*Leave*A*Legacy*

Run at 1:30 in the morning for fun with some of the team who didn't wimp out.  Good run.

Decent run. 5 with Seth and Steven.  School, Bonneville, Golf Course, and back. Not too fast which was nice.  Kind of enjoyed this run.

Same run as yesterday with Seth.  Good run.  Also strength training with Courtney, wasn't as hard as I thought.  40 sit-ups, 30 squats, 20 push-ups, 10 bicep curls on 1 leg.  then we repeated that for a total of 4 times.  

Same run as before but went a mile up the canyon and a mile back to add on 2 more miles.

Down to pond to check out the ice, then decided to play snowball tag which doesn't require much running.  Strength training after.

2 games of indoor tag got 1.35 miles of running outdoor only first game, then .85 outdoors only so I'm guessing average was around 3.2 miles for the tag because I ran lots indoor. Then the 5 mile loop that I have done 3 other times this week.  Kaleb took unsegregation to a whole new level today by inviting Ellie on our run, so she ran with us.  

Ran with the whole team, girls and guys.  Both coaches came too.  The guys went on a snowy trail which was hard and it was like 9:00 pace probably but it was quite hard.  But then once we got back on the road, craik, will, and I all ran sub six for the next two miles which felt good.  Then did 1.5 more miles between 6:20 pace and 6:55.  Good run though.  Felt good.

Good run today.  Coach RyBy said for us to go faster pace today and we took that to heart.  First mile was 6:51, then we got onto Bonneville, and with all the snow was a 6:54, then we started cruising on the snow and went 6:21 and 6:33.  Then waited for the rest because it was just Galen, Jamison and I.  Then decided to slow it down a bit and went 6:50, then 6:50 again.  Then we picked it up a bit and went 6:30, then last .75 miles were at 6:02 pace because me and craik kicked it in to the stop light going at like 5:10 pace.  Then went to the track and did a 400 speedwalk time trial. I got 1:59, so just sub 8 min pace.

Didn't feel too good and to make it worse my nose started bleeding after 2 miles.  Not a good run.  School, Jonas's house, up through workout hill trail, to golf course, up toward alpine loop, then didn't go all the way around alpine loop.  7:18 avg pace.

To the pole, plus modest run, plus golf course, plus some sprints in strength training. If you didn't notice I used some good parallel structure right there, Mr. Rees would be proud.  Really good strength training today.  Feeling more swole.  

Easy 5.06 miles.  Same 5 mile loop that I did last week.  7:00 pace.  

Ran in the morning and my body not doing well.  Ran with spencer king for 3.33 miles then caught up with the rest of the guys til we hit four, then headed back but about 1.5 miles from the end I just dropped.  Felt awful and couldn't get my legs moving. Don't like the morning runs at all.

Drove down with Steven, Kaleb, Spencer Smith and Josh.  Got our wristbands and headed in.  Not physically or mentally prepared to race well but came for a fun time.  Last night I stayed up and messed around then ate lots this morning but didn't drink much, and we haven't done any speed.  So warmed up for a couple miles really early with those guys and then realized we warmed up like an hour too early.  Then warmed up again with Galen a bit before our race, I was in the 2nd to fastest heat but some other kids put their PR's instead of what they thought they could run so they all went in the fast heat.  Gun went off and got out well,  first lap didn't pay attention to the time but was in like 4th or 5th.  Then second lap I felt like we were going a bit slow so I took the lead and tried to put a bit of a gap but idk if I did.  Stayed like that til last lap when Patrick Parker passed me and kicked it in hard.  Got 2nd in my heat though, 10th overall.  Not super stoked but not disappointed considering how I should have raced.  It didn't feel that hard.  Afterwards, cool down  then went to Einstein Bagels, then went to Krispy Creme with Steven, Kaleb, Spencer, Josh, and Justin.  Good time.

Afternoon, some dank snow shoeing, nothing much but still a good time.

Night- 3.8 miles in the night, 6:50 avg. pace.  Felt kind of tired though.

Quality run.  Got a really bad bloody nose though.  For some of it we were going up hill in knee deep snow so we had to walk a little.  avg pace was 8:14 but that is cuz I forgot to stop my watch while we walked for a while and threw snowballs at each other.  so it should be more like 7:20ish.  

Ran 1.5 miles by myself because spencer jake and steven were still getting changed, so came back after that and ran 1.5 more with them.  Then went the rest with steven cuz the other two turned back.  

Quality indoor tag.  two games, then 4 more miles.  then hard strength training with courtney.  It was good stuff though.  I love strength training.

Ran by myself for most of this run because everyone else had track class.  Ran .75 out then back to see if the rest were ready, but they hadn't changed yet.  So i ran a mile out and then back and they were ready.  Went down to the pond found our whongketball and went and played whongketball for a little bit, then ran back.  avg. pace of run not counting games of whonketball was 6:28.  And whongketball didn't count as mileage. Whongketball was lame without the varsity cuz the other kept trying to change the rules.

8 miles in the morning.  Went on our day date last night for preference then came home to do homework and didn't get to bed til about 2.  Ran at 5:45 so I was dead.  Not very enjoyable and I nearly fell asleep in every class.

Tough run, didn't feel too good.  First 3 miles were went up the hogs trail but it was exhausting because snow covered it.  So we were going way slow and realized that it would take us like 2 hrs. to do the 10 miles if we stayed on the trail so we headed back and looped around a bunch of places. 

Had a sub in calculus so just ditched that and ran with the kids in the track class.  It was pretty good.  I have a cold so it was tough but fine.  4.7 up the canyon, and we were going around 6:30's so we were flying.  Then a lot faster on the way down.  Jamison's watch died so don't know avg. pace. but it was good.  Mile 3 my nose started bleeding which wasn't nice but it wasn't super bad.  Probably the nicest 9.4 miles I've ever ran.

am-Ran at 5:45 today with Coach, Jamison, Chris, Seth, and Josh.  It was a good run.  7:01 pace.  Started at legacy, to lone peak, behind the school to the pond, to mt. ridge, then a road which led to westfield, then back.  Josh fell behind so I had to wait for him to go home. 

pm-Got bored and felt like doing something active but my bike tire was flat and I didn't feel like pumping it up. So I just went and ran 4.29 miles, 6:58 pace.  Felt nice and easy.  Saw Galen, Justin, and Craik leaving the school from their 8 mile run in the afternoon. Don't know if they saw me running by.

Strength training before I ran which was rough.  Then did to AF, then back.  Then to the pole, then golf course, and a lap around the track. 

Good run, alpine loop but not fast cuz of our race tomorrow.  My body was tired from strength training yesterday but it was just sore. Also stopped by artic circle for a courtesy cone which was scrumptious.  So Shout out to the guy that gave us them.

Decent day today, though I have been feeling sick.  Started off with the mile.  Short warmup due to lack of time.  Was in the fast heat, and my body still goes into shock running that fast cuz we haven't done any fast work. Started off with the leaders but got boxed in 2nd lap.  Then surged up, but it was too much, and I was too tired.  I ran a 4:25, so 2 seconds off state qualifying this year.  Then cooled down with AF, Garek, and a couple other dudes.  

Warmed up for the 4x800.  Jamison first, Galen second, Justin third, me kicking it in.  Jamison got us a good lead, which we think he ran around a 2:02-2:03.  Then Galen went and got more of a lead with 2:04-2:05.  Then Justin ran and lost the lead a tiny bit but the weber guy was really fast.  Justin ran around a 2:05.  I got it at 6:12, with about a 4-5 second lead but Talon Hull was up for weber.  Went out hard, and went through the lap, with the lead, then heard Jamison, Galen, and everyone else yelling Talon's coming, or Go Talon.  Got to the final curve with a slight lead, and at the straight away still in first. Then Talon comes with a flying mamba and kicking hard.  I lost the lead and was giving up, but I saw him slow a tiny bit, and knew I needed to go for it. So I kicked hard, as Talon moved infront of me in lane 1 so I went around him in lane two and got him at the line with a sprinters lean.  

Shout out to Talon who ran a freakin 1:56ish which is SO SO SO insane!!!!

Ran down to Lone Peak then ran on the road that goes by the temple for a while.  Then turned left and went next to costa vida and maceys in PG.  Then headed up the street that went to where PG junior high is.  Then ran down that, past the discovery park, and up to the murdock canal, got on that and took that down.  avg. pace: 7:04.  Good run but a little tight from yesterday's races.

Two really short games of indoor tag, then some core and strength then bike workout then 3 laps around the school.  We were supposed to run 9 miles but it was really cold so we did this.  It was a good day.  Enjoyed the fact that it was short easy run but we still got some workout.  Legs were quite dead.

8 exact.  5 mile loop but then ran down to art dye and back.  Rough run. 

Modest run today.  Started with running to the pole then to the pond.  During tag felt kind of bad cuz I juked trevor hard on the lake, and he bit it and fell which looked painful, but he said he was ok.  But I had a decent amount of jukes which were fun.  Then back to the school.

