The King of Controversy

AM - 5 miles easy. I went out by myself today and this was definitely my worst run of the break. My stomach wasn't feeling great and my foot hurt a lot more than it has recently. I almost turned around early but I forced myself to go the full distance. It wasn't the best run to start the new year but that's how running is sometimes. I'm looking forward to accomplishing some great things this year.

PM - 6 miles. Back to school and back with the team again today. I felt pretty good on the run today even though we were going a little fast. We did the Sunrise/Foremaster hill loop. We started out at a nice pace but once we got up the hill, we really got moving. It was a fun, shirtless run but definitely a bit challenging. Foot hurt a lot again but I didn't really think about it much during the run so I was fine. 

PM - 7.25 miles easy. Great run today on a modified hospital loop. My foot hurt quite a bit but otherwise I felt fine. We were going pretty fast again but I was able to keep up without feeling super worn out even up the big hill. I'm super excited for workouts to start next week but I'm definitely going to need to get my foot better soon.

AM - 3 miles easy. I got together with the Freshman 5 this morning and ran the Freshman 5K course. My foot didn't hurt much and I felt great but there were like 20 hills which made it a bit challenging. We did yoga after and then we just partied all day.

PM - 5.75 miles. 2 mile warm, 2x1600 at 85% (goal - 6:16) with 400 recovery, 1.5 mile cool. My times ended up being 6:14 and 6:18. The second was slower only because I wasn't paying attention to how fast I was going the first lap and I was like 20 seconds off pace and I never could make it all back up. Great workout and my foot felt awesome even though I was wearing my Pegs. I definitely need to be a little bit more focused on the workout next time.

PM - 5 miles easy. Today was trail day but since my foot hurts more when I run on unstable surfaces, I didn't go and I ran by myself. I was pretty bummed about not going but I'm willing to skip a few fun but insignificant trail runs so that my foot will get better. It ended up being a pretty good run and I don't regret not going to the trail. My foot hurt a lot at the beginning but it slowly faded out and I couldn't feel any pain. That's what I've noticed a lot with my injury is that it doesn't always hurt. Even on days that it hurts a lot, it only hurts for part of the run. Sometimes I even have days where it doesn't hurt at all or days where it hurts the whole run. It is just an up and down injury. 

PM - 5.75 miles. 12 min. AT tempo (goal - 6:20). Pretty good tempo. Me, Dallin, and Skylar grouped together again and we ran pretty well. I was leading most of the time with Dallin and Skylar just behind and Alex Hill was right in with us too which was way good. The beginning was a little slow but we eventually got into our pace and we really got rolling. We were right on pace pretty much the whole time but I decided to pick it up a bit at the end just like you would in a race. Great tempo and I realized after I finished that my foot never bothered me. I think the injury may be a little mental so yeah.

PM - 5.25 miles. Kosmin Test with 2 mile warm/cool. My goal coming in was to get back up with Andrew and Preston (and all those other guys right in there) so that I can do workouts with them again. And I pretty much accomplished that. My strategy was to relax and hold back on the first two and then go all out on the last two. I pretty much accomplished that too but I was dead after the 3rd one that the last one ended up not being as fast as I wanted it. It still turned out well and I was just barely in front of Andrew with a total distance of 1451 meters. Super happy with how I did considering it is only the beginning of Winter Training. I didn't even think about my foot again and it ended up not hurting again. After today and after talking with Coach about it, I definitely think injuries are partly mental.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles and striders. Tryed out my new Lunarglides today. They felt pretty good but I was just so sore from yesterday. My foot felt really good though so it wasn't all bad.

AM - 8 miles with 10 min. LT Tempo (goal - 5:24). I met up with a bunch of the guys today at the Soccer Park and we ran from there on the Mosquito Trail and then to the River Trail. We started our tempo just as we got off Mosquito. It was a pretty hard tempo since there was no one else there with the same pace as me and I was still pretty sore. My average pace ended up being 5:54 which was way off my goal but it felt like I pushed as hard as I could and never gave up. So I think it was a successful workout. My foot has just been feeling great lately and today was no different. I just didn't think about it and it did not bother me. I hope this means my injury is getting better.

PM - 6.5 miles. 3x1600 at 85% (goal - 5:35) with 400 recovery and 1.5 miles warm/cool. Terrible workout today. I wasn't mentally tough and I ran like junk. I was right where I wanted to be on the first one but the next two were just the opposite of what I wanted to do. My times ended up being 5:41, 5:53, 6:10. I guess it was a great learning experience. You have to fail sometimes I guess.

AM - 3 miles. First morning run of winter training and my first morning run in forever. My foot hurt a bit but it was a great, slow run.

PM - 5 miles (trail - Mustang Pass). I decided to go to the trail to see how my foot would hold up and also because I didn't really want to run alone. It turned out to not be the greatest decision. My foot hurt a lot especially at the beginning (it kind of faded as the run progressed but it never totally went away). I guess I'll have to keep laying off the trails until my foot is totally better. 

PM - 9 miles with 18 min. AT tempo (goal - 5:44). I felt like I ran okay today. It still wasn't a great workout but it was definitely an improvement from Monday. I started off nice and I was doing good but not great for the first half of the tempo. I was just behind Preston but then I really started to struggle and I started falling of Preston a little bit but I just kept trying to refocus and get back where I needed to be. I was still struggling and the gap between me and Preston grew. Luckily, Jake caught me on the nice downhill by the Boulevard and I went with him and I was able to get rolling again and we started to catch Preston. However, as we started going uphill I started to struggle again but I kept fighting back and I finished pretty well. I still have a lot to work on but I did a lot better today. Foot hurt a bit at beginning but never bothered me during the tempo or after.

AM - 3 miles. Good morning run and foot felt great.

PM - 5 miles. Old Man Hills (2x800). Solid workout today. It wasn't great and I need to dare to push up with those top guys but I felt that I did pretty well. My times were 2:45 and 2:39. I sat back for the first 400 and tryed to push the last 400. It turned out pretty good but I definitely need to work on staying more relaxed. I've started to notice recently that my back tightens up as I start running faster. I'm going to try to work on that a lot more. Great run and the foot felt great.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles easy and striders. Exploration run through Sandbergs. It was a good run but my right foot got all jacked up. It wasn't just my injury but my whole foot hurt so yeah. 

Race - I did the St. George 5k today with Paul, Nick, and Preston for fun and to help us hit our tempo (and some of the other guys just came to do their tempo). We got in a 2 mile warm up and got to the starting line. When the race started, we all got out fast and so did 3 other older guys. Nick, Paul, and Preston were right up with those older guys for the first little bit but I wasn't far behind. That group didn't last long and at about half a mile 2 of the older guys took off and the race started to spread out. I was just behind Preston at this point as a kid about our age passed me and started running right with Preston. It stayed like that until the turn around point as Preston started pulling away from the kid and I gave a good push as well to pass and pull away from him and he never challenged us again. The rest of the race was uneventful as I stayed where I was at, just a few seconds behind Preston (I guess it ended up being 6). I finished 7th overall and so PV took the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th spots. I also finished 3rd in the 15-19 age division and got a legit plaque since Nick snuck into the top 3 overall. Super fun race  that I hope to do again but I was unable to hit my tempo of 5:24. 

AM - 7.75 miles. 4x1600 at 85% (goal - 5:35) with 3 min. recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. I didn't do too well today. I was right where I needed to be on the first two but fell off on the last two and didn't finish like I should have. I need to group up a little better because I really start to struggle when I'm alone. I also need to work on getting right into a jogging recovery after each one instead of walking forever. Anyways, my times were 5:42, 5:38, 5:49, 5:53. Still not a great workout but better than last week. I need to believe in myself a little more. Foot felt great but calfs were pretty sore from the race on Saturday.

AM - 3 miles. Just another normal cold morning run with some nice yoga after. My foot hurt a twinge.

PM - 5 miles -Trail Running Tuesday. I decided that I'm not going to skip anymore trail runs because I feel that my injury is starting to become largely mental. It was a great run and I led most of the time. My foot didn't hurt very much and I just enjoyed flying along the beautiful trail. 

PM - 10 miles with 18 min. AT tempo (goal 5:44). Still off today. I started right with Preston and tried to stick with him but I gave up on myself and I fell back. I guess I'm afraid to hurt and go fast. I really need to break out of the slump I have been in lately. 

AM - 3 miles. Such a great morning run today. I hate cold morning runs but at least we went fairly slow for once. We had a nice book discussion after which just made it so much better. 

PM - 5.25 miles. Old Man Hills - 1x800 and 2x400. A much better workout for me today. I tried to push up a little closer to those top guys and I felt like I did pretty well. I need to work on my form a little more because my upper body and especially my lower back really tightened up on the hills. Great workout and my foot felt great. Nice weight lifting with Andrew after.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles with striders. We went down to 2450 park today and did a little barefoot run and did our striders down there. It was a great little run. My foot hurt a bit but overall I felt great. 

AM - 6 miles with 15 min. LT tempo (goal - 5:24). I met up with some of the guys today at the soccer park for our tempo. I once again struggled with the tempo and didn't hit my pace. I need to work on grouping up because it is super hard to be on pace by yourself. I should have grouped up with Preston and we may have both been able to hit our pace but instead I fell behind and I wasn't able to hit my pace. My foot didn't hurt at all and nothing else really bothered me much but I just could not hit my pace Not a great week for me. I had one good workout but the other three were crap. Goal for next week is to group up with Preston, Andrew, Josh, and everybody else around me to help me hit my workouts.

AM - 3 miles. Cold morning run. Some people are still dressing like its 100 degrees outside. Foot hurt a bit.

PM - 7.75 miles. 4x1600 at 85% (goal - 5:35) with 3 min. recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Another junk workout. I've fallen into a slump and I'm really struggling to run like I should. Not going to dwell on the negative and I'm going to try to get back to running like I used to. My times were 5:34, 5:42, 6:00, and 5:52. 

AM - 3 miles. Just another cold morning. I'm looking forward to warm morning runs again even if it means hot afternoons. Foot hurt a bit. Yoga sesh after was good.

PM - 5 miles Trail Run Tuesday. We ran the Temple Quarry trail today by the old airport. It was super fun even though my foot hurt a little bit. 

AM - 3 miles. Just another cold morning. Foot felt good. 

PM - 10 miles with 18 min. AT Tempo (goal - 5:44). I did pretty well today even though I was still off pace. I definitely improved and ran a lot better. I tried to stay a lot more relaxed today and I did pretty well. I still got a lot to work on but I'm starting to get there. I need to keep working on staying in a group so I don't struggle as much. Foot felt good.

AM - 3 miles. Same old. Foot was a little shakey and I was feeling pretty tired because I didn't get enough sleep. I need to get to bed earlier.

PM - 6 miles. Old Man Hills - 3x800. Another sub par workout. I'm still struggling to relax my body. My upper body has been tightening up on a lot of my workouts lately and it is hard to run very well. I need to figure it out. 

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles and striders. Fun little run. Nothing really hurt and not to much happened.

AM - 6 miles with 15 min. LT tempo (goal - 5:24). Met up with the guys again but I didn't really group up like I should have and it ended up being pretty much a solo effort again. Average ended up being about a 6:00 min pace which was about the same as my AT earlier this week. I really need to just break out of this slump I've been in.

AM - 3 miles. Great run. I felt really good and it felt a little warmer this morning. 

PM - 7.75 miles. 4x1600 at 85% (goal - 5:35) with 3 min. recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Not a great workout but definitely an improvement. My times ended up being: 5:39, 5:44, 5:38, 5:37. I started off pretty well but as we started the second one I really started to struggle. I picked it up a little on the third one but on the last one I was struggling again. Coach saw that I was doing bad and he started running with me for a bit. With about a lap to go I said I couldn't do it and Coach hit me in the head and that got me going again. I actually started sprinting for like 100 meters and even though that was kind of stupid it helped me get closer to where I needed to be. Nothing hurt today so it was just my mind that made me run so bad. 

AM - 3 miles. Great run this morning. I felt great but I'm getting sick and tired of the cold. I can't wait for summer. Great yoga sesh after.

PM - 5 miles Trail Run Tursday. We went over to Chuckawalla today. It was pretty chilly at points and pretty tough but I enjoyed. I fell back from the group on the way back because they were going a little faster than I wanted. My foot hurt a bit but not much pain.

AM - 3 miles. Just another uneventful cold morning. I felt fine.

PM - 10 miles with 18 min. AT tempo (goal - 5:44). I felt a lot better about my tempo today. It still wasn't great and not quite on pace but I did a lot better. I stuck right with Andrew for the first lap and I actually led for a lot of it. I was feeling great but as we came onto the second lap I started to fall back like I have been lately. Preston caught up to me at this point and started to pass me and started to gap me but I forced myself to not let that gap grow. I stayed just a little bit behind for almost the rest of the lap but I gave a good push towards the end to catch back up. I finished the tempo off pretty good and then I jogged with Krenny and Jason until we joined with everyone else. Pretty good workout but definitely need to work on finishing workout off strong.

AM - 3 miles. Another boring cold morning but we had a great book discussion after.

