Adam's Running

Met at 1 am for a New Years run with the team. We ran up to Lambert and ran through on High bench, then came down on grove. Some fatbikes had come through so the trail was perfectly packed. It was very cold outside, but I wore enough clothes that I felt perfect. I also had a pretty sick icicle beard when we got back.

Good run on black trail. Averaged a 6:40 overall which was pretty good with some icy and snowy conditions. 

Went to the gym after. Lifted and did some strides on the treadmill. also did about 25 minutes on the bike.

Went skiing all day, so I ended up running on the treadmill at 11. I was feeling awful so I cut it short at tree.

Today we did our new years resolutions and I came up with my goals for this year in running:

Track

4:20 mile

9:30 2 mile

top six at state in 2 mile

XC

Top 5 at state

!5:22 at state

Qualify for NXN or footlocker

Team

Top 3 at state

Top 3 at NXR-SW

Ran down to Art Dye, then came back on a bunch of roads we had never been on before in Highland and AF. Did golf course for some extra.

Did mountain run from the school. The trail was really muddy and snowy, but it was a good time. Did some strides after on the football field with Jamison and Justin.

three games of tag with a warm up and cooldown on golf course.

Good run on Bonneville Shoreline. It was super muddy and wet, but it makes for a fun time. 6x100 meter strides on the football field after.

Ran up the canyon to the Timp cave parking lot. Kept a steady pace throughout, then the final two miles we did at about 5:45 pace. Shoutout to Justin who killed it today.

Didn't go to practice or anything cause I had a church ball game. Normally I'm not the type to blame the refs for losing, but this time they legit screwed us over. We lost by one on a last second three by the other team which shouldn't have counted because their coach called a timeout before he shot the ball, then they didn't give us the one and a half seconds left to try and respond, instead just ending the game. Very frustrating...but anyway, running. After the game I drove down to Provo to do my long run on the Provo river trail. 11.5 miles @5:57 pace. I was surprised I was able to run so fast comfortably, which could mean good things for indoor.

Had a cold today, so I did a run on my own later. Slow and easy, I think doing an easy run or a little bit of excercise when you are sick helps you heal faster.

Ran the wall today. Didn't run a great time due to my sickness these past couple days, but whatever. On the way back I went with the three freshmen to check out the tube, and everybody left us so we did part of mountain run by ourselves. 6x100m strides when we got back to the school. I had to take my sister to her tennis lesson when I got home, so I ended up doing some extra on the treadmill to make up for yesterday.

Probably the worst run of my life. I was feeling decent for the first three miles, then when we mad it to the turnaround point about 4.5 miles out my stomach started hurting really bad. I told everyone to go on ahead, and I struggled my way back very slowly. I had to stop at some random persons house and ask if I could use their bathroom. I got back a long time after everybody else and didn't lift. Miserable run.

Tempo run 3x5 min. on the canal. Wasn't feeling great but I was able to run pretty good for the circumstances.

Game of tag, 30 minute run, another game of tag. Miles ranged from 6:40-6:55. Weights after.

I didn't get a text in time last night moving our run forward an hour, so I ended up running hogs by myself. The trail going up is a popular one for fat bikes so it was nice and packed all the way up to the meadow, then some four wheelers had packed down the other side going down which made for smooth sailing throughout. Felt good the entire way and really just had an excellent time. When I got back to my car the guys had flipped it around and put lotion on the back of my steering wheel. Luckily I caught it before I got my hands all gross.

Awesome run through Lambert. We wound our way up to the top of rodeo then went down on middle spring. When we got back to the park Justin and I went for an extra 1.5 mile loop.

Hill workout today. 4x600m on the hill by Cedar Ridge. Lil' Warner and I hit 1:59, 1:57, 2:00, and 1:58. I felt pretty good and we did them pretty fast, so things are looking good for Saturday at BYU. 

Solid modest run, then down to the stop sign and back. 6x100m strides when we got back.

3x5 minutes on the canal. Felt ok on all of them, but definitely felt better than last week. Lil' Warner, Zack, and I stuck together on all of them, and we were running pretty dang fast on the last one.

Today we did a mountain run at a nice easy pace. Trail conditions were average, mud and ice but not too much. Got kicked off the golf course for throwing rocks onto the ice. Trevor is officially training with us full time now which is big news for cross country next year.

BYU indoor invite today. Lots of fun, I forgot how different racing in track is than racing in XC. I went to the first quarter of our church ball game (We won), then got in my car and booked it down to BYU breaking the speed limit by about 20 the whole way there. I got there and went straight to the bullpen, where due to not checking in I ended up seeded 25th in my heat. I got on the line on the third row with zero warmup, so I didnt have high expectations for the race. The gun went off and I tried to get hard to get good position, but it was of no use. I ended up running in lane three for most of the race. I slowly worked my way up throughout the race until I was in third at one point, then got passed by a couple dudes in the last 50 meters. Afterwards cooled down and talked to Blake, then went and got some lunch at Panda Express. I came back and chilled for a while before doing some warmup and going down to the bullpen for the 800. I didn't really know what to expect for this race, and I was actually pretty nervous. The gun went off and I actually got a really good start. I filed into second right behind Joe Benson from Timpanogos (cool kid bytheway), and just chilled there for the first half until someone passed us and got a bout a 3 meter lead. With about 150 to go I passed joe and tried to caatch the kid in front but I couldn't catch up and Joe ended up barely beating me. It was actually a lot of fun and it didn't even hurt real bad. Afterwards I cooled down with Joe and some guys from Davis for about three miles around campus. Overall a really fun meet and a confidence booster for these next few indoor meets. Shoutout to Justin for getting DQ'd in the mile, and Connor for a couple good battles in the mile and 800!

Good run on Bonneville Shoreline. Zack, Lil' Warner, Jamison, and I got all the way to this water storage thing before we had to turn around. Interesting conversation aout what three things we would bring if we were stuck on an island for a year not including food and water. averaged 6:40 pace throughout. 

4x600 hills in front of Cedar Ridge today. Jamison, Justin, Craik, Spencer, and I did them seperately from the rest of the team because we showed up a little late. We did them really fast, and they felt really good for the most part. Times were 1:57, 1:57, 1:58, 1:56. Afterwards we had this strength training circuit thing with the new coach, and I almost died it was so hard.

Had to run by myself today. Drove up to Lambert and did about 8.5 miles all throughout there. Trail conditions were pretty bad but it was a good time. I had to stop and drive my sister down to AF for range, and when I got there I did 1.5 more.

