Adam's Running

Today we had a workout and it was the absolute worst weather for it. The workout was 400, 30 sec rest, 800, 100m jog and a 300. We would do two sets of those with about 4 minutes of recovery inbetween sets. It was hailing/snowing/raining so hard and the wind on the backstretch was brutal, so we came through the first 400 at 67. The 800 I did in 2:23, and the 300 in 48. In the four minutes of recovery I ran back to the school and got some gloves. The second set I really pushed the 400 and got a 65 which I figure would at least be a 62 in good conditions. 30 seconds rest is nothing and by the time we started the 8 it felt like we had never stopped running, and it was absolutely terrible. Mike and I ran 2:24, but it was the hardest 2;24 I will evr run. We did the last 300 and I ran 46. Afterwards we cooled down.

Easy before Alpha tomorrow.

Today was the first day of the Alpha Invite. They went fast to slow in heats, so my race endedd up being the very first one and I had to start warming up as soon as I got there. They lined us up and I was outside of lane 8. They had some trouble starting us out, and had to fire the gun four times. When the gun finally went off I tried to get out fast, and I ended up throwing a lot of elbows battling with the Hillcrest guys in that first 200. We came through the first lap in 70, then I settled in with the walker twins from Bingham, Dakota from East, and one of the Hillcrest guys. It was pretty physical the whole way, and everytime I would try to pass on the inside I would get a couple elbows and almost get thrown off the track. The splits from there on out were just a blur. I came through the mile in 4:50, Which was a little fast and this is where Mike really dropped off. The next four laps were just brutal. I just tried to stick with that little pack through to the end, but with 400 to go the walkers from Bingham took off and with 200 to go Dakota and the Hillcrest guy both got me. I ended up running 9:52, which is a PR and overall I am very happy with this race. Afterwards I did some extra mileage to keep warm.

The mile was on the second day of the meet, and I came into knowing that I am in shape to run low 4:30's. We ended up getting very little warmup because the lady at the bullpen didn't show up for a long time. I was in the second heat today so I got to watch the fast race which was fun. They lined us up in alleys, and I was in the first one. The gun went off aand I made sure to get a good start. I tucked into second place behind Mike coming around that first bend, but he slowed down to let the AF guys take the pace. They controlled the pace from there on out and our pacing was pretty bad. We came through the first lap in 65, and the next one in 70. On the third lap Mike took the lead on the backstretch, but we still came through slow in 3:26. On the next lap my legs just gave up. I could really feel the two mile in them from yesterday and when the lead pack started really pushing from 300 out I just couldn't get my legs to move fast enough. I ended up getting beat by a couple of guys that I don't think I have ever lost to, but I guesss every race can't be a good one. It was a PR, but I know that with fresh legs, no wind, and good pacing I can run under 4:30.

Today Mike, Cole, and I met up at Legacy to run Hogs Hollow. It as kind of cold biking up there, but once we started running it felt fine. On the hardest part of the trail where the uphill is the worst I was feeling awesome so I took off and did that section faster than I ever have before. On the way down, in the most secluded part of the trail we found a random car who had tried driving down it. Some idiots had thought thye could drive down but had ended up getting stuck in the med in one of the giant ruts. The window was shattered, but when we tried to unlock it the alarm started going off so we took off. All ina ll a very solid run.

My aunt from Seattle is in town, and after first session of conference she wanted to go for a run but didn't know where to go so I went with her. We just did 5 easy miles on Bonneville Shoreline.

Monday through Wednesday we biked the white rim in canyonlands. On the first day about 25 miles into it me and my cousin stopped and decided to do a trail run at this one trail called fort bottom. It was about 5 miles total of awesome single track trail that ran on top of the spine between mesas. It was kind of sketchy at some parts because the trail was only a couple feet wide with sheer droppffs on either side, but it was fun. At the end we climbed up ontop of the mesa and there was a cool indian ruin of a tower, and after thta we ran down to the Green RIver and cooled off a bit. Easily one of the coolest runs I have ever done.

We did a lot of biking today so I was too tired to do a lot of running.

Today my Uncle, cousin, and I woke up at 6:30 to go for a run before everybody else woke up. We ran down the main trail for about half a mile before turning onto a dry riverbed for a while until we got to the real trail we were trying to find. It was awesome, it just went straight up the cliff side  with a million little switchbacks and we gained over a thousand feet in like 45 minutes. Once we got up ontop of the clifff we ran along it for a mile or so before the trail stopped. On top we could see miles and miles of Canyonlands, which made for a pretty rad view. We ran down which was pretty brutal on my legs, but worth it.

Today we were back from Canyonlands so I went and ran with the team. We did a 15 minute tempo in the middle of an hour run. It felt good, and I was right behind Clayson on all of it. I split from the team in the middle of the cooldown to run home.

Easy 6 miles in Park City. Averaged about 6:50 overall.

