We are who we choose to be.

Went on trail run. It was pretty tough. Learned that Jason Lindhart is worth listening to every once and a while. Love the view though.

Today I went on my first morning run in a while. It felt really nice. Finding it easy to stay with the group on these kinds of runs. This afternoon did 8 miles with a 24 minute tempo. Not quite running my time, but I did way better than last week. Just been thinking about how before I started running, I could only run a 10:30 mile. Now my Cosmon says that I should end up running a 5:15!

AM-I had no clue there was morning practice.

PM-We went over to Green Springs and did this uber hard hill (2.5 out and 2.5 back). It stunk. The way back felt way better though. Except on the really steep parts.

AM-Loved the morning run today! Matt was telling me about a bunch of past cross races. Believe it or not he's a pretty good story teller. Ran 3 miles.

PM-Didn't love this as much. I tried my best and it was okay. Not as good as I want to be, but I'm gonna work my butt off so that I can be. Ran 8 miles with a 30 minute tempo.

AM-Sorry I forgot to set my alarm this morning! I feel so bad that I didn't go this morning.

PM-I had an orthodontist appointment. -_-

Bought some new spikes yesterday. It didn't come with spikes though! Anyone know how I can get some?

AM: 3 miles. Wasn't too cold this morning... It was a bit chipper though. Felt really refreshing.

PM: 8 miles. After the morning run, I felt really nauseaus for the school day. Really felt like asking coach if I could run something less hard, but decided to try it and see how I did... And I sort of didn't do too great. Even with the nausea I don't think I tried my best. I just need to start thinking less and running more instead of just thinking that I can't do it. I hit my AT time for about 2/3 of the time, but then started to fall off. Afterwards, however, I felt that I did something great because I looked past the nausea and just ran what coach told me to run. That's a big part of commitment... Looking past all your excuses and taking risks and making sacrifices.

AM- 3 miles easy pace. Felt really good this morning.

PM- 6 miles normal pace. Felt really tired going into the run. The best part was when everybody took off their shirts. I don't know what's wrong with me. I feel like all my energy has been drained.

AM-Ran 3 miles in the morning. Felt pretty refreshing.

PM-Ran 1.5 warm up to harts and back. Then I did three 1600 repeats at LT pace. Was supposed to run 4 but I felt really neaseous. 1.5 cool.

AM-Ran 3 miles in the rain! I had mixed feelings about it... It really stunk up my shoes, but it was really fun to run in.

PM-Ran an easy 4 miles. Felt pretty good, but I don't seem to be improving at all. If anything, I seem to be getting worse... I just have no energy lately. I'm thinking it might be because of how much water I drink (which isn't that much).

AM- Ran an easy three which didn't seem so easy... I think I'm getting less and less energy as the days go on.

PM- Ran 1.5 mile warm up to harts and back, then I did 14 200's at my 1600 pace. It was really easy. I was supposed to run 42.5, but for the most part got 40 or even 39 sometimes. Energy seems to be getting lower and lower... Then did 1.5 mile cool down.

AM 3 easy miles. Felt better than I have for a while.

PM 4 easy miles. Then striders (1 mile)

Did 3 this morning... Easy

Did 4 this afternoon... Easy 

4 this morning

3 this afternoon after the decathalon.

AM 3

PM Did 8 mile with 20 minute LT tempo today. It sucked really bad and it hurt to run today.

AM 4.

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Today I missed morning practice because Byron didn't wake up, but that's alright. This afternoon might have been the best I've ever felt while running. It was a 5 miler to green springs and it felt great. Afterwards we did 4 200s that also felt really good. I didn't have a watch with me so I couldn't time how I did, but I think I did around 35 sec. on each one.

AM-3

PM-7. Harts warm and cool. 4 1600 repeats at 6:19 pace. 2 minute recovery. Hit my time once but I felt like crap on a stick after the first one. Thanks to Jake and Paul for pushing me to do my last one. They're really good at "persuading" people to do things.

AM- 3 miles. It surprises me how good I'm getting. I remember back when 3 miles was just a dream that I thought was impossible to me. Now, I do more then that every day!

AM- 3 easy. Felt kind of easy and hard at the same time. I didn't feel all in it this morning.

PM- Harts (1.5) warm/cool. Did 4 mile repeats. It was hard. 

AM- 3. It is beginning to feel really easy to come to these morning runs. I sure hope I never get into the habit of not coming again. 

PM- Fricken hard workaout! Harts warm/cool.  600, 400, 300, 200, 100 x 2. It was really hard. 100 recovery in between. Also, I really need to get into the habit of blogging more...

AM-  3 Mi. Byron, Matt, Dave, and I were all a little late (5 minutes). We went way fast! 6:30 pace around was what Matt said. My hip flexer is really sore lately. It's starting to mess up my runs. I asked coach yesterday what some good stretches are for it.

AM-3. Morning runs are beginning to be way easy for me and I'm actually excited to go run every morning. Haven't missed a run for like 2 weeks now! Ran to Arctic Circle and back to the highschool. One of the best morning runs yet.

PM-5. 1.5 Harts warm/cool. We were gonna go to Desert Hells for a JV meet, but they ended up cancelling it so we did a workout. 8x400. Goal time: 1:20. Hit: 1:19, 1:19, 1:21, 1:22, 1:20, 1:23, 1:20, 1:19. It was really hard, but I pretty much hit my times for it so that's good!

Ran twice around the block our hotel was on that added up to about 3 miles. It was hard, but I think Byron was going faster then regular running pace that we do with the team and I had to stick with him.

Did the same run as yesterday, but this time we went a little slower at around 7:20 pace.

Running this week so far has felt terrible. I always end up feeling like I tried way too hard even though it's only 3 miles!

Didn't run today... I was too busy and I couldn't find the will or the time to do it. I feel like a failure.

Byron went on a run while we were at the beach without telling me and when he got back, he just kept bragging about how awesome it was on his run! And then I couldn't find the energy to go and run.

It's my birthday! We spent the whole time in the car on our way back from California. After that we had a family party. Really didn't feel like running today! I really need to stop being so lazy! Started feeling a little sick today.

I was going to attempt to go 4 today but I just was feeling so crappy! I think it's a combination of me being sick and that I haven't ran for 4 days... Haha! I ran 3 with Archie on the trail past the freeway today.  (half a mile barefoot warmup)

Went to Maverick with the team. I kinda fell behind on the way back. I really am not feeling good on our runs. First my legs start killing me, then I have trouble breathing, and I just get all around tired.  half a mile barefoot warmup

Went to Sandburgs! This has been my best run yet of the summer. I wasn't feeling so crappy, and I stayed with the guys the whole time. I don't know if it's because my legs are getting back in the groove or that we stopped to swim, but I felt way better on this run than any of the rest this summer. (half a mile barefoot warmup)

Felt really good today except for the striders. I can never keep up on the striders. I always feel too scared to run fast. I start breathing hard and it just scares me so I slow down. I'm gonna try to keep up on the striders next week. Other than that, It felt really good. (half a mile barefoot warmup)

Did high elevation 3 miles today at Yankee Meadows. It was so hard! I was going to go 4 but it felt way too hard. The whole first half was downhill and the last half hurt like heck! I don't think I've ever hurt so hard! I hate high elevation runs! Not looking forward to running at camp. (half a mile barefoot warmup)

I really didn't want to repeat yesterday's run so I told myself that I would run when I got home and I never did.

2 mile warm up. Felt like it was too long for a warmup.

On the test thing (I forgot what it's called) I got 1521 meters in 6 minutes. I think I could probably go even farther.

1 mile cool down. (half a mile barefoot warmup)

Did the dirt mile loops today. Ran there and felt pretty good. I stayed with the big boys for the first mile loop and then I just couldn't keep up. I kept a good steady pace behind them though. Feeling better than last year by far. (half a mile barefoot warmup)

Did the grass loops. This is my favorite run! I always can keep up with the team on them. I even lead sometimes. I felt really good today.... Except on the striders. I need to get my head in the game so that I can improve better than last year. That's my goal this year. Just to try my hardest and get the best times I can get. (half mile barefoot warmup)

Today we did 2 parkway loops, which by the end, ended up to be 6.7 miles. It was really tough for me. Especially since we had to do the harder pace up the hill! I didn't keep up with the group and was tempted to just do 1 loop because I was dying. I did not give up though. It was really tough, but I know that I just need to get over it and try my best. I couldn't stop thinking of that barney song "Look Both Ways When You Cross The Street". I kept on making different harmonies to it until it was basically a 10 piece choir haha! I haven't even watched barney for a long time! I learned from this run that it doesn't matter how fast you are or how good you are at running as long as you try your best and push yourself everyday. Nobody cares if you finish last. Just as long as you try your best and finish. (I also did half a mile barefoot warmup).

Today we drove to heritage park in coral canyon to do a 4 mile run. I went into it thinking that it would just be a nice easy 4 mile, but I had never done this run before. It was tough with all the hills. Hills are my worst weakness I think. I pretty much stayed with the group the whole time except at the end... I had to tie my shoe and we were about half a mile from the finish so no biggy. I thought it was tough because of the hills, but I felt good and accomplished afterwords. (half mile barefoot warmup)

I now have a goal! I need to start doing Saturday runs! If I don't next week, I will be disappointed.

Today we did a test at the dirt mile. We would see how far we could run in 15 minutes. I got 3535 meters. It was so tough! I finished 1 meter behind coach Roberts. He's a dang funny guy. Coach said that I have to do the level 2 stuff from now on until I'm ready to do the higher stuff... Glad I get to do less, but sad that I get less mileage at the same time. Does anybody have any good breathing techniques they use while running? Lately I have been having a hard time breathing during my runs. (Half a mile barefoot warmup)

1 mile warm up. We did a 30/30 workout based on our 6 vV02 test last week. We would run a certain amount of meters in 30 seconds as many times as we could. I was supposed to be hitting 127 meters. I felt really good about today! I made it to 38! I feel that I so could've made it to 40 though. Just if I would've tried that much harder. I feel that I'm gonna have a good future in running. Even if I'm not that good now. I may not be there today, but I'm closer than I was yesterday. (half a mile barefoot warmup)

This was probably the most I've ever done barefoot. I always like the barefoot runs best. Today was just more of a recovery day from yesterday's 30/30 workout. Did 4 miles on the grass and then 1 mile of striders. My legs don't feel sore from yesterday at all. I felt really good today, but I started to get pretty tired around mile 3 and just kept getting more and more tired. Felt good overall. (half a mile barefoot warmup).

Today felt really tough. We did 2 parkway loops and I actually kept with the guys for about halfway up the first time, and then I fell back. By the time I finished my second one, the rest of the guys were up there cheering me, Dallin, Jake, Will, and Jake on. I felt like I was going good for me. I was proud when I finally made it back to the school. A year ago today I never would have dreamed of running this much in a day, and now I do it all the time! I have improved way more than I thought I ever would. Again, does anybody know any good breathing techniques or something like that? (half a mile barefoot warmup).

