Be the Hunter, Not the Hunted

I rolled a bike out to the turf so I could do the workout with the team. The workout was 5x500m at 800m pace with 6 min rest. According to Jamie, if you're running your true 800 pace then this workout is physically impossible, so you just gotta hang on as long as possible and then a little more. I did it all with them, just on the bike instead. I was able to stay pretty mentally strong for the most part but it's tough on the bike. I just know I pushed myself because I couldn't see super well after the last one, I had a pounding headache, and I was a little dizzy haha. So I laid on the turf for a little bit till the pain went away. I'm just glad I was able to push myself so hard on the bike. It's hard though because I always wonder if what I'm doing is enough. Oh well. Injuries suck. Gotta get over it. Much love for the team.

Swimming with Sami and Riley during lunch, then the temple with them plus Guppy and Watson, then roxberry with the same! I could definitely tell my body was more or less wrecked during the swim but that's a good thing for this week. Twas a good day.

The achilles is feeling pretty good

Fun distance run for me then I did the whistle hil workout on the bikes. I've been pushing it really hard on the bikes lately and it's been great, so that's good!

We had the 20x400m workout today. It's in sets of 5, the first five at 5k pace, then 2 mile, then mile, then what whatever you got left for the last five. 45 sec rest for the first set, then 60 sec, then 90 sec, and 2 min for the last one. Jamie had me do the first and last set on the bike on the turf, so I ran the middle sets. Splits were 69,69,73,71,71,68,67,68,66,67. While I was running, at first I tried to stick with Michael, Austin, and Thom, and that worked pretty well, and I started to feel more fresh as I kept going, which was weird but fantastic. I could tell my body was completely thrashed from the tough workouts this week and not as much sleep as I should be getting. Then the second set I ran I decided to stick right with Connor and Ryan and that worked pretty well, and I was able to stick with them. Then the last set on the bike I freaking killed my body. The achilles felt fantastic the whole time so that was great! Shoutout to Ryan for rollingg me out afterwards. Huge confidence builder today. Great stuff from everybody!

6 super slow miles at 7:39 average pace and it was basically a party. We drove up the Highland Glen park so we could run somewhere not in Lehi. We're kinda sick of it. So we were on the MCT and when Asa, Michael, Austin, and I were turning around we saw Adam from LP so we ran with him for the last 3 miles so that was fun and shout out to adam! Also, zero pain today. It was great.

6 more easy miles @7:18 ap. The average would've been more around 7:30-7:40 except we did 5 150m buildups on the track to get the legs moving. Shout out to Austin for going slow with me and letting me borrow his heart rate monitor, my average hr during the run including buildups was 139 BPM. Also shout out to Gan for helping me with the math homework!

6 more pain-free miles today! We did a super easy 3-mile circuit workout on the track. Honestly the hardest part was the push-ups lol I need to bench more consistently. Shout out to Guppy and Sami for coming to see me at my place of employment, ol' Utah run!

Awesome 6 miles towards AF today @6:58 ap. No pain anywhere, I'm just a little tight/sore from the circuit workout yesterday. Shoutout to Utah run because we stopped there halfway through and Michael tried on the new kinvaras. It was a good time

Super sick speed today, lol but my legs are still freaking wrecked from awesome week so that's cool. the workout  was 2x(800m, 600m, 400m, 200m) with 2 min rest within the set and 4 min between sets. the 800 and 600 were at 2 mile pace and the 4 and 2 were at miles pace. I was able to stay pretty mentally strong throughout. so that was good. My splits were 2:23, 1:46, 65, 32, 2:23, 1:47, 66, and 30. I was really happy with it considering my legs felt so dead, so that was fantastic but it was a little tough because I was a couple meters behind Thomas and Ryan but a couple meters ahead of the Hinkleys, so I was kind of on my own for a lot of it but it was good for me. Shout out to everyone for killing it today!

Rex Lee Run today off speed yesterday and not a lot of sleep, so the plan was to tempo it and see how I felt. First mile was 5:30, and my legs were pretty trashed but felt decent. Second mile was 5:28, and I passed all the chumps who went out way too fast. Third mile I was just trying to maintain position or pass a couple guys. I was surprised because the third split was 5:58 but I still passed some people. That means some people really died lol. The last .1 I just maintained and kicked it in a little bit. I didn't feel like pushing super hard today, as is evident by my third mile. Haha but it was fun and I won a $140 watch for winning my age group. The youngest guy in front of me was 21 so that was cool. I feel so young in these races seeing as I'm still 16... Also I cooled down with this guy named Brady, who got off his mission a little while ago and is running for SUU. He got 3rd with 16:02 so shout out to him. He's a super cool dude. Also shout out to all the other cool guys I met and talked to today, I love road races!