Had a dentist appointment after school so I couldn't run with the team.  Wasn't going to run cuz I had 0 motivation for running, but I did some strength stuff.  Then at after eating dinner found a tiny bit of motivation and was able to get me to get started and then from there ran fine.  I ran out to alpine elementary and back.  Got going a bit on the fast side and avg. pace was 6:17.  splits were 6:49 6:26 6:19 6:41 6:11 6:04 6:04 then 5:46, and last .07 was 5:50 pace.  Felt pretty good.

Ran from legacy with justin, craik, trevor, and jacob jensen.  Ran to black trail, then ran in the riverbed and just had a good time messing around in there. 

Couldn't make it to practice because I took the ACT.  So ran by myself.  avg. pace 6:35.  To deerfield, then down to art dye on trail, then to af, then up to the temple and back home.  Was having trouble breathing, felt like a lot of mucus in my throat which was making it really difficult so I may be getting sick.

Avg. 6:35.  Wanted to go faster and match what the other guys did but steven was sticking with me for the first 4 miles when we were avg. 6:15 so I figured that I got the quicker part in and Steven got a quality run in which we will probs need him next year so wanted him to start training some more.  also strength training before.

Not too good of a run.  We ran at 5:45 in the morning so I was tired and it was much colder then the beautiful weather right now, which is literally perfect short sleeves, short shorts running weather.  Stayed on the road, down to westfield, then looped around and got back on the main road.  Then headed toward the church by lambert park, then all the way up to Healey, then back down by the round about.  Really rough. avg. pace was probs around 7:05 but my watch died 6.25 miles in.

Quality run with tempo in it.  Did 4 2 minute tempo in it.  17 minute warmup then first 2 minutes I got .43 miles, then equal rest, then next 2 minutes I got .42 with equal rest, then next I got .42 again, with equal rest, and last I got .43.  So I was going around 4:39 pace for all my tempos.  Finished off to 7.75 with Kaleb and Caleb.

Easy run down to AF then looped around their field then back to do strides.  Felt fast doing the strides so I'll be excited to see what I can get tomorrow in the mile. 

Shout out to me for having my Blog Birthday today for having a blog for 1 year!!!

Disappointing race.  Don't know what I need to do but I need to do something different.  

Long run.  Went up part of hogs til we couldn't.  Then went back down and did the 4 mile loop.  Ok run.

Quality 9.03 miles.  Went up Middle Spring but the snow got too deep so we turned back and added on a loop.  My legs felt tight but it was a decent run. 

PM: Basketball with PG and Mckay Johns.  Good time.

Gonna call these fast miles cuz I got a bit excited on my run and only 1 of the miles was above 6 minute pace.  Found out we were supposed to meet in the morning but the message was sent after I turned my phone off so ran by myself after school. We were supposed to go faster pace so went out around 6:45 pace but before the first mile I was already going way faster and felt good so just kept going with it.  avg. 5:47 pace.  Quality stretching after.

Got home and looked to see when we would do strength training next and realized I went a mile short on my run.  Bummer.  I'll probably go 9 tomorrow instead of 8.

Went a mile before the freshman got here, then went with them on the tramp run.  Then went to artic circle got a courtesy cone (always a good time) then back to the school.  It was 6 miles and I just called it good.  Got home and did some good strength training. 100 push-ups in 4 sets of 20-30, with minute and a half plank inbetween.  Made up Mario Strength Kart which every lap you do something (first course pushups next bicep curls next crunches and last plank.)  Then I made it for the pushups 15+5X (X being the place you were in) then bicep curls 15+5X with 20 lbs until the second lap when I went through in 5th and couldn't do 40 of them I went to 10 lbs weights. Then did 40+10X for the crunches, and lastly did 1 minute + .5 minutes X.  Total of 140 push-ups, 9 minutes of plank, 80 bicep curls, and 150 crunches.  Later in the night felt the need to finish off my run so went 2.5 more miles.  Quality day today, but I'm gonna be SOOO sore tomorrow. 

Good run.  4x2min tempos in the middle.  Felt kinda tired during the whole thing. Went 4:43 pace avg. for each.  Good stuff. 

Good little run today with Kaleb Steven and Caleb.  Nothing much.  

Lehi dip run.  Avg. pace: 6:54.  First 4 were all above 7 minute pace.  Then the rest were sub 7.

Good run.  Felt nice on our 4 miles out but that was with the wind at our backs.  Then on the way back we were against the wind and it was brutal and freezing.  avg. pace 7:01.

Did 1.55 before strength training, did strength training but I couldn't do it well especially the plank because my back would hurt really bad while doing it so I'm going to go back to seeing the chiropractor again.  Went to go running and didn't feel good at all so went shorter and had to stop and stretch out my back multiple times.  6.35 after strength. alpine loop short version.

Quality hill workout.  My back was insanely sore but it wasn't hurting like yesterday.  The good kind of sore pain. 6x600 meter hill repeats.  1:54, 1:56, 1:58, 1:59, 1:57, 1:55.  Felt that I could do it much faster, 1:54-1:55 for all but coach told us to calm down to 2:00 pace so I calmed a bit but still wanted to go fast, then on the last one was gonna go 1:57ish but Justin came up so I just stuck next to him for 1:55.  Felt decent besides how sore my back was.  But enjoyed the run which was very needed cuz I haven't really enjoyed a run in a while so I was getting pretty sick of running.

And shout out to Jamison who isn't much of a hill runner but still was killing the work out!!!

6.6 miles easy pace.  Then strides.  Ran alone cuz the rest had track class.

Good running today.  in the morning before school we ran as a team (kind of, it was just me jamison josh steven and coach.)  8.4 miles in the morning.  

At school my friend who doesn't run much asked if I wanted to run after school.  So I did and it was a nice pace for 4.25 miles.  It was quite nice. 

Good run.  Went up towards middlespring but it was way too snowy so came back and ran by kind of by ester's house, then found a trail that led to a private place and it had a sick trail so we went up the trail.  It was really steep.  Then made our way over toward sliding rock, on the way down to sliding rock we had to run through snow but it was hard enough not to sink in for the most part but every once in a while someone would take a step and the top layer would break so they sunk in and then fell.  It was quite exciting.  Also found some make out couches so it's called the couch run I think.  It was good stuff.  Then 1 mile barefoot with a couple strides. Shout out to my mom for making breakfast for the team!

Good time today.  Ran with PG and did the Reaper.  Didn't push it super hard but went faster.  Did it in 8:42.  It was fun.  Then did strength training with them.  Gonna go finish off my run after I go to the chiropractor.

Shout out to the pg team who let me run with them.  Special shout out to Mia and Nicole for dancing crazily and then getting embarrassed cuz the soccer kids saw them!

3.2 later in the night to bring my total to 9

Did a progression run today on the track.  Went 7:30 first 7:00 second 6:30 third 6:00 fourth 5:40 fifth 5:30 sixth 5:20 seventh and all out on eigth which I ran a 5:19.  Felt tired at first but finally warmed up by the 5:40 pace one.  But by the 5:40 paced one my back was really bothering me so I was about to quit each time we went around.  Also had the ACT this morning cuz I'm a junior so kind of threw off all of our schedules cuz we ran at 12:30 instead of 3:00

Nice easy run.  First mile on my own toward the time machine.  Then I went with Steven for 7 miles on Bonneville, really easy.  Was nice having an easy day after doing the reaper, then the progression.  

Good time.  3 mile warmup then a 68 second 400.  Then we did an all out 400. I ran 56 flat.  Justin won with a mid-high 55. Craik with a high 55. Then me right after.  It was a good time.  after did an 800 and ran 70 for the first lap then 65 for the last.  Then cooled down on golf course, then barefoot on the grass.  Good time today.  Talked to Jamison about his recruiting trip to weber and it sounds like a nice college so I'll definitely be thinking of it when applying to colleges.  Also would be a good time running with Jamison, Galen, CBaller, and Dallin Leatham in college and it sounds like they will be raging good.

No run today cuz I have youth conference and in the morning I had seminary so I couldn't run then either. But this week has been a quality week and I enjoyed all the running days a lot.

Didn't feel good at all so went with steven and kaleb instead of going with everyone else and cut the run short.  

Ran with Tyler and Jared from PG for 4.5 miles then had to run more to find a bathroom.

UGH.  Not a good day.  I my throat was killing me the whole day.  I started feeling it on Saturday, then Sunday I felt like I had a fever so I took like a 4 hr nap and went to bed early, then monday my throat hurt but distance runs weren't too bad on it.  Today we had a speed workout, 800, 600, 400 x2.  First set was ok but by then my throat was on fire.  Then did the 800 and couldn't do anymore so I cooled down while the other guys finished.  

Down to art dye plus a little then strides.  Talked to courtney because she saw me at school and told me to take it easy and cut it short to get better.  I ran with seth, steven, jack, and patrick after school.

Good workout even though I died the last one.  Very happy with how it went.  6x800.  Decided to try what I did all of last year that made my coaches made which was start out 21slow and pick it up.  So I went slower for the first ones then pick it up.  Went 2:22, 2:22, 2:21, 2:21, 2:19 then came through the last one at 69 but my back tightened up and so I slowed down to a 2:28.  But happy with how it went.  2.1 warm up and 1.9 cool down.

