Adam's Running

Didn't get a chance to run today so I did some plyometric stuff instead.

Going to run today but never got a chance because I went and got my driving permit. Did some weights.

Today the pond finally froze over. So we headed down and played tag on it. It was kind of sketch at some parts. like in the middle it was really thin. so we mostly played on the south side where it was thickest.  

Did ice tag today. Had a sick juke on Walton, who literally was an inch away from falling through the ice. It was pretty funny. Its getting warmer and the pond is starting to crack a lot easier.

Only had four people today so we couldn't play ice tag. so we went down to the river and were messing around. running home was painful from falling through the ice and freezing my feet.

It was only me, Adam, and Mahonri today so we actually went for a run! We went down to the stop sign at Art Dye and back. Ran home through the orchard.

Did ice tag today, then I ran home the golf course way.

Did one game of ice tag today, but it was just to cold and the snow started really coming down so we headed in for some indoor tag. Afterward I went home through the short way, because it was too snowy and cold to go any other way.

Well, I was going to go ten and a half miles but at about halfway when I turned around and started running North again, the wind was just blasting me and after about 2 miles of that I was just too cold too run, so I called my mom who came and picked me up.

First we ran down to the lake to play tag. We were almost done with the first game when Little Warner fell through the ice to his thigh. Then, seeing an oppurtunity to escape Mahonri tried jumping over the river to escape when he fell in. They were too cold to be outside anymore so we went inside. We did 15 laps inside, which translates into about 5 miles.

Ran down to the lake to play ice tag. Had to stop when some ice fisher started yelling at us for scaring the fish or something. We couldn't hear what he was saying very well, Until he said something about calling the cops. After that we went inside did some laps and tag.

did about 2.7 miles inside the school with Adam and Josh, then ran home on the golf course.

First we ran down to the river, where Walton fell in. Then we ran back and did about a mile and a half inside, after which I ran home the Art Dye way.

Ran down to the river, Little Warner fell in up to his butt. We ran back.

Didn't get a chance to run cuz I woke up late, then I had a basketball game ( We won 65 to 24), Then I went to a party, and before I knew it was too late to run.

Did a mile on the treadmill, Then I headed out and did four on the golf course route. Afterwards I did some abs and a little bit of weights.

It was only Mahonri, Little Warner, and me at practice today. So we actually ran. We did four around Highland and than down to the pole on Art Dye. Ran home the short way.

Went down and played ice tag today.

It was only me and Mahonri at practice today. We went down to Art Dye. The entire trail was covered in the slickest ice ive ever seen. So we ended up running in one to two foot deep snow on the sides. Once we got there we went through the frisbee course which was kind of sketch with the conditions but it was fun.

We played ice and indoor tag. Then I ran home the golf course way.

5 mile tempo run down and back from the Temple. Splits were 6:07, 6:50, 6:24, 6:40, 6:22. The slow second and fourth miles were due to deep snow and ice along the canal.

Went down to AF rec center and did 7x400 meter repeats at mile pace. so about 75 seconds a pop. The lacrossse team was there so it was kind of annoying.

Did pacers at school today. Pacers are where you run across the gym, but you have to get there before the beep or your out. I did 121 of them before coach said I didn't make it on time. I could've done more but trying to pace myself killed me. At least I had the most in the class. Later did two miles on the treadmill.

sick

Still recovering from being sick so I did an easy almost three and a half.

Played snowball at cross country then ran home the golf course way.

Ran down the three story park trail to the house with the resort in their backyard and turned around.

did a speed workout at the AF rec center while my sister was at swim team. I did 8x400m. Times were: 72,74,75,75,75,77,78,72. Tried to keep them about target mile pace for the race this weekend.

Did a big snowball fight at practice because we had a ton of people. Later the canyon road loop.

Had a snowball fight and game of tag. Then a few of us went on the fox hollow golf course loop. Ran home the long way

Ran the F.H. golf course loop with Cole Gray because everybody else waited for Justin. Ran home the short way.

I didn't know what to expect coming into this race. I was hoping for anything around 5:10 or under. I started out warming up on the inside of the ice oval for about a mile and three quarters. Then we went over and got or heat assignments. I could have been in a faster heat now that I look at it, but I didn't think I was in good enough shape to run sub 5. So I was in heat six. Because of that I had to sit around for 30 minutes before the race.

I did a couple sprints and lined up. The gun went off and I was in terrible position, about third to last until we came around that first corner. On the straightaway I moved up into about third place and passed the timer in 48 seconds, which was about what I wanted to see. On the second lap I moved up into second and we passed through in 2:06. During the third lap I moved into first on the back straightaway. We passed through at 3:39. Once I saw this I realized I might be able to break five and I took off. I kept the lead the rest of the way and finished in 4:59, winning by three seconds. New PR!!!!!!

Afterwards I did a half mile cooldown until they kicked me off the inside of the ice oval. 

Did a dam run with the team. Afterward we did a mile on the track. I don't know why though because there was a foot of snow. Ran home the Walmart way.

ran to the pole and back because it was so cold. Then played like five games of indoor tag.

Ran down to Jon's house, and he was there so he had to give us chocolate milk. Then we went to Adam's and played Smash Bros, Then we ran to Lone Peak.

Ran a backwards dam run with Little Warner and Mahonri.

Ran down to the river and built a bridge.

Ran to Art Dye did a loop and ran home the Wal Mart way.

Did a Cedar Hills run today.

Went down behind the school then hopped a couple fences and eventually got on the Art Dye trail. Then we ran to Waltons. 

tag and ran home.

Did the FH Golf course loop then did the Cedar Hills Golf course loop down past Josies and home.

Did tag then went out for a run but came back inside because it was so cold.

ran a loop then went home the Art Dye way.

So Walton took us on a run to go to find a cave up in the foothills but as we kept going up and up we couldn't find it. The after a while it was down to me, Mahonri, and Walton we decided that there was no backing down now and we went all the way up the side of the mountain to the top of Mount Mahogony and down. I have no clue how far we actually went so I'll call it 7.

At practice I came and there was a note on the door that said,

Galen,

Mahonri, the twin, and I had to leave early so sorry we left you

Sincerely L.W. (The Chap)

So I waited for Parker and we did 2 and a half miles. I doubt they will let him stay on the team because he was dead tired afterwards and we were going SLOW. Afterwards I ran home the canal way.

Later I did the Canyon road loop. 

Practice cancelled today because the sophomores and seniors got the day off, and the juniors took the ACT. So I did a Temple run at about nine.

First day of track. The Bybees aren't coaching anymore:(  So Revelli is the coach. He had us do 16x100m repeats at mile pace. Interesting workout. Wasn't hard at all. Afterward we ran around the park for a while.

Had another workout. 12x100m hill repeats. They were at mile pace so they weren't very hard. Afterward Walton, the Asian, and Adam ran with me down to AF and back.

Ran to the cave. It's just a random hole in the side of the mountain that's like 20 feet deep. Usually it's used for rolling doobies but whatevs.