Today we ran the Mustang Pass trail at Green Springs. It was really fun and it was very good scenery. I always love the runs over there because of the surroundings. I felt pretty good I guess. I fell a little behind and then caught back up. On the way back, me, Jake, and Nick decided to slow it down a bit (which was really nice cause I was dying). I woke up today with my heart rate at 87 bpm from just a 66 the day before. Could somebody explain the whole heart rate thing? Like what does it mean when your heart rate is high or low? (half mile barefoot warmup)

Today was the best run I have ever had... And also the first Saturday I've ran in a while. I ran from my house up past Maverick, past the freeway entrances, to these four wheel trails. (We've ran through it a couple times during the track season).  I know I was only supposed to run 4 and I was going to only run 4, but by the time I got there, it was already time to turn back and what's the fun in that? Anyways, it was an adventure. I never know where each trail will take me. I ended up seeing a rattlesnake and like 7 bunnies! Luckily, the rattlesnake was not near me. I must have looked like an idiot out there because I was singing along to my Ipod almost the whole time. I'm glad nobody else was out there. I've decided that I need to reprioritise my running  goals. Instead of trying to be the best and get the best times, I've decided that my number one goal is to have fun. After that, it is to be the best runner I can become and get PRs and stuff like that. After today, I don't think I'll be missing a Saturday run in a long time.

Today was the easiest workout we've ever had. I did 3x1000 repeats. I was supposed to go 5:16 pace. First was 4:40, Second was 5:09, and Third was 5:01. I swear the warmup and cooldown were faster than the workout! (half a mile barefoot warmup).

Today felt pretty good! I can feel myself getting better each day. I kept up with everyone the whole time. Even during the striders (I don't usually keep up with the striders) and still had energy to spare. Every day lately has been easier than the last. Even if it's more mileage or faster. I think the next step is to keep up on at least one parkway loop. (half a mile barefoot warmup). I added half a mile because of running club. I was dead after that. It's amazing how fast some of these girls are! Holt ran 7:11, Hill ran 7:13, and there were many other good times like this. And they are only in 5th and 6th grade! I see Pine View having a very good girls team in the future

Today was so hard. We did the 30/30 workout today with a mile warm/cool. I was supposed to hit 127 meters in 30 seconds as many times as I can up to 40. I made it the second (to Brianna) most times with 36 times. Last week I made it 38, but today was more strict with the jog the cool down. I kept telling myself "this is gonna be the last one", "I can't make it anymore, I'll give up after this one", and "Brianna! Why don't you give up and give me my glory?!" Haha! Okay not the last one... But it was really tough and I tried my very best. I'm pretty proud of today's performance from me.  (half mile barefoot warmup)

Today we held an unofficial practice and did a hilly run down into Hell's Hole. We told everybody that we were doing one, but only about 15 people (if that) showed up. My legs were dying the whole time. Jake, Andrew, and I were the only level 2 guys there today amd we took it a little slower on the way back. I hope tomorrow we take it a little easier. Not that today was hard. It was just a little painful. (half a mile barefoot warmup).

Went on a 7 miler with the guys today. Not very many people showed up. I think on the way there, it was me, Andrew, Jake, Jake, Byron, Abel, Krenshaw, Matt. Me, Andrew, Jake, and Jake went 7 and we took it a good pace on the way back. It was pretty tough to go this far for me, but I'm just glad I could keep up! (half a mile barefoot warmup)

Ran on my own today for a total of 4 miles. My legs were really hurting the whole time and I just wasn't really enjoying it. Overall, it was a pretty easy-paced, painful run.

AM-Today we did our 4x1000 (or 4x1600) at our personal VO2 max 15 minute times at an 80%. I was supposed to hit a 5:16, but I hit a 4:49, 5:01, 5:08, and 5:08. Coach Roberts is one funny guy! I did most of the workout with him, Liz, Jason, Jake, and Farmer J. It felt really good and easy. It was way fun.

PM- Our first PM run (and first of many, many Artic Circle runs) of the year! I felt surprisingly good on the way there, but I got a massive sideache on the way back. Other than that, it was pretty good. I ran with some water, but doubt I'll do it again. During weights afterwards, during the squats, I think I pulled something in my groin. It hurts to walk more than 30 feet at once and to bend down or squat now. Any suggestions of what to do? Stretches?

...And what the heck? Did Scott Sandberg join our team or something? Because he did the same stuff as us... The exact same stuff.

AM-Today we ran the 4 miles barefoot with striders. It felt really good. Probably the best I've felt in a few weeks! It was pretty fun and I kept up the whole time. (half a mile barefoot warmup).

Kid's Club- Best kids club ever! My group and the younger group of girls did a relay race of 4 teams (our team was Team Tryhard (we won, by the way)). It was WAY fun! If your groups haven't done relays, do them next week. It was legit.

AM- 1 mile warmup. Today we did the 30/30 workout. I did not do nearly as good as last week. I hit it 21 times. I hit my overall mileage, but I was hoping to do a little better on the test. I guess today was just an off-day for me. I tried my hardest and hopefully next week is a little bit better. 1 mile cool down. (half mile barefoot warmup).

AM-Today we ran into Hell's Hole for our hill workout. I don't remember hills being as fun as they were today. We did 5x10 second bounders (is that what they're called?) and then 5x10 second hill sprints. It wasn't all that crappy. The worst part was coming up by the library and cemetary. Haha. Pretty easy day today. Hopefully I feel the same tomorrow for our 7 miler. (half a mile barefoot warmup). I signed up for Chelsi's Run today. I'm getting pumped. I'm not sure what to expect. Hopefully I do alright.

PM-Went the 3 mile artic circle route from PVHS. I was kind of hoping it would rain on our run, but it stopped right before it. I got this terrible sideache right at the beginning of our run and it didn't end until after the run. I managed to stay up with the group though. Weights went really good afterwards.

AM- Today was probably the best run ever! I felt really good the whole time. We met at Vernin Worthen park in Dixie and ran from there. I kept up with the elite guys for 3.5 miles (along with Jake) and then we turned around and waited for Nate until we really started going again. It felt really good to be at the front of the level 2 boys pack. I think that our whole JV team has really great potential this year. The 3.5 miles back was the best part. We didn't slow down at all, but it felt like heaven. It was me, Nate, and Jake pretty much the whole time and then the other guys were pretty close behind at the very end. I'm getting pretty excited for the Chelsi's Run on Monday. Hopefully I feel as good then as I did today. (half a mile barefoot warmup).

Warbeast out.

Late Night Run(with Krenshaw, Byron, Matt, Abel, and Hunter)- 5.5: I was only planning on running 3 miles, but I was the only person there who was and I didn't want to run back on my own. Tonight I felt really good, but I fell off the pack close to the end. We were going really fast! I'm not sure what our pace was, but the beginning was definately sub-7 and the end was probably sub-7:30. I don't feel like 5.5 miles was much of a push today. I stepped on my foot weird close to the end of the run and it bugged me the rest of the time, but it's not bugging me now.

AM-Today we ran 5x1000 (3 minute recovery) with 1 mile warm and cool. I hit around 4:55 on all of them. They're super slow, but I still hit a little faster than my time. I felt really tired today and I think I'll take a nap before I lift this afternoon. I want to be at my best at the 5k tonight. The only guys who I run with that are going to Chelsi's is Cam and Jake B. I wish our whole group would go and help push each other, but I'm just gonna have to try to keep up and help push Cam. I'm not sure what to expect, but I'm hoping I get a big PR from last year.

Chelsi's- This was a pretty tough race. I tried my hardest, but I don't think I went hard enough. I'm pretty sure I could do much better if I keep at it and keep trying. The first lap, I hit around a 9:10 and then I slowed way down the second lap to a 10:33 (1.5 miles). I photofinished with Jason. I seriously have no clue who won it was that close. Overall, it was fun, but I didn't meet up with my expectations from me.

AM- I woke up so tired from last night's race and was tempted to just go back to sleep, but I came to practice. We did 4 miles on the grass loops and then 8 striders. It was really tough today and I fell way behind everyone else. I swear I almost died on the striders. I think I'll be back to normal and ready tomorrow hopefully. I added a half a mile for kids club. (half a mile barefoot warmup)

AM-Today we did the 30-30 workout. I did not do good at all. I made it to 14 and then couldn't go anymore. I'm still super tired and sore from the 5k. I think I am dehydrated also so I'm going to try to fix that today. We did a mile warmup and then me and Jason went on about a 2 mile cool down to get our mileage.

PM-Ran 3 miles on my own. Went up to the dirt mile from my house and did 2 laps and that didn't quite make three so I ran a little more on my street. And about halfway through my run I ran into coach! Haha. He was running up at the dirt mile for a little bit too. I decided to do this run a little bit easy. I ran an average of 7:24 per mile. And I ended up with a time of 22:14 (which by the way was faster than my first race last year). I'm starting to feel a little better from my soreness and I've been rehydrating a lot today. So I have decided to do a little experiment with the heart rates. I was wondering what my normal heart rate is in contrast with my resting heart rate when I wake up in the morning. So every day for the next little while, I will take my heart rate right when I wake up (6:30am) and at 3:00pm (before my afternoon runs). Today kind of surprised me. In the morning my RHR was 60bpm and at 3:00pm my HR was 60bpm. Isn't our RHR supposed to be lower?

AM- Today I felt really good. I did 6 miles with a 2 mile tempo on the 4-5 miles. I ran the whole run with Andrew. It was pretty nice and probably the best I've felt in a "tempo" before. Our tempo pace was around 6:50-7:00 pace. I wanted to run in a bigger group but the other guys were going a little slower than I wanted to go on a tempo. Surprisingly, Me, Andrew, and Logan were the first level 2 guys back from the run. I felt good overall and I really enjoyed this run.

PM- It is so hot outside! I couldn't make it to team practice because I went to see Turbo (actually wasn't too bad. It inspired me and I almost cried once). So, I went on my own run when I got home. I did a loop that was roughly about 3.5, but I put 3 just in case. In my run, I ran into the cemetary and it gave me a wonderful idea for a race or marathon or something... The Death Race. It's not called that because of how hard it is, but because you run to all the cemetaries in the area... Starting at the Washington Cemetary. It would be so legit. And everytime you run to a grave of your close friend or family member, it will make you want to run faster for them. Before I die, I want to see The Death Race happen. RHR: 65 HR:72

AM- It was so tough this morning. First, we ran the region course for this year out in Bloomington which added up to 3 miles. It kind of gets me excited for region this year, but it gives me a reality of how tough running on the grass is compared to the asphalt. That wasn't too bad. The hard part was doing meat grinders (x2). If there are hills in hell, they would all be the Meat Grinder Hill (I don't know what it's called). It was so crappy. On the way down the first one, I was thinking,"Coach! Here's the part where you say 'Just kidding. We're only doing 1'". and then we all start cheering, but that didn't happen. It was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done. I feel so accomplished to be able to do that though. So those added up to about 5 miles. (half a mile barefoot warmup). I have decided that Turbo is exactly the same as Ratatoullie. If you ever go see it, try to find the comparisons. There are tons. It might as well just be the same movie. RHR: 73 HR:56

Today I went on a late night run with some others. I showed up way early and decided to do a mile for the heck of it. I hit that one at about 7 minutes. Then when others showed up, we went on a 4 miler. We went pretty slow except for the very end we were all sprinting pretty much. It was fun. RHR:54 HR:55

WOOHOO! 200 recorded miles in my Kinvara 3s! AM- Did 6x1000m with mile warm and mile cool. It was pretty easy. It's fun to talk with Nate, Jake, Andrew, and Jason on these runs. I felt good overall. Getting pretty excited for camp next week! It'll be a blast! RHR:54 HR: ?