Just 4 right now.  Probably going to go more sometime tonight.

Pm Basketball

Slept in so did discovery but went right at manila elementary instead of left.  Ran through Tyler and Jared's neighborhood got lost and did an extra loop.  Then headed up and ran by the temple and down that road to lone peak.  Then ran back to my house.  avg. pace 6:25.  Did .19 after at like 8:00 pace just to cool down cuz at the end I was going sub 6:00 for the last 3 miles.

Shout out to Mr. Birrell for having his student driver honk and wave at me on my run. And shout out to trevor who honked and stuck his head out the window and said hi on my run. 

Workout.  2.3 mile warmup then 1200 2x800 then 3x400 with active recover inbetween.  3:37 2:20 2:21 66 67 67. then 2.1 cool down.  It was quite windy and my nose was bleeding so I was quite satisfied with these times.  

Did 6.5 miles then did some 100 meter strides at race pace.  Felt quite nice.  Then ran home nice and easy.

Shout out to Watson tomorrow cuz I finally get to meet this mysterious figure who I have commented on her blog and she has commented on mine and somehow we ended up on each others favorites without knowing who each other is. Haha.

Just under 2 mile warmup, then pretty easy mile at 4:42.  The cool down.  Then warm up for 800.  Then raced it.  Felt like I could have gone faster but I was too scared of having what happened to me last couple of 800's I raced last year where I go out too hard and then die really hard.  400 split was 59, then finished 2:01 right behind Justin.  Happy with how it felt especially knowing what I can do.  Then 2 mile cool down with Lehi.  

Shout out to them for being awesome and making it a great duel meet. 

Went up to do Bonneville but wasn't feeling it today so I looped down and did Discovery then looped around Jared and Tyler's neighborhood then back up by Lone Peak.  3 of the miles were sub 6 cuz of the downhill part and flat part and the wind was at my back.  Felt good and the run felt quite easy til the end when I was against the wind.  That was tough. It was pretty strong wind.

PM: Reffed some soccer.  Got just over a mile per half so i'll count it as mileage.

Did a tempo run today.  4x2:00.  Muscles felt sore and tired but during the tempo I was able to go pretty well.  Went faster then we had been hitting.  Hit .44 then .44, then .43, then .43.  It was enjoyable.  

Later I forgot a flashlight right before we left for a scout camp so I ran home and grabbed one for Josh and one for me so I'm counting that as mileage. Also at the scout camp I ran .25 just exploring.

Freakin' exhausting.  Had a campout so got so little sleep, then came home went and reffed a soccer game, got 1.8 miles per half then went straight to churchball which I got some quality mileage probably cuz there were a lot of fast breaks and our team only had 4 players for the first half so we had to hustle on D (not counting this in mileage.  Then a 5th came and we won 61-37 so I think we made it to the championship game.  Then came home and cleaned up my camping stuff and ate a bit then went out running.  Out on Bonneville, making sure not to push the pace.  Went avg. 7:38 which was nice but I was so exhausted I cut off half a mile from the run instead of the full ten.  In conclusion exhausting past 4 days with little sleep and lots of running so Sunday will be quite a nice day of rest.

Rough day.  Tired all day and my legs weren't feeling good as well as my back.  Warmed up then hit the track for 400's.  I heard coach say we were doing 10 and after the 10th he said hop back on the line, I was dying.  Went that one then jamison did 1 more.  went 68 66 65 67 65 67 67 66 67 67 73.  The 11th I mentally lost it cuz I thought we were done at ten.

Reffed a soccer game tonight.  Got 3 miles total for the game.  Gonna count all my reffing miles.

Shout out to Jamison for killing it in the workout as well as getting his mission call today!

8.85 of running with the team.

Later reffing: 2 games.  1.57 per game. 

Quality time today.  Duel meet with Westlake.  Tempoed the mile, ran a 4:31.  Felt great during that.  Then the real race came along--- the 4x100.  Russell led us off against Tyler mcpherson, then came seth against dom, then I went against seth redford, then craik kicked it in against jackson mcchesney.  Nearly pulled off an upset.  Twas a good time.  Cool down to a dope park, then found "Little Steven" and played some ball with him.  Also won the dunk contest we had with a sick 360 dunk.  

Got a new pr in the high jump.  Twas good.

Down to AF then back around the pond and the seminary building.  My knee was hurting a bit.  Did strides.  Also some great games of basketball before practice and also at the "track social dinner thingamajigger.   Going for State qualifying tomorrow, hopefully the weather cooperates.

Twas a quality time today.  My tummy was rumbling but my legs felt quite fresh.  Went 71 first lap, in 5th place.  Grant Gardner took it out too fast, going a 68 so I just chilled.  By the mile I moved up past them, coming through at 4:50.  Then I went for it and got a big gap, running basically the last mile completely on my own.  Then last lap my coach said I really needed to go if I was gonna qualify and I threw down a 62, just like last year.  Twas quite a good time.  Excited cuz I qualified for state!

Shout out to spencer who had an insane kick at the end of his 2 mile and placing 2nd in his heat!!!

Had an AP Lang Practice test that was worth 255 points today so I had to miss practice.  Then right after grabbed my reffing stuff and went and reffed.  Got 6.4 miles.  Gonna go later with spencer and Tyler to finish up the mileage.

Never went cuz my knee had bothered me this week and I figured it would be smarter to just bike some and then not run more.

Shout out to Jamison who ran in windy conditions and qualified for the 3200 with a 9:34

Good run today.  Did Backwood Bonneville.  Found a sick hill we ran/walked up then walked/jogged/slid down the other side.  

Shout out to Mr. Connor Baller who is opening his mission call tonight!!!

Tough workout.  12x400.  hit 66 67 67 67 67 65 64 64 65 65 68 68.  Last two I was dying so I was happy that I hit those.  My knee was still hurting a bit and my legs felt sluggish, but I feel ready to do well at UVU.  

To the pole then 2 games of tag.  Trevor rolled/fractured his ankle during tag so I ran up got my car and came back down to drive him up to the school.  Then went and to see if the guys were just doing golf course but seth and spencer said they went out and did tramp run so I decided to call it a day and I'll run more tonight after reffing. 5.5

Reffing got 1.6 for the game, so nothing much.

Went to pick up my sister from her track thing but they were still doing something so I just ran on the grass field,  got 1.75 miles.

My legs were exhausted today for some reason.  We did 2x (600, 400, 200). Went 1:40, 65, 30, then 1:42, 64, and 31.  My hamstrings were super tight which made it quite a struggle.  I have to ref tonight but then I'm gonna stretch a lot and roll them out and try to get them to loosen up. 

Pm, got 6 more miles from reffing.  

Quality day at the peak.  To start, I was up past 1 doing homework, then had to get up early finish the homework but I still didn't finish.  Went to school took a chapter quiz in AP US, then in AP psychology took an FRQ, Ch. 16 vocab test, Ch. 16 unit test, a miscellaneous vocab test from throughout the term, and talked about blood doping and Lance Armstrong.  Then went into chemistry and did the usual of not pay attention. Then off to Spanish and Señorita was not happy so that was awful.  Then a wonderful run of 5 mile loop, with strides after.  We also did basketball before and after our run. 

Shout out to coach for playing a prank on us telling us that we didn't make it into arcadia.  

Didn't feel all that great today going to the meet but right once the mile started I got an adrenaline rush.  Got boxed in the first 2 laps and finally made it out with just under 700 to go.  Then I just started going for it.  Ran a 4:20 so I was happy cuz I qualified.  

Did the 800 in the medley, my coach told me to go 2:10.  Was going right around 2:10 pace for the first lap, then second lap I saw that I could take the guys infront of me so I decided to go for it and get the W in the slow heat of the medley.  Ran a 2:04. 

Quality day overall.

Also shout out to the PG team, especially Mia and Nicole who provided josh and I with some delicious donuts.  

Decent workout today.  did 600 400 600 400 600 400 600 400, but my nose started bleeding and it got bad so last 400 I didn't do.  Iced afterwords which was good.

Good day today.   Did Middle Spring, my ankle was bothering me at the beginning but warmed up after a couple miles.  After had a team breakfast at my house, then played blow pong, then some normal ping pong.  Good stuff.

Tough workout. Did a 2 mile warmup then 8x400 faster each time.  Went 68 68, 66, 65, 63, 63 62, then 68. haha.  Kind of died, on the second to last one everyone did it, cuz the other guys besides me justin and jamison did 1200, 800, 600, and 400.  They pushed the pace like crazy at the beginning, we came through high 28's.  Then cooled down.  Iced also.

Down to black trail then back through timberline loop.  Then some strides.  Good stuff.  Heading down to arcadia today.  It will be good stuff.  We have mario kart on the wii, gamecube, and ds so we are set.

Kind of disappointing. Got to the race ran but didn't run smart. Went out and ran a 61 first lap. Not to smart. Then went 67. Then next was 66 then kicked it in at a 62. Finished in a 4:17 is what my dad had me at. But found out later the website had me 4:18.1 So PR but could have done better.

