*Leave*A*Legacy*

Happy New Years to you all!

Black trail.  Actually felt really solid

.25 in the night running over to see if a widow needed her driveway shoveled.  

2 warm up to the canyon, 2 mile "tempo" back to the school.  Then two mile cool down.  Tempo was just under 5:30 pace so nothing crazy but a little something back for our legs. 

Did strength before.  I need to stop doing planks though cuz it tightens up my back and make s it so I can't breath well later.  Then alpine loop.  Clayson came with us so that was fun! 

Down to AF then around the track and back.  Couldn't breath well cuz of my back.  Also getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow so that will be a blast...

No run cuz I got my wisdom teeth taken out. Might try 1-2 miles tomorrow in the afternoon.

My mom wouldn't let me run today... She even got upset when I went over to shovel the snow at the church as my priesthood duty. Should be running come monday though.

Snow shoveling mileage: .12

Made it out half a mile and my mouth felt like it was gonna start bleeding again with the constant pounding so I headed back.  Was hoping for more but oh well, tomorrow I'll try for 2-3.  Also weights before

6 down to art dye, back and up a mile toward the canyon.  Was gonna do more tonight but Courtney said to just call it a day and be ready to hit it tomorrow and hopefully my mouth will be ready. 

Also did some good ol' plyometrics.

Didn't have a watch for the most part of the run cuz Seth turned back at 2.5.  We guessed at where the 3 mile out was and went to a guess where the 4 mile out was.  The tempo was supposed to be 2 miles at 6:00 pace.  It probably turned out to be 2.3 @ about 5:40 pace.  Mouth felt a lot better. Strength before. Also my new Pegs will be in soon and I'm stoked!

And Shout out to Holt for being Utah Girl's XC Coach of the Year or something like that!

4.6 then picked up and finished up to 6. My achilles hurt a little bit the last mile which is why I didn't do 8. Icing it well.

Ran at 6:00 with the team.  I still don't know why we met then but we did.  My shins hurt a little  as well as my achilles so I decided I'm not dealing with another year like sophomore year so I backed it off a little bit since this is like my first week back.  

Weights after school. Felt huge.

Church ball.  My team pulled off the victory.  Went to the Save Ferris dance and danced so hard.  Probably equaled 20 miles. 

Ran in my new pegs, they felt great!  Good run with LP plus Collin, Dallin, and DJ. average was about 6:55. Also I need to get a new watch pronto cuz it's annoying not having it.  BBall my church at noon if people want to come.

The pegs felt good!  Plyometrics as well. 

Good run today.  Did Alpine Loop but at the Chevron we turned left cuz it was in the middle of our 2 mile tempo and we didn't want to stop for traffic.  Felt really good and my pegs felt amazing so #blessed.  Shout out to Tyler for coming.  Also lifted before.

5 to AF and back with the team then just Justin and I finished up to 8.  

In the morning with the team cuz why not.  Then weights after school to get huge.

Quite the run.  Went at 6:30 so I could come back for my church ball game.  We won 52-22, and we could have beat them by more.  Good times.  Roads were slick so be safe everyone.

Shout out to the girls who pushed my car out.  

Also shout out to Amanda cuz preference was lit!

6 plus a good amount of running for plyos.  Pretty blizzardy.

Alpine loop but it was snowy.  Took a while.  Then got back and did an 800 all out.  Kind of a joke cuz the track was all snowy and icy.  Ran a solid 2:25.  Probably could have gone 5ish seconds faster but nobody came with when I was kicking so I kind of jogged it in.  Good times though.  

Couldn't breath great again. Plus good ol' plyos

Felt pretty dang good.  Hamstrings were a bit tight but nothing bad.  2 mile tempo @ 6:00 pace which felt fine.  Could breath a lot better then yesterday.  Also I had a sick snow hairdo.  Ready to throw down a quick time tomorrow. 

Also my garmin vivoactive came in today so I can finally use it!!!

They called us over for the mile way early so I didn't get a warm up in besides strides.  Went out hard, and died a little bit but really happy with the time based off of conditions.  Then did a two mile cool down.  Then got .66 mile warm up for the 4x800.  Justin led with a 2:02 to put us in first.  then Josh with a 2:07, then Seth with a 2:10, then I closed with a 2:02 but lost the lead for us.  Should have kicked it harder cuz I think I could have held off Chris cuz he slowed down at the very end, I was just a baby but lol I had the baton like 3 seconds before him so he ran a lot faster then me so Shout Out to him!

Shout out to everyone else who raced too! 

Just the usual saturday morning 10 mile grind.  Lehi Dip. Also first 50 mile week in like 2 months so that's good news!

To Mountain Ridge then to Timberline then a loop back. Good times. Shout Out to Tyler and Matt who came with us today!

Discovery plus an "All Out" 800.  Lol I hit 2:20.  Still lots of snow on the track.  

8 long slow miles.  I wanted to go faster to get the run done with but everyone else was just chilling. 

