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Location:

Provo,UT,United States

Member Since:

Jun 20, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Track:

400 - 54.87 (Region 9 Championships 2015)

800 - 2:05 (Region 9 Championships 2015)

1600 - 4:39  (Desert Hills Invite 2015)


Cross Country:

 2 Mile - 10:20 (Little Valley 2 Miler 2014)

3 Mile - 16:00 (Woodbridge Classic 2014)

5k - 16:45 (Nike Southwest 2014)


Road Races:

Half Marathon - 1:20:56 (Dogtown Half 2015)


PVXC Team Captain 2014

PV Track Captain 2015

Short-Term Running Goals:

Goals TBD

Long-Term Running Goals:

Attain the Best Running Form and Legs

Goals TBD

Personal:

Ran for Pine View High School from 2012 to 2015. Now I attend BYU but don’t run for them. I am the King of Controversy.

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Bare Foot Lifetime Miles: 161.50
Saucony Virrata Blue Lifetime Miles: 347.70
Saucony Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles: 406.45
Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Lifetime Miles: 366.00
Saucony Virrata 2 Lifetime Miles: 203.25
New Balance Flash Rn Lifetime Miles: 40.00
Nike Lunarglide 7 Lifetime Miles: 244.25
Total Distance
215.00
Nike Lunarglide 5 (Retired) Miles: 22.50Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 38.50Bare Foot Miles: 3.00Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 52.25Saucony Virrata 2 Miles: 34.25Saucony Virrata Blue Miles: 25.50Saucony Mirage 3 Miles: 37.25Nike Zoom Matumbo 2 Miles: 2.25
Total Distance
10.00

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Good run. Hamstring feels a little tired but it is all the way better now. 

PM - 6 miles. 4x1000 at 87% (goal - 3:24) with 3 min recovery and 2x300 all out with full recovery. My Kosmin slowed down my repeats but it actually made them harder in a way since I'm leading a group instead of sitting with Skylar like I was before. I ran pretty good though hitting 3:23, 3:20, 3:19, and 3:18. I was feeling a little antsy to get back with Skylar, Paul, and Nick but I know that I have to be patient with it and soon I'll get back where I want to be. 300s were some of my best yet as I hit :43 for both and actually beat Nick on one for the first time ever even if he wasn't feeling too great. Legs felt like jello after.

Nike Lunarglide 5 (Retired) Miles: 4.00Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
12.00

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. This run was so freaking cold because it was raining. My face almost fell off. 

PM - 8 miles. 55 min and striders. I was so freakin cold today so I cut the last five minutes to get a long sleeve on. Okay run. Felt a bit tired but just mostly cold. 

Bare Foot Miles: 1.00Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 7.00Saucony Virrata 2 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
8.00

AM - 4 miles. Felt a bit tired this morning. Not my legs so much but just overall it feels like I'm not getting enough sleep. 

PM - 4 miles. 4x300 at 400 race pace (goal - 43) with 120 beat recovery. Times - :44, :44, :49, :49. Tough workout today. I ran pretty good on my first two but that made me pretty tired for the last two. I also tightened up a bunch on the last two. I need to work on staying relaxed not just towards the ends of workouts but also the end of races. I know I always sucked at the 800 because my last 400 was garbage. 

Saucony Virrata Blue Miles: 4.00Saucony Mirage 3 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
11.00

AM - 4 miles. Felt pretty good this morning. 

PM - 7 miles. 45 min easy with 4x200. We did a reverse Foremaster run which absolutely sucks. It's just a really hard run but I at least had fun running with the team. Can't believe our first track meet is tomorrow. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - I hate all the bees in the world. Bees suck and they sting you sometimes. We should kill all the bees in the world. 

Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 7.00Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
8.00

PM - 8 miles. 60 min with 15 min progression tempo AT to LT (5:45 to 5:25). Got out just after dark and it was such a nice temperature sadly my tempo wasn't nearly as nice. I was feeling pretty good, a couple aches here and there but still pretty dang good. I couldn't seem to hit the pace I was supposed to go though. I didn't worry too much about it and instead tried to focus on my form. My form used to be almost perfect but over the last year or so it's just deteriorated. I got to keep working on it. Anyways the tempo ended up being more like 6:00 pace down to 5:40 so still a nice speed up but not what I was looking for. Even though I didn't hit my pace, I felt like it was a good workout. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - After yesterday's meet, Pine View now has the top 3 - 800 runners, top 4 - 3200 runners, and top 2 - 4x400 teams in Region 9. Pine View is looking like the favorite to win Region this year. 

Saucony Virrata 2 Miles: 8.00
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Total Distance
0.00

Hey Everyone, I have decided to spicen up the blog a bit by adding some Controversy. Feel free to comment and voice your opinion on any of the Controversies.

Controversial Topic of The Day - Black Licorice is the best kind of Licorice. Everyone who says it is the worst kind ever is clearly drunk and should go back to their trailer park. 

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Total Distance
12.50

AM - 9 miles. 60 min easy with striders. Good run. Felt a bit tired but not too bad for a long run. Striders sucked cause the grass was all wet and cold. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Trail Run Tuesday - Prospector. Well even though I only had 30 minutes I went and ran a trail because I was getting sick of all the runs by my house. It was fun and I did it a bit earlier in the day because I'm going to the BYU vs Gonzaga game tonight. I hope they win because they probably won't make the NCAA tourney if they don't. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - Who's the better Government Agent? Jack Bauer or James Bond? Personally I think James Bond is a much better agent. Jack Bauer is constantly breaking the rules and let's so many people die in the process of catching the bad guy. James Bond, first off is British and is very smooth and sophisticated but is also very clean and precise when it comes to catching the bad guy. If Jack Bauer and Bond got in a fight, Bauer would be dead in seconds. 

Bare Foot Miles: 1.00Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 3.50Saucony Mirage 3 Miles: 8.00
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Total Distance
8.25

AM - 5 miles. 4x300 at 400 race pace (goal: 43-44ish) with 120 beat recovery (1-2 min). Times were 43, 44, 46, 47. I did a lot better than last week but this was still so tough. Probably one of the hardest workouts we do right now. 

PM - 3.25 miles. 30 min easy. Ran with Paul, Nick, and Sally in the desert behind Nick's house or at least what's left of it. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - Should high school athletes be allowed to accept money? The reason I chose this topic is cause my good friends Hell Raiser and The Warbeast weren't able to accept their prize money at the Dogtown Half Marathon about a month ago. I think High School athletes should be allowed to accept money or at least some money. It's stupid that my friends couldn't accept their money. I mean it was only $100 and $200. Why do we have to distinguish between pro and high school athletes by money. Age can already distinguish it. 

Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 5.00Saucony Virrata 2 Miles: 3.25
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Total Distance
10.50

AM - 6.75 miles. 60 min easy. Trail Run Tuesday - Mustang Pass. Fun run this morning. I was feeling a bit tired and cruddy but so was a lot of other people so the pace was pretty chill. Mustang Pass is getting pretty overgrown though. I don't think it has been run on enough lately which makes me sad. It's one of my favorite trails in St. George. People need to start using it more. 

PM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Didn't get out till super late cause I was hanging out with the bros all day and they were all being domos and didn't want to run. Fun run though. I felt really fresh.

Controversial Topic of The Day - If Jake K and Andrea had a baby what would it be named? Here are some ideas: Blake K, Gnork Krong (First name is last name backwards), Donkey Krong. If you have another idea, comment below. 

Saucony Virrata Blue Miles: 3.75Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 6.75
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Total Distance
11.00

AM - 7 miles. Old Man Hills - 800, 400, 200 and 2x(400, 200). Tough but good workout. I tried to stay relaxed on these because it seems like I always tighten up on these. It worked pretty well and this was probably one of my better Old Man Hill days.

