Adam's Running

Met at 1 am for a New Years run with the team. We ran up to Lambert and ran through on High bench, then came down on grove. Some fatbikes had come through so the trail was perfectly packed. It was very cold outside, but I wore enough clothes that I felt perfect. I also had a pretty sick icicle beard when we got back.

Good run on black trail. Averaged a 6:40 overall which was pretty good with some icy and snowy conditions. 

Went to the gym after. Lifted and did some strides on the treadmill. also did about 25 minutes on the bike.

Went skiing all day, so I ended up running on the treadmill at 11. I was feeling awful so I cut it short at tree.

Today we did our new years resolutions and I came up with my goals for this year in running:

Track

4:20 mile

9:30 2 mile

top six at state in 2 mile

XC

Top 5 at state

!5:22 at state

Qualify for NXN or footlocker

Team

Top 3 at state

Top 3 at NXR-SW

Ran down to Art Dye, then came back on a bunch of roads we had never been on before in Highland and AF. Did golf course for some extra.

Did mountain run from the school. The trail was really muddy and snowy, but it was a good time. Did some strides after on the football field with Jamison and Justin.

three games of tag with a warm up and cooldown on golf course.

Good run on Bonneville Shoreline. It was super muddy and wet, but it makes for a fun time. 6x100 meter strides on the football field after.

Ran up the canyon to the Timp cave parking lot. Kept a steady pace throughout, then the final two miles we did at about 5:45 pace. Shoutout to Justin who killed it today.

Didn't go to practice or anything cause I had a church ball game. Normally I'm not the type to blame the refs for losing, but this time they legit screwed us over. We lost by one on a last second three by the other team which shouldn't have counted because their coach called a timeout before he shot the ball, then they didn't give us the one and a half seconds left to try and respond, instead just ending the game. Very frustrating...but anyway, running. After the game I drove down to Provo to do my long run on the Provo river trail. 11.5 miles @5:57 pace. I was surprised I was able to run so fast comfortably, which could mean good things for indoor.

Had a cold today, so I did a run on my own later. Slow and easy, I think doing an easy run or a little bit of excercise when you are sick helps you heal faster.

Ran the wall today. Didn't run a great time due to my sickness these past couple days, but whatever. On the way back I went with the three freshmen to check out the tube, and everybody left us so we did part of mountain run by ourselves. 6x100m strides when we got back to the school. I had to take my sister to her tennis lesson when I got home, so I ended up doing some extra on the treadmill to make up for yesterday.

Probably the worst run of my life. I was feeling decent for the first three miles, then when we mad it to the turnaround point about 4.5 miles out my stomach started hurting really bad. I told everyone to go on ahead, and I struggled my way back very slowly. I had to stop at some random persons house and ask if I could use their bathroom. I got back a long time after everybody else and didn't lift. Miserable run.

Tempo run 3x5 min. on the canal. Wasn't feeling great but I was able to run pretty good for the circumstances.

Game of tag, 30 minute run, another game of tag. Miles ranged from 6:40-6:55. Weights after.

I didn't get a text in time last night moving our run forward an hour, so I ended up running hogs by myself. The trail going up is a popular one for fat bikes so it was nice and packed all the way up to the meadow, then some four wheelers had packed down the other side going down which made for smooth sailing throughout. Felt good the entire way and really just had an excellent time. When I got back to my car the guys had flipped it around and put lotion on the back of my steering wheel. Luckily I caught it before I got my hands all gross.

Awesome run through Lambert. We wound our way up to the top of rodeo then went down on middle spring. When we got back to the park Justin and I went for an extra 1.5 mile loop.

Hill workout today. 4x600m on the hill by Cedar Ridge. Lil' Warner and I hit 1:59, 1:57, 2:00, and 1:58. I felt pretty good and we did them pretty fast, so things are looking good for Saturday at BYU. 

Solid modest run, then down to the stop sign and back. 6x100m strides when we got back.

3x5 minutes on the canal. Felt ok on all of them, but definitely felt better than last week. Lil' Warner, Zack, and I stuck together on all of them, and we were running pretty dang fast on the last one.

Today we did a mountain run at a nice easy pace. Trail conditions were average, mud and ice but not too much. Got kicked off the golf course for throwing rocks onto the ice. Trevor is officially training with us full time now which is big news for cross country next year.

BYU indoor invite today. Lots of fun, I forgot how different racing in track is than racing in XC. I went to the first quarter of our church ball game (We won), then got in my car and booked it down to BYU breaking the speed limit by about 20 the whole way there. I got there and went straight to the bullpen, where due to not checking in I ended up seeded 25th in my heat. I got on the line on the third row with zero warmup, so I didnt have high expectations for the race. The gun went off and I tried to get hard to get good position, but it was of no use. I ended up running in lane three for most of the race. I slowly worked my way up throughout the race until I was in third at one point, then got passed by a couple dudes in the last 50 meters. Afterwards cooled down and talked to Blake, then went and got some lunch at Panda Express. I came back and chilled for a while before doing some warmup and going down to the bullpen for the 800. I didn't really know what to expect for this race, and I was actually pretty nervous. The gun went off and I actually got a really good start. I filed into second right behind Joe Benson from Timpanogos (cool kid bytheway), and just chilled there for the first half until someone passed us and got a bout a 3 meter lead. With about 150 to go I passed joe and tried to caatch the kid in front but I couldn't catch up and Joe ended up barely beating me. It was actually a lot of fun and it didn't even hurt real bad. Afterwards I cooled down with Joe and some guys from Davis for about three miles around campus. Overall a really fun meet and a confidence booster for these next few indoor meets. Shoutout to Justin for getting DQ'd in the mile, and Connor for a couple good battles in the mile and 800!

Good run on Bonneville Shoreline. Zack, Lil' Warner, Jamison, and I got all the way to this water storage thing before we had to turn around. Interesting conversation aout what three things we would bring if we were stuck on an island for a year not including food and water. averaged 6:40 pace throughout. 

4x600 hills in front of Cedar Ridge today. Jamison, Justin, Craik, Spencer, and I did them seperately from the rest of the team because we showed up a little late. We did them really fast, and they felt really good for the most part. Times were 1:57, 1:57, 1:58, 1:56. Afterwards we had this strength training circuit thing with the new coach, and I almost died it was so hard.

Had to run by myself today. Drove up to Lambert and did about 8.5 miles all throughout there. Trail conditions were pretty bad but it was a good time. I had to stop and drive my sister down to AF for range, and when I got there I did 1.5 more.

3x5 minutes hard on the canal again. Lil' Warner was still sick so I ran by myself for most of it. Took it a little slower than usual, but still made it a good effort. Totally forgot about strength training today so Lil Warner, Justin and I went and ice bathed under the bridge in hidden oaks. We got back and Ryan was mad at us

Fun race at the ice oval. We didn't do as well as we would have liked, but nonetheless a good time. Zack-2:06, Jamison- 2:09, me- 2:08, Lil' Warner - 2:10.

3200 today. I got there too early so I took a good nap and got a really good warmup in. The race itself went well, I was in the fast heat and it was a lot more competitive than last year. I came through the mile in 4:50 and was still feeling solid, but then just couldn't hold on the last few laps and faded pretty hard. Still a fun race though. I was half a second off my pr which is a bummer.