Adam's Running

2 mile warm up then 8x400. Felt good and smooth, probly cuz I was wearing my #palmerridgexc shirt. Times were 66, 65, 65, 66, 65, 64, 63, 62. On our cool down we went and tested the ice on the pond, and Craik and Zack were able to get pretty far out.

Ran down to AF, did a lap on the grass relays course, and ran back. The AF JV boys were out playing wallball so we joined and played for 5 minutes. Craik got out like six times so everybody got to line up and chuck the ball at him. Sadly the line was pretty far away so nobody made contact. Our plane leaves at 6:25 tomorrow, so we are meeting at 4:20 in the morning which will be rough. Go check out our team pic on dyestats instagram page, it's most excellent if I do say so myself.

Arrived in Portland at about 7:30 and went to the hotel and got settled. We were the first team to arrive so we headed out to nike headquarters and were like the second team to get our gear. for our run we ran around nike campus on these cool woodchip trails, then did our 3, 2, 1 minute workout on the Michael Johnson track. Ive always wanted to run on this track and it was just as cool as I've always imagined. We were going pretty fast just cuz of the setting and low elevation and everything, and we ran like a 2:52 1000 on our 3 minute one. Afterwards we cooled down and went back to the hotel.

Ran the course today. It's a pretty cool course, its got some good hills and stuff. We finished and chilled in the warmup area for a while before heading back to the hotel, and then heading over to headquarters. We played some ping pong and walked around the campus with the Timpanogos guys which was fun. For dinner Andrew Wheating ate with us and shared some cool stories.

Race day! We got to the course amd chilled in the warmup area until the girls race, then went out and watched. We had to do these introduction things so we warmed up like thirty minutes before the race and then just chillled and kept warm. Race went off and I got horrible position. I definitely should have gone out harder because i was in the very back after 400. I moved up throughout the first mile and came through in 4:55, which was just about perfect. the second mile was tough, lots of mud and stuff, and i came through in about 10:15 I think. The last mile my legs were just dead from all the mud and i just tried to hang on and hold my position, and i ended up passing some people. The last hill right before 200 to go was rough but once i got over it i kicked pretty hard and held off a couple of guys charging in behind me. My time was 16:14, so not too fast, but I was happy with it considering how muddy it was. the team ended up getting 11th which was higher than anybody had us projected to get so that was cool. Utah had a great day with Casey and Alek going 1-3, and AF and Timpanogos getting 2nd and 5th. Afterwards went on a cooldown with all of the Soutwest guys. Talked to Joe Benson and Paxton Smith, and we all may be going to college together so that could be fun. Afterwards we headed back to the hotel with the heartland guys. That night was awards and the Southwest killed everyone on the guys side. We got back to the hotel then went to the dance from like 9 to midnight. I danced the whole time and by the time I was done I was more exhausted than I was after the race haha.

Still kind of on break, but I just wanted to get the legs moving a little, so Justin and I drove up to Lambert after school and ran for 30 minutes. The snow was pretty deep up there, but some fat bikes had come through so the trails were runnable. Fun little run. On the way to drop Justin off I got pulled over, but luckily got away with a warning.

Was only planning on going for 30 minutes, but once I got up on mountain run I was just having such a good time that I decided to do the whole trail. The snow was perfectly packed, and the the temperature was just right. Today was one of those days that where I felt like I could have just kept running forever, but I didn't want to overdo it so I stopped at 7ish. brought my GoPro and took some sick pictures.

Breaks over! Slept in this morning, so I ran by myself. Ran on the canal to where it goes under the road in PG then turned around. Nasty headwind going out, but it did make it nice coming back.

Right after I got back I went to the church to play some B-ball. We were short a guy so I called Connor Baller and he came out and played with us, so shoutout to him. My shot was way off, but I had a lot of good drives and rebounds and stuff. Fun day.

Ran up on Bonneville today. It dumped snow last night and today so it was pretty deep up on the trail, but it was a lot of fun. I was gonna go five, but then went up into the hills to scout out sledding spots. Most of them were too dangerous though, so I probably won't use any of them.

Slept in this morning, so I didn't end up running until almost 10 pm. It was a full moon so I went up to Bonneville and did a big loop down behind Deerfield. It was beautiful outside with all the snow, and when I got going it was very warm. Fun stuff.

Good run with the team through Lambert today. Snow was very deep and powdery, so the pace was slow but we were working. Didn't feel great, but made it through ok.

Didnt run, but did some intense snowshoeing that im gonna count. My cousin, uncle, and I snowshoed up to the summit of big baldy. The first mile wasn't too bad as we were going up dry canyon, but once we started going up the ridge it got very very steep. It took us three hours to go the first 2.5 miles. It was totally worth it though. We were going up through the clouds for most of it, and when we got to the top we were above them and it was one of the coolest/most beautiful things I have ever seen. Coming down was fun, and it was so steep i would just jump, sit down on the back of my snowshoes and slide like 30 feet.

Slept in and ran by myself later. Ran a loop up on Bonneville shoreline then down on the canal. The snow was packed down real nice by some four wheelers which was much appreciated. Bought a new headband today, I haven't rocked the headband in races since sophomore year, but I think it's time to bring it back.

Actually made it to practice today haha. We did black trail with a little extra at the end. Was a good time overall, and it wasn't too cold which was nice. Afterwards went and played basketball with the Lehi guys and a couple PG guys as well. I am wiped out.

Bonneville by myself. Good times.

Crazy run today. I went with Patrick Larkin from AF, and we went up to dry canyon to run. We got to the top of the canyon and turned left to go connect with Battlecreek and the snow got really deep. We kept going, and ended up accidentally following elk tracks instead of humans and ended up on top of the mountain to right of Battlecreek. The cliff was too steep to drop down into the canyon so we had to bushwhack down the ridge. It was pretty steep, really overgrown, and we were going through like four foot deep powder at times. It took us a while and I was starting to get worried that there wouldn't be an opportunity to drop in, and we'd be stuck. We were out of the sun and it was getting really cold. Eventually we got to a little gully and we just went for it and dropped down to the canyon floor. Really steep and sketchy but we made it. When we got to the bottom we were in a lot of pain from the cold and hitchhiked back to my car in Orem. Fun stuff.