Be the Hunter, Not the Hunted

Hey guys, I'm making a return to the blog so that's sick. I don't feel like finishing the nxr post bc it wasn't that great. Enjoy the description of my breakfast. Today we had 2 sets of 400m, 600m, 200m, all at goal indoor mile pace. My splits were 66, 1:44, 33 for the first set, and 67, 1:40, 29 for the last set. The rest was 45sec between the 409 and 600, and 1 minute between the 600 and 200. 5 min active rest between sets. I was really happy with today because I felt strong and I made the choice to push the pace when going got tough. That's a choice I need to get used to making. I was able to stick with the front of the pack the whole time and kick hard the last 200m. Freaking Ryan wouldn't let me pull away so I returned the favor lol so shout out to him. Also, don't eat chick-fil-a right before a speed workout. Haha your stomach will hate you. Trust me. I speak from experience.

Super dope recovery @7:10 ap today. I felt surprisingly good so that was fantastic. I could tell I did speed yesterday though lol. Super chill run. Then Riley thought he could bench more than me so we had a benching competition. I won, he maxed out at 115lbs and I was pumping em out so I'm the benching champion #swole. I'll have to get the Hinckleys to have a face off with me, they're getting swole. Then we did rdl's and squats, then 2 10 min hill climbs on the bike and 20 min of abs. I didn't leave the school until 5:40 haha. Shout out to all my hobbyjogger homies bc they're cool

70 min Saturday, 40 min on the ol indoor bike and 34 minutes running. We kept the intensity pretty decent on the bike and running was a struggle at first bc my quads were wrecked from the bike but it got better. Average pace was 6:44. Also my hamstring has been hurting quite a bit today and rolling out just made it feel tighter. I'll ice and say some prayers and hope for the best.

I only went .75 bc my hammy was hurting. I didn't get a full bike workout in because I had to go take a math test, so time to go swim👍

Bike workout! Freaking hammy needs to heal. 10 min warm up, 10x1min on, 1min off. 10 min cooldown. Worked my butt off dripping sweat. I'm ready to throw down some fast times this season.

Swim workout during lunch and then a bike workout, weights, and core. My legs are wrecked today. Shout out to Sami and Austin for being cool swimming buds. Also shout out to Ryan for rolling out my calves. Bless his soul.

Freaking snowy run today, but it was nice to be able to run and not have my hamstring hurt. Pretty sure I'll be up to full miles pretty soon so that's sick. Also shout out to Kobe for coming back with me and being there to drop our mile splits from 7:10 to 6:12 lol. Speed tomorrow at 800 pace so gotta get some real good sleep tonight bc that'll be hecka fast.

Speed today, I was with the mile/800 group. Warmed up 1 mile, then got started. The workout was 3 sets of 2x300m at goal 800 pace, so they were supposed to be around 45 sec each. Just in case y'all didn't do the math, that's 1800m at goal 800m pace. Aka ouch. Rest was 90 sec between each rep and 4 min between each set. My splits were 46,45,47,46,47, and 51. They were all a little slow and all was well for the first 4, but on the 4th one, fatigue hit me like a bus on the last 100m. I then proceeded to throw up some previously delicious fruit snacks and I was trying to get my act together by the time the rest was over but my body decided to hurl again and so I missed the 5th one. I was a little more coherent for the last one with the group, 47. Then I did one on my own and it was a little rough, 51. I'm glad I finished though. I will never again mock an 800 workout.

Cross training on the indoor bike so I can recover from speed yo. I'll be doing this after most speed workouts to prevent injury. Basically indoor bikes complete me. Especially when there is no music in the bike room. That part is the best. You are sitting there staring at either your sweat as it drops to the ground or the opposite wall with the HR facts I've read one too many times. So freaking entertainjng.I love the indoor bikes. Jk I'd rather be running lol but gotta stay healthy

Easy 5 miles today, my legs are still pretty tired from Tuesday, so we took it pretty easy and I rolled out afterwards. It was a good time.

