Adam's Running

Cole, Mike, and I met at Legacy then ran to Claysons house to pick him up. Then we ran to sliding rock which was much harder than I remember it being, but that is how it always is. On the way down it started hailing and it was really painful, it felt like a ton of low power airsoft guns shooting you in the face. Luckily that only lasted about 5 minutes. On the way back we stopped by Marcs house because he had just gotten his wisdom teeth out, but he wasn't loopy or doing anything funny.

Today was early out day at school so we figured we would just get most of our run in before practice started and finish it up after warmups and all that junk. We ran down to AF and saw my cousin Ashton so we stopped and talked to him for a while. We ran back to do the stuff as a team because it was the first official day of practice and Misty would rage on us if we didn't show up, but when we got there Tawny and Ryan told us we had 400's. We never do speed workouts on M0ndays and she never Emailed us so we were caught by surprise. They were originally going to have us do 10, but since we had already done 6 miles they cut it to 8. Times were 72, 72, 71, 70, 70, 71, 70, 68. They were pretty hard because my legs were tired but overall a solid workout. Afterward we did the Fox Hollow loop for a cooldown. 

Ran down to the end of the trail that goes by AF and follows the river.

We ran down to AF and got a tennis ball from my cousin who is on the tennis team and ran back to Art Dye to play handball with it. After that we ran back the long way and me and Cole stopped by Fox Hollow to say hello to Max. We down to the place where they keep the golf carts and helped him start a fire with a stick of incense before heading back.

Workout today. 400, 800, 1200, 800, 600, 400. Times were 66, 2:23, 3:50, 2:21, 1:43, 67. All in all a solid workout, I felt great on all of them except for the 1200. 

Today was just a normal distance day. We decided to run up AF canyon for a while then turn aronud. Cole and I turned around a little early cuz our stomachs were hurting, so we stopped by Ted bundys cave and ran to the end of it and back. It was super windy running back, but we were still going pretty fast.

Biked up to Legacy to run at 10:15 and it was perfect weather. We ran up and did the mountain run backwards, then ran down and through Lambert before heading back down to the park. I felt so good and on the trail Clayson and I were just killing it.

Today we met at 9 for our workout which was 4,8,4,8,4,8,4,4,4. The 400's were supposed to be at mile pace and the 800's at two mile pace. Times were 67, 2:24, 68, 2:23, 68, 2:25, 70, 68, 67. we had a minute and a half between each interval. I felt awesome until the last three 400's, for some reason after the last 800 my legs just felt like jello so it was really hard to finish it out. Afterwards we drove up AF Canyon and ice bathed in the river.

A big loop on the canal, then back on Timpanagos highway. Super windy and cold.

Down to the end of the AF trail and back.

Today was time trials, distance was doing the mile and 400 today. Since we had to wait for after track class to start we made the not so smart decision of playing basketball hard for an hour right before we ran, but my team ended up winning on a clutch three from Walton so it all turned out for the best. The mile was first and when we were warming up I didn't feel too good, but you can't feel good for every race. We went out and I just sat in fourth behind Marc and we came through 400 in 68. It felt in control and we just stayed in the same order of Clayson, Mike, Marc, then me throughout the next 800 meters. We came through 800 in 2:20, and I am not sure what our next split was. With 400 to go I passed Marc and made sure to make a move on the turn that he wouldn't be able to cover in the last 200 woth his kick. I was able to hold him off to the end and I came in at 4:45. Clayson ran 4:27, Mike ran 4:42, and Marc ended up in 4:49. It felt like a solid effort, but I definitely had a lot left in the tank after and I think I will be able to PR by a lot at Hurricane. We waited around for a while and got our heat assignments for the 400. I was in the fast heat, and it was all  distance runners and Ryan Jensen. This was the first 400 I have ever run, and I didn't like it. I ended up in 59 flat, but I was a few seconds back from pretty much everybody else. Jon killed it for having been injured since Nike and ran a 53, beating Clayson and Marc.

Today was the second day of time trials. We started with the 800. I have never been good at the 800, and I really don't like it. We lined up and I started pretty good, I was in third coming out of the first turn but on the backstretch Jon and Mike passed me. I Just made sure to not lose that front pack and they pulled me through the 400 in 63. On the second lap I just made sure that Jon didn't get too much of a gap on me and I actually almost caught him at the end, but in the end he beat me by like a tenth of a second. I finished in 2:08 which was a one second PR from the 4x800 at the ice oval which was nice. About 15 minutes later we were supposed to race the two mile, but none of us wanted to go very hard so we took the first mile out in 5:54. Tawny and Ryan were getting really mad that we weren't trying, so they told us if we didn't break 11:00 we had to do 800 repeats after so we picked up the pace considerably. Clayson did the next one in 4:50, and Mike and I did it in in 5:00, making us the only three that went under 11. Nobody else had to do extra repeats though because I think Ryan kind of meant if Mike and I didn't do it then we ruin it for everyone. It was kind fun to go out slow and finish fast like that. It was the easiest 5:00 i've run. Afterwards we icebathed in the river.

Biking to legacy was terrible today. It was so windy that while I was going up one of the hills it knocked me off my bike. It took me twice as long to get there so they almost left me, but I got there right as they were leaving. We did the exact same run that we did last Saturday but backwards, plus a little extra at the end. Afterwards we went to Clayson's for waffles.

It was the windiest day ever today. We ran outside and almost got blown over, so we ran down to the pond and did ten .2 mile laps in dejavu. There were so many turns that our calves were starting to hurt so we ran out to the main road before dropping down into hidden oaks. We had never really looked around down there, so we decided to a little exploring and it was way bigger than we thought it was, and there were little trails everywhere, and a quicker way across the river. On the bridge across the river I almost got blown right off the edge, but barely caught myself. When we got back we did four laps in the school. They were supposed to be really slow, but Cole and I ended up racing every straight.

