*Leave*A*Legacy*

Woooo!!!! Makes me look really undedicated.  First post and it is just 4.94 miles.  We had a slacker day today.  We played tag and it was kinda weak cuz only 8 guys played.  It is much more intense when we have lots more people playing.  Still pretty fun.  I have been sick for the past while and after yesterdays workout I needed an easy day.

Today Justin challenged me to carry a big rock the entire run.  I took the challenge and carried it the entire way.  I used my shirt to make a little bag like thing to help me carry it.  It was so tiring.  After the run we had strength training and it was really tiring.  We were supposed to do a tempo run but since I was carrying the rock I just speed up a tiny bit.  It was really great.  The rock weighed about 8 pounds.  It was a really rough run.  I was left in the back and then I never saw the other guys from their tempo turn back so I ran too far.  I ran for about 58 minutes plus strides.

We had a race at Utah Olympic Ice Oval.  It was really fun.  I got a new mile PR.  I got second place on my team.  My foot had been hurting a little bit but it didn't bother me much in the race.  Afterwords on the cool down it was killing so I dropped off early.  It was a really fun race.

We ran the extended mountain run.  It is a pretty hilly path on the side of a mountain.  My foot was still hurting so it was kinda hard but I was able to keep up on the run.  I didn't run on Saturday because of my foot.  Afterwards we went and ate waffles at Lil' Warner's house.  It was a good run and the last mile we were feeling pretty good so we went at a 5:20 pace.  

We did a hill workout.  It is a 600 meter hill.  I am one of the top on the team and even though my foot was hurting a bit, it didn't bother me while we were going fast pace for the hills.  The hills were with active recovery for the whole time.  So I was pretty happy with my times.  I did them negative split with 2:03, 2:01, 2:00, 1:59, 1:57, and 1:55.  It was a good run.  We had strength training afterwards and did some sprint things as well as push ups and core stuff.  We also did some lunges and they were really tiring after the hill workout.  Overall a good run and good strength training with a little pain in my foot.

We did an awesome modest run today.  I got chased a few times so I got a few good sprints.  I got tagged the first game because I was on mud so I couldn't juke very well.  So I was bummed that I got tagged.  But the second game I stayed alive the whole time.  I was very sore from yesterday but an overall good day.

We did the Mountain Run today.  It was fun but really hard because two days ago really killed my legs.  When we started I was going as fast as my body would let me but I was falling behind because my legs were so sore.  When they finally warmed up I caught up and had a good run but before it was really hard.  We had strength training today and it was a pretty easy one.  We took an ice bath after that and that was freezing but now I'm feeling amazing.  Tomorrow we have our first interval workout but I don't know how hard I'm going to take it because my foot has still been bothering me a bit. 

We did 1000 meter intervals on the track today.  It was really hard.  I hit 3:01, 2:59, 3:01, and 3:07.  The last one was so hard and it was super windy so our coach said that Lil' Warner and I should switch off leading against the wind so that made me go faster than I was able to.  The last one we hit the 400 meter mark at a perfect time.  I was leading that one but it took too much out of me.  So I slowed down after my leading was done.  I hit the 800 meter at 2:27 so that was pretty slow.  Then the last 200 I was dying so I went pretty slow in.  I was exhausted but it felt like a good first interval workout for the year.  My foot was bothering me a little so I iced it a bit and that helped it out.

Had a really awesome run.  Today the normal fast group none of them were feeling good so they were back some.  We did 2.5 miles up in the foothills but we decided to go down so we wouldn't be exhausted for our hill workout tomorrow.  Then Justin, Craik and I started running fast.  We did the first 2.5 miles in 20 min. and then we did the next 5.5 in 33.  We were raging and at some points we were going sub 5:20 pace.  Justin and I did a little more than Craik but it was a tiny bit more.  It was very fun and I felt great except my foot was hurting a little bit.  We had strength training afterwards and our coach owes lots of us chocolate chip cookies because we kept balance for the 1 leg squats while doing arm things at the same time.  The strength training is making us stronger and faster so I'm really excited about racing.

We did 6x600 meter hills today.  It was fun.  My foot was hurting really bad going down but going up was just fine.  Our coach told us to go slower than we could have.  Lil' Warner and I wanted to go 2:00 average but our coach told us to go slower at 2:02 pace.  We still went 2:02 1:58, 2:03, 2:00, 2:00, 2:,00.  We both were tired but not super dead.  We did 15 min of warmup and cool down.  Down hills are the worst.

I have a huge blister on my foot and yesterday's hills just made it worse so it was massive today.  It hurt a ton to walk and run with shoes on.  Barefoot it wasn't rubbing against anything so it wasn't as bad but it was still bad.  My other foot has still been hurting but it wasn't very bad today.  I've been icing it everyday for a week.  Some of us went and played soccer while the others went up the canyon.  My foot wouldn't have survived the canyon so I went with the soccer people.  We got to play barefoot which was amazing for me so it didn't hurt that bad.  Tomorrow I'm planning on doing the workout if my foot doesn't hurt too bad. 

We did 45 mins. at 6:00 mins/mile.  My foot was feeling a lot better because I popped my blister.  My other foot still hurt a little bit but not bad.  5 min. warmup and 5 min. cool down.  averaged about 7:07 on the warmup and cool down and paced almost perfectly and averaged 5:58.  It was a solid run.

Did an awesome adventure run full of hills.  We went up to a cool rock formation and then went to an awesome cave.  We then ran back down on the golf course.  It was a struggle going down because of my foot but going up was fun.  We did strength with the sprinters and they all were having major issues doing it while it wasn't a super hard workout.  We have done harder so it would be fun watching them try some of our harder ones.  I iced my foot again and it started feeling better after icing it.

We did hogs backwards today.  It was really fun going up the hills but when we got to the top I was worried about going down it because of my foot.  I was right to be nervous because it was hurting pretty bad and I slowed down a ton.  Some of the guys beat me down to bottom by about 4ish minutes.  Normally I am able to keep up with them on runs like this but I just couldn't because of my foot.  I took a shortcut back so I didn't get as much miles in but it was only by a tiny bit.  I iced my foot really well today and hopefully it will be doing better by our progression run on Monday.  I really excited for the progression run.

Did Boneville but didn't go out very far because we were supposed to have a core workout at 2:30 so we had to be back for that.  We got back and we didn't see any coaches so we waited a while.  We then went and did the golf course run for the rest of our time.  Galen and I were going a pretty decent pace for the whole thing so we got decent mileage.  Tomorrow we have a hard workout so we didn't want to completely kill ourselves so for the strength training we did "fun stuff".  Which means a lot of different kinds of planks which wasn't actual fun but whatever.

Shout out to Galen for leading us on a run that we had a "Good time" doing.

We were supposed to do a progression run but a random huge snow blizzard came in so the track was packed with snow.  There was a big wind so it would have been hard to run through.  We stayed inside and did spinning.  It was way harder than it should have been.  I was as wet as I would be if I jumped in a pool because of sweat.  My thighs were burning.  I was dying.  It was so hard.  We did it for an hour with some sprints on the bike as well as "no saddle riding" sprints as well as increasing the difficulty of pedaling.  We might do the progression run tomorrow but that will be hard.  I'm excited for it though. 

Today we did a modest run.  It was awesome.  The problem was it was still snowy on the ground so I had a hard time juking people.  I got tagged but it was at the very end of the game.  It was really fun.  Afterwords we ran to Mountain Ridge and cheered on the Junior high runners who did there season long run of 2ish miles.  Mountain Ridge track was so easy.  After we did that we came back to the school.  It was a good run even though I was hoping for a progression run.  We have our marroon and Gold meet tomorrow so I'm excited for that.

We had a intersquad meet today.  But they changed it and said that everyone was only running the 400.  I ran a 56.  A new PR.  I feel like I can run a 54 now that I know what I'm doing.  It was really fun.  Then we did a workout and I was feeling really good.  I wanted to go faster but Ryan said to not go as fast as I wanted.  I didn't listen to him on the last 400 interval because Courtney told us she wanted to see us pulling with our arms.  I ran a 63 so that was fun.  We did the golf course for our cool down and warm up.  I am ready to race the mile soon. 

We had strength training today and it was pretty hard.  It hurt my quads super bad.  They are so sore now.  I did a really easy run because they were so tired.  We practiced our form for sprinting.  We ran 100 yards a few times and practiced using our arms to help us move faster. 

Yesterday's strength training killed me and it hurts a ton to move my legs.  I dropped Josh off at practice and then came home because there was no way that I would be able to survive Hogs Hollow.  I came home ate a bagel then decided to go on a slow run.  I went a little under 30 min.  I never want to do that strength training again because it made me so sore.  Two days in a row that I have struggled with a simple slow run.

We met at 7 am today to run because we had our strength workout after at 8ish.  We did extended mountain run today.  It was fun.  My thighs are still super sore from the strength workout we did on Friday so it was hard going down hill.  The up hills were fun though.  I ran for 49 minutes.  It was an enjoyable run.  Strength was really easy today because we are having a Duel meet against Lehi tomorrow.

I had a race today so I went to that.  I warmed up with Jamison because we were going to do the 400 and 2 mile.  We did the 400 but I realized I wouldn't have time to do the 2 mile because I was accompanying Russell at his solo ensemble thing.  I did the 400 and ran unofficially 56.77 and then left and did the thing with russell.  After the thing with Russell we went out to eat at Melty Way.  It is a delicious restaurant.  After I got home and went over to the track.  I ran a little bit before the track as a warm up like thing.  Then I decided to run a 5:00 mile pace for as long as I could.  I did it for 1.5 miles but I can definately do better if I don't eat a gourmet grilled cheese sandwich before running.  And I was also still sore from thursdays strength training.  I cooled down at a faster pace but not fast enough for fast miles.  It was a good run overall.

We did a strength training before our run the we went and did a modest run.  I decided that I am never going to try to escape through the bushes.  It is so much easier just juking and running.  And a lot less painful.  I got a few cuts on my body.  And I got caught by Jamison.  I'll probably run some more later tonight.  Tomorrow is supposed to be a hard workout since our race on Saturday is a really chill race. 

