How I became the best

I think we did a workout but I can't remember... I'll say 5 miles.

5 miles

Time trial. Wanted sub 10 but conditions weren't perfect. 7 miles for the day.

3 miles in the mountains. The whole run was uphill and at 8000 up to 9000 feet altitude. Felt winded after a few strides, it was weird. 

Ran a mile the sports park, 2 laps around the sports park, 4x120 strides on the soccer fields, 1 mile back to the school. Most of the run was on grass. 

2 miles before practice, .5 more warming up. 2x300s on the grass at mile pace, 2x200s on the track building striders. 1 mile cool down. 

Easy 5 miles

Jogged a mile and did 2 strides. I might do more but I'm not sure because I really want to be fresh for region tomorrow, but I also don't want to have ridiculously low mileage.

Great race today! Finally got a good result! My coach had me start out easier and it worked out soooo good! So when we got there I layed down for a while then jogged 1.25 with the whole team. Layed down for another hour or so and cheered people on as they went by. Oh and my bff Maddie just ran an 18:55! Holy crap woman! Ok then I jogged 1.5 miles around the course then finished up to 2 miles with Wyatt, Tanner, and Fletcher. Got in 3 good strides and some drills. We lined up 5 across and me and Wyatt started in the back. The gun went off and I went into like 40th place maybe, close to the back. It got really bunched up and some kids tripped. I was with Tanner by 400, then I caught up to Fletcher by 800. I had to go off the course a few times to pass people. I worked my way up and at the mile I was with Nate and 5 to 10 seconds behind the leaders which included Heston, Springbot (the freshman from springville), Haden Cooper from Maple Mountain, and I think thats it. I slowly worked my way up to them, making sure I was still relaxed. Got with them at 1.5 miles, and kept it easy at the back. Then at a mile to go Springbot made a move and gapped Heston, and by this time the Maple Mountain kid had dropped back. I stayed right with Heston thinking that he would make a move and then I would follow because I really didn't want him catching me at the end. I kept thinking he would go but he never did. Finally when we went in the forest I made a move with 500 to go. I passed Heston but shortly afterward a different kid named Mason from Maple Mountain passed me. He was going really quick and I let him pass me and he got a little gap. I worked on it for a bit then got a great kick from 150 out and used the corner to slingshot around him. I kicked harder when I saw I was about to PR by like 20 seconds. Finished in 15:43.5. I should have gone with Springbot when he went, I know I had it in me. Heston I guess wasn't feeling very good, he got 5th. We wanted to get 1st, but ended up 4th, which is still ok! We got the whole team to state! Only got in .5 cool down because Fletcher didn't want to run more. Soooo excited for state!

8 miles recovery. It was hard to go 8 minute pace so I didn't pick up the pace at all. Used my new watch. Ran up canyon road, down past the golf course, on the river trail, then back home.

Good workout today. 1 mile warm up to the sports park, 2 strides and stretched. Workout was 20 minutes of whistles. You pretty much go mile to 2 mile pace whenever coach blows the whistle then back to marathon pace when he blows it again. Usually the fast parts are anywhere from 10 to 90 seconds. First mile was 5:51, then 5:55, then 6:15. The reason the last one was slow was because we had pretty long recoveries. I actually got away from Heston during one of the long ones, I was going 4:50 pace for like 2 to 3 minutes because we didn't hear the whistle. 3.3 miles in 20 minutes. 1 mile jog back to the school. 

Mileage today. Ran 1.5 to diamond fork and watched the junior high races, and about another half mile jogging around there. Then we ran down the trail by the highway and back to the school which was 2 miles. Added 1.4 more when I got back. About 5.5, mostly 6:55 to 7:30.

Really tough workout today. Warmed up 1.3 miles to the junior high and did 5 sets of 450 race pace and 150 sprint. The 450s were at 4:40 pace, too fast, and the sprints were ok for me but I was still 3 or 4 seconds behind Heston and Fletcher. Drank a lot of water during and when I was done, I felt like crap. Last really hard workout before state! My goal is sub 15:50 and top 5 to 10!

Good run with the boyz. Ran a few miles at 8 minute mile pace and then a 15 minute tempo. It took us a while to get rolling, we were at 6:30 pace and we did manage to get down to 6:10 pace by the end of it. I wanted to be down in the 5:45 to 6:00 range but the other guys didn't push it so I just held back. Total of 6 miles.

5 miles. It was supposed to be really easy today but for some reason Nate and Heston started running 6:30 or faster. I kind of just let them go because I really feel like I need some recovery. Its funny how they went faster on the easy run today than they did on the tempo yesterday. 

7 miles. It didn't feel that easy but my legs are still sore from that workout a few days ago. So excited for state! The lower mileage kind of feels weird, I'm actually really excited for some high winter mileage. This track season is gonna be top notch.

This workout was too close to state in my opinion. We probably should have done it last friday, but its ok I'm sure I'll recover quickly. Its not that it was that hard I just think a workout like this was too close to state. Mile warmup, 4x400s at mile pace, mile cool down. 400s were 68-66-67-61. He let us kick the last one and I was right with Heston which doesn't usually happen on this quick stuff. Ice bath at home. 200 jog between each. 

Super easy day. I missed xc because I had something to do so I ran at 7:30 when it was dark. Just a lap around the cemetary with 2 strides in the middle. When I got back to my house I did some drills. I'm so excited!!!!! I feel so good, this is going to be amazing. 

Well, definately not what I was hoping for, but I'm just going to have to deal with it and get ready for track. Warmed up a total of 4.5 miles before the race. 1.5 when I got there, .5 watching Maddie, and 1.5 before the race, and some strides. I started in the back next to Wyatt and Tanner. When we started I didn't sprint but instead tried to go right into race pace. I got really boxed on the first uphill which I expected, and moved to the outside on the hill and passed people. Caught up to Nate after half a mile I think. By this time I was getting worried because I was probably 30 seconds behind of the leaders, they must have been flying. I kept passing people and I thought I was going good and putting in a good effort but I lost it in the last 800. Two kids passed me from 800 to 200 and like 5 or so passed me on the track. Pretty disappointing, I think I should have kept my mileage up at 50 for a while instead of cutting it down to 30 for so long. Oh well, I've got some big goals for track coming up! About a mile cool down.

Hiked Mt. Timpanogos today with my squad. 17 miles of really slow walking. Imma run it next time. 

First run back after a week break. My knees hurt a lot, which I guess is just the result of not running for a while. Total 5 miles, it was really slow and we stopped a few times because taya has asthma. 

5 miles with taya and nik. Taya ran 3 with us, average pace was 8:15, still just really slow stuff. Last mile in 7:30.