3x5 minutes hard on the canal again. Lil' Warner was still sick so I ran by myself for most of it. Took it a little slower than usual, but still made it a good effort. Totally forgot about strength training today so Lil Warner, Justin and I went and ice bathed under the bridge in hidden oaks. We got back and Ryan was mad at us

Fun race at the ice oval. We didn't do as well as we would have liked, but nonetheless a good time. Zack-2:06, Jamison- 2:09, me- 2:08, Lil' Warner - 2:10.

3200 today. I got there too early so I took a good nap and got a really good warmup in. The race itself went well, I was in the fast heat and it was a lot more competitive than last year. I came through the mile in 4:50 and was still feeling solid, but then just couldn't hold on the last few laps and faded pretty hard. Still a fun race though. I was half a second off my pr which is a bummer.

Ran up on Bonneville Shoreline today. I wasn't feeling good so I hopped down onto the canal and went to the bathroom, then picked up the pace and ran sub 6:00 pace for the four miles back to the school from there. As I was passing Deerfield a third grader told me to go lift some weights, and I couldn't come up with a witty response so I just picked up the pace and tried not to let it crush my self esteem too much. When I got back we did strength training, then afterwards we did a little extra and ice bathed.

4x600m hill repeats. Ryan wanted us to do them a little bit slower, and he cut our recovery substantially. Times were 2:02, 2:03, 2:02, and 1:57. Felt controlled and fun. For mutual tonight we are playing indoor soccer and I'm pretty excited.

Today at the beginning of track class Schoon asked us if we wanted to run with the soccer team who was running five miles, and we said sure. We did two laps of this big course around the school and pond, and finished in about 31 minutes. Afterwards we ran to Art Dye and back, then did 6x100m strides on the football field. For strength training today we did four sets instead of three and it was pretty brutal, but luckily we had chocolate milk after so it was all good. Apparently we got a grant that will supply us with chocolate milk after every practice!

3x5 minutes at a little but slower than 5k pace. We did it down in Af, and it was a pretty good time. It felt controlled the whole time and we were going pretty fast on the last one especially. On the warmup Josh tripped on some barbed wire and tore a huge hole in his new shoes that he's only worn once.

Good modest run today. Afterwards we had strength training and ice bathed. I'm taking the ACT tomorrow so I will have to do a long run by myself. :(

Took the Act this morning, then had a church ball game (we won), so I didn't end up running til later in the afternoon. I decided to do Hogs, and it was pretty fun but I was really tired.

Had to film a movie afte school today, so I went running a little later with Will who was in my movie group. We drove up to his house and went on the mountain run, then all the way to the very top of Lambert, and then back to Will's house. A good run overall. Cole Gray came back from his mission!

Was sick yesterday so I wasn't able to run, and because I missed a workout I had to do it by myself today. I went for an extra long warmup to make sure I was feeling good before I started. The workout was 6, 4, 4, 2 minutes hard, with 4, 2, 1 minutes of recovery. I wasn't sure what the recovery was supposed to actually be, so I just made those numbers up. I didn't run too fast due to not being fully recovered from being sick, but it was a good time overall. 

Felt sicker today than I did yesterday, and the workout sucked because of it. It should have been really easy only being 3x3 minutes with 3 minutes inbetween, but I really struggled. Oh well, hopefully I feel well enough tomorrow that I dont embarass myself too bad in the mile.

Utah Distance Challenge today. The past two years I've gone up by myself so it was nice to have teammates there this time. I went into this race with low expectations due to being sick and whatnot this week, so when they asked for people who have run under 4:30 to go into the fast heat I decided to decline and run in the second heat instead. The race started and I got out into the lead. I figured after the first turn people would come up with me, but nobody did. I ended up leading the entire first three laps, which sucked. On the last lap Talon Hull came past me amd I tried to hang on to him, but I was not able too. In the final staraightaway a bunch of people passed me which was a bummer, but I still ran a 4:33 which was faster than I thought I would run. Zack and Lil' Warner both ran big PR's running 4:32, and Jamison ran 4:36 which was cool. Everybody on the team PR'ed but me and Steven, but at least I paced some people to good times. Afterwards we cooled down, then did another cool down with Westlake which was fun. Overall when I look at it I think that when I'm not sick and I don't lead the whole thing, I think I am definitely in shape to run under 4:30 right now.

Did Hogs backwards for the first time today. Overall a good time.

Good time on extended mountain run. We did our last mile in 5:20 which was fun.

6x600 meter hills over by Cedar Ridge. I am still feeling kind of sick, and had a headache so my times weren't all that impressive. They were 2:07, 2:06, 2:05, 2:04, 2:04, 2:03. Afterwards we had strength training and we did some sprint things which actually left me pretty exhausted. Shoutout to Craik for beating me on an interval.

First run after being sick for the last two days. Everybody else was doing 1k's on the track so I just did the warmup and cooldown with them. Cole Gray came to help time the workout today so I just talked to him while everyone else was running. I hate being sick.

Just testing out my fitness after I've been sick. Ran really slow but it was fun. We went up to Bonneville then went up to the beginning of mountain run before heading back.

We had a hill workout today. We were supposed to do 6x600 hills, but I went out to hard at the beginning for how Ive been feeling lately and I ended up only doing four. My times were 2:04, 2:02, 2:06, 2:12. Terrible times but whatever. Later I realized I left my car at mutual so I did some estra miles on my way to go get it.

Ran up the canyon for 30 minutes then turned around. I felt super tired and weak while we were running so Justin and jamison both got way ahead of me and I ran with Trevor and Spencer for most of it. I was really struggling with strength training so Courtney told me to go home and sleep which was really nice.

Had a longer workout today. 45 minutes at sub 6 on the canal. I was actually feeling really good today which was awesome because I haven't at all the past two days. I was staying right on pace the whole time even with some pretty good hills over in the dip thingy in Lehi until about 5 miles in I had to go to the bathroom. Afterwards though I did the next couple of miles at right around the same pace by myself ( I didn't have a watch but it felt about what we were doing before.). Overall a good time.

We haven't gone on an adventure run in a while so we did one today. We went up to these majestic rock outcroppings on the side of the mountain. I thought they were really cool, but Craik only gave them a B grade. He is the expert though so I trust his judgement. There was also a reservoir thing surrounded by barbed wire that would be really fun (but very illegal) to swim in when it is warmer. Afterwards we did strength training with Courtney. The sprinters came in and did it with us and they were dying. Also shoutout to Zack for being #1 at ladders.

We did Hogs backwards today. Going up was kind of rough but for the most part I did pretty good. Coming down Lil' Warner and I started picking up the pace and for the last couple of miles we were going 5:10ish pace which was cool. Felt really good today overall, which hopefully translates to Monday for our progression run. 

