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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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Felt fresh but really out of shape.

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I think my break is doing wonders. I've been running at the same pace (if not faster) as I had been during the season but it feels so much easier now and I'm not feeling drained all the time. Hopefully I can keep feeling healthy and make up for my cross country season during track.

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Each day I feel like I'm regaining all of my fitness.

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Ran out in the snow storm at night. Brought back many memories of last year during winter training :D. Anyway, feels good to be able to run 6 miles again without being completely exhausted. I'm praying I can continue to stay heathly.

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Another run out it in the cold rain. It's been super hard for me to go slow on my easy days. I just feel too good, I want to go faster but I know it's better in the long run if I just go slow. Super excited for my Garmin Forerunner 220 to get here at the end of the week. The entire time I've been running since my break I haven't had my watch. Long story short, my mom accidentally threw my Nike+ Sportwatch away. :( But she's getting me an even better one so I'm happy.

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A little over a mile for the warm up and then a three mile tempo. My watch gets here tomorrow so I was just going off of feel. It was about a 7-8 on the hardness scale and it felt like I was going decently fast, especially on the way back. I didn't feel completely exhausted so thats a good sign. The true test will be the Turkey Trot next week and then Footlocker in December.

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