2 mile tempo after two miles.  Went 5:45 the first and 5:38 the second.  Then looped back toward the school with seth and went onto the trail that goes to AF. Then looped back around to Alpine Highway I think and did a little loop there. Good times.

Early in the morning.

Went to help Austin with his eagle and then we went to get roxberry.  Then we saw michael on his way home from work so he flipped around and came to roxberry.  Then Michael and I went on a run cuz neither of us had run earlier.  Good loop and felt great!

Shout out to Mike for running with me cuz it would have been lonely.

Half a mile before plyos. Then plyos and lol the sprinting coach told me that I really should have been a sprint. What a joke.  

Down to UtahRun with some pick up runs.  First part was right about 7 flat average but then I threw in a couple speedier miles and ended with jack. 

Probably gonna go more tonight to finish up but idk.  Weights plus abs then we went and did handball.  Good times. 

7 more in the night.  Out to legacy and back.

.5 warm up then drills.  Then 2 mile warmup then 2 minutes hard 1 easy (x4).  Hurt bad and my back was way tight on the last one and couldn't breath well.  Went .48, .46 .45 .43 so lol went out a little harder then  I should have.  Cool down up to 9. maybe more tonight, we'll see.

5 plus strides.  Felt fast on strides so hopefully it will transfer to the race.

mile warm up then strides.  Then raced.  Then 5 mile cool down.  Race went well, just stuck behind travis the whole time and tried to make a move on him, kind of died, but then found the energy to kick and beat a guy who passed me on the back stretch.  

Well, that hurt...

Also shout out to me cuz it's my 2 year blog birthday lol.

3.49 at night. couldn't finish that last .01 lol

3 to art dye, 2 with handball, and 3.25 back.  Good times.  

Hill workout.  Went 1:56 then ryan said to slow down to 2:00.  Then went 1:58, 1:59, 2:00, and 1:53 lol cuz justin was pushing the pace so I just went with him.  Foot killed though.

just 2 plus some painfully long biking.

Tomorrow is gonna be full mileage again I think.  4x2min tempo today.  went .43 .43 .43 .41 but the last one was directly against a strong wind so equal in effort.  Felt good and relaxed.  Just Craik Josh and I.  Then we went to the pool and did warm ups and plyos and stuff like that in the pool.  Good times.

5 in the morning.  My calf was so tight and my foot hurt a bit.  Probably gonna bike tomorrow. 

First 4 were kind of tough but then we got onto a trail which makes every run better.  Felt good for the last 5.  Gonna be back to 60 this week after kind of a rough week of running last week. Also good time messing with the girls cars cuz they left their keys easy places to find so we moved them all around.  

Some hard core basketball at night.

6x600 meter hills.  The wind was brutal and this time ryan said that we could actually go fast.  He said to start with 2:00.  I went 1:58, 1:59, 1:57, 1:56, 1:54, 1:54.  Lol the last one hurt like the last part of an 800.  cooled down 3 miles and then iced.  My friend wants to run a little bit tonight so I'm gonna run 3-4 more with him. 

Had to get back for work so I had to go a little faster today.  Did 2 before weights and then 7 right after.  Pretty speedy like lol 5:45

At work another .25 trying on the torin and instinct.

Tough tempo today with the wind and all.  Went .44, then my watch says .40 but we started it under the underpass on murdock and it definitely felt more like .43. Then .43 and .41.  Then a quick paced cool down up to 9.  Icing will hopefully help cuz 3 tough days in a row is a lot.  

8 in the morning.

5 on bonneville with seth, shawn, steven, and caleb.  

First 4 were at like 7:45 pace with the girls.  Then knocked it down to around 7:00 then last 5 were around 6:30.  

With BYU

1200 1200 800 800 400 400 400. Didn't feel good at all. Especially at the beginning. Went 3:33, 3:29, 2:24 2:18 63 64 64. On byu's indoor track

Couldn't breathe well.  Wore my new dynaflytes though and they are comfy.

Shout out to Gan cuz she came into UtahRun!

Was still having trouble breathing.  Went 55 in the 400 and then did a 600 400 x3 workout.  1:40, 63, 1:40, 64, 1:39, 64.  Felt like I should have gone a faster on the 400 and I made it through the workout but ryby said he wanted us to do it 4 times but he saw none of us had it in us. Iced after.

My breathing still felt a little weird but made it through alright.  

Long run. Lehi dip. Sub 7. Good times.

8.5 at 7 in the morning.  There was still ice all over the road so it was pretty slick but no one completely fell.  

just over a quarter of a mile trying out the new kinvara 8's at work.  They are pretty comfy!

Had a 1200, 800, 600, 400, 800, 600, 400 workout. Hurt bad cuz I wasn't breathing right still.  But I finished so that was a blessing. 

Also went on splits with the missionaries which was a good time!

3.05 before role and 6.05 after and kinda cooked the pace cuz I had to be back

10x400 which was rough.  Also we took team pictures which took forever which was kind of annoying.  Hit 65 for first 9 then went 62 on the last one.  

Also shout out to Gan, Brynlee, and Dallin for the good time!