Shout out to Lehi for getting top 5

Really great day! Went and checked out Hollywood and stuff then headed to the race. Got there. Found so people that I knew from great oaks and talked to them, then went and watched some invitational races. Then warmed up and got ready. Went to the track and bang! We get started, I'm in last place cuz I slip at the start cuz I didn't have spikes in. Tried to move up many times either on the inside but it wasn't moving or on the outside of lane 3 but that wasn't working cuz people kept shoving me. Came through near the back just holding on at the mile with a 4:39. Then the leader started going so I followed and was able to move up near them and get around the crowd. Then I stuck til 2 laps left. Then with 2 laps to go I went for it. Took the lead, jamison stuck next to me, and we worked together to pull away, jamison faded a bit but I was going, went til final hundred and kicked but a guy outkicked me cuz my legs tightened up really bad. But I was happy with the 22 second PR.

Shoutout to all the people who raced at arcadia this weekend

Good run on bonneville for a pre race shakeout.  5 easy miles.  Feels weird racing 3/4 days and not running on one of them.

Went and helped at the junior high kids track meet.  Did the timing and then the announcing, I had hilarious things to say but molen made me keep it at least semi official.  Also on this note, shout out to connor baller because a girl at our school, we were talking about announcing and she started talking about the Lehi, Lone Peak, AF tri meet and how funny the announcer is.

Finally race time.  Got to the line, Watched the girls heat and then did a quick 5 meter stride.  Then the timer started us, got out well, in 1st place, went to second by 10 meters in but then 3rd by around 15 meters in.  Saw craik and Russell trying to pull away but held near them.  Passed 50 meters around 22 seconds then was going for the kick in but my hand was dying and my arms gave out twice.  So slowed a lot then finally kicked it in passing russell.  Finished with a 62, 2nd from our school all-time, as well as 45th in the US all-time, and 9th US this season.  Craik smashed the high school world record and went a 48,  which is olympic qualifying time.  So in conclusion, Craik has great potential if he sticks to his training.  BTW he was only 6 seconds off the World Record!

Tough day.  Not able to get much sleep because of homework cuz all my teacher's are cramming for the AP tests and giving crazy hw.  2.38 mile warmup then 2x1200 2x800 and 2x400.  Wasn't ready for it, my legs were still tired from arcadia and i think from my race yesterday, the crab walk, made my back really tight which was causing me breathing problems.  Hit 3:29 first 1200, then 3:35.  Then 800's I knew I was dead and hit 2:36 then 2:32, lol,  I know slow but whatever, I was trying so hard.  then the 400's I hit 72, then the last one felt good the last 100 and kicked it in to a 67.  Then 2 mile cool down, up to icing at the canyon, then  went straight to reffing.  Got 2.6 for the total.  rough day.

Decided it was time for my new shoes cuz my knee was hurting in the other ones.  Did alpine loop with the DM crew, as well as most of the team.  'Twas a good time.  also iced after and played 7 on the line.  Then had cereal at my house with connor tyler jared josh seth and steven.

Cold run today.  Premeet easy run, plus some strides.  Dom's knee hit my thigh hard in basketball so it hurt a lot on the run and I'm icing it rn.  And I have to ref so not the ideal pre meet day.

Got 3.9 miles from reffing today.  

Eh meet.  Did the mile and did not feel good, my breathing was weird, my left hamstring tightened up on the last 400 and my right thigh was killing from where dom kneed me.  I guess it was a good warm-up cuz it loosened me up for the 800 in the medley.  warmed up 2 miles, plus did some strides, then got ready to get the baton from dom.  The sprinters did ok, they could have done much better though, Ty thinks that they could have dropped at least 3 seconds with the 200's.  I got the baton took off, came through 200 in 28, then went around with casey right on my tail and came through in 57.  The tried to follow casey but my leg cramped up so I backed off. That 200 was way slow, a 35.  But then was able to kick it back at the end and finish with a 28.  2:00.  My coach and dad had me at a low 2:00 so I was happy. Also we qualified for state with 3:37.

Shout out to Watson cuz I finally met her. She's a pretty cool person for the like 30 seconds that I met her for. And shoutout to casey for doing a 1:52 for his 800 split.

Was planning on going ten but when I went out, I got like 2 miles and felt awful.  So I decided to loop around and head towards Lone Peak, and then went around there and ran back to my house to get 6.  Also we have prom today and did rock climbing for the day date, which was a party, and my arms are way sore so that is counting for my strength training today.  Also was disappointed cuz I slept through my alarm and missed morning practice.

Had scheduling so ran later with Steven.  We did middle spring, the first 3 miles were death, but after that it felt really easy.  We got up to 7.15 then we stretched and steven drove home and I was gonna go home but when I passed by the high school, I decided to go do a few speed things.  Did 4x100 at 14 seconds a piece, then 2x200, at 29 seconds a piece, hit them perfect except last 200 went 28. Arms were kind of tired but twas fun throwing in some actual speed.  Then cooled  down just over a mile.

Would have been a great workout except my nose was bleeding after the first 400, so the times weren't good because of that.  But if my nose didn't bleed I think I could have hit the paces.  Ice bath by myself then off to reffing soccer.

Unshoutout to some coach who doesn't know what offsides is and was raging, I should have kicked him out especially when he walked on the field. 

AF, loop on xc course, back.

Really happy with how today went.  We did a shorter faster workout, which is what I like, 8x400.  Went 65, 64, 64, 63, 64, 64, 63, 62.  My breathing was a bit off but with the 90 seconds recovery each time it gave me just enough time to get it back to normal.  Also was insanely hot so shout out to the custodians who were testing out the sprinklers so we ran through them.  Also shout out to Galen who had a great workout after being sick for a long time. Ice after, Also have crazy hw, and have to get up and take a test at 5:15, so will be happy with 4 hours of sleep tonight.

Well, was gonna go 4 plus strides but it kept lengthening out til we went out 2.7, I walked some just for fun lol.  Then ran back.  Did strides and the last one we did an officiating tactical race with Caleb the official.  Jog til Caleb says go then kick it in.  Good time.  Also kind of wrecked from 3 and a half hours of sleep last night. Not too great but I did pass all my tests.

Good day. Yesterday went up the canyon with friends, including coach's daughter and she was supposed to be home at 9:30 but we didn't have service and we came down at 11:00 and her dad had called the cops so last night cops crashed out party, lol.  Woke up at 6:35 got to the race, watched a bunch of races.  Then it started raining, and was windy.  Waited forever, then finally warmed up on the indoor track, then got ready.  

Got to the start line, started out awful, but took advantage by going straight to the inside lane.  Then moved up from there, lol, was in the very back and came through in mid 63 first lap.  Then got up to Will Handley and stuck with him til 200 left, then started making a move on him, but my legs were too cold and tight so I fell back as he kept going with the move I tried to make.  Then Colter passed me, but I passed Dallin at the very end.  Got 4th, 4:20.  So not disappointed. 

Short cool down, then rested for like just under an hour.  Then warmed up for the 2 mile, super sluggish warm up, was just gonna kind of go run the 2 mile but not really.  Got to the start line and got off.  Just stuck behind Jamison and Galen  who stuck behind the rest of the pack.  Then the pack stretched out a bit at 1200 in, so I passed up to 5th, and whenever someone was dropping off from the leader I would pass them.  Then just followed Joe Benson, and Talon Hull til 300 left.  Then Joe made a move, I matched and surged past him.  200 left I charged.  Then 100 left I was going but Joe caught me and we were side by side for the last hundred. Made a quarter of a second mistake of "feeling tired" and acting on it and slowed for a tiny bit.  Joe got me by .07 seconds, costing me the win, the watch, and the shirt.  Bummer, but oh well.  Got a PR when I wasn't really ready  to.  And closed in a 60.4 according to Mr. Molen.

Super Shout out time to multiple people: Mr. Molen, for letting us play basketball when we got back, Craik and Valerie, for giving us Cafe Rio for Valerie's homecoming.  Shout out to Brooks for the sick sunglasses. Shout out to Watson cuz she killed her 2 mile and cuz I met her for a second time.  And Shout out to the stellar Kelly for beating my bro at ping pong. And shout out to the fellow bloggers who I saw racing! 

Yesterday's mile race. 

Good run today.  Wasn't the most exciting loop but eh.  Tyler came so that was fun.  Did 2 with seth before then did 5.67 with tyler, and seth, and caleb.  So shout out to tyler for coming with LP today.

2 from reffing.

Good run.  Did a lot of basketball before which was a fiesta.  Then did Bonneville which was a river so we were soaked.  It was a good time.  Also we completely roasted Craik multiple times so yeah.  

Also reffed a soccer game yesterday, Lehi provisional vs. AF provisional.  Lehi got 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.  So I'm wondering when Connor, Collin, Watson, Gan, Sami, and the rest of the Lehi squad are gonna pull off some of these ugly stunts.  If anyone catches word let me know so I can give them a card. 