Had a good time up on Bonneville today. We only had 45 minutes to run before we needed to be back so Zack and I ran pretty quick. The weather was absolutely perfect and the trail conditions were just right which made for an awesome run. We averaged 5:56 pace on the 3.xmiles coming back which was kind of fun. Courtney never showed up to strength training so we just did a couple more miles and called it good.

Took the Act this morning. Didn't feel like I did very good on this one, but I got my score back on the one I took last month and I got a 30! Afterwards we were going to do a track workout, but it was covered with snow so we did a workout on the bikes instead. It was actually pretty difficult and everybody was sweating buckets.

Later I did 6.5 by myself on Canyon road. Also I improved my pr in the thing where you catch pennies off your elbow to 36.

Good couple games of tag, then down to AF and back. Afterwards we did 6x100m strides. On the last one we raced and I got second. Shoutout to Spencer for winning.

Time trials today for the whole track team. Ryan only wanted us doing the 400, so we warmed up like a mile and a half then got in our heats. I was in the second heat and I ran 57 seconds, which is a new PR for me. Everybody did really good, and almost all the distance guys were under 60. Afterwards we did a short little workout of 800, 400, 800, 400. I felt pretty good on these and ran 2:17, 65, 2:19, 65. The 800's felt a lot easier than the 400's which was weird. Afterwards we icebathed down in Hidden Oaks.

We had strength training before our run today out on the football field. Courtney kept making fun of me for my awful form on everything, but it was a good time overall. Afterwards we did mountain run and kind of ice bathed. I also came up with a haiku during the run and I thought it was pretty good so here it is:

Jumping on the tramp

Flock of geese fly overhead

Most majestic birds

Did Hogs Hollow today. Conditions were pretty good until the top where there was quite a bit of snow, which wasnt fun going up, but a ton of fun going down. When we got back to the park Josh Christensen was there with stuff to make pancakes, which made for a most excellent time.

Bike ride with my dad. We got on the canal for a while, then went up the reaper and came back on Bonneville.

Met at Legacy this morning for our run. Due to daylight savings it was still dark for most of our run, but it was surprisingly warm which was a nice surprise. We did an extended mountain run with a little extra loop around burgess. We didn't quite have the time so we needed so we ended up serpentining for about 3 minutes before we got back. Afterwards we did some pushups and squats.

Later saw two women running with 32 oz mountain dew's in their hands. Pretty sad moment for the sport of running.

Did a little extra at about 9. Felt really good and had awesome weather.

Dual meet with Lehi today. I was originally planning on doing the 4 and 8, but ended up pacing Justin in the mile instead of the 4. Ryan said that if I paced Justin I had to run at least a 4:45. I didn't really feel like going very hard today so I ran 4:44.8 which was exactly what I wanted. It didn't feel very hard, and I would have gone for the win but my left leg started cramping up in the last 200 and I backed off of it just in case. Justin ran 4:47 so my pacing duties were successful. A little later I did the 800. I went out too slow and wound up in second to last after 100 meters. My first 200 was a 34, and was my slowest in the race. After the 200 I started moving up and passed a bunch of people. With about 300 to go I moved into 3rd behind Connor and Sean, and held it until about 50 to go a couple passed me. I ended up getting 2:09 which isn't bad, but isn't good either. Once we start really hitting speed workouts I know I can get into the 2:02-2:03 range. Afterwards we went and did a quick little workout of 4x2 minutes hard with 1 minute rest. I felt sluggish on the first couple due to the 800 just before, but the last 2 felt good and we were going pretty fast.

Shoutout to Connor and Matt Todd for some good fun in the 800, and also to Preston Warby for wearing a Lone Peak shirt today.

Wasn't able to run until 10:30, so I only did 6 miles.

Workout today. 800, 600, 400, 800, 600, 400. It was REALLY windy on the homestretch, which led to some slower times. Times were 2:22, 1:44, 66, 2:25, 1:48, 70. My stomach started hurting halfway through the second 800, and combined with the wind the second set was really difficult to get through. I'm probably going to be racing the 4xmile and DMR on Saturday at Kearns, should be a good time.

Terrible run by myself on Bonneville. Did not feel good.

Had a race today. I ran the mile and the 400 in the DMR. It went pretty well. 4:35ish and 58ish in really windy conditions. We won the DMR and barely lost the 4xmile to Olympus because Lil' Warner never showed up. Was going to run later but never got the chance to.

Workout today. 4x1000 on the track, but Ryan made the last one an 800 which was nice. Didn't feel great on the last couple, but was a good workout overall. Times were 2:54, 2:58, 3:00, and 2:25 on the last 800. I'm running the two mile on Friday which should be fun. I want to run a 9:40 or something around there, but just getting a PR would be nice too.

Went out on Bonneville today, then found a massive hill and walked up it. From there we found a new trail we named backwoods bonneville and ran back on it. Good times.

9x400 today. Hit all of them in 65-67 which was the goal pace. Didn't feel to difficult so that's always nice. Afterwards we helped run the Mountain Ridge vs TImberline track meet and I was the official distance race timer along with Jamison. Afterwards I broke the school record in the 100m crabwalk with a 1:14.07. It really hurt, but I think by the end of the season I can flirt with the 1 minute barrier.

DIdn't go running today, because I went hiking instead. Fun hike up dry creek and down by some cool waterfalls. found a geocahe and swapped a jacket for a baseball and a servine.

Raced the two mile today. Felt pretty good, but the middle laps we just kind of sat on this Salem hills kid and the pace slowed painfully. we hit a bunch of 76's and 77's. With 800 to go i took the lead and pushed the pace, and with 400 to go Jamison and Zack took off. I just don't have the leg speed to run with those two in a more tactical race so I outkicked one guy but still got fourth. Once I get in a faster race I know I can go a lot faster. Shoutout to Zack who ran a 62 final lap to win the two mile!

Good long run today. It was just Steven, Spencer, Justin and I. We wentt through Lambert to the top of spring and back down to the south end again. After that Justin and I did mountain run. Felt really good the whole time, and we were going at a good clip for most of it.

Later I got like 2 miles of hiking from helping my friend set up for a party he was holding up drying creek canyon, however I probably inhaled enough secondhand smoke at the party that it cancelled out any benefits I got from hiking.

Biked 33 miles today with my sister and dad. We went up to Bridal Veil falls and back. We were mostly on the canal, and when we got up to the falls I went another mile and a half up the canyon so I could go fast coming down the canyon before I caught back up.