Today we had a two mile time trial. It started out with everybody in a big pack and for some reason we were going really slow. We were talking casually the first lap or two. We went through one mile in 5:55. That is dang slow. so the second one I started to pick it up a little bit. Then me and Little Warner pulled away from the group. We finished with a pretty fast 800. I finished in 11:21, and Little Warner was a couple of seconds faster. I was really surprised when I looked back and saw that I was beating Adam and Mahonri by quite a bit. I hope to go a lot faster this weekend at Timpanogas.

We ran down to the top of the hill at the top of Art Dye, and ran tempo back which was about a mile. Then we played tag for the first time with all the new guys. afterward I ran home the WalMart way.

Couldn't run today due to a physical.

Day before a race so I didn't really run.

Mile time trial today. 5:00.4. So close.

I woke up, ate breakfast, and headed to the bus at 7:30. There were a lot of the distance guys missing. We got to Timpview high school at about 8:15 and waited around, looking at the heat sheets and stuff while we waited for the meet to get started. It was supposed to start at 9:00, but they took over an hour to fix it, so we got started at about 10:15.

First was the mile. We warmed up for a couple of laps and did a couple of strides before heading to the line. The gun went off and I made sure that I got off really fast so I wouldn't have to deal with moving around people right off the bat. I was in fourth at 200 where the lady called out 31,32. That was way too fast so I slowed it down a little and came through 400m in 70 seconds. At that point there was a couple people that passed me, so I just stayed on Mahonri's tail for the next two laps. On the last lap we started moving up and I tried to stay with Mahonri but I just couldn't. I still passed like three people though. My official time was 4:57.70. PR!!! Jon got second, Mahonri got third, I got sixth, and Tommy got seventh. So we scored a good chunk of points in that event.

The two mile was not fun. Tommy, and Cole Gray had to leave before it so I was only person from Lone Peak in the race. I warmed up a little and headed to the line. The gun went off and the race immediately shaped into what it would be the whole time. three guys took off ahead while I stayed a little behind with some kid from Lehi. The kid from Lehi fell off hard after a lap and I was in no mans land for about two more laps until I started lapping people. I had no clue what pace I was going the whole time, because nobody was calling splits and there was no one around me. I just kept on churning out laps until on my seventh I saw the guy in third had faded off the front two. I kept picking up my speed until with about 200m to go I was only about 5 meters behind him, but then he started his kick while I had used up most of mine trying to catch him. I finished in fourth. Afterward Revelli told me that my time was 10:57. Another PR!!! And 5 points to add.

The final score of the meet was Lone Peak 181, then second was Green River in 92. I had seven of those points! 

Today I came to practice and Cole Gray was doing some extra mileage in the school so I joined him for two miles, then headed out and did some laps with Walton and Mahonri. Our workout was 3x1200m at two mile pace. We did our first one in 4:18, then 4:00, then 3:57. So a little faster than two mile pace. Afterward we cooled down for a couple miles.  

Had to do a workout with the sprinters. 200m repeats. 

Another track workout today. 1200,800,800,1200. Not too rough. cooled down a couple of miles after.

We convinced Misty to let us not go with the sprinters because coach Revelli wasn't there. We ran along the canal down to the place where it goes under the road kind of by PG. Then we came back.

Ran down to Art Dye and played fish out of water. Was very windy on the way back.

Did 2 mile repeats at 5:30 pace. than an 800 at like 2:26. Afterward I cooled down.

Did 12 strides across the field, than ran to the pond and back.

Today we had a dual meet against Lehi. It started out with the mile as the first event so they could be running hurdles at the same time. The gun went off and I jumped out fast so I wouldn't have to fight through a billion Lehi kids( There is a ton of them.). The first went by pretty fast and I was right behind the lead group. The order didn't change much through the second as we went through in 2:23 at 800m. I dropped off pretty hard on the third lap so I was a good five seconds behind the lead pack and two Lehi kids passed me. On the home straight Mike caught up with me and he ended up beating me by a second. I did not think we were going as fast as we were, but Im always happy with a PR.

The two mile was rough. We started out as a pack of four and no Lehi kid ever passed us. We went through the first mile in 5:28, which was perfect. The second mile though I just didn't have the legs and ended up finishing in third with an 11:12. Not very good.

Ran a leg of the 4x4 after too but I was so tired I split like a 70 or something. 

Ran down to the Art Dye stop sign and back.

Ran around behind Lone Peak.

So we got to the race and did some warm up on the track and then went over to see what heat we were in. We still had a while because they were running all six girls heats first. So we laid down on the grass with the AF guys for a little than headed out for a kind of warm up. We got back and got our numbers then waited in the bullpen area for a while. They finally let us do our strides then lined us up. I was number 8 so I had a pretty good position. The gun went off and I hopped to the back of the pack because I had the slowest time out of the whole race. I shouldn't have even been in that heat but I was running in Marc's place so it said I had a 4:45 PR. I was in dead last coming through the first lap in like close to 70 flat.The second lap I moved passed some guys and came through at like 2:23 I think. Our third lap slowed quite a bit but I passed one more guy. On the last lap I kicked it in and passed the guy from Lehi who had beaten me at every other race. 4:49 PR!!!!!!!

Afterwards did a cool down and then stayed around and watched for 12 and a half hours! 

First day back from Canyonlands. Didn't run the whole trip because We did over 100 miles of biking. Ran up up to Legacy Park and back.

Did a backwards mountain run today.

We did 10x100m hill repeats today. Pretty easy. 

Did strides and tag.

We had a tri meet today but because we have an invite tomorrow we were supposed to take it easy. We decided to just take the two mile easy. We were listening to music in the tent when Anthony came over and said they were about to start the two mile. We ran over and got there right before they were about to shoot the gun. They let us change quick then we went. We started off talking to the kid in front who was actually trying so we let him go. the rest of the race was spent slowing down and talking to the girls or randomly breaking out into song. Then the kid from PG was about to lap us on his last lap so we paced him through to a PR. On our last straightaway John, Little Warner, and I did somersaults and crossed the line at the same time. We talked to the kid from PG, his name his Tanner. 

The 3200 was the first event so we started warming pretty soon after we got there. Me and Mike had the top times in our heat so we were pretty pumped.

The gun went off and I went out into second place behind a kid from Alta. It was him me and Mike in that order for the whole first mile. He paced us through at 5:15, which was perfect. Then Mike took the lead and I followed him for two more laps where we slowed down quite a bit. with 800m left I jumped ahead of Mike so I could try to get ahead of him before he could beat me with his kick. I held him off until the very last lap where he passed me on the final straight and beat me by .7 seconds. In our heat it went him, me, then Cole Gray.

Cooled down a little then went and took a nap. 

We had no time to warm up because we got distracted watching all the best scenes from Hot Rod.

Me and John had the two worst seeds so we had the worst position. The gun went off and everybody went out really fast. I came through 400m in 69 seconds. The second lap I didn't pass anyone but I came through at 2:23. I don't know what happened on the third lap but I came through at 3:40. I got passed by Tanner from PG. On the last lap I passed Little Warner! But then he passed me again on the last straight. I did pass a kid from Jordan though.

My final time was 4:54. Nobody had a good race. Me, Little Warner,and Tanner were talking after and we don't know what happened the last 800m. Oh well.  

I ran down to do the Hidden Oaks loop, the headed back up the golf course and around the clubhouse.

ran around for 5 miles the 3 miles at night.

had a dual meet today, but it was so cold I ran like a 2:30 800. don't even want to talk about it

ran around and did tag  then ran home

did strides and tag.