Super sick speed today. Got warmed up and got going. It was 4x(200m,400m,200m) with 60 sec rest within the set and 3 min active rest between sets with 15 sec of jump lunges within that 3 minutes. The jump lunges were an interesting edition lol. Everything was at goal indoor mile pace. My splits were 32,68,32 for the first set, 32,67,32 for the second set, 32,65,32 for the third set, and 32,64,27 for the last set. Today was one of those days where I felt eh going into the workout, but throughout I stuck right with Thomas and Ryan for the first couple sets then decided to pass Thomas and it was a beautiful thing to feel so strong. I'm finally getting to where I should be. Shout out to Dallin bc when I get up to full mileage, we'll have the same mileage.

Sweet distance run today, 6 miles @7:03 AP. We started out with a nice walk lol then I got sick of walking so some of us actually started our run. It was a good time and I'm super glad that I finally made it to my low mileage, 6 miles! Shout out to Megan and Dallin bc we got roxberry after practice and to me bc I planked for 7 minutes straight before finishing the 20 min of abs #swole

Warmed up 2 miles, then got started with the speed workout. We did 6x(400m,200m) at goal indoor mile pace with 45 sec rest within the set and 2 min active rest between sets. My splits were 66,34,67,33,66,32,66,33,66,32,63,33. I was super happy today because once we found the pace, we were just able to tick em off one by one. It was a great workout but Jamie wouldn't let us go all out the last 200 so that was lame. Also, Ryan, Thomas, and I had a super tight pack the entire time so that was awesome. I'm finally realizing potential. I'm ready to throw down a fast mile at Simplot. Shout out to Ryan for trusting my pacing abilities for one of the 400s😂 and it was right on pace haha

Swimming during lunch with Austin and Sami so shout out to them. Then we went to the temple and it was fantastic. Michael tagged along for that part. Also shout out to my mom for bringing me a delicious salad to eat while we lifted weights. I got some really weird looks from the soccer girls in the weight room considering I was barefoot eating a salad in very bright shorts and a very bright shirt (different color, they didn't exactly go together lol) benching my heart out. I'm pretty sure they love me tbh.

6 miles with Connor @6:42 AP. Unshoutout to all the other guys who ditched us. It was a good run.

AM: 4 easy miles, I convinced my mom to let me race the 800 tonight so we'll see how that goes.

PM: 800m at the distance challenge. I started out it a good position, second place by the time the curve came right on the inside so that was great. I came through the 400 in 59, and this is where is got stupid. Hearing the split 59, the thought ran through my head, "oh you're totally good you just hit a 59" and I pulled up. Stupid stupid stupid stupid. It wasn't like I really slowed down I just didn't push myself like I could've. Then freaking Adam Wood out-kicked me in the last 100m and I was sprinting as hard as I could when I saw him out of the corner of my eye. I'm sick of him sitting and kicking by me. It all came down to that second to last 200m. Gotta work on that. But all in all it was a pretty good first 800 of the season with a PR.

Just 1.5 today, my soleus hurts pretty bad so I'm going to rest it.

6x400m at mile pace with 3 minutes active rest between each one, and then 4x100m pretty much all out to simulate your kick. I hit 64,70,67,67,68,66. It was an easy workout just meant to feel the pace. I'm not the best at pacing alone, and I was alone because all the other varsity guys are doing the 2 mile at Simplot, so they did the 2 mile workout. I'm doing the mile. I didn't really find the pace until the end. The times were easy to hit though so I'm excited for Thursday.

6 easy miles @7:31 pace. It was a good time. My soleus didn't hurt until the last 2 miles so that was a good sign. Shout out to my mom for taking us to pizza pie and allowing me to stuff my face with food.

4 miles total, with premeet for the mile in there. I hit 68 and 67 for the 400s. My soleus/Achilles felt good bc I got it taped so shout out to Janice for that. Excited for tomorrow!

Pretty much my race sucked. I get too nervous before races. The end. The drive home was quality though, so shout out to Sami, Gan, and Guppy for letting me drive them.

Cross train on bike

Cross train on bike. Hopefully the Achilles feels good enough to run on Monday.

