The Comeback

Stayed out at Disneyland until 2 am. pacific, got home at 3 am pacific, so I didnt' get up early to run which I should have. We left, and the plan was to stop in St.George so I was going to run there but I hopped in with my uncle and came all the way home and got home at 1 in the morning, this was because I had to go to school so no run. Just a drive home from California

Good interval workout today. Tried to hold 5 min mile pace. At first it felt really easy and I wasn't struggling at all. Then at the very end I stuggled a little, but I still held up really well. The legs didn't feel good before, but felt fine during the actual workout. The cooldown was cut short because I had to go to a viewing.

Solid 6 mile run with Cody and Rob for most of it. I felt a little tired from yesterday, but was still able to run solid. The average was 7:15 or 7:20 pace, we did the first 3 in 21:55, and the last 3 in 21:25, with a 6:20 ish last mile. It was a pretty good run.

Did a 10 mile run up in Midway Utah. I honestly felt terrible and I don't know any of my mile splits, I just mapped out a 10 mile run before I left and did that. I got through it ok, I had too many stops to try to make sure I was in the right place and stuff. It was very downhill to start and then uphill into the wind coming back, and I had held back going down, but coming back felt really slow and hard. Didn't finish very hard, just made it through it.

Did an 8 mile run with some fartlek in it. Closed in a 6:47. I ran 20 minutes out, 20 fartlek, 20 run. Felt pretty darn good. Did 4 two minute fast sections, three minute recovery.. Felt nearly like mile pace. Good run

45 minutes total, so 7 30 average. Good easy day. Felt sluggish from yesterday + weights yesterday. We have intervals scheduled for tomorrow so I took it fairly easy today.

I did intervals today. Felt ok, I was about 5 minute pace for all of them, which  was 8 x 3 laps on the indoor track, which is .3 per lap. After the first couple my legs were really tired and didn't feel great..

Did 7.5 miles today. Total time: 57:16. I did most of it with Coach Rob. My legs felt very very heavy, but hopefully I'll be ready to go Saturday.

Nice slow and easy run. Felt a little tired still.. 39:04 total time, just tried to keep it easy

I'll write later, but good solid race. Not exactly the time, but still good 

I was going to get in the heat that was going about 5 min pace, but backed out last second and got in the next heat. I went out fast, and was suprised as I easily moved to the front of the pack. I started getting nervous when my breathing got harder on only the 3rd lap but then I was in 2nd place and I saw everyone cheering and picked it up again. I came through the half way point at 2:32. I was in the lead too, and then I started to die. No one was passing me and I felt tired but I just kept going. On the 6th or 7th lap a kid blew past me, he ended up beating me by a solid 10 seconds. No one else was passing me but I was dying, I guess everyone else was too. I was able to hang on for a 9 second PR. I went on a 4 mile run after and my knee started giving me a littl epain so I backed out of the 4x4 which I was super bummed about. I feel like if I can develope the strength I can be decent. I need to get working though, it's crazy cause this is it, this is the last year I got. I have to start picking it up and becoming a leader.. Hopefully the miles help and I'm able to do better. 

Highlights of the meet: Ryan Andreasen taking 4th in 2:04, Caden Call in the shot, and Nick Merriman doing it all. Also Karson pulling through and Kavika. If this team works, we can suprise people. We have elite talent on this TEAM. Hopefully we can live up to the hype!!

Just a longer slower run. I went down to the trail(1.75) and I was feeling sluggish. I turned right into the wind until I hit the round about, 4.25 out. It was rough, but I didn't push too hard. Turning around with the wind at my back felt amazing. I felt so good and was running decent, probably like 7:15s, which is good for me on a longer recovery run. I just felt good was the main thing. Coaches got after us a little for messing around. I need to help others on the team get running and actually training. The Coaches are getting frustrated and we need someone to step up and as Bro Merrill said in class today: see a need, fill a need. So I need to step up for the team, even though I'm not really that kind of person. I was also involved in the messing around, I mean Fessder jumped on top of me, I had to take him down haha. but yeah.

