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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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Adidas Powerblaze Red Lifetime Miles: 429.00
Adidas Powerblaze Black Lifetime Miles: 616.20
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Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 31.00Adidas Powerblaze Black Miles: 8.00
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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.  

Adidas Powerblaze Red Miles: 5.00
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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
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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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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