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Location:

Washington,UT,United States

Member Since:

Jul 26, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Ran varsity XC and Track for Pine View High School class of 2016

Member of the Freshman Five including Hell Raiser, Jake the Snake, Andrew, Paul and Me

I would say my best running accomplishment is getting to the point where running was fun and not crappy

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

1. I wanna get back to how I used to be running a half marathon 1:15:00.00

2. I want to run the St George Marathon 2:45:00.00

Long-Term Running Goals:

Become a marathoner

Marry a smokin hot runner wife

Live my unaccomplished high school running dreams through my children

Personal:

My favorite National Park is Zion

My favorite color is blue

My favorite gas station is Buc-ees

 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Kinvara 3 (January '13) Lifetime Miles: 487.80
Kinvara 4 (May '13) Lifetime Miles: 542.35
Barefoot Lifetime Miles: 109.60
Kilkenny XC 5 Lifetime Miles: 38.00
Brooks Launch (October '13) Lifetime Miles: 813.95
Nike Pegasus 30 (December '13) Lifetime Miles: 374.13
Nike Victory XC Lifetime Miles: 7.00
Brooks PureFlow 3 (January '14) Lifetime Miles: 536.10
Nike Zoom Rival D Lifetime Miles: 57.45
Kinvara 5 (June '14) Lifetime Miles: 233.63
Asics Gel-Lyte 33 (June '14) Lifetime Miles: 339.05
Pegasus 31 (December '14) Lifetime Miles: 519.15
Kinvara 6 Lifetime Miles: 343.30
Race: Snow Canyon Last Chance Qualifier (1 Miles) 00:04:49, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 3
Total Distance
12.00

(calling it 12 total, but could have been more?) AM- 3 miles easy AC. Felt nice temperature wise. Had plyos after which were tough as always.

Prerace- Got home after the short day of school and my knee was just killing me. I looked up like a billion things how to fix it, but none of them worked. I was seriously freaking out because this race would be my last chance to BYU qualify and if my knee was hurting this bad, I would probably drop out of the race. Anyways, I ended up so desperate that I said a prayer about it, but it was still hurting. We warmed up and it was still really hurting and then we got our spikes up and walked over to the starting line.

Race- First gunshot didn't go off, but the second was good and clean and we started the race. God must have been with me in that race because my knee didn't bother me at all. Miracles happen and prayers are answered, people. Anyways, we start and I am in about 6th or 7th (this was the slower of the 2 heats) for the whole first lap. 1:10 Right on the pace I was looking for. The second lap was feeling kind of slow, so I passed some DHells guys, but holy crap we slowed down a ton. 2:27. I knew that it was either I move now and make BYU, or regret the race the rest of the day. 3:38. Now I was in the zone. So close to the border of qualifying or not. I needed at least a 1:11 and that's what I did. 4:49. Passed Jake and Dallen and the Cedar kid to win the heat. I think what really helped me in this race was that I made a game plan before that played towards my strengths instead of just going out and taking the lead right away.

Post-race workout- Right after the race, my knee immediately started to hurt again and I was debating whether or not to run the workout, but I just chanced it. 2400 was 8:02ish; not bad at all. My 1600 was crap though. 5:57. 300s were average at a 47, 47. Excited for BYU!!

 

Brooks Launch (October '13) Miles: 9.00Nike Pegasus 30 (December '13) Miles: 3.00Nike Zoom Rival D Miles: 1.00
Comments
From Sage Ducote on Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 17:18:32 from 199.201.100.165

that's my boy! i'm excited to race you again, it's been a while!

From The Warbeast on Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 20:31:19 from 209.33.233.230

Yeah it has. Too bad we're in different heats in the 1600... I'm in the 3rd and you're in the 5th I think. I guess I just needed to push a little harder.

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