Dream Maker today, my achilles has felt decent the past couple days so I thought I'd through some speed at it and see what happens. We started out at a good pace and I was staying mentally tough. Half-mile in I surged to the lead and started pushing a little more. Last time I made this move I was able to hold it somewhat and Connor and Ryan were the only ones who passed me. This time was a little different. There was a major headwind, so leading was definitely not fun, and fatigue was coming fast because I haven't gotten much sleep for the past week. So here I was, leading a group of Connor, Ryan, Thomas, and I. A little before a mile in I lost them and was on my own. First mile was 5:32. My legs felt like lead going up that last hill and the wind didn't make it any easier. Austin caught me at the base of airport and he had a little bit of a gap on me so we were both fighting the wind individually. I should've stuck with him then to get some major drafting going. But I caught him again at the top of the hill and I thought I was home free on the last stretch, but no, here comes Austin on my shoulder so I sprinted my little heart out into the wind and I think I might've edged him out at the line but it was close. Time was 9:06, 26 seconds off my PR. Up until this point my achilles felt great, no pain. About .25 into the cool down it seized up big time. It was a painful trip back to the school. So, I see biking and swimming in my future for the next 5 days. Great effort from everyone today. I freaking love my team.

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.

Premeet today, 2x400 at goal mile pace for tomorrow. 67 and 65. It felt really good and I'm stoked. On the cooldown I stepped on the side of a pothole that I didn't see and pretty much my ankle should be completely broken right now. Like I scraped the side/top of my foot on the road. That's how far it rolled. But absolutely no pain #blessed. Super excited for tomorrow!

Mile at UVU this morning, and I'd say it was pretty great. I was originally going to be in a heat with Austin but I got bumped up a heat so I was with Thomas, Ryan, Justin, Jiree and Jiraa, and a bunch of other guys. It was way fun. Nobody would take the lead when we went out, so the first 800 was super slow, 2:20. I hung out in the back the first lap because I knew if I took the lead I would take it out too fast because this 800 training has jacked up my mile pacing. I got into a good position for the second 800, passing mostly everyone, and picked up the pace quite a bit. The second 800 was 2:12, and I feel like I could've gone way faster, but hey, it was a 12 second PR so I'll take it lol. I finished 4th in the heat behind Ryan (who won), a Davis guy, and Thomas, so 3 lehi guys in the top 4, it was lit. I was seeded 19th, so that was awesome. I'm way excited for the 4xmile at arcadia. Shoutout to everyone who raced today, everyone pretty much killed it.

6 miles along the beach in Cali today, 6:50 ap, started with 7:23, ended with 6:23. I felt pretty good, just way excited for Arcadia!

Speed on another trail by the ocean today, I couldn't get to a track so I just went by the lap distances on my watch. Workout was 3x(400m, 200m) at goal pace for this weekend at Arcadia. 2 min rest within the set, 3 min between sets. All active. Haha pacing on a paved trail is rough when you're used to a track, so my splits were kinda all over the place. They were 69,31,61,30,64,31. There was this kinda creepy guy following me on a bike so I turned around and went his direction and he didn't follow so that was good. The trail went through some foresty area and it was dang beautiful. I'm loving it here.

6 miles at 6:59 ap through San Francisco and along the ocean. San Fran has a lot of freaking hills and I probably went a little fast lol but there's lots of oxygen here so it was a good time. Beautiful place.

6 miles in Modesto this morning. I had to wake up at 6:00 to get it done, aka way to flipping early to be alive on a vacation. Started out way easy with an 8:09 mile then did premeet for the mile along the road. 2x400m at goal race pace, and I nailed the paces, 65 and 65. My form felt choppy for the rest of the run, I think I'm just missing running with the guys. That usually helps. Way excited to see everyone tomorrow, it's been way too long