7 miles, some with Ryan, and some with Austin. It was crazy windy, so Ryan and I wanted to run into the wind so we would have it at our backs on the way back, but everyone else wanted to go sideways. Little did Ryan and I know, Austin decided to go our way a little bit after us and didn't catch us until we stopped to stretch 2.5 miles in, but shout out to him because he was going the same mileage as me! This is my last week of building up mileage, and if all goes well, I'll finally be at 6-7-8 starting next week. It's about freaking time. Anyway, it was a fun run, 7 miles at 7:05 average pace.

Speed today, nothing crazy, just 6x400m at mile pace with a lap recovery in between. Splits were 65,68,66,66,64,63. It felt super controlled and I'm finally getting a strong mental game. There was a sweet group of Ryan, Thom, and I so that was fun to trade off pacing duties. Those paces weren't hard to hit so I'm excited for the season. But for now, I'm excited to race the 800 tomorrow con mi amigos de lone peak. The goal is to throw down some sub-2 times so we'll see what happens. Also my calves felt like falling off today. I rolled em out, slapped some compression socks on and I'm going to bathe them in deep blue rub before bed. They should be nice and loose tomorrow.

800m at the Lehi/LP dual meet, we were talking a little before and a bunch of guys wanted to go under two, so it was basically the most legendary dual meet in the history of this planet. We warmed up, started the race, and I was boxed in pretty bad for the first 150m because I started on the inside. I went around everyone and went into the lead 250m in. Hammered the first lap in 57. I felt strong starting the second lap and just went for it. Jamison passed me on the back stretch and I latched on to him and tried to pass him on the curve, but he held me off. Last 100m my legs were a little tired lol, but I crossed the line right before they said 2 minutes so I'm being optimistic with my time. I'll update it when I get the official results. I'm right there, crossing my fingers. I'm pretty happy with today considering we had speed yesterday and I just went for it so that was fun. Sweet cool down with LP afterwards, I love those guys. Shoutout to Jamison for going under 2 and everyone else for the good time and killing it.

5 miles at practice, then I went to the temple with Guppy, Sami, and Austin. Shout out to them because they are freaking fantastic. Also shout out to the temple workers for helping us help people out on the other side of the veil. The temple is great. Anyway, I just did one more mile to take a break from homework. I hate homework.

Speed today, I had an 800m workout. It was 3x400m, 3x200m, and 3x100m, all at goal 800 pace. Rest was 4 min with the 400s, 2 min with the 200s, and 1 min with the 100s. My splits were 56,61,60,29,29,29,14,14,14. Chris and I decided to take turns pacing the 400s, I paced the first one and it was a little fast, but not too bad. Chris had the second one and it was a couple seconds slow, and I had the last one, it was decent but still a second or two slow. Then Chris's calf seized up so he had to stop, so I had the rest pretty much on my own. Nobody else was up there... But shout out to Chris for finishing the workout after his calf calmed down. I felt really tired because I only got 4 hours of sleep last night because of school stuff, but I was able to pull out some times I was happy with on tired legs. Also, dry heaving is no fun at all. I wasn't feeling too hot afterwards. I felt like I had spikes being stabbed into my temples and my vision was super bright and I dry heaved for a little bit. Eventually I was able to get my act together and went on a cool down with Parker. Also, I was .37 seconds away from my 400m PR on that first 400 so that was cool

I drove up to Ann's trail on the back side of traverse mountain today for a trail run. It was kind of nice to be on the trails alone. 7:47 ap. I didn't start feeling good until about halfway through, but it was beautiful up there. A little muddy though, but a little mud never hurt anyone

7 miles out towards Westlake, I was feeling decently good, but my legs got pretty tired towards the end which was weird... Oh well. It'll be fine. I'm pumped for Davis, and shout out to all the girls that are racing tomorrow, good luck! Also shout out to Guppy bc I just asked her to prom 👍