PM - 6.5 miles. Old Man Hills - 1x800, 2x400, 4x200. Solid workout today. I tried my best to stick with those top guys and for the most part I was right where I wanted to be but I still need to be a little braver. I felt pretty good. No foot pain just a little sore.

AM - 3 miles. Same old. I felt good.

PM - 6 miles. 5 miles with striders. We ran the DI loop and then the Mr. PVHS 5k course. I felt great and I'm super excited for this race next week (as soon as I get signed up). Striders were great and I tried to focus on good form.

AM - 6 miles with 15 min. LT tempo (goal - 5:24). I met up with same crew at Sullivan Park. I sucked it up again and didn't hit my time. I felt great but I just wasn't with it again.

My only goal for this week is to just relax. I've just been so tense and tight on a lot of my workouts lately and that is one reason why I struggle to hit them. I'm just going to try to get back to my old self where I had beautiful relaxed form. 

AM - 3 miles. It is getting warmer in the morning but still not warm enough for short sleeve. I felt pretty good.

PM - 8 miles. 4x1600 at 85% (goal - 5:35) with 3 min. recovery, 1.5 mile warm/cool. I did pretty well today. My first two were a lot slower than they should have been but I finished the workout off really well. My times ended up being 5:46, 5:41, 5:35, and 5:32. My foot hurt a bit but nothing too bad. 

AM - 3 miles. Pretty warm this morning. My foot hurt a lot. Yoga after.

PM - 6 miles. 2 mile warm/cool, 1 mile time trial, and striders. I was a little disappointed with my performance today. I stayed pretty relaxed through out but I think that was only because I wasn't going that fast. My time is way off my Kosmin (19 seconds) which was really a bummer. I can't be too mad since I haven't hit a lot of my workouts lately. 

AM - 3 miles. Same old. Foot still hurt but a lot less.

PM - 10 miles with 24 min. AT tempo (goal = 5:44). I ran very bad today. I ran very well for about the first half. It was in the zone for the first half and it didn't really feel like I was pushing that much or hurting. About halfway through I lost focus and got out of the zone and I slowed down a lot to finish very poorly. Workouts like this show why I ran so poorly at the time trial. 

AM - 3 miles. I felt pretty good today. The foot still hurts but is still getting better. Great book discussion after.

PM - 5.5 miles. 10x200 at mile race pace (goal - 35.50) with 2 min. recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool (I was supposed to do 2 mile warm/cool but I didn't know until after). I did this by myself today because I went to the doctor today to just check up on my foot. He just said keep doing what I'm doing and it should just keep getting but if for some reason it gets worse than I may have to get surgery. Hopefully that will not happen. I felt really good about my workout today. I was feeling great and I just love speed workouts. My times were 36.82, 36.10, 36.20, 35.85, 34.99, 34.00, 32.10, 30.47, 28.01, 27.42. I don't know if I was supposed to finish off that fast but I was feeling pretty good so I just went for it.

AM - 3 miles. Sad attendance this morning. I felt really good.

Lunch - 1 mile. Root Beer Mile today. It sucked. I finished like 3rd to last.

PM - 5 miles trail. I wasn't feeling it today and I just fell behind the whole group. Super excited for the race tomorrow.

Race - 1.5 mile warm/cool. I had a lot of fun today. The race was awesome and I was very satisfied with my performance even if it was still off my LT pace. When the race started, I hung back a little bit but was still going pretty fast. I was just a few seconds behind Krenny, Dave, and Matt for that first mile. I picked it up the second mile and caught up to Dave but was still a few seconds behind Krenny and Matt, Dave started to fall back a bit towards the end of the second mile and I just stayed in the same spot. The third mile was pretty much the same. Matt started to gap Krenny but I was still the same distance from Krenny. With about 800 to go I finally decided to go get Krenny. I caught him with about 400 to go and then I used my kick to barely finish in front of him by 2 seconds. My average pace ended up being about 5:37 which is still 13 seconds off my LT but a lot closer than it has been. I'm not to worried about that. It was just fun to go out and race again. I am in love with road races.

My goal for this week is to just go have some fun. The trouble I have been having is that I just start worrying too much and start thinking too much and it holds me back. I'm just going to go out and run not think and have fun and not worry. 

AM - 8 miles. 4x1600 at 85% (goal - 5:35) with 3 min. recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. I struggled again today. Not much else to say but that I just need to find my groove again. My times were 5:41, 5:39, 5:41, 5:52. 

PM - 3 miles. Great shirtless run with my bro.

AM - 3 miles. Good morning run. I mostly ran by myself because I didn't want to go fast with the rest of the group. Good yoga session after.

PM - 7 miles. 16x200 at mile race pace (goal - 35.5) with 1-2 min. recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. I love these quick workouts since speed is my biggest strength. My times were 37.08, 36.98, 36.46, 35.61, 35.88, 36.17, 35.51, 35.54, 35.06, 34.82, 33.99, 31.95, 30.98, 30.84, 32.18 and my watch messed up on one.  I was hoping for a faster time on the last one but I got trapped in but it's all good. Super fun workout and not too hard.

AM - 3 miles. I felt pretty good.

PM - 6 miles with 15 min. LT tempo (goal - 6:24). We got out very fast today and I felt that really ended up hurting me. I fell off a ton and my average pace was like 6:20 or something like that. Very terrible workout. 

AM - 3 miles. Same old cold morning.

PM - 5 miles trail. We went over to this trail in Middleton. It was pretty sandy in some parts which made it kind of difficult. Overall though, a very fun run. 

AM - 3 miles. I felt very good this morning. Very good morning.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles with striders. Nice slow run today for once. We just followed the girls to Sandbergs so it was very slow for most of the run. Striders felt great.

Warmed up about 1.5 miles with some of the guys and then got to the line. We warmed up maybe a little late but it meant that we didn't have to wait very long for the race to start. 

Race - Mile 1 - 5:55. When the race started, me and Preston just took it pretty easy and ran with the DH guys for the first little bit but thought they were going a little slow so we got around them. Mile 2 - 6:08.  We picked it up a bit but still very easy for those first 2 miles since it was just all downhill. Mile 3 - 6:02. It started to level off a bit at the beginning of this mile but then we dropped into Hells Hole. Mile 4 - 6:01. This mile was a bit harder with the little rolling hills in Hells Hole. Mile 5 - 6:13. This mile was a little slower and tougher as it flattened out. We caught up to Jake at the end of this mile and he started to come with us. Mile 6 - 6:39. This mile was disatrous as I made a huge mistake. As we came to the aid station, I went to get some water and when I crossed behind Preston, I hit his legs tripping him up and making him hit his knee hard. He got up quick and said he was fine but it ended up ruining the rest of his race. This mile had a slight uphill and we slowed quite a bit but I wasn't too worried since we still had a long race ahead. Mile 7 - 6:39. This mile was pretty flat as we started coming down the Dam Road but it was about the same as last. Mile 8 - 6:17. We got rolling again on this mile and caught Krenny. Mile 9 - 6:30. Our group started to split here and me and Jake started to pull ahead of Krenny and Preston around the hill. Mile 10 - 7:03. This mile slowed significantly because of Majestic Hill. Me and Jake were still together on this mile as some sizziling fast DH guys flew past us. Mile 11 - 6:16. As we came down off Majestic, I started to gap Jake a bit as I started to pick it up a little more. I caught Dallin and Trevor (which really suprised me) on this mile. Mile 12 - 6:36. Coach cheered for us on this mile and I started to pick it up a little bit on this mile and started to pull closer to Andrew. Mile 13 - 6:13. As we hit the turn around to the finish, I saw that more of the DH guys were getting very close to me and I also wanted to go catch Andrew so I really started to pick it up. 0.1 mile - 5:53 pace. I was only a little bit behind Andrew at this point but I just couldn't get myself to kick very hard. I ended up only 1 second behind Andrew on the results but it felt like it was a lot more than that. I was very happy with my performance today and I just had a ton of fun. There were sections where I probably could have pushed a little harder but overall a great race. My foot never bothered me and the rest of the body felt really good (maybe too good). It definitely was hard but it was a lot easier than I first anticipated. I think it was mostly because I just stayed pretty relaxed and didn't really think but just run. It was such a great experience for my first half marathon and I definitely think after high school and a mission and all that stuff, I think I will get into this kind of racing. 

Goal for the week is same as last week to just go have some fun even with the dumb decathalon.

AM - 3 miles. It was a pretty good morning run but I was still feeling a bit sore from the half. Plyos after were hard but good.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles with striders. I didn't have much fun today. The 3 miles were insanely fast, striders weren't very fun, weights wasn't much fun either, and I looked like an idiot at the decathalon.

AM - 3 miles. I didn't really run with the group towards the end because I just felt so worn out.

PM - 6 miles with 4 fartleks. Today was a lot funner. The fartleks were hard because I was just so tired and worn out but the decathlon was better. Today we did the 200 and Long Jump. I only got a 27.24 on the 200 which was kind of disappointing but I just didn't have much left in the legs after the fartleks. The Long Jump wasn't much better but it was a lot funner (if that makes sense). It just feels like you are flying when you get a good jump. I ended up getting a 16' 2".

AM - 3 miles. I woke up feeling really sore all over this morning so not the greatest run. Plyos after were okay.

PM - 5 miles. Kosmin Test with 2 mile warm/cool. I felt like I did okay today. I sadly did not improve which was kind of a bummer but I was okay with it. Last time I got 1451 but this time I dropped back to 1442. The truth is that I'm not really surprised with the deprovement because frankly I haven't hit any of my workouts lately. My predicted time will end up being about 4:45 or 46 which is just a couple seconds slower than last time. I just can't be a baby this time around and I need to just go hit my workouts.

AM - 3 miles. It was pretty warm this morning and a good run.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles and striders. Most people went to the game today so there were only about 7 people on the run today. I was super sore so it was nice to have an easy run.

AM - 3 miles. Another good morning run. 

PM - 6.75 miles. 10x400 at mile race pace (goal - 1:11) with 1-2 min. recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. I was still so sore today especially my hamstrings and I just could not get myself moving. I was always about 2 seconds slow. 

AM - 8 miles easy. I was still sore today and even though I was feeling better, I decided not to do any tempo. It was just a nice slow run at like 8 min. pace. I wish we took all easy runs this slow.

AM - 3 miles. Good morning run with ploys after.

PM - 8.75 miles. 4x1600 at 85% (goal - 5:35) with 3 min. recovery and 2 mile warm/cool. I didn't too hot again. I have just really struggled with this workout. My times were 5:39, 5:36, 5:51, 6:08. Weights after.

AM - 3 miles. Everyone was super nice and we had practice at the normal time so that I didn't have to run alone even with the Juniors taking the ACT. More girls than guys this morning for the first time. Great yoga sesh.

PM - 6 miles. 5 miles trail with striders. We went and did Icehouse today which was super hard but pretty fun. The way up was super tough and even though I didn't go very fast at certain points, I didn't stop. The way down was much easier and we sort of got stuck behind the girls so we were walking down for a bit. Striders felt great and my form felt really smooth.

AM - 3 miles. Pretty fast today but good run. Plyos after.

PM - 8 miles. 12x400 at mile race pace (goal 1:11.5) with 1-2 min. recovery and 2 mile warm/cool. Pretty bad today. I was mostly in the 1:12 to 1:14 range. I picked it up a bit at the end but still wasn't great. Weights after.

AM - 3 miles. The run felt great this morning. Still a bit chilly but it was so fun.

PM - 6 miles. 5 miles with 4x200. Nice fun run to Sandbergs. Only me, Nick, Jake, and Dallin stopped to jump in the pond. It was super cold and I was in and out really fast but it was definitely worth it.

AM - 3 miles easy. Same old.

Race - 7 miles. I ran the 1600, 800, and the Medley today. The 1600 was up first and I got into the fast heat which was nice. It was super windy for the whole meet so times weren't great (except for maybe the 100 meter). I got out quick and tucked in behind some guys so I didn't have to take the wind. I didn't stay with them like I should have though and so I really struggled the last 2 laps. Not sure of exact time but I think it was about 5:10. Overall, it was a decent race. Definitely off of where I would like to be but a good place to start. The 800 was next and since the meet was going really slow they crammed everybody in one heat. I felt like I got out fairly quick but so did everybody else. I stayed relaxed and got around most of them on the second lap. Not sure of time but I felt like I gave a very good push. Right after the 800, our Medley team was missing their 400 guy so I hopped in and did it. Good push but not super fast. All I did was barely hold onto the lead for the team. Some fun races today. Not my best but I haven't put in any good workouts lately so I definitely need to work on that.

AM - 8 miles with 20 min. AT to LT progression (5:45 to 5:25). I wasn't exactly sure what to do on this but I did the best I could. I decided to hit my AT for the first 5 min, progress to my LT for the next 10 min, and finish the last 5 min. at LT. It ended up not working out as I planned. I wasn't quite able to get my AT at the beginning and I wasn't able to progress hardly at all. I almost gave up on myself until five minutes to go when I finally picked it up and hit my LT. So not exactly a progression run but it turned out okay. 