PM- Did the arctic circle 3 miler run with the team. Felt pretty easy, but boy it's hot out there. I had a sideache the whole time, which sucks. How can I prevent those before they happen?! Skylar says he's not gonna join XC even though he's a natural at it! He'd rather join football I guess. Now it's time to eat some bacon.

AM- Today marks the 100th mile in my Kinvara 4s! WOOHOO! 30/30s at 126 meters in 30 seconds. Today was pretty tough, but I was determined to hit more than I did last week (14) and I did! I got 20. I woke up this morning feeling really tired and dehydrated. I really need to work on staying hydrated. I was tempted to not even go to practice today. That would've been a big mistake. 1 mile warmup, 1 mile cool down. (half a mile barefoot warmup).

Running Club- I added on 2 miles because I paced the 5th and 6th grade girls race and boys race. Those kids are very talented and determined. Today 2 kids in particular have gained my respect. Gracie Clements and Scotty Bushar. Those are some determined kids. Both of them would not fall behind me. They both tried their very best to stay up with me and because of their determination, it gave them some personal bests. I did not pace them in particular, but they both dared to keep up with me. I love running club!

PM- This was supposed to be a nice easy 3 miler. If anyone ever tells you that was what it was, punch them in the face. It all started off all fine and dandy, but about a mile into it, I started to have the worst sideache ever. It was seriously the most pain I have felt running. It felt like satan literally put his hand in my side and took his sharp, pointy claws and started to squeeze my insides. If I ever have a sideache as bad as this, I will personally walk up to the pope and say every swear word 20 times. I ran up to the grapevine trail and I decided to rest and see if the sideache would just go away. So I sat there and watch the lightning (which was super kewl) for about 5 minutes. It felt like satan pulled his arm out finally, so I started running again. And then it felt like I got shot in the side. I literally got down in the fetal position for a minute or 2. I decided that I was going to finish or die trying. I ended up finishing, but not without casualties. I lost my manhood and every shred of respect and dignity I had.

PM- Went and did a 3 miler from coache's house at 3pm. It was so hot! We ran on the grapevine trail. I just about died, but we swam afterwards and made nerd swords so that makes up for it. It was pretty easy overall.

PPM- Did my morning run at night. I ran to the Sullivan Soccer Park place and hung out with Skylark and some others. Then I ran back. It was a pretty easy run overall and I was probably going like 7:15 pace on the way there.

AM- 6.75 miles. This morning was super tough! We ran to Hell's Hole and did some super crappy hills there. The people from the city told us we couldn't run on the part we were going to go on, so we went to the huge giant hill. First, we did 4x1minute hard. This was the toughest part. I would always start out too fast and be dying by the end... Or I would be stuck behind people. After that we did 4x30seconds hard. These were awesome! I was in the front with Reed on all of them. Cam was really impressive on the last one. He just sprinted past all of us. I decided that whenever we're having a hard time in a workout, we all should just C.A.M. (conquer all mankind) it. Then we ran back to the school plus a block. Pretty tough day today.

PM- 3 miles. It was super hot today. We did the Artic Circle route. We went pretty slow the whole time (which was actually pretty nice). I had a teeny sideache almost the whole time, but that didn't bug me much. I've been working on being more hydrated and it's working. I'm getting really tired of how much I sweat though!

AM- Today we started at Pine View Park in Washington Fields. We ran 7 miles with 2.5 miles AT tempo. I'm not sure what our pace was, but it was fairly hard. I fell off the main group quite a bit about halfway through the tempo and then I gained some ground by the end and ended up maybe 75-100 meters away from them. My legs felt a little sore from yesterday's hills. I feel like I'm giving crazy amounts of effort towards running for such disappointing results. I don't know. I'm just glad we don't have a double run today. And may the record show that when I wrote this I was on the first page of the mileage board! Woohoo!

YES! I finally hit a 50 mile week! I felt amazing on this run. Byron invited me to go with him and Dave on their run tonight and I invited Jason to go with us. We ran a 5 miler up the Coral Canyon hill. I was expecting it to be super hard because I've never ran up it before, but it was surprisingly easy. What's more is that we finished this 5 miler in 31-35 minutes! That's sub-7 pace! By far my fastest 5 miler ever! It wasn't even that hard for me. It was for sure a 5 miler because we had a Garmin with us. Afterwards, Jason and I ran an extra .55 miles to get in 50 miles. This got me thinking of my first 5 miler about a year ago. It was quite possibly the worst run of my life and took me about an hour to do. I've improved so much and I can't believe it took me this run to realize it. My hard work is paying off. I'm good and I'm just gonna get better from here.

AM- Just ran up to the dirt mile and did 6x1000 repeats. They were pretty easy. I hit 4:51, 4:51, 4:51, 4:46, 4:43, and 4:50. These are really fun to do when you have a bunch of guys to talk to the whole time. It's not too hard, it just takes a while to finish. Then we ran back to the school to make 6.5. (half a mile barefoot warmup). I'm not gonna be able to blog the whole rest of the week because I'll be up at camp, but I'll update it when I get back.

High Altitude Camp- Today we got to our campsite and set up camp. We had a bit of relax time and lunch before we headed out on our 4 mile run. It was pretty tough, but really easy compared to all the other runs we did at camp. Our captains talked to us about the camp theme. It's about the attitude not the altitude and about the smileage not the mileage. Pretty good day but I didn't sleep good this night.

High Altitude Camp- Woke up this morning feeling really tired and cold. We went on our 8 mile run which was really hard! Me, Andrew, Cam, and Jake kept up with the longer milers for the first 4 miles and then we slowed down a little on the way back. I feel that we went really well on this run even though it was tough! I think this is the first time I've ran 8 miles at once so far this summer. Our second run today was just an easy 3 miler and was the easiest run we did at camp. We took it pretty slow and went to the lake at the end of it. Today we got our booklets and we took some classes from our coaches. Coach Holt talked to us about goals and daring to go. An example he shared with us was when Nik Wallenda tightroped across the Grand Canyon. Then we talked about some quotes having to do with bravery and courage. One that really stuck out to me was "Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer." I think 5 minutes longer is my new motto now! Then coach challenged us to make goals (both for running personally and for the whole team), draw them out, and then share them. For my personal goal, I decided to get a PR of sub-18 minutes by the end of this XC season. My team goal was for us to win region this year. After talking with Holt, we went and had a class with Coach Roberts. He talked to us about The Biologic Law of Training and The Training Unit. In his class we learned a lot about how to train and what the components of training are.

High Altitude Camp- This morning we ran a super hard 5 mile hilly run. I tried my hardest to stay up with the big boys, but I ended falling off quite a bit by the time I was supposed to turn around. I didn't do too shabby though. I was the first level 2 guy to finish the uphill behind Andrew and Nick, then I just stuck with Andrew for the rest of the time. For our afternoon, we ran a 3 miler down this super sick trail, but then we had to run back up which was like heck on earth. I was seriously the hardest 1.5 miles I've ever done. Just constant uphill. I tried to stick with Reed for the uphill part and ended up passing him and then he caught up by the end. In our classes with coaches, Coach Holt had us talk about motivation, confidence, having a mind for success, relaxation, the zone, focus, visualization, talking to yourself, and setting routines. This was probably the most informative class of them all. I learned so much that I didn't know before and has inspired me to try all of the things he has suggested. In Coach Bert's class, we learned about having consistency to build mental toughness. In this, he challenged us to work on being more consistent on a certain attribute when it comes to running. I chose to be more self-confident of myself on my runs. Most of the time, I feel like the pain that I had on my run was all in my head and I need to change that. We also talked about commitments. Paul talked to us about knowing our sport and shared with us some websites and challenged us to learn about a runner we didn't know before. I'm definately going to do that.

High Altitude Camp- Last day at camp. Today was just supposed to be an easy 4 miler. Boy is that an understatement. Coach led us on a trail he'd never done before and it ended up being this super hard, really hilly run. It seemed to go on and on and on. I kept up with the guys for the whole time on this run, but that wasn't an easy task. This whole camp has been so inspiring for me and has made me want to be a better runner than I am now. I have a feeling I've improved so much just over the past few days.

AM- Today Andrew, Cam, Jake, and I all met at Washington Elementary for our tempo. Josh Farish forgot there wasn't organized team practice today so he ran with us (plus some). I was expecting to go on a 7 miler with 2.5 tempo, but Andrew and Cam checked and said it was 5 with 2 tempo. We ran from the elementary school to almost the mall and back, starting and ending our tempo at Harts. This was probably the best tempo I've ever done. I stayed up with Andrew and Cam. We had about a 6:40 average tempo pace, but we got up to like 6 flat pace at the end of it. I didn't even feel very sore or tired by the end of this tempo and it felt pretty easy. I don't think I would have ran this morning if I didn't organize a practice with these guys because 1. I was so tired and 2. I didn't want to run this one on my own.

PM- 3 miles easy. This truly was the easiest run this week despite the 100 degrees with some moderately heavy wind. I decided to just take it as easy as I wanted. I ran the dirt mile/grapevine trails. I had a little sideache on the way back that would usually bug me a lot, but didn't bother me as much as usual... It might be because of the peanut butter bar I ate prior to my run, but we'll never know haha.

OH! I decided to take Coach's challenge and research a runner that I knew nothing about. I looked on some websites and took me a long time to find a runner that I really admired. My runner is Ryan Hall. In his senior year in highschool, he ran a state record time of 4:02.62. He ran at Stanford University. He broke the U.S. half marathon record with a time of 57:54 which killed the previous record. Ryan had the fastest marathon debut by any American, and the fastest marathon ever run by a U.S. citizen with the time of 2:08:24 in London. He ran the fastest marathon by any American with 2:04:58 in the Boston Marathon in 2011. He also qualified to run the marathon in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in 2008.

AM- Today we did 6x1000 repeats. I hit 4:30, 4:48, 4:50, 4:30, 4:32, and 4:38. They were easy, but a little faster than normal. I don't know what's up with me today. I felt super tired and short of breath. The workout, which doesn't usually tire me out, made me extremely tired. I don't know. Maybe I'll feel better by this afternoon. (half a mile barefoot warmup).

PM- Ran in Desert Hells territory for my 3 miler. Ran a nice easy route that ended up being 3.1 miles, but that didn't bother me ;) felt pretty good. Couldn't make it to team practice today, but will try on Thursday. 