It was really windy again today, not as bad as yesterday but still quite annoying. We warmed up then did 6x400 and 6x200, alternating every one. We had about 50 seconds to a minute of rest between each, so it was pretty easy but got my legs moving. 400's were 69, 68, 68, 68, 68, 65 and 200's were 30, 31, 33, 33, 31, 30. They were supposed to be a little faster than the 400's so I was satisfied with the workout as a whole. Tomorrow I'm going to help pace the girls at the intersquad meet, then go down to Hurricane on Friday and Saturday.

Today Molen wanted us to run a dual meet by ourselves because Lehi canceled. Because it was Bday we had track class, so while everybody else went out to set it up the distance team snuck into the gym and we played basketball for an hour and a half. Once we actually started we did the  mile. but Tawny didn't want the people running at Hurricane to race it so each of us took a lap pacing Mike. We ended up pacing him to a 4:37 which was a vig PR. After 30 minutes we did the 800 and I just ran a 2:21 with Cole. Clayson said it was impossible to negative split an 800 so me Cole ran 71, 70 to prove him wrong.

Later did the Canyon road loop.

Ran to my house, then to Cole's to get a paper signed so we could go to Hurricane. Rhonda almost didn't let us go because it was just us four driving down by ourselves, but eventually she said she would let us if we got signed letters from our parents. Afterwards me and Cole went and did some strides on the football field where a junior high meet was going on, and after we stayed to help time.

Today was the Hurricane invite so Clayson came and picked me aup at 9:30 and we drove down. It was just me, Clayson, Cole, and Jamison going to this meet so it was super fun. It took us about 3 1/2 hours to get down there, so when we got to the school we got out and walked around a bunch to try to get some blood back in our legs. After about two hours we warmed up for the mile. Cole and Jamison both got PR's in the slow heat so I felt confident about my chances. They lined us up and I was in last position with my seed time so I made sure to get out pretty fast that first 100 to get a good position. I tucked in behind Nephi on the backstretch and stayed there almost the whole race. I couldn't really hear my splits but I am pretty sure my fastest lap was my third one which is wierd. On the bell lap I just tried to hang onto the guys I had been running with the entire race, but with 200 to go they pulled ahead and I got passed by one more desert hills guy. I was one spot off scoring, but overall I am very happy with this race. a PR is always nice and I think I am definitely more of a two mile guy anyway.

Today was the two mile, and it was really windy on the backstretch. I was seeded fifth in this race so I got a much better starting position than I got yesterday. They made a kid from Pine View and me take off our headbands which was stupid because I've never had to take it off in a race before, but whatever. The race went off and I tucked in right behind the leaders. It went out really slow and we came through the first 200 in 40 seconds. After that Clayson decided to break it open and he ran the next 200 in 31 seconds, which luckily made the rest of the guys in the race speed up too. There was a group of about five or six of us behind Clayson and I just made sure to tuck in and draft on the backstretch, and we didn't really change position for the first 6 laps. With 800 to go I noticed Josh Thatcher moving up a little so I moved passed a couple guys and tucked in behind him. With 400 to go us two broke away from the pack and started really racing, and with 100 to go I swung out wide to try and pass him. I sprinted hard but it wasn't enough and he ended up beating me by a .3 seconds. I hate losing to other sophomores, but I got top three and a medal which was pretty cool. Afterwards we cooled down a bunch and played scum on the infield before heading out.

Hill workout today. 6x400m at the hill by Cedar Ridge. They felt pretty awesome and I was usually second behind Clayson on almost all of them. Times were 75, 76, 77, 76, 74, 73. Afterwards on our cool down we found an awesome spot to ice bath in the river that runs through the golf course.

We ran down to AF and back with the golf course loop for extra. We found a cool spot to ice bath under a bridge in hidden oaks. We are going to find a different spot nearby to ice bath every day this week.

Today the dual meet with Westlake was canceled, but it didn't really matter because I was just going to do a workout any way. The workout was 12x400m with 60 seconds rest. My pacing in this workout was perfect and I hit everyone at 67 or 68, which is 4:28-4:32 pace and exactly what I want to be running in the mile here soon. Overall a good workout.

Ran down to AF and back with an extra loop on golf course.

Easy miles before UVU tomorrow. Did some strides later.

We left for the meet at 6:30 and got there 7:00. I wasn't racing until at least 3:30 so I just watched the interesting races and played scum and risk in the tent. We started warming up and I was feeling pretty good. They took us over to the start and made us just stand there for a long time before starting us. The gun went off and I got out good. I was in about 2nd or third coming around the first bend, and we were going pretty fast coming through the first 200 in 31 seconds. We ended up coming through the 400 in 69 which is too fast, but I was feeling awesome. 800 split was 2:20 and I just stayed in the same little pack . My first mile ended up being 4:52 and I started fallling off of the main pack. A Westlake guy passed me here and I just tucked in behind him for two laps. This is the spot that really ruined my time because he slowed the pace down to two 77-78's  in a row. with 800 to go I passed him and took the lead into the wind while passing a rock springs guy. I picked up the pace a bit on the last lap but got passed on the homestretch by the Westlake guy. It was a new PR, but I feel like I totally could have gone under 9:50. Oh well, I guess I'll get another shot at Alpha.

Ran down to AF and back with the loop by my house for extra. I haven't raced Mike head to head this year but at Alpha this week we are in racing in the mile and two mile. The field is looking fast for the two mile especially and I think if everything goes well I could go 9:45.