Been behind on mileage so did a little extra. Went to AF during lunch then did that again right after roll for the track class with Josh and Seth.

Extended mountain run then looped down by Lone Peak and back on Alpine Highway.  First 5 we were averaging around 7:40 then we dropped it down to 6:50 average cuz we were going sub 6 for some.  

Suprise workout today. 6x800 which is always a joy.  I actually hit pace each time which was cool cuz I don't know if I ever have before.  went 2:18, 2:20, 2:19, 2:19, 2:18, and 2:17.  It was hot and hurt but twas good!  Iced after.

Up on bonneville plus strides.  Perfect tanning weather! Tomorrow we have a 400 meter workout then are tempoing the mile in our duel meet against westlake.  My left calf is way tight from yesterday so it'll be rough. 

Pretty tough cuz my upper left calf has been on fire ever since the 6x800 workout. 8x400 alternating 65, 63.  Making me excited to race though. Also should have my mission call opening tomorrow at 8:45 so anyone is invited to come!  Make your guesses of where I'm going!

6.07 down to AF as rest for the Alpha coming up this weekend.  And I'm going to..... Argentina Córdoba!!! July 5th Spanish speaking!!!

Time to retire the Pegs because the left one had an air pod pop... smh.  Oh well.  But nice and easy before the race tomorrow.  Mile and 2 mile and I think I can PR both based off of workouts! 

Warmup was 2.3. Then raced. Went 65, 65, 65, 63. Felt decent. 2 cool down. Shout out to Ryan cuz he pulled me along!

3200 later lol.  Leaders went slow so I had to lead it through the 2-5 laps.  Then I got passed and just died in the 80 degree heat.  went 9:45 so not even state qualifying.  Oh well. Next week

My calves were on fire the whole time lol.  Was supposed to be 1200 800 600 400 1200 800 600 400 but Courtney saw we were struggling a bit so she had us switch the second 1200 to an 800 and drop the last 600.  Went 3:34, 2:21, 1:41, 66, 2:20, 2:21, and 65.  Then 2.75 cool down and ice.  Calves are so tight I can barely walk rn.  such a joy.

Just 7 cuz my calves were on fire.  They have been since last monday so I'm hoping that taking it easier today should help.  

Warm up, then 400's @ sub 65.  The wind was killer.  Got to spike up on the last two but it made my calves kill.  Last one we did 2 200's instead just to go a little quicker.  1.3 cooldown cuz my calves.  But I iced and will roll out later tonight.

Calves still felt tight but looks like I just got to live with it for tomorrow. Easy recover plus strides. Shout out to Gan cuz it's her Bday. Also shout out to Austin cuz he's going to Spain I heard. And to Steven cuz he's going to Tijuana Mexico.

Well, 1.75 warmup for the 3200.  My breathing was off and my coach thinks I have a misaligned rib.  Race went pretty well.  Calves were tight after 400 which made me super scared but they didn't really get worse which was a #blessing.  Also a way fun kick at the end with the one and only Michael Hinckley!  Cooled down 2.5/warmup for the 4x800 which was like 30 minutes after the 3200.  I started and randomly my breathing was like opened up which was amazing so I actually split a decent time!  2:00-2:01!  Gonna do the run tomorrow and if my breathing stays fine I won't go to the doc.  just over 2 mile cool down with a 100 meter sprint that I got gypped on cuz I had to swing from behind in lane 4.  still got podium though.  Shout out to all the people who raced!!! And shout out to all the cool people I hung out with especially the skyridge squad cuz they're dope!

Should have just run on my own cuz it's easier and wouldn't have missed churchball. literally no recover cuz we were flying. avg was 6:18 and that was me backing off and taking the last part easier.

6x800 @2:15 pace.  Went 2:16, 2:15, 2:15, 2:19, 2:20 and 2:25.  Couldn't breath at all.  And my back hurt so kind of the worst.  Then Ryan was like we're doing 2 more 400's, I think I was like 72's for those so not good.  

Just 5.5 then 20 minutes of bike which was the worst.

Mile warm up cuz there was a junior high meet going on very soon after. Then 10x400. Went 63, 63, 63, 64, 63, 65, 64, 65, 66, 64. Then 4 mile cool down/distance run. Pretty happy. My back and breathing were much better cuz I was able to see Ron yesterday so Shout out to him for being a miracle worker!

Looped around highland then down to AF and back.  Then did 2x400 barefoot on the grass just for a good time.  First 5 miles were kind of hard but then my legs started feeling really good which was nice! Also we had some Olympic Gold medalists here, 1 won triple jump in 1984 and the other one long jump 2016 and we had a banquet with them which was cool!

5.11 in the morning.  Nice and easy pace!