Tough day,  lol forgot we had a workout so went home and ate some cookies.  Got back did a warmup and we did 12x400.  Hit 67, 67, 66, 67, 65, then went to the bathroom so I missed this next one.  Then 64, 65, 64, 64, 68, 63.  Haha, my stomach was destroyed on the last two but I had a killer last 100 which I passed 3 people on the last interval which coach said we could pick it up a bit.  Also used my Pegasus cuz my shins were starting to hurt so I was worried that it might be the shoes.  

Shout out to the birthday boy Connor Baller!!! 

Also, going for Asa's legendary status, I'll let you know when I accomplish it.

Good run today.  Went running with Team Pre- the Lehi squad.  Although the roads weren't the most exciting the team atmosphere was most excellent.  Went out 4.33 then came back and did a lap on the track.  It was a good run.  Also have to go ref later tonight so that'll be fun, not really but ok.  

So shout out to Lehi for letting me run with them today.

3.08 miles reffing.  

Went and ran with PG cuz they are cool like that.  We did Tanner's trail (I think) which was a good time.  Came back and did a lap, then did 4x100 meter strides.  It was quite nice.  Ready to kill it tomorrow. 

I don't even know what to think of today.  My legs felt tired and my stomach was not cooperating.  Got there and literally within 30 seconds of me stepping off the bus, a bird/pato, pooped on my shoulder.  Then got on a short warm up, got in the mile and raced.  Patrick took it out and led the whole race, I was in second the whole race, just sticking on his shoulder.  Then with 400 to go he took off, I held on for 100 but then he left, putting 4 seconds on me in the last 300 meters. Got 4:21.  Then cool down.  Waited a while, then warmed up for the 800.  Way too fast and too long for me.  It was me and Jamison and he was going like 6:28 pace for the mile and a half, which is not how I like warming up.  Got into the race and came through in a 61 first lap, and went slower the second, and ran a 65.  so 2:06, not too good.  Just didn't feel well.  Cool down with lehi, timp, af, and jiree and jiraa.  Then just chilled.  

Had AP Psych test today so I couldn't run with the team.  Then I biked down to PG to watch the meet for a bit, then ran .5 miles with tyler and .5 while cheering on the guys racing.  Then biked back (total bike was 11.82) and went straight to reffing. Then got 4.11 miles the first game and 2.84 the second.  Shins were hurting so I decided not to go on a specific run today and to ice them really well. 

warm up 2. Got to the workout, heard it was 600 then 400 x4 so not too bad, until I heard the splits we were supposed to hit. Coach said for the 600, 65 second 400's so 1:37.5 for the total.  Then the 400's were at 62 second pace.  First 600 we did, hit a 1:36.  Then did the four, and coach was saying go go go lol so I went a bit fast,  59, but that is the kind of workout I wanted to do today.  Next 600, hit 1:38.  Then did a 62 400.  Then I was destroyed and the next 600 I went out really slow, and saw everyone else slowing after the first 200 meters so I speed up and actually hit a decent time, a 1:39.  Then coach could tell we were dying, so she gave us 3 minutes rest, instead of the usual 90 seconds.  And Courtney said we were gonna switch the 600 into a 400 but she wanted us to hit 64 and the last 3.  Went 63, 64, and a 66. Felt exhausted but did feel like it helped my legs turn over a bit which is what I've been wanting for a long time. Cool down 3 and ice.

Also, this weekend, I'm going for 4:14- Eveyone hold me accountable for this time. I'm ready to throw down this time.

Went to do rad-venture but didn't happen.  So we played fish out of water which was good.  Then we came back, and they had popsicles for us.  Then we did half a mile bare foot, then iced.  Also, Saw they had top 20 in the mile so Jamison and I will both get to run in the golden hour for the mile!

Had AP Calc today, so went to early morning seminary for like 30 minutes, then went to Lehi's coach's dad's room, Mr. Smith, and got breakfast galore.  Then took the AP test, felt pretty good, probs high 4 low 5 range.  Then we didn't have to go to fourth cuz I had calculus so I went to track class and played basketball, my team won every time so shout out to my team.  Then went and warmed up, then got back and did 400 300 400 300 400 300.  Hit 62 45, 62, 45, 62, and 47, so nearly a perfectly split workout.  My legs felt heavy and tired so it was some real work hitting those times and my breathing was quite awkward, but if my breathing turns out ok by Saturday I'm really hopeful for a great time.  2 mile cool down and ice. 

Went to run but a huge hail storm came in.  Then went to pole and back plus some strides. 

Got to the race just in time to watch Josh's mile.  He kind of died but he has had a good season.  Then Justin and Galen went.  They were cruising.  Justin ran 4:23 but .2 off of state. Then Galen was 4:26 and just died last 200 meters.  Then Craik in his 800 went 2:00.46.  Then Seth went 2:05.  Then later in the golden hour, Jamison and I warmed up for our race.  It was faster pace cuz coach said we should warm up like that but I really didn't like it.  Also one of our coaches gave us a shot block but I didn't like taking it.  Not gonna take one again.  Got to the line and we were off.  Came through 64, then 2:09.  Then third lap we started gaining on casey mckay patrick and logan.  Then they took off 400 left.  I was feeling great til 550 left then my body just got exhausted.  Went fine til last 100, then mentally gave up.  Slowed way down and got passed by 3 people, which I would have gotten 8th in the golden hour.  So should have stayed stronger, but not disappointed with a PR. Also Jamison was .4 off from state which was too bad.  

Shout out to all the cool people I met today and talked to especially Lehi cuz I talked to them for a while and met Sami from frb for the first time. 

Also shout out to Jamison because he told me what an excellent smoothie is at Roxberry while he was working there.

Later spencer texted and asked if I wanted to go run so went 5.26 miles with him.

crazy stuff today.  Haha, we finally did what I have been asking to do, a super speedy workout.  We did 400 300 200 400 300 200.  I hit 59, 44, 28, 60, 45, 28.  The first 400 at the 200 mark I nearly faceplanted and hit the track but I caught myself.  My foot hit the back of Jamison's cuz he slowed just barely when he heard me say 29 for our first 200 meters, but I was watching my watch and so I didn't see so I was running really weird for like 15 meters til I finally caught myself.  Good workout.  Just running the 800 at region so we'll see if I can put down a quick time and get qualified for state.  

5 easy miles.  Don't know if I'm running the medley or not, hopefully not.

Also, HUGE shoutout to Sala and her fam for providing an excellent dinner!!!

Ran Region medley today.  Went 2 mile warm up then the race. My team got me in third, I think Adam Wood had like a 5 second gap on me, and Luke Johnston probably had about 3.  I looked at my coach and he said go for the win, so I went off, hit 29 first 200, then 28 at the 400.  By then I passed Luke, and was gaining on Adam, went 30 for the next 200 and then Adam took off, and I just kind of lost it, and Luke passed me but I didn't really care much, probably could have kicked a bit harder but I want to be fresh for the 800 tomorrow cuz I'm trying to qualify.  

Shout out to every who race and everyone who qualified today!

'Twas quite a day.  At school first two classes we just watched movies, Forrest Gump, and What about Bob?, then the next class my teacher just went on and on about some crazy boring chemistry.  Then 4th we had a spanish verb tense and form quiz with a bunch of crazy things so it was annoying.  Then went out to the track and chilled and watched a bunch of guys race really well.  Then warmed up a mile and a half pretty slow for the 800.  Did a lot of strides, then went to the line.  My breathing was weird but once the race got started it felt pretty good.  Ran first part just chilling probably about in 10th.  Then with 400 to go I went into striking distance to the leaders,  but still in 6th.  Then tried to get up with 200 left but was trapped til a saw a small gap right on the inside which I took then kicked it in.  Ran a 1:57.58 so a 4.5 second season open 800 PR, and a 3 second overall PR from last season.  Cooled down 3.5 on the grass barefoot cuz I got some nasty blisters from my spikes.  200 splits went 28, 29, then I presume 31, then I think 28.  

Shout out to Connor who qualified in the 800, then Jamison, Justin and Collin in the mile today.  And also big shout out to Adam Wood, who ran 4 events and basically went 1st in the 3200 2nd (by his 800 split in the medley), 3rd in the mile, and 4th in the 800, which is pretty insane so congrats to him!

Legs were quite exhausted today and it was hot.  But a plus was I got to run during track class cuz my calc teacher let me.  Iced after.

Pretty much destroyed.  Last night played basketball with the legendary team pre, and asa made a sick half court which predicted that Bill and Tyler kiss tonight.  But basically my legs were destroyed and we did 400 300 400 300 400 300.  400 pace was slightly faster than mile, then 300 was 800 pace.  Hit 63 44 61 45 63 47.  Got pretty tired on the last ones but the first ones I was feeling really strong.  It was good stuff. 

Also shout out to Lehi's squad because they are so sick and had a sick fire and let Tyler and I come!

buena corre hoy.  Balencesto y la vuelta corta de Alpine y más balencesto.  Muy bien.  Y después enfrio mis espinillas.  

Good run.  Warm up then 400 300 200 400 300 200.  Hit 63, 44, 27 62 45 29.  Feeling ready to kill it at state. 

