The King of Controversy

PM - 3.75 miles. 31 min easy. Average Pace: 8:10. Snowed last night so didn't go for my run till 2pm so my run would be a little bit warmer. Felt fine. Uneventful run.

AM - 5.25 miles. 40 min easy. Average Pace: 7:40. Another run by myself. I like running by myself but it can get pretty boring sometimes. Another cold run.

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Average Pace: 8:08. Good last run before school starts on Monday. Felt kind of sick today. 

PM - 4 miles. 30ish min easy. First day back with the team! Good run but I am sick so it kind of sucks. Legs felt good though. 

PM - 3.25 miles. 41 min easy. Trail Run Tuesday. We went to this trail out by Quail Lake. It was a super cool trail but pretty tough at the end when we decided to run up to the top of the mountain. Super cool run and great view from on top. Legs felt good but I'm still sick. 

PM - 5.25 miles. 40 min easy. Still felt sick today. Being sick just sucks. Legs feel a bit sore right now.

PM - 6 miles. 45 min easy. I was still sick today and I felt really tired. I really had a tough time stickin with the group. 

PM - 5 miles. 38 min easy. Beast run but still sick. 

Decided to take today off and see if I could get over my sickness. 

PM - 7.25 miles. 50 min with 20 min steady state tempo. We went about 6 min pace for the steady state.This was really tough for me today. I don't know if it's just because I'm still a little sick or what. I managed to stick with the group but I really wanted to quit the whole time. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 35ish minutes. Trail Run Tuesday. Went and ran on the Middleton Trail. It was super fun even though we went pretty slow. I still felt sick today and I was super sore from yesterday. 

PM - 6.25 miles. Old Man Hills (4x800). Pretty chill workout which was nice since I'm still not quite over my sickness and I'm really sore. We hit around 2:55 on all of them. Nothing crazy, just tried to work on form and keeping the group strong. 

PM - 6.5 miles. 52 min easy. Really fun run today out into the desert but my back hurt a lot. Other than that though, I felt great. Most of the soreness from earlier in the week is gone.

PM - 4.5 miles. 800 meter Kosmin Test. This didn't turn out too well. The first 60 seconds, I barely got past 400 meters, hitting 400 in like 58 or 59 and that felt extremely killer. The second 60 seconds I was just so dead from the first that I ran absolutely terrible. Finished with 772 meters, just behind Skylar. Predicted 800 meter time: 2:05. Converted Mile: 4:42. Guess that was okay but not what I think I'm capable of right now. 

AM - 7 miles. St. George 5k. I came into this pretty sore from yesterday's Kosmin so I was a little nervous on how I would do but it all seemed to work out fine. I got out quick and into the lead with Nick but then the 2 guys who took 1st and 2nd last year came up on us as well as a runner for AF and I dropped off from that group pretty quickly. I came through the first mile in 5:12 and the 2 mile in 10:40ish and then obviously finished in 17:03 so slowed down quite a bit throughout the race. After I lost the lead pack, I was just focusing on keeping a good pace and holding off Dallen, Alex, and Preston who I knew weren't far behind. I had solidified a pretty good lead after the first mile so they weren't ever able to catch me and so I finished 2nd in my age division and got a dope Sandstone plaque among other prizes. Just a really fun race but I'm super sore now.

AM - 10 miles. 88 min easy. Average Pace: 8:48. Trail Run - Suicidal Tendencies. Really beast trail run today. It's a really fun and beautiful trail but it's so tough and it what made it worse was that I was still extremely sore from Friday and Saturday. I survived though and I didn't commit suicide so I say that it was a success. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. FIRST MORNING RUN OF TRACK!!! Super glad to be back to morning runs, they are so fun. I was still really sore this morning but definitely felt better.

PM - 6 miles. 3x1000 at 85% (goal: 3:23) with 3 min recovery. Times: 3:20, 3:18, 3:15. Good and pretty easy workout today. Still felt sore but that really didn't bother me during the workout. I just stuck right on Skylar the whole time. I like doing 1000s better than 1600s but it feels weird to only be running with Skylar and Paul.