PM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. I came up to Salt Lake for the weekend so I ran up here around 5. I felt pretty good but nearly as fresh as yesterday. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - Who is the better American Runner, Steve Prefontaine or Galen Rupp (or who would win if they raced each other)? I think Galen Rupp is a much better runner. He has great form and a lot better than how they portray Prefontaine's form in the movies. Rupp is also a much smarter racer. He usually lets someone else lead for most of the race and then outkick them. Pre was a front runner and though it worked most of the time, he failed to medal in his only Olympic appearnace. Rupp would just have to sit on Pre for most of the race and then outkick him.

Saucony Mirage 3 Miles: 4.00Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 7.00
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Total Distance
10.25

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Morning runs are really warm now which is nice. 

PM - 6.25 miles. 45 min easy with striders. I didn't feel too great today. Something was up with my stomach and I felt pretty tired too. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - Should Grant Fisher have been disqualified for his steps off the track at New Balance Indoor Nationals? I think it's ridiculous that Fisher didn't get a DQ for his steps off the track during the mile. I mean he took like five steps off the track. In any other race, even small local meets like the Hurricane Invite this weekend, he would have been DQ. It's ridiculous that he didn't. This wasn't some joke meet! It was Nationals! How stupid are those officials?

 

Bare Foot Miles: 1.00Nike Lunarglide 5 (Retired) Miles: 4.00Saucony Mirage 3 Miles: 5.25
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Total Distance
10.00

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Felt decent.

PM - 6 miles. 6x400 at goal 800 pace (goal - 1:00) with 120 beat recovery. Not a good day. Times were really slow. 1:04, 1:02, 1:10, 1:11, 1:06, 1:12. I just felt so exhausted today and could not get moving. The most disappointing thing about this workout is that I had some really solid workouts the last couple weeks or so until this one.

Controversial Topic of The Day - Is Kentucky really going to win the NCAA tournament? I really don't think Kentucky is going to win. I think they are overrated and will choke when it matters most. Arizona, Wisconsin, and Virgina should be the teams to look out for. They are really good teams that I think everyone has underrated. If anyone is going to win it will be those three not Kentucky or as a good friend once called them Kencucky. 

Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 6.00Saucony Virrata 2 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
10.00

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Ran by myself earlier this morning because I made Preference Royalty and had to practice for the assembly this morning. 

PM - 6.25 miles. 45 min easy and 4x200. Pre race run to Sandbergs. First time jumping in since winter. It was probably the coldest it has ever been when I have jumped in and it felt really good on my legs. I'm only running the 800 and the 4x400 at Hurricane so I'm not racing to Saturday which I think is good. My legs feel kind of tired right now.

Controversial Topic of The Day - Did King Chezerk let Peasant Jenkins win the Men's 3k at NCAA Indoor Nationals? I think Edward Chezerk let his teammate Eric Jenkins win so that he could get his first NCAA title.

Saucony Virrata Blue Miles: 6.25Saucony Virrata 2 Miles: 3.75
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Total Distance
9.75

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Another run by myself because of Preference Assembly practice. I ended up winning Best Legs which is pretty cool.

PM - 6 miles. 45 min easy. Just got miles in at the track meet since I wasn't racing today. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - Do you wear socks with your spikes? I've always wore socks with my spikes but I've seen quite a few people go sockless in their spikes when they race. I'm not exactly sure why they do it because I would probabaly get some nasty blisters if I did that. Comment below which you do and why.

Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 6.00Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 3.75
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Race: Hurricane Invite 2015 (0.5 Miles) 00:02:08, Place overall: 9
Total Distance
9.25

AM - 5.75 miles. Nice chill shakeout run this morning with Nick, Paul, and Bryan once we got to the meet. The weather was super nice and I felt good. 

