The Mongoose

5 miles with Seth on Webb Hill again testing out a trail I mapped out on Google Earth.

Quick 5 miles on the road around noon. Saw good ol' Sage getting his miles in.

5 miles before work. 

6 at practice in the afternoon. First run back with the team. Pretty easy, good stuff. 

6 again in the afternoon. Legs didn't feel quite as well as they did yesterday but not bad.

3 in the morning, wasn't too cold actually. I ended up having to shed some gear about halfway through.

6 again in the afternoon. Felt kinda tired.

3 miles in the morning.

5 miles in the afternoon. Felt good.

4 mile Kenyan run in the afternoon.

7 on the trails bright and early.

6 on the ridge in the afternoon. Pretty enjoyable run.

3 in the morning.

Kosmin in the afternoon. I did 1 min all out, 3 min rest, then 1 min all out. It's supposed to sort of predict what I can do an 800 in or something like that. First minute was good, I think I crossed the 400 in 56 or something, but the next minute I was pretty tired and barely made it around to the same spot. Was hoping to go a little farther on the second and thought I had a little more time but it wasn't too shabby. I think my legs might've forgotten what track feels like and they got a refresher today.

3 in the morning.

8 in the afternoon. Stomach wasn't feeling to great for some parts of it. Probably the mini-wheats this morning.

3 in the morning. Slightly colder today.

Warm up, 8x200m hill repeats, cool down for about 5 miles in the afternoon. Felt pretty good. Some good ol' weights after. Getting so swoll!!!!

4 miles Kenyan run in the afternoon.

8 miles with some of the guys on the Barrel Roll trail in Santa Clara this morning.

8 with Josh in Zion. Really nice to live so close to such a sweet place.

Met out in Warner Valley for a tempo run on the usual road. Nothing fancy. Felt pretty good for what I think was the first endurance workout of the track season. 

9 miles in the afternoon out in Washington on some trails. Fun run. My body is super tight and needs some serious rolling out and stretching. :P

6.5 in the afternoon for our workout at Webb Hill. Felt pretty good, but I went to tiki during lunch and that wasn't sitting too well. 

4 miles for the Kenyan run today. Felt alright, my calves were kind of bugging a little.

Ran with Josh over by his house in the morning. 

Short school day, flippin' sweet. Workout on McGruff's Revenge in the afternoon. About 6.5 total.

3 in the morning. Really achey in the legs, I don't think I've been stretching and rolling out well enough since we started up so I'll have to do that.

8 miles in the afternoon out in Leeds. Felt tired.

Tempo run on River Rd. About 7 total for the day. Legs felt alright during the tempo but a little achey in the lower leg region afterwards.

Good ol' Kenyan run, Tanner led and it was pretty sweet. Afterward, we watched a little movie about this running school thing in Kenya and it talked a little bit about David Rudisha. Dude's an animal. 

Woke up late but squeezed an easy 3 in before school because I went up to Salt Lake in the afternoon. 

Raced the 800 at the Olympic Oval today. Not too great a race but wasn't terrible. Weird to run the 800 again. 

Didn't do the workout because my calve was bugging pretty bad. It's felt super tight since I raced on Saturday. Sucks to just jog around the track and watch the team do the workout, but I don't want to push through it and do something that ruins my last season.

8 behind the school, calve wasn't feeling too bad for the first half, but it tightened up pretty good the last couple miles. Super fun run though. Lots of rolling out and stretching tonight, hopefully I feel good enough to do the workout tomorrow. 

Did 5 miles easy before my massage. 

Calve felt a lot better today on our Kenyan run. The massage loosened things up pretty well. Still a little sore but much better.

Felt good today for my first track workout. A bunch of 200s with a 1000 in the middle. Pretty easy workout, our goal times weren't too fast.

3 in the morning. First morning run for a while. Felt good.

Mile repeats with some 300m finishes in the afternoon. The miles were pretty quick so that was good. Weights after. Good stuff today. About 6.5 total I think.