AM- Today we did a new workout called 1/1 which is just like 30/30s but just double the hit time and distance. I made it all the way to 15 which is the most anybody got because coach stopped us for kid's club. I felt super good today! It felt easier than the 30/30s, but it was still a nice hard push. 1 mile warm .5 mile cool. (half a mile barefoot warmup).

PM- I know for a fact that this was 3.1 miles. I calculated it yesterday with a GPS watch. Yesterday I hit it in 23:35. That for sure is a promise. I say this because none of you are going to believe what I did and I just about hate/love myself for it. I went out on a run purely because I was angry. I didn't even think I was going to do a PM run today. I don't want to say exactly why I was angry, but I was furious. I've calmed down now, but it was bad. So I went out of my grandma's house with my watch and started running. I decided to do the same route as I did yesterday. The exact same route. My watch was running the whole time. The thing that was so shocking about this 3.1 MILE RUN, was that I ran it in 17:58. That is more than a 1:30 PR and this wasn't even a race. I confirm that this was a 3 mile run if not more! I got to the halfway point at like a 9 minute and I decided that I was just gonna kill it. I didn't care what anyone would say. So I started going. I think I was in the zone. I felt amazing during the whole thing. I felt like I was on top of the world. I don't know what the heck happened, but I was not expecting me to run any faster or stronger than I usually do. I don't know what I did different, but I sure dang hope I can run this good at the time trial tomorrow. Coach don't kill me.

AM- Half a mile warmup then 1.5 mile warmup then 2 mile time trial then 1.5 mile cool down. Felt pretty crappy and I hit above 13 minutes which is not good at all for me. I think I just need to start thinking more positive. Plus, it was grass and that never helps very much. Good job to Cam though! He really knows how to C.A.M. it.

AM- Today we ran 8 miles with 3 miles tempo. I figured today would be pretty tough and it was. We had like the biggest tempo group we've ever had on one of these tempos though. It was me, Cam, Andrew, Nick, Jake, Jason, Dallin, and Jake at the beginning and then by the end of the tempo it was me, Cam, Andrew, Nick, and Jake. We lost a few guys but we made it. Our splits were 6:40, 6:30, and 6:17 for the last one. I felt myself falling off towards the end of the tempo so I told Andrew and Nick to let me run in front of them so I would be pushed and that seemed to work. I'm pretty sure that I ran a lot faster today then I did at the time trial and this was a whole mile more! I don't know... (half a mile warmup). 

AM- Today I ran on my own because my poor grandma can't take me to practice. I ran near Snow Canyon High. I did 3 miles before I started my hills and then a dog chase and ended at nearly 7 miles. For my hills I did 5x1 minutes and they were really tough. I was consistent at running to about the same place every time and felt satisfied with those. Then an evil dog came out of nowhere and started to chase me! It was a fast little devil and ended up making me sprint half a mile and then it gave up and I reigned victorious. Then I decided to find a new hill so the dog didn't find me again. Then I did 3x30 seconds and they were awesome. Each one I went farther and faster then the last. It was sweet and I felt good with those. It felt pretty much the same as doing them in Hell's Hole.

PM- Finally got around to measuring my 17:58 and guess what... I lied to you guys. What I thought was a 5k ended up to be only 2.94 miles. Still a huge improvement and a definite PR. I took it slow today and ran the 2.94 miles in about 23 minutes. Someone honked at me near the end and scared the jibby out of me! Felt dead by the end and I have some pain in my left calf, but it should be fine. 

AM- .5 warmup, 1.5 warmup, 6x1000 (4:30, :30, :35, :26, :35, :32), 1.5 cool. I think I did a pretty good job at pacing on this workout, but I felt super tired, dehydrated, and my legs were killing me around the 3rd-end of workout. I hope I feel better sorewise by the race tomorrow because I really want to do good. I sure regret not starting running earlier.

PM- Feeling a lot better this afternoon. I felt pretty dehydrated though and I'm going to take care of that from now on. 3 easy this afternoon, but we went pretty dang fast. Probably the fastest I've gone on one of these runs. On the way there, we were all together, but then Byron and Trevor started to pull off a little and me, Cam, Dave, and Nick were the only ones who went with them and we were going fast! I was feeling pretty tired at the end and during weights and plios(how do you spell it?). I'm trying to get myself inspired for this race tomorrow... I just don't know how. I'm dreading the race tomorrow more than anything. Not my best running day today.

AM- Half a mile warmup. We went on a 5 miler to the double churches and back. I felt pretty good the way there, but got pretty tired by the end of the run. My legs were hurting enough to bug me, but nothing too serious. Afterwards we did 4x200 m accelerations and I felt really good on those. I'm trying to get myself pumped for the race and I'm definitely going to try my hardest today.

Race- I warmed up a good 1.5 miles and I felt like that was an appropriate amount of warmup and then we started the race. My first mile was 6:11 and I caught with Jake Taylor by the time we got to the track on the first lap and we were passing guys left and right and I'm glad he was there to help push me. We were still close together on the second lap and not much changed there but I started slowing down. The last lap was awful and I got passed by maybe 10 guys on that last lap. Overall a pretty good race and it is a PR. I pushed hard and I did my best. Good race.

PM- 3 miles easy and striders. We went sandburgs and it was really quite an enjoyable run! Can't believe we're in school! It doesn't feel right. The striders went pretty quick. My legs felt more sore than yesterday and were hurting pretty bad by the end. Then Matt picked me up and I banged my leg against his and now it really hurts. Tried stretching. Hopefully feels better soon.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. We showed up like 2 minutes late and Trevor and Tyson were also there so we ran with them. And boy were we running fast! I couldn't keep up with them, but I caught up to the main group just a little after they did. The rest of the run felt super easy and nice.

PM- Ran our half a mile warmup then ran to the Sunrise Hill. We did 5x1 minutes hard then 7x30 seconds hard. And boy was it hard! I ran pretty good on the first 1 minute and just kept the same pretty much the whole timeIt felt like I was going to pass out after the 1 minutes so I went a got a quick drink then started the 30 seconds. These are always my favorite, and I was getting farther and farther each time. I decided on the last one that I wanted to CAM it so I did and finished the last 30 second in the lead. Then we had to run back and that was the really crappy part of the workout. Then we hit the weight room.

AM- 3 miles easy. Felt pretty good this morning and was really easy. Leg pain has left completely.

PM- 1x1s I made it to 13 of them but I probably could have made it to 15 if I really tried. My workout, warm, and cool all ended up at around 5.5 miles. Cool down was super tiring but I guess we have to do it... HAHA. Ready to race tomorrow.

Race- Best race ever! This was such a fast race. When we started, I was getting cut off by everyone, but I fought my way through by the end of the first mile and was around 15th place. I passed maybe 2 people on the second lap and was keeping a pretty good pace with this Hellian. I tried to pass this guy the whole last mile, but whenever I tried to pass him, he'd run right in front of me! It turns out this guy was really stupid because he didn't know where to enter the track on the last lap so he kept going the wrong way and he was passed by about a billion people. I almost felt bad for the guy. I ended up in 11th place 10 seconds behind Cam. I was 1 place from getting a medal and Jake won't let me hear the end of it. I ran 17:50 which is a 1:16 PR but this was a super fast race! After the race, I went to the running center and got some XC spikes and I'm super excited for SUU and I'm gonna try to medal there, but if I don't, that's okay too. End mileage was 6 miles.

AM- I've been dying to run since the race on Saturday! It felt really good this morning and I wish every run was like this. Easy AC three before school and then we did plyos afterwards. Good to have all these guys at morning runs.

PM- Started with a .5 warmup and then we did our agilites and core exercises while we talked about upcoming events. There were a ton of youngsters there today, but I bet that we're gonna lose a lot of them in the next few weeks. The level 2 guys ran a 1.5 warmup and cooldown before starting our repeats. Then we ran 6x1000 m repeats at a pretty hard pace. The first few were easy, but my energy level was just on the floor today. I was dead tired by the end of the third one and then Danny stopped because he was hurting or something so I stayed more with Jason on the rest of them. I hit faster then my time on all of these and it wasn't too hard other then the fact that I was super tired. I'm gonna get a lot of sleep tonight to prepare me for tomorrow.

AM- 3 miles easy. It felt pretty easy but it was super warm this morning! I was sweating so bad!

PM- 7 miles easy, .5 warmup, and Paul told me to add .5 for the trail at the park. I stayed with the guys until the turn around and then I kind of died off and it is not fun running in 108 degree weather by yourself with nobody within 100 meters of you. I got to a point where I was hoping someone would come out and shoot me in the leg because I wanted to be done so bad! I swear I almost passed out. I need to drink more water. Took one of the new leg ice baths in the tubs we got. That felt pretty good. Also I have just recieved word that I have an orthodontist appointment tomorrow so I'm gonna have to do my practice on my own. Is it smart to do 1/1s on the dirt mile? Should I go to the soccer field?

AM- 3 miles easy. I'm starting to really like these runs! I think they make me better at school for some reason... Felt pretty good and stayed up with the guys. I don't think staying up with the guys is a problem for me anymore... Which gets me pretty emotional haha!

PM- Couldn't make it to practice because of an orthodontist appointment, but I did it right when I got home. I did a 1.5 warmup and then I did the workout on the grass loops near my house. I mathmatically did the distance in my head which isn't very reliable, but I had my watch to tell me the times so I did 15 of them and I saw coach drive by right before my last one so that got my spirits going. It was really tough and I was sweating like no tomorrow. It is not fun to do these on your own. It seemed to go on and on and on and on and on and on. Afterwards I did just about a mile of cooldown. Wasn't sure if I was supposed to do striders before or after cooldown.... so I did them after.

AM- 3 miles easy AC. This morning, Byron, Dave, Bryan, and I were all late which I didn't mind because I felt really good this morning and wanted to go fast. So me Byron and Dave ran until Dave turned around then we finally caught up with the rest of the guys. Felt really good this morning. Only Byron, Bryan, Logan and I did plios this morning which was weird.

PM- 7.5 miles old man hills. Today we went over to the old man hills and I did 3 of the 800 m hills. It was really tough, but I managed to do pretty good on all 3 of them. As always, the cool down went on forever! When we got back, we did our weights and finally got our uniforms! On this run, my arch started feeling weird and it still does. It doesn't hurt, it just feels uncomfortable to walk or run.

Hit 300 miles in my Kinvara 3s!

AM- Ran 3 miles easy AC today with the guys in our car and Josh because we showed up late and we didn't know we were doing a grass run. We just ran that at a pretty good pace. I really love these runs.

PM- 5 miles easy and 4x200m acceleration. Ran the Sandberg route today and I felt really good. Stuck with the guys the whole time and I felt good on the 200s as well. I feel really good about tomorrow and I really want to push in the race to the best of my ability. Tonight we talked about our goals. We talked quite a bit about treating each other positivly. It made me feel really guilty because I kind of like to make fun of people, but I'm gonna take the challenge seriously and do at least 5 putups each day.