Today we did an 800 600 400 800 600 400 workout.  It was pretty fun.  I thought I was going to die because my legs were really tired on our warmup.  But the first 800 brought them to life.  I did all of the intervals fastest today.  I ran a 2:21, 1:43, 1:06, 2:22, 1:46, 1:07.  There was a nasty wind on the back stretch so that made it really hard.  I was pretty happy with the workout though.  I felt like my legs are finally being able to start moving again.  They haven't felt very good since our Time Trials and the strength we did after it killed me.  I am finally recovering from that and can barely feel that strength training now. 

Shout out to Spencer Smith for letting the kid who is "tapering" beat him in the workout. :)

Some of our team played tag while some of them went on the mountain run.  I stayed and played tag.  We invited the girls to come play with us and they did.  It was really fun.  We also had 2 sprinters who came with us because most of the sprinters went to the meet or didn't practice today.  It was really fun.  We did the golf course afterwords.  We also did strides.  Tomorrow I'm racing the 4x1 mile and the Distance Medley.  I'm doing either the 800 or 1200 in the Medley because Jamison is doing the 400 and Lil Warner is doing the mile and Galen and I don't really care which we do so we will decide tomorrow at the meet.  We are going for the course record on the 4x1 mile and hopefully on the DMR.  It will be a really fun race.

Today we had the cougar relays.  It was really fun.  I raced in the 4xmile and DMR.  I ran the 1200 in the DMR and I had put about 100 meter lead on the 2nd place person.  It was not very fast.  I ran a 3:22.  We won the DMR.  In the 4xmile it wasn't a relay but everyone had 4 people per team run it and just added their times together.  We broke the course record even without 2 of our top four racing in it.  We didn't win first though.  It was really dissapointing but oh well.  I ran a 4:32 and placed 3rd.  Galen ran a 4:36 and placed 4th.  Justin ran a 4:49 and Josh ran a 5:04.  I'll probably go run 4-5 more miles later.

Shout out to Galen for being cool and wearing the same spikes as me.

Went on a 5 mile run on Bonneville tonight with my brother.  While we were running up there we saw Spencer Smith driving somewhere.  We weren't going super fast at the beginning (7:35 pace) but we picked it up some over the next 4 miles so we finished at 35 mins. so an average of 7 flat pace.  It was very hard because my legs could feel the race in them still.  But it was good to go get some miles on tired legs. 

We did 1000s today.  We warmed up for 20ish minutes then went and did the workout.  I think our coach made our workout impossible just to see how hard we would push ourselves.  We were supposed to do 4x1000m at our mile pace.  I hit 2:54 the first one 2:56 the second one and on the third I hit 2:59.  Coach saw that we were dying so he had us do an 800 instead of the last 1000.  He told us to go at 2:20 pace.  I was already so dead from the 1000s but I tried to do it.  I ran a 71 second split the first 400 and then I died hardcore.  I ran the 800 in 2:37.  It felt so awful.  Afterwords we did a cool down.  It was a pretty slow cool down but I was dying so I fell a little bit behind.  We went and took an ice bath in the river and many of the guys decided that today was a good day to get initiated.  

Shout out to Justin for beating me in the 800.

We had a pretty easy strength training today.  We did Boneville today and it was awful.  I hurt from yesterdays workout so I wanted to do something easy and not fast but everyone else decided to go do Boneville.  We went and found a new trail and it is called Boneville Backwoods.  Jamison and Spencer and I just went the normal trail while everyone else went on that.  On the way back we saw Russell, Seth, and Steven had found a cave up on the mountain side.  It was pretty cool.  We came back pretty quickly and we are all going to be done for it tomorrow in our workout out.  It is 8-10 400's at 66 pace for Lil Warner Galen and I, then 67 pace for Jamison.  Jamison's favorite workout is 400's so he will probably be going at the 66 pace and I am awful at 400's so I'll probably go at 67-68 pace hopefully.  I don't know how I will do since we killed it yesterday and today instead of recovering, yet still getting good mileage, somewhat so that we can actually do speed.

Did 9x400's.  It wasn't very fun.  Afterward we had to run a jr high track meet.  I got to be the announcer and it was fun.  I went home and went to mutual and we went ice skating.  It was pretty fun but I really needed to be doing homework because I'm exhausted and need sleep since I haven't been in bed before midnight for the week and I have had early morning seminary. I'm trying to get a decent night sleep tonight and a good night sleep tomorrow because we have the meet on friday.  I can also sleep at the meet because I'm running the 3200 and it starts really late.

Shout out to Justin for keeping up right next to the top group on all of the 400's.

Short run today.  We have a meet tomorrow so it wasn't very far.  I had to go home and study for the final tomorrow in American Studies.  Racing the 2 mile and 400 in the meet.

We ran at the Mountain Valley Invite.  It was really fun.  I ran just the 2 mile.  It was so much fun.  I got first, Jamison got 2nd, and Galen got 4th.  We slowed down in the race because none of us wanted to lead and at the beginning of the race a guy from salem hills was leading.  We caught up to him and just stayed with him until the final lap.  On the final lap I started in 5th place but we were a really tight pack.  I ran up and got in first by the 100 meter mark on the last lap.  Then at the 200 I got a pretty big lead.  Then I just took it in.  I ended up running a 62 last lap.  It felt so good.  It was really fun.  Did a good cool down and got a little bit of mileage.  I felt pretty great after running this.  The sprinters told me that they were impressed with my last lap so that was pretty cool.

I was extremely tired so I didn't go as far as I had planned.  I was hoping to do 11 miles so I would get 45 miles this week but I ran in the afternoon because I was reffing soccer this morning while the team ran.  I ran up to Bonneville and then decided I was going to do the mountain run.  I went all the way over there and ran some of it then I ran into craik who had also missed the run this morning.  I turned around because he was going back where I was coming from and ran to the end of that then started heading backwards on the Mountain Run.  It was really hot so I was dead and I had already been out in the sun for a while reffing and I had just eaten so I turned back around to head home.  I went home and ended up with 50 minutes and 30 seconds.  It was really tiring but felt good to get the race somewhat out of my legs.  I may do more later tonight. 

Today we did 5x800's.  My stomach was hurting so I didn't do it that great.  I ran 6 because Trevor missed one and I paced him on his last one.  I found out that I wasn't going to run at our duel meet.  I was going to do 400's in preparation for the UVU meet on Saturday.  Jamison and I are hoping to qualify for state in the 2 mile.  I think that we can both do it.  I definitely think that I have a good chance because my last 400 when I raced a 9:44 was a 62 so since AF is there the race will be faster and I won't have to lead and have qualifying pace while leading.  I can just follow behind and qualify for state.  Galen is trying to qualify in the mile. 

Did a modest run.  It was pretty fun.  Afterwords I did some pushups and planking and leg lifts while the other people did strides since most of them have a race tomorrow.  I like doing strides the day before I race and since I'm not running tomorrow I didn't want to do the strides.

Today we had a meet but my coach didn't want me to run so that I could get a good workout in tomorrow.  So I did a distance run with Spencer Smith because he wasn't running either.  It was 35ish minutes because I wanted to get back to watch the guys mile.  They were hoping to go sub 5 but Russell threw up right before the race and still raced a 5:06ish and Steven ran a 5:01ish.  The head coach asked me to be the announcer since I had announced the junior high meet.  It was fun because I just talked to the other people in the box who were recording the times.

We had a track work out today.  It was 8x400.  I wanted to run faster because I felt really good.  We went 66ish pace on all of them.  I felt like if I pushed it really hard I could have done 63 on all of them but 65 would have been a fast but still semi comfortable.  I felt really good.  I used to not like 400's but now I don't not like any of the workouts.  On Saturday I'm racing the 2 mile at UVU and I'm hoping to qualify for state.  I'm really excited for that.  Hopefully I will be able to.

We have the UVU race tomorrow so it was a really light run.  Lots of the guys went to legacy to run but I had to be back earlier so I stayed and ran at Lone Peak with Steven and Russell.  We went down to AF area and came back.  We ran for 32 minutes and then I did some strides afterwords.  I'm feeling pretty good about racing tomorrow and qualifying for state hopefully.

I'm so pumped.  I qualified for state in the two mile!!!!!  I was really worried because 15 minutes before starting time I got a really bad bloody nose.  I went to try to get it to stop but it wouldn't so I just had to go out there while it was still kind of bleeding.  I had to sniff a lot so it wouldn't drip.  When the race started it had finally calmed down a bit but it still was bleeding a tiny bit.  It hurt my throat so bad in the 2 mile.  I was so happy I was able to get through it.  I went the first two laps with Jamison and Lil Warner but they started falling off pace and my coach said that I needed to qualify today because he needs me in the sprint medley.  So I went without them and started pulling away.  I went up and caught up a guy from salem Hills.  This put me in second place and I was right on pace with hitting 72 second laps.  Mckay Johns was the only one in front of me but at this time (the 5th lap) he was 50ish meters ahead so it felt like he wasn't even part of the race.  I tried to pull away from the Salem Hills guy because one of my coaches said I was a few seconds off pace at 600 meters left.  I started speeding up but my legs did not want to.  So I ended up hitting the 400 meters left mark at 8:26.  I was super mad cuz I thought I wouldn't be able to qualify but I started trying to kick a little bit even though I was dead.  I managed until 100 meters left and then I died/  The salem hills guy passed me and I was gonna slow down a lot but I saw the time on the board so I realized I still had enough time to qualify so I got a little bit more energy and was able to kick it in from 50m left.  I ended up running a 9:34.85 when my nose was bleeding and it was extremely hot so I'm pretty excited for when I feel good and the weather is a little bit cooler.

