Adam's Running

1200, 800, 600, 400 on the track today. It was pretty hot, and I don't think anyone felt amazing today. Times were 3:33, 2:25, 1:44, 65. The sophomore football game was going on while we were doing it, so we had pretty full bleachers watching us, and the cheerleaders were cheering for us haha.

Today we ran up on mountain run. 'Twas a good time.

Today We just had an 8 mile distance run, but Jamison, Seth, and I had a 2 mile tempo in the middle. The tempo was good, first mile was a chill 5:36, then we picked it up and ran 5:23 on the next one which included a pretty big hill. Felt good and controlled. I'm getting pumped for region and state.

10x400 on the track today at about mile pace. Times were 67, 65, 66, 67, 66, 65, 65, 65, 65, 67. Felt decent. Afterwards I went straight to my flag football game and we totally won. I caught the touchdown that gave us the win with 30 seconds left which was cool.

Fun run out on Bonneville. Hot, but not too hot.

6 miles with 4x200 build ups after.

Pre meet four before region tomorrow. Pretty psyched.

Good race today. I got a much better start than I usually do, and I was able to just fill in right behind Joe at the beginning. I didn't do too much moving the whole race, I just kind of chilled in a pack with Joe, Connor, Ryan, and Seth. I started to hurt when we hit the two mile, so I just tried to hang on for as long as I could. About 1k-800 out from the finish they started to gap Seth and I, so we just kind of ran it in together. There wasn't anybody in front of, or behind us for a while, do I didn't kick as hard as I think I could have, but still finished strong. We ended up winning and had a 1-5 spread of nine seconds so that was sick. Fun stuff.

Good run through Lambert with Timberline after.

Good little workout today. It was 400, 600, 800, 600, 400, 400, 400, 400. It was hot today, but I hit the target pace on all of them so I was happy with it. There was a JV football game going on again, so we got some extra motivation from the stands and cheerleaders. Times were 65, 1:40, 2:18, 1:43, 66, 65, 65, 66. Afterwards we went up to the canyon to ice bath, felt wonderful.

This is actually yesterday, I just messed up on the days and don't care to change it right now. 8 miles through Alpine. Averaged sub 7 pace with some good hills so a solid run.

Fun radventure run today. We got down to the fence and Craik and I were the only ones brave enough to run through the horse corral because there was a wyld stallion in it. We stopped for a little while in the backyard with the slack line over the lake and a few people went across. Trespassing just makes runs so much more fun. Afterwards we ran back on the canal.

Met at legacy because it is fall break. We ran a little way up suncrest on the trails then came back on Timberline. Cold at the beginning, but a good time once we got going.

Last hard effort before state today. 10x400 at mile pace. Felt pretty good until the last one, and the team looked good today. Times were 67, 66, 66, 65, 66, 66, 64, 64, 63, 65. Heading up to Park City today. I love running in PC, so many good trails.

A fun out and back run in Park City on the McLeod Creek trail. Got some cool pics on my gopro.

Easy four mile loop, then 4x200 at Timberline. Weather was perfect, had an excellent time. Afterwards we had breakfast and played some good ol' ping pong at the Ericksens.

Pre state

State today! We got there around 12:30 and chilled for a while, watched some races. We warmed up during the 4A race, and even got a little extra strides and stuff because someone parked their car on the course. The gun went off and I got great position. We were box 1 so going up the first hill I just chilled in the gutter and at the top I was already top10. Kept moving up and when we hit the big hill at about mile 1 I was in fourth and leading the chase pack with Casey, Connor, Adam Haynes, and a couple of my teammates. After mile 1 Camren Todd moved by me and I decided to take a risk and go with him. Going up the second hill I was still at the front of that pack, but then when we hit two miles things started to turn ugly. I tried to hang on to those guys but I just hit a wall mentally and physically. I started to fade and with 400 to go people just started passing me. Once Justin caught me I just told myself to hang with him and I ran with him until the finish and almost caught Dallin Leatham haha. I was pretty disappointed with my time and place, especially with how good I was doing with a mile to go, but I left it all out there so I can't be too mad at myself. I just need to race a little smarter during that middle mile, and mentally just grind out that last 800. Team got fourth, which was a bummer, but we were within striking distance of AF and Lehi if Zack and I race like we should have. This next month I am really going to buckle down and make these last couple xc races in my high school career count.

A nice easy run by myself later. Time flew thinking about the the next few races.

Did the wall 4:40ish.

Solid run out on Bonneville today. Coming back we got a little excited and were going like 5:45 pace for a couple miles. My feet fell asleep at one point which was weird.

Hill workout today over by Cedar Ridge. The weather was pretty nice and I was feeling good, so it was a fun workout overall. We did 6x600 hills, my times were: 1:57, 1:57, 1:57, 1:57, 1:57, 1:54. I was super happy with how consistent I was able to keep the first five, and that they were as quick as they were. Shoutout to Zack for killing it as he always does on hills.

Only did 4.5 today cuz I had to leave early for flag football. I was going to do more later, but after like 3 hours of flag football my legs were done for the day. We won both of our games which was cool, losers bracket champions.

Fun Fartlek today on the canal. 5,4,3,2,1 minutes with equal rest, it was cold when we started but felt nice on the last few intervals. banquet was tonight, I'd say it was a success. Currently watching Ponyo.

Good run through Alpine today with some strides after. Today I dressed up as Hansel from Zoolander, so I rode my scooter through school all day which was fun. Shoutout to Craik for having the best costume (he was a pato).

We did Hogs today. Shoutout to Connor Baller for coming with us which was a good time. Ran into Ryan at the top because he was biking. Afterwards we went and ice bathed at the mouth of the canyon which was freezing, but not actually as bad as I thought if would be. Super Fun run overall.