Got to the race at 2:30 and went inside and talked to Jerem and Cole Gray for a while before I headed out. I warmed up with all the other milers and did some strides. 

Gun went off and I faded into the middle of the pack pretty quick. I just kind of followed behind Little Warner for the whole first lap. we came through at 70 seconds for 400. Pretty good. The next lap we came through at 2:23, which is what I've come through 800 in at every race so far this year. The third lap Tanner moved up next to me and I ran with him through 1200 where our split was 3:37. He passed me and I just tried to hang on until the end but he ended beating me by less than a second.

Afterward I cooled down with Walton, who showed up to watch and Mahonri. 

Got up at 8:00 and ate 10 frosted mini wheats, got dressed, and got a ride over to Lone Peak because it was raining. I got there and headed into the little shed thing to protect myself from the rain. The AF guys were in there sleeping. I warmed up with Mike and Tommy. Then headed over to the start. I changed into my spikes and did some strides on the pole vault runway so my spikes wouldn't get soaked. Dustin was there today, which was cool.

It was lightly sprinkling when we lined up. i was the fifth seed in my heat and Mike was fourth. The gun went off and the front pack immediately separated from everyone else. It was a kid from Mt. View, a kid from AF, then Mike, a kid from Orem, and me. Mt. View and Af had about 10 meters on us but as we came around the back stretch Dustin said we were on pace to run a 66 so we needed to slow down. we did and reeled the two kids in at about 600. we came through 400 at 72. It was the five of us way ahead at that point and we came though 800 at 2:34. It stayed the same until at the mile we came through at 5:18 and the Orem kid dropped off. With 800 to go we were all trying to pass the Mountain View  kid but he wouldn't let us pass. On the final lap I got ahead of AF, then on the home stretch kicked past Mt. View but AF got me back by half a step. Mike won two seconds ahead of me.

3rd place and a 13 second PR!!!! Afterward cooled down. 

I got to practice today and did a couple of miles before with Cole, Mike, and Mahonri. Our workout was 400, 800, 1200, 800, 400. It wouldn't have been to bad but on the home stretch it was so windy we could barely move. So we ended up running 80's for every lap until the last one where I ran like a 68. Afterwards me and Cole Gray ran the Hidden Oaks loop.

Ran 3 at night. 

Tag and fish out of water

Got to AF and did two laps on the Grass Relays course. Warmed up fpr pur race and lined up. Gun went off and I went out pretty fast even though I wasn't planning on pushing it for a PR or anything. We came through at 70. The next lap I passed Jon who gave up because he had hurdles and pole vault later. 8000 split was 2:27. couldn't quite here the 1200 split but finished a couple of seconds behind Tommy who finished in 4:51. Afterward cooled down and talked to Maddie from AF and Cole Gray for a while.

Apparently Revelli thinks we slack off too much so he rides his bike behind us while we run now. We ran down to the stop sign at Art Dye and back. Later we met at Jon's house to pack up for ragnar. Ran home. Too pumped for Ragnar.

We had a workout today. 8x400. Revelli wasn't there today so we split into two teams and did them relay style. Our team won and we got in some good work.

Ran to the pole and then home on the canal.

Workout today 4,2,4,2,4,2,4. I hit 69, 65, 63, 64 on the 400's and 32, 33, 31, 28 for the 200's.

Later I ran the 3 mile loop and I felt great. 

Nobody but Little Warner was at practice today due to prom so we went don to the stop sign and back at Art Dye.

I missed the bus to the meet because I took a nap and overslept, so I got a ride with Tommy. We got to the meet and started warming up, I was supposed to be the fastest in the second heat, but when I went to check in they told me that I was in the fast heat.

The race started and I immediately faded into last place because they were hauling. I came through the 400 mark at 65. That was way too fast. I just hung on to the back of a kid from Hunter and we both fell off of the main group. I stayed behind him all the way through to until the last 100m where I surged past him and beat him by half a second. Afterwards I found out he was a freshman too.

The two mile was cool because it was under the lights. It went out and I stayed with the second pack, which was a bad idea because at 1200 I realized we were going way to slow and I tried to get up to the next group but they were too far ahead. I ended up passing a couple more people and finishing in about 10:35. It was super dumb though because in the mile they had me at 4:38 and int he two mile they had me at 11:00. 

Had a sprint workout today. 4,2,2,1,1,1,1. Pretty dang easy. Cooled down for a couple miles to the time machine.

3 easy miles before region tomorrow.

Got to leave school today at 11:00 which was pretty sick. got there about 12:30 and sat around playing cards and stuff for two hours and then we started warming up it came a lot faster than I thought it would. We lined up and I was the sixth seed.The gun went off and I immediately got boxed in at like 12th place. at 200m I finally got out and caught up to the leaders which was two AF kids and Mike. One AF kid just took off and we never saw him again. Then I just hung behind Mike for a while. Then with 800m to go I passed Mike and the AF kid I was second coming in at 200m when another AF kid came tearing by me. I tried to follow but couldn't. MIke got me with 50m to go and we both sprinted to the finish. I thought that I got him at the very end but we will never know who actually won, because he just gave his sticker first. final results said we came in at 10:28.84 and .86. Afterward watched Tommy PR and get 10:10. Cooled down and waited for Pole Vault to get over which took forever. 

Today was the last race of track season for me so I really wanted to go out out on a good note. At Herriman they screwed up my time and said I ran a 4:38 which is ten seconds fast. So I was in the fast heat. I was the slowest one by seed time by 8 seconds with my real time. I warmed up a little talked to Maddie and Emily from AF, and watched Tommy beat Jon with a kick! Too funny to see Jon's face when Tommy beat him.

I lined up in third to last between Zac Jacklin, and Daniel Bentley from AF. They told us the whole schpeel then fired the gun and we were off. I was in the back at the beginning, but was still was leading on a kid from Bingham and Caleb from AF. The first lap I followed behind Zac and Daniel and came through at 66. I couldn't hold on to them much longer after that and faded off of them a little, but still came through 800 at 2:17. The third lap I just followed behind Caleb on the straightaways because he was running in the second lane lane the whole time. On the back stretch the kid from Bingham surged ahead and I just didn't have the legs to go with him. Our 1200m split was 3:33. At that point I surged past Caleb and just went all out for the next 300m and passed the line in 4:42. I was too pumped for a six second PR. Afterwards I did a little cool down. 

Golf course run.

Ran Hog's Hollow today with David because his mission farewell is tomorrow. There was seven of us that met at Legacy at seven. I got to say it got me too pumped for summer Cross Country. I forgot how rough it was going up but it was too fun at the same time. On the way down when we were flying down the trail I almost biffed a couple times but it never actually happened. We met Adam at sliding rock because I guess he had forgotten to set his alarm. The water was so cold and I almost slipped climbing up the rock way but I got up fine eventually. I had never done it before so it looked to sketch when you see them flying down this waterfall bouncing off the rocks and everything. I was second to last and I went it surprisingly didn't hurt at all. The bad part was when you hit the bottom and are completely submerged in the water. I came up and it was so cold. I got my shoes on and we ran back down to Legacy. I got to say, I think this is my favorite run we do.

