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Mendon Pioneer Day 5k

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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

Ridgeline High School Junior

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Shay XC 4 Blue Lifetime Miles:						745.50
Saucony Shay XC 4 Red Lifetime Miles:						118.78
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

Sat, Jul 23, 2016

Race: Mendon Pioneer Day 5k (3 Miles) 00:16:28, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Total Distance

6.00

So today was the Mendon Pioneer Day 5k/10k and Don wanted me to run it so I did. I got there pretty early and I had to wait a while for other people to show up. A lot of kids that still run for Mountain Crest ended up coming and it was pretty fun to see all of them again. Hayden was there but he was running the 10k, so my only real competition in the 5k was Branson Fonnesbeck, who is currently the fastest runner from Mountain Crest. We started off and Hayden, Branson, and I immediately took the lead. We started off a little bit faster than I would have liked but it ended up being ok. We stayed together for probably the first half mile before Hayden pulled ahead of me and I pulled ahead of Branson. The first mile was the only part of the course that had any significant hills in it, but they were a breeze compared to the hills on the course we ran on Monday. I finished my first mile in 5:28 and a little bit after that the 10k course took a turn off of our course so Hayden was gone and I was left with Branson. At this point Branson was 30-40 meters behind me and by the time I finished my 2nd mile he was probably 300-400m behind me so I wasn't really worried about him. I was running pretty fast, I think I was at a 5:30 average pace but with half a mile to go I realized that I still had a ton of energy left. I sped up a ton and finished with 16:28, it ended up only being 3 miles though, which I was pretty disappointed about because I was really looking forward to seeing if I could get under 17 minutes or even PR. After today though, I have no doubt that if this had been a true 5k and if I actually used all of that extra energy, that I would be well below 17. Anyway, I was still happy with my time, seeing as how it is a 32 second PR from my 3 mile PR last season and we still have 4 more weeks of summer training till the season starts this year. I'll be looking for some pretty sick times this year. :)

Saucony Shay XC 4 Red Miles: 3.00	Adidas Powerblaze Black Miles: 3.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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