PM - 3.5 miles. Hurricane Invite 800 meter and 4x400. The plan today was to stick right behind Nick and Paul. I was a little nervous to get out fast like I did in the 1600 at Hurricane All-Comers a couple weeks ago and so I lost them from the beginning. First lap was 61. Second lap was a lot better than most of the other 800s I have run before but that's not saying much. Not what I was looking to do today but a good starting point for the season. 2:08 is a much better starting point than the 2:19 I ran at this same meet last year. The 4x400 was just a little bit after the 800 and it went okay. I ran a 56 and our team ran a 3:44. We took barely took 3rd but Hurricane messed up the results (only one of the many times they messed up at this meet) and it says we took 4th. They messed up so much crap at this meet.

Controversial Topic of The Day - Nothing today. Sorry. 

Nike Lunarglide 5 (Retired) Miles: 8.25Nike Zoom Matumbo 2 Miles: 1.00
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Total Distance
10.25

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Hamstrings were still sore from Saturday.  

PM - 6.25 miles. 4x1000 at 91% (goal - 3:12) with 3 min recovery and 2x300 all-out with full recovery. I felt really good today and so times ended up being pretty good and I was able to be just a couple steps behind Paul and Nick everytime. Times: 3:05, 3:07, 3:12, 3:06 and then the 300s were 41, 44. I just really felt good today especially on all the 1000s and the first 300. The second 300 wasn't too great but I felt pretty good with this workout. I mostly worked on keeping it chill at the beginning and picking it up at the end since my finishes in races are always so crappy.

Controversial Topic of The Day - Are girls better than guys at sports? I think the answer to this is yes. Take a look at the running world and you'll see pretty clearly that girls are much better than guys. I mean you don't see any high school guys going pro like we have seen so many high school girls going pro lately. Mary Cain, Alexa Efraimson, and Kaylin Whitney are on the high school girls gone pro list. The question is who's on the guys list. No One. Girls are just plain better at sports and a lot tougher than most guys out there.

Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 4.00Saucony Virrata 2 Miles: 6.25
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Race: Snow Canyon JV 200m (0.125 Miles) 00:00:25
Total Distance
10.50

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Same old.

PM - 6.5 miles. 45 min easy with striders. Snow Canyon JV 200m. I decided to run the 200 at the JV meet today just for fun. I ran a 25.36 so that's pretty good I guess. Form was pretty bad though.

Contoversial Topic of The Day - Varsity athletes running in JV meets - good or bad? I think it is totally wrong for Varsity level athletes to be running in JV meets. I mean it's embarssing enough that the JV athletes suck but then to get thrown down on by Varsity athletes only adds insult to injury. I think that Varsity level athletes should be banned from participating in JV meets. They should create a cutoff time. Something like if you run faster than a 5 min mile you can't run in this meet.

Saucony Virrata Blue Miles: 4.00Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 5.50Nike Zoom Matumbo 2 Miles: 1.00
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Total Distance
9.00

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. It was pretty warm this morning and so I went shirtless for a bit. I wrote a limerick about myself in AP Lit the other day and here it is:

My name is Controversial Cam.

I'm all up in your face...KABLAM!

I bring the controversy

And give no mercy.

I am Controversial Cam.

PM - 5 miles. 4x400 and 4x200 at goal 800 pace (goal - 1:02) with 120 beat recovery. We were supposed to do 6x400 but after not hitting the first 4 we decided to do 200s so we could at least be hitting goal pace. Times were 1:03, 1:03, 1:05, 1:05, 29, 30, 31, 29. My legs were pretty tired today and it was pretty hot but my real problem was I just wasn't in the mindset to run fast today. I got a lot more work to do.

Controversial Topic of The Day - Do you like it better when the mornings are cold and the afternoons are cool or the mornings are warm and the afternoons are hot? Personally, I absolutely despise the cold so I like when the mornings are warm even if it means blazing hot afternoons.

Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 4.00Saucony Virrata 2 Miles: 5.00
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Total Distance
10.25

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Pretty sore this morning. Pine View Invite starts tomorrow and I'm so excited. It is such a fun and big meet. Today is the last day to sign up so everybody sign up.

PM - 6.5 miles. 45 min easy with 4x200. Beast Shoe Run today. Bryan broke a duck's legs and we left a dead fish on the doorstep of one of our former runners. I felt exhuasted and sore but I should be ready for this weekend.

