The King of Controversy

AM - 12.75 miles. 90 min with strong finish. Fun run. Coach had dropped a car off somewhere so we didn't have to do an out and back which made it very nice and mostly downhill. I felt really sore and tired from yesterday but since it was mostly downhill I was able to stick with the group for the majority of it. I fell behind a bit at about 70 min when we passed the car because my stomach started feeling bad. Strong finish wasn't as fast as it should have been. I just couldn't push past the icky stomach. Super cool run despite the stomach and all the mud from the rain last night.

PM- 3.5 miles. 36 min easy. Treasure Run. We ran the classic trail where our team rescued a horse about 4 years ago. We went a little longer so that we could get all the way to the rescue point. I felt super sore and tired which made the run back up very hard but it was worth it. It was super fun.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. I still felt super sore and tired so I decided to take it super easy and I fell back with Jake and Zach. 

AM - 10 miles. 60 min with 40 tempo and striders. I woke up still feeling really sore from camp and super tired but the tempo turned out great. I worked on staying relaxed like I usually do and I was able to stick right in with the group for pretty much the whole thing. I started to fall off a little bit towards the end but I was able to finish off with one last good push. Great workout for our team. We had a very strong group and hopefully we can continue to carry this strength over to races. 

PM - 3.75 miles. 31 min easy. Average Pace: 7:57. I got out by myself around 3. Legs felt sore but not really that tired and so it wasn't as slow as I usually go. It wasn't extremely hot with the storm and all so that was nice.

AM - 7.75 miles. 60 min with parkway hills. We had enough time to do 3 parkway hills. It was really hard but glad we did them because hills are a huge weakness for me. I just worked on staying relaxed so I mostly just sat at the back of the pack today. Nothing crazy fast but a good push. Last Kids Club after. It is a bitter sweet feeling. I'm glad it's over but that also means summer is over so that's a bummer. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. We ran the time trial course today for practice. I'm really looking forward to racing if tommorw. I know I can do well. 

AM - 8.25 miles. Time Trial #1. Time: 11:31. Overall Place: 6th. Didn't run as well as I hoped. I got out quick right with Nick and Logan but I slowed down quite a bit at the hill on the first lap and I got passed by quite a few guys. On the second lap I started moving up a bit again and caught Dallin who had passed me on the first lap and we got rolling coming into the last lap. On the last lap Dallin had gapped me and Jason passed me so I was sitting in about 7th but I had a nice kick and was able to just barely beat Dallin. Times weren't very fast today but conditions weren't great. Muddy and wet. We ran pretty tight as a team though and we had a 19 second spread from 1 to 5 and 22 seconds from 1 to 7. Still need to work on closing the gap from the 7 to 8 guy. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Met at Coach's house today so that we could do a pool party after. Pretty hot but I felt good. 

AM - 7.75 miles. 61 min with 6x1200 (goal - 4:50) and 3 min recovery. Times: 4:56, 4:51, 4:45, 4:40, 4:45, 4:42. Pretty easy workout today. Not really hard to hit the times. We were fast on most of them because we didn't really know how fast we needed to go. Legs felt great today. 

PM - 3.25 miles. 31 min easy. Accidentally slept through afternoon practice so I had to run on my own. Sorry Coach.

AM - 12.25 miles. 90 min with strong finish. Pretty hard run today but I survived and actually stuck with the group the whole time. It was probably my best strong finish ever and so much better than the last few hard finishes that we have done. Legs felt great but we kept a strong pace the whole run which made it really hard. Super fun run and I was just glad to be able to stick with the guys the whole time for the first time on our long run in a few weeks

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Average Pace: 8:21. Got out by myself at 4ish. Pretty hot today but I felt good. 

AM - 4.75 miles. 40 min easy. Average Pace:  8:24. Another run by myself. I felt really good. No soreness or tiredness from the hard week so that is good. I hope I can continue to keep feeling like this. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. First morning run of the year because of the first day of school. Great run. Last run in Pegasus as I have decided to retire them. 

PM - 5.25 miles.  60 min with 7x800 with 1 min recovery. Not a great workout for me. I was supposed to do 10 but my stomach did not feel good at all today. I even went to the bathroom in the middle but that didn't help much so I decided to cut it early. Other than my stomach I felt fine today. My times ended up being all around 3:00 which isn't too crazy but for how many we did it was a good push. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Felt kind of tired this morning. I haven't got enough sleep lately. 

