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Member Since:

Sep 07, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

World Class

Running Accomplishments:

Freshman PRs:

      I ran for American Leaderships Academy my freshman year, so I was in 2A and facing much easier competition than I would in higher divisions. I really only did cross country because it would get me in shape for soccer, But when I realized I was actually good at it I made running my number 1 priority. I barely made it to state, but had a bad race and did not place very well. I decided to try a half marathon in November and did pretty good (considering I had only been running seriously for about 4 months.) I started off track running my fastest time in the mile, and didn't get another pr in the mile until state championships. I realized I was better at the 3200 and thats what I have been focusing on since then. At state track I got prs in all 3 distance events, which was a huge confidence booster!

      800- 2:15(?) Sprint Medley State Chamionships 2014

      1600- 4:51 State Championships 2014

      3200-10:40 State Championships 2014

      10000- 37:10 Speedy Spaniard 10k 2014

      1/2 Mar- 1:25:33 Thankful 13 2014

Sophmore PRs:

      My sophmore cross country season went much like last track season. I started off with my fastest time and didn't improve on it until one of the last races. I struggled a lot during this season, I got down on myself after every bad race I had, that was probably my biggest problem. At region I had an absolutely terrible race. We were planning on getting the team qualified for state, and I'm pretty sure it was completely my fault we didn't. Haha yeah it was bad, I ran about a minute slower than what I wanted and got 20th or something. I kept training through to December, did a few races, and had a really succesful race at  Footlocker West. I got 14th in the Frosh/Soph race. Even though I got out kicked by two people in the last 100 I was really pleased, especially after that bad season. I started indoor track running 10:37 and 4:49. Soccer conflicted with track a lot and I think it was really detrimental to my times. I'm thinking about not doing soccer next year and just focusing on track. I had a few good races, and managed to destroy this kid in the last 300 meters at region and make it to state! Unfortunately I let the fact the I was seeded last at the state meet get to my head, and I got last by over a hundred meters. Not only the worst race of the season, but also the most humiliating. On to cross country!

      800- 2:13 Snow Canyon Invite 2015

      1600- 4:40.02 BYU Invitational 2015

      3200- 10:03.14 Snow Canyon Invite 2015

      3 mile- 16:09 Cedar 2014

      10000- 34:03 Provo Freedom Run 2015

      15k- 55:04 SLCTC Winter Series 15k 2015

      10 Miles- 1:00:24 One Hour time trial

Junior PRs:

     Junior cross country season went well. It was rough but I had some high points. Finally broke 16 for 3 miles at region with 2nd place, broke an hour in the 10 mile and 34 minutes in the 10k. State xc went really bad. I missed my goal time by 40 seconds and my goal place by 25 people. Footlocker wasn't that great, I got the same time as last year and missed my goals on place and time. Trained really hard with high mileage through the winter. 

      800-2:10

      1600- 4:42

      2 mile- 9:57

      3 mile- 15:39 Pre Footlocker

      5K- 16:14 Pre Footlocker

      10 mile-58:58 One Hour time trial

Best Races:

6th place in the Orem Earn Your Turkey 4 mile Run 2015

16th in the Footlocker West Regional Sophmore Boys Race (17:14.5)

10th place at the 2015 SLCTC 15K (55:04)

1st place-3200 Copper Hills Invitational 2015

8th place-Provo Freedom Run 2015

2nd place Region 8 Cross Country Championships (15:43.5)

5th place Distance Challenge 2016 3200

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train consistently and have some good races in the next few months. It would be nice to break 15 in the 5k soon as well.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get on BYU's XC team after my mission sometime. I also want to run under 29 for 10k and 14 for 5k but we'll see!

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8.50

I was planning on doing that hill workout but I had to go up to lagoon with my brothers today. I decided I would let them go and I'd meed up with them later so I could run. I tried to do the workout on a trail near some canyon up there but it was so hot and I was dehydrated and I had no idea where I was! The plan was 1.5 miles hard up the mountain but I got half a mile in and decided I should probably turn around before I pass out from heat stroke. I went south along what I think was bonneville shoreline trail for a few miles and eventually found my way back to lagoon. I downed the two hamburgers we had gotten on the way up right as I finished running and that was an awful idea..... 8.5 miles for the run with .5 really hard up the canyon as well as a few uphill pushes on some hills on the trail, not optimal but headed in the right direction.

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10.50

Decided to do a tempo today even with the kind of hard day yesterday. Warmed up 4 miles @7:25 to see how my legs were and I felt ok. Had to stop at the bathroom after the warm up, my stomach is still freaking out a little bit. 

Did the five mile loop for the tempo and wore my old boosts and they are so much faster than my hoka trainers! Started with 5:51-5:50 going uphill, then 5:41-5:37-5:30 going downhill. My stomach was not enjoying that last mile. Stopped at home for the bathroom and did a 10 minute cooldown around the cemetary. 10.5 for the run, pretty solid tempo, better than I was expecting. I was going to do some fast stuff on Thursday but I'm going to do a hard trail run in Idaho on Friday. Probably just a couple sprints on Thursday.

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8.00

Probably a mistake to have two kind of hard days in a row. I'm having problem with my hamstrings and achilles now so that's awesome! 4 miles midday at 7:15 and 4 more at night at 7:21.

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9.00

Went to the gym to run today and my achilles was really bothering me. I just kept going because I'm SICK of missing time because of injuries! 9 miles at 8.4 mph. It'll be a little bit of a lower mileage week but that's ok given that I might be getting injuries again. 

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9.25

Drove up to Idaho and did a run in Bellevue on a dirt road up a canyon. It felt like higher elevation but I checked and it was only a about 600 feet higher. My watch wasn't working so I just went by time. 66 minutes, I'm going to say 9.25 today. 

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16.20

Great long run today! We drove up to a trail in Sun Valley and my family did a hike while I ran. Went up a dirt road for 5 miles, turned back the same way, then ran up the hike my family was doing and back down. Pretty tough on some parts but it was a great run! My hamstrings were both ok but both my achilles gave me trouble at different parts of the run. In the end they were fine. Slowest mile was 10:50 up the trail, fastest was 5:45 down the trail, and had a couple of 6:10s on the flat part of the dirt road. Lowest elevation was 6500. 7:28 average for 16.2 miles. It is gorgeous up there! I hope I get to go back some time.

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61.45
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