Well quite a day.  Did the mile and went 4:22 which I was wanting for better.  Kind of gave up the last lap and felt super weak.  I've been kind of burnt out from running.  800 later and gave up the last part as well.  Went 2:02.  Talked to my coach and we're going to change up training for a little bit to get me back fully so excited for that.  Also decided to do the invitational 3200 and not the 1600.  I'll be ready for that.  Also shout out to everyone who raced, but extra shout out to Collin, Austin, and Gan, coming off of injuries and killing it, Collin making progress every week, Austin going 4:31, and Gan for PRing

2 mile warm up, then (600, 400)x4.  Since justin wasn't here I decided to start out more conservative and then build up which was actually really great!  went 1:43, 66, 1:41, 65, 1:41, 65, 1:38, and 64. Felt good cuz it wasn't death straight from the start.  2.5 mile cool down.  Then iced in the river by the golf course cuz the water was running which was a blessing. Excited for arcadia!

7 easy on black trail.  Good times! 7:15 average so nice and calm.  

Not too good of a workout.  It was at 7:00 in the morning, goal was 8x400 at 65, 64, 63, 62 and repeat.  Went 68, 63, 64, 64, 65, 67, 65, 66.  It was quite chilly and my legs felt flatter than a pancake that was stomped on and then rolled over by a steamroller.  And my stomach wasn't cooperating.  

Easy four in the hot humidity of california at 2:00 in the afternoon

1.5 warmup then strides. Justin lead off and got us in 4th I think. Then Josh held and seth got it in 5th I think but all in a tight group except af. Then seth held and gave it to me with the rest of the group and I was able to hold them off for a second place finish behind US #1 all time American Fork! Split 4:15 is what my coach had me at so new pr and didn't feel that dead so I'm ready to go sub 9 in the 3200!

Not what I was looking for.  Warmed up.  Got in the race and it went out hard.  I was near last and came through in a 4:26, which is too fast.  I would have liked to got 4:32-4:33 and negative split.  Kind of died the last laps and should have pushed through it harder now that I think about it.  I was just soft.  Oh well.  I'll get it next time. 

Alpine plus the usual courtesy cones, thanks to Artic Circle!  Then we did some strides and the sprinters were practicing getting out of blocks so Justin and I joined them.  Then we also did a backwards race til about the 25, then turned around and sprinted til the end after that which was fun!  Then Molen asked if we would do a 400 to pace the sprinters at a 60.  Went 60 exact.  Good times!  

Holy tough workout!!  2 mile warm up then 800, 600, 400, 800, 600, 400, 400 400 400 400.  Went 2:16, 1:41, 65, 2:16, 1:41, 64, 64, 63, 64 63.  Legs were sooo dead!  2 mile cool down. 

Gonna do more tonight.  Either 4 or 5.  Also helped at a junior high track meet and got to announce, our coach said to keep it "official" but I still threw in a couple things just for fun!  Good times! 

Choke and joke of a workout.  10x400, it was super windy.  Went 64, 64, 65, 65, 65, 66, 66, 66, then idk what I hit for the last 2 cuz courtney made us take off our watches so we couldn't know the times.  Felt super weak all through the day.  In english I was tired after lifting a book out of my backpack so I kind of figured it was gonna be a buckle of a workout.  Cool fact though is Elder Christofferson served his mission in the Argentina Cordoba Mission!  Also there are basically all natives in my mission so I'm gonna be one of very few white people there.  Good luck to everyone racing today!

Church ball regionals was tonight!  Our team won by over 20!  55-33.  Scored 14 points, 7 steals, 4 rebounds, idk how many assists but i think around 5.  Also got fouled pretty hard and hit my head on the wall and landed on my shoulder which it hurts.  Oh well, all for the good of church ball and all the fans screaming at the refs who didn't call a foul on that... smh. Got like 20 minutes of playing time!

Courtney and ryan said just 5 or 6 since we struggled in the workout yesterday.  Went 5.  Then played some basketball after.  Was planning on going to the meet but i have 2 games of church ball tonight in the regional tournament so stayed home for that. 

Well basketball was great.  Won both games, one against a team that demolished craik's ward yesterday. We got them 42-40.  Then we won the other one 72-62 which was madi hafen's ward.  Pretty crazy games.  Played around 60 of the 80 minutes and probably got the most playing time of everyone on my team. Got a nice bruise on my knee and hip and some cuts and blisters but all for a good cause.  We're in the finals on tuesday so I'm ready to go win again hopefully! 

Juniors were registering for classes and Seth had to pick up someone for something so I just ran by myself.  Started at my house and decided I needed a good mountainy/trail run so I headed up to Bonneville and instead of going on the trail I went up on one of the trails that broke off of it.  Went up about 500 ft. and it was pretty dang steep so got like no mileage from that.  But found a sick trail that went across above Bonneville so took that for a while then it connected on to Bonneville and ran on that.  Pretty enjoyable run.

Shout out to Coach RyBy and Coach Courtney and Riley for killing it in the marathon!  

2 mile warmup, 1200, 800, 600, 400, 400, 400, 400.  Wasn't quite the times I was wanting to hit cuz I couldn't breath too well but then I'm going to do a fast tempo mile at the herriman dual meet later today.  Then I also have the regional finals for church ball so all my faithful fans can come support at the church behind blue lemon lol.  Gonna try to bring back the regional championship to our ward.  

