Adam's Running

Did Zack and Seth's five mile loop, then did some strides after. Interested to see what I run tomorrow, ill be going for a PR but who knows.

Nit so great race today, splits were 66, 2:14, 3:20, then a 75 hahaha. My hamstrings and just felt super tight the last quarter and I couldn't move. Oh well, at least I finished this time, and I know I can definitely still run fast, cuz I wasn't even like tired afterwards. Weird race. Got Betos afterwards with my girlfriend tho which made up for it. Their breakfast burritos are heaven on earth.

We are in California all this week for spring break/Arcadia so I get to do my runs at low altitude :). Had a workout today, but when I got to the track it was protected like a maximum security prison and there was no way I was getting in, so I headed down to the beach and did 12x1 minute hard with 1 minute jog in between. Felt really good and I was going pretty fast. It got kinda windy, but it felt nice cuz I was super hot. On my warmup I went down to this ravine thing cuz there was all these cool trails, but ended up running through a hobo village. There was a ton of tents and they were all just chillin. The people were friendly but their dogs weren't so I headed back up to the town.

just a few easy miles. Ran down and did a loop around the harbor. Legs felt really flat and tired so I cut the run short, sunrise on the harbor was beautiful tho.

Had a workout today, so I had to run like 3.5 miles away to find a track cuz Oceanside high school is stupid. Sadly I got to the place where there was supposed to be a track and it was nowhere to be seen so I went over to an empty field full of weeds and used my watch to mark out a 400 meter loop on a little dirt trail that went around the perimeter. Workout was 8x400 with 90 seconds rest. Times were 64, 65, 63, 63, 63, 64, 66, 60. Felt really good on these and was really happy with the times, especially cuz there was a couple really sharp turns hat slowed me down. Getting pumped for Friday.

Easy run on a trail by my hotel

Arcadia 4x1600 today. We raced at like 10:00, or 11:00 Utah time which was fun, but kind of weird. Warmed up with the Timpanogos dudes then went and got situated. Jamison was first leg and ran a 4:20, then handed off to me. At this point we were just a little bit off of Great Oak and the Woodlands, and I made the mistake of trying to immediately close the gap. My first 400 was a 60, which was way too fast, then my next was a 66. 2:06 is a bit faster then I can handle right now and at this point the top teams took off and I faded into no mans land. I had nobody to run with and was feeling the first two laps and ended up running a 4:30. Pretty bad. Anyways Justin ran pretty similarly to what I did and ran a 4:29, then Zack brought us home in 4:18. We got 10th, which wasn't too bad looking at the teams who beat us, and we still averAged 4:24's so not too bad Of a day for us, but we could've done better if Justin and I had raced smarter, oh well.

Two mile today. We got in a good warmup and the temperature felt nice even tho it was raining pretty good. Gun went off and Zack and I got horrible position in the very back, but moved up to the middle about 300 in. The race was huge so I ended up running in lanes 2 and 3 for the whole first mile. First mike went perfect to plan with splits of 70, 2:20, 3:30, 4:40. Next lap I also ran a seventy and came through in 5:50. Sadly at this point I started to fall off a bit and faded over the last couple laps to finish in 9:28. It's frustrating because before I got sick I was right with Zack and Jamison who ran 9:09 and 9:12 ( huge shoutout to them). I still PR'ed so I can't be too mad, and I feel like I'm getting stronger every week, so I just need to focus up and work hard and I know I can run around 9:20 at altitude when these big races roll around. Still a super fun race tho, really wet but I had a lot of fun. Afterwards cooled down with the Lehi homies and watched Casey win in 8:50.

did a hot run on Bonneville then ice bathed and helped run the mtn. Ridge v Timberline track meet. Once that was over we did our crab walk race. Going in I thought anything under 1:10 would win it but boy was I wrong. We had four boys under the old school record of 1:13, and Craik won in 48 seconds! I got fourth in 1:09. I made a late push for podium but Russell was able to hold me off after a blazing first 50. Good day overall.

tough workout today. Everybody just felt sluggish and tired, and it showed in our times haha. The workout was 1200, 1200, 800, 800, 400, 400. Times were 3:32, 3:40, 2:24, 2:29 (hahaha) 68, 67. Haven't felt that wrecked for a workout in a long time.

so I got to the school at 3:00 today and found that they had already left me, so I headed out on my own. I had a feeling they were doing Alpine run so I started booking it in that direction and when I was on the golf course about a mile away I could see Zack's bright shirt up on the mountainside. I knew I had a ways to go but I told myself I would go hard til the junction and see if I could catch em. I ended up catching them about 20 seconds before the junction at about the five mile point. First five miles were definitely sub 6:00 pace. After that chilled the rest of the route, and had a good time running with Tyler, Connor, and Jared. After we took an ice bath in hidden oaks and went and played 7 on the line.