PM - 7 miles. 45 min. Cedar All-Comers. Time: 17:14. Place Overall: 28th. Place on Team: 9th. Bad race today for me and our team. I just didn't feel like I was in race mode today. I didn't get out with Nick like I wanted to, I didn't stick with my teammates like I wanted to, and I pretty much just jogged the last two miles. After mile one I just quit on myself and I got passed by a bunch of people. Our team also ran poorly. We didn't group up like we had worked so hard on during the summer and it really made a difference. Desert Hills ran amazing and ripped us apart. They ran the greatest team race I've ever seen and made us look like a JV squad. It was a really discouraging race especially after all the hard work I've put in. I didn't even get a varsity spot, I ran so poorly. I guess it means I've got a lot more work to do. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Still felt tired this morning. 

PM - 6 miles. 40 min easy with striders. Coach decided to cancel the workout today and just do an easy run instead. It defintitely was nice to relax after yesterday. Good run. It was pretty humid but it was fun. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. I was feeling a lot better today. Tiredness pretty much gone. 

PM - 7.5 miles. 60 min with 6x1200 (goal - 4:50) with 3 min recovery. Times - 4:43, 4:45, 4:44, 4:48, 4:46, 4:39. Much better workout for me today. We still weren't able to pace them very well but it was more about sticking together as a team today. I stayed at he back mostly for the first 600 meters on each one and made sure everybody was staying together and then I would pick it up on the second half, take the lead, and finish off faster. Great workout from everybody today. I really hope we can transfer this to races. I felt good today. Stomach kind of hurt on the last couple but not nearly as bad as Monday. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. I didn't feel tired at all this morning. I'm definitely getting better at sleep.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min. Desert Relays. Time: 4:30. Team Place: 5. Leg Place: 4. This race was a relay against Desert Hills at the Region Course. It was set up in 3 person teams with each person running a lap of the course. We scored it just like a normal XC meet so it made it kind of interesting because 15 guys would affect the score. I was on our 3rd team with Andrew and Logan. I got to anchor and thus I had the shortest lap. When I got the baton, I was in 5th place and the race was really spread out so there wasn't anybody near me. I wanted to catch up to Boston but I couldn't get speed rolling like I wanted too. I definitely wasn't ready for such a short distance. Good race. Desert Hills beat us again but I definitely ran better than I did on Tuesday and I was happy with my performance. 

AM - 8 miles. 70 min easyish. We had our annual Runathon all night which was fun but totally wore me out. I ran 4 miles in the actual Runathon, all around or under 6 min pace. I finished off all my minutes for the day during the dash for cash. I am so sore and tired from the whole thing. Running all night is very hard. I'm definitley never going to do a 100 miler. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Still feeling super sore and tired from the Runathon. 

PM - 8 miles. 60 min with 10x3:00 min repeats and 1 min recovery. Interesting workout today. We weren't aloud to run outside today because of lightning so we had to do our workout in the halls of the school. Super fun workout and even though I was sore and tired from the weekend still, it turned out to be a decent workout. We ran strong as a group. There were times where we had to spread out a bit because of where we were running but we always pulled it backed together when we could. It was definitely a step in the right direction for our team. We've still got a lot of work to do but we are definitely getting closer to where we want to be. My inner thigh/groin was super sore today. It doesn't bother me while I run but it hurts to do other things like weights. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Cool run this morning. It was raining and he sky kept getting out up by lighting which looked really cool. Still felt tired and sore. 

PM - 10.5 miles. 70 min with long hill and striders. We ran up into Green Springs today for our long hill. Really humid run and I still felt tired but it was fun. I really enjoy our long runs because we get to explore and run past so many different places in the same run which keeps it interesting and fun and helps me focus less on how hard it is. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Still feeling tired but the soreness is fading. 

PM - 7 miles. 60 min with 6x1200 (goal - 4:50) and 3 min recovery. Times: 5:04, 4:50, 4:43, 4:43, 4:45, 4:45.  Good workout today. Times were a little fast but it was more about sticking together today. Still a little bit weak at running together but it's slowly getting there. I mostly sat in the back today and made sure that we didn't have guys fall off the back. I would try to pick it up at the end of each repeat so that we could work on finishing stronger but it kinda got out of control and we were almost sprinting the last section. I still felt tired today and my stomach was still giving me problems but I was able to stick in with the guys. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. I need to get more sleep. I'm feeling so exhausted. 

