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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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Raced our course again today in the pouring rain.

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Seven miles of hills today in Millville and Providence. Trey came and it was good to see him. Today I actually felt good running, I haven't felt this good since the middle of the season. We were running 6:35 on the flat and 6:55 on the hills with ease. Thats how I want my winter track training to feel like, just some long fast miles.
 

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Raced Don's 3.8 mile Footlocker course today. I felt like I ran pretty well considering how I was sore from our workouts the past two days. I just tried to stay at a good constant pace on the steep uphills and then really focus on striding out on the long downhills. We are totally going to be ready for Footlocker.

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One mile warmup with Branson and Trey before heading to the track. The workout was 8x800m with a one minute rest in between each one. We were suppose to run them in 2:45 but I did them each in 2:40 because that was easier to keep track of, just 20 seconds each 100m. Then the last 400m of the last 800m was all out. It was a pretty easy workout, I could run each 800m with ease and I ran my last 400m in 59 seconds. Then I did a mile and a half cooldown with Branson.

Saucony Kinvara 6 Miles: 2.50Saucony Shay XC 4 Blue (2016) Miles: 4.00
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Eight mile easy long run today by myself. I ran into Millville and ran part of our course up Cemetery Hill  and then up Devil's Spine. Then from there over into Providence and then all the way back to Nibley. It felt really nice going for an easy long run all by myself. I have been pretty tired from our workouts this week.

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