Today I did a workout at Park City high schools track. 1600, 1200, 800, 400, 400 with one lap recovery in between each. Times were 5:00, 3:45, 2:23, 67, and 66. I was feeling the 2000 foot jump in elevation, but overall it was a pretty fun workout. Their track is nice and it was a beautiful day, so the workout wasn't as painful as usual.

Really fast workout today on the track. It was 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 with a 200m jog inbetween each, and the last 400 and 200 were suposed to be all out. I felt good and my times were pretty fast so I am expecting big things coming up here soon. Times were 66, 31, 66, 31, 66, 31, 65, 30, 61, 28.

Later I did 3 miles on my own.

On the run today I felt like crap, so at the fork in the golf course I just turned and ran home. I am going to do more later.

Dual meet today. It was super windy so i just did the 800 in like 2:12, and the second leg of our 4x400.

Didn't run after school because I was at the Spanish fair at BYU all day, so i ran by myself at about 6:00. I did the mountain run backwards and it was awesome.

Wasn't racing today, but me and Cole wanted to watch so we drove down and did four easy miles before the mile started around Lehi. It was pretty fun to watch because the whole race went out in 2:20 through 800, then Clayson and Connor closed in 2:04. We also got 10 guys under 5:00 on the year.

Today I raced the two mile at the Utah County invite at Lehi high school. Our warm up was all jacked up because of confusion about how many girls heats there were, but it all turned out ok. I was laned up in the second alley next to Koy Moore an Gibby from Westlake. The gun went off and I didn't get the greatest start, and wound up in the very back after everybody cut in. On the backstretch I moved up to the back of the front pack and settled in. On the third lap Zac Jacklin fell hard and I had to go out to lane 5 to get around him. I felt bad for him but he got back u and passed me within 200 meters. The rest of the race I was just trying to stick with Daniel Bentley and Gibby, and I did until the last 600 or so. For some reason I just felt like I had no kick and ended up getting passed by Owen Gardener. Oh well, I got a PR by 4 seconds which is always nice and little Warner ran 9:53 which was a 13 second PR also. My pacing was a little better than last race, because we still came through at 4:50, but this time I was at least able to close sub 5. Afterwards I cooled down for a while and watched the rest of the races.

We didn't have our workout until after school even though we had track class, so we ended up making the poor judgement call of playing basketball for two hours right before. It was really fun because we invented a game where you all get in the middle of the court and throw the ball high in the air, then everybody tries to get it and the first person to score on any basket wins. After all that we had 10x400, but for those who ran the two mile on Saturday she cut it down one. My times were 69, 65, 67,67, 67, 68, 67, 67, 67. By the end my legs were complete jello, and I was very glad I didn't have another.

We ran on the Bonneville Shoreline trail down to the spot where it dips down and back up, then turned around. We had the wind at our backs the entire way back which was nice.

Today was a dual meet and Tawny wanted us running for a workout. It was super windy and cold so I made the noobish move of wearing a long sleeve t shirt under my jersey, which Clayson made sure to give me plenty of crap about from his commentators spot up in the booth.I false started but they let me still race. The mile felt good, I led the entire thing which sucked on the homestretch where it was almost blowing me backwards. I ended up winning with an amazing time of 4:48! It was fun and everybody was congratulating me, so I just took it in stride and didn't explain how slow it was. Afterwards I ran a 400 and a leg of the 4x400.

We ran on the trail that goes by AF and ran back and ice bathed in the river.

This Ragnar turned out to be kind of bust because of weather, but it was still fun. I was our first leg which was nice because the weather wasn't bad yet. We were one of two teams in the final start group and I took off from the other guy in the first ten meters.. I decided to just kind of tempo this leg and I ended up running 19:23, which I didn't think was that fast but it turned out to be the fastest green loop by almost a minute. Afterwards I ate dinner and chilled for about 4 hours before I ran again on the red loop which was 8.2 miles. This loop I just did at slightly harder effort than distance run pace and I ran 1:02:11. Trail running in the dark while passing tons of people and feeling good is the best, and this leg was just super fun. I also ended up with the third fastest time on that leg up to that point which was cool. After that I went to bed.

When I woke up for my third leg I woke up to pouring rain. I went out and sat by the fire until Marc came in and passed offto me. The trail was so wrecked and the mud was so slippery I could barely run without falling over, so I just got through it without trying too hard. After my leg it turned to snow and about two and a hlaf hours later they shut it down. Me, Cole, and Walton were probably the only people who were able to finish all three legs. It was a bummer because we only had five legs left, and we were easily on pace to win.

Just an easy distance run today. We ran down around Mountain Ridge and found some cool trails by the pond that we had never noticed before which were just covered in bright green ferns. It was really cool in there so we did a bunch of laps.

Another easy run. We ran down to Mountain Ridge again, and it just happened that we got there as Zack was halfway through the mile for PE so we paced him through the last lap. After that we ran home on the canal.

6x200 at 800 pace. Times were all 29'sexcept for the last one which was a 28. felt good to run fast, and I am getting excited for BYU on Saturday.