Some of those 9.76 should be fast miles but I don't know how much so I just put it all in as slow.  But during the track class we weren't sure if we were running but Galen Jamison Craik and Justin all left while we went to get our stuff because we thought we weren't running.  So we did a sophomore run and brought my rock to the sophomore tree and put it in there.  It was really slow and it was 1.54 miles total.  We messed around at the tree for a while then came back.

I waited because we were supposed to have strength training but it didn't happen.  Then Lil Warner and I went up to Bonneville and did that.  It was really fast.  We did it in 49 Minutes and went 8.22 miles so at an average of just under 6 minutes per mile.  We started out going really fast like 5:10ish pace but then calmed down and my calf was on fire so with about 2 miles until the school we took a small 45 second stretching break which helped my calf a lot.  It was really fast and Lil Warner said that he would follow me but then he just sprinted off ahead and set the fast pace for the whole run.  It was brutal.  We saw the girls running on Bonneville also.  

My goal this week is to go for at least 50 miles this week since the past few weeks I've been slacking off a lot but that is because of races. 

We did a track workout today.  we did 1200 800 800 400 400.  It was pretty good except it was really windy.  They were really fast.  The last 400 our coach let us do it fast so it would stimulate our kick at the end of a 2 mile but it didn't work out for me.  I ran a 69 which is slower than my 800 splits and my 400 meters from the first time.  It wasn't like my kick because I found out that I ran a 64 last lap on the 2 mile on Saturday and the time I ran the 2 mile before I ran a 62.  I have always had a good kick so that really helps me.  I'm taking it easy for Wednesday and Thursday because my coach wants me to qualify on Friday for the Mile.  I don't know how well that will go because right now I'm more used to the 2 mile but I will try.  I'll be running it with Galen and Jamison and Lil Warner.  But they will have run the 2 mile the day before because they are trying to qualify. 

Today was a small run because most of the guys are racing today or tomorrow.  We ran down and did the trampoline run and found a weird ball so we stopped to play a weird version of basketball with a ball similar to a golf ball.  It was really fun. 

At the tri meet today I wasn't doing anything because my coach wanted me rested so I decided to mess around and do the long jump.  But then after my coach came over and asked if I was sure I wanted to do it.  I had already done it so she was mad.  But oh well.  I did a 13'7" which is awful but I didn't know anything and it is the first time I ever did it. 

Did a short run of 35 minutes today because I'm racing tomorrow.  Did a few strides afterword but my nose had started bleeding on the run which was really annoying.  I ran with Jacob Jensen since everyone else was at the meet or sick or busy.  It was a good run.  I may not make my goal of 50 miles this week because my coach had me slacking on the miles because of the race.  But I'll do a decent amount tomorrow and on saturday.

Today at the Alpha Invite I ran the mile and the 800.  I was really worried when I got there because my chest had been hurting when I breathed and it felt like a sickness.  I think that the anxiety before racing got it out of me cuz I felt great during and after the race.  During the mile I felt really good but got boxed in on the first 1 and a half laps so I couldn't speed up as much as I wanted.  I still came across the 800 mark at 2:12 which is qualifying pace.  I then went out to lead the pack of people (everyone except Mckay Johns who was about 40-50 meters ahead of everyone).  I ran the rest of the race alone without people really coming from behind and Mckay too far out infront. 

For the 800 I was put in the fast heat with a seed time of 2:02 when my PR was high 2:06.  I ran it after feeling tired from the mile and I ran about a 2:02 which made me really happy.  I was glad but in the race I could feel my legs locking and not being able to move much faster because I was so exhausted.  It was a good race though and I got I think 10th overall.  It was fun stuff.

Josh and I did mountain run today in between sessions of conference.  It was good.  I was sore from racing but it felt good to get out and run.  In General conference I'm learning a lot and am excited for more.  I love and could use all of their inspired messages (especially ones about being humble since I kinda forgot yesterday cuz I was so happy about PRing) 

Had a good run from legacy today.  We went to steven's house but he wasn't up so we then went on a new part but we found out it was government property so while we were leaving some guy came up to us and told us that we had to leave.  We left and then got on the mountain run backwards.  We did that and Lil' Warner and I did the mountain run in 11 minutes.  We then went down through the trail to lambert and turned at the church.  We then went back to the park.  It was a good run.

So I woke up  to go to practice but I felt really sick so I didn't go.  I got up and tried to walk but I barely could.  I threw up 3 times and I took a shower.  Afterwords I was laying on my couch when the door knocked and it was some of the people  who had gone to practice.  It was Russell Steven Autumn and Ellie.  I talked to them for 25ish minutes then they left.  I was standing when I was talking to them so I got really tired. 

I've been feeling better as the day has been going on so I may try to go run 2-4 miles today.

I'm still recovering from my sickness from yesterday.  My stomach still hurts but I'm not as weak.  I didn't go to practice because I knew I wouldn't be able to keep up with the team.  I went at 10:00 and I felt really sluggish to start.  I did the 3.6 miles in just over 25 minutes.  The cold made it much easier to run in so I ended up going at just over a 7:00 pace.  It felt good to go run after yesterday being so sick.

Went to practice today despite still not feeling 100%.  I ran for 2.42 miles with the team then I turned around.  It took me 34 minutes to do the 5 miles so slightly quicker than 7 minute pace.  It was supposed to be a fast distance run today but I am still recovering from my sickness.  Tomorrow we have a workout and I'll try to do that.

Today we were supposed to do 5x800 at mile pace but since I've been sick I wasn't expecting to go that fast.  We did the first one and the top group which was lil warner and me came through at 2:20.  It was rough.  The next one I maintained but Lil' Warner got 2:30ish.  Same thing on the next 2.  Then our coach Katie saw we were all struggling so she had us split the last 800 into 2x400's.  We were supposed to hit them at 66-68 pace.  I hit 67 and 67 so I was happy with that.  The workout was really hard since I was just barely sick but I am recovering pretty quickly. 

We were going to do hogs but none of us felt like it.  So we went up to sliding rock through a back trail.  Then I was done running and just was going to go back cuz I was wiped out from yesterday's workout.  But Little Warner said that it was about the same this other way back so I followed but then he "forgot to make a turn" and so we went way farther than I wanted.  I was feeling a lot worse than I had been so it was really hard.

Shout out to Connorballer for his outstanding time yesterday in the 2 mile and also a great time for the 800. 

We warmed up for 10-12x400's.  I did a decent warmup since the rest of the team was waiting for Jamison to get his classes scheduled.  Then we went out on the track and started. I felt great on the first 5 cuz I hit 65 65 64 64 63  then I started dying because I could feel my sickness coming back up.  Then I hit 66 67 68 70 73. Then coach said I could be done since I was struggling so much.  So I did ten total while Lil' Warner and Jamison did 11.  I felt awful but oh well.  Justin ended up puking afterwards so that was a party for him.  I thought I was but I think I got all of my puking out last week. We did the golf course for our cool down.

We had a good old modest run today.  I was awarded the most outstanding modest runner of the century or something like that by Lil' Warner cuz I escaped from a tight group.  It was a lot of fun.  I felt really sluggish at first but after the first game I was feeling a lot better.  After we did the golf course.

We did 600 400 200 600 400 200.  It was really good.  We were just trying to hit fast times so we got more rest inbetween. It was good.  We have an easy day tomorrow then we race in the Utah County Invite.

Today we ran to the stop sign by art dye and back.  It was about 4.5 miles.  It was a good time. After we did some strides. I am feeling a lot stronger than I have since I have been sick so I'm really excited about the race tomorrow. I am hoping to qualify for the mile which I think I can.   

Today we had the Utah Country Invitational.  It was good.  I raced the 1600.  I was right on pace for state qualifying through the first 2 laps but then the third lap I slowed down.  I still had energy left on the 4th lap so I started going but then on the back stretch the wind had just picked up so I lost tons of time.  After I got through that back stretch I was destroyed but was able to push through and get 5th and run 4:27.  It was a good time.

We did a solid cool down afterwards.

I was in the Medley today. I ran the 800 for it.  It was rough.  My team gave me a great lead but that made me lead the race.  I was in first until the final 100 when Casey from AF came and outkicked me.  He ran an insane time of about 1:55. I definitely could have pushed harder but I didn't go for it on the last 100. I should have tried more but my team still ran a 3:37 and qualified for state.  So that was good.

I did another good cool down after that. I was mad about not pushing it hard and winning so it was a pretty good speed of a cool down.  It was fun racing and my coach said that he was going to put me in the mile at the Davis Invitational next week and I'm going to qualify there.

Shout out to Connor from Lehi for qualifying in the 3200 today.

Shout out to Galen because he did amazing and got a PR in the 3200.

We had a good run today. We did boneville.  It was a good time.  On the way up I was feeling really slow and I have no idea of the pace. But on the way back I was flying.  I was really mad about my race on Saturday how I let Casey out kick me at the end so I started going really fast. I felt like I was flying.  It felt so good.  I stopped for 1 minute to recover on the way back and to get a drink. I got back at 1:28 and lil warner said that it was 1:05 when I turned around. So I came back in 22-23 minutes and it felt so good. I am hoping to pound the mile and 2 mile and 4x800 at davis.  It'll be a good time.

We did a 200 400 600 800 1200 400 400. We were supposed to go 30, 64-66, 1:39, 2:12-2:14, 3:36, 65,65. I ended up doing the first 4 intervals on pace but then I died. I ran a 3:50 for the 1200 then a 69 for the 400 then ryan had me drop out. I have been struggling with all the stuff since I have been sick and haven't been able to keep a good constant pace through the work outs.

Did the mountain run today for a good distance run. We did it pretty quickly, especially the last 2 miles.  They were fun. At two miles left we sped up a little and kept getting faster and faster. We did the last 2 miles in 11 minutes. The last mile was at about 5:10 pace. It was a good time.

So we had a work out for after school but josh christensen called me to see if I could come help set some things up for prom so I said I would. I got there and helped with some of the stuff. Then after we finished when I was about to leave my coach called me and asked where I was. Then I told him and he told me that if girls were becoming more important than track I should reorganize my life. He was joking but it was kinda funny. Then he talked to my date and said that it was all her fault.  She is also a runner. I came back and did the workout but I didn't get much of a cool down in because I had to go ref some soccer games. the work out was 400 300 200 400 300 200 400 300 200. It was good.