4xmile at Arcadia today. Ryan and I warmed up 2 miles, and Thom and Connor warmed up like 10 minutes after us. We went to the tent, got checked in, and put our spikes on. I was pretty darn nervous at this point but was doing my best to calm down because I'm not the best when I'm nervous... Anyway, Ryan started us off in a good position, then I got the baton and it was time to go. I kept it conservative, letting some guys pass me because I could tell they were going out way too fast. First lap was a 66, and it felt soooo good. Second lap was also a 66, and then things got crazy. I started the third lap and picked it up quite a bit, passing some guys. Idk what the splits were on the last two laps. The last lap I kicked it in and finished with a very strong kick. If I had to guess I'd say my split was around 4:22, but I'll update that when I can see official results. Either way it's a major PR so I'm way happy. I finished and I felt like I had more in the tank, so we'll see if I can push it a little more next time. Still figuring this whole racing thing out... Then I handed off to Thomas, and he moved us up a couple spots too, and then Connor got the baton, and we were in 7th. Top 5 get medals. Connor killed it and got us into 5th, so that was sick. Shoutout to Ryan, Thomas, and Connor because I loved running the 4xmile with them. Shoutout to Michael and Austin for killing the 2 mile. Lastly shoutout to Guppy because she's pretty awesome and she's racing tomorrow.

Update: My official split was 4:23, so a 9 second PR, so I'm way happy!

6 miles on the dreadmill at 7:30ish pace. I ran on the treadmill because my watch was pretty much dead so it wasn't going to last through a run outside. Not much else to say except that treadmills are incredibly boring, it reminds me of the bike room lol.

Huge shoutout to Connor, Zack, Ryan, and Thomas for killing it in the 3200 today, going 9:07, 9:09, 9:14, and 9:27 respectively. They freaking threw down in those races and I wish I could've been there to see it.

Shoutout to Guppy for going 5:12 in the full mile, so that's a solid PR for her, it was way fun to watch!

7 easy today, 6:58 ap. I didn't feel very good at all until about 4 miles in, I was just pretty tight and the legs were way heavy. Rolled out with Ryan and did curls, pull ups, push-ups, and tricep extensions #getswole. Also I got freaking sunburned today, which is kinda weird because it's not like this is the first time I've taken off my shirt... Oh well. Also shoutout to Nathan Grindle because I finally put him in my fav blogs after footlocker lol

6x1min up airport today, and it was an interesting one. Ryan and I went hard the first 4 and I agree with him, maybe a little too hard lol because I died a little bit the last two, but not too bad. Ryan pulled away a little bit the 5th one and Connor passed me the last one, but I still got pretty close to the same distance. I was hurting pretty bad afterwards though and I threw up for the billionth time. I'm so sick of throwing up after speed/races. It sucks. Idk I guess it means I pushed myself.

Ryan and I drove up to corner canyon to do a trail run because we're both pretty sick of running in Lehi... It was waaayyyy nice to do a trail run and we didn't push it too hard so that was good. It was beautiful up there and the weather was perfect. It was raining for a little bit but that was way refreshing. Shoutout to Ryan for the sick run and good talks. Also shoutout to that mountain biker we saw because he told us good job. Lol also shoutout to chicken nugget for running the 2-mile all on his own at the dual meet and winning in 11:00.

Premeet for the mile tomorrow, 69 and 64. My legs have been heavy this whole week, hopefully they feel better tomorrow. I'm seeded 4th overall which is crazy because I've never been even close to that at a meet like this before... Idk I guess we'll see how it goes. Hoping for state.

Mile at the Utah county invite today. Didn't get out very good, hung out the first 2 laps, made a big move in the third lap, moving from last to around 5th, it was crazy windy, kicked, ended 6th. For my cooldown I did one mile with Dallin and Jake, one mile with Gan and Jake, one mile with Guppy, and 3 miles on my own, totaling 8 for the day. Shoutout to Guppy, Gan, Dallin, and Watson because I hit up Cafe Rio with them after the meet, and shoutout to everyone who raced!

4x400m, I could've gone faster, but it was hard to remember that it was just one lap. Oh well, we'll get state next time, we were 4 seconds off this time and everyone felt like they could've done better. After the race I did 6.75 miles with some of the guys, Guppy, and Tyler plus some more pg guys on some trails. Twas a good time.

7 miles on a sick trail in Draper that Ryan knew about. It was Ryan, Dallin, Guppy and I. It was a way good time, and shoutout to Guppy because she's going to start running with us more, running with the gf is always appreciated. Also, we checked the SOLW, and it's not on yet... I need it to turn on so I can actually look forward to ice baths again. Oh and shoutout to Dallin for pointing out that we could make it a loop!