Track workout. two sprint laps and 4 200's.

At practice we did a dam run. It was like 95 degrees out so it felt perfect to get into the water at the mouth of the canyon. Later I did 4 miles with my sister on her bike while she delivered cupcakes.

Today was JV Region. Me, Tommy, Mike, and COle decided to do every single track event ( Except for hurdles). We ended up doing the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 4x100, and 4x400. Somehow we got third in the 4x100, and I won my heat of the mile.

Today we ran up Mount Mahongony. At one point we climbed up a rock face. bad idea. We got stuck on a foot wide ridge. we had to climb along the face of the cnayon until we found a spot to climb out. It was super cool because once we hit the trees at the top we ran straight into a cloud. It was kind of trippy because you turn around and look down the mountain, and can't see anything below but fog. We got to the top made three wishes at the tree of knowledge and headed back down. I almost biffed it so many times. I have no clue how far it actually was but it was hard enough to be 20.

Ran the golf course loop and home on the CH golf course.

Ran Canyon road loop then down past Tommy and Waltons before heading home.

Today me and Cole Gray were just going to bandit it for a long run. The race started and we were with the leaders for a bout a mile when we saw the 1:35 pacer getting far ahead. We figured we would just run with him for the whole race and we surged up to him. after about six miles we were feeling good and went ahead we piicked up the pace and eventually came through winning in 1:28.

Ran a backwards mountain run today. It was so hot outside I almost died.

Easy miles before the race tomorrow.

Today was the school 5k. Jon and Cole Gray showed up with some of the girls and sprinters which was cool. We waited around until they finally started it. I was in the lead right off the bata with Jon and Jake Keate. After about half a mile though Jon dropped back to help pace Jensen, who was going to try to pace Jensen to a sub 19. After that i just ran on my own with the motorcycle for a while. Once we got to the home stretch I was ready to kick but forgot how long it was. I used it up too early and ended up up jogging across the finish. But16:52 a PR and school record!!!! 

Afterwards I cooled down with Cole and Jon. Then we wentover talked to Miles Battie. No big deal. 

ran dwon to art  dye and up on the golf course.

Today was the first day of summer XC. I ran the 3 miles up to Legacy then went up to sliding rock. There was a new guy named Clayson. When I got home I looked up how fas the was and he ran a 15:09 5k. I think we could do really good at state this year.

Did a mountain run with Mahonri, Cole, and Clayson today. I felt like crap the whole time so it kind of sucked.

DId the river bed trail with Mahonri and Cole. The river was actually running so we couldn't go in the actual river bed.

Did a five mile loop with Cole, Clayson, and Mahonri.

Ran Hogs Hollow today with Cole, Clayson, and Mahonri. Once we hit the trail Clayson just started hammering the pace and he did all the way to the top. I am still feeling kind of sick so there was no way I could keep that pace for 8 miles up hogs so I stayed back with Cole. On the way down we stopped at sliding rock which was FRIDGID, but refreshing.  

We didn't run today because the seniors had the ACT and that makes up pretty much our whole team. I went on my own run at about 3:00. I did a mile and a half warm up to the trail behind Lone Peak, then ran tempo all the way to the end of Art Dye. Splits were 5:50, 6:00, 6:03. It was so hot I thought I was about to die. On the way back I took the other, single track trail back to the canal. Halfway through the trail I turned a corner and had to hurdle over two people having sex in the middle of the trail! Get a room people, geez. On the way home the Cedar Hills festival was still going so I ran through the carnival and through the firemen who were spraying the fire hose up in the air, which felt too good in the upper 90 degree weather.

Ran with all the new guys today. We did the timberline trail then didfour mile loop with varsity.

Ran to sliding rock today then ran home.

Ran to Cole's house to get a ball then ran to the park for pickup wednesday.

We did a mountain run today. At the end of the trail Clayson, Walton, Adam and me went the long way back for an extra mile.

Ran 5 mile loop and did some extra when we ran through Lambert.

hike up dry canyon

We ran on the riverbed trail then looped back.

We ran on a bunch of random trails and were going to do the hobbit hole but the people who live there were out in their backyard.

We ran through the hobbit hole than me and Mahonri ran up on the trail at the beginning of Hogs Hollow but then turned right on the road and headed down to the stop sign and back.

Me and Ashton went trail running today up at Timpenooke. Pretty solid pace until Ashton took a fall. 

ran through lambert and stuff.

We did Hogs Hollow today.

We ran up to sliding rock today then me and Clayson ran to the stop sign for extra mileage.

Ran down to Lone Peak and played tag.

Did 5 mile loop through lambert then ran to the park and played basketball.

Later did the canyon road loop. 

Did a backwards mountain run and the wall. I had forgotten just how hard the wall was. 

We did a hill workout today. instead of repeats like usual we just went a different way up hogs hollow that was just brutal. it was like straight uphill the whole time. afterwards Clayson, Little Warner, and i ran back to the park.

Ran Hogs with Mike.

We ran up to this satellite thing in barbwire in the middle of Lambert, then ran home on Rodeo.

Later did the canyon road loop. 

We did a workout on the grandaddy of em all hill today. last time I did it we didn't make it all the way to the top and took like 2 or 3 breaks. For some reason I was just feeling great and went the full 4 miles to the top with no breaks. I even beat Mike and Mahonri today. Coming down sucked though just because it is so steep and rocky. Afterward did a mile barefoot cool down.

2 after we got to the campsite after 5 hours of driving. 

Me and Ashton trail ran up to abajo peak.

Me and Ashton found out last night that there was a race in Blanding, and since we couldn't do the freedom run we thought this would be cool instead. We got there and warmed up for about half a mile before we headed to the start line. The race started and some girl from Lehi jumped out to the front but faded after about 50 meters. The first half of the race was all uphill so I was planning on just sitting behind the leaders until we turned down the other way and try to gap them on the downhill. There was one kid out front that I was following from Bear River. He said he ran a 15:41 last season but I guess something wasn't right because I was keeping up no problem. Once we turned and started the downhill I guess he had the same idea and he started picking up the pace. We both were trying to pull away but everytime I would try he would match and vice versa. Finally  we could see the final turn and going into it about 200 meters left he had me by 10 meters and was surging hard. I thought he had me until I saw something was wrong with him. right when we turned into the home straight he stopped and puked all over the road. I saw this as my oppurtunity and passed him and with 100 to go I looked behind me and he was still puking, so I just jogged it in. I was surprised with how I did considering Ive been camping for three days and eating a bunch of crap, and basically not preparing right at all. The time cold have been a lot faster, but a win is a win. Afterward I won 60 dollars to the local grocery store so I went and bought like a million boxes of wheat thins. 

Team didn't meet to run this morning so i told myself i was going to run by myself but I just kept putting it off until it was 11:00 at night.  Luckily my dad said he would bike with me so my mom would let me go. We just ran down to the cousins and turned east on the canal until we hit the part where you go under the road is where we turned around. first three miles were at a steady 7:00 pace then without meaning to the fourth mile picked up to 6:40, and the last mile was 6:11. It felt great because it had just rained and was nice and cool and wet.

Ran to Grove Creek canyon up in PG and back. It was way hot because I went at 10:30 in the afternoon and it just felt like it went on forever.

