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Location:

Nibley,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 13, 2015

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Highschool Champ

Running Accomplishments:

800m - 2:06.17 (Sky View Invitational 2017)

1600m - 4:36.01 (Region 1 Championships 2017)

3200m - 10:01.01 (UHSAA 3A State Track Championships 2017)

5k - 16:28 (Bob Firman Invitational 2016)

10k - 34:26 (Deseret News 10k 2017)

15k - 54:03 (Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run 2017)

Half Marathon - 1:23:52 (Top of Utah Half Marathon 2015)


Short-Term Running Goals:

Junior Year

800m - 2:02

1600m - 4:30

3200m - 9:55

5000m - 16:30 (Accomplished)

Senior Year

800m - 2:00

1600m - 4:27

3200m - 9:45

5000m - 16:00


Long-Term Running Goals:

Run for a good D1 college.


Personal:

Freshman Year

Joining cross country my freshman year I didn't know what to expect. I came during the summer and did the workouts, I wasn't too serious about them but I didn't screw around either. At the alumni I got 21:51, not that fast but I still made it to Highland. At Highland I got 18:29, I was really suprised I did so well, I know the course is only 2.9 miles, but still. After that I started getting really serious with cross country. After a couple of more meets I made it to varsity. At the beginning of the year I would have never guessed that I would run varsity. At the end of the year I got the outstanding freshman award, I was proud to get it. My PR for this year was 17:52. My first year of cross country was really fun and it motivated me to work hard the next summer for the next season. I also did track, which wasn't nearly as fun as cross country. I only ran the 1600m and the 800 and I pretty much ran the same times for the whole season.

Sophomore Year

Sophomore year for Cross Country went pretty well. We all trained hard during the summer and it really payed off. The season was a bit bumpy for me, I wasn't really getting consistent times. One meet I would run a low 17 and the next a high 17. In the end the season turned out really fun and I hit a really big PR from last year.

Track went pretty well too. We started training and had some meets during the winter. This year I actually ran the 3200m and liked it a lot. I PR'd in pretty much every race that I ran in, it felt good. As I raced this season I felt more controlled and like a much more mature runner, even more than cross country.

Junior Year


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Nike Victory XC Lifetime Miles: 29.00
Adidas Powerblaze Red Lifetime Miles: 429.00
Adidas Powerblaze Black Lifetime Miles: 616.20
New Balance Fresh Foam Zante Lifetime Miles: 23.00
Saucony Kinvara 6 Lifetime Miles: 719.40
Saucony Shay XC 4 Blue (2016) Lifetime Miles: 8.00
Adidas Adios Boost 3 Lifetime Miles: 112.70
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129.50
Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 86.50Adidas Powerblaze Black Miles: 35.00Saucony Shay XC 4 Red Miles: 2.00Nike Victory XC Miles: 6.00
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5.00

Today Hayden, Spencer, and I a "hill" workout. We did a mile warmup to a square block that we usually do relays around. The workout was to go fast on the sides across from eachother and easy on the other two sides for 3 miles. At the end I felt really good and I pushed myself more than usual, I still wasn't even close to Spencer and Hayden though :) . I think it took us 5 and a half laps around it to get us 3 miles and then we did a mile cooldown back to the school. My parents brought our treadmill home from our storage unit today and  I think that I am going to start doing 2-3 really easy miles when I get home during the evening.  

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7.00

Today me, Spencer, and Hayden did our little 7 mile loop in Providence around the temple. All of the runs that I go on are starting to seem easier now so that is good. When we got up to the temple we saw Cameron and Paul running so we stopped and talked to them. I didn't have time to set up my treadmill today so I'll try to do that tomorrow.

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6.00

Did 6 miles moderate pace with Spencer. I finally did it at a pretty fast pace for me which felt good. 

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7.00

Today was intervals on Hollow Road with Spencer and Hayden. We warmed up to the beginning and the workout was hard for .25 an then easy for .25. I did my hards at about a 6:15 which felt good to actually be going fast. Once we got off hollow road it was just easy back to the school.

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 7.00
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6.00

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 6.00
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8.00

Today was an 8 mile hill workout with Spencer and Hayden in Providence. We accidentally didn't turn where we were suppose to but we still got lots of hills. Once we got to the top of the biggest hill we were really hot so we all took our shirts off which felt amazing. I feel like I have actually started to improve this week which is nice.

Adidas Powerblaze Black Miles: 8.00
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7.00

Today was just 7 miles at moderate pace. I was planning to do it on my treadmill at home because it was bad air outside but after 3 miles on it I couldn't do it anymore. I got dressed and did 4 more miles outside. It felt a lot better once I got outside. I got chased by a dog for a quarter mile also, so that was fun. Then I finished and did some core.

Adidas Powerblaze Black Miles: 7.00
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5.00

Today me and Hayden just did 5 miles easy. It was still sort of bad air outside but I didn't want to run on a treadmill so I just went out. We ran down and did spillway in reverse and then went a little farther once we got back to the school. Then I just went home and did some core.