Unified Studies trip during school, so I was gone for the whole school day which was sick. We went to Zion and hiked Angels Landing. First time hiking it so that was pretty cool. Got back just in time to drive over to Santa Clara for our #trailruntuesday. We ran up to the Cove Wash trailhead and did the Black Bush loop, then extended out on Precipice and Sidewinder for 10 miles total. Good run, tired legs!!!

3 miles in the morning. Just a very regular morning.

Workout on the track in the afternoon. Kind of a weird workout, I have mixed feelings about it. Good push though. My legs felt pretty trashed from the past couple days. Honestly have no idea what the total mileage was for this afternoon, I'm guessing with the warm up and cool down it was around 7?

4 miles for our Kenyan run in the afternoon. Wore the new shoes today to break them in on an easy run. I will test their speed in tomorrow's workout.

Killer workout today on Webb Hill, very warm and wasn't able to get water until half way through the cool down! We originally planned for a track workout, but there was a soccer tournament going on at the high school so we had to move our workout to the hill (I was actually relieved a little, I wasn't too excited to go back to the track for the third time this week). The original workout was 3x400, 3x800, 4x200, but instead we did 3x1:30, 3x.5 mile, 4x:40. Hardest workout I've done for a long time I think. The recovery was especially hard because it was all running downhill, so my breathing recovered pretty well but my legs didn't quite as much. Felt really good on the 1:30s, then the .5 miles were a lot tougher and tested my endurance a lot more, and finally the :40s were nasty. Pushed 'em real hard and wasn't sure I'd make it back down the hill after the last one. Man I hate soccer.1.5 3 1 3.5

Got out around noon for 8 miles. Started from my house and looped around behind the ridge. A touch warm but near perfect temps today. Good stuff.

Left today for my official visit at UVU. I was planning on running up north before we started doing stuff, but we didn't get out on time so I didn't have time for a run before. Ended up doing 3 easy on the treadmill at 10 at night to get at least some mileage in for the day. 

Ran 6 this morning with Trey Trusty from Westlake, a little chilly up in Provo and finished up my visit with UVU. We toured the campus and got to check out all the facilities. It's a pretty sweet campus and the coaches were really cool. Wanted to get another run in tonight but didn't have much time. It's been pretty hectic trying to get runs in the past couple days so I'm glad to be back in a regular schedule.

3 in the morning. Good stuff with the usual crew.

5 easy in the afternoon out toward Sunriver. Felt pretty good, strides afterwards. Glad to be back running with the team for the first time since last Friday. 

3 miles in the am. Niiiiiiice.

Track workout in the afternoon. We did 4x1600m repeats and 3x300m finishes. Pretty killer workout, I was totally drained afterwards. The 1600s were good but tough, especially the last one. 300s were pretty tough too. Really pushed the first and second ones, and pretty much just tried to survive on the last one. Good workout, definitely going to make me better. Around 8.5 total for the afternoon.

Easy 4 Kenyan run in the afternoon. Woke up this morning and my nostrils felt like they were burning and throat was pretty constricted like it was hard to get down a glass of water at the start. Things got a little better after breakfast but still felt pretty sluggish throughout the day. I hate getting sick. I feel like I've done pretty much everything I can not to, but I guess I wasn't able to hold it off with everyone around me being sick. Hopefully it'll just be a really short thing.

Felt a little better when I woke up this morning, still a little sluggish though. Had a bowl of lucky charms and a glass of water and that seemed to give me a fairly adequate amount of energy. Met out at Warner Valley for a sort of progression/tempo run with some of the team. We just did an out and back on the usual dirt road, slightly uphill for the first 2 miles, then slightly downhill for the next 1.5. First half was pretty chill, progressed from about 6:30-6:10. At the turn around, Coach told us to stay at that pace and then push the last 2 miles. The last 2 we were cruising, 5:43 and 5:17 for those miles. Overall, I felt okay, better than yesterday's easy run, but it was still a little tougher to breath and I had a bunch of gunk in my nose and throat. Pretty good push though, I need to work on my endurance and being able to push from more than a quarter mile out! :P

Workout in the afternoon. 10x400s, supposed to be 12 but I was still feeling a little sick and didn't want to make it worse so I threw out the last 2. 