47:35 total so not too fast. 7:30s ish but felt like I was just running not too hard. Ran with Will and just ran at a pace that didn't make my legs feel tired

Had a good interval session, ran most at 5 minute pace. We jogged the recovery for the most part today and that helped get my heart going real well. Hopefully the  hard work pays off. 4 miles after

1:01.50 total time, ran most with will. very tired from yesterday, also extremely tired after

5 Easy miles. Did a couple faster portions. Sore from yesterday's longer run, wednesday's intervals and also lifting yesterday killed the hammys. 

BYU indoor Meet. Ran the mile first, the hammys were still sore, and I was a little tired still. I felt like I ran decent, my time put me as the #1 spot of the heat so I went out fast and died a little. Also had a bunch of snot in my throat/mouth that made it harder to breath during those middle laps. Then I cooled down and rolled out my legs for like an hour. They felt even better than before the mile.

I ran the 800 after warming up for another mile, and I felt pretty good. I was again the #1 seed, and my time was 2:21.65, 62 overall and 6th in my heat. I felt like I was slightly more competitive and that my legs still had a little bit left. Today and the last couple days my breathing and heart rate have been slowing me down, not my legs as much, but the legs have later in the race, but the main thing is that as I get 400-1200m into the race I need to get to the point where I can feel relaxed more in my breathing. Maybe I'm just crazy. After cheering for some teamates in the 800, I went out and did a 4 mile run. I was planning on just cooling down, but then I wanted to go explore BYU. I felt way good on my run. I ran past the track, the state championship track, and then up the hill to the MTC. Felt great, up the hill I felt like I was getting the heart rate up. Coming back down I felt like I had to nearly sprint to feel like I was working hard. I just felt pretty darn good. Hopefully that's a sign of good things to come.

Terribly awful run. My legs felt way heavy and I was just dead the whole time. Overall pace just barely over 8 minute pace, which is pathetic. Way tired.

Better, averaged about 7 30s but I was helped because I closed in like a 6 50. Good effort, still tired..

Did intervals. We did this 4 lap, 3, 3 lap on the indoor track with 60 seconds recovery in between. That = roughly a total mile. I ran the first set of that in 5:03.5 and the second set in 5:28. My coach had me back off a little bit on the second one. I felt pretty good about the first one and the second one was still pretty good, but hopefully I can put it together in a race. For the first one I started out slow and then picked it up, which I may try in a race. After, felt a little beat up, had some aches and pains so I only ran 2.5, Then ellipticaled for 9:30ish for another mile then ran a .5 mile on the track. Still didn't feel great on the day.

5 mile run, not good foot hurt some. Hard cross training, solid finish 2.5

Ran slow and easy, felt good

Terrible day. Ran 1145, but skipped a 200 lap, making my actual time like 12 30+. Locked up real bad, 5 50 first mile. Going like stinking 7 minute mile, hard training run day...gosh. Decided not to run anything else. Cut my losses. Dreaded back pain

7.5 on the legs. Felt pretty darn good, went out at sub 7's, slower coming back and died home but good initial fight. Little back pain. 5 minutes biking

Felt ok, pain in foot. Played it safe and did 5, plus biking I think another mile?

Intervals. Did some solid 3 lap interval. Held 5 minute pace ish. On 6th interval I died last lap. Back gave out. Frustrated. Worked very hard on the elliptical for a good cross training effort after

Worst run of all time...haha terrible day, felt dead p, looked day. Stressed and little sleep. Trying to increase sleep time. 5 miles, about 38 minutes, then mile cross trained. Dead

Did weird interval team thing. Actually felt like a pretty solid workout. Not easy but not killer. Estimate we were doing 1200 ish. More sleep last night

Felt pretty good today. Ran naked(no watch) so I have no time. Up hill ish out slightly downhill back. Felt like I had good form. Also, teammates helped me work on form after practice yesterday. Big thanks to them

6 miles, at a decent pace, went out faster than came back slower. Intervals tomorrow...

Good, short set of intervals. Gave me some confidence because it didn't feel like I was going extremely fast to go 5 minute pace. 5 3 lap intervals

Felt incredibly crappy today haha. Ran 6 miles on the road, and another mile on the treadmill. Concerned about my foot a little. I just didn't feel like I was moving very fast, and I had absolutely no finish. I just wanted to make it back to the school..