Paced Craik and Seth in the mile and was told that I needed to push Morgan in her wheelchair in the last heat of guys like 10 minutes after the race so last lap I slowed to an 80.  went 4:49. Quality stuff lol.  Then morgan decided she didn't want to be in the guys heat so I didn't even push her cuz she went home. cool down with Jerry and Seth.  

Pleased to announce that last night my church ball team made a 21-31 half time score comback to 62-49 for the regional crown lol.  8.1, did alpine loop kind of speedy.  Felt awful for the first 3 but after that felt a lot better.  

Super happy cuz I was exhausted!  lol I know it sounds weird but today I didn't feel weak, just felt like I got a good hard workout which is such a blessing!  10x400 @63, 90 seconds rest.  Went 63, 63, 63, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 65, 65.  Pretty tough and I had a stomach ache when I woke up but really happy with how this workout turned out. 

Shout out to Watson and Dalpal who I saw at the foreign language fair.

Had spanish A4 but since we missed classes from yesterday for the foreign language fair she let us go make up what we missed.  I had already made up the stuff so I went and ran during that time.  Did Discovery but made a wrong turn so it was slightly different.  Felt fine except the way back was against wind which was brutal.  

5x 2 minute tempos inside an 8 miler.  went .40 .43 .41 .42 .41.  Tough workout.  Then went climbing which was a good time.  Gonna go with collin most days next week so that's gonna be lit!

was supposed to be (600, 400)x5 but it was changed to (600, 400)x4 then 400, 400.  Kind of sick of our coaches cuz they keep telling us to hit times that aren't possible for us.  1.8 cool down cuz my achilles was hurting.  

Rock climbing at night with collin and a few others... always a good time!

Drove with steven to bonneville and he went 2.5 out then back.  Seth caleb and I went out 3.5 then had to run back down to the schoool so we got just over 8.  Felt fine first 6 miles but after that my achilles started hurting which was no bueno.  

Gonna climb with collin again tonight if anyone else wants to come!

(400, 300)x5. I tried.

Today, I beat a future Olympian (emily ellis) in a handstand contest

Just 3. Breathing felt better but still not great, same status on my achilles.

Kind of rough but whatever.  1600, first three laps were fine but my lungs and body was just tired the last lap and went 72 lol.  I probably could have pushed harder but didn't care to. Went near the back the first two, surged to second and was gaining on Patrick Parker the third then just felt weak and tired like the rest of my team. 800, got trapped near the back but then moved up and got 2:02.  Not bad, just annoying cuz I hit 2:02 every freaking time lol.  Shout out to Tyler for leading the first 600 of the 800! 

Courtesy cone run, at a nice calm pace!  Good times!  Also AP Spanish is tomorrow so wish me luck! 

Got some new pegs yesterday which I used!  Also AP test was great so thanks for all the wishes of good luck, I know you were doing it in your heart even if you weren't as awesome as Gan as to say on my blog.  Also have AP Lit tomorrow so you all can repent and wish me luck lol.  Workout was 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2.  First 3 intervals with the team, then the rest by myself just like 50 meters behind.  Ate 6 pieces of dominos pizza 30 minutes before cuz I forgot we had a workout but wasn't too bad of a workout besides wanting to puke the whole time. 

Thanks for the good luck wishes on AP Lit. Now onto AP Gov and Pol tomorrow so if any of you all feel friendly you can wish me luck yet again.  8.24 with Justin and part with josh.  150 meter pickups at the end. 

Good time!  2 warmup with everyone else, then Justin and I finished up to 4.  Then jog the turn, stride the straight, and did that for 2 laps.  Then .25 cool down from that.  Feeling good for tomorrow!  Also signed to run for BYU so I'm stoked for that! 

Happy with the day!  Race went perfect for me, opening mile with a group was 4:37, then closed with a 4:30.  Should have gone with Ryan when he kicked passed because I think if I did that I could have beat Casey and Garrett but Ryan would have got me still I think. Shout out to him though for such a stellar move and race! Ready to crush the mile tomorrow too!

Insanely fast group of dudes! My back hurt pretty bad especially on the warm up but luckily not during the race. Felt tired and legs were tired but I was ready mentally so I pushed through and got a pr! Fun cool down with ryan joe garrett and jensen

Honestly probably the hardest workout we have done this year.  4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2.  Knew it was gonna be rough after Justin led us out in 28 for the first 200 of the first 400 lol.  But went 60, 43, 28, 60, 46, 28.  My arms hurt so bad after as well as my legs.  Glad to do speed though for basically the first time this year.  After iced and initiated.

Just nice and easy! Just over 3.5 plus strides stuff. Felt kind of tired though.

Was supposed to go more but had to work right after so 1.5 cool down. Medley was good though.  Got it in 5th and went behind Ryan as he led the way up to the leaders for the first 550 then found a kick and was able to make it to first then Riley kicked it in pretty hard and he got the W.  Shout out to Ryan for a good race and also for Gan cuz she's stellar for commenting on my blog for the past I think 9 days or something.  Also AP Stats tomorrow, I have no idea what I'm doing but hey I got a 5 on the practice and I didn't know what I was doing so that's cool!

