Adam's Running

Killer race today. We got there super early so we just chilled and talked to Dom for a while before we had to warm up and stuff. After we got our hip numbers we did a bunch of strides and got lined up. The gun went off and I fell to the back of the race immediately. I came through in 68 then started moving up a little bit, and caught up to Lil' Warner. We kind of ran the rest of the race together and slowly worked our way up. My next few splits were 2:19, 3:32, 4:44, 5:55, 7:09. At this point I realized I was still on pace to qualify for state and made a surge on the backstretch with 700 to go, and passed Josh Thatcher and another guy. Josh kind of hit my back, but I think it was more of an encouragement hit than a mean one. Anyways, I came through with one lap to go at 8:24, and kicked as hard as I could. I passed Joe Benson, then just tried to hang on to Lil' Warner for as long as possible, but he pulled away on the homestretch. I ended up running 9:33, which was an 11 second PR, and I qualified for state! This track season has been kind of a bummer, so this race was a much needed breakthrough. 

Ok race today. Felt tired from yesterday and just didnt have it in the legs. Whatever. At least now I can focus on the mile at region and kill it.

Lil' Warner and I had to take the AP Psych test today during practice, so we did the workout later with Lauren, Ellie, and Autumn. The workout was two sets of 400, 300, 200, with a minute recovery between intervals. It was crazy windy on the homestretch so our times all would have been 1 or 2 seconds faster probably on a good day, but we still ran pretty fast. Times were 62, 45, 28, 61, 45, 31. My legs wouldn't cooperate on the last 200, but I hit my goal times on everything else so its all good. I love tapering.

Easy miles down past AF and back. 

Went on the two mile guys cool down with them and the AF guys. Hagen cut up his shin hopping over a cement barrier and I felt kind of bad we took them off roading. Zack won the two mile and Justin ran a 10:00, which is awesome. Afterwards me and Lil' Warner did 4x30 seconds out on the road to kennecott to keep our legs sharp for tomorrow.

Ran the mile at region today. Got in a solid warmup then headed over to the line. It was windy, but nothing too bad, and I was feeling good, so I went in with high expectations. The gun went off and I just kind of went to the middle of the pack and tucked into the inside. The pace went out really slow, which generally isn't a good thing for me, but getting to the front and pushing the pace would have taken a lot of energy from where I was, so I just sat and waited. I came through the first lap in 70, and the pace just stayed there for the next 600. 800 split was about 2:20. Once we made the turn with 500 to go everybody all of the sudden just opened up their strides and the race began. The first 200 of the next lap everybody was still together, then with 200 to go Jamison and Lil Warner started pulling away and I tried to pass Thomas Heaps on the inside to go with them, but understandably he cut me off and I had to stop a little and lost some momentum. At this point I realized if I didn't move now I wouldn't qualify, and I turned it on. With 80 meters to go I moved into lane 2 to get around Ryan Raff and Thomas who were side by side and just went into an all out sprint. It came down to the final 40 meters but I was just able to outkick Ryan for the last qualifying spot in fourth! Final time was 4:30, which I was very surprised at considering how slow our first 1000 was, and my last lap was like a 63, so that was good. Lil' Warner won and Jamison got second, so we have four guys qualified in the mile. Afterwards I did like 40 minutes of cooldown. I am so pumped for state.

Good three games of tag with golf course at the end. I had a couple pretty good chases, including one really long one with Zack that I eventually caught him on.

Good speed workout at the track this morning. The rain was coming down hard and it was really cold, but we were still able to hit pretty good times. Times were 66, 65, 64, 65, 65, 64, 65, 62. Afterwards we cooled down inside the school to get out of the cold.

Ran for 20 minutes up to mountain run and back. It was just me, Zack, and Jamison. Later we saw Lil' Warner who had to take the AP Physics test, and he did the last 15 minutes with us. Easy workout tomorrw, then time to rest up for state!!

