| Location: Salt Lake City,UT,USA Member Since: Jun 16, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Highschool Champ Running Accomplishments: - I did better than I hoped my first year of XC. Really I didn't know what to expect and looking back I'm proud of myself for reaching the level I did sophomore year.
-I broke five in the mile @ the Davis Invite Sophomore year
Freshman Year: I didn't run cross country because I didn't really know about it until well into the school year:( In track the first ever mile I ran at practice was a 7:13 (HA!) and I ended the season with a 5:38 PR. I really only ran the mile that year.
Sophomore Year: I started running XC with the first summer workouts. I built up mileage all summer and progressively got better. Once the season came in I PR'ed almost every race. I ended the season with a 17:27 at regions, which means I was splitting at about 5:48 miles, only ten seconds slower than my PR in the mile freshman year. I also got the Rookie of the Year award, along with Dakota. Track season, well, was track season. A lot of lovely drama and confusion but hopefully that is all over for next year because I really want to focus on being a competitor in my Region and at State. I ended the season with a 4:58 PR.
Junior Year: I had an awesome XC season. I built mileage all though the summer and pushed myself through the season. I was doing well, until my shins just got to painful to run through, and unfortunately that was the pretty much the end of my season. I took time off before Region and ran as hard as I could finishing 10. Once State came around, I decided that I would pull out of the race to give another one of our guys a shot at running. Right after State, I began cross training, and I cross trained all throughout the winter, until I got back to running about two weeks before indoor started. I struggled a bit during indoor to manage my shins, but I followed my training, got stronger, and strengthened myself enough where my shins no longer even bothered me. I was able to go through the entire outdoor season without injury and climbed to mileage I had never achieved. I was second in the 2 mile at Region and made State, where I PR'ed again. I couldn't be happier with my outdoor season because although I didn't quite reach the times I could have hoped for, I stayed 100% injury free and I can tell that I am stronger and ready to take on a summer of hard training.
Senior Year: I trained hard and consistently this summer, climbing to 100 mile weeks, and feeling strong while doing so. I stayed at high mileage all through the season, averaging 90 miles a week, and racing hard all the while. When it came time to taper, I saw just how much all those miles paid off, and now I'm proud to say I'm a Region Champion, as well as top 10 in the state.I trained hard and consistently this summer, and it payed off. I am a different runner now than I was a year ago, staying completely away from injury, giving me confidence that my body can take all the hard training that is coming up. I trained hard and went into Footlocker excited, but I did not do nearly as well as I could have. But, my failure at Footlocker fueled me for the season, and I set some PR's during Indoor. My real step up though, was during outdoor. I improved all season, with some great highlights along the way. I ran well at Arcadia, racing three times and PR'ing by almost 40 seconds in a 3200 after having raced twice previously. I continued improving and working hard, and at the Davis Invite I finished third with a 4:14 1600. I then went on to finish 5th at State in the 1600, and 3rd in the 3200, a big improvement over my 10th place finish during Cross. Despite knowing that I could have done better this year, I am very satisfied with how my season went. I made a big jump through hard work, and I learned so much about running and about myself. Now, I am proud to say that I have signed to BYU and will be running for one of the best teams in the NCAA! Go Cougars!
Personal Records:
5k - (aided) 15:03 Running of the Leopards 2013
- 15:36 NXR 2012
800 - 1:59.63 Region Champs 2013
1600 - 4:14.64 Davis Invite 2013
3200 - 9:16.9 Utah State T/F Champs 2013
3200 - 9:07.94 Arcadia Invite 2013 (sea level)
Short-Term Running Goals: -Cross Country Region Champion!
-Break 4:40 in the mile
-Break 4:30 in the mile
-Break 4:20 in the mile
-Run an 800 under 2:10
-Run an 800 under 2:00
-Run a XC 3 mile course under 17:00
-Run a XC 3 mile course under 16:30
-Run a XC 3 mile course under 16:00
-Run a XC 3 mile course in under 15:30
-Break 17:00 in a 5K
-Break 16:30 in a 5K
-Run in the mens elite race at Footlocker
-Place high in the state in the 1600/3200
Long-Term Running Goals: -Run in college
-Stay healthy and run for life
-Have fun while running!