5x800 today. Really windy as usual so Zack, Jamison, and I switched off leading. Times were about 2:20, 2:20, 2:23, 2:24, 2:25. Last one was really rough for some reason, but overall a good workout. I'm running the mile at UVU on Saturday which should be fun.

Modest run today with strides on the football field after. Later I did a few miles on my own, but had to cut it short because I ate too much too soon before I ran.

Ran backwoods Bonneville backwards today. We got back in time to watch the mile at the Westlake dual meet which was fun, Craik won with a blistering final 200. We had to stay til the end to clean up, so Jamison and I through a mini shot and high jumped to pass the time. I found I can clear a taller height by diving over than by jumping backwards.

Had a pretty easy workout today. It was only 8x400, and it was pretty nice weather, which made for a fun time. I hit 65-67 on all of them and it felt really smooth and controlled. It turns out I'm also running the 800 on Saturday which should be a good time.

Drove up to Alpine and did 5 mile loop plus some extra with strides once we got back.

Had UVU today. The mile was first, and it was almost awesome, but kind of left me disappointed. The first lap went out slow and I came through in 68, everybody picked up the pace after that and we came through the 800 in 2:13. The third lap I kind of lost the main pack but still came through in 3:22 and was ready to throw down a 64 or something and PR. Sadly with 250 to go I started cramping up in my right leg and I only ended up running a 70 last lap and didnt PR. Oh well. Later I had the 800. I pretty much just started out in last and tried to hang on for dear life at the back of the pack. We came through in a 61 and I actually passed two guys coming around the turn, but with 200 to go I didn't have anything left in my legs and they passed me back and I brought it home in last place. I still ran a PR of 2:05 though, which was the first PR for me this season.

Ran through Alpine with Jamison, Justin, and Craik. I felt like really good today for some reason and we ended up doing the whole thing at like 6:00-6:10 pace with the last mile in under 5:30. Afterwards we just layed out on the football field waiting for Courtney but she never came. Got a good tan/burn though.

1200, 800, 800, 400, 400 today. I was hoping to run alittle faster on these, but the 12 and 8's wound up being at about 2 mile pace and the 4's at mile pace. Times were 3:35, 2:23, 2:23, 67, 67. Didn't feel great, but got through it.

played whongketball at the park. Good stuff.

One of the worst races I have ever ran today. It was raging windy, and pretty  much just all around sucked. Came through the mile in 4:49, then stumbled home in a 5:05 lol. Typing this up on a computer in the Timpanogos commons which is kinda cool.

Bad race today. Struggled the last lap. Oh well.

Long run to Grove Creek and back.

We started biking the White Rim trail in Canyonlands today. We did about 30 miles, but it was really sandy this year so it was a lot harder. My cousin and I would do a mile here, and a couple miles there, but no real run today. We would just see a cool overlook or canyon and run out and back. Fun stuff.

This morning we woke up early and biked up to the fort bottom trail and ran it. I've done this run twice and it is probably my favorite route in the whole world. You can see a pic of it on instagram I posted this morning @adamjensen97.

Tough day of biking today. 40 miles with crazy wind and a couple of intense climbs.

I get to run in Park City for the next few days, which is always a good time. Ran up Main Street for a little before turning east and getting on some trails up on the mountainside. Park City is kind of like Alpine in the sense that there are trails everywhere. Felt sore from biking yesterday, so I kept it pretty easy at about 6:50 pace.

Ran down to PC high school to do my workout, 5x800. I have done a few workouts on this track now and it is definitely one my faves. Times were 2:22, 2:22, 2:21, 2:21, 2:21. Considering I was alone, still sore, and at 7000 feet I was very pleased with how the workout went. It was also perfect weather which always makes workouts a little more enjoyable. Afterwards I did 8x100 strides just cuz it was a beautiful day and I was feeling pretty good.

Long run in Park City. I found a really cool trail that went from the hotel to Kimball Junction that was all dirt. Felt pretty good and averaged 6:30 pace throughout the whole thing.

Awful workout. Had allergies so I was only able to do 8 of the 400's. Times weren't great but whatever.

Solid few games of tag with golf course after.

Fun workout today. It was only 600, 400, 200, 600, 400, 200, so it wasn't very hard, but they were all pretty fast. It was also pretty windy and cold. Times were 1:42, 63, 29, 1:40, 62, 29. I felt really good, and still felt like I had quite a bit left which is always good. 

Easy miles in Alpine with some strides after.

Got to the race today and learned I was in the slow heat. Because of that and the fact it was windy I really just didn't feel like going all out, so I decided to just take the first laps at a tempo kind of pace and kick the last 400. The gun went off and I tucked in so I was out of the wind on the first lap, and we came through in 70. Next lap was a 71 and I came through in 2:21. The 1200 split was 3:33-34 and I picked it up. I passed like 8 people and ran like a 65 for a 4:39. It was pretty fun, and definitely the easiest 4:39 I've ever run. 

Got to the race at about 8:30 and sat around for a while before warming up. Gun went off and I got decently, tucking in with the chase pack. I just kind of followed those guys and we came through in 68, then 2:21, then 3:33, which were almost exactly my splits from yesterday haha. At the mile we came through in 4:45, and it was just down to me and Connor, with Zack Jacklin, Will Handley, and Joe Benson all a bit ahead of us. I just kind of sat behind Connor for the next two laps, then went ahead with 900 left and took us through until 400 to go he took off. I tried to hang on the best I could but my kick really sucked. I ended up barely outleaning Ryan Raff at the line who came up from behind really sneakily. It was a pretty fun race and my first PR in the two mile since this meet last year. I have been really off in my races lately so it was good to finally get back on track so to speak. I also know I can run the qualifying time next week at Davis or at BYU hopefully. Shoutout to Connor Baller because Timo kept mixing us up while we was commentating, and for pulling me to a PR. Also shout out to to Justin for running 10:01.

Solid run on Bonneville Shoreline with some adventures up in the foothills to go with it. after we got back we drove up the canyon and ice bathed in the river. Good times .

Pretty hard workout on the track today. It was 200, 400, 600, 800, 1200, 400, 400. I always hate it when the intervals keep getting longer throughout the workout, but it's good for me I guess. Times were 29, 65, 1:37, 2:18, 2:28(I got a side cramp 600 into the 1200 and had to pull out.), then 65, 65. Overall a good workout, especially with how hot it was. Afterwards we ice bathed up the canyon. Also I totally got a skateboard today, and I'm pretty pumped to go ride it right now.

We did mountain run today. Twas a good time, and Justin showed us a cool fort he found. Our last couple miles were a little faster than we probably should have run them, and our last mile was around 5:10 lol.