Today we couldn't really decide where we wanted to run so we ended up running through random peoples backyards for a while until we ended up behind Westfield and we played fish out of water for a little on the playground. After that we ran up the Hogs Hollow trail until the part where you can turn onto the road. Pretty fun run I guess.

Did a mountain run today. Then ran an extra loop on the Timberline trail.

Wasn't able to really run the last three days because I was on high adventure but We did do like thirty miles of hiking.

First run in almost a week but I felt pretty good surprisingly. Clayson brought his friend Andrew Walton from Colorado who is a state champion. We did a mountain run, then went on the trail behind timberline. 

This was probably one of the funnest runs I've ever done. We ran up to sliding rock and went down it a couple times because it felt so good. It wasn't too cold and it was super deep at the bottom. Afterwards we ran up to the bike jump and found a bike tire and were trying to roll it down off the jump into the lake. After a little we decided to go up a small mountain we saw. It took us about an hour but was a really cool view at the top. We went down, and at the bottom we decided to go down sliding rock again, and do flips and stuff off the side.

Today we had a workout. We had 2 5 min thresholds with 5 min inbetween. We warmed up about two miles, then started. The first one was slightly downhill so we did over a mile in the five minutes. The second one was kind of hilly, so we did just under a mile. Afterwards we cooled down back to the park through Lambert. 

Today we did a backwards mountain run after we went and woke Clayson up and made him run with us. Afterwards we all went to Mike's pool.

Later I did a 5 mile run on my own. I left at like five and it was pretty hot. The first three miles I was feeling great. They averaged out at about 6:30 pace. After about 3.5 all of the sudden I had to take a dump. I just jogged it in at like 8:00 minute pace after that.

Today we had 6x400 hill repeats. We warmed up a mile and a quarter to the hill and started. Times in order were 1:29, 1:31, 1:33, 1:33. On the fifth one coach Ryan extended it by about 250 meters so the next two were 2:45, and 2;43. I was beating Jon on most of them which is a good sign.

got up at 4:30 to run a little before we leave to Washington

Ran with Central valley today. five easy, were doing more later.

Today I ran with CVHS again. We met at Liberty Lake and ran a big loop.

Ran with CV one more time before we leave Spokane.

Today I got back from Washington. We had 6x1000m repeats. Coach had to be somewhere so we had to do them ourselves. They were supposed to be at 5k pace, but we ended up doing them faster. My slowest one was about 3:10, and my fastest one was 3:01. Afterwards we ran back to the park. There was an old breakfast burrito up in the rafters that had been there for about two and a half weeks that Little Warner said he would eat for ten bucks. It was nasty, he only got down three bites before puking his guts out. I still haven't gotten my appetite back for breakfast yet.

Later I went for a run on my own. I just kept it at an easy 6:55 pace for about 5 miles. My knee has been hurting lately and I am getting kind of worried. 

I didn't run yesterday because my knee was still hurting and I wanted to play it safe. Today we had 6x800m hill repeats. I think the hill might actually be about 50 meters short though. I did them all in about 2:40 to 2:50 and I was usually about third behind little Warner and Clayson. On the last one Clayson somehow ran 2:18. The best part was that my knee felt great the whole time!

Today Little Warner, Mahonri, Mike and I were doing the black trail loop when we saw that the riverbed was dry! We did an over under run down the riverbed which is where every bridge or tunnel we see we have to go over, and then on the next one we go under and so on and so forth. After we got through the riverbed and like 30 over unders we got into this concrete drainage ditch thing on the side of Highland highway which led to a tunnel.we went through the tunnel and out into one of those flood gate things, with the grating over the top and the gate they can open or close depending on the water level. There was a fifteen foot drop down to the bottom so we jumped on to the ladder and then through the gate thing which was partially open. through there we swung on the grating over to the other side and down a tube that led us out into some really thick and thorny trees that we had to bushwack through. Eventually we found the tunnel under the road, climbed both fences and got out to the other side. On our way back we stopped at Num Num's for some water and headed home. Probably the funnest run i've ever done.

Later went on a short run with Ashton and Jordan. 

Today we ran up and around the aviary, then ran down and did the run we did on Saturday, but we didn't go on the whole riverbed.

Today we came to practice and the Riverton guys were there. They went and did a workout on the cemetery hill while we ran a couple mile loop. Afterwards we ran up to sliding rock. It was pretty fun. Chuk was there too.

We just did a short easy run today before we leave for cross country camp.

At 5:00 Dustin came up to camp to run with us. we ran down to Tibble Fork, around the lake, and then up to silver lake. For some reason I was just dying on the way up up silver lake. We were supposed to be going hard but i couldn't keep up with Mike which kind of bugged me.

Second day of camp we did an easy four mile recovery run in the morning. At 5:00 Dustin came and run with us again. We just were heading up the canyon on a trail, and then in the middle of it he made us go 5 minutes hard, 2 minutes rest, 2 minutes hard, 1 minute rest, and then another 2 minutes hard. We ended up going about 10 miles

Last morning of camp. Before we packed up and headed out we ran up to the silver lake thats above silver lake flat which was about 9 miles from the trailhead, so about ten total.

Today was the Alpine Days 5k. We got there and did a little warm up with the team. The race started and I had to dodge about 30 little kids who had all sprinted out and died. At the half mile mark we were all together still and ot going all that fast until Dustin and Clayson took off. After that we all kind of picked it up. It was Jon, Mike, and me all the way down Westfield road when all of the sudden Mike just took off. The last mile I just kind of died and let Jon and Mahonri pass me. in the end i took fifth on the team but Little Warner wasn't there so I will probably be sixth at grass relays which was the goal anyway. Next up, win Frosh/Soph race at grass relays.

ran up to sliding rock today.

Later did an easy four mile loop by myself. 

We had an easy four miles this morning, with intervals tonight.

PM-We met at spinney park and warmed up for about a mile and a half. Our workout was 6x1000m repeats. They were at about 5k pace so mine ranged from 3:15-3:23. I think the loop was about 50 meters long though. Clayson would always hit around 3:00, with Little Warner at about 3:10, and Jon, Mahonri, and me would all come in a few seconds behind that. Afterwards we cooled down and I went over to Cole Gray's to play some zombies with him and Walton for a little. Coach Ryan got mad at me because I went without food from about 2:00 until 11:00, so now he wants me eating like 4000 calories a day and at certain times.

We did the mountain run today. Afterwards we realized the new guy Mason had gotten lost. So me and Mike ran the trail again to try to find him. We eventually found him running on a road somewhere.

AM-3 easy miles

PM-We had a mile cutdown workout at spinney park. 1600, 1200, 800, 800, 400. I don't remember our splits except that they were slower then they felt they should have been. I was always in the top three or four which is a good sign.

just a normal run around Alpine. 

Hogs today. I felt really good which surprised me because usually im dying when we do this run because Im not the best at hills. Today though I was going up at a really solid pace and when we got up the really steep hill I was keeping up with Clayson. Sliding rock felt extra nice on the way down.

We ran down to Lone Peak and back.