5 easy miles on the road, Brayden Burrell had a run in with the cops haha. I again felt tired, and just out of it. I need more sleep. Just not too great

Drove down to the Olympic Oval. Had a decent race, I went out at a 71, which felt not too bad, then I started to relax mentally and tighten up physically, so then I ran an 80, and then a rough third 83, and then I finished a little faster at a 77, put I was told I had tightened up. Had someone film me as I ran part of it, I look like a complete goofball trying to run.. but that's ok, I'm getting a little better and I'm doing my best to try to stay loose. Ran 2 miles after and I felt pretty good. A PR is a PR, especially when it is a 5 second PR.

Very little mileage, but today I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish. I wanted to have a good race before simplot in order to increase my confidence. I wish I could have ran more today, but it was a good effort and I felt great. A PR of 7 seconds is always good, especially in the 800. I hope I can have a big mile PR at simplot. And then re-up the milage. Disappointing Mileage this week, but maybe it'll be good for the body because I've had very little sleep this week and have had some nagging aches and pains.

Can't actually remeber milage, did some 200s and then I think I did 4 miles, will stayed with me for some.

Can't remeber again, but it was short, and it was easy... pretty good day 6 miles, actually with my leader after going to sterling scholar interview. It wasn't fast, but my legs were tired. Did it as it got dark.

Pretty much warmed up with some strides, this is a taper I guess. Felt pretty decent, had some good strides and handoff nstuff. I dunno

PR, but I went out with my first lap at a 32, then did a 37, then hung on at like 40s and died. I had a decent race though, I fought. After I layed on the ground for hours.

Got trapped in, tried to make a move around, but didn't want to die like yesterday. Had a decent kick, felt like I could run a lot faster which is good. Beat Alex White who looks way faster than me, what's up. Had a rough night haha

Final Simplot day, my foot really really hurt, so I just kinda shook the legs out on a nice run. Also opened my mission call today, Taiwan Taipei mission, I'm stinking pumped. Simplot was honestly super duper fun, loved it.

Bike Cross train day. Wanted to do a lot more but peer pressure got the best of me. THE WORST BIKE RIDE OF MY LIFE. I was barely moving, I swear I was climbing a mountain on the Tour DE FRance.....my heart was going.... pathetic day I guess.

Dates 19, 20th are supposed to be moved back, so this is actually thursday's day. I think I just did 5, no cross training.... No I did the Fessder run, that's right. I went with fessder and Andreasen, weaved through every neighborhood in Syracuse, and they claimed it was 6.6, but I got through it in like 45 minutes, which we weren't going that fast. They did really kick it at the end, I was tired for some reason and just wasn't feeling that big of a kick.. I'm counting it as 6, with some shake out biking.

4 mile run, easy, worried about my foot and it hurt a little. Almost got Aubrie to do a snot rocket, so close haha. Did 2 mile ellipticalling after, and then just got made fun of by the guys on the team.. Maybe I'm turning into a woman haha, I dunno, I think they're jealous because I'm hanging out with the ladies on the team haha. Especially Cody, He's definitely ticked...........haha

Trying to get some trust in the body back, foot still hurt a little. Started with cody, hard wind in our faces. I was gonna turn back for 3, but then went 5. Did some bike cross training after, 20 minutes, super easy last 10 minutes, I'll generously count that as 1.5. Foot hurt going out, not coming back. Good run with Cody though, felt faster even though it really wasn't

4 mile run, felt good, sub 30 which is always alright for me. Finished in a like 7:15ish, I was tired though.. Did some cardio Insanity, which made me tired. I'll count that as 2

Did roughly 11.9 miles in 1:32 minutes, felt very slow and had some cramping issues on the way back. Had too many brief stops as a result of this cramping and overall tiredness, but I barely got through it. I did some 200 m strides after, and they felt good, with each one feeling/hurting similarly to a race.