Not a big run. Just to get the workout out of our legs. It was good. I had prom today so that was a ton of fun. It was crazy weather but it was still a blast.

We had the davis race today and I was really nervous cuz prom had made me really tired. So I went up there and I didn't feel good until after the race had started. I got really excited and the awful feeling in my legs and stomach went away. I was in last place for the entire first lap. Then I was in last place for most of the second lap. I came across at 65 the first lap then 2:11 for the second. I knew the third lap was my weakest point so I pushed it hard and moved up a lot of people. I ran a 66 putting me at a 3:17. Then I knew I needed to go if I wanted to qualify so I put on a little bit of speed with 400 left and then even more at each of the 100 meter marks. It was a good time. Official time of 4:20.41

We also did a 4x800 team but we were all tired and it was windy and wet so it was slow. We got 4th and got 8:44. I ran 2:07.

Today we (the sophomores) went up onto bonneville and decided to go up the mountain. We saw some rock outcroppings so we went there. We hiked/ran up there. It was super steep so it wasn't possible to run up all of it but we ran a decent amount of it. It was tiring. We went a little further than the rocks and went to a lone pine tree that was up there. It was a good time. Going down wasn't as fun cuz it was painful on my knees but not too bad. Up hill is much better than down hill.

We had a good workout today. We did 400 300 400 300 400 300 400 300 400 400. I did good until the last one. I hit 63 46 62 45 62 46 63 46 62 68. In workouts I always struggle with the last one. I do fine in races but in workouts I just can't do them. So I have to work on that. But I'll figure it out and get it all good. But it was a good fast workout. I'm really excited for BYU cuz I'm going to go for the school record in the 800 meters. I just need to run two 59's which I think I can do on a fast track as long it is nice weather. It should be a good time. I also am running the 3200 and I'm in the seeded heat of the mile. I'm not going to go that well cuz the 800 always takes it out of me but oh well. It should be a good time. Hopefully Galen and Lil Warner and Jamison can qualify then.

Had a good time today. We ran down by AF and did a short little loop over there. Then we came back. My friends had asked me to pace them for the mile today at our duel meet cuz they wanted to break 5.  They said they wanted me to hit 73 74 74 and then my coach said I had to drop out at that time. I was the leader for the first 2 laps but then my brother came and passed me on the third lap. I hit the laps perfectly at 73, 2:27, and 3:41. (I just put in the time of my friend who ran in it that I was pacing.)  So it was a good time. I did a little warm up and cool down with them so I got some more mileage then the rest of the guys. It was super fun to run in a duel meet again. I ran in my trainers with my old soccer jersey and my soccer shorts. It was a lot of fun.

We ran and did the tramp run today. Then we stopped to play some whongetball. It was a good time. Then we came back and did some strides. I'm ready for BYU tomorrow and I'm going to go crush the 2 mile. I'm hoping to get 9:25ish. so just under 71 seconds per lap. It should be a good time. The next day won't be quite as good because I am racing the 800 and then I'm racing in the seeded mile. I'm going to die in the mile cuz the 800 is gonna kill me but it should be kinda fun running with all those fast dudes even if I finish 30 seconds behind them.

I did not have a good time racing today. I raced the two mile and I have had a cold for the past 2 days but today was the worst day so far of the cold. I have a stuffy nose and I have a bunch of stuff in my throat. I thought that I could just get past this and go race what I wanted to be hitting so I went out in 70 and kept that pace and came across at 4:40. Then I realized that I was gonna die. I buckled hard and ended up running a 5:01 for my last mile. It was so dreadful. I was really disappointed but I'm hoping to come back strong and race an awesome 800 and mile.

Shout out to Galen and Lil' Warner for qualifying and to jamison for almost qualifying.

We did a good workout today.  I got a bloody nose right before the workout started so I ended up doing the workout on my own.  It was 400 400 300 300 200 200.  I ran 63 62 44 43 28 27.  It was a good time. 

Did a 28 minute run with strides at the end.  It was a good time. 

Had a good race at Region.  My coach put me in the race so I could pace Jamison and try to get him qualified for state by placing top four.  The race started out with Thomas Heaps of Lehi cruising out running around a 66-67 first lap i think.  I came through with Jamison at 70.  We just hung around with the main group and let Thomas run himself out.  Then we had a big group that my coach told me to keep Jamison and I right at the back of the back or maybe a second off the group.  I did that.  It was like that until we caught Thomas then sadly he started fading away.  We kept with the top group until 800 left then Ryan told me to start going and told me to get to the front and try to slow down the front group cuz Jamison was fading.  I did that but they all just went right around me so it was little use.  At 400 left my coaches told me the same thing but there was me in the front sean hagert from lehi and someone else pushing up for first but my coaches said at no cost to lose the lead right now so I had to speed up with them.  My coaches then saw that Jamison wouldn't qualify at the 200 mark so they told me that I needed to go win our team some points and get first.  Then I kicked a little bit and won it even though I wanted to drop out to let another person go to state.  I'm so so so so so sorry Westlake dude that got fifth but my coaches said I needed to get all those points even though I wanted to drop out.  So please don't hate me for that because I had to follow my coaches. 

After we did a cool down with AF dudes that ran the 2 mile.  We talked and ran through a muddy field.  Then jumped a short concrete wall but Hagen Harmer hit his shin and it started bleeding so that was sad.  But overall it was a good day except kicking someone out of a spot at state and I feel so bad for that. ;(

Had an awesome time at Region today. First off Huge shout out to Jamison, and Lil warner for qualifying for the mile.  Even huger shout out to Galen who had the sickest kick of all time outkicking Thomas Heaps and Ryan Raff to place 4th and qualify for state. 

Then my 800 finally came around after a good amount of warm up.  The first heat went and they called us out to the line.  Then they told us to take 2 steps back.  Then mr. starter went over to where he shoots the gun and someone started talking to him.  He then came and and said lightning delay. AAAAARRRGGGHH!!!! it was so annoying.  We waited 30 more minutes for lightning delay.  So we had to warm up again.  Got a good amount of miles on my 2 warmups combined.  Then they called us back out and we got back on the starting line.  Then we took two steps back and he called us up and then shot the gun..... and sean hagert went down in the first 100 so it was recalled.  Then we did it again and we finally got to race.  It was fun.  I was in last place for the first 250 meters cuz I was so chill and I wanted a more even pace.  I then sped up a little and came across at a 62.  Then I started going and picked off people one by one except I had let myself get too far behind because I was unable to pick off the number 4 place which is what I was going for. Oh well.

Shout out to Connor Baller for an awesome 800 race. 

Had some really solid games of tag today.  A sprinter came and played with us so we got into some fast chases.  He tried to chase me down a few times but I hung on just long enough until he died.  I also juked some people which was good and trevor started juking people.  So it was a good time.  Got so good speed from a long chase by multiple people but I gave up.  It was a good time.

Had a workout at 11 but I was reffing soccer so my bro and I couldn't make it.  We did it at around 2:00.  We did a 15 minute warmup of about 2.75 miles then we did 8 400's.  It was supposed to be faster than we have ever done them.  I was supposed to hit 62-64 but it was super rainy and windy so it was super hard.  I hit 64 for all except one of them.  The second to last one was a 65.  It was kind of like doing the workout by myself because I was 6-10 seconds infront of josh. It was really painful but I was glad I was able to do it.  Did the same thing just backwards for our cool down. 

My legs hurt so bad when we started and they were super sluggish but after about the 3 miles out they finally got warmed up and recovered some.  We did the mountain run for 20 minutes then turned back.  It felt good to run again after that workout on saturday that killed my legs.

Today we did a short workout of 400 300 200 400 300 200.  My legs have been really tired and I'm just ready to take a break from running now so I really am not expecting much from my state performance.

Short run to prepare for state.

Another short run for state with some strides at the end. I have no desire to run anymore so I'm going to be so excited for state to be done with and get on a break and let my body recover so I can be ready for xc.  Good luck to everyone running at state tomorrow!

We had state today and I was just done with track.  I didn't really care much.  My legs have been super exhausted so I'm ready for my break.  It was fun though even though I have a cold.

Kind of a disappointing way to end.  I was hoping to do a lot better but I was super sluggish and just couldn't move.  It was still fun even though after the 2 mile it was super rainy and even started hailing. 

Played some basketball during track class.  My team won both times when we were legit playing.  At first we did sprinters versus distance and distance won.  Then we did sprinters plus me versus distance cuz one of the sprinters left and another distance guy wanted to play.  I've been lookin up shin splints cuz my shins have been bothering me and underneath my knee have been really weak.  And I seem to have the symptoms of shin splints so I am taking advantage of my break and am gonna cut my time on my legs and physical activity except for the root beer mile and the 600 meter race against the sprinters.  I may not even do those but I have been looking forward to those for a long time.  I'm hoping that I will recover fast so I can get back into some good training for xc.

Today we did the annual lone peak root beer mile.  It was disgusting and nasty.  Craik and I were the only ones that did not throw up.  We drank a can of root beer after they said go then we ran a lap.  Then we did that again for a total of four laps.  4 cans of root beer was tough.  It was highly disgusting.  I was first sophomore to finish but the sophomores were not tough competition. Shout out to Galen for winning with an incredible time of 7:21.

Today we did the 4 mile loop.  I only went out a mile and came back a mile because my shins were hurting.  I could get through the pain but I really don't want to get injured for the season so I'm going to start out by taking it super easy. 

We ran from LP down to Art Dye and back. I felt good going down there but I got a bloody nose right as we turned back.  My shins started hurting also a little bit but it wasn't bad.  They felt weak and a little bit of pain.  I got home and iced them. 

I ran the mountain ridge junior high 5k with my brother pacing him for the school record.  He dropped off hard on the last mile and wouldn't come with me when I told him he needed to push it.  So he didn't get the record and got 17:12.  The record is still by Adam Jensen with 16:55 I think. 