Race- Warmed up a good 1.5 at least and then we headed over to the starting line. My goal this race was to get top 20. The race started and I was about in the middle of everyone and I couldn't get passed anybody. I ran with Cam for a little bit and then I started to push ahead a little bit and I could see the front pack. I tried to go up with them, but I just couldn't. I ran with Jake and Logan for a little bit at the end of the second lap and then Logan fell off and Jake started to push ahead. I couldn't keep up. At the final stretch it was me, Dave, and Josh. Whoever got last out of the three of us would not get a shirt so I decided I didn't want it to be me ;) I did NOT want to get 11th again! Josh beat me by about half a second and I beat Dave by just a little bit. Super good race! First time ever getting top ten. End time was 18:14.7. Cool down to 6 miles (I could be wrong). Also, I'm going to hit 500 miles total since june next week! Pretty exciting!

AM- easy three. Starting to get used to these 1 mile tempos because we're late all the time! Hopefully it makes me faster ;)

PM- 6 minute VVO2 max test. I did okay, but I kind of wanted to be up with Andrew and Cam on this one. I know I probably could if I try hard enough, but I just can't get myself to do it! I finished just in front of Danny and got 2 laps+116 Hopefully I do a little bit better on the time trial on Wednesday. I know I belong with the faster guys.

Am- 3 miles easy. Finally showed up on time because Matt took me. It was a pretty easy run. Nothing spectacular.

PM- Dogpound tempo (4 miles total, 2 miles tempo). Fastest tempo ever! Felt really good, but it was not easy. Went at about 5:30 pace, which is a 2 mile PR for me and just about all the level 2 guys kept up. It was amazing. Striders afterwards

AM- we were late... Again! Just about a quarter mile tempo today ;) haha! Easy 3 AC route.

Time Trial- not sure what place I got on the team, but it was not as good as I wanted to be. I don't feel like I'm improving as much as I would like to be... Which means I need to keep rolling, stretching. icing, and running as much as possible. Finished probably less then a tenth of a second behind Jason and a few seconds in front of Dave. I tried out a new strategy, but it didn't work so I'm gonna stick with the same old same old. Coach said that since I'll be in the neighborhood, I CAN RACE ON SATURDAY! I'm so pumped! I'm ready to represent PV and kick Hellian Butt!

AM- Easy 3 mile barefoot. Was super easy and felt really good. We did haybales afterwards which was super fun!!

PM- "easy" 5 mile Sandburg route. It was pretty tough and I felt really dehydrated again... It didn't help that it was 100+ degrees outside! BUT I stayed with the guys the whole time and did haybales again afterwards. I'm starting to get a hang of these haybales.

Am- easy three and then some 200s added up to 4 miles.

PM- got up to AF and ran a late-ish run and I got lost, but luckily I found my aunts house! Added up to 4 miles total. Felt good and I'm ready to race.

Race- Woke up this morning feeling sick (which hasn't happened in forever!) so i was debating if i'd even wantto race. Ended up going.Warmed up about 2.5 total when you add it all together. Race started and I couldn't find Paul (there were about 400 kids according to the starter guy) and I got trapped at the beginning so I had to be aggressive and I kind of pushed some kids out of the way so I could pass them. Was never exactly where I wanted to be mostly because of the crappy start I had... I was in about 100th maybe by the end of the first 800 then I really started passing guys. Pretty uneventful 2nd lap. Finished okay and it makes me want to do really good at Dixie on Tuesday.

AM- did our 6x1000 repeat workout this morning. My time moved up to 4:17 because of the time trial, but I ended up running a bit quicker. My splits were 3:59, 4:07, 4:11, 4:05, 4:01, 3:56. So I ended up doing a V shape workout. As always, 1.5 mile warm/cool. Afterwards we did the team carwash. It was fun, but I got fried.

PM- 3 miles easy. I ran on my own for the first time in a while. I really love running on my own (no offense to my team members). It's just fun to go your own pace and have nobody to compare with. Anyways, I went up and did my run at the dirt mile today. Somebody destroyed our starting line!!!

oh... I almost forgot! I hit 500 miles since the start of summer practice today!!!

AM- Easy 3. Right when we started I was having sharp stabbing pains in my lower left back. It really hurt, but I got over it fairly quickly. After that, I had similar pains in my right glute. That ended by about 3/4 done. The rest was pain-free, but I had never experienced stabbing pains like these. They weren't enough to slow me down behind the group, but they still hurt. Hopefully it doesn't happen during the race.

Race- We went to the Dixie All-Comers today and boy did I not do as good as I would've liked. I started up with Andrew and only kept with him for not even half a mile. I started dying about then. I went the whole race getting passed person after person and I felt like I could do nothing about it. And that's why I didn't do good. I lost before I even started because of my bad attitude. That and my diet and hydration are the main things I think I need to change. I tend to have the worst attitude about myself during races. I ended up running a 19:21. Not exactly satisfied with my time, but I could've done a lot worse.

AM- 3 miles easy. Felt pretty normal this morning. Nothing hurt, kept up fine, good run! AC route.

PM- 6 miles w/striders (half a mile warmup). Struggled a bit this run. My legs hurt so bad at about the 5th mile to the end. I kept up until we had about a mile to go and then I started to fall off. Super tired as well on this run. Striders afterwards went okay and I did them normally.

AM- 3 miles AC. This morning I felt a little sore in the legs. I kept up fine, but it was a bit of a struggle.

PM- 1/1s 1 mile warm 1 mile cooldown. I made it to 8 today with the increased amount of distance. It was so hard, I couldn't believe it. Felt okay in my legs and most of my problems was just my tiredness. Didn't feel as bad today as yesterday which is improvement.

AM- 3 miles easy barefoot 4 miles total. Felt extremely good this morning and ran this fairly painless. 4x200s afterwards on the track and I went pretty strong on those.

Runathon- First 3 miles of my runathon experience. I hit pretty okay for not trying too hard! My first was a 5:45, Second was 5:34, and third was 5:43. Didn't feel too bad but my arches started to feel really uncomfortable. Race walking went really good and I took 3rd in my main event: the 50 m. It was sweet!

Runathon- Last half of the runathon. I didn't try too hard on the last three miles for the runathon. Just decided to run it about a tempo pace. My arches are still feeling pretty uncomfortable. On the dash for cash, I ran about 1:14 on both of my 400s. I was so tired! Haha.

PM- I was way too sore today to even think about running. I iced and stretched today and hopefully I feel ready to run on Monday.

AM- Easy 3. Felt pretty good. Monday morning soreness as always, but it felt better by the afternoon. Plyos afterwards and they went okay. All today during school my arch was killing me and it was so uncomfortable to walk. It still feels like that now.

PM- 5x1000 repeats 91%. I was supposed to hit a 4:10, but went a little fast on the first one and just got faster after that. I went 4:06, :405, 3:58, 3:56, and 3:54. Felt really super tired during this workout and it felt like I was pushing it pretty hard. 1.5 miles warm/cool. Weights afterwards.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Me and Byron were a little late and I decided to go a little faster and try to catch up to the guys. I was by "myself" for about a mile during the run then I caught Colton and eventually the rest of the guys. I honestly don't know what makes the huge difference when I run by myself as opposed to with everyone, but I go faster, stronger, and seem to hurt less when I'm by myself. I need to learn how to reverse that!

PM- .5 warmup, 1 mile warmup. Our top JV guys (and me :P) had a time trial today to see who would get the final varsity spot. I wasn't planning on racing it, but decided to last minute. So we did 6 1/1s and then we lined up for the 1.5 mile trial. I felt like I did pretty good even though I wasn't up with the front guys. I finished 7th out of the 10 of us. Which ranks me 6th (non-scoring) on JV! I've got to change that! Cooled down to 5.5

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. We went a little quick (around sub 7 pace) this morning which usually happens when coach isn't there. Did plyos afterwards and on the side sides I hurt my arch pretty bad! During school it didn't bother me as much though.

PM- .5 warm, 1 warm, Michigan, 1 cool, striders, weights. I felt pretty pumped for Michigans today because of the race yesterday! I was determined to get B standard (28:10) and I completely demolished my goal with a 26:47!! There was nobody within 20 seconds of me in front or behind me when I finished and for most of the race. My arch started bugging me at about mile 3 and never went away, but that was just a minor setback. I felt like I did really good today and I just hope to improve each time. Striders afterwards felt easier than ever.

AM- 3 miles easy barefoot. Super nice weather for running! If every run was this temperature, that would be heaven! Felt good this morning, no pain or injury to report.

PM- .5 mile warm, 5 miles easy Sandberg route then 4x200s. Felt pretty good today, but we were going, as always in these "easy" runs, too fast for my liking. Kept up just fine and did pretty good on the 200s. Just another day in the hood.

AM- Nice and easy 3 miles AC route. I was really surprised at how many people showed up! The most in a while! Felt good during the run.

PM- 4 miles easy Green Springs route. We went a pretty nice pace the whole time and I had no trouble keeping up with the group. Hardly anybody showed up to practice today! Finished practice before 4 today!

Night Run- 6 miles easy. Met up with some of the guys and did our distance runs from the double churches, up on telegraph and past that. Me Krenshaw and Andrew were the only guys there going 6 so we had it a little easier than the other guys. I felt like I had to throw up the whole time because I had a breakfast burrito half an hour before, but that didn't stop me. Night run=heaven.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Late again! But that didn't bother me too much. Monday morning soreness as usual. Plyos afterwards. No arch problems.

PM- .5 warm, 1.5 warm, 4x1000m repeats 93%, 1.5 cool. Felt pretty crappy on the warmup because it was so hot and my knee hurt. I was just thinking that it's just 4 repeats so I'll just try to hit my time and have a mediocre workout. We started and I hit a ton better than I thought I would. Goal time: 4:05. First 3 times: 3:54, 3:53, 3:44. On the last one, coach told us to just go hard on it! I was thinking just kill me now. We started the last one and I was in front for quite a bit! I ended the last one at around 3:21. Surprised myself and had a great workout!

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Pretty easy this morning. Felt no unusual pain.

PM- 4 miles easy and striders. We went the Sandberg route today with going to the park and somehow it ended up at around 4.75 and then we did striders. We went super easy today and it felt really nice.

AM- 3 miles easy. Felt good today. My back was having stabbing pains this morning before the run. Plyos afterwards.

PM- .5 warm, 1.5 warm, time trial, hill sprints, 1.5 cool. Felt not very great on the time trial but for some reason I never do. My back was having stabbing pains for a little bit during the race, but it wasn't a big setback. Ended with a pr 12:07. Could probably have pushed harder but I'm fine with my time. Hills sprints were pretty solid.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Showed up on time again! It was pretty easy this morning and had quite a few guys there. We had a "mandatory" meeting afterwards about goals.