Goal for the week is to hit my workouts and get up where I should be. I'll probably do it by just chilling out and having some fun.

AM - 9 miles. 4x1600 at 85% (goal - 5:35) with 3 min. recovery and 2 mile warm/cool. I finally did this workout like I'm supposed to. My times ended up being 5:37, 5:34, 5:31, and 5:21. I really focused on keeping my breathing calm today so that I would be able to stay relaxed and hit my times and it really helped. A lot of guys were going pretty slow as well so I was able to use them to pull me. I think it also helped that Coach yelled at the guys that weren't where they were supposed to be and got me kick started on those last two. The last was a real confidence booster. I stuck in right behind Abel for the first lap and half before he started to gap me which really shows that I can run fast. I just need to kill fear.

PM - 3 miles. I just got a quick run in while I was up in Zion.

AM - 10 miles with 20 min. AT to LT Progression. We headed out into the fields today and had a nice tempo. When we started I immediately grouped up with Paul, Nick, and Matt and I went withh them. They started to gap me a few minutes later and I knew I was slowing down instead of speeding up. Luckily, Dallin came up next to me pretty soon and we really got moving together. I would give a little surge and then Dallin would give a little one and we really got moving that way. At the end, Josh came up next to us and helped give us that last little push to finish off. Not much of a progression but I felt like it was still a very solid push and one of my better tempos lately. I probably could have started off slower and worked more on the progressing but I know I need to start pushing with Paul and those guys a lot more.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles and striders. I didn't know we had striders yesterday so I did them today. It was pretty windy on my run today which made it a lot cooler and nice.

AM - 5 miles. 4 miles easy with 4x200. Legs feeling a little tired and tight so it was nice to have an easy run today. The 200s weren't very fast but still a nice little pick up. Weights after.

PM - 3 miles easy. Good run. I still feel a bit tired so I will try to get some good sleep tonight.

AM - 6.25 miles. 6x400 at 800 race pace (goal - 1:05) with 1-2 min. (120 heart rate) recovery and 2 mile warm/cool. This was our first workout this season where we split between 800 guys and 1600 guys. I'm an 800 guy so we did 400s at 800 race pace so since I didn't have an 800 time we just converted our 1600 times to 800. I was supposed to hit 1:05 with the conversion which was extremely tough. I was always solid the first 200 but the second 200 I started to tighten up like I have lately and I really struggled. My times were 1:05, 1:07, 1:08, 1:08, 1:11, 1:06. The last one was a bit surprising because I finished right with Abel and Nick so I guess I really should stick right with them as much as I can so that I can hit my time. We did the full set of Plyos after which was super long and tiring but I know it's going to make me better.

PM - 3 miles. My family went and hiked Chuckwalla so I just did my run there. Super fun, quiet run.

AM - 9.25 miles. Old Man Hills: 3 sets of 800, 400, 200. I ran like a grandma up those hills today. I just couldn't get myself to push up those hills. I need to stop being so afraid to hurt and just run.

PM - 3 miles. Just another quiet and lonely but good run.

AM - 5 miles easy. Just a slow easy run. I felt pretty good and was a great way to end the week. It has been a pretty good week. I final hit my mile repeats and my only poor workout was Old Man Hills. Let's hope I can make next week better.

AM - 3 miles. It was a good run but Plyos after were tough.

PM - 8 miles. 4x1600 at 87% (goal - 5:27) with 400 meter recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Pretty sad workout today. Last week was my best mile repeats ever and this week they were my worst. I was a bit tired and dehydrated but it was just a mental thing mostly. My times were 5:32, 5:56, 6:18, 5:37. Coach yelled at us after the third one and that really helped me on the last one and ultimately showed that it was just mental today. Weights after.

AM - 3 miles. A little bit colder today but it was a good quick run. Yoga after was good too.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles and striders. It was a really great run today. It was one of the first times in a while that the level 2s had a big split between the level 3s. I felt pretty good but I've noticed that my knees are starting to hurt a bit. I don't feel any pain while I run but I do when I stand up and sit down. I kinda feel like an old guy. 

AM - 3 miles. Nice slower run this morning. Plyos after were good.

PM - 5.75 miles. 6x400 at 800 race pace (goal - 1:05) with 400 meter (120 heart rate) recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Very good workout today. My times were 1:04, 1:04, 1:04, 1:02, 1:05, and 1:04. So I was able to hit my time on every one which was great and an improvement on last week. I felt pretty dehydrated so I gotta work on that and my legs were dead after so I definitely know I pushed really hard. I tried hard to focus on each individual repeat and not hold back like I normally would and it really helped. Next time I really need to work on my form because it wasn't too great. Weights after were good. I've got a good schedule lined up for the weekend with the 400, Medley, and 800 so it should be super fun.

AM - 3 miles. Nice quick run. Good book discussion after.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles and 4x200. It was a nice four miler up into Green Springs. I was feeling pretty sore from yesterday. On the 4x200, me and Nick practiced our Medley handoff which shouldn't be too hard to do but we didn't do very well. I screwed up on the last one and Nick ended up diving for me which gave him road rash. I also practiced blocks for my 400 and it also shouldn't be too hard either. 

AM - 3 miles. Just the usual and I felt normal.

PM - 6 miles. Open 400 and then 200 in the Medley. First time ever doing an open 400 so it was pretty fun. Weather was very nice and just great conditions to race in. My first 200 was pretty solid but the last 200 was pretty bad. My form wasn't great and I started to tighten up so my finish was junk. It was my PR so even though I wasn't totally satisfied with my race, at least something good came from it. Next, I did the Medley with Nick, Paul, and Andrew. I did the second 200 and I was kinda worried because I wasn't too good with the handoff but it turned out very nicely. I ran very well and Coach had me at like a high 25. We were in the slow heat and after a nice 800 from Paul, we almost won that heat. They gave Parowan the win by .01 and we finished 7th overall with a 4:02.09 and so we scored 2 points for the team. 

8 miles. 800 and then a 10 min AT to LT Progression. The 800 didn't go too well. I felt okay with my first lap even though I was at the back of the pack. I was hoping to pick it up on the second lap but I fell back with 300 to go. I finished last in my heat which was disappointing. I just have never figured out how to run the 800 very well. When I got back home, I did my progression which turned out much nicer. I gave a good effort and progressed a lot better than I have before. I couldn't quite get to LT though.

AM - 3 miles. Normal easy with a good set of plyos after.

PM - 8.5 miles. 4x1600 at 87% (goal - 5:29) with 400 recovery and 2x300 (whatever you got) with full recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Another crap workout. I have just been a huge wimp lately. I just need to get refocused and get back on track. My times today were 5:31, 5:41, 5:54, 6:09. Then the 300s were 47 and 44.

AM - 3 miles. Nice slow run for the first time in a while. Yoga after was golden.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles easy and striders. It was another nice slow run to the top of Foremaster. I felt good and was a fun run but it was so hot. We did striders on some wet grass instead of the hot turf. We also played some Ultimate Frisbee after which was fun.

AM - 5.25 miles. 6x400 at 800 race pace (goal - 1:05) with 400 recovery and 1 mile warm/cool.A few of us did our workout this morning because we had a choir performance after school. I was the only guy running the 400s so that made it kinda hard. It was a warm morning but there was a headwind on the homestretch witch also made the workout pretty tough. I did pretty well though. My times ended up being 1:05, 1:05, 1:08, 1:06, 1:05, 1:05 so pretty solid workout.

PM - 3 miles. After I got back from the choir thing, I went out for a quick run. It rained a lot at the beginning which made it kinda fun. My foot hurt a bit which was discouraging because I thought it was almost better.

AM - 3 miles. Just the usual. Foot still hurt.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles and 4x200. Good run today. Foot still hurt a bit but other than that I felt great. The 200s were nice and fast just how I like them.

AM - 3 miles. The usual and I felt good.

PM - 5 miles. I ran the 400 meter and the 4x800 today. I did a lot better than last week but still not as good as I know I can be. I didn't push very hard on the backstretch during the 400 and the only reason I was faster than last week was because of my last 200.  I know I can run a lot faster than a 57, I just have not raced as hard as I can. The 4x800 was also a fairly good race. I had the first leg and I ended up running a 2:15. My first lap was good and I started picking it up really nicely at the beginning of the second lap but I slowed down again at the 200 mark. The handoff was really bad because there were 20 teams in the race which made it really crazy. I definitely have a lot to work on.

PM - 6 miles with 3 fartleks. I was at the meet all day, helping and what not so I didn't run until about 7 pm. Coach said to get some fartleks in and I did my best. I felt pretty good but there was little soreness and some pain in the knee and my foot but nothing very serious, yet.

AM - 3 miles easy. Plyos after. 

PM - 5.25 miles. 4 laps of jogging the curves and sprinting the straights and then 5 hill sprints on our time trial hill that is now covered in rocks with 2 mile warm/cool. Since some of us are racing tomorrow at Snow Canyon, we did this workout instead of mile repeats. I felt really good with how it went. It wasn't as nearly as hard as mile repeats but it was still a good push. I'm running the 1600 and 4x400 at the meet tommorrow which should be fun and then probably the 800 and 400 at DH this weekend.

AM - 3 miles. Good run but foot was hurting a bit. Yoga was nice.

PM - 5 miles. I ran the 1600 and the 4x400 today. I got out nice and quick today, right next to Sage of DH and just behind Colton. That was about as good as it got from there. There was a slight headwind on the back stretch and I really should just have stayed right behind Colton so that he would take some of the wind but I didn't. I relaxed a little too much and Colton and Sage started to gap me towards the end of lap 2. Their gap kept growing and like 5 other people passed me over the last two laps until I kicked it in and finished right in front of Dallin and Jason. First time breaking 5 which is kinda cool but I know I'm a lot better than a 4:59. I can't complain too much because your races generally reflect your workouts and a lot of my workouts have looked like my race today. The 4x400 turned out a bit better. I anchored our team to a win with about a 56-57 split. 

AM - 3 miles. Just the usual but with some wind. My legs felt super fresh and so I kind of pushed the pace a bit. Plyos were good.

PM - 8 miles with fartleks (3 sets of 2 min on, 1 min off, 1 min on, 30 sec off, 30 sec on, and 2 min. off between each set). It was super windy today so Coach decided to change the workout to this. I was supposed to do 4 sets but my stomach was so jacked that I just couldn't do the last set. First time in a super long time that I actually had to stop to go the bathroom on the run and the first time in a while that I have cut a workout short. I think mentally I wasn't with it either. I just haven't believed in myself as much as I have needed to lately. That's the reason I have struggled lately.

AM - 3 miles. It was pretty cold this morning and my legs were pretty blah. Good book discussion.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles with 4x200. It was finally a warm day again. Legs still didn't feel great but it was a nice run. I kept the 200s a lot slower today and tried to work a bit more on form. We worked on handoffs today since most of us aren't very good at it. I already felt pretty good about handoffs but it helped me fix a few mistakes. I also practiced blocks today for the 400 since it's clear that I'll pretty much a Varsity 400 guy now because none of the sprinters really want to do it. I worked on blocks forever but just could not find something I really liked. There were some okay things but nothing super impressive. I think it may be that I'm just not super comfortable with the blocks yet so I think it is going to take a lot of practice.

AM - 3 miles. It was a lot warmer today but the legs were tired.

PM - 6 miles. I ran the 400 today. I just couldn't get moving today. I gave a good push but it just felt like I wasn't moving as fast as I could. My legs were feeling a bit tired this morning so that may have been the problem or it could have been insufficent warm up but I felt pretty good with my warm up. It was still a PR, nonetheless, but I know that isn't the best I can do. 

AM - 6 miles. 800 today and then a 10 min. AT to LT tempo progression. I felt very good today. My legs felt super good and the weather was very nice so I knew this could be a good race. I got out quick and was in a great position. I came through the first lap in about 61 or 62. I started picking it up at the beginning of the second lap but I slowed down again with 300 to go and didn't pick it back up again. I ended up getting passed by like 3 people and I didn't quite qualify for BYU which is super disappointing. I know I really should be running sub 2:10 but I just haven't run like I should have. I'm feeling fine physically but my mind isn't quite there yet. I just got to keep working on that. The progression run after was fairly strong. It was a slower than AT at the beginning but I was able to finish strong and was really close to my LT. 

My goal for the week is to get more sleep. I get about 7 hours a night which is okay but I really need to be getting 8 or more hours a night so I'm going to work on that this week. 

AM - 7 miles. 4x1600 at 87% (goal - 5:29) with 400 recovery and 1 mile warm/cool. We did our workout this morning I think to space it out a bit more from the Panther Relays tomorrow. I'm glad we did since it ended up being boiling lava hot after school. I didn't do as great as I hoped but an improvement from the last couple of weeks. My times were 5:26, 5:30, 5:32, 5:40. I guess I may have started a little fast but I knew I needed to push right with Matt and those guys to help me stay on pace (and maybe even help them stay on pace). I think I just have a lot of negative vibes towards this workout and so it really starts to drag me down. I have kind of gotten in a habit of running this workout like poop and so week after week it drags me down. I think that I am going to have to forget all the times I have done bad on this workout and just remember the good times and I think that will help me out a bit.