Went out fairly easy, Did a 2.5ish mile farlek. Was doing 2 minute intervals hard, 2 off. Felt good, went out in like 26:40, which is pretty good. Finished in like 55:30ish, with a really slow cool down, so more like 55 flat if I went hard on the finish. Pretty good, 52:30 is 7 minute pace, 60:00 is 8 minute pace, so pretty good I guess. Did the slow stuff slow. Good to see some people actually going on  a run.. 

7.5 + 400 warm up before and strides after. Kept it pretty easy, didn't go very hard. Still, a very solid run and I can feel it in my legs. Hopefully I feel fresh for tomorrow. Feel like I've got tired legs, but hopefully I can overcome them. Did it in like 55:50 for the 7.5, and felt pretty good. Closed in a 7:20, so not too hard, and didn't have a huge influence on time.

Intervals early in the morning. I did terrible cause of the wind, well that's my excuse at least. I got up early and didn't run very fast at all..,

Did 4 miles later, most with Cody, did decent but was just tired, heavy legged...

Felt really tired today, I went out really slow, had a decent run coming back. Me and Bryant turned around at the same part, in the first quarter mile he started already pulling a little in front of me and I just thought that if I let him go today I let everyone go everyday the rest of my life..haha maybe a little dramatic. But I hung with him all the way back. No watch again.

Ran slow, and easy. I was tired again. It just wasn't easy and I need a ton more sleep with more miles!!! I was just dead after. No abs cause I was just dead. Just hit my foot because that really hurt after..

I ran at intersquad, 800-2:25 for 5th place, not too hard of an effort, felt ok about it

Hard Hill repeats at the Island. Did 2 800s uphill, 2 600's, then as many as possible 200s. I did 7 200s, at about 45ish uphill and they were really hard.

Intervals, mile warm up, my butt was killing me. Did 16 200s, about halfway through I thought I was going to have to quit, but then Rob helped me through it. 2 miles after ish.

Easy, slow day, butt still killed..

Ran 5:22, then the first mile of the two mile in 5:59, and then I ran a 61 in the 400, and I was hurting pretty bad, but it was a good day.

Did 6.5 miles, felt pretty decent with the wind at my back. finishs

Intervals, my butt was the worst it's been. Felt like i couldn't run, like I was hobbling. Probably cross training tomorrow to see if I can help it.

Easy day, like 5 miles I'm totally guessing.

Happy with my times, Ran a 2:18 800. I will take both of those times and I am happy with an outdoor PR. 400 Also felt really good, a 60.9 or something, need to drop that one but it's ok

Can't actually remember how far I ran, but I remeber taking it sort of easy for this race so I'm guessing 5

Can't remeber, wait, this was the Titan Time trial. Didn't feel great about my time, but now that I've ran two other two miles, and they've both been much slower than this, I've sort of changed my mind.

Felt great today. I ran the first 6 miles on the road and it took roughly 45 minutes. Then I hit the dirt and I did a 7 minute mile, a 7, a 7:20 and then finished in a 7. I felt great about it, and it was the perfect long run for me. I'm happy with it, finished in a 1:13 total.

Easy day...

Felt terrible about this race. My legs died, I felt like half way through I was struggling. I just couldn't hold on and it was a terrible time

Ran around with Cody forever, Felt real good in my race. My legs didn't bother me, and I was running really well. Wish I felt this good every day

Easy RUn

Easy, with mile with finishes

Crappy, wind killed, felt tired. It stinks. I ran 12:19 in the two mile, and I still don't feel good about that but. I need more mileage I think still. We had 3 races this week so that killed my mileage, and made my body feel awful. Hopefully over spring break I can rack the mileage up a little

Legs felt tired before I even started. Was on my feet all day at Physical Therapy, and had to wake up early for that. Did a mile warm up down to the trail. Tried to do a 5 mile tempo, First mile 6:27, happy with that, I was tired though. Second mile 7 flat, feeling tired, quick break, next .5 in 3:31, I was also going out into the wind and that killed me. Long break, Turn around start heading back, took a quick break because I started cramping, then first .5 3:15, so 6:45 total mile, 4th mile 6:50, Last mile was going pretty good until I was in the last .25. I passed the bench, went down the hill and my chest tightened up, I couldn't breathe, I thought I was having a heart attack or something haha. So took a quick break and just tried to finish. 7:04 last mile, while dying. Then mile cool down. Not a great day, too many breaks, but I need to work on tempos. I think I just don't have that strength, I never have, and tempos will help my 5ks and two miles.