PM- .5 warm, 5 miles easy, 4x200. Today Trevor had a wonderful idea about going to the Neon Spider route which none of us had done before. In the run there's a long tunnel that is pitch black and a few of the guys were getting pretty freaked out but we all survived. Felt super good on the 200s. On the last one, Trevor had us imagine he was a Hellian at the end of a race and challenged us all to pass him. I was the first one done haha! Also it was a 200 pr.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Good pace this morning and I felt really good! Not a good turnout despite the fact that the varsity guys are up north. On the guy's side, we had me, Dave, Jason, Jake B, Cam B, Josh, Mitch and Bradly. 

PM- .5 warm, 1 warm, 3/3s, 4x30 seconds hard, 1 mile cool. I hit 4 3/3s! Which was pretty surprising because I was trying to hit 2! It really surprised me, but I stopped before we started the 5th one. It was way tough. The 4x30s were pretty solid. The first three were okay and the last one, I just cammed it. I went all out and hit the 200 in probably sub 28. Then I cooled down to mileage.

Saturday Run: met up with Jake, Jared, Dave, an Logan to do our 7 miler (last mile hard finish). We decided to make it a fun run and go up Shinob Kibe. We went and little slower for Jared serif as it was his first 7 miler except the last mile we went hard and got around 6:30 on the uphill. It was way fun! This time last year, I would've never thought I'd be able to say running was fun... XC is so flipping awesome!!

Am- 3 miles easy AC route. Felt Monday morning soreness in my legs this morning, but didn't affect me much. Plyos afterwards. Felt good.

PM- .5 warm, 1.5 warm, 3x1000m 95-97%, 1.5 cooldown. Today felt way too easy. I hit 3:45, 3:39, and 3:38. I kinda wish we had to do more it felt so easy. Still pushed it, but wasn't too much of a challenge. Did feel a little nausea because I are right before. Legs felt great. Hopefully I feel this good at the race tomorrow!

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Hit 400 miles on my Kinvara 3s today! They are so beat up it's not even funny. Time for some new shoes... Felt good this morning. My legs felt a little sore, but other then that, I felt great.

Duel in the Desert- 1.5 cool, race, then cool to mileage. We started the race and I felt really good. It was pretty much a PV race. There were like 8 of PV making up the top group. We were going and I started to fall back a bit after about half the race. My arch started to have the problem it had a few weeks ago and I just kept falling back! I went from the top 5 to 7th place by the end. I really regret not daring to lead the race because I bet if I had, I would have done a lot better. At the end, I could here the first Hellian right behind me and I did not want him to beat me so I out kicked him in the end. Got a course PR of 18:28, but I still didn't feel like I did my best. Even though DH didn't run their top JV, I think we did really good as a team.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Pretty easy this morning. Legs hurt pretty bad though. Skylar fell down pretty bad! It was funny.

PM- 4 miles easy Washington route. Was really surprised when coach said we only had 4 miles! We took it a nice easy pace and started to speed up at the end. Can't wait until Nebo this week! It's gonna be legit!

went ahead and added a mile from the parade.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Nothin extrordinary happened this morning. Really easy pace. 

Quote of the Day: "I hate the world." -Matt Young

PM- 4 miles easy Greensprings route, 4x200s hard. Felt good on this run. We went a little faster on the way back then the way there for once which was good. Still a pretty easy pace. Felt okay on the 4x200s but could have done better.

AM- 3 miles easy felt really good.

Nebo- 1.5 mile warmup, 3 mile race, 1.5 cooldown. Felt really good on the warmup. I started the race right behind Andrew and stayed pretty close to him until the start of the last lap. I rolled my ankle on the track and that hurt so bad. It hurt for about half of the last lap, but at around the same time I rolled my ankle, I had gotten one of the worst sideaches I've ever had. I was stupid and thought that eating 2.5 hours before when it usually takes me 4 hours. BUT I hit a PR either way with a 17:43. My first mile was a PR of 5:28 (shows how great I did in track last year). But what really surprised me was that I hit a 2 mile PR as well! I crossed the 2 mile mark at around 11:30ish and in my trials, I usually don't even go sub-12! I was definitelyon my way to going sub 17:30, but given my surcumstances at the start of the last mile, I think I did alright.

AM- Ran a workout on the state course. We did 1.5 warm/cool, 4x3/3s, 5 hill sprints, and 5x100m sprints. I'm not quite sure what the mileage was but I think it was around 7.5-8 miles. I did pretty average on everything. Nothing too extraordinary happened on this workout except that it was freezing, but that didn't really effect my workout.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Felt really good this morning. Had minimum soreness. Did plyos afterwards. Paul deprived me of my rolling capabilities so if I get shin splints it is Paul's fault!

PM- .5 warm, 1.5 warm, 2k, 1k, 1.5 cooldown. Felt pretty good and strong today on the workout. Hit a 7:18 for my 2k and 3:36 on the 1k. These were not all out they were just at our predetermined pace. New guy Zack came out today and he's actually faster then I thought he'd be based on today's workout. He was right with Dallen! I don't think me and him got out on the right foot because Paul and them were making fun of me, b

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. My leg was hurting me a little bit, but other than that, it was a very nice easy run.

PM- .5 warm, 1 warm, Michigan, 1 cool. I did not run good in this workout. I did nothing right. I had told myself before that I was going to ease into it and finish strong, but as always, I went out faster than I should have. I went with Andrew, Logan, and the rest of them. I feel like I should be at their level with how hard I've been working, but all of my results say otherwise. Starting to wonder if I'm ever even going to have a chance to run varsity. Finished at around 28:00. Got beat by tons of people who I beat last time. I deproved since last time. Goals: get more hydrated, get mentally tough, and run my guts out at Cedar and prove to myself that I'm a better runner than I've been showing.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Left shin hurting me today and I'm exhausted from the Mighigan yesterday. Other than that, it was pretty easy.

PM- .5 warm, 2 easy, 4x400 R, 1 easy, 4xhillsprints, 4x100 sprints. Came into it feeling like I was going to die, but I felt pretty good on this workout! My 400s were strong for not all out. Hit 1:18, 1:16, 1:15, 1:10. I'm just glad I improved on each one. On the hills, I hit around 15 seconds for all of those. 100m sprints hit high 14s on all of them. Pretty consistent workout for me today. Did it all with Cam and Andrew. Hit the weight room afterwards.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. We went a littl faster today than usual, but it still felt pretty good. Had coach's motivational talk afterwards.

PM- .37 warm, 3 miles easy, 4x200s (equal recovery), .38 cool. Could not make it to practice today because of an orthodontist appointment so I just ran when I got home. Ran up to the dirt mile, did 3 loops, then I tried to divide the loop into 8 equal parts for the 200s and I think it was pretty accurate. Felt good today, but my shin started acting up on the 200s. Ran back down to my house.

AM- 3 miles easy. Not very many guys there this morning. Felt good and pretty easy.

Cedar Invitational- warmed up 1.5 miles and headed to the start line. I didn't even line up at the front for the fear of starting out too fast so we started and I was going a nice pace that I knew I would be able to hold for the whole race. I was with Cam for about the whole first lap at around maybe top 10-15 (place) and then I realized that I was feeling really good! I started to speed up a bit and passed quite a few guys. I fought my way to 4th place by the steep downhill and I made my mind up that I would fight for 3rd, but Sage (3rd at the time) was pretty far ahead of me. I tried really hard to catch him and did by the time there was 800ish meters left and we fought and fought for that 3rd place spot all the way to the end, where I barely out sprinted him and took the spot behind Reed. This has definitely been my best race ever! Ran a Pr of 16:54.5. I beat Byron's Sophomore time on the same course, which is promising! Got my first medal ever and our JV team killed! Cooled down with Cam about 1.5 miles. 

.25 prewarm, 1 warm, 3x(2 min H, 1 min E, 1 min H, 30 sec E, 30 sec H, 30 sec E) I'm calling it around 4.75. Ran up to the infamous Dirt Mile (my home course that I'm pretty much the master of) to do my workout all alone. This was probably one of the hardest Saturday workouts I've ever done. On my first set, i started at the Devil's Start Line. I made it a goal to finish a whole lap (did not end up happening...) and ended at the Glittery Sands of Doom (.8 on the loop) and did a little better on my second one surprisingly and made it just past Death Desert (.6 on the loop) and did my last one alright and finished at around the Pole of Destruction. Cooled down 1 mile.

PM- .5 prewarm, 1.5 warm, almost all-out mile, 1.5 cool. Felt pretty good today and ran the mile somewhat strong at a 5:02. I was kind of hoping to break 5 today but this was super great either way! It is a 30 second PR since the last time I ran a mile on the track. I treated it like a race and tried to win, but Josh came up at the end a beat me. Feel really good about this track season because of this. A lot of us were within 5 seconds of each other. In other business, I got athlete of the week today which was super cool! I don't think I deserved all the praise coach gave me because it was just 1 good race, but it was way awesome to get presented with such a high honor. We're taking our mileage way down this week for region next week and we have no weights or morning runs this week.

PE- Ran the 'timed' mile in PE today so I'm adding a mile for that.

PM- .5 warm, 4 miles easy, 4x200s. Ran Sandberg's Pond with the lvl 2 guys today. Even though we were going somewhat quick on this run, everyone kept up. It was really cool. Felt really tired and dehydrated today. Did alright on the 200s and they were pretty consistent. 

Snow Canyon Invitational- Warmed up pretty good and felt like it was the perfect amount at around 1.75ish. Started the race and tried to stick with our top guys for the first mile which I did, but unfortunately I started to fall off. It felt like I had pulled something in my hip-flexer or something because that area just hurt so bad! Anyways I went from 4th on the team back to 6th by the end, but I did end up beating DHs 4th guy so that's good. I think I started out a little faster than I should have and I should have just stayed relaxed the first bit so I could pull another Cedar, but I ended up doing okay at this meet. I finished just barely in front of Sunshine and a second or 2 behind Cam. I'll use this as a learning experience so that I can do better at region. Not sure my place or time yet so I just guessed ??? Cooled down a little less than 1.5.

PM- 4 miles E, 4x400 R pace w/equal recovery. Perfect pace on the 4 miles. I don't know what it was, but it was perfect. My 400s were not all out, but started at race pace and got a little faster. My times were 1:13, 1:12, 1:10, and 1:06. 

AM- 1 warm, 1.5 Tempo, 2xMasterBlasters, 1 cool. Felt super great on the tempo! We flew with an 8:17 for the 1.5!! It was pretty easy surprisingly. Master Blasters were really hard! My team was me, Cam and Andrew. We led the workout on both of the sets which was pretty cool. Really tough and fast. 1 mile cool.

AM- 3 miles w/3 Fartleks. Me and Cam took the initiative to invite a bunch of us JV guys to run with us for the Saturday run, but the only people who actually showed up was Cam, Andrew, Jake B, and me. We ran from Wash. Elementary to Maverick and our Fartleks were 30 sec, 1 min, 30 sec. Felt pretty good today and ran the run with ease. Legs felt a little heavy today.