PM - 5.5 miles. 4 miles easy with barefoot striders and 1x300 and 1x400. Great run but it was super hot. The foot was hurting a bit so that was a little frustrating. I hate how it just keeps coming back to bother me. The 300 was a good push but not sure of my time. The 400 was just a race between a few of us for the 400 spot in the DMR A team tommorow. I totally stunk it up with probably my worst 400 this year but that's okay. The legendary Goggles was definitely the smarter choice.

AM - 3 miles. Nice run and I felt good.

PM - 6 miles. Panther Relays today and I did the DMR 800, 4x100, Sprint Medley 400, 4x800, and 4x400. Nothing amazing today. It was really just more of a workout and just a fun time. We had the 4x800 competition again this year where the loser would buy everyone else donuts. My team was me, Andrew, Dave, and Logan. So no superstars but a better balance then everyone else and we won which was kind of cool. The other events were fun too but it was so tiring. After everyone had left the meet I did a barefoot cool down with Matt and we also did our core exercises. It was just really fun to talk to Matt because he is a lot less crazy and a lot more positive when he's not with the whole group. 

AM - 3 miles. It's starting to get a lot warmer in the mornings which makes me happy (even if it means hot afternoons). Great run and a little bit slower than normal was also nice. Plyos after were good.

PM - 5.5 miles. Note that R stands for race pace and that im this is based off a 2:10 800. 600 (R+4, Goal - 1:41), 400(R+2, Goal - 1:07), 300(R, Goal - 48), 200(R-4, Goal - 28), 100(R-2, Goal - 14) with equal recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Great and very quick workout today. The 800 and 1600 guys had the same workout but just different paces (800 was faster). It was really nice to have the faster pace because it meant I got to push right up there with Byron and some of those other guys. I ran very well but maybe a little fast. I just really wanted to stick as close as I could to Abel so that made most of them fast. My times were 1:42, 1:03, 45, 25, and 13. Weights after were good.

AM - 3 miles. It was pretty warm this morning and just overall a nice run.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles and 4x200. Good exploration run. My foot hurt a bit and it was hot but it was a fun run. 200s after were good but I just took them really slow.

AM - 3 miles. Great run today.

PM - 5 miles. 400 today. It wasn't my best today. I didn't get out very fast and didn't finish very fast either but my time was still about the same as it has been. Esplin and Abel gave me a new strategy for this race after so I'll try it out next time. My foot is starting to hurt a lot again which really worries me. 

AM - 5 miles. 800 today. This race turned out pretty decent today. I just barely made the 2nd fastest heat which made me super happy because it meant I would have some guys to push with. I got out quick and right into 2nd place and my first lap ended up being about a 62. I slowed down on the 2nd lap like I always do and got passed by a bunch of people at the end but I did a lot better today. I ended up qualifying for BYU which was super nice and was pretty much all I came to do today. I know I can run a lot better than this though. I'm going to work on the second half of workouts more so that I can translate that over to my races. Great week but I didn't quite get my goal of 8 hours of sleep every night. I got to work on that.

AM - 8 miles. 4x1600 (goal - 5:29) with 400 meter recovery and 2x300 all out  with full recovery and 1 mile warm/cool. I did much better on this workout today. I tried to stay a little more positive and work on my form and it turned out pretty well. My times ended up being 5:28, 5:26, 5:29, 5:29. The 300s weren't as fast as they could have been but still pretty decent. I ran a 44 and 45. My foot hurt a bit today.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles and striders. Short day at school today and Coach and all the seniors went to Senior Sluff so numbers were thin. We ran through Sandbergs to Water wheel park and did striders. It was a super fun and relaxing run.

AM - 3 miles. The usual with yoga. My foot was a little bit bothersome.

PM - 5 miles. Coe Workout #1 Today with 1.5 mile warm/cool. This workout is a lot harder than you think. All the guys were running it with us so it was pretty crowded which I think will really help me get ready for some of these bigger races. I tried to get out quick so that I didn't get trapped but towards the end, I got so tired and I just couldn't. I was pretty close to my times at the beginning but I didn't finish strong and so my last few were garbage. Weights after were good.

AM - 3 miles. Nice and easy this morning. Plyos on the other hand were difficult.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles with 4x200. We practiced our handoffs again today which was super fun but the actual run was kind of blah. I just felt really tired because I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night. I couldn't really get moving on the 200s and so I didn't stress too much about it and just took them easy. Need to get to bed earlier tonight.

AM - 3 miles. Nice warmer morning. Foot hurt a bit.

PM - 5 miles. I ran the 1600 and 400 today. The goal was to try and go with the leaders and see what I could do. It was super hot today which worried me but I dumped some water on myself before the race and that helped a little. I got out quick and right in the mix with everyone. First lap was 1:08. On the second lap I slowed down a bit but leaders weren't too far ahead. Second lap: 1:11. My third lap was total garbage. The first two laps my mind was quiet but coming into that third lap, I started to think about the heat and pain and I slowed down a lot. Third lap was 1:17. I tried to pick it up on the last lap but I just couldn't get myself to go and this Cedar kid passed me. With 100 to go I kicked it in hard, passed the Cedar kid and finished just a little bit behind Andrew. Fourth lap was 1:16. It wasn't the race I was hoping for but a PR and decent race nonetheless. I ended up 8th place overall and scored a point which was cool even if this race wasn't super competitive. I still need to work on the second half of workouts and races. I also ran the 400 but it was really bad. It ended up being a 59. I was so burned out both physically and mentally from the 1600 that I just couldn't get moving.

AM - 5.5 miles. 600(R+2), 400(R), 300(R), 200(R-4), 100(R-2) with equal recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Goal times were 1:39, 1:05, 48, 28, and 14. The legs were still feeling pretty tired from the race yesterday and I just couldn't get going like I should have. I hit 1:42, 1:04, 48, 29, and 13. The times weren't too bad really but it didn't really feel like I was where I was supposed to be and I was running slower than last week.

PM - 3 miles. Quick run by myself. I felt pretty good.

AM - 8 miles with 1.5 mile hard finish. Met up with the guys at Preston's this morning and we ran Prospector. Super fun run. It has been a while since I have hit a trail and a while since I didn't have a race on Saturday. On the hard finish, we started out a little slow and so I decided to take the lead and picked it up. We ended pretty strong around 5:30 pace. Had breakfast at Preston's and then had some legit games of speed.

AM - 9 miles. 4x1600 (goal - 5:23ish) with 400 recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool and 2x300 all out. I finally moved up to 89 which was good but I ended up running slower than last week. I am honestly afraid of this workout because I always stink it up. My times ended up being 5:27, 5:29, 5:31, 5:36. I really should be able to run better than this but I get really scared about messing up again and that just screws me up more. My 300s weren't very impressive 47 and 44. My foot started to hurt a little bit on the cool down. Weights and Plyos after.

PM - 3 miles. Got in a quick one by myself later in the evening. I felt pretty good besides a little foot pain. 

AM - 3 miles. Good run this morning with a good turnout. Yoga was great.

PM - 5.25 miles. 8x200 at 3 to 4 seconds faster than 800 race pace (goal - 28 to 29) with decreasing recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. It wasn't super hot today but it was pretty windy. Luckily, we used the wind to our advantage as much as possible. My times were 29, 29, 28, 29, 29, 28, 32, and 29. I love speed workouts but this was pretty difficult. They went by super quick and we mostly had the wind at our backs but it was still tiring. Good push and I felt pretty good. Very little foot pain but I did feel a bit dehydrated. 

AM - 3 miles. A bit chilly this morning but I felt great and very little foot pain even while doing Plyos. 

PM - 6 miles. Foot hurt a bit more this afternoon but I felt pretty good otherwise. Weights after. 

AM - 3 miles. Foot hurt a bit but my knee bothered me more this morning.

PM - 5 miles. Coe #2 (200, 220, 240, ... , 300) with equal recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Pretty easy workout today. It was definitely easier than Coe #1. I had no trouble hitting my times and on a few I was even a little fast. I just tryed to stay right with Abel and those guys today and it went pretty well. I was usually just a few steps behind. Foot only hurt on the cool down and didn't really notice any knee pain. Super bummed to find out SUU was canceled. I was really looking forward to running some fast times. 

AM - 3 miles. I actually felt really good this morning. No foot or knee pain.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles and striders. Pretty windy today but we said yolo and went and jumped in Sandbergs. The water was a bit chilly but it was the wind that got me. It was a nice easy run and super fun. Striders felt great too but foot hurt after. 

AM - 5 miles with 1 mile hard finish. I met up with Jake, Preston, Dallin, and Bryan this morning and we ran Mustang Pass. It was stormy today and it rained a little bit but it was still super fun. We did our hard finish on the road and was really good. Preston and I led it and we got moving really strong. Really good push around 5:20ish pace. Great run but my knees hurt a bit. No foot pain.

AM - 3 miles. Good run this morning but I cut Plyos short because of my foot.

PM - 8.5 miles. Raced the 1600 and then ran a 2400 (goal - 8:07), a 1600 (goal - 5:25ish), and 2x300 all out. The race was garbage today. I really wanted to come out and State Qualify but I wasn't even close. I got out quick and right behind Nick for the first lap and was still in a good position on the second but I fell apart on those last two laps again. Splits were about: 1:06, 1:12, 1:19, and 1:20. The workout ended up being a lot more positive. I just stuck myself just a little bit behind Paul for the 2400 and 1600 and I hit a 7:39 and 5:46. On the 1600 I started slowing down half way through but I saw Dallin pushing really hard ahead of me and so I got right with him and finished really strong. I don't know what it is about Dallin but I always push a lot harder when I'm with him. The 300s were my fastest ever. I hit 43 on both.

AM - 3 miles. Just the usual and my foot felt pretty good.

PM - 5 miles. 4x400 all out with full recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. We went up to the JV meet at Canyon View and did our workout up there on the road. It was super windy so we decided to use the wind to our advantage. We found a nice downhill spot which helped make it even faster. We couldn't ever get the distance quite right so the times were all over the place. I hit 53, 1:01, 58, and 1:03. Pretty tough workout and I was super tired after.

AM - 3 miles. Good run but my foot hurt so I skipped Plyos.

PM - 4.5 miles. Kosmin #3 with 1.5 mile warm/cool. I did super good today. I got out a little slow on the 1st 60 seconds but I put myself in the mix with Andrew, Paul, Matt, Nick, and Jason on the last three and I ran really well. I ended up with a distance of 1514 which is about 70 meters better than my best. My predicted 1600 time is about 4:33 which shows that I could run a state qualifying time if I have the guts. Foot didn't bother me at all.

AM - 3 miles. I felt okay this morning with little foot pain.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles and striders. We traveled up north for the BYU invite and so we did a little shakeout run once we got there. It was actually a really fun run. My foot didn't hurt and we found a nice court to play some Bball. 

PM - 5 miles easy. We watched races and stuff all day at BYU and did our run once we got back to the hotel. We ran back to the court again and balled it up again. My foot and knee hurt a lot more today so I don't know if it was a great idea to play.

Race - Raced the 800 today at BYU. I once again ran a terrible 800. I got out quick in a 61 but finished bad again with a 2:10. I know I really should be running a lot faster than this but I have failed to show that I can. I guess I have one last chance to prove it at Region.

AM - 3 miles. Second to last morning run of the year. It was nice and warm and it is starting to get a lot brighter in the morning. My foot hurt a bit.

PM - 5.5 miles. 2x1000 @ 95% of 1600 with 3 min recovery and 2x300 all-out with full recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. I didn't really know my goal time so I just tried to stick in with Presto and Andrew and some of those guys. I hit 3:07 and 3:15. The second one was a little slower because we didn't group up very well like on the first one. We really need to work on grouping up more. The 300s were junk today. I started to feel really dehydrated on these. I feel like I hydrate really well throughout the day but a lot of the time, I feel really dehydrated during the workout. I don't know what my deal is. Anyways, I hit a 45 on the first one and then ran terrible on the second and hit a 52. I think that was my slowest of the season. My foot also hurt a lot today. I'd love to run at State but I think it is good that I am not so that I can give my foot a little extra rest before Cross.

AM - 3 miles. Great first run with my new Virratas. We also celebrated NHB day. It was legit. Yoga was nice too.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles and 4x200. Super fun run today. We ran to Sandbergs and almost everybody jumped in today. I think it was the most people that have ever gotten in. I felt really good on the 200s and my new Virratas just felt great so I really got moving on them today. I felt super smooth and fast. Foot felt great.

PM - 4 miles. Raced the JV 800 today. I didn't race very well and it was a lot slower than I wanted it to be. When the gun went off I got out into about 3rd or 4th and I just stayed there for the first lap. We came around in 63 which is actually one of my slowest first laps this year. On the second lap I should have moved up and attempted to win it but I just stayed in the same spot and I got passed by a couple people. I didn't kick it in very well but I did pass one person so something positive did happen. Not what I was hoping for today though. Foot didn't hurt at all until the cool down.