Warm up mile barefoot on the turf, then we got started with the workout. It was 3 sets of 4x400m with 2:30 rest in the first set, 2:45 in the second, and 3:00 in the third. 4 min between sets. All active, lol I got a lot of miles in that way... The first set was 1-2 seconds slower than current mile pace, second set was mile pace, and last set was faster, whatever you had left I guess. Splits were 68,68,68,67,66,65,65,65,62,61,61,62. I started out just right, then the second set was a little fast, but it felt good so I went for it. The last set I totally took a huge risk. I surged on the back stretch of the first one, and realized I was commited, so I just went for it. Same thing for the next 3. Ryan and I battled a little bit on the second to last one, but he let me go for it. It showed in the last one lol. Him and Connor passed me, and I ended up with a 62. Not what I wanted on the last lap but I'm happy with the rest of the workout.

6 super easy today 8:18 ap. Legs were not feeling good. Gotta recover.

Swimming with Austin. Legs are still tired and I'm freaking done with school.

Premeet for the mile, 65 and 67. I'm also doing the 2-mile tomorrow. My legs felt like crap again, crossing my fingers for tomorrow because I want to qualify for state in both, at least the mile. We'll see what happens.

This week I've gotten not much sleep at all because ap calc and ap chem, enough said. My first race of the day was the open 1600 with Ryan. We went out freaking slow and the first 800 was 2:18. The next couple laps I picked it up and passed pretty much everyone. The second 800 was 2:11, so that was crazy. The last lap I surged to the lead and held it until the last 50m when I was battling with another guy, and he got me by like .5 seconds. I crossed the finish line and my vision started going dark, I almost blacked out. I head was also hurting really really bad. Pretty sure I'm low on sodium, also we're going to get my heart checked because my resting heart rate has been unusually high for the past couple months. Weather wasn't ideal, and I'm running out of time to qualify for state. Just gotta do it. The 2-mile was a solid tempo I guess lol. 10:07.

9 miles @7:45 pace, it felt way good to recover. Fun time with the boys, and I've been eating extra salt today, lol it's not the most tasty stuff, but we'll see how it helps in the workout tomorrow.

Speed workout for the 800 today. W/o was 3x(300m,200m,100m) all at 800 pace. 90 sec rest within the set and 5 min active between sets. Splits were 42.9,29.6,13.9,42.5,28.3,13.5,42.2,27.9,13.5. My legs felt relatively fresh for the first time in weeks and I didn't feel like puking after this one. I think eating more salt yesterday definitely helped... I'll keep doing that. I was pretty happy with the splits I hit, seeing as they average out to like a 1:53 pace for the 800 lol. Prolly a little fast but whatevs it was very doable. Good stuff from everyone today.

10x1min pickups at 5k pace to shake out the legs a little bit/get some extra speed in. Paces were 5:19,5:17,5:17,5:01,5:03,5:17,4:48,5:06,4:55,4:56. My legs didn't feel as bad as I thought they would, and the pickups weren't as hard as I thought they'd be so that was good. It was just Connor and I for most of it, Michael had to turn back early and everyone else was somewhere else I guess.

I got an EKG done for my heart during 3rd period today, and apparently I'm so low on sodium that my heart isn't beating correctly, so that's bad, I'll get on top of sodium and then maybe my heart will be normal and I can throw down some sick times lol.

Also happy birthday shoutout to my boy Connor Baller!

Legs were crazy heavy, shins hurt a little. Zack came along, shoutout to him. 7:16 ap. I'm way excited for prom!

Premeet for the 800, so 2x200m at goal pace. 30 and 27. My legs still feel like crap so I iced and hopefully they'll feel better tomorrow... I biked after the 6 to get to high mileage. Goal for tomorrow in the 800: qualify for state.