Trail run Tuesday. 8 miles out on the Arizona Strip.

Mile time trial. 2 mile warm up, strides, 4x300s afterwards, and a mile cool down to go along with it. I felt pretty flat. Not great, not terrible though. Got to meet a bunch of the immortals that Ultraspire sponsors. They were cool, pretty fun to meet them. 

Easy 4 mile Kenyan run.

Pyramid workout on the track today. 4,8,12,16 and back down. Felt flat for pretty much everything after the first 400, which was pretty much the only one I was able to hit my time on. All out on the last 400, and I was able to run better than I though I would so that was good. I don't know what the heck's up with me lately. Wasn't able to get a lot of sleep this week because of  a bunch of schoolwork teachers are throwing in at the end of the quarter, so that might be it. Didn't get in a single morning practice in this week because of it, but I'll be able to turn it around next week and hopefully get back to where I should be. 

Woke up late so I wasn't able to make it out to Little Black Mtn with the team, but Josh called me up to see if I'd run yet, and we went out to a trail off of Red Hills Parkway. Ended up getting rained, sleeted, hailed, and snowed on all in one run. Pretty crazy, and cold. A lot of fun though. Thawed out in the hot tub afterwards. 

3 in the am.

Track workout in the afternoon. Some pretty short but really quick repeats. Pretty nice weather at the start but it got a bit chilly toward the end. Around 7 total for the workout I think.

3 in the morning.

5 miles on a trail out off of Red Hills Parkway by Dixie Rock. Felt pretty good. Weather was nice for most of the run, but a little cold at the end like yesterday. 

3 miles en la mañana.

Tempo out on River Rd in the afternoon. Good stuff. 

3 easy in the morning.

4 easy in the afternoon out past Hidden Valley. Did some starts afterwards, my Pegasus have no traction on the track when trying to start fast! Slipped pretty good on the 3rd one, haha. 

Race day, so we took the morning off. We all ran the mile today. We did our warm up and some strides and I felt pretty good. It wasn't a qualifying meet, so I figured no one was going to run for time, just place, so my plan was just to tuck in and try to stay on the inside for the first few laps without letting the leaders get too far ahead of me, then use my kick on the last lap. The gun wouldn't fire for like the first 3 times so it took a while to start the race. Well the race went out exactly how I thought it would, and I tucked into about 5th or 6th place, pretty slow through 400, 1:12, and 800, 2:22, then we started to pick it up as people tried to get into position for the final lap, not sure what the split was for that lap. Ike and Josh ended up getting just a little too far out of my reach and I didn't have enough race left to beat them. I should've moved up a little more on the third lap, because I think I would've won had I been a little closer with 300 left. Not sure on the time, but I think someone said around 4:35, I will update it though when I figure out the official time. Pretty fun race even if it was a little slow. I felt relaxed and smooth so that was good. 2 miles tempo-ish afterwards, nothing too fast, then a mile cool down. Good day, fun to get back into racing. 

Ran the Dirty Hurty Half Marathon today. Pretty sweet race, the trails out there are awesome. They shuttled us down from Unity Park to the starting line at about 5:45, and the race didn't start until 6:30, so we had to freeze our b*tts off for a little bit. We started the race off pretty chill, we ran behind Coach Fielding and Coach Holt until we hit the single track and I took the lead because they were doing the 50k and 30k. I led the way through the entire single track section, which went until about 6 miles, then I had to stop and tie my shoe. Caught back up with Josh at about 7 miles and we started to pull away from everyone. We both grabbed a cup of water at the aid station at 7.4 miles and kept on going. I think I could've maybe taken a GU because I started to bonk a little later. I never really felt too bad though. I ran with Josh until about 8 miles then he started to pull away a little on the downhill. I was probably 100m behind him when we got back onto Old Highway 91 but the rest of the race was mostly uphill and he kept pulling away. I sort of struggled mentally and physically for the next few miles, but I shook it off and picked it up on the last one to finish strong. A lot of fun to switch things up with the guys. Great way to finish off the week and the quarter of school. It kind of got a little hectic with schoolwork last week, so it'll be nice to have this next week to relax. One more quarter of high school left, pretty crazy! 