Fun workout today, it was only 3 sets of 400, 300, 200, so it wasn't too hard, but it is always fun when we get to run a little faster. Times were 65, 47, 29, 63, 45, 29, 61, 45, 29. I felt pretty good, especially on the 400. Afterwards we went up to the mouth of the canyon to ice bath. We found some big logs and created a pretty cool little bench.

Easy Premeet

Ok race today. 5 minutes before it started the weather got terrible all of the sudden, so the entire race it was windy and rainy. The pace was really slow at the beginning, but because of that I had a good kick and actually outkicked Colton Rimman from Davis finally. I swear he always beats me by the smallest margins, so it was good to come out on top. The 4x800 was FREEZING, and I only ran a 2:12 splitting 63, 69 lol.

Solid run down to Discovery Park and back. We were going pretty fast, and averaged like a 6:10 pace. Afterwards we did strides on the football field. Twas a beautiful day. I think I am running the mile and two mile at BYU, and am pretty pumped. 

Fun workout, it was 400, 300, 400, 300, 400, 300, 400, 400 all at a little faster than mile pace, and we only had about a minute of recovery inbetween each interval. They ended up being closer to 800 pace, but I guess that's a good thing haha. Times were 46's on all the 300's and 64, 63, 63, 63, 62 on the 400's. Didn't really feel too hard, which is definitely a good sign for BYU. Afterwards we went and ice bathed in a river but kicked out of our original spot by an angry old lady claiming we were "trespassing", what does that even mean anyway? We ended up finding a better spot further down the river, so jokes on you old lady.

Easy run before we had to be back at the school to help with the meet. Went down past AF and back. I was the guy in charge of the flag saying if they could start or not. Fun stuff.

Super easy run before BYU tomorrow. I'm so pumped for this two mile. Out of the 12 5A guys running, 3 are from AF, 4 are from Davis, 4 are from Lone Peak, and theres 1 guy from Lehi. I don't think we've ever had more than one guy qualify, which is a good sign for cross country next year. I totes just shaved my legs for the race tomorrow, which should by itself take about 8 seconds off, so State qualifying is definitely within reach.

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.

My family is in Steamboat Springs for a week for vacation, so I am going to get a week of training at 7000 feet before I practice with the team, which is awesome. I ran on the Yampa River rail for three miles then turned around. The river is overflowing so I had to run through some foot deep water at parts, but it was fun. Coming back there was a pretty strong headwind so the effort was a lot more than I was planning on. Apparently we had a ton of guys at practice back in Utah today so that is sweet. Our main goal as a team this year is to qualify for nike, and I really think we can do it.

Didn't get a chance to run until 11 at night so I had to run on the treadmill. I was going to do more, but I hate treadmill running more than just about anything so I decided I am going to farther tomorrow instead.

Ran from the hotel in Denver today. Ran down a boring road until I found a park, did a couple laps, then found a cool trail and followed it for a while.Didnt feel good, but I think it's because I did two runs in a row without eating anything. We've driven past a bunch of Colorado high schools that Clayson would always tell us stories about. Makes me miss all the guys out on missions, but Tommy comes home in the next couple weeks so that will be exciting!

Went biking in Steamboat Springs today. Went on a sick trail that was about 14 miles long. First 7 miles was about 2000 feet of climbing, and was pretty difficult. Not very technical, just steep. Coming down was awesome and I was flying until I hit a puddle that was a lot deeper than it looked and went over the handlebars. Luckily I landed in some mud so the damage was minimal. Washed off in a stream then finished the ride. Didn't end up running later because my thigh hurt from hitting the handlebar, and I don't want to stress anything this early in the summer.

Went biking again this morning. Went up Emerald Mountain and rode around on the single track trails around there then came down on a way cool trail that wrapped all the way around the mountain. Later went running for 3 miles up to some hot springs where I met my family. It was only three miles, but it was all uphill and at 8000 feet so I was ok with such low mileage.

Went out for a 3 mile loop, came home went to the bathroom and went out for another 3 mile loop. I got to the turnaround point and was feeling awesome so I kept going until I got to the temple before I turned around. Did the run at 11 at night, but due to fireworks it was pretty busy on the streets. Also a group of small children started cheering for me and calling me Galen, but I didn't know any of them so I was kind of confused. I finally get to practice with the team tomorrow! should be a good time.

First day of practice! Lots of new faces which was good. We just did black trail at like 6:30 pace, so nothing too difficult, although we ran out of allergy pills at my house so I was having a little trouble breathing. Did some planks and pushups afterwards.

We did mountain run today. We did it really fast, and were hitting 5:40's in the middle of the run. Courtney wants us running a little bit slower tomorrow, which I shall appreciate. At the end of the run we ran through this cloud of pollen and I got some serious allergies. Like, really really bad.

Good 6 mile run today. Ryan came with us today, but it wasn't as fun as I thought it would be because he just got mad at us for doing too much hills. AF invited Zack and I to be on their Ragnar team next week, so that should be lots of fun.

We ran up to the sliding rock gate, and and some security guy told us we had to turn around. We finished through Lambert and down Dustin's hill. Afterwards I worked for 14 hours. Pretty rough, but I made a couple hundred bucks.

Didn't feel good. I have been really cold the past couple days, and have been coughing since May. Hopefully I'll be fine for Ragnar.

We did the wall today. Wasn't feeling up to running it fast, but just walking it is hard enough. On the way down we really picked it up and our last mile was like 5:40. I'm getting pumped for Ragnar, in my van it is me, Zack, Casey, McKay, Joe, and Patrick. Should be a good time.

Good run in the morning, with about an hour of running flyers for work later. I'm just going to count it as 1 mile though cuz it was stop and go.

Easy shakeout in the morning with AF. Ragnar today!

My first leg was coming down from Snowbasin. Joe and Patrick had already done really good on their legs, and Mckay closed the gap alittle on josh Ward going up Snowbasin, so we were on a roll. My leg was 8.1 miles of mostly downhill, but there was still 500 feet of climbing so it wasn't too easy. I think I started out way too fast because the steepest part was right at the beginning, but it was really dark so it was hard to gauge pace. I kept a pretty hard pace throughout, but I honestly had no idea how fast I would come through. I was kind of surprised when I saw the exchange up ahead, and my watch only said 42 minutes. I ended up in 44 minutes, which was 5:25 pace, so not too shabby! Then I had to hop straight in a van and I could tell my legs were not going to appreciate it. I lost abouta minute too Stokton Smith on my leg, but I was pretty happy with it overall.