Shout out to those who ran at JV region and killed it.  Also shout out to my lil' bro for his two new PG girl friends.

Tapering is great! Also school was crazy, first the seniors made everyone pay to get into the parking lot, pennies, gum, love notes, etc.  Then I walked down to the commons and was gonna fill up my water but it looked like the drinking fountains had vasaline on them.  Then like 5 seconds later I hear a deafining vroom, and see a dirt bike flying down the hall,  then it turned into the commons and I saw teachers start chasing after him.  Then didn't see it after that.  But heard it was a ruckess and I think the school is gonna sue and so he's in a lot of trouble.  

Easy run today.  Did pole then golf course then some strides.  Ready to kill it tomorrow.  Hoping for a good PR since I haven't improved much this season in the 1600.

Well crazy day.  Warmed up then headed back got spikes and got lined up.  I was 7th.  Gun went, race started.  I started out hard but not hard enough cuz I got trapped at the back so the entire first 2 laps I was fighting to just get up and get moving.  Splits show it.  Then with 800 left I went for it, being in 6th place and last lap Tracen passed me even though we were gaining on Patrick from AF and Dallin from Viewmont but they beat me and I got 7th.  Bummer, no medal, .34 seconds off of our school record.  But I'm not complaining because 1. I got a big PR, my first one of the mile this season, 2. It was a lot of fun and I felt pretty great doing it. 3. I got trapped so I know if I could have split better I could have run better.  4. It was a lot of fun negative splitting.  Official splits are 65.58 then 66.81 then 63.89 then 60.30.  So haha, a good negative split race.  Happy with how the season has turned out even though I didn't reach all my goals but at least I have had what I would say is a significant improvement.  

Also shout out to Eugene because I finally met him and he did the cool down with us.  He's a cool guy. 

Good race today.  Ran the 3200 and was kind of worried because I haven't run a 3200 since Davis a while back and my stomach wasn't the greatest at the line.  Went out, same as usual, was in the backish immediately but this time instead of waiting and getting trapped I squeezed through an opening 300 in and got up next to Mckay and Patrick from AF.  Then we went til it was Mckay and I, then we passed Dallin Leatham then Mckay kept turning up the pace so I followed.  Just sat on his shoulder for pretty much the whole race then at then end he got a second gap on me.  I finished 3rd in 5A and 4th overall.  It was a lot of fun.  I have the 800 coming up this afternoon so I'll post about that when I do it.  2 mile warm up-1.75 cool down. 800 was quite exhausting. I had never tripled before so it was crazy. Went out around 58 then like 64. Haha. So My mile closing lap was nearly faster than my 800. After I got home i was bored s we got some guys together to play basketball so it was pretty tiring. So shout out to my lehi homies ffor playing basketball/coming. Y'all are awesome.

No run, but some basketball

Did the rootbeer (mile) today but first race that I did not finish.  Got out really slow but I was fine doing that.  Then passed a ton of people on the run.  Then flew through the next can and got my self caught up.  Then third can I was just a bit behind the leaders and went fast on this lap.  Then last can I could not get it down even to my throat.  I made it through 2/3 of the can but I could only put the last rootbeer in my mouth.  I couldn't get it to even touch my throat so I had to quit there.  It was a valiant effort for a new PR since last season but it didn't happen.  Maybe senior year.  

Shout out to everyone who showed up and ran, and even those who just showed up and watched.  Super shout out to Eugene who had to drive a long way just to get here for the mile.  

After we played some basketball which was fun.

No run but some basketball and some other stuff. Also for some lucky person who happens to stalking my blog they can find out my secrets by reading through the posts. I

L Crazy race today.  Got to the line and went out near the front and then everyone else dropped off til it was just Josh, Craik, Seth, Justin, and I.  Then Josh dropped and then craik.  Then Seth Justin and I decided to go in for the 3 way tie.  Clock said 15:03 but it was off by a minute.  So we ran a 16:03 which is a minute and ten seconds faster than I ran last year and haha last year I tried a lot harder but I was still so burnt out from running so I'm feeling pretty optimistic about what I can do this season and what our team can do.  Felt pretty relaxed running it and talked to some people while doing it.  My legs were a bit shocked cuz it is our week off and after mile 2 my stomach was a bit funky since it's been a while since we ran fast that long. But it was not super difficult. I

KGood day today!  Slept in til 8:00 then met with the xc guys to go hike to the tree of knowledge.  It was quite tiring but it was a lot of fun.  Then we went down really fast.  It was quite exciting. E

No running but some hard core volleyball

G Easy run today, first run of my senior year xc.  Quite crazy thinking that this is my last year running with Lone Peak.  Went 3 with the new guys then went to dumpster and back.  Then stretching and planks and pushups and a couple pull ups.  This season I'm ready to push it so I'm not gonna be slacking off in all that stuff. A

N Easy mileage.  Timberline loop then some down to stop sign and back.  Push ups and Cherry Pickers after. !

4 with everyone then 1 more with the returning guys.  Last 2 we started picking it up but before that we were going around 7:30-8:00 pace.  

Also a poem for Gan and Tyler,

Ever since they met we knew they would date,
One might call it luck, but no doubt it is fate,
It may be a hike or may be a megaplex
Through all this, inevitably, Gyler will chex.

Good run, we picked it up a lot at the end for the last half mile. Then we did some abs and some Kim Jong Un which was splendid. Shoutout to Thom Gan Bill and Dalpal for being awesome and coming to the snow shack and giving me a plate of cookies.

Later at night did a mile race because it was the cedar hills fun run.  I won, Seth got second, some guy got third, then josh was 4th.  The guy that got third said "Wait, It's only been a mile? The website said it was a 5k?"  So he could have gone faster but oh well.  Good time!

3 easy miles then met at creekside for capture the flag.  Ran back to Legacy to grab some cones then back at a quick pace then got some quick stuff in the game. It was a good time! 

Also shout out to Gan for her great poem, and also to Sami for filling out a survey for me, lol.   

After went hiking with some friends so we hiked up to stewart falls.  Got 4 miles cuz we added some extra stuff.

Ran up to sliding rock and back.  It was a good run but my body was tired.  

First part was slower but then after 2 miles we kept it around 6:45 pace.  Got back from our run to see that one of the girls on our team, Olivia, had been hit by a car while crossing the road.  She was fine and it was just a minor crash.  A white car had stopped to let Olivia cross then she crossed but a car rammed into the white car and so it got hit forward into Olivia.  Then when we got back Kaleb decided to be a complete idiot and race back while everyone else just went an easy pace and nearly got hit by two cars while he just sprinted across the road. Pretty dumb. 

So a very deserved unshoutout goes to Kaleb because of that.

Nice run, ended up picking it up sub 6 pace for about a mile.  Ran in my kinvaras, and they felt quite swell!  

Unshoutout to me cuz my insta was hacked so sorry if you got all the annoying spam messages.

Good easy 5.08.  Talked to coach about his marathon and we are going to go run 6ish miles of it with him this saturday!  Also Cole Gray, a senior when I was a freshman came to practice today and that was cool!  

Later basketball with Steven, Kaleb, Josh, Ryan, and I.  

For mutual we went mountain biking which was a party, but we went up hills so slow that balancing was a struggle.  It was a good leg work out though.

Went slower at first keeping the group mostly together then the new guys split off at 2 miles so we went through lambert and up Corkscrew but it's all up hill so we turned around and went through Redford Run and then a couple other trails.  Didn't feel too good starting but eventually warmed up into the run.  Also last mile was a 5:31 lol, we got excited and it felt really good, it didn't even really hurt all that much.

Good stuff from everyone today.  Did just over 5 on our distance run, then did some abs and pushups and stuff then went and played capture the flag.  I got the flag the first game and the second game I was 2 feet from crossing when the other team finally crossed.  But the other team was like standing on the flag so it was impossible for so long to even touch the flag.  But whatever it was a good time!

Also got the CBC tonight so that is exciting!

Shout out to T-K-Norr for getting a blog even though it isn't approved yet.

So the CBC was lit! Went out cruising I think my first mile was like 4:44. (Guess not from what I saw on Connor's blog. Looks like a 4:52ish)  Then slowed a bit then last mile maintained.  Ethan Field and I worked together for most the race.  Josh Collin's was there so that was pretty cool! He won in 15:30 then Connor 15:31.  Also my watch had me at 3.26 miles for the race putting it at a 4:54 average pace so that was kind of cool.   It was fun with everyone there cheering and racing so shout out to all them.  And special shout out to THE CONNOR BALLER who organized this sick event!  

Good day today. Went up to the utah valley marathon to run part of it with coach ryan. He was cruising but about 6 miles left he hit a wall and just died. He still ran a 2:47 so that was sick! It was a fun run! shout out to both coach ryan and coach Courtney for doing the marathon and killing it!

Later played basketball with some of the team, and some Lone Peak varsity were at the church where we were.  So we played against them.  

Right after basketball went to a BBQ and then played water polo in the pool.  It was quite exhausting and quite a workout. 