Workout after school today. 6x800 a bit faster than 5k pace. It was super hard because the grass hasn't been mowed in a while so it was really long. My legs felt like jello from the start. I was begging Coach Ryan to let me take my trainers off and do them barefoot but he wouldn't let me until the last one. He said if I didn't do it in under 2:35 I had to do another so I ran 2:32 which felt easy without big bulky trainers in the long grass.

We just ran down to AF and back. It was literally the hottest run I have ever done. So they have been releasing all the rankings lately and we according to milesplit we are 2nd in 5A, 4th in the southwest region, and runnerspace has us at 90th in the country! It's amazing what one Colorado state champ transfer will do for a team.

Today we had a mile cutdown, so 16,12,8,4, plus an extra 8. Splits were around 5:20-5:30 pace, except for the four hundred which was about 70.

Tag and we ran to mountain ridge.

Hogs Hollow today. Im pretty sure it was the fastest we've ever done it, because we were hauling.

Ran in the morning. solid 3.5 miles.

We ran 15 minutes out, and 15 back for about 4 miles plus a bit. Then we went and got our uniforms and went out for four more.

Interval workout today. 7x800m at about race pace. splits were 2:40, 2:40, 2:38, 2:40, 2:40, 2:42, and 2:37. We did them on the grass field where everything is slow. 

Today we ran from Lone Peak and did a mountain run. It was a bajillion degrees outside.

6x600m hill repeats today. Times were 2:13, 2:10, 2:07, 2:10, 2:13, 2:15. slowed down at the end because my legs just weren't feeling it after the first three. cooled down then drove up to sliding rock for ice bath. It felt SO good. it was hot enough that the water was not as fridgid as usual but still pretty cold.

Ran to AF and did a loop on the grass relays course. They changed it because of the construction so now you run straight through once you get off the track and just go farther past the goalpost. Also had the pacer today in PE.

Today was GRASS RELAYS! Funnest meet of the year by far. We got to AF at about 7:20 and sat around for a while before we warmed up. We did some strides and got in position. We were the last ones there so we got the worst spot. The gun went off and I went out hard so I wouldnt get caught in the bottleneck. I was about tenth coming up the little hill and by the time we went around the corner and over the first hay bale I was in the lead. coming around the goalpost I surged and extended  my lead so that by the time I was running around the baseball field I had a pretty sizeable lead. I continued to lead until we were coming down the goalpost on the second lap, at which point a kid from Desert Hills came up on my shoulder. I stayed in front of him until with six hundred to go him and two AF guys passed me. The AF huys took off but I kind of stayed with Desert Hills guy until once we were out of the gauntlet he outkicked me and beat me solidly. I was hoping to win but my time was better than I expected. If I had run this time in the race last race year I would have won by 10 seconds but everyone just gets faster every year somehow. Afterwards I cooled down and watched the rest of the races. In the varsity race we took second!!!!! We beat Riverton and Bingham pretty soundly and ran the fifth fastest team time ever. Clayson ran a 10:04 which was expected but somehow Little Warner ran 10:15. That puts him in the top 20 ever im pretty sure. I knew he was going to be fast this year but I would never have guessed that fast in a million years.

Workout today. Fartlek 7x5x3x2x1, with 5x4x3x2x1 recovery.

Easy five before pre-region tomorrow. We went west on the canal which we have never done before. We did pick up the pace a little when it started pouring rain because it's just so fun running in the rain.

Today was Pre-Region. It was at Westlake this time on the exact course that they used at the invitational last year. Going in I was hoping for 16:20's. We warmed up then headed over to the start. It took forever for them to get it going, along with AF starting up everyone singing the national anthem which was another couple minutes. The gun finally went off and I made sure to get out pretty good. I was in about tenth coming around the first turn. By the time we were running along the fence I was in eighth and the only people ahead of me were Austin Brower, Rory, and five guys on my team. It stayed this way until about 1200m in a couple people passed me. My first mile we came through at like 5:08- 5:09. That is much too fast. I started to lay off the gas a little but then Ryan and Dustin were yelling at me to get up next to Mike so I did and it just about killed me. My two mile split was 10:37. On the last mile I just flat out died. I figure I must have run like 5:53 on it or something horrible like that. With 800m to go Walton passed me and I just couldn't go with him. He ended up running 15 seconds faster then me. I finished at what felt like long run pace. New PR but I know thatI could run a lot faster with good pacing. I ended up seventh on our team, but we took second! AF won pretty soundly but we beat Westlake, and beat Riverton pretty soundly. I got in before Rivertons fourth man which was good.

Ran down to AF and back. 

Today our workout was 7x800m. We got over to the field and started. They started out feeling pretty good, but were kinda slow. 2:40, 2:43, 2:44, 2:45, 2:45, 2:48, 2:43. I don't know why it was so hard to run today but it was rough.

Missed practice this morning so I did my own run. I was planning on doing 9 miles getting faster each mile which was going perfectly through mile 4. splits were 7:50, 7:33, 7:10, 6:45. Then I turned left onto Canyon road and was blasted with wind so I just decided to run it in at normal pace. I had to go home early because of lightning.

6x600m hill repeats today. We warmed up for fifteen minutes and started. I decided to take the first one easier and came through at 2:15. Splits from there were 2:11, 2:09, 2:07, 2:06, and 2:00. The last one I didn't think I was going that fast but I almost broke 2:00. Today's workout felt so much better than any other workout I have done all year. Hopefully this translates well into the hills at Herriman.

Ran down to Art Dye, turned onto Alpine highway and went to Arctic circle. On the way back once we hit the last stretch we just picked it up to like 5 minute pace for the last bit for some reason.

Workout on the grass field today. 1600, 1200, 800, 800, 400, 400 at race pace. Times were 5:29, 4:08, 2:40, 2:39, 71, 71. I was feeling pretty good until about the second 800 my stomach didn't feel so good. did some barefoot cooldown afterward with Cole.

Change of plans, we are going to BYU instead of herriman! I am too pumped. Today we ran down to the stop sign at Art Dye and did 15 minutes tempo. We ran bout 2.6 miles so I figure thats about 5:40 pace. After, we ran back.

Ran to Amelias house with the girls to wish her to get better or something. After we looped it back on the golf course. Had a pasta party at Cafe Rio with Starbucks after. Too pumped for BYU tomorrow.

Today was the BYU Autumn Classic. We got there and ran the course once. It was really muddy going up the first hill and then the whole way up and down the baseball was super deep. We chilled under the pavilion and watched the races until the start of the Womens college race, and we warmed up. We were one of the five teams picked to win so they announced our name and we ran out into the field and cheered. We had the girls go pick our spot for us and  of course they chose lane 1, which was the worst spot. The gun went off and I told myself I wasn't going to go out too fast, which was a mistake. I ended up stuck in the middle of a huge pack going up the hill. I was trying to move up on people and ended up using my hands more then my feet for the first three quarters of a mile. I came to a complete stop a couple of times at the baseball field. Once down onto the track I was able to really move and probably passed 20+ people. Going along the hedge on the back of the grass once you get off the track I finally caught up to Walton. For the next mile we worked together and passed a bunch of people. Once we went through the track for the second time we caught a pack of guys from Westlake. The whole last mile we went back and forth. Once we hit the track I realized Mike was only five seconds ahead of me and I tried to catch him. Once we hit two hundred meters to go him and the Westlake kids took off. I was disappointed with my time until I heard it was quite a bit longer. We got second as a team to Davis, and we would have beaten them if Mike hadn't of been sick. Clayson won, and Little Warner was top ten.