Had Spanish bowl today at BYU, then crashed as soon as I got home and slept through practice. Later went for a loop on golf course, the canyon road and ended at the school for strides. Mile tomorrow, optimistic.

Crap race, felt tight and it was freezing. Super windy and raining. Fun cooldown with the Timpanogos guys afterwords tho.

Hogs with Jamison, Ryan, and Steven. good stuff.

Fun run on backwoods bonneville. We found my friend Jakes car at the three story park and it was unlocked. I don't know why we don't just always do the backwoods section cuz its so fun.

Workout today. 400, 600, 800, 400, 600, 800. Times were 65, 1:42, 2:20, 64, 1:44, 2:29. Felt decent til the end the legs fell off. Oh well, I was able to hang tough for most of it so I'm happy. 

So big news I might have mono. It would explain the running lately. I havent been tested yet, but my girlfriend tested positive last friday. Its not active right now, but they said it could have been in the last couple months.

Helped at the dual meet, then ran to AF and back with a bunch of extra stuff to get 8. Stopped at AF and watched the end of the LP v AF soccer game, we lost on a heartbraking strike from 30 yards out in golden goal.

good workout today. it was 8x400 and I hung in the whole time and never fell off the top group. times were 66, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 64, 62. Glad to be able to finish fast. Today made me realize I can still run fast.

Pre meet to Mitchell hollow and back. We found a small snake, told Jonas to grab it and he went and caught two bigger ones haha. When it comes to wild animals Jonas is the man.

Eh race. Fell apart the last 800. I was frozen and tired and just had no motivation.

Good run on Alpine loop with some strides at the end.

Started off with two good games of 5 on 5 bball before. It was pretty competitive, and I was shooting well so it was fun. Afterwards went out on Bonneville. It was raining all day so the trail was crazy muddy but it made for a fun time. We would splash each other whenever we would hit the puddles and they were pretty deep so we were all soaked and freezing, but having a good time still. We actually kept a pretty fast pace too which was surprising.

Tough workout on the track today. 12x400. Times were 67, 67, 66, 67, 64, 65, 64, 64, 62, 63, 63, 67. Fell apart the last 200, but besides that I was very happy with the workout. Today was the first day in a long time that I felt really strong. Afterwards we went to the canyon to ice, but I was kind of a baby and only dipped my toes for a bit cuz it was miserably cold.

Alpine

pre meet to AF and back, then balled for a while haha.

Tiger Trials today. I got there in the morning and ran the mile. First lap was 66, then came through 2:14 I believe, the 3:23, then finished in 4:29. Felt pretty solid today actually. They say mono takes 6-8 weeks to recover from, and I think I'm finally there. Felt good today, and I think I can take a shot at my PR next week at BYU. I've never actually run faster than 4:29 outdoors and I've run it three times haha. Anyways cooled down with Joe Benson and my team then headed home and took a nap.

Came back in the afternoon and warmed up with Will for the 800. I was in the slow heat and was lined up in the second alley. Gun went off and I went out hard and got into third or fourth coming around the turn. It didn't feel too fast and we came around the 300 mark I made a move to get out of the box I was in. First lap was a 60-61 which was much slower than I wanted so I took the lead and surged. Really pushed on the backstretch, then looked behind and saw I had a pretty good gap and ran it in for the win in 2:01. Big PR since I never run the 800 and I felt good. I think I could go for that 1:58 school record right now cuz I didn't feel too bad at the end of it, we came through pretty slow, I ran the last 400 completely alone, and I negative split. I'll go for it at region I think. Afterwards cooled down with AF, Timp, Lehi, and a couple Orem dudes. Solid race. Later went and snuck into Bingham's prom with my girlfriend and partied hard. Long exhausting day.