I was super stressed cuz our stats test got started late smh and they said I had to wait til the time was up even if I finished.  Luckily one of the ladies in there texted one of the AP managers and he said that I could go so shout out to him.  Left and cruised down as fast as my 1998 honda civic could drive.  Got there, changed and pretty much went and warmed up, then went and raced.  Feeling blessed cuz I made it cuz both my coach and I would not be happy if I missed it.  Opened in 59-60ish then started putting a little heat on, Justin went by me which kind of mentally broke me, but then 200 left found some juice and kicked it in.  Also got spiked in the hand which was quite an experience. Got 3rd so I qualified.  That was the goal.  4.5 mile cool down.  

Well, yesterday made my cold get a lot worse so took it easy today and just went 4 with craik. Good talks with him though on the way back

Felt more sick than yesterday.  Ryan still wanted me to do the workout, hopefully it won't make me any worse.  Went 63, 46, 30, 62, 45, 30.  Also got some biking in cuz I thought I was gonna have to bike to work since josh wasn't home with the car.

Still felt somewhat sick but it felt better then before.  Ryan said go 7, but last year before state we finally started tapering and went 5.4 so I went in the middle since last year at state was great!  Hamstring was a little messed up but nothing a good rolling can't fix.  Also had the weirdest dream about some woman dressed in black that was helping me escape from some tiger-like beasts. If someone could interpret it that would be great!

4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, workout.  Didn't feel the greatest.  JV region after, got some great pics of ryan.  Pretty long though, shout out to everyone who raced and did great!  And I guess shout out to Ali for getting a FRB although she kept putting it down til she experienced it yesterday so I don't know if she deserves a shout out.  Amanda though just blindly trusted that FRB is great so real shout out to her!

Breathing was really bad today for some reason, hopefully it'll be better by state.  Goal is 4:09 cuz I think that will get me invited to Brooks PR or Adidas Dream mile so 4:09 or bust is my plan.  

Out 1.4 and back plus strides.  Felt alright but ready for tomorrow.  

Post season events are starting up next week!

Monday: 5:00 pacing

Tuesday: emily craik 200 and ROOTBEER MILE!

Wednesday: Pacers

Thursday: Mountain Ridge Junior High 5k

Friday: Tree of Knowledge

Saturday: TBD

Not what I wanted, we came through in a 2:09 which is slower then I wanted.  Then I made the mistake of trying to go with Casey once he started going. Next 200 was 29-30 seconds lol whoops.  That made me exhausted and I slowed down after that.  Still went 4:16 so can't be too disappointed. With how I felt I should have gone much slower so actually not too bad.  Shout out to Ali cuz she was the only one from our team that PR'ed

Got to the meet and warmed up for the 3200, my breathing was pretty bad.  Raced that and wasn't thrilled with it, went 9:23.  My breathing was just rough.  Legs felt great though.  Then did a 3.75 mile cool down with skyridge even though I had the 800.  Then went and played kill and messed around just thinking I'll run the 800 for the heck of it.  Then warmed up with Craik and got to the start line and knew it was my last race for Lone Peak so I decided to just go right behind the leaders through the first 400 then went to the lead for the last 400.  Went til 200 to go and Frasier went next to me so I went faster and he dropped off.  Then the home stretch I was in the lead and saw the time with about 50 meters to go at 1:50 and I should have pushed harder at that end part cuz I got passed but oh well.  Still new PR, even after racing a lot before and messing around and not caring much about it.

Shout out to all the cool people I hung out with there especially all those who played Kill with us which was a good time.

Also happy cuz no Davis guy beat me in any event so that would make Talon happy!

No run because of preparation for the ROOTBEER MILE tomorrow at noon.  It costs $2 and it's gonna be loads of fun.  We'll probably play basketball after or something sweet! Let me know if you want to do it so I can get the rootbeer!

Well jk, at work trying to figure out if we should bring in the Reebok Harmony so tested that out for a mile.  There's a first for everything, I ran more then .25 miles on the treadmill at one time, and running in a reebok shoe.  

Good turnout to the Annual Root Beer Mile! Lots of fun, lots of throwing up. Chugged the first can really quick, like just as fast as the chuck and justin so I went off with them in the lead. That was my mistake, I made it through the second can like that, but the third and fourth can I had to take mini sips in order to not puke cuz I hate puking. Played basketball after which was fun!

Climbing, Bball, Track banquet, Climbing! Good day!

Mountain Ridge 5k today.  Went out pretty conservative, like 5:30 pace but then decided to catch the leaders about .75 miles through and came through the first mile at 5:12, decided to go for about that split again and went 5:13, then I saw I had a big lead and slowed down cuz I was tired.  Went 5:36 pace for the last part so like 16:00 would have been my 3 mile.  Good times.  