800m at tiger trials today. I warmed up a mile with Jake, Dallin, and Parker, then checked in. I was in the first heat, seeded 7th out of 15, so that was a good position. First lap was slower than it should've been, right around 59-60. The second lap I tried to haul and the last 100 I tightened up pretty bad, but it was a PR, and I finished 7th, so even though I missed state by .4 seconds (smh) it was a pretty good race. 6.5 mile cooldown with Ryan afterwards.

Shoutout to Guppy because I love her and prom was basically the best night ever.

Easy 6 with Ryan, Guppy, and Sami on the Provo river trail up Provo canyon. Then we ice bathed in the river and made grilled cheese and played a little ping pong at Ryan's house. Twas a good time.

Incredibly rough day today... We had a speed workout, 2x(200,800,400,200,200,200) 200's at 800 pace, 800 at 2-mile pace, and 400 at mile pace. I started out great the first set, but the second 800 my windpipe closed up real bad and I straight up couldn't breathe. I died hard. Kinda scary stuff. Finished up on the bikes and used my brothers inhaler tonight.

Easy 6 @7:47 ap. Two miles on the grass at the cemetery and 2 150m buildups to shake out the legs. They're still pretty heavy, so I rolled out and ice bathed. I'm hoping I feel good for byu...

6 EZ. Legs still felt like crap. Crossing my fingers for this weekend.

Did a couple miles at a time at the byu meet, and then premeet back at the school. 2x200m, 29 and 28. My legs actually feel good and responsive today, so that was freaking fantastic! I think I know why, and bare with me here.

I've been going to a psychologist for the past couple months to kinda get in a better mindset for racing and just life in general, and I went again yesterday, and the lady asked how my legs felt and I was like, pretty tired, but it's fine. Then she was like well take the next minute or so and pay attention to your legs and see what they have to tell you. And I was like what the heck? Listen to my legs? Lol so I concentrated real hard and the more I "listened" to my legs the less tired they felt. Then she was like what did you notice? Then I said that I should probably wear compression tomorrow and they actually feel better, but my quads still feel pretty spent. Then she told me to concentrate and think about them. So I did, and I kid you not. They started feeling fresh. Like what on earth is happening. So.... Listen up kids, your mind can do incredible things. Freaking listen to your body.

800m at BYU today, the goal was to qualify for state. I got way too nervous before the race, probably because I didn't have my earphones so I couldn't listen to the usual relaxing music... Race started, I got boxed in the whole first lap and I would had to go to lane 3 to pass. That lap was a 60. I tried my best to make it up in the second lap but because the first lap was that slow I couldn't really make it up. I had too much energy after I finished. It was all that first lap. Freaking mad about the time, but it is what it is and looks like I'm going to have to make state in both the mile and 800 at region. Crunch time.

Legs felt insanely good today and idek why. We did 1.5 miles of speed changes and I was hauling... Lol prolly should've taken it a little easier but I felt good so it's fine. High hopes for region this week.

Easy 4 today, excited for region.

Premeet for the mile, 2x400m. I hit 64 and 63, and my legs feel good. I just need to get in the right mindset and not be focused on any outcome. Yes, I have goals, but I need to focus on the moment in the race to do what I can control, and not worry about anything else. I know I am capable of getting state in the mile and 800 tomorrow, I just need to be there mentally in order to do it. Shoutout to those who raced today, whether it was a good race or not, and whether it was an end to the season or not, you're out there doing it, and giving it all you got. That's something to be proud of.

Region today. I did the mile first, so I'll start there. I warmed up, and got ready to go. I was seeded 6th behind Justin, Jamison, Adam Wood, Adam Jensen, and Thom. We went out and Thom was leading, took us through in 65. Idk what the rest of my splits were. I just tried to hang on to the lead pack for the next two laps then kill it the last lap. The last lap I kicked it in and had a very strong finish, I wish I knew for sure what that split was. I finished third behind Jamison and Justin with a 7 second altitude PR (4:22.44), also beating my time from arcadia so that was sick. Also I didn't have any salt today because I ran out of lemonade drink mix and no way am I drinking straight salt water, so recovering from the mile was freaking rough, I wanted to die for a good 20 minutes. It was miserable. Threw up a couple times. Then I dragged myself out of my pitiful state of existence to attempt to qualify in the 800m. Led the first lap in 58, and tried my best to hold it, but died hardcore. Finish time was 2:03.21. After I crossed the finish line I could barely keep my eyes open, I straight up almost passed out. Jamie and Caleb had to practically carry me away. Gotta stay on top of that salt intake. But all in all I'm way happy with qualifying for state in the mile, that eases a lot of worries. Shoutout to everyone who raced today, y'all killed it!