Easy final tuneup workout before state. it was just 400, 300, 200, 400, 300, 200. We were just supposed to run mile pace on the 400's and a little quicker on the 300's, then take the first 100 of the 200's at race pace and go all out once we hit the straight. Times were 63, 46, 28, 63, 43, 28. On the first four we came through the 200 in 34, then I overcompensated and ran a 29 on the next one lol. The track team is treating everybody who qualified for state to Texas Roadhouse tomorrow. Should be a good time. Also shoutout to Justin who jumped a 15'9" at JV Region today.

Easy run on the canal. Afterwards we went to Texas Roadhouse because the coaches paid for it. Ryan and Courtney got mad us because we ate a ton of rolls lol. The sprint coach said they could only have one each, so Dom was jealous. I also totally beat Lauren in a race on the drive back.

Easy 20 minute run the some barefoot strides. State tomorrow! I'm pumped and I know I can run really fast. Good luck to everybody, it shall be a most excellent time.

Ran the mile at state today. The weather was not ideal, and it was very cold and wet. We didn't start warming up early enough and got called into the bullpen after only a little bit of running around. We sat around for a bit, then went out to the line. I was in the third alley. The gun went off and I actually got a really good start, and after the turn I went into like third place. It didn't last too long, but I was in the top 8 for the first 400. I came through in 66, then kind of fell off the pack and ran with the Davis guys for the next 600. I came through the 800 in 2:11, then the 1200 in 3:19. Sadly at this point my legs kind of just froze up and felt like they couldn't move anymore, and I tried to kick it in, but just could not move. I ended up running a 69 second last lap and getting passed by a bunch of dudes. I still PR'd, but only by a half second running 4:29.04. I really felt like I was going to run 4:24 or faster, but I think the cold weather got to me, because my legs were just kind of numb on the last lap. Hopefully tomorrow is warmer.

Ok race. I beat Joe which was good. I am kind of relieved the seasons over, and I can focus on cross.

Awesome race today. I came into today with high expectations, nothing but winning would be acceptable. I didn't have the best first can, but caught up to the pack after 100 meters, and never relinquished my lead. My second drink was average, and I ran a 70. Third drink was money and I ran another 70. I figured I would be ahead by a ton at this point, but Justin was hanging tough so I went into the last drink with determination. The last can was brutal to get down, and I puked hardcore, but I finished before Justin and ran a strong last lap to pull out the victory. Time was 7:21 which was a big PR, and pretty close to Marc's record, so it's going down next year. Winning this race has been a goal of mine since freshman year, so this was a great way to really close out the season.

Awesome hike today with my cousin. We drove up AF canyon for a while, then parked on the side of the road and started following this stream that led up into the mountain. There wasn't a trail, which made it kind of slow, but it was super cool. The canyon thing got really narrow at parts and there was a bunch of cool waterfalls. There was one sketchy waterfall that we climbed, but nobody got hurt so it was all good. Eventually we got up to this massive hundred foot waterfall coming off these cliffs and we couldn't go on, but it started hailing so we were going to turn around soon anyway. Good stuff.

Instead of taking two weeks off after track like usual, we are doing some easy mileage every other day the second week. Accidentally slept through practice this morning, so I just did my own run when I woke up. Ran up to the beginning of mountain run, then went home around the stake center. Since it was so short I reallypushed it on the hills.

Biked up to Tibble Fork and back today. About 18 miles round trip, with the first 9 being uphill, and the second 9 all being down. Once I got up to the reservoir I could see a storm coming in quick, so I turned around and booked it home, only getting a little wet at the very end. Found a Timpanogos XC shirt at D.I. and bought it because it was only 2 bucks. 😾😺🐑

Met at the school to run at 8. We just did 15 minutes dowwn to Art Dye then turned around and came back. Got a little more than four miles, plus I ran to and from practice.

Tree of knowledge, did the first half with my cuz, then met the team close to the top. Good stuff.