Did intervals, started by hitting solid times,73, 74. Then faded a bit. Did 9x400 m, with 1 to 1 recovery. #7 and #8 were both rough for me.

ZGriff is back, due to peer pressure. Just been super busy, but what I've done is really drop the milage and focus on the races these last couplle of weeks. I feel like I haven't done enough hard workouts, but I've just got to rely on all those dual meets where I ran the 1600, 800 and 4x4 and count on that strength. I ran 2:09.61 on Friday, but I went out in a 62, had a solid third 200 and took the lead and just faded the last 200. Maybe that was because I was alone, maybe because I was doubting myself thinking I may have kicked to early, maybe I just died. But the goal for region is to hang on those last 200 while running a similar race the first 600. If I can do that, look for another couple seconds coming off that time. Hopefully. But today was a fantastic day. I wanted to do a little bit of a longer run, but make it super easy. Going out I was pretty much whisteling? and skipping, enjoying an easy long run. Coming back I just felt good, I felt fast. I didn't go that fast, I averaged 7:34 for the total run, with like 7:20ish, 7:25 coming back, but the good news is that my legs felt amazing. No pain like usual, no feeling like I was dying the last mile, I just felt solid. How I wish I could have ran miles earlier in my Syracuse High Career. XC would be different, Track would be a heck of a lot different. Oh well though, I'll just have to like beat Mary Cain mono e? mono and that will make up for it. But then I did some strides at Jensen Park(Where I started running) and I felt good. I felt super loose and super fast. Plus everyone there was just looking at me and I felt stinkin legit. Almost too legit. Today and yesterday were two I love running days, that's for sure. 

36:50

37:30

Easy Run with Thomas, probably like 7:25 ish, I ran 29:30 for 4 miles, with ridiculous breaks because I was supposed to run with Thomas, he stopped to go to the bathroom, started throwing up, so I just finished. Then did the loop at the school. After the Loop I stopped to talk to the Legend our coach. It was cool, I'm going to miss that guy if this really is his last year. He'll for sure not be here when I get back, so that'll be weird. He's a great coach, I let him down that's for sure. But today was just a day to really get back into running. This week I'm not looking for any hard training, just consistant training, so that's the key.

35 minutes, felt ok. Then Abs. Couldn't finish very fast

5 ish miles, like with the cool-down on the elliptical. I thought this run was going to be testy because I ate mexican food before but I got through it fine. My stomach has possibly finally become iron..haha I ran the first couple miles easy at 7:30 pace, legs felt tight, I think because of the two long car rides. But finished solid, 1.5 faster at the end. I did 6:30 pace for .5 miles, then went down to 6 then faster for the end. It felt good suprisingly

Some slow intervals today... 2 miles warm-up, cool-down, then 3 miles ish in intervals. Felt good to get the old deep quad burn/ache instead of the intense pain of track. The deep ache, I don't know which one is worse. But first mile, I thought the workout was 4 mile repeats, so I went out hard, but not too hard. I thought I would run somewhere around 6 minutes, 6:15, but I ended up running a 5:45 mile. Manchild pulled out a 5:02, I believe in the Manchild. He's going to be really fast and elite, THIS YEAR. That's right, an elite runner for the state of Utah. Next year Elite national runner. He's a champ, and he believes in himself and expects greatness. I believe. Then I ran 2:50, 2:55, 2:50, 800s which felt super duper easy, I was just trying to pull Bella on. Well, I guess not super duper easy, but it felt manageable and if we did a couple more I think I could have dropped down into the 2:40s, but maybe not because wo mei you(I don't have) any strength.  Then a 3:50 800, with the mile cool-down easy, with an intense race finish just for fun haha. 

Stinking amazing run up farmington canyon. If you ever have any free time, I highly recommend it as a run. It's super pretty and fun.Uphill, but not incredibly steep, but take it easy. It's sick