Today the Principal came and told us that the school is tearing down our wall. It was pretty much the most devastating news I could have heard. Now we will no longer have somewhere to play wallball on before practice. It was hard to run after hearing that but we went out for about seven.

Later I ran the canyon road loop.

10x400m today. I did every single one at either 70 or 71. It felt really good and they could have been a lot faster if it wasn't so windy on the backstretch.

Ran down to AF and did the golf course on the way back.

We had a fartlek on the canal today. 7x5x3x2x1 hard, with 5x4x3x2 minute jog inbetween. We were hauling on all of them, and I stayed with the front five for all of them but the 1 minute one. Afterwwards Me, Cole Gray, and Walton ice bathed.

We were suppposed to go for a 35 min run, and we did. it's just that we only went 3 miles. We went on an athlete run throgh the river bed and the trees around there.

Today was the Wasatch invitational at Soldier Hollow. It was a pretty long drive up there so I got a pretty solid nap on the way up. We got there and started warming up once the junior senior JV boys started. We lined up and they only gave everyone spots two people wide. We got out and I just settled into the race with Walton and Cole Gray. We did pretty much all of our moving in the first mile. It was pretty rough because there was absolutely no flat it seemed. It was either up or down. We came through the first mile in 6:05, then headed up the switchbacks. On the second one I gapped Walton by a little and surged up to two kids from Salem Hills. I stayed with them all the way to the last half mile where it's all downhill, and they pulled away. I ran by myself to the finish and got seventeenth. I was disappointed I was so close to meddling but whatever. Our team got second and only lost to AF 28-42. And that was without our third runner Mike. By the time state comes I think we could be able to give them a run for their money.

We were supposed to have a speed workout today but Misty came and told us we had a distance run instead. Lately there has been some lady here making us do plyometrics. I hate it because It always messes my knees and legs up for our actual run. Me Cole and Mike went out to Fox Hollow and got some free tokens for later, then ran the loop on the trail by AF.

Today we had 7x800m repeats on the stupid field by the seminary building. It was originally six, but in typical Ryan fashion as soon as we thought we finished he threw in another that had to be the fastest yet. They felt so much better then they have in the past. Times were 2:39, 2:39, 2:36, 2:35, 2:38, 2:38, 2:33. They could have been faster but there was a nasty wind coming right at us on the longest part of the interval coming around the trees with 300m to go. Iwas anywhere from 3-6 on the team on any given interval. Marc kept getting on the inside and pushing me out on the turns so I couldn't cut corners. It was really annoying.

Today when we showed up to practice the wall was gone. They took it down today. It explains the bad weather. We ran up to the mouth of the canyon and turned south down canyon road, where we started a 10 min tempo run. We made it down onto the canal and then ran back to the school. It was so cold, rainy, and windy i thought I was going to die. 

Today was the Nebo invite. We left at 1:30 from the school but I didn't race until 5:30. It was pretty cold so we spent a lot of the time inside the high school. It was pretty fun, we had competitions to see who could slide the farthest on our backs, and we were messing with this one really cocky kid from Bingham. We watched Walton get third in the JV race then started warming up. It had been raining for the past couple days so the ground was soggy, and since we were the last race of the day the course was absolutely wrecked. The gun went off and i tried to get out fast but since I was in the back row it was very difficult. The whole first mile I was stuck and just trying to get free, but once i got out of this huge pack of kids though I was able to start moving. The whole second mile I just kind of stayed in this pack and passed a few people. Once we were coming around the track for the last lap Tanner passed me and I hung on for a while before droppng off with about 800m to go. Coming around the baseball fields I lost a bunch of time by 1) some kid pushed me and I fell over when we weree going  through the deep mud 2) my shoe came untied and nearly came off like three times. my headband also came off so I flicked it over by the scoreboard. At the very end I was sprinting to try to hold off someone who I couldn't tell who it was until I finished and it was Justin on PG. He said he got a fastrunningblog which is cool. We came in third to AF and Bingham. I was so mad because I really thought that we had Bingham we had all seven guys in twenty spots ahead of their  fifth guy. Oh well, we'll get them at state.

Long Run today. I'm the only varsity runner who didn't have a day date for homecoming so I had to run by myself. Usually I don't listen to music when I run but since it was a long run, and I was alone I thought why not. I ran up into the foothills and followed that dirt trail all the way to Grove Creek I think. It''s the canyon right next to the G on the mountain. On the way back I went really hard so I could make it back before the end of the playlist. I made it to my back door with 10 seconds left on the last Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros song.

Today the only coach that was there was the annoying plyo lady. I don't think that she likes me very much because me and Walton just race during the drills, and if that means cutting the drill short halfway to sprint to the finish to win so be it. After those we went out for a run. We ran down to the end of the trail following the river by AF then started our workout. It was seven minutes hard, two minutes rest, and another seven minutes. On the first one I felt way good and the only people ahead of me were Clayson and Little Warner. The second one sucked because it was all gradual uphill and afterward I felt like I was going to die. We ran to AF to get a drink and use the bathrooms but I was so wrecked I just lied down in the middle of the hall and took a 10 minute nap.

Workout today. 10x400m with 1 min rest. The first one was a little slow for some reason and we came through at like 73 but the rest were perfect. 70, 70, 69, 69, 67, 70, 70, 70, 65. I guess they are racing ten per team in the varsity race at Westlake which is going to suck, but it will give me an advantage over the Cole.

Just easy miles before Westlake tomorrow. we ran down to Art Dye and played this game that was kind of like handball but with a tennis ball on the soccer fields. Dyestat rankings came out today and WE ARE RANKED 13TH IN THE NATION.

Today was by far the best race of my life. We got ther at about three and it was freezing so Walton, Marc, and I went down into the basement of the school to wait for the two hours it was before our race. It was pretty fun, We found some huge speakers the football locker room so we were blasting some dodos. Walton lit some incencse and I think one of the AF guys thought he was smoking weed. When the girls varsity race started we went and warmed up then headed to the line. It was pretty cold, but not nearly as cold as when we got there and there was a decent wind coming at you down the home straight.

The race went off and I went out and through the first 800m worked into a good position right with Mike, Marc, & Jon. We just kept a good pace through the first mile where we came through at 5:18. On the loop around the big field by the other school that group kind of got away from me and I just tried to not let anyone pass me. I came through the second mile in 10:38 and moved up to pass Jon and get in right with these to Davis kids I just tried to hang on to them the whole last mile and eventually we caught Marc. Nut with 200m to go all three of them beat me. i came across in 15:45 though which is almost a 30 second PR! We put 6 runners in before Binghams fifth but they ended up beating us by 4 points. We did get Davis though!

I accidentally slept in today so after the second session of conference I went on my own run. I ran to Grove creek and back. Averaged about 6:27 pace overall for the 11 mile.

Today we ran to Art Dye and played that handball game again, and afterward we looped around on the fox hollow road. Me and Clayson went like two extra.