PM - 4 miles. I ran the 1600 and 400 today at Region. This was a terrible race for me today. It honestly looked like I was only running a three lap race. I got out slower than I have all year but that was my plan. I just let everybody else lead that first lap and then on the second I made a move and pulled right into second behind Spencer of DH. I ran right on his shoulder until halfway through the third lap where I pushed him out of the way and made a good move (I was a real jerk today while I was racing). I didn't really look back at this point but I could tell that I had pulled a way quite a bit and that really freaked me out and I slowed down. Spencer and Sage caught back up to me again just as we started the last lap and just left me in the dust. I pretty much jogged that last lap in. My last lap was so slow that I got passed by 10 people and went from sub 4:50 pace to not even breaking 5. That was probably the worst race of my life. I ran a great first three laps and had started making a good move during that third lap but I quit on myself. I was scared of making a move that very well could have helped me win the race. Instead I finished in 11th. I've got some serious work to do over the summer if I'm going to be able to run better than this. The 400 was a little better but I finished with a 57 again. Well, that was my last race of track. 

Track 2014 in Review:

I did not have a very good track season. I came in with some high expectations but just couldn't get myself even close to those expectations. It wasn't because my goals were too high and impossible. I was actually in some decent shape and I had a lot of speed and talent. After all, my last Kosmin predicted my mile time to be 4:33. The talent, the strength, and the speed was there but the hard work wasn't. I had a horrible winter training and once track rolled around it didn't get much better. I couldn't hit hardly any workouts and so it isn't hard to see why the season ended up like it did. I came in looking to State Qualify but I ended not even able to break 4:50. This track season has ultimately just been one big failure. I shouldn't be so negative about it though because you learn so much more from failure than you ever will from success. Failing isn't a bad thing as long as you learn from it and use it to improve yourself. I once heard that failure is not falling down but refusing to get back up. I can tell you right now that I am going to get back up and I'm going to use this to help me have an awesome cross season. So Track really wasn't a failure for me but a stepping stone to something greater.

AM - 4.45 miles. 3.95 miles in 30 mins for an average pace of 7:35.69 and 0.5 mile bare foot warm up. First day of Summer Practice! It felt weird to be leading the team in warm ups for the first time ever. Good run but I felt a little bit out of shape. My foot didn't hurt and I hope it stays that way. I was also Gouldalized by Matt and I am now Gould #3.

AM - 5 miles. 4 miles in 30 mins, .5 barefoot warm, and .5 at running club. Average pace was 7:33. Great run today. I was pretty sore from yesterday but I felt like I was already getting back in shape. Running club was pretty crazy and hectic but I enjoyed it. 1st and 2nd graders are definately hard to work with because they are so crazy but it also makes it kinda fun.

AM - 5 miles. .5 mile barefoot warm up and 4.66 miles in 35 min. (Average Pace: 7:30). I'm still feeling really sore everywhere but still a good run. We were going really fast at some points and it's starting to get pretty hot but I enjoyed it. Looking forward to a great season.

AM - 4 miles. 3.9 in 30 mins for Average Pace of 7:41. I got up and ran at 4:45ish because I was going on the trek. It was actually a really nice quiet run. Still felt a bit sore but it is getting better. I really wish I could run that early in the morning more often. Great birthday run. 

AM - 2.75 miles in 30 mins. Average Pace - 10:53. I was on the trek today and I've got to say it was one of the hardest things to get up and get my run in. First off, Nick and Andrew had gone on some little rescue mission type thing the night before and so I wasn't going to be able to run with them. Luckily, their younger brothers (Alex and Jarron) still wanted to and so did Luis so that was good.  It was also so much colder than I thought it was going to be and so I almost decided to just go back to sleep. It took me about 15 min. Before I finally got out of bed and woke the other guys up. I just kept hearing Coach's words earlier in the week about "No Zeros" and I kept thinking about my goals for the season and I knew I couldn't skip the run, even on the trek. It was a good run and we decided to switch today's run with Saturday's since we didn't want to be too tired to pull the handcarts. We kept it slow for Luis but I didn't realize how slow until the end. Even though it was extremely slow, it was good to get it in.  

PM - 5.14 miles in 40 mins with a strong finish. Average Pace - 7:46. I went out on my run just after I got back from the trek which was about 12ish. I might have been a little stupid to go in the middle of the day and heat but it seemed like the best time when I started. My legs felt a little tired from the trek but the soreness I felt early in the week was gone. It was super hot which made the strong finish  hard and the strong finish was also uphill but I enjoyed the run. Foot didn't hurt at all which makes me really happy because I was worried the trek would destroy my foot. Great first week.

AM - 6 miles. .5 barefoot warm and then 5.5 miles in 40 min. with 10 min. tempo. Average Pace: 7:24. Good easy tempo. Nothing crazy. We went 1.62 miles in the tempo for an average pace of about 6:08. I put myself out in front as best as I could. I'm really trying to be a leader in workouts now. Foot hurt for the first time this summer which was a bummer so I iced it up after practice. 

AM - 5 miles. 30 min. easy with .5 barefoot warm and some mileage at Kids Club. 3.84 in 30 min. Average Pace: 7:48. A little bit slower run today and I felt great. Foot hurt less and no soreness or tightness from yesterday. Kids club was so much fun. I am really liking those 1st and 2nd graders.

PM - 4 miles. 31 min. easy. 3.78 miles. Average Pace: 8:16. First double of the season with Coach and some of the guys. Super hot so we went and jumped in Sandbergs to cool off. Run was nice and slow and went a little long but it was all good. Foot actually felt better than this morning. 

AM - 4.5 miles. 35 min. Easy (grass) with .5 mile barefoot warm up. 4.07 miles. Average Pace: 8:38. We ran about 10 min. on the road before running on the grass so we wouldn't have to do a ton of loops. I really enjoyed the run today. The grass was nice and soft and wet which made it squishy. Foot felt great and new shoes felt good.

AM - 6.25 miles. 45 mins with 2x6:00 and 1x5:00 cruise. I didn't really do as good as I would have liked but not a bad workout early in the season. I stuck right at front on the first two repeats but started to fall off a bit on the last one. Logan and Nick lead on the last one with Paul and me not far behind. I need to work on sticking right with the group. I ended up cutting the last repeat to 5 min because I was falling off. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Average Pace: 8:47. Another great afternoon to Sandbergs. It was hot but we jumped in Sandbergs 3 times so we never really got that hot.

AM - 6.25 miles. 45 min with strong finish and .25 barefoot warm up. We met up at Heritage Park in Coral Canyon today and it was actually a pretty hard run. I started falling off towards the end as we neared our strong finish. It wasn't that I couldn't stay up I was just being a baby about going so fast. I eventually got past my negative attitude and caught back up and I ended up leading the last minute or so. I just need to quit worrying about how fast we are going and just stick with the group.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 mins. Average Pace: 7:54. Just got a quick run in before I had to go take the ACT. Sun was just barely coming up but it was still really hot. Legs felt tired and had some aches and pains. Knees especially didn't feel good.

AM - 6.5 miles. 45 min. with 13 tempo. Average Pace: 7:33. Average Tempo Pace: 6:13. Okay tempo. I cut it at about 13 min. instead of finishing off the 15 because I started to fall off the group a bit. I really should have finished it off. I think I just got a little scared mentally. The group seemed a little smaller today during the tempo. It seemed like a lot of people were struggling today.

AM - 5 miles. 35 min. easy with .5 barefoot warm. Average Pace: 7:53. Good run out on the turtle road. Legs were a bit tired but nothing too bothersome.

PM - 3.5 miles. Met up at Paul's at noon and jumped in Sandbergs again. Nice big group today. Felt good and a nice Mexico vs. Brazil game after.

AM - 6.25 miles. 45 min. with 23ish minutes grass and .5 barefoot warm. Average Pace: 7:43. I felt really good today. We kept it a lot slower than normal which made it really nice. Foot felt fine and even the knees weren't hurting. It also felt a lot cooler this morning. 

PM - 3.5 miles. Another great afternoon at 12 at Paul's house. We ran to Sandbergs and jumped in again but this time we brought goggles and tried to touch some fishies. Had a fun time watching Chile beat Spain after and then a weird game of Truth or Dare.

AM - 7.5 miles. 50 min. with 4,5,6,5,4 cruises and .5 barefoot warm. Average Pace: 7:13. Average Cruise Paces: 5:58, 6:01, 6:03, 6:05, 5:57. Great workout today. Our group was so strong and so much bigger than it ever has been and I stuck in there the whole time this week. The last two repeats got really hard but I promised myself I would stay with the group and that kept me going. I led for a little bit on pretty much all of them which is hard but a lot of fun and I hope that I can keep doing that especially in races once they roll around. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min. Easy. Average Pace: 8:31. Another great afternoon with the boys. Hit up Sandbergs again and then World Cup after. Jarron almost died when we jumped over the fence.

AM - 7 miles. 50 min. with strong finish. Great run at Sullivan park today. Had a nice little adventure through the boonies and then ran part of the half course. The strong finish was really good and we got a nice Indian run going at the end. I just felt great overall today.

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min. Easy. Average Pace: 8:48. Just a nice slow run by myself this morning. I felt pretty good but there was a few aches and pains in my feet and knees. It has been a great week. Monday's tempo wasn't as strong as I would have liked it but everything else turned out really nicely. I didn't take care of my body as well as I should have but I am feeling a little better at least.

AM - 7.25 miles. 50 min. with 15 min. tempo. Average Pace: 7:25. Tempo Pace: 5:57. Decent tempo today. I finished off the whole 15 min. this time and our group was much closer together. I was at the front for most of it until the end where I fell back a little bit. I need to work on my form more because it doesn't feel as smooth as it used to. Legs felt good, no knee or foot troubles.

PM - 3.25 miles. 30 min easy. Average Pace: 8:57. Ran Dino Tracks trail with Nick and Bryan at about 3. It was super hot and actually pretty hard but I enjoyed it. I haven't run a trail in forever so that was fun but since we ran so early in the day last week, I wasn't used to all the heat. Luckily I brought my water bottle.

AM - 5 miles. 40 min with 6 min test. Average Pace: 8:28. 6 min test was good but not as strong as I would have liked it. I got out fairly quick but Nick and Logan were out much faster and I just let them go. I ran next to Paul and Andrew for a bit until Paul pushed up to Logan and Nick. I really wished I had gone with Paul then but whatever. The rest of the time it was mostly just me and Andrew until the end where Preston and Dallin passed us. I didn't really like that so I gave one last good push with about 30 seconds left to pass them again. I finished 4th on the team which was good but I really wished I had been up by Nick and them. I covered 2 laps and 265 meters.

PM - 3 miles. 30 min easy. Average Pace: 9:42. Ran at about 5 with Jake, Jason, Paul, and Nick out into the desert by Jake's house. It was kind of slow but still hard with the heat. 

AM - 7 miles. 50 min. easy with 20 min grass. Average Pace: 7:51. Great run. Legs felt a bit tired from the past two days but great otherwise. I really love running on the grass. 

PM - 3.25 miles. 30 min easy. Average Pace: 9:07. Ran part of Bracken's loop with Nick, Jake, Andrew, and Igor at about 2. Super hot again today so I brought water with me. Foot hurt a bit but I think that was because of my shoes so I will probably retire my Pegasus soon.

AM - 9 miles. 60 min with strong finish. Great run on Dino Cliffs trail. It was pretty hard at points but so much fun. The strong finish was good and we did another Indian run. We had a nice strong group and we really got cruising. Legs felt great.

PM - 3.5 miles. Average Pace: 8:50. Great run with Jason and Jake to Sandbergs. It was overcast and windy so when we got out of the water it was actually cold. Legs felt great.

AM - 7.5 miles. 50 min with 5x4:30 min cruise intervals. Met up at the Region Course today so we could get our first look at it this season. Desert Hills had the same idea and we saw them there. The workout wasn't as great as I would of liked it but I'm going to take all positives from it. I forgot how tough the region course was and I think I let it get me down a bit. I was right at the front on the first two and I felt really strong but the last three were just garbage. I started falling behind and instead of giving a good push to try to regroup, I just gave up on myself. It was a really disappointing workout especially after how I did last week in the cruise intervals. I think I struggle the most when I think too much. I just need to run and relax. I will definitely work on that in the coming workouts.

AM - 3 miles. 30 min easy. Average Pace: 10:07. I ran Chuckwalla trail with Bryan, Jake, and Igor today. It was a nice slow run. I kinda wished we had a longer run so that we could get farther on the trail but it was still fun.

AM - 8 miles. 60 min with 10ish min tempo. Another crap workout today. I was supposed to do 20 min of tempo but I just wasn't feeling it so I cut it short. I guess I did okay at first but when I started to fall off I just decided to cut it short instead of running a crappy last 10 min. Nothing really to say about why I ran so bad. Just a bad day for me.

PM - 3 miles. 30 min easy. Met up with Skylar, Jake, Dallin, Bryan, Andrew, and Jason at noon. It was super hot but we kept it pretty slow so that was nice. We swam in Skylar's pool after which was fun.

