Adam's Running

Today we did an easy 6 with some strides. Nothin too crazy.

Around 10 I decided to go for a couple more miles, so I went out and 2 miles in I ran into Walton who was out running. I decided that tomorrow is just Pre Region, so I finished up with his run with him. We did a 5 mile loop up onto Bonneville and down on the canal. Even though he has put so many drugs into his body, and hasn't trained seriously in forever he was still able to hold a conversation easily at 6:50 pace the whole time. If he would have been serious in high school he could've really been somethin'. Anyway a good run overall, had a solid conversation about sk8ting.

Ran pre region today. Don't know my time so I'm not gonna put it in as a race report. Race went decent, went out slow and we worked together as a team and moved up throughout the race. In the last half mile everyone sped up and I just didn't have it in the legs, but everyone passing me was my teammates so I was good with it. We ended up going 4-5-6-7-9 and winning the race! We totally beat AF for the like the first time ever, and had a killer 1-5 spread. Good sign for BYU on Saturday.

Solid run on Bonneville. Felt really good today.

Pre meet to AF and back. 6x100 meter strides after

Pretty good race at BYU today. We did a two mile warmup and headed to the line. The gun went off and I didn't get a great start. The whole first mile I was moving up and passing people, ran with Jamison for a while. The next two miles I was in anywhere from like 5th-10th and I was feeling good. Ran with Josh Thatcher for most of the last mile, but he ended up kicking away from me with 400 to go. Once I hit the track I tried to turn it on, but ended up getting passed by a bunch of guys. Kind of a bummer, but my kick will be there when it needs to be come October-November. We ended up getting fourth, but Zack and Justin both had bad races, and I think if they both felt good we would have right up with Desert Hills. Afterwards i did three miles with the guys, then two more barefoot with Lil Warner who ran in the college race and did well. We had three former knights in the college races today, which was kinda cool.

Shoutout to Desert Hills because I was running with either Spencer, Sage, or Josh the whole time, and they really pushed me.

Drove up the canyon to the ridge trail and did 8 miles. It was a beautiful morning, and I was feeling good, so it was just overall an excellent run. We ran into Jonas's dad on the trail and their dog Kona. There were SO many people up AF canyon today.

Tough workout on the seminary field today. We did 800, 1000, 800, 1000, 800, 1000, 400. Me and Jamison worked together on the whole thing and we ran pretty solid times on all of them. Times were 2:27, 3:07, 2:27, 3:03, 2:27, 3:00, 64. 'Twas a pretty solid workout, and it felt pretty good. AF ran by the field while we were doing the workout, they do their distance runs pretty dang fast. Afterwards we went and ice bathed at the mouth of the canyon.

Drove to Lone Peak and played tennis with my cousin for an hour, then ran barefoot on the football field for 6 miles before running home. Went like 6:30 pace the whole time, felt good. The football team put in some new porta-potties and they are like four times the size of a normal one. It's crazy.

Pre race to AF and back.

One of my worst races in a very long time today. I wasnt feeling very good during the warmup, and I probably should have taken that as a sign to back off a little at the beginning, but I did the exact opposite. The gun went off and I went out way harder than I usually do. After about 400 meters I was tucked into sixth behind Alek and Garrett from Ogden, and Colton and Camren from Davis, while Garek was already way ahead. I stayed with those guys through about a mile and a half, then I just fell apart. I don't know what it was but I just felt like I couldn't move once we got into the big field with the hill in it. People just started passing me and there was nothing I could do about it. My last 800 was pretty ugly and I thought I was going to pass out. I ended up finishing, but in like 30th place. Oh well, better to get a bad race out of the legs now rather than later when the races really matter. I don't know how, but the team ended up getting third overall even without 2 of our top 5 guys (Zack and Justin didn't race), and me doing so terrible. I guess it is just extra motivation to run extra hard these next few races.

Hogs today. Justin biked it with us cuz his lungs were still hurting.

7x800 on the seminary field today. It was nice and overcast with occasional light showers which made me very happy. Hit good times on them, worked together with Zack and Jamison on the first 6, then cruised a in a quick last one with Jamison. Times were 2:30, 2:27, 2:25, 2:24, 2:24, 2:22, 2:16. Afterwards we did a fun cool down in the rain.