Today I biked a while since I didn't go on  the run/hike up the mountain yesterday.  I went pretty fast and it felt really good.  I'm going to be biking and swimming for a bit until my legs aren't hurting.

Today we did the timberline trail with all the new people who are joining.  We got like 60ish people that came.  It was a slow easy run today.  People who had already been running went 5 but my coach wants me healed so I was only supposed to do 2.5.  It was a good time.  We did an easy strength training afterwords. It was fun.

Today I ran with the JV kids cuz my coach wants me slowly getting more mileage cuz we don't know what is wrong with me.  I had to led the JV kids and I went 7:30 pace cuz I picked up some of the kids in the back multiple times.  It was good.  Tomorrow I'm hoping I'll be able to go up to the varsity group.  I just want to get better.  We did a few planks but nothing much.  I'll probably do some more abs and core stuff later today.

Today I was told to stay with the new kids since I still am not up to 100%.  We went 1.5 miles out and 1.5 back but I would pick up some of the slower new kids so I got like 1.75 miles on the way back.  Then we did some easy strength training and then did some sprints.  It was fun.  My legs didn't hurt much on the run but they were weak and they normally hurt after the run. 

Today I pushed it to stay up with the varsity for the first two miles until I took the JV kids back.  I then did one extra mile to the dumpster and back.  The dumpster mile and the one with the varsity were quality miles then the one with the JV kids were a bit slow but I did a lot of pick ups with them so it wasn't too bad.  

Stayed with the varsity today because it was a shorter run.  Then we played capture the flag with the girls.  I was sliding all over cuz it was on wet grass so I couldn't do it very well.  It was still a lot of fun. I'm hoping that I get some more energy and strength in my legs so I can start training cuz we have some big plans this year if we can all be healthy. 

Longest run I have done in a long time.  The first part was really tiring but after the first 3.5ish miles it got easier.  We did the mountain but steven and I had to be back for a parade so we did the mountain but didn't turn around with the others to pick up the other guys who came.  Then I also walked about 2.2 miles in the parade. 

We ran the Black Trail today.  It was the longest I have run in about a month and the fastest I have run a long distance at so it was a struggle.  My legs weren't too bad but they hurt just a little bit while running.  Normally my legs feel super weak and hurt but today it was just a small pain in them. 

Shout out to lonepeakxc on instagram for making me the very first runner of the week on their account.

Today we did the mountain run.  We did it super fast.  It is a 6 mile loop and we did it in 37 minutes.  Then we went a quarter of a mile back to see if we could find steven whose leg was hurting and then we didn't see him so we came back to the park.  It was a tiring but good run.  

Today we did part of hogs hollow but only the first part.  It was good.  Tomorrow I'm going on trek with my stake and will try to go running but who knows if I'll be able to.  Galen and I also got invited by the AF team to go run ragnar with them so I'm excited for that.  

Went to trek thursday through saturday. Did 4 miles pulling a handcart.

Did 9 Miles most of it pulling a hand cart. 

6 miles down hill for most of it which is harder than uphill I think.  It was fun.

Ran up toward sliding rock but they wouldn't let us in there.  Then we ran down by the camels and then went into lambert and came out by tawny's hill.  Then we headed back to the park.  It was a good run.  My legs have started doing better so I hope they can continue to gain strength and not hurt as much.

Today I ran with American Fork because we needed to discuss the details of Ragnar.  It was fun.  They have a weird run style.  They start out really slow.  Then they pick it up for a bit. Then at 3 miles we stopped stretched and then their coach went off before us.  Then we ran and we picked up the speed a lot.  That is definitely not my style of running.  I just decided to keep a decent speed pace today what I was supposed to do.  I'm excited to run with AF for Ragnar.

I also got new shoes which was exciting.  They are heavier than my other ones so they will take a while to get used to but they feel good.

Today we did the wall. I was planning on just walking it but then I wanted to be the first to the top.  So I ran up it. I went pretty slow. I probably finished it in 4:55-5:00 range.  I finished a lot before everyone else.  Hills are a lot of fun.  Then we went back. Finished with the last mile at 5:40. It was pretty good.

I felt pretty awful today.  I had a cold where my nose is really stuffy and I have a ton of stuff in my throat so it was really hard to run. But I got through it. We went a pretty slow pace today which was nice.  It was around 7:05 average I think. 

Today I ran with American Fork. It was fun.  When they go through tunnel things they start shouting and screaming really loud. It's weird.  We did 4 easy miles to get ready for ragnar. We ran with the girls from AF so the pace was relaxing.  I'll get another 7.7 miles tonight at Ragnar and then another 10 tomorrow.  It should be a lot of fun.  Hopefully my cold won't bug me while I run.  We are hoping to win the high school division which I think will happen because our team is super stacked.

When our van got handed off the slap bracelet we were 15 minutes behind davis.  We stayed that way til my leg where I was supposed to run 7.7 miles but I got lost and ran 8.4 miles but I was going faster than the Davis guy so I only lost 3 minutes and I ran .7 miles farther than him.  On this leg BYU's runner also got lost but he ran an extra 2.6 miles so that would stink to be him. 

My first leg was at 11:30 last night.  My next leg was at 5:30ish.  It was a 6 mile leg.  It was all a slight up hill except 2 parts there was like a third of a mile down hill.  I got sick of the up hill but still maintained not a bad pace.  It was a lot of fun.

My last leg was so so so so so hot.  I was just glad that my average was below 6:00 because of the heat.  It was just 4 miles it had a slight climb for some of it but it wasn't bad.  But the heat was awful.  Before I had dumped water on me and within 5 minutes it was completely dried up.  It was crazy.  Running in the heat, having a cold, with under 2 hours of sleep, and not having full leg strength was really hard but was a lot of fun with the AF guys. 

Shout out to Mckay Johns who even though he doesn't have a blog he ran an 8:40 2 mile in during his 4 mile leg.  He was flying and was going as fast as our car at points.  For a small portion he was going 3:40 pace which is insane. 

Not a super fast run.  Just went on a trail and travelled 4ish miles out then looped back around for a total of 7.25ish miles.  It was good.  We ran it in about 49 minutes.  We have been taking breaks to let people catch up but we really need to stop doing that because it killed me running 8.4 miles straight at ragnar.  We also did strength training today which we really need.  It was a good time.

Our coach told us we could only go 6 because Galen and I were tired from Ragnar but all the other guys decided to go 7 so I just went 7 with them.  We got lost and went through a river which was not fun but oh well.  The last 2.5 miles we went 5:40 average pace so we went decent speed.  My legs definitely don't have the strength they used to have.  I am worried about them because I really want to do well this season but I've lost so much speed that I used to have and so much strength.  I really hope I recover but I don't know if I will be able to this year.

Today we were supposed to go slower and have a recovery day but I was feeling really good so I pushed the pace a little bit but it was still not too fast.  At first I didn't feel too great but after 3 miles in I started feeling great.  It was a good run overall.

Today we did the extended mountain run.  It was a good time.  Last week I didn't get too much running in because of scout camp, but I got a lot of hiking, biking, and kayaking. Scout camp was a lot of fun but we lost a guy in the river so we had to call search and rescue.  We found him and he was just down stream from us. 

Today we only went 6 miles.  It was really tiring.  I don't know why I felt so tired because yesterday wasn't that hard of a run.  It was a good time though. 

Worst run ever... I felt so exhausted.  I don't know why I felt so dead but I did.  We ran to russell's house since he didn't come so we got him out of bed and got him to run.  Then he led us to some trails but the leaders didn't listen to him so we blazed our way through thorn bushes. Then we kept going and went up a little bit of hogs hollow but turned around and headed back after 4 miles.  It was so hard.

Today we ran down to the golf course by lone peak and went up that and went over by the wall. Then we headed down by Healey and went back on the trail.  I felt good the first 2 miles then I felt awful. Then when we were at 3.7 miles we were on a single track trail and I was in the front so I had to go fast and then it just kind of got me going again and I felt good going fast.  We went back pretty fast so overall it was good.  My shins hurt a bit though so I will ice them.

Today we ran the Black Trail.  It is relatively flat.  We ran at an average of about 7:15 pace because most of us are doing a 4th of July race.  It hurt though cuz my legs still have been hurting so hopefully I can do well in the race tomorrow.  I am going up to do the Kaysville 5k so I think that I will be racing a bunch of the Davis kids so that will be fun.

Good luck to everyone running a race tomorrow.

We had the Kaysville 5k with my family today for the fourth of july.  It was fun.  I got there and saw a bunch of Davis kids were racing so I was bummed cuz that meant I wouldn't place as good.  We started off and there was a pack of 4 of us that went out plus some little kid who sprinted the first 100 meters.  We had already started to seperate a bit by about 400 meters. It was Justin Holt, Camren Todd, Logan Mckay, and me.  Justin holt is some 29 year old that was sponsored.  After about a mile in it was just us four then Justin and Camren went farther ahead and Logan and me were together.  They stayed ahead the rest of the race but at that time Logan was leading me.  Then I pasted him trying to catch the others but they were too far ahead.  So I was about 30ish meters ahead of Logan for the rest of the race and I finished about a minute behind the winner.  The course was a bit long but just barely.  My shins were hurting a bit but not a ton until I jogged the course again and then my shins hurt so I only did 2.8 mile cool down cuz I cut the course a bit on my cool down. Then my family went to my uncles house and did a badminton tournament which I won.  So that was fun.

Today we went up the hill work out hill and then instead of heading toward 5 mile loop we went right and did some trail that led to mountain run.  Then after that we went and did the Timberline loop to get us up to 7 miles. 

Today we did Middle Spring.  It was good but yesterday I went over and played tennis and that made my shins hurt a lot.  So instead of going the full 8 miles I turned back a little bit early cuz my shins were not doing well.  We had strength training today and did some dips, push-ups, squats, and sit-ups.