My next leg was at like 5 in the morning, and it was 5.5 miles around rockport lake. It was really pretty with the sun just thinking about starting to come up, but pretty cold. I averaged like 6 minute pace, so not very fast, but my legs were just not wanting to pick it up.

My last leg was interesting. Joe had just killed the massive hill, and Mckay had run an 8:40 two mile coming down from it, so I was pretty pumped up. I ended up going out way too fast and splitting like a 5:10 for my first mile. next mile was a 5:30, then things went downhill. It was like a bajillion degrees outside, and I hadn't eaten anything since midnight, and I started to really fall off the pace. third mile I was able to hang on for a 6:40, but on my fourth I bonked. I ran an 8:40, then a 9:10 last mile haha. I stumbled into the exchanged zone, and Patrick and Joe had to help me get to the van. The Ragnar people pumped some sugar into me via otter pops, and got me hydrated and out of the sun. After 10 minutes I was able to function again, but was still hurting. We drove to the finish and waited for Casey to finish, then hung around the finish area, and ate and got massages and stuff. We ended up getting third overall behind BYU and Davis. We actually hung out with the BYU guys quite a bit because they had a few guys from AF on the team. Fun stuff.

Unbeleivably sore today, but pushed through the run. Good stuff on Middle Spring in Lambert. Luckily we went slow and took a few breaks or my calves wouldn't have been able to handle it.

Fun run this morning. We went down by Bull River and got lost so we waded through the creek until we found our way out. Kept up a solid pace the first five miles, like 6:12 average, then slowed down after I got wet. Still sore, but low 6 minute pace has never felt so easy as it did this morning.

Later my cousins and I ran up to silver lake and back. 'Twas excellent.

5mile loop with Timberline trail after. Ryan came with us and kept up with no problem which was fun. Today I'm heading out to Moab for high adventure. Should get some good running and biking in.

7 at night in Moab. Ran around the lake twice then went up to the mountain.

Went up the canyon, but hot too hot and had to turn around.

Had to run flyers before practice, so I'll call it a mile. At practice we did extended mountain run. There was a kid from Eugene that was visiting that ran with us, and he kept up for most of it. He was definitely struggling though because there was a lot of elevation change haha.

Dope trail triple header up Big Cottonwood with my cousin today. We did three trails: Lake Blanche, Lake Mary, and Donut Falls. Lake Blanche was the longest and definitely the hardest being like 8 miles. The run up was pretty brutal, but we made it up in good time and saw three huge moose! about 2700 feet of elevation gain in the first 4 miles. After we got to the bottom we headed straight to Brighton ski resort and ran up to Lake Mary. it was only about 2.5 round trip, but it was super steep so it was still pretty tiring. The lake was dope and there was awesome cliffs for cliff jumping. The tallest one we found was about 40 feet high, and I got some cool GoPro footage jumping off of it. Lastly we ran up to Donut Falls. It was only a mile so we treated it as a cooldown. The waterfall was cool cuz it goes straight through the rock and comes out into a cool little cave at the bottom. The water was fridgid though, so I didn't jump in because the sun was going down.

Had to run by myself so I did five mile loop with some extra, and some strides. Felt ok.

Did 7 at practice at like 6:40 pace. Did a loop on the golf course and up by the canyon, then came down aviary. Afterwards I did three miles of running flyers which sucked. I've had a cough for the last week and it is really annoying.

Easiest run this summer so far. 6.5 at 7:15 pace with some strides.

Did the freedom run today in Provo. I got to the race and realized I had forgotten my bib and chip, so I didn't get an official time or trophy. The race started and I got out well. I just tucked in with the front pack and Jamison for the first mile. The front few guys started pulling away from Jamison and I when we hit the parade route, and when we hit about 2.5 Jamison dropped off hard and I was by myself for a while. I didn't have a watch to get my splits but they were way too fast the first 5k and I slowed down big time. Going in to mile four I was struggling, but then another high school kid passed me and I decided to just try and hang on to him. He had about twenty feet on me at one point, but I passed him with about 800 to go and tried to kick from about 600 out. I thought I had him until he passed me with 100 to go and I just didn't have it in my legs to speed up. I ended up running 34:08, so kind of close to my PR. I have had a cough all week though and I didn't have very much confidence that I would do well today so I was pleased to still run ok. Lil Warner started two minutes late and clocked himself at 32:50 ish haha. My goal now is to break 33:00 at Des News. Afterwards cooled down with The team and Zac Jacklin.

Did a section of mountain run with the Timberline trail after. Pretty easy pace because a lot of us were still tired from Saturday, but we picked it up towards the end. Also ran flyers for an hour before so I'll call it a mile.

Fun run today. We went up to Lambert and ran High Bench, Spring, and Middle Spring. Coming down Grove we started cruising, and even got going sub 5:30 pace the last couple miles. It felt pretty easy too which is good. Will set a new PR of 5:28 (was 5:50)on the last mile haha. Strides after, felt wonderful.

Went to practice but turned back early because me and Ashton are going to summit Mount Superior and Monte Cristo later. 6 total including running flyers before practice.

Later Ashton and I headed up Little Cottonwood. We got a late start and didn't make it to the trailhead until 7:00, but we just made sure to keep the pace honest and try not to take very many breaks. The first mile and a half wasn't very technical, but very steep and my calves were burning hardcore. Once we got up to the ridge running became impossible, and the last mile to the summit took about 45 minutes probly. Lots of Rock scrambling and climbing, which made for a fun time. We got to the top of Superior and saw that a storm was rolling in so we hurried over to the peak of Monte Cristo, then started scurrying back down the ridge. We made it back to the car right as we ran out of light, and it started raining. It was a good thing we hurried because getting caught on top of a mountain in that storm could have been pretty ugly.

First workout today! 4x666 meter hills on Dustin's hill. Sadly my legs were still pretty wrecked from summiting superior 10 hours earlier and I ran most of the workout with Steven and Trevor. Times were 2:44, 2:44, 2:43, 2:35. Super slow times, but my legs would just not move fast. Oh well, I will just kill the next hill workout and prepare for it a little smarter. Seth killed it today, and if he can stay consistent could be the fifth guy we need to be an NXN team.

Nice easy recovery day. We went up the Hogs trail then turned at the intersection. When we got back we had breakfast at the park. I ate a lot of watermelon.

Did hogs today with a little 15 minute tempo in the middle. Felt tired for a lot of it, but the last couple miles felt pretty solid. 'Twas my first time running hogs this summer and it was just as fun as I remembered it to be. Later ran a couple miles of flyers.

Solid nap today, and a good four hour sesh of Arrested Development. A much needed recovery day. This week we r going to be in St George from Thursday to Saturday for a family reunion. Maybe I'll hit up Pineview or Desert Hills and run with them. I want to hit 55 miles this week.