Controversial Topic of The Day - Should deer crossing signs be moved to less trafficed areas? I think it is ridiculous that we put deer crossing signs on some of the highest traffic roads and places like freeways where it is almost impossible to stop on a dime. We should move deer crossing signs to places where there is less traffic so that the deer will be much safer when crossing.  

Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 3.75Saucony Mirage 3 Miles: 6.50
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Race: Pine View Invite 2015 - 400m (0.25 Miles) 00:56:00, Place overall: 46
Total Distance
9.50

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Still pretty sore so I just took it easy with Nick and Bryan. Good run. 

PM - 6 miles. PV Invite 400m. Time: 56.14. Nothing great. I just didn't have the guts to run fast on this. The meet was good though. Fun to watch some good runners. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - Nothing today. 

 

Nike Lunarglide 5 (Retired) Miles: 6.25Saucony Virrata Blue Miles: 3.50Nike Zoom Matumbo 2 Miles: 0.25
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Race: Pine View Invite 2015 - 800m (0.5 Miles) 00:02:09, Place overall: 37
Total Distance
3.00

PM - 3 miles. PV Invite 800m. Time: 2:09. Absolutely garbage race today. I got out in 61 and closed very poorly. This has been a really frustrating start to the season. I have worked just as hard if not harder than all my teammates but I just don't have the guts that they do. I got to learn to race with more guts. Didn't end up cooling down or getting all my mileage today because I was so mad with how I raced that I didn't feel like running anymore. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - Speaking of guts, which Prefontaine Movie is your favorite - Without Limits, Prefontaine, or Fire on the Track? 

Saucony Mirage 3 Miles: 3.00
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Total Distance
11.50

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Pretty chill run this morning. 

PM - 7.75 miles. 60 min with 2x(2 min hard, 30 sec easy, 1 min hard, 30 sec easy, 30 sec hard, 30 sec easy). Well since all the Juniors got their ACT scores back, we ran by a lot of their houses so they could check them. Pretty good scores from the team. Jake the Snake got a 27, Warbreasts got a 30, and Slick reclaimed his spot as smartest on the team with a 31. Workout was good. My stomach was all jacked but I survived. We took a quick break between sets which I don't think we were supposed to do but we had to stop at Bryan's and check his score. Joke is on us though because his didn't come.

Controversial Topic of The Day - What is the worst Star Wars Movie? Personally, I like all the Star Wars movies but I do think some are better than others. I think the dumbest one is the original one - #4 A New Hope. It's just so old and has the shortest, boringest plot of all of them. A lot of people disagree though saying that #1 is the worst but all those people are just blind SOPs (son of parents) who are blinded by their hate for Jar Jar Binks. How could you hate Jar Jar?! He's a freaking beast war hero! Comment your least favorite Star Wars movie. Tomorrow will be fav. Star Wars movie.

Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 7.75Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 3.75
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Total Distance
10.50

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. I felt really good this morning. Legs felt really zesty and rolling out and doing yoga after made them feel even better.

PM - 6.5 miles. 40 min easy with 4x200. This was a good and bad run. My stomach was all jacked again but we took it nice and slow so that was a nice shakeout for my legs.

Controversy - What's your favorite Star Wars movie? This is one of my favorite sagas of all time. I'm not sure which movie is my favorite though. I want to say #6 but #2 and #3 are really cool too. I really can't decide because they all are really good. Comment your favorite one.

 

Saucony Virrata Blue Miles: 4.00Saucony Mirage 3 Miles: 6.50
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Total Distance
215.00
Nike Lunarglide 5 (Retired) Miles: 22.50Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 38.50Bare Foot Miles: 3.00Asics GT 2000 (Retired) Miles: 52.25Saucony Virrata 2 Miles: 34.25Saucony Virrata Blue Miles: 25.50Saucony Mirage 3 Miles: 37.25Nike Zoom Matumbo 2 Miles: 2.25
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