Selpt in a little late but got out for an easy 3. Spring break feels good.

Met out in Washington Fields with some of the team in the afternoon. We went out on the trails and did 10x:30 on the way back. Kinda hot out. 

Something that grazed kale today: I'm quite certain that many a species munched on the leafy vegetable today, rich in vitamins K, A, and C. Kale has been increasing in popularity recently because of its special health benefits, and people across the nation are adding more of the cruciferous vegetable to their diet. According to the Washington Post, even the President dined on kale salad on Thanksgiving. 

3 miles in the morning.

8 in the afternoon on the AZ Strip with some of the guys. Felt alright, calves bugging a little.

Something that blazed trail today: Today, I blazed trails, literally and figuratively. And I'm sure many others around the world made tracks through wild country. 

Met as a team in the morning for the workout. The 3200 guys were doing 400 repeats, but me and Joe did the same workout as last monday. Some shorter quick stuff with good recovery. Tough workout, but I felt better than last week and I think I was a lot more relaxed too. 

3 later in the evening. 

Something that glazed well today: Around the country, hundreds, nay, thousands of bakers in donut shops glazed extremeley well, gently cascading the sugary glaze over the dough like a sweet, delicious waterfall. 

Did 4 in the morning because I thought I would be late for practice in the afternoon because of work. Calves were hurting pretty bad.

4 more in the afternoon with some of the team. Only 5 others showed up today, still fun though. It's all about quality, not quantity. 

Something that braised whale today: Whale meat is consumed in many countries around the world, including Japan, Greenland, and Norway. Some native Alaskan communities also eat the meat. I'm not sure if braising is the most popular way to cook the meat, but it is prepared in various ways, and braising could very well be one of them.

Yesterday about halfway though the run, my knee started to hurt a little bit. Later that night it would hurt anytime I bent my left leg while putting weight on it. It still hurt this morning so I didn't do the morning run, and just did 3 easy in the afternoon instead of the workout because I didn't want to chance things. It felt alright with the easy stuff, it only hurt when I would put weight on it at a certain angle. 

Something that traced braille today: Fingers. But not just any fingers. The fingers of the blind. Although they are unable to see, they are still able to read. "How?" you may ask. The answer is braille. Louis Braille, the French inventor, musician, and teacher of the blind (who was blind himself from the age of three), devised the system of raised writing in 1830. 

I woke up this morning and my knee was feeling better. The pain was still there a little bit but much better than on Friday and Saturday. Easy 3.

In the afternoon we had a workout on the track. The intervals were a little longer than usual, but the times weren't too quick so it wasn't a very tough workout. Finished with some quick 200s. Good workout, I was a little nervous with my knee but it felt fine. 

3 miles in the morning. 

8 in the afternoon out on the AZ strip for #trt. Honestly struggled a bit today. Calves were kind of bugging and I felt a little tired. Rolled out and iced tonight so that should help. 

3 in the morning. Girls came. Hawt. 

Track workout in the afternoon. Started off pretty easy just working into the faster stuff with a couple 200s at :33, then an 800 at the same pace, a little tougher but not bad. The rest of the workout got shorter and faster with each interval. 600 @ 1:30, 400 @ :59, and a 300 to finish the workout @ :41. Pretty good workout. My calves felt a lot better today. Weights after. 

3 miles easy in the morning.

4 miles for our Kenyan run in the afternoon. 

3 miles easy in the morning, then a long drive to Pheonix afterward. When we got to our hotel, it looked a little sketchy (we were next door to a marijuana store), so we ended up staying at Coach's brother-in-law's house. 

4 miles on this trail just a few minutes away from the house. Pretty nice.