Good run through Alpine. We got a little carried away on Alpine highway and were going 5:25 pace haha. Strides when we got back.

Tough workout today. 5x600 hills, with 3x400 on the track after. I felt pretty good on the first 4 hills, then the last one my stomach started to hurt but I pushed extra hard to stay on pace. Times were 1:58, 1:55, 1:57, 1:56, 1:56. On the way back to the school I had to stop at Walmart and go to the bathroom so I missed the first 400, then I struggled through the remaining two with stomache cramps and called it good. Times were 65 on both the 4's. Shoutout to Craik who dropped a 58 on the last 400.

Later went and did 5 with Walton. Good times.

4 good games of tag with golf course after.

Pre meet to AF and back.

Fun race today. The format is different in that you have each of your varsity guys in 7 different races, then you add up scores to see who won. I was our second to last runner, and we won every race before me so that was cool. Gun went off and I went out in dead last. I moved my up throughout the first half mile and tucked in behind Addison Hedges from Weber, and just kind of chilled til the mile. The course was pretty hilly so I wanted to run it conservatively, and I think ran pretty smart. After the mile I surged down the hill and never really looked back. I just kinda maintained pace and ended up winning by more than 20 seconds. I got a cool shirt and we ended up winning with 8 points! The only person who didn't win their race was Jamison, but he only lost to Talon so it was good. I ended up with the second fastest time of the day behind Talon. Overall a good day. We also got new jerseys and they are soooooooo sick.

Afterwards I went up Big cottonwood canyon, hiked up to Lake Blanche, took a nice nap on top of this old dam, then ran down and ice bathed. Fun stuff.

7x800 on the seminary field. My legs were just heavy today, and the heat and bad course conditions just made for a tough workout. Times were 2:29, 2:27, 2:28, 2:26, 2:25, 2:29, 2:23. Afterwards I tried to cool down, but I ended up just lying on the field in pain.

A couple games of tag then I had to go early. I'm going to go for 5 or 6 more tonight with Walton.

Later I did 6 miles with Walton. These night runs with Walton are quite refreshing.

A little bit less intense of a workout before Bob Firman this weekend. 8x400 at mile pace. Times were 66, 66, 65, 65, 66, 67, 65, 64. Didn't feel great, but got through it. Afterwards cooled down barefoot.

Later played in our season opener flag football game. We barely lost, but I did have a dope touchdown catch.

Bob Firman today. We got to the course early and chilled a while before warming up. The race started and I definitely did not get out well enough. We hit the turn and I was right in the thick of the pack. I almost stepped on a snake but I dodged it. The whole first 1200 was just crazy and dusty. I think I spent way too much energy dodging people and trying to move up, but when we hit the mile I was able to get out of the worst of it. Shoutout to Ethan Field from Skyview because he totally got shoved and ended up straddling one of the fence things about 600 in, but came back and got top 20, props. Anyway I came through the mile in like 5:02. The next mile I kept moving up and passing people, but I missed the clock so I don't know what my two mile split was. The last mile I tried to hang on to Jamison but he took off when we hit the beach, and I didn't go with him when I really should have. I hit the last hill and passed A few guys on the way down, then kicked it in. My kick was actually decent today, and I out kicked a couple pretty solid guys. I ran 16:07 which was slower than I wanted, but not terrible. I beat a couple solid guys like Colton Rimman and Garret Barton, but looking at results I really should have been top 20. Oh well. We got fifth as a team, which was ok, but we should have been closer to those top 4 teams than we were. Overall a super fun trip, and I am more motivated than ever to run well at region and state.

Ran up the canyon today. On the way down We saw Amanda so we ran with her, and she was going sub 6 pace haha.

Good workout on the track today. 3x(800, 600, 400). Times were 2:21, 1:42, 68, 2:21, 1:45, 67, 2:20, 1:45, 66. The last set felt tough, but I stayed on pace so I was happy with it. Uknighted news interviewed me right before practice, and if I do say so I think I nailed it.

Ran with Walton at about 9:30. Was a good time and we were going decently fast the whole time. Apparently he is hitting like 40-45 miles a week right now, and is planning on running an ultra soon.