We are who we choose to be.

AM- 13 miles w/2x(1, 2, 1 fartleks) up on Brian Head. Pretty sick run on my own and I made it out to one of my favorite lookouts. Somehow, Brian Head is different than anywhere else in the world where it seems that everywhere you go is uphill both ways... Tripped on like the only downhill after I slid on some loose dirt and I scraped my knee up a little.

RACE- BHNP 2 mile. warmed up, then we went. Felt really hot today but we were able to group up well for the most part and get it done! The final stretch, I heard Andrew a little bit behind me (ended up 4 seconds ahead of him) and tried hard to catch Paul. Almost got him and he beat me by not even half a second. Pretty sick run! I was like 1 second faster than last time, but I was 5th instead of 6th. Nick ended up winning with 10:15 and that was really sick. Afterwards we had a race pace workout of 2x600s then 1x400. Wasn't too hard, so I was very successful! Our team time was a lot faster today than TT #2. Can't wait to race at Murray this weekend!!

PM- easy afternoon run is all today,

Easy runs both AM and PM

AM- easy 4 before heading up to salt lake

PM- Murray Invite. #1 worst race of my XC career and it really got me shooken up. I started off pretty well, but even coach knew I was dead from the start. I had no energy and just could not get my body moving! Reminded me a lot of Herriman last year for me... Finished in a heart shattering 99th place with a gut curdling 18:15 or something like that... Not even top 10 on the team I think. It was especially disappointing because Murray was a race I was very excited to run and had visualized many times in my mind... Oh well. I may not see varsity for the next race or so, but I sure as heck am gonna keep working my tail end off and doing what I do best and show off my resiliency.

AM- State Course Race Pace Workout 2x(1min, 2min, 3min), 1x(1min, 2min). This was a purely XC race pace workout with 2 minutes recovery between each rep. I think we may have been going around 5:10-5:20 pace-ish for the whole thing. I really enjoyed this workout and, contrary to yesterday's race, ran very well and right where I needed to be. We did really well packing as a team for the most part and I'm proud of our guys. I did especially well on the 3 minute and 2 minute reps where I had more time to work my way up and even lead a couple times (Hell Raiser pulled away on a couple of them). Love the new course and can't wait to race it come October.