We are who we choose to be.

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.