Around 2 miles for a shakeout run in the morning before watching Rachel run in the seeded 1600. She did great. Then we went back to the house and chilled. There wasn't a whole lot to do, so we watched some bball, wrestled a little bit, and snapchatted women. At about 5 we went back over to the track for the rest of our races. I ran my warm up alone and got back with barely enough time to throw my spikes on and get on the track, a little hectic. I ran in the first heat of the Elite mile. They lined us up really weird, so I was on the very outside stagger even though I had one of the fastest times in the heat. Didn't really matter though, and I got out good. I even led the first lap because no one else would really take the lead. Rest of the race went okay. I just sat in 3rd/4th until the last 200m and kicked but just missed the leader and got passed by another guy at the last second. The first 4 of us were within half a second so it was pretty tight. Ended up running the full mile in 4:26.79, and through 1600 at 4:25.25, which is about a second PR.  Not bad for a season opener (I don't really count Hurricane as the season opener), but lots of room for improvement. Cooled down a little by myself, then some with the 3200 guys before their race, and with Laynee and Rachel a little more after her race. The 3200 guys kicked butt. Jaiden ran 9:26 (new school record), Josh ran 9:33, and Sage went 9:44. Then Laynee went 11:22 (new school record). Pretty awesome meet for everybody. Excited for Pine View next week and to run against some in-state competition. 

3 miles in the morning.

Workout in the afternoon on the track. Lack of sleep and the traveling over the past few days combined with wind and high temps today made for a pretty crappy workout so I won't delve into it too much. Was able to finish strong so that's one positive I can take from this workout, and I had fun getting swoll in weights after.  

3 in the morning. I haven't been doing well with the sleep lately so I was super tired today. I need to get back into a rhythm.

6 in the afternoon out toward Sunriver. Still tired.

3 in the morning with the women.

400 repeats on the track in the afternoon. Felt pretty good. We threw in some short surges to practice for a race. Finished off with some 100m starts. Good stuff. 

3 miles in the morning.

4 easy pre meet in the afternoon. A little tired from yesterday but not bad. 4x200m finishes to get some turnover. Race the 1600 tomorrow so it should be good. 

3 in the morning.

Race in the afternoon. 1600. Race was okay, made a few tactical errors and should've just run. Honestly think I should've gone at least a few seconds faster today, but it is what it is and was a good learning race. 

Pretty good race today. I wanted to just go out and run because I was a little upset with how yesterday's race went. My 800 speed still isn't quite where I want it to be, but it was okay. Still early in the season and got qualified for state which was the plan. Moving forward.

3 in the morning. 

Workout in the afternoon on the track. Some thousands and then some cut-down finishes from 350 to 100. Thousands were tough, especially with the heat, and I was off a little on those. Worked on really finishing strong on the cut-downs. Legs still felt a little trashed from the weekend so rolling out and stretching tonight to help with that. Also, my Pegasus 31s have 666 miles on them, spooky. 

No morning run. I woke up and my throat was hurting pretty bad and I felt congested so I went back to bed and skipped 1st period to sleep a little more. 

7 miles in the afternoon out on the trails. Felt decent, but pretty tired. Felt much better than I did in the morning though. 

No morning run again. Wanted to get some extra sleep with the race later today and being sick. 

Our school is hosting a multi and distance carnival meet, and it's a qualifying meet so Coach had us run the 3200 to get it qualified and out of the way early. We got to run at around 8:30pm under the lights so that was pretty sweet. The weather was pretty darn near perfect too, but it was super dusty from the wind earlier today. You couldn't even see Pine Valley through the dust. The whole thing was super nonchalant, just being on our track and with mostly just PV and DH guys. Mentally I think it felt more like a tempo workout than a race. We went out a little slow, 2:32-33 for the first 800, but picked it up and we were about right on at the 1600. I just stayed relaxed and hit 1:15s for the next few laps and picked it up a little on the last. Ended up qualifying with a few seconds to spare. Wasn't too stressed about place or anything, just wanted to hit the qualifying time, so it was a pretty good race. I have mixed feelings about the 3200. 