Update: My splits were 64,67,68,62.

EZ 6 today, legs felt like crap. I'm so tired.

Speed in the morning with Connor, 3x(400m @mile pace, 100m jog, 200m "kick", 4 min rest) splits were 68,29,63,28,62,28. The 400s were a little rough pacing wise but it was a good workout and shoutout to Connor for doing it with me. Shoutout to Zack and Tyler for joining us up the canyon tonight for quite the adventure.

Distance with Ryan, mile 6 was a little fast, 5:26 lol but dont worry, state isnt till friday

EZ distance, and 6x200m at mile pace. Felt really good.

Easy 4 with Thomas, Connor, Asa, and Riley. Really tired for some reason... taper game strong.

Premeet, 65 and 64, feeling really ready to go, not nervous at all!

State. I warmed up a mile, and got ready to race the mile. I wasn't super nervous, so that was good. I started out, and went straight to the back after the first curve, so I could stay on the inside. The pack was huge and never really split up very much... splits were 66,66,65,66. All with various decimals. Anyway, I hung out in the back the first 2 laps, then surged a lot and passed most of the pack right before starting the third lap, and tried to pick it up from there. The last lap I would've had to run a 62 to go under 4:20, which I am more than capable of, but my kick simply wasn't there today. Like my legs wouldn't go much faster, idk what was up. Oh well, it was a decent time I guess.

Then I did the 800 in the medley, and Dylan got me the baton in first place, so that was dope. I just threw down and won my heat (prelims) and it was a grand ol time. Idk what my split was though... but it felt good.

Got to the RB mile right before it was supposed to start so I'm glad I made it! I was not expecting a super thrilling drinking time, seeing as I haven't had soda in a long while... so we started and drinking was freaking rough. Got the first can down, and took off. Second can I got down, with some major burpage in the process. Third can same story. The last can I couldn't do it, I ended up throwing up most of my root beer and finishing the can after that. Prolly dropped like a 62 on that last lap lol. I was cruising. Next year I want to do a lot better, I can run with the soda in my stomach no problem, I was hauling. But the drinking is what ruined my time. Lol I'll work on that. Shoutout to everyone who ran it, and I guess everyone who came to watch too, it was a good time.

3 miles, felt like crap and my form felt sloppy. Lol I hate coming back after a break

3 miles, and I felt a lot better than yesterday, my last mile was 5:49 lol so that was fun. Then I hiked the Y, that was sick

3 miles, I gotta learn to slow down, but I guess it's fine. AP was 6:42. I've been missing the team the past couple days. I want practice to start.

4 carefree miles. It was a grand ol time running with me, myself, and I. When I got back I biked 20 miles with Riley and Kobe. Would've gone 30 but I was dying of hunger so that was cool.

Twas a good time with Herschel and Dallin, then I biked 15 miles with Kobe and we talked about how lit xc is going to be this year, I'm pretty pumped

Fun 4 miles, I wanted to make the last mile fast just because and that ended up being a 5:15... so that was fun lol. No biking today, my cousin got baptized so shoutout to her and shoutout to Riley for accompanying me on the piano!

First day of practice, twas a party! Shoutout to Coach Colin because we have the same name and hes going to be my psychology teacher! He's a cool guy!