Personal: High school is now over, and real life starts. I will be attending and running for BYU in the fall. GO COUGARS! Favorite Blogs: |
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 64.00 | Nike BYU Matumbo Miles: 3.00 | Nike BYU Streak LT Miles: 3.00 |
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| AM: Slept in and when I woke up I felt sick so I put off running, then I went to a farewell and then got some lunch and was planning to go for a run, but was feeling worse as the day went on, so I decided to just take the day off, and try to get better. I guess this will be a lower mileage week after all!
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| AM: Still felt sick, but was well enought to get through the day. Did the usual four miles on the treadmill.
PM: As my day went on I started feeling worse and worse, so after my first two classes I called it quits and went home, took a bunch of meds, and slept.
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| AM: Got over the majority of the bug I caught yesterday, no I just have to get rid of this running nose. Four miles on the treadmill.
PM: Went for a run at 2 with a group, but only did medium Carterville in order to get back for the team lap, then once the team lap was over, I added another 2 miles to get the full 10. Then after I did hip reps, back extensions, and sitting v scissor kicks. Oh, and we got our new order of shoes in today! Yay!
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 14.00 |
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| AM: Did the usual 4 miles on the treadmill this morning.
PM: Workout today. I'm feeling pretty much better today, just a runny nose. We warmed up the usual route, then came back inside and I did another half mile in my shoes before changing into my spikes. Once we were all together, Easy told us the workout. 1200, 800, 2X400 with full recovery for each. The workout was smaller but fast because of Washington this weekend. Since all the guys I normally run with are time trialling tomorrow, I had to do this workout with the guys racing in Washington. I hit 1200 in 3:21 and that was really fast for me. After the recovery I decided to take the 800 a little easier with Tracy and I hit 2:18. After the recovery, Coach said we were hitting these pretty fast, so we were just going to do one 400. I chilled in the back of the group and hit 63. After recovering, I changed shoes and put on my cold stuff, then went for a cool down with a bunch of guys. Cooled down about 3 miles until I hit 8.
Afterwards I did the usual hip reps, sitting v's, and back extensions. Then after that I did weights. It's been a long time since I've been to weights, but I think now that I'm recovered from my injury is a good time to start. We also have a new coach, so weights is really different, but I really like the new system. Easier day in weights today.
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| Nike BYU Matumbo Miles: 3.00 | Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 9.00 |
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| AM: Did an easy 5 miles on the treadmill.
PM: Went for 10 miles with some guys that are racing this weekend. Good ol' Utah during the winter. Did hip reps, sitting v's, and back extensions after.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 15.00 |
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| AM: Did another easy 5 miles on the treadmill this morning.
PM: Did 10 miles with Nick, Doc, JZ, and Tracy. We did Carterville, but insead of cutting back to University PKWY like we usually do, we kept going over the brigde and went back the Hospital route. Good change up from regular Carterville. Did the usual hip reps, sitting v's, and back extensions.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 15.00 |
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| AM: Came up to SL for the weekend. I decided to meet up with Bill and the East team to do their workout with them. I didn't do the first workout this week since I was sick, so I wanted to get in a second hard session. It was a good one for me, 10X400 at 65, which is just hard enough to get the heart working, but not so much that I'd be tired afterward. Plus, I was going to be able to pace the top guys since this workout was going to be a tough one for them, which was nice. It was broken up really nicely into sets with decreasing difficulty, 4X400, 3X400, 2X400, and then 400. We rotated having the inside and the lead for all of them, and we were right on or fast for all except for one when the guys got out too slow, but other than that good splits. It was actually kind of fun to be running speed again with my old team again. Afterwards we cooled down until we hit 36 laps, then I headed home since I had a busy day ahead.
I never thought I'd say a speed workout would be fun.
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 7.00 | Nike BYU Streak LT Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 70.00 | 70.00 |
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| Nike BYU Pegasus 30 III Miles: 64.00 | Nike BYU Matumbo Miles: 3.00 | Nike BYU Streak LT Miles: 3.00 |
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