3 in the morning. Felt pretty good.

6 later at the meet with Sage. Went and watched some races, and Coach let me commentate the boys 1600. It was pretty sweet, I think I have a future as a sports broadcaster or something. 

Drove up to Cedar this morning for a workout with some of the team. A little chilly when we got there but it warmed up a bit. The workout was pretty good, my legs were trashed when we finished. I don't know if it was the elevation or just a hard week or what, but my legs had nothing in them after that last repeat. Solid week of training, and it's nice to be qualified for everything now so I don't have to stress about that at all. Good stuff today.

Got up too late to go before the first session on conference, so I ended up running between the first and second sessions. Did the shortened ridge loop from my house for 7 total. Great day outside.

Workout in the AM today b/c no school. 4x400m @ 3200 pace, 6x400 @1600 pace, 2x200 finishes. Good workout, a little windy this morning, but I was still able to hit my times and I felt good. Finished strong, very positive workout. 

3 miles later in the evening. 

3 in the morning. Calves bugging a little from the workout yesterday.

Panther Relays in the afternoon. I ran the 800 on our DMR team. Jaiden got us in the lead with the 1200 and we just stayed there the rest of the time. We broke the meet record, which is a super big deal. Probably bigger than region. Or state. My split was okay, but my calves were hurting before the race, and REALLY hurting afterward. Rolling out tonight. Need to take care of the little things. 

3 in the morning. Calves were tight, but didn't hurt until about halfway through, then they started to hurt pretty bad. I scheduled a massage first thing when I got back and luckily was able to get one for this afternoon. 

Had to hurry and get the run in right after school by myself because my massage was at 4:15. 6 easy. 

4 miles this afternoon plus 4x200 pre race stuff. Calves felt a lot better, a little sore but probably just from the massage. Excited to race tomorrow, it should be good. 

3 easy in the morning. 

Race in the afternoon. Sort of weird. My plan going into the race was to get to the front and run with Jaiden, and we'd take it through 1200 at 3:15 and see what we could do on the last lap. I didn't get out as well as I'd hoped, still in about 5th which was okay, and we went through 400 at 1:05, on pace, so I didn't worry about moving up to push the pace. But we went through 800 at 2:15, so we slowed a lot, which I didn't notice. Moved around some guys on the third lap, and hit the bell lap around 3:21/22, and finished in 4:27 for second. Got passed by Jaiden on the final straight, dang! Hopefully we can get the pacing down, especially on the second lap, and run a fast time. 

No racing today, just easy mileage and helping out at the meet. 

3 miles in the AM.

Did a tasty lil' fartlek in the afternoon. 10x1:00 w/equal recovery. Good push in the heat. About 8 total. 

3 in the morning. 

Another workout today. Lots of short stuff, around 7 total for the afternoon.

3 in the morning.

6 in the afternoon.

3 easy in the morning.

4 in the afternoon w/4x200m finishes.

Dixie Invite today. Coach said to take the morning off. Hallelujah.

Race didn't go as well as I'd hoped, I was alright through 800m, about 2:12, but then my legs just died. I had no kick or anything and slowed to a 2:17 last 800. Strange that my legs were so tired because the past 2 days have been easy mileage. 

800 today at Dixie. Didn't feel too bad from the race yesterday on the warm up which was good, but the race didn't go so well, like yesterday. Got out alright, and went through 400 in :58, a touch slower than I'd hoped, but okay. But the same thing happened with yesterday, my legs didn't have the kick in them that they usually have. Pretty crappy meet, but just one of those that you have to move on from and work toward the next. 

3 in the morning.

7 in the afternoon on the trails. Didn't check the website so I assumed it would be a workout day so I brought my workout shoes which don't have very tough tread so they got chewed up pretty nice. 

3 in the morning. 

Workout in the afternoon. 4x200 pretty much at 1600 pace, 600 at 1600 pace, 600 at 800 pace, 2x300 finishes. Good workout, the wind wasn't too bad but it was flippin' hawt. Was able to hit my times, so it was a good confidence booster for the 800. I just hit a little speed bump at Dixie and I'm moving past it. 