PM - 8.5 miles. 60 min with Steady State. First time ever doing a steady state and it was tough. We ran up Parkway which was hard but it was the length of that steady state is what killed me. I almost fell off the group at one point but I fought through the pain and tiredness to stick in there. I think this is one of my biggest weaknesses is pushing for a long time. I've always been better at shorter, quicker workouts over long workouts. I think that is a big reason I do better at our 2 mile time trials over our normal 3 mile races. So I definitely need to work on these longer workouts. Specifically tempos and Steady State stuff like today. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. I felt a lot less tired this morning but we went so stinkin fast today. It felt like the steady state yesterday.

PM - 6.25 miles. 40 min easy with 4x200. Great pre-race run to Sandbergs. The water was really dirty but it was still fun. I felt great this afternoon and really felt smooth on the 200s. 

AM - 8.25 miles. 60 min. SUU Invite. First Varsity Race ever and it didn't turn out great. To be honest it didn't even really feel like a Varsity race. It didn't feel any different from a JV race. The goal for today was to stick together as a team and we did pretty well for the first half of the race but it fell apart from there. Our pack got out right behind Desert Hills pack and we stuck in there until about 1.5 miles where DH made a move and we couldn't match. Nick stayed with DH but the rest of us fell off. I tried my best to stay in there but I just wasn't ready. I was the 2nd guy on the team for most of the rest of the race until Jason, Dallin, and Preston passed me on the last lap. Not a good race for our team again. Nick won but other than that DH demolished us. They have a really good team this year. We looked a little but better than last week but still not where we'd like to be. We've got a lot of work to do. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Feeling pretty good this morning. 

PM - 7.5 miles. 60 min with 8x800 and 1 min recovery. Not a good workout. After about 5 my legs felt so dead and I just decided to cut after 8 because I was running like a wimp. My times on the first five were all about 2:50 and last 3 were about 3:00. I just need to get more sleep. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. We kept it a little slower today which was nice. 

PM - 5.25 miles. 40 min easy. Stupid lightning made us have to run inside again today so we had to just do our easy run today. Not a very fun run. Running in the school sucks. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Run was fun. I felt a bit sore but it seemed a lot cooler this morning because of the storm. 

PM - 7.25 miles. 55 min. Time Trial #2 and 2x1600 meter repeats with 3 min recovery. Good race for me today. We got out quick and as a good pack but it fell apart when Dallin made a big move up the hill on the first lap. Coming into the 2nd lap I decided to try to make a huge move and see if I could go out and beat Nick. I gave a good push but only could hold off Nick for about 400 meters before he caught back up. The move wore me out and so I couldn't get myself to go with Nick and he pulled ahead. Paul passed me on this lap too. Coming into the 3rd lap I was really tired but somehow I was able to still give a good push and keep the gap between me and Paul small and finish 3rd on the team. Great race for the team as well. We have a really strong group from guys 2 to 7. Our problem is the gap between that group and Nick. If we can pull our group up with Nick, we would be a much stronger team.

AM - 5.5 miles. 40 min easy. We had 40 min this morning because of the lightning storm earlier this week that screwed everything up. It was fun though. I really wouldn't mind having morning runs being a little longer like today. I always feel pretty good in the morning so it wouldn't be a huge deal. 

PM - 8.5 miles. 5xSandy Hills and Striders. Not the greatest workout today. I really do not like running in sand or running up hills and today was a combination of both. It was really hard and I felt really tired so it wasn't as strong as it should have been. The rest of the run was fun though. We did an adventure run through the ravine in Green Springs. It was pretty epic. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Felt tired and my knee hurt today. I barely could keep up with the group. 

PM - 6.5 miles. 50 min with 20 tempo. We ran our tempo over on the tempo loop we used during track. It was pretty hot and my knee still wasn't feeling good so the tempo was pretty hard. I tried my best to stick in the group today but it wasn't easy. I sat at the back for most of the first lap until our group started breaking up and I had to move up to Paul. I tried my best to stick on Paul and Andrew but I didn't have it today and they pulled ahead a bit. I finished off pretty weak so that's something to work on. 

AM - 10 miles. 80 min easy. Met up with the guys this morning before the car wash. We didn't really know about the strong finish so we didn't do one. It was a nice run. We kept the pace very controlled which was good because I was already pretty tired. My legs were very dead by the end. I really enjoy these long runs because we can go so many places and combine like 5 different runs into one.