Low mileage and premeet for the 800m today. Premeet was 2 200's at goal pace for tomorrow, 29 and 28. I'm a little tired but my legs feel ready to go. Also, I got new track spikes today so those will be sick to use tomorrow. Ima smash that Arcadia qualifying time... Also a light roll out with Ryan so shout out to him. Huge shout out to all the girls who raced today, y'all killed it

800m at Davis today, and it was freaking dope. I was pretty nervous the whole day but I took a little nap during math lab and spent a lot of time calming my nerves. I think I'm getting this race anxiety under control so that's fantastic. I did a little shake out with Austin after his race and then warmed up with Chris. I was in the first heat, which kind of freaked me out because I've never been in the top heat in something but it turned out pretty good. Before the race Jamie told me to go out with Garek so I wouldn't get too crazy and go out too fast. I stuck with Garek and the first lap was 58. The second lap started and I started just grinding. I gave it whatever I had left, a couple guys had a better kick than me but I finished in 7th place and went under 2 with 1:59.63. I also found out a couple days ago that I actually didn't go under 2 at LP so that sucks but it's ok because I got it today. After the race I had a horrible headache and threw up a little. I'm sick of throwing up, it sucks. I did 1.5 miles with Thomas the freshman, and he's a cool dude, it'll be cool to see what he does later on so shout out to him. Then I had the 4x800m, I was the anchor on a team with Connor, Asa, and Parker. I went into it with a good attitude, just wanted to see what I could do after the sub-2. The first lap I got a little excited, 56 lol, tied my 400m PR. The second lap I realized I had already done one of these today and I died a little, my split was 2:06. 1 mile cooldown with Dallin. Shoutout to Ryan for winning the 2 mile after losing a spike with 2 laps to go, and shoutout to Thom for sticking with Ryan like none other. I'm really happy with going sub-2, like so beyond stoked I'm so freaking happy. Super awesome performances by everyone today so shout out to them. Also shout out to the girls who came to watch us race! And happy birthday shout out to Gan!

I felt like crap today. My legs are so freaking wrecked from yesterday, I guess that's what I get for doing 2 800s lol. 8 miles at 7:39 ap, I wanted to just curl up in a ball and take a nap. Haha but it was nice to get some super slow mileage in. Also, act scores came out today and I got a 30, so I'm pretty happy about that considering I had absolutely zero preparation going in to it, so with some actual preparation I should be able to get a little higher, which increases my chances of getting in to a sweet college.

9 recovery miles @7:19 ap. We went up by chicken nugget's house, hopped on the Murdock canal trail, came down by my house, and went back to the school. My legs didn't start really feeling better until like 5 miles in, so I'm still pretty wasted... But it's better, hopefully speed tomorrow will be good.

Speed at uvu today, 6x400m at mile pace then 3x200m all out. 2:30 rest between everything. Splits were 65,69,66,62,65,62,27,27,28. Pacing was all over the place but we averaged a pretty good pace. The 200s were fun. Shout out to Asa because it's his birthday and he's a great guy!

7 mile distance run today @7:03 ap. We hit a bunch of good hills so that was fun. Shout out to Connor for getting his mission call to Paris France and to Josh for getting his call to Trejillo Peru!

400m just for kicks today. I ended up being in the fast heat with Dom from LP so that was a party. Lol it was weird being this super skinny distance kid who has no idea how to use blocks running with these freaking fast dudes. Took it out hard, probably could've been harder though. 200m in I remembered it's just 1 lap so I pushed it and pulled even with Dom and the leaders. It was unreal. Then they pulled away a little bit and I gave it everything I had. I can probably go faster next time. Shout out to Connor for asking Bill to prom, Guppy for answering me to prom, and the whole team because I freaking love you all. Also unshoutout to Gan because why not lol.

Felt pretty crappy until about 4 miles in. It ended up being a great recovery run and I'm stoked because my kinvaras 7's came and I get to run in them tomorrow, so that's pretty legit. Shoutout to Dallin because he's pretty cool. And double unshoutout to Gan because it should definitely just be roast Gan week every week

Easy 6 today, we started out at a decent pace but my legs started feeling like crap. 7:16 average. I guess I just needed recovery today, so I took it. Shoutout to everyone who made it to Arcadia, everyone who was trying to go on our team made it for something so that's lit! I'll be running the 4xmile with Connor, Ryan, and Thomas and we got into the invite division with the LP guys so shout out to them and that means that we'll get backpacks. So freaking pumped.