We did Middle Spring in Lambert today. It was pretty fun. Our first four miles were all really slow, but then our last four were all at like 5:45 pace. I think I may go longboarding later...

Ran flyers before practice, then had to book it to make it to the park in time. I barely made it though which was good. We had a Fartlek sort of workout today: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1(minutes), with equal recovery. This is one of my favorite workouts that we do, and we do it quite a bit. The five and four both went well, we were under 5:20 pace even with some pretty good hills in the middle of both. The three we were cruising and were around 4:40 pace on, then the two and the one were both just ragin' fast. Seth looked really good throughout and Craik killed the last interval, and I'm thinking one of those two will be our fifth guy. Afterwards we cooled down for about three miles to get about 9 total.

Today we did the loop that goes down on the golf course and wraps up by the canyon, then we did extnded mountain run to get to 8. Afterwards 5 of us did pickup Wednesday at the park. My team won the first game, then we switched teams up and I lost the second. The hoops are at perfect height for dunking, and I made sure to posterize Craik more than once.

I'm in St george for a family reunion so I went and ran with Pineview for a couple days. We did a barefoot warmup on the grass, then did drills and stuff before heading out on the run. We ran into the desert for like 23 minutes than turned around. It was a pretty fun run and all the guys were pretty cool. Afterwards I did some strides once I got back to the hotel.

Met the the PV team at Green Springs park for my run today. We went up this trail for a while, the met up with a road that goes up to a place called "turkey farm", and turned around at 32 minutes. We were going pretty slow, but it felt nice, and on the way back Nick, Alex, Jake, and I picked it up a tad. Once we got back to the park I stretched for a while then headed out for another few miles so I could hit my goal for the week. 'Twas a fun couple days of running and I'm glad I went and ran with the Pineview dudes.

Went to Zion national park in the morning, then drove all day, so jd didn't have time to get a run in until 11:30 at night. I was tired and the legs were not wanting to move so I just did 6.

Solid distance run this morning. We did extended mountain run with the Timberline loop at the end. Felt pretty good and the weather was perfect. Tough hill workout tomorrow.

3 more later.

5x666m hills today. Accidentally slept in til 7:25 then booked it down to practice. I did the first three with the team, then did the last two by myself when they were done. My first three were 2:31, 2:27, 2:34, then my next two I didn't time because I didn't have a watch. Felt pretty good, and hit decent times on them considering I didn't have anyone to run with cuz Zack and Lil Warner were gone, and Jamison was sick.

In the morning we ran up to Horsetail Falls. Really pretty up there right now.

Later did 3 by myself.

Easy miles with strides before the race tomorrow.

Super fun race. I probably didn't prepare the best I could have, because I went to the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club concert the night before, and in typical Twilight series fashion I inhaled a lot if secondhand smoke and probably danced too hard. Anyway after the concert I met up with Jamison, lil Warner, and Justin and we set up our hammocks in a little grove of trees about 200 meters away from the start line. We woke up at five(four hours of sleep) and headed down to warm up and go to the bathroom. The gun went off and lil Warner and I got a decent start. After about a quarter mile we settled in with Alek Parsons and Garrett Barton from Ogden, and stayed with them for the first two miles. Alek had to stop and tie his shoe twice in the first mile haha. First three mile splits were 4:58, 10:00, and 15:20. At this point Alek and lil Warner started pulling away from me, and the rest of the race I was running by myself. I dropped off the pace in the next couple miles and just tried to hold on. In the last 50 meters I got out kicked by Ryan Raff which kind of irked me, but I was happy with my time, and it was a really fun race. Lil Warner ended up runnin 32:15, Jamison ran 33:39, and Justin ran 34:35. We got second in the team race behind Ogden, but I think we would have won if they scored five.

Did Hogs slow with Lil Warner. Tired and sore.

Calves were tight so I turned back early. Later my cousin and I backpacked up to Silver Lake and hammocked overnight.

My cousin and I woke up and summited White Baldy today. It was about a mile up to silver glance lake, then a couple miles up to the summit. It was probly the toughest peak I've done in the wasatch. From Silver lake up there was no trail, so we just had to find a chute that looked climbable and head up to the ridge. The final ascent was all pretty sketchy rock scrambling, but we made it up fine. I've decided before I go on my mission I want to summit all the 11,000 footers on the wasatch. I've done 7 or 8, and ther is like 22 or something total.

5x666 meter hill repeats today. I did pretty good on all of them considering the long day I had yesterday. Times were 2:38, 2:36, 2:33, 2:35, 2:36. Good stuff from Seth today.

Did the run where we start going up Hogs then turn left. Pretty good pace throughout, and I felt solid.

Later did three by myself. there was a full moon so I went and ran on the golf course because it was bright enough.

Ryan wanted our long run today, so we did Hogs. Felt tired and sluggish.

Volunteered at the Timp half from 3:30 to 7:00 up at Tibble Fork, then ran down the canyon to our cars. We were going about 6:00 pace the last few miles because it was downhill, and it felt easy. saw the Timpanogos guys running up.

First run in my new shoes today. It was overcast and there was light showers throughout the run which made for an excellent time. We did black trail with some extra detours through the riverbed and such. When we were on the road we got going pretty quick, like 6:10-6:30's. The one and only Dominic came to practice today, and apparently is coming to camp which will be a good time.

Had a two mile tempo today. We ran down behind Lone Peak to do it, and started on the trail over by the golf course. Zack and I stuck together for the first mile and a quarter, then I pulled ahead a bit and ran by myself for the last part. There was confusion with the watches so we ended up being like .1 miles short, but it was a good effort so I was ok with it. I am not sure what the pace was exactly, but I think I was around 5:05-5:15 pace on the whole thing. Aerobically I felt great, now I just need to start getting the speed in.When we got back to the park we did 6x100 meter strides and ice bathed after at the mouth of the canyon.

First day of camp. We ran from Sundance up to Stewart Falls, then down to Aspen Grive and back on the road for a couple miles. Fun run.

In the morning did the Ridge trail. There is a pretty good hill from 2 miles all the way to 4.5 so that kinda hurt but overall a very pleasant run.

Later we went up to Scout Falls. Cole Gray came and did it with us which was really fun.

For our run today we ran up Timpenooke road until we got to where we could see Mt. Mahogany then turned around. It had started raining about 4:30 that morning, and it never really stopped until we got home. The first four miles were all uphill, and we did them at a solid pace. At the top we waited for the top 7 and Ryan, then headed down. Ryan was actually pushing the pace going down, and at one point we were going close to 5:30 pace. After we got back to camp we took down our hammocks, ate some pancakes, and left.