AM - 6 miles. 40 min. with 30/30s. Great workout for me today. I really stayed relaxed and just felt really strong. My right calf was a bit sore but it faded as the workout went on. I ended up being the 2nd to last guy standing with 24 repeats. I probably could have gone a few more but I was glad to finish off strong. My form felt a lot smoother today than it has in a while.

PM- 3.25 miles. 30 min easy. Met up with Preston, Jake, and Igor at Preston's house and we ran under the freeway to run on the trails for a little bit. We took it nice and slow but it was still hard because of the heat.

AM - 7.5 miles. 60 min easy with 20 min grass. We started out pretty fast and when we started to lose Bryan, me and Jake just slowed down and ran with him. It ended up being a nice slow run.

PM - 2.5 miles. 30 min easy. We ran Neon Spider today at 7:30 PM. We didn't get a whole lot of mileage because we went really slow through the tunnel but it was all good. It was really fun but it got kind of ruined when my brother used a flashlight. There was actually quite a bit of water in there and we totally soaked our shoes and I slipped right at the end and got covered in mud but I wasn't mad. It was just a really fun run with the team.

AM - 8.75 miles. 67 min with 2x(2,3,4,3,2) min cruise intervals with 3 min recover. Really good workout not only for myself but also the team. I just felt really good today and I stayed really relaxed the whole time and it allowed me to be right at the front leading for many of them. We tried to keep the group together and we did a decent job. We tried to make those who were struggling lead us on a few of them and that really helped. They would eventually fall back and then me and Paul would usually take the lead from them but often they would still push right with  us. On the last one, Paul made and epic move about halfway through and I did my best to match. It was a really fun workout and really big team building one. Hopefully we can carry this through the rest of the season.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Sandbergs with the guys at about 3. Super hot but still a fun run. 

AM - 5 miles. Uncle Sam's 5k. Fairly decent race today. Me and Preston met up and got a quick little warm up in and got to the line. I got out fairly quick and right into the front pack which included Nephi Eshler and his teammate Jessie, a runner from Bingham, some college age guy, and Preston. Preston and Jesse fell off early but I stayed relaxed and kept right with them for the first mile. Just after mile 1 I started to fall behind a little bit and it pretty much stayed that way the rest of the race. I made a few pushes in the last two miles and it kind of looked like I was gaining on Nephi but then I slowed back down and it went back to what it was before. I ended up finishing 4th. The Bingham kid won (not sure of his time), college guy was 2nd, Nephi finished 3rd, Jesse was 5th, and Preston was 6th. For halfway through the summer, I'm proud of how I did. Most of all the race was a lot fun. The course was pretty fast, mostly road, and the only hills were really small and gradual.

AM - 7 miles. 72 min with strong finish. Average Pace: 10:23. I met up with Jake, Preston, and Andrew this morning and we ran Bracken's loop. It was a really hard core trail and I do not recommend it. It is probably one of the hardest trails around here. It is super sandy on most of the trail and it is pretty hilly. It is really beautiful so I can't complain too much. We ended up losing the trail about halfway through and so we just ran randomly through the desert until we hit the trail again. I actually think the trail was much harder than where we ran. We went pretty slow today but I was feeling tired and worn down so I didn't mind. The strong finish was good. It was mostly downhill so it wasn't hard to get moving. 

AM - 8.25 miles. 60 min with 20 tempo. Average Pace: 7:45. Average Tempo: 6:24. Much better tempo for me today. I stayed with the group the whole time and didn't cut it short. I decided to just sit back and let the other guys lead instead of jumping out to the front early like I usually do. I took the lead right at the end with like 1 min left and gave one last good push. The tempo was a lot slower today which I think made it easier as well but that's okay. It's a recovery week and I'm not going to worry about that.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Nice run with the guys to Sandbergs and then we hit up Sonic after. Legs felt good.

AM - 7.25 miles. 50 min easy grass with striders. Great run but I think we maybe ran on the grass a little too long. My legs got really tired from running on there so much. It was also great to finally do striders again. I felt really smooth and strong. 

AM - 7 miles. 60 min easy. Super fun run today. We ran to Sandbergs and introduced it to some of the new guys and then we went up into Green Springs and into the desert behind Nick's house and through the tunnels onto the dirt mile and back to the school. Legs felt tired but still a great run. Very small numbers today with a lot of girls going to girls camp.

PM - 3.25 miles. 30 min easy. Met up at Skylar's again and went swimming after. This time some of the girls showed which made it more interesting. 

AM - 6.25 miles. 50 min with long hills. Average Pace: 8:51. Just ran to Hells Hole today and went on all the rolling hills down there. It was pretty difficult but we kept it fairly slow so it wasn't too bad. My legs have felt really sore and tired this week which is really weird since it is a recovery week.

AM - 10 miles. 75 min with strong finish. Average Pace: 7:53. Met at Green Springs park today and we went on an epic adventure run. We went and found Forrest Park in Middleton and then after flipping the level 2s around, we went through Neon Spider and then looped it back to the park. Super fun but we got stuck in the tunnel for a while because there was this huge tumbleweed blocking the tunnel. We couldn't even really see it and Preston ran into it. Legs felt a bit better today but still pretty sore. Strong finish wasn't anything special. It was slow but I think we all needed that. It's still been a pretty tough week even  though it has been recovery.

AM - 3.25 miles. 30 min easy. Just a quick easy run by myself this morning. Nothing really to report.

AM - 8.25 miles. 60 min with 20 min tempo. Another crappy tempo. Tempos have always been a big weakness for me. I'm not exactly sure how to overcome this weakness. I was supposed to go 25 minutes but I cut early because I knew I was going to drop off hard. I stuck right with the group for the whole 20 min. so that's good.

PM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. We met up at the high school for our first official team afternoon run. It was super hot today. It honestly felt like the hottest afternoon run this summer. I was sweating like crazy but otherwise I felt pretty good.

AM - 6.25 miles. 45 min with 30/30s. Great workout today. It was way hot and humid but we still managed to get a good group going and run really well. I ended up maxing out at 30 repeats. I almost dropped out at 25 but I told myself at that moment that I was going to make it all the way to 30 and I did. We had a really nice group today with about 8 guys until 25 and 4 guys who made it all the way to 30. I was so tired after and my legs felt really sore. Running club after was fun but I kind of wished we didn't do workouts before it.

PM - 6 miles. Chelsi Petersen 5k with 13ish min warm/cool. Time: 17:32. 3rd Place Overall. Not get many serious racers at the race. Mostly just our team since Desert Hills decided not to actually race it. I got out quick and right out in front with Coach and stuck right with him for most of the first lap. As we came down the home stretch towards the church, I started to fall back and Coach left me in the dust. I really wished I had just stuck with him a little longer because I really slowed down once I dropped off him. I hit the first lap in just over 8 min which was on pace for sub 17. I pretty much stayed in 2nd for the rest of the race until Jason passed me just before we turned to come down the home stretch. I couldn't get myself to stick with him and he easily beat me. Not quite what I was hoping to do today but compared to last year, it was a course PR of 1:28 (Time last year: 19:00).

AM - 8.5 miles. 60 min easy with striders. Not such a great run today. The legs were super sore and I was the most tired I have been all year. The run to Sandbergs was great but once I got to the grass I felt worn out. I didn't even really pick it up on striders. It was basically the same pace as the recovery. 

PM - 3.25 miles. 30 min easy. We ran to Sandbergs again this afternoon for the first official SD Wednesday. I felt a lot less tired this afternoon because of the nap I took between runs. 

AM - 7.75 miles. 55 min with 4x6:00 min cruise and 3 min recovery. Such an amazing workout today. I still felt a bit fatigued on the warm up and the beginning of the workout but soon it just faded and I was able to get rolling. The first couple weren't too hard and I was able to stick right up front but on the last too I really started to struggle. I told myself to not worry about the last one which helped me to keep the third one very strong still and stay with the pack. The last one was extremely hard but I knew I couldn't just quit now when I was almost done. Nick made a big move on the last one and we all started to spread out and I almost faded back at this point but everyone else started matching Nick's move so I did too. I felt so terrible after we finished but it was worth it. That was one of my best workouts ever and one of the team's best workout ever. We had our strongest group of the year today even with some key guys missing. We finished with 6 guys all together.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Met up with the team today at the high school. We ran up into Green Springs. My legs felt tired but not too hot this afternoon. We saw Igor almost wreck his moped today as we were running. Probably the funniest thing all day.

AM - 11.5 miles. 84 min with strong finish. Average Pace: 7:45. We met up at Pine View Park today and ran out towards Little Valley and looped back around past the Springs and in front of Stone Cliff. It was a fun run but I just felt so worn out from the rest of the week. I ended up falling behind everybody on the strong finish because I was so tired. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Just a quiet run by myself at 2. I still felt worn out.

AM - 3.5 miles. 31 min easy. Average Pace: 9:00. Got out at 8 by myself. Legs were feeling a lot better but still tired. 

AM - 9.5 miles. 60 min with 30 min tempo. Strong workout for me today. I really focused on keeping my breathing calm and staying relaxed. At the beginning, I just sat back and just let everybody else lead. I started to move up as some of the younger guys fell back but still sat at the back of the pack. With about 10 min left I started moving more towards the front and took the lead. I started to gap the group a little bit but I pulled back a little to let us regroup. Then me and Jason got a nice little groove going and we pulled a little bit ahead to finish off the tempo. It was definitely my best tempo of the season and I accomplished my only goal for the week which was to do well on the tempo. We also had a pretty good group going for most of it.

PM - 3.5 miles. Hot run on 2450 loop. I felt pretty good. Not tired like last week.

AM - 7 miles. 45 min easy (25 road, 20 grass) with striders and another mile at kids club pacing the races. We did a reverse Indian run on the grass and had a great story time. I was feeling really tired today. Not sure if that was because of the tempo or not enough sleep.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. We ran out in Tonaquint today where Nick had to pick up Alex and Macen from Nerd Camp. Hot easy run through the desert out there.

AM - 8.5 miles. 60 min easy. Average Pace: 7:30. I felt really tired again today and I ended up falling back a little bit with Jake.

PM - 4.5 miles. 36 min easy. Super hot today so we ran to Sullivan park and got a drink halfway through. Still felt very tired and my stomach did not feel very good. I got a little bit extra mileage today because I had to run to practice.

AM - 5 miles. Enterprise 5k. 3rd Overall. Time: 18:10. Pretty uneventful race. The start was really weird and Nick was gone before I could react. For that first mile, I was right with Preston and this Enterprise runner but then Preston pulled ahead a bit and the Enterprise kid dropped hard. The rest of the race stayed pretty much stayed the same. Nick kept pulling farther and farther ahead. Preston pulled a little bit more ahead and I just was trying to hold on so the Enterprise kid didn't catch me. It was great to get a medal but it doesn't feel like a race worthy of a medal. I just felt like I didn't push myself that much. I really should have gone with Nick and Preston. It really bothers me that we have had such strong groups in practice but then our races are a lot more spread out. I guess these aren't important races and we didn't have all our guys there but still.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Nice and easy by myself. 

AM - 12.5 miles. 90 min with long hills and strong finish. We met at Vernon Worthen park today and ran up the marathon course. It was a super hard run and I felt really tired again and I fell behind all the guys. My strong finish wasn't very fast like last week which makes me kind of mad. I just haven't gotten enough sleep lately but I think I might still be getting used to all this mileage as well. I really don't want to keep feeling this way. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. I ran with Nick, Jake, and Alex in the desert behind Nick's house at like 6 PM. It wasn't extremely hot but I was still feeling tired so I tried to keep it pretty slow. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Easy run by myself. Nothing interesting happened.

AM - 8.75 miles. 60 min with 30 min tempo. Great tempo today. I stuck with everybody for the first twenty minutes and then Nick and Logan really got rolling and started to gap me a bit but I was able to still finish off the tempo strong and kept the gap very small. Nice strong group today. It still needs work but it's coming along. I didn't feel tired today which was great but I'm going to need to work to keep it that way.

PM - 3.5 miles. 32 min easy. I ran by myself over to the high school and ran the time trial course. I'm really looking forward to racing on it next week. Legs felt great this afternoon but my stomach was all jacked. 

AM - 7.25 miles. 45 min with 60/60s. Great workout today. We got a really good group going just like 2 weeks ago on the 30/30s. Nick, Paul, Preston, and I all maxed out at 15 repeats. It was pretty difficult those last few but I promised myself that I would get all the way to 15 and that really helped. Legs didn't feel tired even though I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night. Little bit of extra mileage at Kids Club.

PM - 3.25 miles. 30 min easy. I just ran by myself over to the school and ran the time trial course so I could start getting a feel for it. Crazy course with the addition of the rocks on the hill and better grass on top of the hill. There is a bunch of equipment in the way over by the shot put ring so that could be a problem come the race next week. Legs felt pretty tired from this morning but it wasn't extremely hot.

AM - 6 miles. 45 min (35 road, 10 grass) with striders. I got out at about 6:30 and ran by myself. I was able to get a little bit of grass in at 2450 which was great. I didn't really feel tired from yesterday but it definitely felt good to take it easy.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. First run at XC camp. I felt fine but kept it easy. 