Relatively easy run.  Did Mountain run which I have missed doing.  Then did some pushups and planks then went to a church and balled.  Also getting excited for Ragnar which will be a fiesta!!!

And if anyone wants to come hike tomorrow Spencer Trevor and I and maybe some other people are going so let me know if you want to.

Quality day today!  Picked up the usual crew and headed to practice but then drove over to Lehi's practice cuz we were gonna have a ragnar team meeting but I got switched out of the van to the other van.  So now I'm leg 3, which is much tougher so it won't be as fast but it should be a good time.  Did abs and hips which were freakin exhausting and then went straight home to grab some water and head out on a hike with Spencer Trevor and Seth.  Went up, got lost, ran a mile to find a turn around point then also did 6+ miles of hiking also getting lost.  We went up to Lake Pittsburg which was quite awesome but it was too cold to jump in.  Then got home for like 30 minutes then headed up to the RSL game with Austin Hinckley, Ryan Johnson, and Shawn Mills.  RSL won in a PK shoot out which was pretty sick!   

Oh and also shout out to TKnorr and me for making a snowman on our hike, it's name is Winifred so if you see a snowman up by Lake Pittsburg know that we made it. 

Quite the run today.  Ran middle spring and on the trail Trevor rolled his ankle pretty bad so we got off the trail and hit the road and I ran back to get a car.  We thought Trevor might have fractured it because he had done it multiple times before so I flew down and got a solid tempo in... lol and almost a new two mile PR. Split a 4:29 then 5:05.  So haha I ran a 9:34 on the road coming down.  Quite the tempo.  

Good run but tiring because some of the xc guys went camping last night and making it back to practice was kind of rough but felt alright on the run.  A couple of the miles were sub 6:30 but in general a pretty calm run.  Really excited for Ragnar tomorrow!

Shout out to our team captain Jacob for throwing a pasta party!  Right now I feel like I'm in the best shape I've ever been so I'm pretty stoked.  I also have a 2 mile down hill leg so I'm going for sub 9 on that.  It will be great!

Race 1. It was blazing hot and took off too fast. Went 5:11 for first then went 2 more sub 6's then 6:01 and then just slowed a bit from there. Heat killed me and it was all flat til the end then it was up hill. It was long and hot so it was rough. I pitifully made it up the hill and then kicked it in to Bill. Shout out to the lehi alumni squad for being such a dope team! 7 kills.

Later in the coolness of night I ran my second leg, 2 miles downhill for the most part.  I decided I was going to push it hard on this leg and I went crazy.  I hit 4:22 for the first mile and then went 4:24 for the second then the last .01 was 3 seconds.  It was really fun doing that.  I got to the exchange zone 5-10 minutes before the van did because they had to go through a detour.  It was quite the exciting leg! 11 kills.

Started at like 5:30 in the morning and it was quite cold so I had to have a jacket and the reflective vest junk. First 3.5 miles got 38 kills then got one more at 3.75 then I didn't see anyone until 5.8 miles in. That was a rough stretch. Finally saw someone and pushed harder up to them and from then on I could generally see runners up ahead and I would just go catch them. Last 3 miles went by super fast and felt great. First 3 were also great but the middle 3 were a struggle. 64 kills.  Shout out to my awesome teammates especially my van who were super lit and special shout out to McKinley (even though she doesn't have a blog) because it was the greatest thing seeing her all caffinated up before her run.  I had the greatest team ever and had so much fun!  Super great time!

Later did 3 easy with Connor and a barefoot mile which was quite nice.  Also took an ice bath after which felt heavenly.

Super great run.  My body was a tired from Ragnar but it was a great time!  Did Mountain run and added in Hobbit Hole at the end.  Then did some strength training.

Later after lunch biked down to Skyridge to check out how nice the track was and did a mile on that.  The track is so nice so the Skyridge kids are super lucky for getting such a nice track.  Went on Murdock Canal out and got 7.89 miles then stayed on the roads back and got 6.68 miles. 

Body was wrecked but finished up fine.  First 4 were quite tough but then it felt more comfortable after.  

Shout out to Collin who hooked me up with an interview for Utah Run. 

Later went and ran with Connor Asa and Brady.  Felt pretty nice.  Then played a couple hours of basketball and I was exhausted after.  But a good time none the less.  Also Luke Johnston from Westlake came which was sick!  He can dunk it so that's pretty cool!

Holy cow, such a hard run.  Got 10.45 yesterday plus basketball so my body was just way tired.  Did Charlie Brown then looped back from 4 mile loop then did 1.25 miles barefoot at creekside and then just ran back.  Was supposed to go 8 but legs and body wasn't feeling it today.  Maybe will do more later.

Went and ran with Skyridge today while Craik said he would take care of the new guys back at our own practice.  Did a mile warmup, drills, then headed out with Big T, Thom, Michael, and Seth.  Then everyone but Seth Thom and I turned back at 1.5 out.  Then Seth and I headed back at 4 miles out and headed back on the trail but Thom looped around and met us on the trail.  Then went back and stretched and did a tiny bit of planking but nothing much cuz yesterday Ellie said that the girls on our team have better abs and biceps than the guys so we are having a plank off tomorrow and then a push up competition the next day.  Then hopped in the SOLW which is a super sick ice bathing spot!  Good run overall.

Unshout out to Asa who didn't show up but shout out to the Skyridge squad for a sick practice!

Later in the night my legs were feeling excellent so I went and ran 2.53, just a short easy loop.

Such a great run because we did extended mountain run which is one of the greatest runs of all time!  It felt really good doing it.  

Pretty great run again.  We did the make-out couch run which is an excellent hilly trail run.  First half was pretty slow because of the hills but after we were going a good pace down.  also barefoot on the grass plus strides! My legs felt really good so I'll probably go more tonight so if anyone wants to go running tonight let me know.  

Shout out to Connor who won the AF Canyon 10k!

Also everyone wish Dominic and Emily luck in the USATF Junior Nationals.  They both are competing in the 400!

New addition to my original blog post, Unshout out to Gan who deleted her comment... Smh.

Later at night Connor, Spencer and I met at Lehi and ran down to the rodeo, then to Asa's house where we stopped and got a drink, so shout out to Mama Nielson for being super nice!  Then looped back to the highschool.  Got 4.17 doing that then got 1.43 more with barefoot on the turf.  Then went and took an ice bath at the SOLW ™ (by connor) for a solid 17 minutes.  Felt really good this week!

Realized that I was .01 miles from 60 this week so just ran over to my pasta, ate a bite, then ran back and I'm counting that as .01 miles.  

Tough run because my hamstrings and back were really tight.  Stretched them out in the middle of the run and then after.  We did the first part of Hogs, then looped over to Suncrest and then part of black trail and back.  Also Seth and I diagnosed Craik and Kaleb with a new found illness, PTPS (Pushing The Pace Syndrome).  It is very common in distance runners so I would recommend checking with your doctor to see if you suffer from PTPS or are at risk.

Ran over by coach's house, dropped him off then did black trail plus a little extention.  My IT Band was causing me problems today but I think it is just a day thing and should be better tomorrow.  We iced after next to creekside park in the little river that flows through it.  

Also tomorrow we are doing the Wall so if anyone wants to come do it with us they should!

Good run.  First 5 steps and my hips was exploding with pain and I was about to stop running but after that my hip stopped hurting.  It was tight but not painful.  Went down to Cedar Hills then on the golf course trail up and did backwards Mountain Run.  Didn't do the wall because coach came with us and said he wasn't feeling too good.  

Shout out to Utah Run cuz I got hired and also to Russell because he brought by some bread from The Harvest last night.  And shout out to Tyler cuz I get to work with him at the snow shack tonight.  

Headed up first part of middle spring then turned around and looped around Lambert.  Was supposed to go 8 but my legs have been feeling a bit tired but I may go a couple more sometime later tonight.  Also Clayson came to practice, he has the school record for the 1600 and just got back from his mission.  

Really good run today.  Met at Legacy and carpooled up to Corner Canyon and ran on a trail there.  It was super fun.  Ended up picking up the pace at the end to like 6:20's but it felt quite nice. 

Also Weber State's Coach Wood just called and talked to me for a bit so that was pretty cool!

Did the Lehi/Skyridge dip today.  Collin and Parker came to our practice so shout out to them for coming.  We went pretty quick today, 6:35 avg.  with last two right around 6:10.  Wasn't too exciting of a run but I felt pretty good even though I thought I was gonna be wrecked from going to a concert last night which wrecked my legs.  Also going on a sick hike today with my Fam so that'll be fun.  And I'm gonna run more tonight, just 3-4 so that I can get my mileage above 50. 

Later did a sick hike with my fam.  Josh and I flew up the mountain and got to the lake pretty quick.  Then we chilled there with the people who had left earlier and took some sick pictures of each other (Check out Josh's insta for a sick pic)  3.24 up and I forgot to start my watch on the way down so I got it at 3.00 but I assume it is the same.  Gained 2600 feet.