Today we had 12x400m with a minute recovery. They felt pretty good but there was a really strong wind coming at us on the homestretch. If there is ever a day where we do these and it's not windy, I swear I could go 65's on all of them. Splits were 72, 67, 68, 69, 70, 70, 71, 69, 72, 70, 68, 67. Afterward I went with Mike and Cole on a longer cooldown down to deerfield and back on the canal.

a solid 6 miles

Today we had a speed workout on the track. I ran to the school and we did 800, 600, 400, 600, 400, 200. The weather was just right, it was cold but perfect while you're running. times were 2:29, 1:45, 1:09, 1:45, 1:09, and 30 seconds. Afterwards we cooled down on the golf course run and I ran home.

We are staying in Park City over fall break so I get a day of high altitude training! I don't know if one day will make a difference, but whatever. I went out for seven miles following this trail that runs alongside a small river that passes the high school, and the place where they hold the xc invite.  Overall averaged a 6:30 pace, but I was breathing quite hard. Especially on the last mile, because it was all steep uphill back to the hotel.

Today on our way back from Park City my mom wanted to stop at a bookstore in Salt Lake, so I went and did my workout at Sugarhouse Park. I did one loop of the state course to warm up, then did 2 min on and 2 min off for the next lap and did two more miles for cool down. The one hill at about the mile mark is a real toughie.

Last workout before region, 3x400 at 69, 67, 65. It was easy and I felt good but I don't like tapering. I feel like I won't run fast if I'm not working hard.

4 easy miles before region tomorrow. I'm pretty pumped, and I really think I can hang with Mike.  If I can be within a few seconds of him then I'll be able to hang with Binghams fourth guy Adam, and if I can beat him we have a second place trophy in the bag.

Today's race sucked. I was really looking forward to it, but my stomach was just raging the whole time and it just felt way harder than it should have been. The race went off and nobody was running very fast so when I went through the mile at 5:10 I was only 5 seconds behind the leaders. The second mile I just died. Coming around the tennis courts my stomach just clenched up and I just tucked in behind Jon. The two mile split was 10:36, which means the second mile was a 5:26 which is no good. The last mile I passed Jon and just ran with Mahonri all the way to the finish. Time and place weren't what I was hoping for but whatever, we qualified for state. We lost to Westlake, but Clayson was taking it pretty easy and we have the advantage in a bigger race. Now I just have to prepare myself for state.

We ran down to Art Dye and played the handball game that we invented again. Afterwards Cole and I ran to AF. On the way back we ran into my cousin Ashton and Joe Simmons from AF. They snuck out of their workout so that they could come play with us but they were too late. We talked to them for 10 minutes until their team came running down the trail. Timo was pretty pissed at them, it was funny.

After school we had 800, 600, 400, 200. The 8 was supposed to be at race pace but it was a little fast, so the times were 2:29, 1:44, 65, 29. I don't know how it's possibe, but there was wind coming at us on both sides of the track.

Good distance run this morning. We rann on the timberline trail, then looped around down Westfield road. I road my bike up to Alpine and I thought my hands were going to fall off. When I got there and jumped into Claysons caar to warm up it said it was 31 degrees outside. 

Last workout before state. 600, 400, 200. 600 was 1:44, 400 was 74, and 200 was 29. too easy. The 400 was at race pace and I felt pretty good on the other two. I really think I can get ahead of Bingham's fourth at state, and I hope that's enough for  a second place team finish.

easy before state

Today was state. They excused us from school all day so I got to sleep in until 8:00! At 8:30 we went over to Mikes house for breakfast. I had half of a waffle and a banana along with a small bowl of mini wheats before I went over. The Bus came at 11:30 and there was like a huge sendoff from the student council with balloons and paint and stuff. We got to the course and lied down until the 4A race, when we started warming up. We ran around and watched Conner Mantz rage on everybody before we got our spikes and went to the line. We did some strides then lined up, but they were intent on starting us at 3:30 so we just sat there for a while before they finally let us go.

I got out decently, and was probably midpack up the road and on the top. I did a lot of moving and just kind of followed these three Davis kids as we weaved our way forward. Going down the steep hill on the West side I passed the Davis kids and went up the hill. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and I passed a couple people. At this point in the race I caught up to Mike, and we worked together moving down to the lake and got right up behind Jon. On the gradual hill on the far side we made a move and passed a bunch of people going down to the road. The only person that passed us the last half of the race was Skittles from AF, but they always just hammer the last mile. I was feeling really good until we got halfway around the lake for the second time, and I had to start really digging deep. Once we got onto the track I went past Jon and Mike, and I was trying to catch one more Davis kid but I couldn't quite get him. Jon passed me with about 20m left and got the Davis kid too. I came across in 16:19 and was so happy that I got my goal of 16:20.

We were waiting in the finishing area for the longest time waiting to see what we got while people were coming in. After Bingham's fifth came across it was official that WE HAD GOTTEN SECOND!!!! I can't describe how happy we all were, and I have never seen a more beautiful sight then our trophy being awarded to us. Final scores ended up being AF-44, Lone Peak-82, Davis-107, and Bingham-115. Afterwards we went to Pizza Pie cafe, and they gave us cookie monster on the house which was the most delicious thing I have ever tasted.

Ran with my new Kinvara 4's today and I like them a lot. We did 7 miles down into American Fork and back on the main road. I pushed the pace a little and everyone was getting annoyed with me, so I just kept slightly picking it up throughout the run. There was a beer bottle on the side of the road so I picked up and threw it at the fence. I got some on my hand which was annnoying because it smelled real bad, but the explosion it made was worth it.

Ran a backwards mountain run on my own.

Ran down to Art Dye and played Handball.

Later ran by myself.

Today we had 1600, 1200, 800, 800. It felt a lot easier then it usually does. For some reason on the field that we do it on I'm struggling to hit 2:40 800's most of the time, but today I felt smooth and good. Times were 5:13, 3:58, 2:32, 2:27. Afterwards we cooled down on the golf course.

Easy recovery day, so we played indoor tag and ran down to Art Dye to play hanball.

Today we had two 7 minute thresholds in the middle of a 60 minute run. We ran west on the Murdock canal trail for 20 minutes then started the first one, had 3 minutes recovery, and did the second one. We were running on a part of the trail we had never seen before where it dipped down and just switchbacked for a long time, and came at the end of each interval of course. 

Easy run with Clayson and Zack.

I had to do my own run today because I had work this morning when the team was running. I did the Grove Creek run from my house. Overall pace was about 6:30, but it was about 6:45-7:00 on the way to the canyon, and 6:00-6:15 pace back to my house.

Easy run today after two intense games of indoor tag. 

5x1000m alternating at 35 second 200, then 45 second 200 throughout for a 3:15 at the end. Clayson already did it earlier today so by the end it was just Little Warner, Mike, and I. Tawny kept getting mad at the girls for being either really fast or slow, whereas we were within a half a second on every 200.

Easy run.

Today the coaches weren't there so we had a 7x5x4x3x2 tempo run going on east on the Murdock canal. I felt really good on the first three, and terrible on the last two. On the seven minute one I stayed with Clayson the whole time, and I'm pretty sure we were under 5 minute pace. On each one after that Clayson gapped me by more and more, but I was still hauling. On the way back to the school I had to stop at my cousins house to go to the bathroom.