Adam's Running

Ran to the track to do a little tempo workout to start the new year off with. I did 2400, 1600, 800, all at 5:30 pace. I didn't want to anything to fast or hard right now because I haven't done anything fast in over a month. It felt good and I decided to see how fast I could close the last 400 and I did it in like 70. The track was covered in snow which was kind of annoying, but the home stretch was shoveled.

Ran the mountain run, the snow is really starting to melt so othe trail was pretty muddy.

5 easy miles. the trail was super muddy, and when I got back my shoes were covered in mud.

At 11:50 p.m I realized I hadn't run today so I ran downstairs and did a mile as fast as the treadmill would go before it turned midnight so I could count it for today.

Indoor track practice starts tomorrow, so nobody was going to run today except for me. I just ran down to the stop sign at Art Dye, then did the Hidden Oaks loop for extra.

Easy miles for the first day of indoor track

The lake is frozen so we can finally play ice tag! We played acouple games then ran to Art Dye.

Didn't run because I had a basketball game, but I went swimming wtih Clayson after. I did 1600 meters and Clayson did 2200.

Ice tag, then I ran down to Art Dye

Had work and basketball all day so I just did 3 easy at about 10:00 at night

Went out for a run on the mountainside trail, but it was really icy so I got off after about 2.5 miles. I went down the canal and up and around to make a big square back to my house.

Today we did a seven mile run with s little 5 min pickup in the middle. It felt way harder than it should of, but I had been feeling crummy all day.

Today was the first day of track class. It is going to be really nice to be able to go home early every B-day. We ran down to AF and got there right as class got out, so we ended up talking to almost every guy on their cross country team as they passed us in the halls. Me and Clayson did  extra on the way back, and Clayson cut his hair!!!!! It looks really wierd to see him with short hair, and I probly wont get used to it for a while.

Had a workout today. 8x1 minute pickups with 2 minutes inbetween. It felt really good to get my legs moving fast.

It was B day so we had track 4th period. Just 4.8 easy miles before BYU tomorrow. We got done early so I just walked home with like 30 minutes of class left.

I got to the race and there was still a while before I Ran so I did a few laps on the basketball court and sat in the bleachers for a while. They had us all gather around while they assigned us heats and sat us down in the corral. It was really annoying because I never got a chance to warm up. They sent us out to the line without letting us do strides. The gun went off and I got out midpack, my legs were in shock because I started out so cold but I was able to tuck in behind Daniel Bentley who I was going to try to stick with. we came through at 56 or 4:40 pace and I was feeling good so I tried to move up to the front, but as soon as I started to go someone tripped me and fell pretty hard. I scraped myself up pretty bad and got some nasty trackburn on my elbow and shoulder but I hopped up and tried to get back with the pack. By the end of the lap I had caught up with the pack but I had lost about 5 seconds, and any momentum or rhythm that I had before. I just kind of went with the flow for the rest of the race and finished in 4:56. I was dissapointed because I know I could have been at least under 4:50 if I wouldn't have fallen. At the end I didn't even feel very tired. Oh well, my goal is to run 4:45 at the ice oval next week and I think that should be realistic.

Later I ran 4 miles on my own. I

Did a mountain run. It was really muddy, but the snow is finally melting which is going to be nice.

Easy workout today, we did 3x600m hills. They were definitely harder than they usually were during cross country but I did them really fast because there were only 3. Times were 1:56, 1:59, and 1:57. Clayson cant run fast yet because of his wisdom teeth, so I was the fastest on every one.

Did about 5 miles, then Mike and I decided to go for a little bit more. 

Today we had a 10 minute tempo on the canal. Clayson did a few shorter and faster reps with Cole, so Lil' Warner and I were the ones out in front. We started about at Deerfield and went to the tunnel going under the road before turning around. On the way back we were hauling, and with about a minute and a half left I pulled away from Lil' Warner. Overall a solid workout, and I am feeling good for tomorrow's race. 

Today was the Utah Distance Challenge at the Ice Oval. This is probably my favorite race of the year because it's quick, all distance, and the ice oval is my favorite track. I got there and warmed up for a while before heading over to get my heat assigned. I was in the third heat. They let us do strides in the outside lanes which was nice unlike BYU. They lined us up and I was in the fourth position on the line. The gun went off and I made sure to get out close to the front so BYU wouldn't happen all over again and we came through the first split in 00:45 which was perfect for my goal of 4:45. The second lap I just hung to McKay Mace from Timpanagos who was leading and kept getting pushed by some kid from Mountain View. I swear Mountain View kids are always jerks when racing, but on the next lap he fell off anyway. we came through this split in 2:06. At this point McKay fell back and the kid from Hillcrest who was on our bus to Nike took the lead. I was boxed in by him Jack from Wasatch Academy and a couple other kids. On the last lap we all picked it up and coming around the final turn I was feeling good, but apparently so was everyone else and I got out kicked by a bunch of guys. My final time was 4:43, so I hit my goal and am happy. Now I want to go to the UHSTCA championships in two weeks and get 4:37 for the mile, and sub 10 for the two mile.

Splits (The ice oval is 442 meters around so they're kind of weird.):

274m - 00:45

716m - 02:06

1158m - 3:26

1600m - 4:43

Ran with Clayson today. We ran up Hogs for a while before turning around because it was so muddy/icy. It felt good to get my heart really pounding on the gradual uphilll and I am feeling super good about my races in a couple weeks.

Today we ran down to AF and back on the long way.

Today we did a fartlek on the canal. We did 7x5x3 with 5 minutes in between. I was second only to Clayson on all of them, and I beat Lil' Warner by a lot on each of them. I think that I could be our second miler/2 miler on the team this year.

It rained today so the inversion went away!! It felt nice to run without having to worry about my lungs getting destroyed by the air. We ran up on Bonneville Shoreline trail for a while, but it was crazy muddy so we turned down onto the canal and ran back.

Today it snowed so there was a bunch of slush all over. We ran down to the end of Art Dye, then started the workout of two 8 minute thresholds with two minutes inbetween. We started the first one on the trail that follows the river through AF for a little. We were about three minutes into the first one, when we were going around a corner and I hit the slush at just the wrong angle and slipped hard. It took my legs completely out from under me and my head smacked into the ground, followed by my knee. I told everyone else to go ahead and finish the tempo, and I went and sat down on a bench to check out my wounds. My knee was bleeding real bad, so I took off my shirt and wrapped it up and jogged over to AF to wash it out. After I cleaned out my knee the best I could I ran back to Lone Peak with Cole and Jamison. My forehead has a big bob of road rash on it which is annoying, and my knee hurts which really makes me mad since I had such high hopes going into the race next week.

Wasn't able to run becaue of my knee. :(