Good day today. drove to the race and warmed up 1.19 miles with my bro. Did some strides then the race got started. Went out in first but it was at like 6:00 pace cuz I didn't want to lead. Pack of 5 separated quickly, preston johnson of weber state, camren todd, garrett barton, logan petty and me. Then garrett preston and I seperated from them and then they put a surge on that I couldnt match. After they did that garrett started dropping and I picked it up hard. I got within 10 meters on the last straight away so but was too tired from chasing him the half mile so he put some major time on me at the end. Good race overall. Know that I need to improve my abs and also get my back fixed. Splits were 5:00 5:15 5:16 then 63 for the last part. Super fun race. Cooled down with garrett a davis guy and max jones after. Super fun day.

Shout out to everyone who killed it at the freedom run!!!

So dead today. Cut it a bit short because I want to get a good run in tomorrow and it would have just been crap miles. Also AP scores are in. I got a 5 in calc 4 in psych and 3 in us and lang. So pretty happy except I thought I would have got a 5 in psych. Also shout out to dalpal cuz I like how he planks and blogs at the same time so I'm going to start doing that.

Was pretty nervous for today because yesterday I could not run well.  My outside shin was hurting me as well has ITband.  When I woke up I could feel them a little bit without walking but I got up and went to practice thinking of cutting it short.  Went a mile and my ITband wasn't cooperating but it warmed up as the run went on and my shin was doing way better then I thought so that was good.  Also we had a faster day today, first mile warm-up pace, 7:20, then we picked it up just so it was faster.  6:44, 6:39, 6:34, 6:37, 6:37, 6:35, 6:12, then 70 seconds for the last .2.  Run went really well, didn't even feel tired while doing it and my body didn't hurt for the majority of the run.  Avg. pace since when we picked it up was 6:32 and overall average was 6:39.

Also Utah State is coming to my house today to meet with me and talk about their running program so that is exciting!

Crazy hard run because it was at 4:40 in the morning because of priests camp.  I'm gonna try to run more then but Idk if I'll have time at camp.  

Didn't run more but did  an aqua jogging race against the current in the river for getting first in line for food at dinner so I won that which was a quite the workout.

Didn't have much time to run because I woke up late so didn't run then and the whole day was planned out so I ran at 10:50 at night and the leaders said I needed to be back at camp at 11:00... so I went out and got a 10 minute run it but it was really cool because there were so many stars and we had just had testimony meeting so I got to think about all that stuff! 

Felt quite out of shape til I looked at my watch after the first half mile and saw I was going 6:28 pace up a hill so then I decided to just keep going fast but stay on the roads instead of doing a hilly run.  Did part of Discovery and then looped down to AF and then through Art Dye and up to Lone Peak and then back to my house.  It was quite the run.  Saw tons of road kill such as a raccoon, 2 squirrells, and a bird.  Also on my run Casey Clinger drove by with some friends and then they sat at the stop sign waiting for me to run by and then he said what's up to me while I was running so I guess Casey is my #1 fan lol.  Also ran through AF's festival thing on accident at Art Dye.  And I saw I was going pretty fast average so I thought it would be cool to have a sub 6 average so last two miles I pushed.  avg. pace was 5:56.  

Nice easy run today.  Did part of Hogs then over to Suncrest and then up a little more then came back the same way.  Felt quite good and super pumped for tonight's race so I'll be getting a little bit more.  

Also BBall at my church tomorrow at 9:00 after practice if anyone wants to join.

Quite the race.  Got there with plenty of time to spare, last night at 11:55ish.  Got warmed up with the other race competitors.  Got our lane assignments, I got lane 8 #blessed.  Will said on your mark, Go! and we were off.  Took it out hard but then my leg where I landed weird from a month ago was hurting a bit so I backed off.  But overall quality race.  Made it past the prelims to the final 4 with no crazy effort.  Got 5.5 more miles to do at 7 in the morning.

Did 5 mile loop which actually got us 5.5 because we did extra little parts such as break into Craik's house to wake up Craik but he wasn't home.  After did some basketball with soon to be Elder Wilkes for the last time in 3 years. Super sad because it might be the last time I see Jamison in a long time since he leaves tomorrow.  He's a great runner and a great guy!  Gonna miss him on the team.  Also Mike who got back from his mission 4 days ago came and played bball with us which was excellent and he is super cool!

Good run today.  It was an easier day so our pace was pretty relaxed.  7:07 avg pace.  Ran to Jamison's talked to him then headed back and did .65 barefoot to get 9.  Then did 2 stride with Seth.  We paced the girls on their tempo-ish run today so they stuck with us at 6:40 pace for 3 miles.  I'm super excited to start workouts like tempo's and hill repeats but my coach said that we aren't going to do that until the beginning of August which I think is starting too late but they know what they are doing.  But I'm just super pumped to do something besides a usual distance run because they are getting kind of long and boring.

Went to Corner Canyon and did a sick run there.  Got 9.14 total and did it at 6:58 pace which was pretty fast considering the hills and that it was a trail.  Good day. Planning on going more later tonight with CBaller.

Running later didn't happen but had some stellar ping pong at Craiks and a good fight night which ended up just me and Craik.  He won the first round, then I won the second and they said the last round was a tie.  So overall a tie match.  He got a lot more decent hits but I got a couple of really solid hits.  

Also Happy B-Day to my younger bro Josh.  He's turning 16 so all you ladies better watch out or he'll slay you with his looks and abs, that are non-existent (jk), but that's beside the point because he still slays. lol.

I was dying today, my hamstring has been hurting a bit and after yesterday's hard run it made it worse.  So I was holding like 7:40 avg pace, haha, it was probably the hardest thing I have ever done.  If I went faster my hamstring would hurt.  Seth also was feeling pretty bad cuz he was struggling so he was staying with me.  Went 1.5 miles short but I may try to do a small shakeout tonight.  

Also failed to acknowledge this yesterday but at Josh's B-day party while we were playing volleyball Emily Ellis spiked it on Connor twice so shout out to her.

Tough run but good news is my hamstrings weren't as bad as yesterday although they were still a bit tight especially on the up hill part of hogs.  Connor came with us so shout out to him.  I remembered hogs as a lot better of a time but today it wasn't too good, maybe because the stupid city made the trail huge and not as cool or I was just way tired.  Next week I have scout camp and my coach told me not to worry about running because of how much we will be hiking but I may go a couple sick trail runs while I'm there so I'm pumped for that!

Woke up at 2:00 to go to Wind Rivers.  Easy 7 mile hike today with a 43 lb pack.  Decided to count this because josh did.

8 miles today up to Sonnicant Lake.  Super cool place but super slow because it was a different leader in front.

6.7 miles up to the continental divide which was super windy.  Also got .5 miles of running cuz our leaders said we could go at our own pace when it opened up so I ran up to the top which was extremely tough at over 10,500 feet. Also swam in the lake/ jumped in and jumped right back out because it was so cold.  

Hiked to Solitude Lake which was supposedly the coolest lake up there but it wasn't spectacular.  But the cliffs just a little bit off were so cool!  Also some of the kids in my scout troop freaked me out because they were talking how Hitler was great and a bunch of awful things.  

Most excellent day of the trip.  Hiked out with Bro Wilcox (marathoner) Travis (fit RM) Josh, me, and Bryson (fit soccer player).  We hauled the 15 miles out.  5 hours moving time plus a total of an hour of eating, filtering and resting.  Got out and went to Bonsai and tried some sushi and other stuff as well as 2 orange chicken things.  lol, shout out to the girls we saw there because either they were super cute or we just hadn't seen girls in a week so we had no idea but that's to be expected with scout camps.  Also got stuck in the wreck on I-80 but maneuvered around to the exit and found a 40 minute detour but we took it and it paid off cuz the road was still closed when we reached Salt Lake.   We probably would have been part of the wreck had we not taken a spontaneous ice cream stop.  So that was quite a blessing.  Anyways, great trip.  Would recommend it to everyone.  Mosquitoes were awful and our full scout troop traveled slow but the nature and surroundings were unreal!  Also saw a moose but no grizzlies which was a disappointment.

Good first run back.  We were going to do Lehi Dip but changed it and did backwards 5 mile loop then over to mountain run then down to LP then back.  Felt pretty good but a week of mountain houses don't settle all that great in my stomach so that part was rough.  

Played bball with Clayson and Jon (RM that used to run for our team) Spencer, Tyler, Josh, and Matt.  Good time.  

Fun run in California! Ran toward the San diego temple but got lost and looped around and found a park but then found the temple again. Legs hurt cuz of where I got kneed in the thigh but it was an enjoyable run.

First workout of my senior year!!! 'Twas quite excellent! Workout was 3 x mile. Did it with 3 minutes active rest in between

Warmed up 2.3 miles. Then first was 5:08. 2nd was 5:05 and last was 5:03. I did the same loop the first two but there was a pretty decent sized hill in it so on the last one I did the loop that josh did which was flatter which felt a whole lot easier and nicer. So that was enjoyable. Slow cool down.

Also yesterday we went snorkelling and I saw a octopus and two stingrays and a bunch of fish and either 2 different really big fish or a leopard or horn shark which other people said they saw.

Back was causing problems so I kept it short and easy pace.

No run because of my back.