AM - 7 miles. 60 min with long hill. Super hard run today. I couldn't get myself to stick with the group on the way up because the hill was super hard especially with the high altitude. The way back was easy and I was able to just coast back down with the group. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. We drove out to a trail in hopes of finding the legit look out point but it was a lot farther than we could go so we had to settle for a much less legit one.

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.

AM - 7.25 miles. 60 min easy. Coach suprised us today with a trail run instead of 10x800 which was really nice. We ran Mustang Pass and were actually able to run the whole loop which was super fun and legit. Knee felt fine on the run but really bothered me on Plyos after.

PM - 4.75 miles. 40 min easy. Got out on my own today at about 4 and it was so hot. Knee didn't feel good so that made it even worse.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Good run this morning. Kept it a lot slower than usual and my knee didn't hurt.

PM - 7.5 miles. 60 min. Dixie All-Comers and 2x5:00 cruises with 3 min recovery. Time: 17:15. Overall Place: 6th. Place on Team: 3rd. We decided to run this race to determine who was running Varsity at Vegas so everybody but Nick was racing. So my only goal going in was to get a Varsity spot. I got out pretty slow and worked myself up to Jake on the first lap. On the second lap I just stuck right with Jake as we caught up to Andrew and Dallin. I was pretty suprised at this point to see that we weren't that far behind the leaders. On the third lap Jake started making his signature move but unlike Region last year, I went with him and we gapped Dallin and Andrew a bit. I made a move just up the steep hill and took the lead from Jake for the first time but he battled back coming into the finish. As we came around the basketball court, Jake kicked hard but I just couldn't get myself to kick. Mostly it was because I was already in a great position to get a Varstiy spot. Jake ended up beating me by 2 seconds. Definitely my best full race of the season. 3rd on team (basically 4th if Nick was racing) so I will be running Varstiy at Vegas which should be fun. I felt like I could have done a lot better if I wasn't just racing for a Varstiy spot. I probably could have gone with Paul and maybe even challenged Nephi and Lambert.

AM - 3.75 miles. Same old morning. Knee felt fine. 

PM - 7 miles. 60 min with 5xSandy Hills. Decent workout. The first 4 were really strong and I was mostly up front but my legs just shutdown on the last one and it was total crap. Definitely an improvement on last week but much more work to be done on my hill running. Knee felt totally fine which was nice but it was deathly hot. 

AM - 3.75 miles. Morning runs have been a lot more chill lately which is great. 

 PM - 9 miles. 60 min with 30 min steady state and striders. Great run today. It was pretty hot again which sucked but the steady state went well. Logan fell off for a second but other than that we stuck together really well. Felt really tired and sore after and my knee actually hurt again. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Okay run. Felt sore and tired from yesterday. 

PM - 6 miles. 40 min easy with 4x200. Pretty hot run today so it was nice to hit up Sandbergs and jump in. Kept the 200s a little slower today. Knee felt fine but definitely felt a bit tired and sore.

AM - 8 miles. 60 min. Las Vegas Invite. Pretty good race for me today. The plan coming in was to stick with Nick as long as I could. I didn't get out very well and I lost Nick right away and I had to weave around a ton of guys trying to catch back up to him. I caught him around mile 1 and we worked really well together for a little bit until I realized he wasn't quite with it today and I decided to go catch Paul. I can't really remember when I caught Paul but I didn't stick with him for long because Centennial had 3 guys in front of all of us and I had to catch some of them. I don't really remember much about the rest of the race. I mostly just shut my brain off and ran but 2 of the Centennial guys died off pretty hard in the last mile and I was able to pass them. As we came to the finish there was a kid just barely in front of me that I couldn't get myself to go and catch so there is something I need to work on: my kick. I ended up finishing 1st on the team and beating Nick for the first time ever which was super weird even if it was only by 0.2 seconds and it was an off day for him. I'm still really confused about what place I took because I got a 5th Place Medal but the results say I took 6th and I'm almost positive that there was only 1 Centennial guy in front of me instead of 2 like the results say. Great race for our whole team today too. I helped us win the Large School Varsity Guys race, our Frosh/Soph boys won their race, our JV guys were 1 point away from a perfect score, and our Varsity Girls took second. Las Vegas also does a Grand Champion award for all the races and our guys won it so that was legit and we had tons of people walk away with super legit medals. Super fun race today.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Got sick over the weekend and was still feeling sick today so it wasn't the greatest run.

PM - 2.25 miles. 20 min easy. Coach told me to not run the workout and take it easy today because I was sick. I felt pretty good and I probably could have done more than 20 min but I didn't want to push anything. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Still was sick this morning but definitely better. Rained pretty hardcore at the beginning so most of us went shirtless today. It was legit. 

PM - 8.75 miles. 60 min with striders. Still a little sick but it wasn't a workout or anything so I was able to do it all. Rainy again which was fun. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Still felt sick this morning. I really hope I'm all the way better by Friday so I can run at Herriman. 

PM - 6 miles. 45 min. Time Trial #3. Not a great race. I got out quick and went right with Nick just like I planned but I didn't stick with him and my whole race fell apart. I ran with Nick and Paul for a lap and a half and then I pretty much gave up. I've never gone that fast before and I wasn't ready to handle it. The last mile was just me getting passed by 3 guys. Being sick definitely affected my race today but even with that it should have been better. Hope I get feeling better so I can be ready for Herriman. I didn't run the workout after because I was sick. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Still feeling sick. It's almost all gone but not quite 100 percent. Hopefully it's gone by tommorow. 

PM - 5 miles. 30 min easy with 4x200. Didn't feel very good on this run. I was dehydrated and my stomach didn't feel good. 

AM - 5.25 miles. 40 mi with 4, 3, 2, 1 min Fartleks. We ran up at the State Course today. It was fun to run on it but the fartleks didn't make me feel very good. My back tightened up like crazy on these which made them feel a lot harder than they should have been.

PM - 6.5 miles. 50 min. Herriman Invite. Race did not go how I would have liked it too. I planned on going with Nick but I was already tired after the first 800 meters because we were going up hill and I slowed down a lot. I picked it up once we got going downhill and I was able to pass a few people which was not easy because the course is so small. I got up the Motha Cussa strong but it totally wore me out and I slowed down. Luckily everyone else slowed down too so I didn't get passed by very many people but I wished I had kept a good pace because I could have passed a ton of people. Definitely not a good race for me but our team ended up taking 2nd behind American Fork which was a bit suprising but it showed that we have a really strong team even if some of us have off days. 

AM - 9.5 miles. 80 min with strong finish. We went and participated in Irene's 5k today for part of our run. I was so dead and tired from Herriman because I was only able to get about 4 hours of sleep last night that I didn't actually race it. Me and Jake just kept it easy around 7:50 pace. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Good run. Still felt tired and sore from the tough weekend (Race and Homecoming). 

PM - 7.75 miles. 60 min with 7x800 and 3x400 with 1 min recovery. Times: 2:50, 2:42, 2:47, 2:46, 2:44, 2:47, 2:51, 1:24, 1:20, 1:16. Great workout for our team today. Definitely the strongest workout we've had in quite a while. We didn't group up very tight but we were still very close together and everyone was fighting to stick together. I went right with Paul on the first 4-5 800s but I started to tighten up and couldn't relax on those last couple and I fell behind quite a bit. On the 400s I couldn't get myself to relax on those either so they weren't as strong as they should have been but it was still a good workout. Definitely a step in the right direction. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 minutes easy. Not feeling insanely great but it was a good run. 

PM - 8 miles. 60 min with 3xmile repeats and 3 mile tempo. JV guys were racing at the Region Course for Duel in the Desert today and so we did our workout there today. Not my best workout. I did my best to stick with Paul on the mile repeats but I couldn't get myself to stay relaxed. Still hit some okay times around 5:45. For the tempo we just hopped in the guys race and tempoed it while they all raced. Our goal was to hit 18:30ish but it was supposed to be chill so we ended up hitting about 19:00. Nothing crazy but it was a good push and I was definitely tired after. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Felt off this morning. Couldn't get my legs moving and so I just stuck at the back of the pack today. 

PM - 8.25 miles. 60 min and Striders. Felt much better than this morning but legs still  felt tired and it was hard run on Roller Coasters. Striders were okay. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Same old morning. Nothing to report. 

PM - 6.25 miles. 40 min easy with 4x200. Good run into Green Springs. I felt pretty good and it was a fun run. I kept it a little slower on the 200s today to try and focus on my form. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Felt a bit tired this morning. I didn't get much sleep last night. 

PM - 2.5 miles. 20 min with pickups. We got to the course around 3 and were able to run the course and get familiar with it. We threw some pickups in as well to shakeout the legs from the long drive. I felt a lot less tired because I slept on the way down. 

Race - 5.5 miles. Our race was super legit because it wasn't until 9:40 Cali time and so the sun had already set and it wasn't blazing hot. This race was very fast and I just wasn't ready for it today. I didn't get out as fast as I should have and I fell behind my teammates early. I tried to catch Andrew in the 2nd mile but every time I surged, I didn't hardly make a dent in the gap. In the 3rd mile I gave another surge but I still wasn't moving up on Andrew and I wasn't really passing anyone either. I finished with one of my best kicks of the season but it still wasn't that great. I barely missed breaking 16 (seriously my time was 16:00.0) which was kind of bummer but I was more bummed about my placing on the team. I was 6th on the team and I felt like I ran pretty well. It wasn't a bad race for me. It was just a better race for my teammates. I guess that's a good sign though and shows that our team is getting stronger. I need to work on my start because I kept the gap between me and Andrew pretty much the same for the whole race. If I had gone with Andrew from the start that gap never would have existed. Just something to work on. Our team won our race so I shouldn't be so bummed. 

AM - 10.5 miles. 80 min with strong finish. Swag run in Cali. It wasn't very hot but it was super humid. It was a super fun run just exploring some places and the strong finish was super good. We did and Indian Run to finish and we were really moving. I'm not sure what pace we were actually hitting but it was blazing fast. I felt really tired and sore towards the end especially in my Hamstrings. Good run. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Hamstrings still felt tired and sore from the weekend.

PM - 7.5 miles. 50 min with 2 set Michigan and striders. Well the Michigan is basically a tempo workout with varying tempo paces. A 2 set Michigan starts with 800 meters on the track at 5k race pace, then 1.5 miles on the grass at 10k race pace, then 800 meters on the track at 5k race pace, 1.5 miles on the grass at 10k race pace, and an all-out 400 to finish. Total distance of the 2 set Michigan is 4.25 miles. We have two different standards (A and B) that we try to hit and are awarded if we do so. I came in looking to hit A standard for the first time which is a time of 25:10. I did not do as well as I should have today. In fact, most of our team ran pretty bad today. I took it out fairly slow with Jake and we slowly started working our way up to where we were supposed to be. As we hit the 2nd 800 meter on the track, Jake really started moving and I couldn't get myself to go with him. I caught Nick this time on the track and I could tell he was really struggling and so I passed him. The rest of the time, I was working on catching Jason but couldn't quite do it and finished quite crappy and Nick came back and passed me. I sadly missed out on A standard running like a 25:40 or something like that. That's pretty much the same time I hit last year so that's a little bit frustrating. I have definitely decided that I don't run so well when I take it out slower because I'm not very good at speeding up to make up for the slow start. I have made it a goal to get out fast from now on, not necessarily a front runner but definitely up closer to the front. I felt hardcore tired afterwards so I definitely need to work on getting more sleep.

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Feeling pretty tired this morning. Luckily we took it very slow. 

PM - 9.75 miles. 75 min with strong finish. This was a really tough run. I felt tired the entire run. Even when we were going pretty slow it was tough for me and was a lot harder than it should have been. I was barely able to keep up with the team on the strong finish. We did an Indian run for our strong finish and I almost couldn't get to the front, my legs were so dead. Hopefully it is just a lack of sleep and not that we are doing too much.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. I got a lot of sleep last night but still felt tired this morning.

PM - 5.75 miles. 50 min with 2 mile at 93% (goal: 11:57) and 2x1600 on the track hard (goal - 5:00) with 5 min recovery. Times: 12:00, 5:40, 5:25. Not as great as it should been. On the 2 mile I tried my best to stick with the group but I was feeling tired still and so I couldn't get myself moving. I still hit pretty much right where I wanted it so that was good. When we hit the track for our miles, I just wasn't ready. All the negative thoughts I have towards track and all those crappy 1600 repeat workouts I did during track really dragged me down today. Sure it was hot, I was tired, and a little dehydrated but it was mostly my mind that screwed me over on these. I should have been up by Paul and Nick but I was thinking super negative and ran really lazy out on the track. Just something to work on. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Still felt a little tired but definitely feeling better. Glad it is an easy day.

PM - 6 miles. 40 min with 4x200. Felt okay today.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Felt pretty good and ready to race.