6 miles of hiking.  Good times! Went from graduation to the all-nighter which was a great time, then went up the canyon at like 4:45 when we got back, had a fire, made it home by like 6:50, came in grabbed some old running shoes, then went and hiked to the tree of knowledge with the team.  It was a good time! Now just chores til I go to work then I'll probably do something crazy after for a good time!

Nada today unless joe texts me saying he wants to run tonight.  Quads are tired though from running down mahogany yesterday.  Collin Joe and I are gonna probably hike it soon! If anyone wants to go hiking ever I'm so down, or pretty much anything else I'm probably down with too.

Went running with joe, 5.25 miles.  I biked to Legacy where we met and on the way there I was cruising and couldn't turn to miss a curb so I hopped it but my back tire didn't quite clear it and I got a flat like .25  mile from the park.  So I got a ride home from joe.  Then went and balled with ryan, seth, the hinckley's and chuch which was fun!

Also anyone who wants to Joe, maybe the hinckley's, maybe collin, and I are going to hike mahogany on monday morning if anyone wants to come. I'll let you know when if you want to.

Good old mahogany with Joe, Collin, and the twins! Started at 4 am, good times all around.

Then ran with Joe and Collin after work.  Just 3 miles.

Good times with the team.  2, 2 miles loops then Justin, Jack, Alec and I went a half mile more.  Good times with the team.  Also gonna do a sub 4 mile down hill attempt some time soon just for fun

Been increasing the mileage but didn't want to increase too fast so went from 4.59 to 4.63.  Just being careful.  

Also sad day because it is the last time I will see clayson til after my mission.  I played frisbee golf with him which was sick! but sad cuz it's the last time I see him for a while.

Good short leg.  Went out a little quick and my back tightened up but was still able to cruise in.  4:43, 5:06 and change.

Some warmup and some cool down

This leg wrecked me.  Timpanogas was in front of us by a little bit so I chased brennan down in like two miles... oops.  Went 5:20 then 5:26.  Slowed to I think two in the 5:40's then 2 in the 5:50's, then a big hill came and went 6:48 and last mile was 6:12.  Good times though.  Also wrecked my stomach for some reason and I couldn't sit up straight for more then 5 minutes without it cramping really bad.

Then ragnar hill was a beast! I caught Riverton near the top which gave us the 3rd place finish overall.  Also the top was snowy which how the heck are you supposed to run up a super steep hill while sliding back.  So i pretty much walked that entire part.  Only Davis and an elite local team including jared beat us! Pretty impressed that our coed team got 3rd overall and top coed by over 3 hours.  Super fun!  

Some cool down and warmup for each.

Ran in the New Pegasus 34's!  They felt soooo good!  Just 4.62 at 7:42 pace.  It was pretty tough lol.  My legs are wrecked but Ragnar was a good time for sure! Lots of new kids still, hopefully they all stay.  Gonna do some gnarly night runs if anyone wants to come on any of them!

Dang! Lots of mileage!! Our first few miles were all right around 8:00 pace which is so hard right now lol.  Last few we picked it up some.  Less then a month until I leave for my mission!!

Didn't make it to practice cuz I was able to go through the temple this morning, super cool experience!  Then went to work later and after ran 4.75 with Joe.  Did parts of Charlie Brown, Mtn. Run and Aviary.  Good time and good talks with Joe! He's going to the world mtn running championships representing USA so congrats to him!!! Super sick!!!

Good little run! Started out slower then picked it up a bit!  First part was tiring but it got easier as we went more.  

Hard core bball in the night! Good times! Then off to prank some people which we pranked ryan which was kind of lame but whatever then pranked others which was super funny!

Just 4 with the team.  We were gonna play capture the flag but then that didn't happen. 

Good time in the night with the Tellie Benrod! 3.03 more, super windy though.

Hiked Mahogany at 3:30, slower paced hike cuz the guys I was with weren't all xc kids but it was still stellar.  Decided that I still wanted to run and if I didn't go to xc it would be boring cuz I don't like running alone, so I decided to haul down mahogany and made it to practice on time! Took over an hour and a half to hike up and made it down in 28 minutes of moving time, I'm gonna be feeling it tomorrow.  6.35 at practice, good old black trail.  

Just the usual.  Kind of boring.  Thankfully Josh took one for the team and started "pushing the pace" and started going just under 7:00 which was really nice then we started going a little faster til we were low six which felt amazing compared to the 7:45.  3 weeks to the day until I am set apart as a missionary!!  Breakfast at T-Motts after

2.12 miles from fugitive

Started out slower again, then last two miles went 6:20ish which felt amazing!  Gonna do a 5k on the track and gonna try to break 15 next week with Josh and Craik pacing me so excited for that!  Also gonna do a downhill mile, maybe the AF canyon half cuz I think I could blaze a quick time in that and then end my running on the 4th of july 5k up at davis!

4 in the night with Joe!  Good times!

Pace was quicker today which was fun! Felt kind of tired but oh well. Legs are starting to feel a little better from running down mahogany but my quads are still wrecked.  