PM - 8.5 miles. 60 min easy. Ran out on the Boardwalk trail. It was a fun run but my legs were absolutely exhausted. My legs just haven't had time to recover from last week.

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Still felt pretty tired this morning. I think part of it was I didn't get to bed on time because I went to Cedar for the game.

PM - 6.5 miles. 45 min with 15 min AT tempo (goal pace: 5:42). Not really a good workout. We decided to try doing the tempo on the track for the first time and I liked it but I just didn't run very well. I stuck with the group for the first mile and then just fell off from there. Tempos have never been my strongest thing so I got to work on that.

PM - 5.5 miles. 55 min easy. Trail Run - Ice House. Felt absolutely terrible today so this trail just made it worse. My legs were fried and the whole way up the hill my legs would tighten up and I had to stop a lot. I turned around early with Alex, Josie, and Macen because I knew I couldn't go any farther. 

PM - 5 miles. 40 min with 10 min LT tempo (goal pace - 5:22). Still didn't feel extremely great today so I cut my workout and run short today. I did my tempo down the nowhere trail. I hit about a 5:40 average for the tempo so way off where I was hoping to be even with the help of the downhill. This has been a rough week for me. Legs have felt like crap the whole week. Goal for next week is to get back to 100%. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Good run this morning. Legs felt a lot better than they did last week. 

PM - 6.5 miles. 4x1000 at 85% (goal - 3:25) with 3 min recovery and 2x300 all out with full recovery. Times: 3:18, 3:23, 3:25, 3:15, :46, :43. Decent workout today. Legs felt pretty good but I just felt weird on the third one. My chest hurt and I'm not sure why. Heart burn maybe. It went away but it screwed me up a bit on that third one. 300s went pretty well. First one was garbage but the second one I just never felt tired and I ran the fastest I ever have in a 300. Maybe I can dip under 40 this year. 

PM - 5 miles. Trail Run Tuesday - Temple Quarry. Girls started before us because we were waiting for Jason to show up and this trail sucks to get around people. I ended up slipping and getting scraped up a bit trying to get around them but it's whatever. The trail was okay. Not my favorite by any means but it was fun. Legs felt a bit tired but nothing even close to last week so I was fine. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Decent morning run. Nothing to report.

PM - 6.75 miles. 50 min with 15 min tempo (goal pace: 5:42) on the track. I did a little bit better than last week I think but still not quite where it should be. I stuck with Nick for the first mile and hit right around 5:42 so right on pace but slipped off from there. I fell back from Nick and soon ended up in the group with Andrew, Jake, and Dallin. I stuck there for most of the second mile but just after we passed the girls I let them get away and I ran the last 5 mins or so by myself. Just got to work on sticking with those guys better.

PM - 5.5 miles. Old Man Hills (1x800, 3x400). Alright workout. The 800 was solid and the 1st 400 was pretty good too but the last two 400s weren't very good. I just felt so drained on the last two and I couldn't stick it in there. Times were something like: 2:45, 1:11, 1:18, and 1:22). Hills have always been tough for me so I guess I'll just have to keep working at it.

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Decent morning.

PM - 8.5 miles. ROOT BEER MILE!!! So today we did our annual Mr. PVHS Root Beer Mile. It was pretty crazy. Jason won again easily and I was basically last place and threw up. We hit up Prospector after and that was pretty fun even if it was all muddy from the rain today.

PM - 8 miles. 62 min with 15 min LT tempo (broken up into 10 and 5 min segments). Goal Pace: 5:22. Met up with Jake, Andrew, and Bryan and we did our tempo down Washington Fields Road. The first 10 min, I started out in front because I needed to hit a faster pace but I just couldn't do it and so I ended up just fading back with Andrew and Jake and ran the rest with them. On the 5 min part, Andrew took the lead and I just stuck right on him. We ended up hitting like 5:30 average for both of them which was what Jake and Andrew's time was supposed to be so that was good. I didn't hit my time but that still was a very good and actually pretty tough push for me so I think it was a great workout.