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Nibley Easter 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


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5.00

Today we did a workout on the track. It was 300m, 500m, 700m, 700m, 500m, 300m. After the 300's we were suppose to do a 300m walk and after the 500m and 700m we were suppose to take a 5 minute break. That was way to long for me and Trey so we made them significantly shorter. I tried to stayed right behind Trey on all of them and I did. When we finished that we did 5 laps of going up and down the bleachers, then did some core. Then me and James went on a 2 mile cooldown. I got back and Spencer was done with his run so we did a barefoot mile and I ended with 5.

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7.00

Today Don had a workout on the track for us. It was 200, 400, 600, 800, 800, 600, 400, 200 with an active recovery half the distance of what you just ran. It was a pretty good workout, a lot better than the day before and I pushed it a little more than usual. Then Spencer and I cooled down to 7.

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9.00

Today Spencer, Hayden, Trey, and I went and did an 8 mile progression run along Hollow Road. We were suppose to start out at a 7:00 minute pace and then go 10 seconds faster each mile, ending with a 5:40. This was a lot easier than most of our other progression runs we are suppose to do so I tried to stay as close to what we were running as possible. I stayed on pace until around mile 6 where I slowed down to around a 6:50 pace. I then did the 7th mile in 6:45 and pushed the last mile at a 6:20. When I got back me and Spencer cooled down with a barefoot mile.

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6.00

Today our team had an "intersquad meet", which is basically like a time trial for everyone. I was in no condition to race, I was so sore, so I ended up running the 800m just because I had to race something. Spencer and I then ran upper turkey and I finished with 6.

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6.00

Today me and Spencer went and did hill repeats in Providence. We were suppose to do 30, 60, 90, 120 today. I pushed on the 30 and 60 and slacked a bit on the 90. But then I really pushed the 120, especially the last 30 seconds. I finished a little bit past the turn, that's a lot farther than the last time we did this workout. Then we went up to say hi to Don and cooled down to 6.

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Race: Nibley Easter 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:18:28, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
5.00

This morning was the Nibley Easter 5k. I was pretty sore today from this week so my goal was to run as slow as possible bute still get first. At the starting line it was just a bunch of kids and moms except for two older guys, one in a red shirt and the other a grey shirt. We started off and I was in lead for the first 1/2 half mile with red shirt right behind me and grey shirt a block behind us. I then started pull ahead of red shirt there was quite a gap between us at 1.5 miles, but grey shirt was still behind me. He passed me at mile two and I was too tired to try to stay with him so I just made sure that red shirt didn't catch up to me so I would finish in 2nd. Red shirt finished in the high 17's and I finished in 18:28. I probably wouldn't have been able to beat him even if I wasn't sore. The top 3 got easter baskets full of stuff and I got a ton of cool coupons. I then wanted to run 5 more miles and finish with 8, but after the first 2 miles my stomach started to really hurt so I just went home. I probably could of ran later but I didn't really have any motivation.

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