Started out extra slow but then we started picking it up.  Went 5.01 with the team then decided to run home and got a little excited that I could go a quicker pace I ended up going 5:30 ap for that part.  Good times though.  

Just balling today cuz of youth conference.  

Black trail today. None of the seniors are gonna be here this week, at least not josh craik or justin.  Made it kind of boring but I talked to some of the newer kids so that was a plus.  

6 with AF! Good times, pretty quick also which was fun!

Took a weird step yesterday on the run and my foot was hurting so I decided not to run today, unless it feels better tonight. Planning on running tomorrow.

Today was the day!  Was deciding whether to do it coming down near lambert or down the canyon and decided Lambert cuz it was easier to make a loop instead of running straight back up.  Felt like it was too steep after though so I wish I chose the canyon.  Did .2 mile warm up, then took off, first 10 seconds my hammy's were tight but I kept going and they didn't get much worse.  Checked my watch at 2:37 and I thought it said .53 and I was like well that's a bust, but decided to keep going and seeing what I would finish at. Then I check it at 3:02 and saw it said .80 and I realized I must have misread it.  Cruised in to the finish and finished with 3:53!  This was just for fun, definitely doesn't count as a PR or having a better mile time then all those fast guys who almost/do break four on the track.  Lots of fun, next up will be a 5k on the track trying to break 15 minutes.  

Good times, just did 4 with the girls cuz that's how far all the other guys went.  Had a grand total of 5 guys so that was a joy.  Started picking it up at the end which was fun. Also I forgot yesterday but Happy Blog Birthday to the one and only Parker!  One year old on the blog so shout out to him!

Good times with the team. Felt pretty tired in the morning waking up, probably cuz I only slept a tiny bit last night but still came to run. Went and ran by lone peak, and ran against the wave of AF half marathoners and got told we were going the wrong way like a thousand times. Looped around, got 9.5 at the park and looped around more to get to 10.1. Basically a third of my weekly mileage so good times.

Went and did some trails with joe later in the night! Super sick! Good times!

Good times with skyridge! Did the kicker which was fun! Also did some of their ab stuff and I was dying lol. Sad day though cuz it might be the last time I see a lot of them for two years. Wish them all the best in their endeavors!!

Yay! Kinley was home from China and that was super exciting so some of the work crew hung out! Good times, but before that Joe and I did extended Mt. run and got 7 miles. Stellar time but I don't know how I would feel after doing multiple weeks of these kind of mileage days like college!

Did a half mile warm up thing, then we did 6 mile version of black trail, dropped the other guys off at the park then went pretty quick for the last 2 miles.  The team was giving me flak for going to skyridges practice yesterday.  

Camping with the crew then a sick trail run with collin and Joe.  Collin started pushing the pace to sub 5 on the down hill which was fun! Good times.  Plan is to go more with Ryan Raff tonight!

Just a good camping trip with some of the xc super seniors! little hike in but no run.  But some cross training with kayaking later today which I'm stoked for!

Hiked to red pine lake

Hiked up pfeifferhorn and back down to red pine lake then back down to the cars! Good times!

Later ran over to the track, did a warmup, then did a mile, 2x400, 2x300, 2x200. Went 4:50, 65, 67, 47, 46, 31, 25.  Reminded me why I didn't like track workouts.  I felt like I was gonna puke, and my chest hurt but nevertheless it was a good time! Ready for the kaysville 5k to hopefully pull off the W!

6.4 with the team. Kinda sad cuz it might be the last time I see many of them. Then breakfast at Justin's house after!

Super crazy day, right after I got home went straight to the bank to make sure my debit card would work, then right after that went and packed a bit more, then right after that bball with some of the squad, then to a friends before he left to idaho and doesn't get back til after I leave, then right after that to UtahRUN to say bye to some of the fam, and to pick up some tevas, then to run with Skyridge good ol' jail trail, then to get a snow cone with ellie, then to talk to mickinley.  Gonna miss her a lot and all the other people! Now it's 11:30 and in under 24 hours I will be set apart as a missionary.  

Also sorry to all the other people who called me to do stuff but I didn't answer cuz I was busy... and I'm busy all day tomorrow.  Gonna miss you all!

Last blog entry for the next two years. Drove up to the kaysville 5k. My back was tight so I knew it was gonna be difficult. Race started and some davis alumni started out hard, then Garrett Barton and I caught him. We passed him and started hauling down the hill, 4:40 pace. Then the uphill started. Garrett pulled away, took a wrong turn so I had to run a tiny bit after him and yell him down to get on the course again then I got back on the course and ran til he caught me with 300 to go and then just kept the pace going in. Garrett went for it cuz he deserved the W cuz he would have had a 30 m gap had he not gone off course. Good times though. I hope that all of your running goes well, I would love to hear about it and anything else in life. My missionary email is zachary.ericksen@myldsmail.net. i have loved running but I love the gospel and the Lord more! I know that God loves us and cares for each of us! I know this church is true and I'm excited to serve the Lord for 2 years!!