Today was a bunch of separate runs combined.  It was fun.  It was a nice slower pace which was nice so my shins could recover a little bit. Tomorrow we have hill work out so I'm excited for that. Should be a good time.

Today we had our first workout of the year.  We had a hill workout.  It was a lot of fun.  It is 666 meters.  The first one I did was 2:35 and I thought that I was going to die because it felt so hard.  Then next one I ran 2:30. It felt a lot easier because I had finally gotten fully warmed up.  Then the next one I ran 2:28.  Then the last one I ran a 2:26.  It was a lot of fun.  Hill workouts are my favorite work out.

At about 2:20 pm I went on a bike ride.  It was just 10 miles because I felt a few rain drops so I headed back because I had my phone in my pocket. 

Today we did part of Hogs and then turned instead of going up hogs.  My shin was hurting at the end so that was bad.  A bunch of mom's made breakfast for us afterwords which was nice.  It was pancakes, bacon, cantalope, watermelon, chocolate milk, and orange juice.  It was good. Tomorrow we have an 11 mile run so that should be intense.

Today was a good time.  We did Hogs Hollow.  We started at Legacy Park and then went up to hogs and ran a little bit of it.  At 2.6ish miles we stopped and gathered everyone.  Then we did a 2 mile tempo, all uphill.  I had no idea how far the two miles were cuz I didn't have a gps watch with me so I was just running hard for a long time but then I thought we should be about 1.5 miles done and then Jamison called out 1 mile. So I knew I had a lot longer but then the next mile went by quick and I thought I still had a lot farther and Jamison stopped at 2 miles.  It was hard but felt good to get some speed in.  Then we finished off Hogs Hollow and went to sliding rock. Then we headed back and got a total of 11 miles.

Shout out to Jamison for beating me on the hill tempo. 

In the afternoon I went on a 19 mile bike ride.  It felt good and I was going pretty fast.

So I have been gone at AFY the whole week and I was unable to train while I was up there.  So this has been my first run for this week.  Up at camp we walked and adventured a decent amount so I wasn't completely un-active but I just never specifically ran.  AFY was the greatest experience ever.  It was super spiritual and super fun.  6/8 boys that were in my group ran cross country.  There were 4 from Lone Peak that ran, one from Riverton, and one from American Fork.  Our group was super cool so that made it really fun. 

Today we ran hogs.  We didn't go super fast cuz it was just me justin, craik, trevor, steven, and for the first 2 miles Josh.  After 2 miles Josh turned around because he wasn't feeling good. We went to the top and waited for steven a bit then ran down and went to sliding rock but we walked the hill up to sliding rock because we were lazy.  We didn't go down it but we did get a drink.  Then we ran back.  It was a good run overall.

Today we were on vacation in California.  We ran early in the morning and just went around on a bunch of streets. 

Today we did a tempo run because we weren't close to any hills.  We ran the same path we did yesterday.

Today I was feeling tired so I told Josh I was only going 5. He said ok so we just ran down Dyer road for a long time then went down Flower road for a while.  We passed a Warner road and a Russell road.

Did a tempo run today in california.  My bro and I did 7 on 5 off 7 on. We also warmed up and cooled down.  It was a good run.

Really lazy and didn't get up to go running.  I played in the ocean and did a bunch of stuff there but no straight up running.

Drove home today from Cali.  Didn't run but after we got home I went on a walk with my dog and did some push ups. 

Today we did Middle Spring.  It was pretty awful cuz my knees hurt for the first part of the run but then I caught up once my knee had warmed up. My calves were really tight.  Then my shin started hurting and then I slipped and hit my shin and hand hard on some small rocks.  I got a little cut up but it was mostly the hit on my shin that hurt.  Not a good run. We also did a light strength training.  I'm probably going to go on a bike ride later today and do some more core.

Today we did the first part of hogs but then continued on a different trail and went to suncrest and ran down that hill back to the park.  It was a really good run.  I felt so much better then yesterday.  My calves were really tight but it was ok because it wasn't that hard of a run. My knees and shins didn't hurt during the run so that was amazing.  Now I'm getting pumped about running again since I wasn't hurting so bad.

Today we had a hill workout.  It was hard because Lil' Warner wasn't there so I was leading it alone except the first one one of the JV kids, Seth Ririe, managed to keep up for the first 500ish meters but then he had to walk the rest of the hill.  But overall a good workout with consistent times of 2:29, 2:30, 2:29, 2:30, 2:30. 

After we went to help coach ryan move stuff from one model home to another.

Today we did the first part of hogs then went left and went down and did timberline loop. Then we did timberline loop backwards and went around burgess 1.5 times then headed back.  We were still about .5 miles short so we ran around the grass field at Legacy 2 times to bring it up to 8.

We also did strength training after.

Today we did Hogs.  It was good.  We were going to go to sliding rock after but the stupid city is destroying all the forest and stuff there and they were working so we decided it would be best not to go do it.

Today our priest and laurels in our ward climbed Via Ferrata.  It was fun. It wasn't very hard but it was really steep.  We had safety things incase we fell. Some of it was upside down climbing but most was just a really steep up. I'll probably go running later today depending on how my shins feel because they started hurting after yesterday's run.

Today we ran down the black trail then we went through a river bed to timpanogas highway.  In the river bed we were going like 8:00 minute pace so it slowed our average down but the rest we were going probably around 6:40ish pace. It felt really good.  This week we have camp which is gonna be awesome.

Today we ran down to Lone Peak and we did a tempo run. It was good until the tempo cuz my shin started hurting during and after.  Then also after my ITband was hurting.  We did strides when we got back which was nice.  Then we went and took an ice bath.

First day of xc camp.  We ran from sundance up on a trail to Stewart Falls and looped around and came back on the road. 

We ran up the ridge trail which was awesome.  Then we did the loop and were only at 6 so we went up some of scout falls and back down.  Then later in the night we power hiked up to Scout Falls and ran down. It was fun.

We ran up the timpanooke side of timp.  We ran 4 up then walked .25 more miles up to check out mt. Mahogany.  Then we turned back and ran back down. It was not too good since it was pretty much 4 miles up and then 4 miles down. 

Today we raced the Alpine 5k as a finish to the xc camp.  It was awful.  I wasn't feeling that good and my nose started bleeding right before the race. Then we started and it was pretty much lp xc people and Patrick parker from af in front right away.  Then we went through the first mile and it had gotten to patrick galen jamison me justin. Then we went a little further and at the top of the hill patrick and galen took off.  The rest of us were back a bit but they put some space on us.  Then it was us all going but I tried to keep the lead off of Jamison and justin but it just tired me out and then with 50 meters left Jamison put on the speed and outkicked me.  Justin also almost outkicked me but I barely beat him.  But overall a pretty bad race.

Today we ran Middle Spring. My calves were very tight but overall it was good. I felt really calm when I was thinking about the season today even though I had a really bad race on Saturday.  I think that it will turn out ok and I will be able to perform how I want to and how I'm expected to.  It was a really nice feeling.  Tomorrow we are doing a morning easy run then a night workout which will be fun.

Our coach is having the varsity do two a day's so we ran an easy 3.78 in the morning and we are doing mile repeats or thousands later tonight.

We did 1000's tonight.  It was a good time.  We did 4 of them. I was able to get redemption from my awful race and was able to run well and able to run with Galen and Jamison.

And shout out to Justin for being the first ever runner of the weak (It is supposed to be spelled like that).  He didn't show up to the work out so that's why he won this.

Today was exhausting.  We did extended mountain run which is fun but it was hard since we did our first 2-a-day yesterday.  It was also hard since we had the night workout so we had ran hard just 12 hours earlier.  Overall it was a good time though.

We have another two a day.  We are running squaw peak tonight which will be fun. This morning we ran 3 easy miles and while we were running we saw our coach biking.

Well coach Ryan wasn't able to come tonight so we didn't get to do squaw peak.  So instead we did a hill workout.  It was rough.  I had been helping at my friends eagle project and ate a bunch of junk food right before so the hill workout was really hard.  I still did decent because I do better in the night then the morning.  I ran 2:25, 2:27, 2:29, 2:30, 2:34.  I died the last one but it's fine.  Shout out to craik for running a 2:28 on the last one and Justin for running 2:31 on the last one and beating me.

Unshoutout to Galen for being the runner of the weak and not showing up to practice.

Nothing too fast.  It was just 8 solid miles.  My legs hurt while running so I'm going to ice them.  I'll probably do some core later tonight.

Did 2 miles in the afternoon at like 2:00. Just trying to be ready for the transition from morning to afternoon in the heat runs.  Solid 2 miles though.  My shins didn't hurt which was really good but it was hot. 

In the night I biked from my house which is right near Lone Peak and went down the Murdock canal down to Timpanogas high School.  It was a nice ride.  The way there I biked for 32 minutes and it is 9 miles so I was going 16.9 miles an hour.  Then on the way back I did it in 29 minutes so I was going just over 18 miles an hour.  It was a really nice ride.  I did it faster on the way back because I didn't know exactly where to go once I got off the murdock canal. 

I also did a bit of abs but nothing too intense.

Good run today.  I was pretty tired from yesterday but it was good.  My shin didn't hurt much during the run.  Did Hogs and then went to sliding rock and then back. Good run overall.

Well after that crazy week last week we are settling down a bit.  But we did do Squaw peak today.  It is a 4 mile hill.  It was really fun but tiring.  I was a little bummed because our coach told us his best time doing it back when he was in high school and it was 27:30ish.  I ran a 32:03.  It was a lot of fun though.  If I knew how it was I could have gone faster and raced up it so I'm guessing I could have gotten around a 31:00 but still that's no where near my coach was.  Then we ran down it and went to the bottom.  Then our awesome LPXC booster club made us a breakfast that was really good.

Not sure exactly how much I ran today but it was inbetween 8-10.  We did our annual day before school run- a modest run.  It is infection tag.  We ran down to lone peak and the pond behind the school is where we play.  Then we started the game.  It was good but I was really disappointed because 2/3 games I was tagged when I had a perfectly good opening escape.  Then we ran back and stretched and did a few push ups and sit-ups.  Good run though.