Adidas Powerblaze Black Miles: 5.00
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6.00

Today it was bad air outside so I had to run on my treadmill inside. All I did was 6 miles easy. It felt super long running on a treadmill like that.

Adidas Powerblaze Black Miles: 6.00
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3.00

Three miles easy on the treadmill.

Adidas Powerblaze Black Miles: 3.00
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6.00

Today I did 6 miles really easy and I got to run outside. I started off and my left knee really, really hurt, but I just kept going till one mile where I stopped and stretched it out. After that it felt a little bit better but I started to get a lot of cramps in my legs.  I got back to my house at 4 miles and I was just going to be done. I went and laid down on my bedroom floor for like 15 minutes and then I got myself to go outside and do 2 more miles really easy. Later that day my knee really started to bother me. It's the same thing that I got at the beginning of summer running, runner's knee. I iced it in the evening. I hope its better for Simplot.

Adidas Powerblaze Black Miles: 6.00
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5.50

Today was suppose to be a progression workout but I just did 5.5 miles at a painfully slow pace. I didn't want to run in case it made my knee worse, but I also didn't want to not run because Simplot is only in 2 more days, so I decided to run really, really slow. My knee had felt swollen all last night and all of today before I ran, but I stretched it a lot during the day. For the first 2 miles it felt like it had for the whole day, swollen and sort of hard to bend, but after that it sort of started to loosen up. By the end of the run I could bend it to its maximum extension point without it hurting and it wasn't swollen anymore. I've been stretching it all day and it seems to still be fine. I'll still have to be careful with it tomorrow probably too, just in case.

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 5.50
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4.00

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 4.00
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Race: Simplot Games 1600m Boys (1 Miles) 00:05:04
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2.00

Saucony Shay XC 4 Red Miles: 2.00
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7.00

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 7.00
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9.00

Today was suppose to be 10 miles at a moderate pace. Spencer, Hayden, Joe and I ran 7 miles together in Nibley. I stayed with them for the first mile, which was a big mistake. They were going way faster than I probably should have been going and that sort of tired me out for the rest of the run. My mile splits were 6:07, 7:13, 6:54, 7:17, 7:17, and 7:36 with a mile cooldown. I feel like 6:40-6:50 would have been a good moderate pace for me but I was just so tired after the first mile. Later that night I went out and did just 2 miles really easy. The past couple of weeks my mileage has been pretty low and I don't want to injure myself by having it jump up too high, that's why I only did 2 instead of 3. I really want to work hard these next couple of weeks and try to beat my PR in the mile by a couple of seconds in the very first meet.

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 9.00
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6.00

Today Spencer went and ran in Nibley again, but Trey was here so I stayed in Hyrum and ran with him. We did 6 miles at an easy pace, high 7's, which felt pretty good because my legs are still way tired from yesterday, Trey also hasn't been running a lot so slow was good for him.

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 6.00
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7.00

Today Spencer, Trey, and I drove over to Providence and did a hill workout. We started off with a short warmup and then went right into it. The workout was six sets of running up the hill for two minutes at 5k pace, jogging back down, and resting for 1:30. I did my first three sets pretty well and got to about the same place everytime, but after that I started to not make it as far up. This workout is by far a lot harder than doing 30,60,90,120, as it's basically like doing the 120 second one 6 times. When we finished me and Spencer did a cooldown and finished with 5 miles. Later in the evening I went out and did 2 more miles at an easy pace.

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 7.00
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8.00

Today was just a recovery day from yesterday. Spencer and I did 6 miles of alternating between easy and moderate pace every mile. My first moderate was pretty slow, 7:10, but as we got going it started to feel better. My next two were 6:45 and 6:30. Later in the evening I did another two miles at an easy pace. I am starting to feel good again like I had two weeks ago before my mileage dropped, so that's good.

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 8.00
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8.00

Today I just did 8 miles by myself in Nibley. I was pretty tired when I first started but that went away after a while. I also got chased by 2 dogs on my run so that was fun.

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 8.00
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Total Distance
7.00

Today me, Spencer, Hayden, and Trey went and did a workout on the track at Logan. We started off with a mile warmup then put on our spikes for the workout (a decision I would regret later in the week). The workout was 400, 800, 1200, 1600, 1200, 800, 400 with a 400 recovery between each one. I tried to stay at an uncomfortable pace consistently throughout the whole workout, which was hard because I didn't have my watch with me. Trey was there also, so that helped to push me a bit. When we finished we did a couple of laps bearfoot and finished at 7 miles. By the end my left calf killed and I rolled it out when I got home.

Nike Victory XC Miles: 6.00Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 1.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Total Distance
129.50
Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 86.50Adidas Powerblaze Black Miles: 35.00Saucony Shay XC 4 Red Miles: 2.00Nike Victory XC Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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