Getting back in shape!

Been having the coughs and a few fevers this weekend but now I think I'm back.  I felt alright for most the run with my forehead burning a few times though. The pace was easy but I couldn't get rid of a pesky cough. Hopefully it goes away soon.

Went out on a pretty tough workout with Jerrell today. It was 70 minutes total today compared to 100+ minutes yesterday, and we went farther. It went 10 E-pace than 10 T-pace, 5E 20T 5E 10T 10E. I felt good until the the last 10 minutes of T-pace where my lack of endurance showed. Still went T-pace, it just did not feel good. Jerrell went faster on the T-paces but came back around for the E-pace so he got some more mileage in. Nice to get a good workout in, it's been a while.

We drove up to the base of Green Canyon for our run today. It was uphill for the first 36 minutes until we turned around. The whole way up and down I kept sinking in a little into the snow, making the run a lot harder than the pace we were going at. Finished the run in an hour and I'm thinking a recovery run for tomorrow before a long one on friday.

Ran on the treadmill because by the time I wanted to run outside it got really cold. Just a quick recovery run.

I would've liked to have gone farther but it was snowing pretty bad. I felt good on the entire run and really wanted to go at least an extra three miles, oh well. Later I did some strength training at the Sports Academy

I went on a four mile fartlek today. I tried to make it hard but I was feeling really good for all of it so I didn't push it much. I'm looking forward to race at Simplot Thursday.

10 E 18 T 10 E. Wasn't tired but it was really cold. Tomorrow I'll take the day off and then do something Wednesday for Simplot on Thursday.

Went on a 6 mile run with Jerrell in preparation for Simplot tomorrow. I felt really good on this run which leaves me feeling optimistic for tomorrow.

I drove up to Simplot with Jerrell. We got there pretty early, about two hours before Jerrell's race. I was expecting the track to be kinda like BYUs but I was surprised to discover it was wood. This led to me having to resort to my cross country flats. I was put in the 4th of five heats. I was ranked like 12th in that heat. I knew my competition would be Zan who was also in my heat, I was hoping I could stay with him for most of the race.This was probably my last high school race as I am not running track this season.

So the Race starts and I cut in from the outside wave. I was at a good position and slowed down a little. After a lead pack passed me I tried to hang on with them. Zan was leading it. We crossed the mile mark at around 5 flat which surprised me since I ran a 5:02 at the USU indoor invitational. At around lap 11-12 Zan started pulling away with the lead pack and I started falling back a little. The last two of the sixteen laps seemed to go on forever but I hung on. I was 3 seconds off my PR from last year's outdoor season which I am pleased with but I feel like I had the endurance in this race just not the speed, which was something I was expecting. Zan won the heat with a 10:08 and I was 22 seconds back.

It feels great to end my track career with a good performance at a pretty big meet and so now I look forward to longer distances, Triathlons and biking. I would like to thank my coaches Drew and Coach Reeder, for helping me be not only a better runner but a better person. Coach Reeder has been pushing me since I was a freshman. We were both driven by the same strong motive of making the Logan High cross country team a team that could qualify for state and further. We worked well together to make it possible and in the end I believe we were successful. Now we both leave behind a cross country team that we left in a good place with competitive runners. Hopefully if will stand strong for years to come. This season without coach Reeder I strived for team unity, something we had until as of late. Due to this Jerrell and I are really the only ones in my grade who made the entire the trek of four seasons of cross country with great amount of dedication. Jerrell has been a great friend and teammate. He's kept me working and I have great respect for him. Jesse Dunn has been my inspiration for my high school running career, he motivated me to become a faster runner through hard work, showing me by example. Drew helped me mature with his brutally hard workouts and his demeanor. He made me fast and also got me into biking. I hope to help him continue making other people fast this track season as an assistant coach.

Nice run around campus.

Ran up to USU and around the quad.