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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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6.00

Today was the first day back of not running for about a week. Spencer, Hayden, and I started off with a mile on the track and the team warmups then we went out to the Stake Center and back for 4 miles. Then we did 4x100 meter strideouts on the track and finished with a half mile barefoot. I felt a little more winded than usual from not running, but that will probably be gone by the end of the week.

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7.50

Today I started off with a half mile on the track and then the team warmups. Then Spencer, Trey, James, and I went and did the 2 mile mcdonalds loop for our warmup and went back to the track. The workout was 4x800m at 5k pace with a 400m recovery in between each one. My first 800 I did fine but after that I just dropped like a fly. I don't know what it was, I just felt so exhausted, even Trey lapped me.  When we finished we did a mile cooldown to Canyon Elementary and back and then did a barefoot mile.

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6.00

Today Trey and I went and did the actual track distance workout. We ran down to the rodeo grounds and did 1 long lap (probably at least 800m) accelerating throughout with a 1 minute rest after followed by 3 short laps (around 400m) at 85-95%. When we were done we were only at 1.5 miles. Trey got a bloody nose so he just went straight back. Me and James went and did the mcdonalds loop in reverse and went back to the school. Trey was waiting for us there and we went and did the mcdonalds loop again with him. I then did one more lap on the track and finished with 6 miles. 

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6.00

Today I just did 6 easy miles by myself. I didn't get exhausted quickly like I had on Monday and Tuesday so that's good. Also, my ankle is pretty much all the way better now, it doesn't get worse when I go out and run anymore. Tomorrow we are having a team meet to basically see where we are. Even though I really didn't even do any hard workouts this week I don't really think that I am going to feel fresh. I think that I'll probably get around what I ran at Simplot, if not slower.
 

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Today we did a little team meet. My legs were pretty sore from getting back into running this week and I didn't do very well in either the 1600m or the 800m. My goal, since my legs were tired, for the 1600m was atleast under 5:20. I ended up getting 5:18, I'm not really mad about it though because I wasn't really racing. Next I did the 800m and got around 2:17, still not very good. Then I went and ran some more and finished with 6.

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