Alpine Days today. I went to Mission Impossible last night and didn't get home until 1:30 so I was pretty tired, but the movie was pretty dope so it was worth it. The race started and I just tucked in with Zack, Jamison, and Patrick from AF. The first mile was mostly uphill and we came through in 5:45, I felt pretty good. Once we got to the top of the hill Patrick and I started to pull away and when we hit the two mile mark we really picked it up. The last mile is decently downhill so we were flying. I am not sure what our last couple mile splits were, but afterwards Patrick said we were going 4:33 pace when he looked at his watch. I stayed right on his tail for the entire last mile, but with about 300 to go he kicked and I just didn't have the speed to go with him. Overall a good race and 30 seconds faster than I ran last year.

Solid run on Middle Spring today. Excited to put in a great week of training.

A few easy miles on four mile loop, which as it turns out is just short of four miles. Getting excited for some mile repeats tonight.

Solid Distance run on extended mountain run. Everybody was a little tired from yesterday, so we didn't go too fast, but still kept it all under 7:30 pace. Once we got back we did about a mile barefoot, then 6x100m strides.

Didn't run today, but climbed Lone Peak instead and was just too tired to go later. It was 15 miles of steep hiking, so I'll just call it 10 miles of running. Lots of fun, and had an awesome time watching the meteor shower at 4 in the morning while lying in my hammock trying not to freeze to death lol. Almost 6000 feet of climbing from where we started.

Did a loop over to Hogs, then turned west to get to suncrest then came back on Westfield.

Did Hogs today. Felt surprisingly good. Sliding Rock on the way down felt very refreshing.

Today we ran up Squaw peak. Felt ok going up, but had to stop to retie my shoe because my foot fell asleep. Coming down our last couple miles we got going pretty fast. Afterwards we had a scrumptious breakfast at Timpanogos park.

As a tradition on the last day of summer we always go play tag at the pond. Ran down, played three solid games then ran back for about nine miles.

Later did a few by myself as a way to officially put a cap on the summer.

Tough workout today. It was like a bajillion degrees outside, and the grass on the field looked like it hadn't been cut in months. The workout was 400, 1600, 1200, 800, 800, 400. Times were 75, 5:06, 3:50, 2:27, 2:25, and 65. Didn't feel great at the beginning but as the workout progressed I felt better and better. Zack wasn't feeling great, but luckily Jamison had a good day so we ran together the whole time until the last 400. We were supposed to hit 70, then Craik ran by me with like 200 to go and me, him, and Justin ended up racing it in. Real good stuff from the team today.

9 rough miles in the heat after school on Bonneville. The air quality is crap right now with all the smoke, and I really hope it clears up soon.

Good luck to everybody racing at Highland in like 15 minutes.

We were supposed to do nine, but everybody was feeling bad so we cut it short at like 6.5. Later Justin, Craik, Steven, and I a went for an easy four miles at Legacy. Night runs are the best.

Shoutout to all the St. George dudes, because running in the 95 degree heat has been killing me. Mad respect.

Hogs today. Good stuff.

5x600m hills today. Felt really good and hit much faster times then I ever have before. Times were 1:59, 1:58, 1:54, 1:55, 1:57. Stayed with Zack on all of them until the last one where he ran 1:52! Our entire top 6 was all averaging around 2:00 or better on all of these, which has never happened before. I don't want to get too excited this early, but I think this could be a very very good team.

Ran down to Art Dye and played a couple solid games of handball, then ran back the long way. Did 6x100m strides when we got back.

6x800 on the grass field by the seminary building. Weather was a cool 69 degrees today which made for some fast times. We hit 2:28, 2:25, 2:23, 2:23, 2:20, 2:16. Felt really good today and everybody ran really well. Lil Warner came today and was able to keep up on all of them. The course turned out to be .015ish short so they were all about 1-2ish seconds fast, but still a great workout. Afterwards we hit up our usual ice bath spot at the mouth of the canyon. Dom and Emily came to the workout today. Dom struggled, but Emily was beating all the girls but Lauren and Amanda lol.

Good loop through Alpine. Once we hit Alpine highway we were going a decent pace, like 6:10ish. Word on the street is that Mckay Johns got a stress fracture, and if it is true grass relays just got very interesting. Without Mckay in the running for AF I think we may just have a shot at winning!

Easy miles down to AF, then one lap of the course. As Craik would say, it's GDFR tomorrow.

Grass Relays today! The day started off well for us with Craik winning the frosh soph race in an epic showdown with Bryson King, that came down to the last 50. We chilled until the Varsity race started, then I warmed up. Zack ran first and did decent. I think it would have been better to run me first and Zack last because it would suit our styles better, cuz Zack doesn't like going out fast and they went out very fast. He ended up in 10:31. Next was Justin who ran 10:35 and caught a few teams. Seth ran 10:38, and Jamison ran 10:28. Jamison got me into third place, and I was about 18ish seconds behind Will Handley from Timpanogos, and about 10 seconds ahead of Spencer Ford from Desert Hills. I basically ran in no mans land the entire time, lapping the occasional team, but really just grinding it out by myself. Will put a bigger gap on me, but I ended up widening our gap on Desert Hills, so that was good. It was pretty much just really hot and lonely, and I wish I had gone first, cuz I think I could have been around 10:10. I had no idea what time I ran, but I didn't get an award so I thought I was over 10:30, but then when results were posted it said I was 14th in 10:22! What the cuss Timo! Haha, anyways we set our new team time record by 2 seconds and ran the 8th fastest time ever, beating some very good Desrt Hills and Lehi teams in the process.

Shoutout to Connor Baller because he got cussed out of a plaque as well after running an excellent time of 10:18.

In the morning I was going to meet Walton for a run, but he slept in so I went by myself. Drove up the canyon and did thirty easy minutes on the ridge trail. An almost full moon illuminated most of the trail so I barely had to use my headlamp which was nice.

Later we had 10x400 on the grass field. I forgot my socks( a pretty common occurrence because I wear sandals to school everyday), so I did them all barefoot. I don't know if it was that, or if it was just my day but I felt REALLY good today. Times were 70, 69, 68, 67, 66, 65, 65, 65, 65, 60. On the last one Craik took off and I couldn't let him win that easy, so I went and raced him even though I wasn't supposed too. Afterwards we went to the mouth of the canyon to ice bath, but the girls had infiltrated our spot so we moved upstream to the dam. It's actually a lot better and you can jump in and fully submerge yourself.

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.