PM- .5 warm, 3 miles easy, 4x200 hard. Felt mediochre today on my run, but that's how I always feel on mondays. Had a hard time breathing on the 200s... In fact, I had a hard time on the 200s altogether. Had a speaker come and talk to us after practice and she gave me lots of good ideas.

I want to wish everyone running region tomorrow good luck. I'm going to be running my very best race so that PV can take the JV team title. I checked the weather forecast and it looks as though there's a 0% chance of Thunder!

Race- 2 miles warm, 5k, 4.5 miles cool. 18:52 and 23rd. I felt like I prepared really well for this day, but it didn't turn out as I expected. I had started out way too slow at the beginning and just could not fight my way to the top almost costing our team the win. Luckily some of our other guys really stepped it up. Ran about 30 seconds slower than D in the D. I'm kind of really disappointed on the outcome but there's always next time. On the plus side, we won Region and that's what my goal was.

PM- .5 warm, 6 miles easy Foremaster Loop. Last night I got maybe 4 hours total of sleep because I just could not fall asleep. I thought doing the Foremaster Loop would kill me today, but it was surprisingly nice and easy the whole time until the last half mile where we always seem to speed up. Felt good overall today.

AM- 2 miles warm, all-out mile, 2 miles cool. I hit a 5:06. I really ended slowing down a bit on my third lap because I crossed the second at a 2:29. It's alright because it's still a lot faster time than last year. I didn't have the same group as last time when I ran a 5:01 it was just Krenny right behind me. Coach gave me some tips afterwards and I think that will really help me next time I run a mile.

AM- 1.5 warm, 1200m, 1000m, 800m, 600m, 400m, 1.5 cool. Not my best workout in the world probably due to my lack of sleep last night. I stayed where I am usually on the 1200, 1000, and 600, but my 800 (mostly) and 400 were pretty poor. It was a nice hard push and it really hit me hard!

Night Run- 5 miles easy Neon Spider w/4xFartleks. Not a good idea to go to Neon Spider at night! It was so freaky and dark! Met up with Skylar, Cam, Jake, Jake, and Andrew and we did our Fartleks before the cave and we did 30 seconds (minute rest), 1 minute (minute rest), 1:30 (1:30 rest), 30 seconds. They were nice and hard and I felt really good and we all kept up. When we got to the tunnel. Jake B wimped out and turned around which concerned me (him going off on his own), but we ventured on. Nice adventure because Andrew and Skylar have never been there. Feet got soaked.

PM- .5 warm, 1.5 warm, 4x400 (equal cool), 1.5 cool. Pretty decent workout. I hit 1:08, 1:06, 1:08, and 1:07. I didn't get faster every time, but at least I didn't get worse every time. Pretty consistent and I was super dead! I had a hard time breathing.

PM- 4 miles easy, 4xstriders. Really easy run from the hotel today and it felt really good. Pretty pumped for state tomorrow even though I'm not running.

AM- 4 miles easy from the hotel. Really nice and easy run this morning. It felt perfect. Cannot wait to meet a ton of legit people today at state. Hopefully this is a great day!!!

PM- .5 warmup, ultimate frisbee! The teams tied 1 game to 1. Way fun. Felt great. Guesstimating it around 2.5 total.

PM- .5 mile warm, 2.5 mile Scavenger hunt. For practice today, we had to go around the area and find a bunch of things on a list. The team who found the most things and made it back first would win. I got 2nd place to Paul's team. Glad we're doing some fun things this week! The scavenger hunt was way fun and my team did super great.

Night Run- Went 5 mile Neon Spider with F-5+Alex. Super fun! Ran in some of Byron's old shoes that he outgrew and I think I'll start to throw those in my rotation.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Started up morning runs again today. Byron was late today (which means so was Matt, Dave, Bryan and me). Me and Byron ran UB pace to try to catch up to the team and finally did around the 1.5 mile mark. It was like a faster pace tempo. Bryan chilled at a swag pace and fell behind dramatically... That's what you get for going swag pace. Matt went regular pace and stayed a good way behind the main group. Dave did not run. Paul was there as well as Andrew, Krenny, Coach, Jake, and others. Cam did not run. Speaking of Cam, he got a haircut last week. Nick was righteous and read scriptures before he came. Jake Taylor drove to the run. Andrew is still a redhead. Abel forgot to bring Skylar today and he borrowed spandex from Mia and wore it this morning. :) Jason, Josh or Josh, Jared, Skylar, Chandler, Kyler, Reed, ALL THE FRESHMEN, Trent, and a lot of girls did NOT show up this morning.

PM- .5 prewarm, 1.5 warm, 4x1200 repeats w/recovery, 1.5 cool. Sucked it up in this workout today running a 3:57 on the first 1200 and then got in at around 4:20-4:25 on all the rest. First one killed me, but I did stick with Byron and Abel which was cool (they were running 1600). Felt nauseous from the 2nd one till the end and there were strong winds on the last 2.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Felt good this morning. Byron and I only had to go UB pace for about 200m to catch up cause we were late.

PM- .5 warm, 7 miles easy Green Springs. Felt super great and easy on this run. This is the farthest I have ever gone into Green Springs. The only drawback today was that my legs were killing me by the end. Hopefully they don't hurt this much tomorrow on the Michigan.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Felt good and it was a good easy pace. Legs still hurt from yesterday. Hopefully I can fix it by this afternoon for the michigan.

PM- .5 prewarm, 1.5 warm, 4.25 Michigan, 1.5 cool. Felt awful going into this run, but did surprisingly well with a PR of 26:30. I started out a little slow I think and stayed with Krenny the whole first half of the workout but then I started to speed up and ran on my own for the rest. Pretty uneventful Michigan for me personally. I have decided that I am no longer wimpy, slow, lame Preston and am now the fast, strong, cool Preston. "Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done. It's always your choice." -Wayne Dyer

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Felt a little sore this morning.

PM- Halloween Icecream Run! 3 miles easy. Fun to see everyone's clever costumes! 

AM- 3 miles easy AC.

PM- .5 prewarm, 1.5 warm, 6x1000 w/recovery, 1.5 cool. Felt good on these and ran my fastest 1000s of the season with a 3:24, :26, :28, :25, :25, and 28. On the fifth one, Byron and Abel said that we should all try to stick with them on it and I promised myself that if I was not within 5 seconds of them, I would do another one. I was not even close to them on it and did another one with the Freshmen who were late.

Dixie Rock route. 11.3 miles total. 2 miles tempo. Tempo time: 12:54. Total time: 1:26:59. Average total pace: 7:42. Total calories burned: 1091. This was my longest run ever. I felt really good and accomplished my lifelong goal of running to Dixie Rock from my home. Mental note for next time: do it when it's light outside. It was super scary running in the dark. I felt like I was going pretty slow, but it was a pretty average pace for my regular runs. I really didn't want to run this far today, but I had jokingly told my mom that I was going to run to Dixie Rock and she said that I couldn't do it so I pretty much had to. This has also been my record mileage week! I am on the first page of the mileage board! :0

AM- 3 miles easy. Felt good but we were late.

PM- .5 warm, 1.5 warm, 4x1200, 1.5 cool. 4:07, :07, :20, :18. Not my best workout. I really feel awful about this workout because I know i should be doing a heck of a lot faster! I don't know what's up with me on these workouts.

AM- 3 miles easy AC. On time today and felt good... Except that I was super sore in the legs.

PM- .5 warm, 7 miles Roller Coaster Loop. First time ever doing roller coasters and it was actually surprisingly easy. Felt super great, but my legs felt really heavy. Really succesful run today and I'm feeling great. 

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." -Mark Twain

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Pretty chipper this morning. Felt super sore in my legs and especially my left hip.

PM- .5 prewarm, 1.5 warm, 6x400s w/recovery, 1 mile jog, 1.5 cool. On this workout, we started at a set time (1:20) and worked our way down 1 second on each repetition until you didn't hit the time. I must say that I expected a lot more out of me today, but my hip was just really hurting and bothering me today. I know I'm going to do a lot better next time. I could have done a lot worse.

AM- 3 miles easy AC. Hip hurt super bad and I was struggling to keep up, but I did. I'm taking care of it (ice, stretch, roll) and hopefully it gets better soon.

PM- .5 warm, 5 miles easy, 8xstriders. Mall Loop Route. Felt good today besides my hip. This was actually my first time ever going this route before. We started out a nice easy pace, but we were flying by the end of it. Excited to race this weekend. 

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Felt good. Hip felt tons better.

PM- 3 miles easy GRAVEYARD AF route. Pretty easy and nice this evening. Ready to race tomorrow.

Before the race, we warmed up a good 3 miles at least and then we raced. I started out and I just could not get myself to breath right. Also my stomach was feeling sick. I was second to last on the team and then Jake passed me and I was last! I could not get going so I just decided to pass people 1 by 1 and hope for the best. Around the last mile, me Dave and Dallen were in our own little group but me and Dallen just took off and started passing some guys and I ended up with 19:01 and 12th on the team. Puked right at the finish line! Good experience

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Felt good this morning in our nice easy pace and it wasn't even very cold this morning. But that just meant that it was warm in the afternoon... Yuck.

PM- .5 prewarm, 1.5 warm, 3x1200 w/recovery, 1.5 cool. Went in to this feeling super great (except I think I'm developing a headcold because I was super congested) and I did pretty good on my first one with a 3:59. It really took the wind out of me, but I was feeling a little less pooped out by the end of the recovery and I really slowed down on the second one and came in with a 4:11. All that was in my head on the last one was just to improve from that horrid time. Coach told us to focus more on the second half of these and that's what I wanted to do so I purposefully held back a little on the first half of my last one and I really took off on the last half. I was with Jason and he was pushing to keep with me, but I am a really stubborn runner when I really want something. I started to push away from him at about the baseball field and caught Krenny and ended up gapping them by 7 seconds by the end! Last one was a 4:07.

AM- 3 miles easy AC. Getting too speedy in the mornings it feels like.

PM- .5 warm, 5 miles easy, 8xstriders. Felt good today except I ate a lot of ice cream during lunch and it gave me a side ache. 

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. We went pretty fast this morning, but I was feeling good.

PM- .5 warm, 4 miles easy, 4x200. We went a nice pace on the 4 miles, but for some reason I was struggling. My legs felt so heavy and I was tired and it just felt hard. I feel like I have not been improving in my running since the beginning of the season despite my commitment, but I'm going to keep working my heart out and see what happens. I did alright on the 200s, but took the recovery a bit slower than the other guys.

AM- 3 miles AC route. Good run this morning with the guys.

PM- .5 warm, 2 warm, 2 mile time trial, 2 cool. Time: 12:15. Worst. Race. Ever. I keep having to say that about all my races lately because they just keep getting worse and worse. Hopefully it's just a phase. I felt like I was going all out on this race, but I know I could go faster because I have before. Even mini Thatcher beat me! I just could not get my legs going! Definitely can only get better from here.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Felt good this morning. Was late with Matt and Dave so I just ran with them.