PM - 6 miles. 50 min. Nebo Invite. Really bummer race today. I didn't get out as quick as I wanted to and I got trapped for the first mile. I even got knocked to the ground during that first mile. The second mile I started moving up and caught up with Alex and we got moving together but he eventually pushed ahead again. The last mile, I just wasn't with it mentally and kind of gave up on myself. Not a good way to finish. It was totally unacceptable to take 98th place as our 6th guy. I need to run better.

AM - 9.5 miles. 73 min. 7x800 and 3x400 with 1 min recovery. Good workout at the State Course this morning. I wasn't feeling very good but I still gave a good push and we kept it fairly close as a pack. It was super rainy but that just made it more epic. It was definitely good to get a preview of the State Course. Super excited for State. I hope I can lead my team to a great race here in a few weeks.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. It's the perfect temperature in the morning right now. Great run. 

PM - 4.75 miles. 40 min. 2xmile all-out with 5 min recovery. Times: 5:01 and 5:19. Very difficult workout. I got out quick on the first one but I let myself fall behind right after that. I ended up still hitting a solid time though. The second one was much tougher and I fell behind right from the start. I got a nice groove going with Jake and we hit a decent time for how tired we already were. Heel hurting a bit after. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. It was actually kind of cold this morning. Long sleeve weather may be coming soon and that makes me sad. Great run with the girls but my foot still hurt. 

PM - 6.25 miles. 40 min with striders. I think I have plantar facittis in my left foot. It is starting to hurt a lot more. Really fun run besides the foot. We ran across the new bridge and brought out the big balloons.  

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Good run but foot still hurt so I didn't do plyos this morning.

PM - 7.5 miles. 60 min. 6x800 and 4x400 with 1 min recovery. Pretty wimpy performance today. We were running them on the track and just like last week, my feelings towards the track dragged me down. I felt tired to begin with but being on the track made it worse. Coach bascially read my mind right after we finished the 800s and had me finish the 400s on the grass. I definitely ran a lot stronger on the grass and it was a great way to end the workout. I'm going to have to just learn to shut off my mind on the track or I'm always going to stink at it. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Same old stuff. Starting to get a bit colder. 

PM - 5 miles. 30 min easy with 4x200. Great easy day. Kept it pretty slow up into Green Springs. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Good run. Legs felt fresh and wasn't bothered by the quick pace back. 

PM - 6 miles. 40 min. Cedar Invite. This race was really frustrating. We came in with a goal to move up on DH but it didn't happen. It was actually one of our worst races. We just weren't with it today and not only did DH crush us but we also got beat by Page and ended up 3rd. I know we are a lot better than what happened out there today. I know we should be right in the mix with DH but it just hasn't been happening. We need to figure some things out.                 

PM - 7 miles. 60 min easy with long hill. Went over to my cousins house tonight which is close to the Region Course so I was able to run on it after doing 1 time up Webb Hill/Meat Grinders for my long hill. It was after dark so it was a little sketchy on my own but it was fun. It was cool to look down on the all the city lights from the top of the hill and it was good to be able to run the Region Course and get a feel for it again. I was getting a little scared that P the M might jump out on me though. I felt pretty good on the run. My foot felt fine and nothing else really bothered me. It was just fun to switch it up for a change and run by myself. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Good run.

PM - 6.25 miles. 50 min. 2 set Michigan. I got out much quicker than last time on this workout but didn't finish any faster. I barely missed out on A standard again which was a bummer but it was a good workout. I settled a little too much at the end so I'll need to work on that. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Chill morning run. 

PM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Fun adventure run. We just had fun running out by my house and just going wherever we wanted too. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Same old. 

PM - 5.25 miles. 45 min with 4x800 and 6x400 with 1 min recovery. JV was racing at Snow Canyon do we hit up the Region Course to run our workout. My 800s were right where I wanted them. I was able to stick right with Nick the whole time and lead the guys but my 400s were weak. I started to feel tired and I just couldn't get my legs moving. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Just the usual. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min with 1600 all out. I got out quick and right with Nick on the first lap but I slowed down a lot the last three laps and finished in 4:51. A PR of 1 second I guess but not what I was hoping to do. I've never really ran well on the track. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Another beast morning run. 

PM - 4.75 miles. 40 min with Old Man Hills (4x400). I did decent today. I've never been great at hill workouts but I did pretty well. I kept it fairly close to Nick and Paul and ran pretty consistent. Times were: 1:11, 1:09, 1:10, 1:12. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Got out nice and early at about 6:30 by myself. It just felt like any normal morning run. 

AM - 2.5 miles. 20 min easy. Nice shake out.

PM - 3.75 miles. 400, 300, 200, 100 meter repeats all-out. The 400 meter just burned me out and the rest were much slower than they should have been.

AM - 2.5 miles. 20 min easy. Another nice shake out. My legs felt pretty sore from yesterday.

PM - 6.5 miles. Region. Goal coming in was to run my best and help my team go win. Neither of thise happened and it turned out being a crappy race. It was slower than my time at Dixie All-Comers. I got out right where I wanted to but once DH made their usual move I didn't go with it and that's where my race went down the toilet. I need to work on sticking in there for a little longer next time.

PM - 4.75 miles. 30 min easy with striders. Super sore from yesterday so it was such a swag easy run.

AM - 4 miles. 5xWave Hills. Pretty fun and easy workout. I pushed very hard up the hills and I felt pretty good. The grass was wet so quite a few people went sliding. 

AM - 4 miles. MasterBlasters. This was super tough for me. My legs felt tired to begin with so I really couldn't get moving like I should have. It was fun though. 

PM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Got together with some of team and we ran up Mustang Pass. I felt pretty sore but we kept it easy. 

PM - 5 miles. 40 min easy. Ran with Jake, Josie, and Ellie out into the desert by Jake's house. Super fun run and it wasn't super fast becuase we were running with the girls. 

AM - 2.5 miles. 20 min easy. Nice Shake Out.

PM - 4 miles. 5xWave Hills. Another good run at wave hills. I got a little bit better at them. 

AM - 2.5 miles. 20 min easy. Another Chill Run.

PM - 4 miles. 1 min, 45 sec, 30 sec, 15 sec fartleks with full recovery. Good run. I didn't go extremely fast on these cause my legs weren't feeling too great.

AM - 2.75 miles. 25 min easy.

PM - 6 miles. State. Not a whole lot to say about this race. I felt like I was ready to go run really well but I guess I wasn't. I didn't get out with my team like I planned and I never was able to get back with them. I honestly didn't even race today. I pushed a bit but mostly it was just a relaxed tempo. Definitely my poorest race of the season and ended up being one of the most disappointing for our team. We finished a very heartbreaking 4th place. We shouldn't have let Park City or Stansbury beat us but we just ran so bad. I blame myself for the poor race. It seems that our worst races this season have come when I have run bad and our best races have come when I have ran decent. I wanted to walk out of there with no regrets and sadly I walked out of there with more regrets then any other race I've ever ran before. 

PM - 8 miles. 60 min easy. Legs felt tired from yesterday so this was a good chance to shake them out. Super fun run. I seriously love long easy runs.

PM - 4 miles. Beast adventure run through Sandbergs. I could sense Marlar's precense but we all made it out alive. A great game of Ultimate after and Nick got his face exploded. Now he is the perfect match for Marsha Brady.

PM - 8.25 miles. 60 min easy. Felt really fresh tonight and I just let all my thoughts and feelings out on the run and so I really got rolling on the River Trail. It was just a nice time to release all of my frustration from the last month or so of the season. It was also a good chance to show what kind of shape I'm in. I'm right where I want to be physically but just haven't been there mentally. I haven't been running with my heart or with my guts and that is my biggest problem right now. 

AM - 3.75 miles. Nice chill run. I felt super fresh this morning so I led most of the time.

PM - 8.25 miles. 6-7x1000 with 3 min recovery. Super hardcore run today. Coach told us we were doing 1000 repeats but didn't tell us how many so we just started busting them out. I felt decent on the first 2 or 3 but those wore me out a lot and the rest of them were pretty difficult. I always hung back at the beginning and then at the top of the hill, I would make a good strong push and get back where I needed to be. On the last one, Coach ran with us and told us if he passed us that we stopped our repeat right there. I ran mine the same way I had the whole time and Coach passed me crossing the cement by the Baseball Field. I really wished I pushed a bit harder and hadn't let him pass me because I know if I had made it up the hill, he probably wouldn't have been able to catch me. That's okay though, it was still a great workout.

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Wow. I felt super sore this morning from the workout and the plyos after. It really is no suprise since that is the hardest we've ran since before we tapered.

PM - 7 miles. 60 min easy. Trail Run Tuesday. So glad we hit up a trail today because I am so sore and trail runs are just fun. Not sure what the trail is called but it is the beast one in Middleton. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. First time ever wearing a long sleeve this morning. I'm glad I did since it was pretty cold.

PM - 8 miles. 60 min easy. Still really sore today so it was great to have another easy run. It was a fun run down the river trail but it sucked because I was just so tired and my stomach didn't feel very good.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Good run. My legs are still tired and sore but much better. Looking forward to the Michigan.

PM - 8 miles. Michigan Workout. Tough workout today but it was good. The team got out a lot slower today so I was able to get out right with them. I was working pretty good with Nick, Jake, Paul, and Dallin for most of the first half. I started feeling really tired after the first set and I fell behind that group a ton. I was really struggling with about 1 grass loop left on the 2nd set and Coach and his crew came and passed me here. I almost gave up on myself at this point but I got my mind back in it and gave a strong push to keep the gap small between me and Coach's crew. I kicked it in well and finished with about a 25:03 and hit A standard for the first time ever which is good since this is probably the last time I will ever do this workout. 

 AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Really low turnout but great run and swag donut Friday. 

PM - 3 miles. Halloween run. Really fun run with some cool (and weird) costumes. I beat State Champ Ethan Young. 

AM - 10 miles. 75 min easy with Strong Finish. Great run with Coach and the guys out along the AZ strip somewhere. I didn't realize we had a strong finish so when we started picking it up at the end I just thought we were just doing it for fun and I just said what the heck and picked it up too. It was a great run and even though I was tired, I survived. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Super cold this morning so I wore gloves and a beanie for the first time.

PM- 6.5 miles. 3x1600 step down workout (goal - 5:35, 5:25, 5:15) with 400 meter recovery on the track. Goal today was to work on finishing faster since that has been a big issue for us all season. We did a good job and my times were 5:37, 5:25, 5:15. The first one was really easy and I just stayed really relaxed. The second one got a little more difficult but still pretty chill. The third one started out pretty hard but I realized we were going a little fast so I relaxed and I finished nice and relax. Overall, a great workout considering it was on the track and I usually suck it up on the track. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Another cold run which makes me sad because I hate the cold. A little tired but I think that is just cause I got to bed a little late last night. Just realized I've hit 500 miles with my Lunarglides.

PM - 7.5 miles. 62 min easy. Trail Run Tuesday. Mustang Pass. Beast run on my favorite trail. Felt pretty good so I just let myself fly down the backside. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. It's getting so chilly.

PM - 10 miles. 400 drop down workout (1:20, 1:19, 1:18, etc.) until you can't hit the time with 2 min recovery. This was pretty tough today but I stayed relaxed and I did really well. I got all the way down to 1:04 before I dropped out so that was pretty cool. Another one of my best track workouts ever. It made me super tired though and today was like the first time my legs have ever cramped up during a cool down. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Felt really sore this morning after yesterday.

PM - 5 miles. 40 min easy. Still felt worn down so it was great to have an easy day. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Just a chill run.

PM - 5.75 miles. Race. I didn't really take a whole lot of time preparing mentally for this race but I think that is what helped me race so much better today. I think my biggest problem this year is I get so worried about everything. I get worried about who I should beat, how I should race, how fast I should go, and on and on and on. So today I just didn't really worry about anything and just went out and had fun. I got out pretty quick today and into 2nd place which was weird because it didn't feel that fast. I guess it was probably because the beginning was down hill. Once we came back up hill is where I really started to struggle a bit and people started passing me. I stayed relaxed though and kept pushing pretty hard the rest of the race and finished pretty strong. Good race.  

AM - 10.25 miles. 78 min with strong finish. Prospector Trail with Coach and the guys. Felt tired today so this run was kind of tough for me and I felt like falling off the group. I sucked it up though and had fun so it turned out to be a pretty good run. I didn't feel too great on the strong finish but it ended up being pretty strong.  

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. 

PM - 6.25 miles. 2x1600 drop down (goal - 5:15, 5:05) with 3 min recovery. Actual Times: 5:14, 5:14. This workout was tough for me today. The first one wasn't too bad but I just psyched myself out mentally on the 2nd one and couldn't stick with Nick and Paul.

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. I wasn't feeling super great this morning. The girls went super fast this morning and so I ran with them on the way back. 

PM - 7 miles. 55 min easy. Trail Run Tuesday - Dino Tracks. Tough trail run. I was already feeling tired today and this run didn't help. It's a really cool trail but it isn't very easy. My foot has started hurting a lot again which sucks because I almost thought it was all better.

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. We are getting so far in the morning now. I guess we really should be going that far every morning but...

PM - 5 miles. 30 min easy with striders. Beast adventure run all over the place in the neighborhoods by my house. Foot hurt a lot again today.