Horrible workout today.  I hurt really bad.  Did warm up 1/4 mile, mile, 3/4 mile, 1/2 mile, 1/2 mile, 1/4 mile.  I did pretty bad but oh well.

Decent run but really hot.  Today we did Bonneville.  Went 4.5 out and 4.5 back.  Pretty boring.

Shout out to Jamison for being asked to Sadies.

Well I had a camp out and had to leave at 4 so I ran right once school ended and ran a fast 6 miles.  Then I went home and packed and left on my camp.  It was painful cuz my legs cramped so bad in the car cuz it was a smaller car and the driver had his seat back far so my legs hurt.

Well didn't actually run this but I hiked 12 miles with my scout troop.  We did the upper black box.  It was pretty fun.  We got to go cliff jumping and swim some of the hike and rappel down a little bit and got to boulder down a mountain thing.  It was pretty cool. 

Really good run today.  I felt great.  Today we had a hill workout.  We did 5 intervals.  We warmed up for 20ish minutes then started.  Hit 1:58, 1:58, 1:54, 1:55, 1:52.  It was pretty awesome.  Clayson"s best was 1:50 but that was after running all of them at 1:57 pace so I want to get my time down there.  I'm hoping that I can be as fast as Clayson this year since I've been hitting his times in my workout (at least when I've been feeling good unlike the last grass intervals). After we did a cool down and went to the canyon to ice bath.  Craik and I found an awesome spot that massaged your legs while icing them so it was pretty awesome.  Pumped for Grass Relays.

Don't know how much we actually went but we did a recover run today and went and played handball.  It was fun.  I also reffed some soccer games so if you count those short amounts of running as running it would have increased my mileage by 3ish more miles I think. Over all a good day. 

Really good run today.  We did a two mile warmup then did 6 800's on a grass field.  My times were 2:28, 2:24, 2:24 2:22, 2:21, and 2:14.  Ryan told us on the last one to just keep the same pace for the first 400 then to pick it up a little bit but not go so hard but just accelerate and get going.  It was a lot of fun.  Then we did a 2 mile cool down and hit the ice bath/river. 

Well today we ran an Alpine loop.  It was good but Seth's knee was hurting so he turned back early.  Then some guys started going quicker like 6:20 pace so I just backed off a bit and kept a 6:55ish pace for the 8 miles since I don't like doing the fast distance runs very close before races cuz then I feel tired. Then went and reffed some soccer games so if that counts as mileage then you could add about 1.5 miles.

Today we ran to AF and ran the course once. Then we came back and did strides.  Then we had a pasta party and I found out that I am running 1st in the relay so that's exciting. 

Today was the day.  Our first race.  I was the first leg in the relay.  I heard all these fast dudes that were gonna be in it so I was scared.  But we took off and I stayed a little bit behind the really fast people.  Then my coach said I needed to move up then so I tried to but then by the second lap I was tired so I was slowing down.  I ran 5:00 then 5:26.  I would have rather ran like a 5:12 first lap then I would have been able to go 5:00 or below for the the last lap I think.  But it was fun.  I know what I need to work on so yeah.

And shout out to everyone else on my team cuz as a team we placed 3rd! Good stuff.

Good workout today.  We did 10 400's.  After my dissappointing race I was overall happy with the workout.  I hit 70, 68, 67, 67, 66, 65, 65, 65, 65, 72.  Even though the last one seems bad I was fine with it cuz I started a few seconds behind everyone so I probably ran a 69.  And right before that I had gone to the bathroom in a portapotty which made me feel like I was gonna pass out so I still hadn't recovered from that. Then we did a good 2 mile cool down and walked to the school.  Then we went to ice bath up AF canyon and the girls took our spot but Me howie spencer and trevor ice bathed where the girls were and all the anti-girl boys went and ice bathed somewhere else.

Pretty good run overall.  We did the tramp run and then were gonna play some Whonketball but we decided to run down the murdock canal trail instead which was lame.  Then we cut through a back yard to get to this little side trail that would then hook back up to the canal later. We ran to the canal and headed back.  Then did some strides.  My legs felt much better when we were doing strides than the day before grass relays when we did strides. Hopefully that means that my legs will stay feeling good. 

Ran Pre region today.  Started out nice and slow but then we picked it up.  I didn't feel too good.  I'm going in to the doctors to see if I can finally be fixed ever since my track injury.  So overall really disappointing.  But shout out to my team for winning it.  Super shout out to Craik for being our sixth man and winning the tie breaker over AF's 6th dude.

Today I left at lunch to get my blood checked by I don't really think that it is the main problem cuz my legs hurt but might as well.  Then on our run we did Bonneville and then on the way back we stopped at Heritage Park in Cedar Hills and one of the Seminary teachers were coaching his sons soccer team so he asked if we wanted to race them.  We said sure. So we "raced" the little kids (like 6 years old) and they destroyed us.  They are going to be great xc runners when they are of age.  Galen got a close second place but just behind their top runner.

To AF and back plus strides.  Good times.  Some of the results came back from my blood test, iron was on the high end of normal, hemoglobin was high.  B12 and feretin haven't come in yet but I'm guessing they'll be fine also. 

Warmed up for the race after watching some of the other races. Then we got lined up for the race. We started off and I went out. First mile was 5:10, second 5:23, and third 5:48. Felt pretty awful like all the rest of the races so ryan is gonna have me take a week off trying to get better.

Wasn't feeling good today and we got back from Colorado.  I had a stuffy nose and sore throat but ran 3 miles.  It was pretty hard.  Average pace was 7:23. Definitely not feeling how I used to.

Not real running but had to ref some soccer games.  Word came back from the doctor that I was low in ferritin so it should be an easy fix.  Hopefully that is the only thing wrong.

Nice day to come back to.  Even though I have a minor cold it was a good run cuz we did tag so if I wasn't feeling well I could just slow down a bit.  Then afterwards we ran down to art dye and back.  Hopefully this ferritin stuff will fix me up so I can be back to performing.

Classic pre race tradition for this season, down to AF and back plus strides.  I don't know if I'm racing yet so I may and I may not. Ryan had said I wasn't going to but he may have changed his mind.

Ran with the team on their warmup for the race and also on their cool down as well as by my self adn with the JV kids on their warm up and cool down.  I also ran around part of the course at a quicker pace just for fun.

No official running because I had the ACT then straight from there I went to Ref soccer then 45 minutes later I'm going to Sadie's, a school dance.  So I'll hard core dance and reffing soccer and count that as mileage.  If I get home before midnight I may go run some cuz I like late night runs.

It was a good time.  At the first on the warm up my knees were hurting a bit but after we warmed up enough they felt fine.  We headed to the grass field after 2 mile warm up then set up an 800 meter course then headed off on the first one.  Felt ok on the first and ran 2:28.  Next 3 I felt excellent and ran 2:25ish I think then 2:23 then 2:24.  Then the next one I got a small side stitch and ran 2:27.  Then Ryan said that since I haven't done speed in over a week that I was gonna do one more then be done.  I asked if I should go fast but he said consistent so I hit 2:22.  It felt really nice.  Then the rest of them did the last one while I ran a lap just slowly.  Then we cooled down 2.5ish miles.   

Shout out to Jamison and Galen who ran 2:15 and 2:16 on their last one.

Went on a distance run.  We did the alpine loop.  My nose started bleeding which was obnoxious.  We headed down on alpine highway which for about 1/2 a mile we were going around 5:25 pace which was fun.  I felt great doing that.  But then after we slowed down then my shin hurt a little bit but I'm gonna ice it.  I also reffed but didn't put in any mileage for it.  But I reffed one game and then got ready for a second and it was cancelled because of lightning delay so I earned $50 in an hour of work which was awesome.

Tough workout today.  We did 5x600 meter hills.  I hit 1:57, 1:55, 1:57, 1:56, 1:52.  My stomach hurt so it was really tough. Then after that we went and did 3x400.  I hit 67, then 65, then 62.  It was really tough.  It was active recover after each thing plus warm up and cool down so we got lots of mileage.  Then I had to go ref some soccer games which got me about an extra mile.  But I'm not counting it on the blog.  Gonna do some hard strength training cuz I have slacked off a little bit on it.

Did a modest run today.  I ran around the lake a decent amount of time so I got good mileage.  Plus I got a lot of fast mileage cuz I chased spencer for a bit and seth chased me for a long time.  It was good.  Then we went on a cool down but I had to turn back a bit early cuz I had to ref soccer. I reffed U15 so I had to run a decent amount cuz they were really agressive. But I didn't count it.  Gonna do more core today.

Pre race norm. Today I had to do a 6 hour block of spanish only which was tough.  I went to my friend's who was also doing it and we played super smash bros. and shouted at each other in spanish which was fun. Then we went and played some soccer which got me more mileage.  Then we had the pasta party and we played football and the juniors were the supreme team.  We beat the other dudes which was a lot of fun. 

Got to the race and cheered on the JV.  Then watched Josh my brother race in the 7th man varsity race.  Then warmed up feeling a bit bad but not terrible.  Warmed up while Craik was running who had a 200 meter lead on second place.  Then we started off about a minute before Justin finished his leg, in first.  We got out, one guy pushing the pace way to hard so I just chilled back.  We got to the first hill and I was in 5th, passed 2 people going up the hill, then on the next hill which was right next to it I took the lead. Then just let myself go down the hill.  Then just went around the course.  At a mile and a half in I got a bad side ache but I had a good lead on the other guys that it was fine and I was able to keep a decent lead.  Then on the last hill my side ache finally went away and was able to cruise up the hill and down it to the finish.  Not the time I wanted but I was happy, first race back I won in my division. So I was happy about that.  Then I did a 17 minute cool down, then decided to go with Jamison and galen on their cool down.  Got a total of 6 miles cool down and it felt really good. I'm excited for bob firman.