3 in the morning.

6 easy in the afternoon out toward Sunriver. Felt alright, legs a little sore, not bad. 

3 in the morning.

Workout in the afternoon. Some shorter stuff with alternating paces between 1600 and 800 pace. Felt pretty dang good. 

3 in the morning.

5.75 in the afternoon with Joe. Just a couple of 800 dingos hittin' the trails and gettin' chicks. Minus the gettin' chicks. 

Snow Canyon today. Ran the 3200 with Sage and Bryson just to get some more experience if I run it at state. The weather was pretty nice for our race, not really windy, and a little cooler with the rain last night, so good conditions to run well. I took the spikes out of my racing shoes last night because I thought they would make my feet hurt more because it's a longer and slower race, but I didn't really think about the track being wet from the rain and the fact that the bottom of my spikes are pretty much all plastic, so I slipped a little at the start and got out bad and felt like I didn't have very good traction throughout the race, but it still went good. I was able to stick onto an Ogden guy who I felt like was going a good pace and then picked it up the last little bit. Ended up with a 9 second PR for 5th behind a bunch of Ogden dingos. On the cool down with Sage and Bryson, we found a little skate park and totally shredded for a little bit. #sk8ordie #shredthegnar

3 real easy in the morning. Felt good.

Track workout in the afternoon. 4x200, 1x600, 1x400, 1x300, 1x200. Everything was at goal 800 pace except for the first 2 200s which were at 1600 pace. Really good effort for me today, and a great confidence booster going into BYU this weekend. I was able to hit the times, and hit the 600 time right on for the first time ever in practice. I've done this workout or something similar many times and that 600 is always the tough one, so this was a big workout for me. And I really felt it afterwards. Got super light headed and thought for sure I was going to throw up, but fortunately I didn't. #blessed

3 miles in the AM.

6 easy around the ridge in the afternoon. Pretty toasty today. A little tired, but it's all good. I will get some more sleep tonight.

3 in the mornizzle.

Track workout in the afternizzle. Similar to Monday's workout. 2x400, 3x300, 1x200 all at goal 800 pace. Legs were a little tired from Monday's workout but it was a good push on tired legs. Solid workout heading into the 800 this weekend, hoping to do some big stuff. I think I barely made it into the golden hour with my time from PV, so it should be fun. 

3 in the morning. 

4 in the afternoon plus 4x200m finishes on the track at BYU. 

Jogged around a little bit to stay loose throughout the day, not sure on the exact mileage because I forgot my watch. Super hot today, and I forgot my water bottle so that sucked a little bit. 

Went for a couple of shakeout runs earlier in the day to stay loose for my race later in the evening. 4:45 was the scheduled time for the race but they were a little behind so I think I raced a little after 5 or 5:30. I think I timed everthing really well, and I was in the bullpen for less than 5 minutes, which was a first. It seems like usually I'm in there for an hour. I was a little nervous at the line because I was the very outside person and I wanted to get out well, so I was a little tense and almost jumped before the gun. Got out into a good position, and stayed there for about 700m, but kind of got boxed in on the last turn and really tightened up last 100m, fell from 5th to 10th on the last straight. If I would have run 1 second faster I would have been 5th in my heat insted of 10th, and 6th overall instead of 13th. Overall, not a bad race, but I know I could've done better. I have put in some quality workouts the past couple weeks that are really going to help me at region and state. I just have to stay relaxed in the last 100m and trust it. 

3 in the morning.

Relay workout thing in the afternoon. Pretty easy workout on paper, but my legs felt like trash today, probably from the race on Saturday and the bus ride back. But it was a good way to start the week and get the legs moving so I can be ready for region. 

Easy pre race, 4 miles easy with 4x200m finishes.

Ran the medley 800, it didn't go very well, but I gotta move past it. 

Some easy miles at the meet, didn't go as long as I planned because of the lightning delay.