PM- 1.5 warm, 5x400s hard w/full recovery, 1.5 cool. Forgot I had an orthodontist appointment so ran on my own after it. Let me just say that it is so hard to motivate yourself to run fast on these workouts by yourself. Ran a few laps around the block then ran to Washington Elementary and used their "track". Coach said that one lap was just short of a 400 so I added a little on each lap. My times were super surprisingly good for me! I hit 1:09, 1:08, 1:06, 1:05, 1:05 On the Washington Track!! Sure I might have been just a little off on the distance, but this is the first time in a long time I got better on each repeat! I think the reason I did so good was because there were some little kids playing on the playground cheering me on... Just goes to show that you can do anything if you want to impress little kids.

5.5 miles with 1 tempo. I was going to run today with Cam and Andrew but I woke up too late and we didn't even set up a place to meet. 

Anyways, I decided before the run that I was going to do some of the Grapevine trail with a few dirt miles thrown in, but it didn't end up that way; I combined 4 of our infamous summer routes into one! I went up to the dirt mile and ran the north side of it and went past Maverick onto Grapevine. I ran as far onto Grapevine as I could before crying because how scary it is and started my tempo on the way back from Grapevine until the Parkway hill (down) and then I found a nice little trail on the side of Parkway Hill that was the much safer (and funner) alternative. Ran the tempo in a 6:15 (I had planned on doing 2 miles, but I felt gross). Then I turned onto Telegraph and got quite a number of whistles and honks ;) ran down until I got to Scenic Drive, famous for having the most unrelatable name ever, then ran home. Legs felt great, insides did not.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Felt really good and nice this morning.

PM- 3 miles easy, 5xhill sprints. Green Springs route. Felt really good this afternoon on our pre-one mile time trial run.

AM- Accidentally slept in this morning... Unfortunately, Byron did too so I had nobody to wake me up.

PM- .5 warm, 1.5 warm, 1 mile time trial, 1.5 cool. I felt super good today at school, but when we started the warmup I felt super awful (legs felt fine though). We started and I could not find a good position. I went around a huge group of guys around the 200 and I think that really saved my time from being crappy. I crossed the first lap around 1:12. I kept around the same position placewise the whole time and I don't remember the rest of my splits but ended with a 5:02. Just barely off my PR. I'm just so relieved that it was not a deprovement (as a lot of my workouts and races have been going).

What I did well: I ran a nice solid time. I am proud of the time I got even though I could do better.

What I could improve on: Coach talked to me afterwards and he said that I need to stop fighting and just run smoothly. I also think not taking out as fast and just easing into it would help my time too.

Goals for next time: Let's PR this mutha cussa.

AM- 3 miles easy AC. Not too chipper this morning.

PM- .5 warm, 4 miles easy, 8xstriders. We went to Sandburgs. Sure am excited for PHEONIX!

AM- 3 miles easy before the trip!

PM- 3 miles in Kingsman Arizona on route 66.

AM- 3 miles easy in Kingman.

PM- Got to the course and ran through it real quick. Really excited for the race!

Race- Super fun race! Got to the starting line and did some stride outs and then we started. I had my fastest first mile split ever with a 5:25ish. At that point I was with Dave, Krenny, and Jake. Soon after that, Krenny fell off and Jake sped up. Me and Dave crossed the 2 mile split with an awful 11:40ish I think. Dave and I just kept pushing each other and I didn't see another team member the rest of the race. I am pretty proud of my time, even though it was not as well as I wanted it to be. It was super muddy which made it all the harder. On another note, I got a picture with Aubrey Argyle afterwards!

AM- 3 miles easy. Was going to take my 2 week break, but then I was given the oppurtunity to go to Footlocker so I can redeem myself there!

PM- .5 warm, 1.5 warm, 2x1 mile repeats (non track) w/400 recovery, 4x200s hard, 1.5 cool. Felt pretty average on this workout and actually surprised myself on the first one with a 5:35 which is faster than my mile PR last year on the track. Ran my second one a lot slower with a 5:51. I don't know what happened, but I did notice I felt sick afterwards so maybe that's it. The 400s went surprisingly well. Not sure of my times though.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Just a few guys this morning.

PM- .5 warm, ran to sunrise hill, 4xhill repeats, run to PV. Felt pretty good on these hills, but it completely wrecked my legs! Finished average on all of them, which means I probably could have done them a bit better.

AM- 3 miles easy Dirt Mile. I decided to run up to the dirt mile and do a couple laps because the course at Footlocker starts with 2 dirt half mile loops that are just like the dirt mile.

PM- 4 miles easy 2450. After playing 4 hours of volleyball with F5 plus some other guys, I ran home from 2450.

AM- 1.5 warm/cool, 4x400 repeats. Hit :09, :08, :06, :11. Not my best workout ever but it was okay.

AM- 4 miles easy dirt mile loops. Felt really good this morning and kind of sped through it... Almost mock raced it because I'm so excited for Footlocker next week. 

PM- forgot to go on a double today.

AM- 5 miles w/2 miles tempo. I got together with Andrew, Cam, and Jake for this run. We did a big loop in the fields. Our first mile in the tempo was a 6:16. A little disappointing, but our second mile was 5:51. Felt pretty good this morning.

PM- 1.5 warm/cool, 800m race, 2x300m allout. I was kind of hesitent about today because I haven't ran an 800 since last year, but I knew I was going to PR for sure because my last year PR was a 2:28ish. Ran it and really slowed down from my first to second laps (about a 1:07 to a 1:14) but I got a PR anyways of 2:21. Not particularly proud of my time, but I'll get better as time goes on. I was more proud of my 300s though. I ran a 47 and a 48 and stuck right with Andrew on both of them. 

I think I am developing some sort of sickness because my heart rate has been racing all day today and especially during my workout. I have also been feeling congested. 

PM- 4 miles easy w/4xsunrise hills. Felt pretty sore today from yesterday's brutal workout. Ran my first 2 hills pretty good, but the last 2 were not my best performance. My last one especially was kind of crappy. I had a horrible cramp today though and also felt like i was going to throw up again today. It's the strangest feeling.

PM- 3 miles easy and then striders down my street. It was so so cold this evening and I thought I was going to die of frostbite but other then that, it was a pretty easy run.

PM- 4 miles easy Washington, 4x200s. Felt really cold this afternoon, but it was a really fun run! on the 200s I started out doing pretty good on the first 2, my 3rd one was okay but then my last one was just awful. I just can't seem to get the final part of my workout done lately. I've been reading Elite Minds which has given me a ton of ideas with mental toughness that I tried out today and surprisingly helped I think. I'm expecting at least a top 20 performance from me at Footlocker and I hopefully will use some of the techniques I have been reading.

PM- Warmed up on the course to make 3 miles.

Race- Warmed up 1.5 miles with Andrew, Jake and Skylar. We went to the start line and did some stride outs. I was feeling really good about today but it didn't exactly show in my race. I was hoping for at least a top 40 finish, but I ended up in 63rd. I think that my problem was that I was worrying about the hills too much when I wasn't at a hill part so I tried to "conserve" my energy when I should have just gone. My first mile was pretty quick but so was everyone's. I stayed about the same placewise for the whole second mile (was passed by some guys but I passed about the same amount) On the last mile, I passed a good amount of guys but I still didn't get my goal placewise. PRd the course by 2:30 since last year so that's GREAT! Now I just need to improve the same amount of time for next year haha.

Heading into winter training next week and I just wanted to vent my feelings about this upcoming track season.

To start off, I'm super excited because winter training seems to be where I improve the most! I went last year from about a 6:30 in the mile to a 5:34. Since then I've improved that even more to a 5:01 just a couple weeks ago. Hoping to get that time into the low 4:40s by the end of track season. It will not be an easy task, but I'm willing to put forth the physical and mental effort to accomplish it.

With my 3200, I expect that to lower to a low 10:40s if not faster. This past XC season, I have been examining my strengths and weaknesses in running and have found that I am not the strongest finisher in the world. In fact, my last rep or lap in workouts is usually my worst. My last mile in cross races has always been less than impressive (with an exception of a few races and miles). I am kind of a wimp when it comes to pain and suffering, and usually just give up when I "can't take it anymore". That is why this season I am really going to work on speeding up when I hurt the most in workouts or races. I hope to apply this and speed up my 3200 7th and 8th laps (which last season, were my slowest) and also to my 800's 2nd lap. 

I rememer a race last season where coach made me do the big three at region. It was the 800 and I was just as ready as ever. I ran the first lap in my record 400 time (which wasn't saying much last season) and I was actually in the lead. If I would have followed through with that, I would have won my heat and PRd. I was hurting and I just decided to slow down just a little. That little added up to being a lot because I could not get myself to speed up after that. Ended up somewhere in the middle of the pack and had probably one of the worst races ever. It was an eye opener that no matter how much you hurt, you must be relentless and push through the pain and just push the thought of pain into the back of your head. 800 this season, I want to get to sub 2:16.

AM- 3 miles easy Dirt Mile route. Could not wait to go running again today. That feeling quickly changed as soon as I hit a quarter mile. My legs are so out of running shape. But they started to feel back to normal when I got about 2 miles into it and then it was fun.

AM- 3 miles easy Dirt Mile route. Felt super good today. Ran it a bit quicker this morning because I was mock racing Nike haha. Pretending I was Kai. Anyways my legs felt fresher than they probably ever have before. It felt good.

Christmas- 3 miles easy Christmas Surprise route. Got some new Peg 30s today and a Nike+ Watch so I got to try both of those out! I'm super satisfied with the Pegasus. They are so comfortable. Anyways, I ran to the bridge from my house then back. Very nice run.

AM- 4 miles easy from double churches. Ran this morning with Abel, Byron, Cam, Jake B, Matt, Dave, Scott Sandberg, and Caden Bowler. It was pretty fun and cold. Felt good on the legs.

Am- 3 miles easy dirt mile route. Ran up to the dirt mile and did a few laps. I was going to run 4 today but I started getting the same sharp lower back pains that I was getting a few months ago! Ugh! I'll do 4 tomorrow.

PM- 4 miles easy Loser Loop route. I made out a loop in my head that I was pretty sure was at least 4 miles, but I guess the length of miles has grown larger since last time I ran because it wasn't even 3 haha! So I finished the loser loop and then ran down coach's street twice and then ran back and forth in front of my house forever. Finally got it to 4 miles. 7:17 was my average pace (although I did run a 6:30 mile and a 4:01 K) today which is pretty quick compared to my other runs this week.

AM- 6 miles easy Green Fire route. Decided that I want a little more challenging run today so I decided to go into green springs with hitting the fire station hill at the same time. Surprisingly, I held up at a 7:19 pace for my average and the hill didn't hurt my legs at all! Feeling freaky fresh.

AM- 5 miles easy Chuckawala trail. Ran with Abel, Krenny, Byron, and my cousin Tanner (who surprisingly kept up really well). Was a lot slower than I've been going with an average of 8:39. But it felt pretty nice. The other guys ran 7 which made me late to my dentist appointment and Byron's battery died so we had a really nice lady help us jump it.