Good time today.  I finally feel like I'm coming back and getting energy.  I was able to kill the workout.  We did 7x800.  It was really hot so it was tough and the grass was a bit muddy so it slowed it down plus a U turn but it was really good.  I ran 2:27, 2:25, 2:26, 2:25, 2:24, 2:25, 2:20.  I led most of them after about 200 meters in.  I felt good.  Jamison didn't look like he was feeling too good and neither did Galen but they still did pretty good for not feeling all that great.  Also did some strength with Courtney cuz she doesn't believe that we don't do it at home. 

Had some good chases in the game.  Spencer King chased me for a while and some others did as well so I got a lot of fast miles.  It was fun. We went a mile out then to the pond then did tag then did 2 mile cool down.  Felt pretty good.  I stayed clear of all bushes cuz I hit some poison ivy a while ago and it has bothered me for a while. Craik also got stung by a bee so he might end up swelling up really big again.

2 mile warm up 8x400. Then two mile cool down. Today for lunch I had 5 pieces of pizza plus a ton of oreos and could feel it in my last 3 400's.  I ran 67 66 65 64 64 67 71 71.  I was hurting on the last 2 bad but oh well.  Ice bath afterwords.

Easy mileage to prep for Bob Firman.

Short easy for Bob Firman.

Bob Firman.  Went and warmed up 2 miles.  Raced. 3 mile cool down.  Race started out fast but I got caught in the back.  Went to move up and had to swerve which added lots of extra distance.  Also had to breath in the dust kicked up.  Got 4th on team.  Still not doing so well like I've wanted to and know I should be able to.  If I was at what I'm supposed to be and seth and Justin felt good we would have been up there competing for first.  I need to figure out completely what is wrong with me. 

Was supposed to be 8 easy miles but we ran up the canyon at a nice pace with craik in the back so he didn't push the pace. Then we were at the top, let people stretch then we saw amanda coming down and we went down with her.  She was going 5:50 pace so we went that pace.  When we reached the bottom we regrouped the guys cuz we lost a lot of them while Amanda ran back to the school.  My knee was tightening up and it started hurting a lot.  It tightened a ton in that break so I had to walk a bit and then I kind of jogged in.  I iced it and rolled up above it hoping it will get better.

I'm really struggling right now with this running.  My body has nothing left.  My knee hurts, my lungs aren't getting full breaths of air, my muscles aren't supporting me, my abs are not supporting me, it just seems like nothing is there. So really bad workout and run.

Some pretty easy miles.  Did two for warmup, then two games of tag then two miles then a mile barefoot.  It was a good time.  My legs felt good today but I was still breathing weird.

Track workout.  Warmed up 2.2 miles workout 1200, 800, 600, 400.  Not too hard of a workout but I just can't run anymore.  My lungs hurt and I felt no muscle in my legs supporting me. So terrible workout.  2.3 mile cool down with stretching at the end. 

Coach told me to go less since I've been struggling.  Went first 2.25 with the team then instead of continuing on to the mountain run I went over by healey park and saw a soccer ball so I shot some goals then ran a did a little loop around there then headed back down to the school. Felt ok.  My knee was a bit bad and my shins didn't feel great.  But my lungs felt ok.

Didn't feel terrible but wasn't great.  Did a few 400's and was dying so I decided to just hang on for one more and was able to do that for 9 total 400's.  Last one, the tenth, I was just wrecked and ran 70.  Didn't feel able to do much faster after hitting 65-67 for the previous ones. 

7 on Bonneville.

To Galens house, then to Af and back.  Then did 4x200 meter strides.  My legs felt so tired.

Short distance plus strides. 

Such a great time yesterday.  First race that I have done well at all season.  My shins were still hurting and on the warmup my breathing was weird but during the race I didn't feel those besides on the track.  But overall a good time.  Our top 5 split was just over 9 seconds.  We ran as a pack and did well.  Our team got 6-9,11 in scoring.  It was fun.

Shout out to Connor and Ryan for slaying and getting 3rd and 4th. 

My legs felt good today.  Ran 8.1 with the team and did Alpine loop.

Did not feel good.  During the workout my shins were hurting as well as my lungs.  My back was also hurting but I think that was just some weird thing that will go away.  Ran 400 600 800 600 400 400.  Ran 65, 1:40, 2:18, 1:44, 68, 74.  Didn't do the other two 400's cuz I was feeling so terrible.

8 miles with the team.  Didn't feel very good. 

Ran 8.00 miles.  My legs didn't feel good.  I'm gonna make it through state though.  Shout out to our team cuz we made top 15 rankings in the Nation.

10x400 meter workout.  I didn't think I would be able to finish with them all under 70 but I managed.  I hit 68, 67, 67, 66, 67, 67, 66, 65, 65, 69.  Was really rough. Really cold ice bath after.

Shorter and slow run.  Average pace 7:37.  Didn't run with the team because I didn't wake up so I ran by myself.

5 miles total with 4x200 meter strides.

Taper for State.

Well, not a good way to end my races in Utah this year.  Had something in my throat and it wouldn't come out and really caused me a problem racing.  Didn't feel good and our team got 4th place.  Ready to come back to it at Nike.

6 easy miles.  AF and back.

Ran to the wall and ran up the wall.  I ran the .33 miles in 4:15ish give or take because that is counting the 25 second from craiks 4:40 finish.  It starts out not too bad but then it just goes like straight up and your thighs and lungs are burning.  It was fun though.  Then ran out a bit more, then ran back.

Bonneville.  Faster run today.  For about a mile we were going sub six pace.  Then we slowed down a bit cuz we have a workout tomorrow. 

Hill repeats.  Really hard to breath because I have some cold thing I think. It hurt breathing and the hill repeats were super hard.  6x600.  Hit 1:57, 1:57, 1:57, 1:56, 1:55, 1:53.  Ryan told us to just hit constant but I just wanted to run them on the last two. Those ones were tough.

3 solid games of tag which I got a lot of running in.  Then also down to the stop sign by art dye and back and Golf course.  My stomach hurt a bit and legs hurt but got through it ok.

Tempo run.  Just decided to kill it and see what I could do.  I didn't kill it like 100% but I went quick.  We had 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 with the equal rest inbetween.  Felt tired and my stomach kind of hurt but it felt good running fast and not completely buckling.

At the xc banquet I got the "Modest Run MVP" so shout out to me for getting one kind of MVP award. But real shout out to Jamison for getting the MVP award and Seth for getting most improved.

Solid run.  Up through alpine area and back down

Good run up Hogs Hollow.  Connor Baller came and ran with us which was a lot of fun.

Good 8 miles to discovery park and looped around.  Real great when we found a whongketball.  Like Connor I may be retiring these running shoes so shout out to his running shoes for retiring the same day as my running shoes.

Didn't feel too good today.  I've been having breathing problems so running is quite tough when you don't get enough oxygen in your system.  In addition my shins didn't feel all too good.  Did a 400 at 75 pace then did 1600 at 5:00 pace, 1200 in 3:40, 800 in 2:18, and 400 in 67.  First 400 ryan told us to go that pace. 

Went on the run and felt ok but after 2 miles my shins were killing.  It's been a while since they hurt really bad but today they were dying.  Turned around and made it back.  Iced them.

Biked down to Timpanogas High School.  Did it at a fast pace.  Took me 28 minutes to get there and it's 9.43 miles from my house.  Then on the way back I went slower but did 3, 2 minute sprints on the bike.  

Easy biking overall.  Biked with the team so not fast at all.  At one point we split cuz we had to cross a river so I went the road way and they went the dirt way up the hill.  It was a bit tiring doing that part but not that hard.  At the end we went around and ended up coming back to the school and doing strides on the soccer field.  I biked it except a I ran a tiny bit. Total of 10.3 miles.

Good run after a half a mile in.  Felt tired for the first half mile but warmed up and felt much better then I have in a while.  Just to AF and back with a little loop around the pond for a little more. 

Cold workout. Good until last interval.  Then I was hurting.

8 distance run

12x400.  bien tiempo

It was snowing and windy so it was long sleeve shirt, shorts, and gloves weather but I forgot my gloves so I brought a jacket so my hands would be ok.  I had to take it off after a while cuz I was hot but everyone else thought it was freezing.

8x400.  Coaches said I've finally started looking closer to what I used to be so that was nice.  Still not feeling all the way there. hit 65 for numbers 1,3,4,5. hit 64 on 2 and then hit 66-67 on the rest.

Down to AF and back.  Pumped for Nike.  

Good little tempo run with 3 min hard 3 off 2 on 2 off 1 on 1 off.

Good 3.1 mile shakeout plus strides.  Ran the course.  Did it at around 6:40 pace cuz we felt good and needed to get our legs moving.  Some team we passed muttered "haha we'll beat them in the race tomorrow cuz their run will kill them."  It was funny.  T-shirt exchange and pasta at olive Garden.

Good race. Wasn't feeling amazing but was prepared for the pain that was coming. Body wasn't where it could have been but mind couldn't have been more ready. got to starting line and after the gun went off I went out hard. First mile 4:48 right in the frontish of the pack next to camren todd. Got ready for the pain that always comes after the first mile and it was more intense than I was expecting. I slowed down and hit 10:00 for 2 mile. Then saw that we were in the race and could qualify for nationals and picked it up a little at a time and got up a little closer. Kicked hard but one guy passed me which could have lead us to the win but we got 3rd with 109. Good race overall. Feeling hopeful cuz of the tie with timpanogas. Exciting race though.

Mountain run without any seniors there so that was weird.  On the way back I needed to get my legs moving so I went a bit fast on parts.  Last quarter of a mile was around 5:30 pace I think. Ice bath after to help get the race out of our legs.

Felt sick.  Seth and Will also did so we think that Craik might have given us his bug that he had on the trip except worse.  Didn't run.

Easy run today. Still felt sick.

2 warm up. should have been 12x400 but didn't feel good.  Thought I was gonna puke so I sat out the 7th one and the last one.  Still did 10 of them.  2 cool down.