3 easy in the morning.

Easy 4.5 miles for our gatorade run to Mr. D's. Pretty chill run and it was good to relax a little bit after a pretty busy week and before going into state next week. 

Track workout this morning with the guys going to state. 6x400 and 2x150 finishes. Good turnover a week from state. Legs felt strong. Excited to finish off the year and my high school running career by giving it my best. 

3 in the morning. 

5 miles in the afternoon I think, I'm posting this a week later and I honestly can't remember. 

3 miles in the morning.

Last workout of the season. 8x200 w/200m recovery. Good stuff. 

No morning practice for the rest of the week.

Had the AP stats test in the afternoon so I was super late to practice and had to run on my own. 4 miles easy. 

Some easy mileage with 3x200m finishes after in Nephi on the way up to state. We were supposed to do 4x200 but after the third one, it started pouring almost instantly. Pretty crazy stuff.

First day of state. I ran the 1600 and it was a fun race. It was a little rainy so the track was wet and people were kicking up water the whole time, it was awesome. I knew it would be a super tactical race, so I did my best to be aggressive with my position, but got caught a little bit on the third lap, otherwise I think I could've taken at least second. Ran about 2:22 for the first 800 and closed in 2:07, with a 60 second last lap, so that was pretty sweet. 

3200- First race of the day, and it went alright. My plan was to be pretty passive with my position for the first 800m so I didn't waste any unnecessary energy at the beginning of a longer race like the 3200. I think I was in last place for 700m and I started to surge on the straights to pass people and work up to the lead pack. I finally caught up to them on the 5th lap, but only because we split around 1:20 for that lap, haha. There were a lot of pace changes, and I ended up falling a little behind again on the 6th lap. I felt way tired, but pushed hard the last 800 and was able to take 5th. Pretty fun race again, but I think I could've done better if I ran a little differently, but who knows.

800- Last race of my high school career! The plan was to just go out and stick with the leaders as long as I could. My start wasn't great, and I got forced to the very back in the first 200m. I haven't gotten out that bad since I was a sophomore! I didn't panic though and just told myself I had to go to plan B. I went through 800 in last place, and a little slow (:59), so I knew I would have a good kick. I started moving with 300 to go and passed people one by one, ended up 5th, half a second away from taking 3rd, so I think I was certainly capable of a top 3 finish if I had gotten out better.

Glad I got the chance to run at state this year and be part of another record breaking team! We scored 175 points, the 3A points record, while winning our 3rd straight state title in track. Pretty awesome experience. 

First practice as a super senior, haha. Pretty much I will just be doing low mileage until I get my mission call and decide for sure whether or not I will do Speedgoat again. I only planned on doing 3 today but I was talking to Tanner and didn't realize we passed the 1.5 mile mark until we were already at 2, so I just decided to do the full 5. Felt pretty out of shape for the first half mile but got a lot better as the run progressed. Also lifted weights after and got super swoll. 

Up a little late last night so I slept in instead of running with the team. Had to do some other stuff and didn't get out until 1 for just an easy 3. So hot. 

Up a little late last night again so slept in, but decided to head up at the end of their practice to see how things were going. Coach wanted to run a few more miles so I ran up to the Spectrum with him. It's a lot nicer in the morning. 

Got to bed at a decent hour last night so I ran with the team this morning. 5 miles on the trails behind the place I used to call school. 

Ran 5 miles with the team in the morning. Pretty good. My call came in the mail yesterday and I opened it today. I have been called to serve in the Chile Rancagua Mission and I report to the Chile MTC on September 23. Super excited for this opportunity. 

8 miles running/hiking in Pine Valley, super relaxed just to get back into it. Because I'm not leaving on my mission until September, I'll be doing Speedgoat in July, so hopefully I'll be hitting the trails often and spending more time in the mountains. My knee was bugging a little and hurts pretty bad now, probably because I freaked it out this week jumping into running and lifting like I did, but it's happened at the start of every season since I was a junior so it'll just take a few days to work through it.