that the hotel lady said is called holy circle because there was no joke at least 9 different churches in a row.

2.5 or something. We didn't do the entrie course because we went to the shirt exchange. I got an XL Pine View shirt and then a Mohi shirt. It was a fun experience.

Loved racing. Did a mile warm up then Ali and I didn't know where the guys went but we drained because we needed to and it turns out they did to but by a building and we didn't hear. Super fun race. I started out pretty hard and was around fourth at the mile mark in the boys open. Hit it at 4:53(?). Not quite sure on all the splits I'll check later but anyways I finished 9th in my race and 16th out of both boys open races with a 16:38 and I broke 16 in the three mile! That was really cool. PG boys took fourth in the open without Riley so we were happy. Super fun race and environment. Loved the trip minus driving in a van without any air conditioning through Arizona. Not sure how my running will be next week because my achilles is hurting for some reason.

Not running today because of my achilles. I have a chiropractor appointment later.

Well, I might have a little tear in my achilles. Gotta take some time off.

Crazy mileage today! Actually I just helped time the Reaper.

Don't plan on running today but I'm going to try tomorrow.

No running today. Did a little over 7 miles biking on the canal towards Lone Peak. It was a good workout.

Got an ultra sound on my achilles and I can run again. Hopefully. Got home from the chiropratcor around 5:00 and then did three miles and it was snowing a ton and freezing cold but my achilles didn't hurt so hopefully it doesn't tomorrow. 

First 1.5 with Matt and Riley then I turned around. My knees hurt and my achilles was just a little sore. I want to do at least four tomorrow.

Today was a pretty good workout. I was happy with it for the most part. We did 4 800s with a 400 recovery. My average pace for all the 800s was a 5:10 ish. Mile cool down. My knees hurt on the last fast 800 a little but other than that I felt great. No pain in the achilles. My hands were freezing today so I took my shirt off to try and use it like gloves but it didn't work and I just got colder. I feel pretty good for Footlocker and it should be a great race!