Good times, my legs are finally starting to feel normal again so that's good. 5 miles then I biked 40 miles with Michael, Austin, Riley, Kobe, and Coach Colin (who we are now calling Gill because his last name is Gill) and it was way fun. Also I got the gnarliest singlet sunburn because I didn't even think about putting on sunscreen. We hopped on the MCT and went all the way to Provo canyon and even went up Provo canyon a little bit before we turned around. We also hopped in the river while we were up there and that felt ridiculously nice. Shoutout to the word hopped because I have now used it 4 times today and I hardly ever use that word

5 easy miles, my legs were a little tired from the bike ride yesterday lol. Shoutout to Gill because he's a pretty cool guy. Gill is chill. Be jealous of that rhyme @gan @zack @tyler @dallin

6x1 min on, 1 min off @5k pace at the upper cemetery. I'm in better shape than I thought and it was pretty fun! Paces varied from 4:29 (on the last one) and 5:04, so good stuff, twas a party.

The weather was flawless today, and it was a good run. Not much else to say. Excited for Ragnar!

We did the dream maker 2.0 today (we're coming up with a new name, I promise, it's just a new course), and it went well! We started off, and Thomas and Michael were leading, with Austin and I tucked in right behind them. Pace was 5:10 at the beginning. About .5 miles in, we slowed to like a 5:30 and started up the first hill, and I said nope and surged past Thom and Michael. Nobody went with me... I came through the mile at 5:33, and finished at 8:19. I definitely could've gone faster, but it was weird being that far ahead. It was a good time though.

EZ 6, Ryan was there so that was sick, and shoutout to Zack for joining us!

6 miles, nothing special, good run.

Everyone else had a tempo today, but I only met them and did the last mile because I've got Ragnar tomorrow. It was a fun time

First leg: started out pretty fast, 5:18 was the first mile, then I averaged 5:38. 17:06 was the time. Stoked for more running.

Ragnar leg 2- 6 miles on a slight decline at 3 in the am makes for some fast splits. I passed 47 people and the average pace was 5:20. My splits were 5:24,5:07,5:02,5:30,5:18,5:25. It was a good time. Shoutout to the only lady that told me good job when I passed her.

Ragnar leg 3- it was supposed to only be 3.8 miles but it ended up being 4.4... major downhill the first 3 miles of this one. It really hurt. First mile was 4:57, then it got even more steep so I had to be careful, 5:34 (quads and IT bands were screaming), then 5:12, just kinda hurt amd grinded though that mile. Then it got flat and I completely blew up. 6:28 was the next mile, and the .4 was at 6:46 pace. That flat part was the most painful part of the whole dang Ragnar. It was hot, I as dehydrated, and my legs were completely and utterly destroyed from the previous runs. Average pace on this one was 5:40.

Shoutout to the HJP for putting together this sick team, we took 5th overall, only behind 4 college teams. It was such a ridiculously awesome experience, so shoutout to them. And shoutout to Talon Hull for running Ragnar hill (6 miles up a ski slope) in just under and hour and doing it in the fastest time of this Ragnar, he's a beast.

Biked with Gan and Parker for like 36 minutes at a real easy pace... gotta recover from the Ragnar, I could barely walk yesterday lol. Rolling out straight killed too. Shoutout to the Hinckley's and Mama Hinckley for having us over and making us breakfast! Shoutout to Dallin because he's just pretty great

I decided I wanted to bike somewhere besides the MCT and I wanted to do some hills, so I thought AF canyon would be a good idea. I drove to the base of the canyon and biked up to tibblefork and then back down. It was 15 miles total. Afterwards I stood in the river for 10 minutes to ice my lower legs, I would've sat down but the current was really strong and I was worried about getting washed away lol. When I got home my left achilles/calf tightened up like crazy and it hurt to walk but no worries because I rolled it out and it's golden now. Total time was 1:01:02. I got up to 34.9 mph on the way down, I wish I could've gone faster but I was on the top gear on my bike (super old road bike from 1984) and I couldn't pedal any faster...

50 miles on the bike. 3 hours and 10 minutes in the saddle is a great way to spend your day... I started with Michael, Austin, and Connor, but they turned around about 9 miles into it. I got to 800 north in Orem and decided to go to my cousin's house and say hi, so I biked up a freaking 1000 foot climb (serious, check strava) and stopped by their house. The cars were giving me some really weird looks... most of the ride was alone, and it was actually pretty nice. Shoutout to David for hooking me up with a pair of biking shorts

I did the warm up mile with the intention of going full mileage today, but my calves were completely and utterly thrashed. They were screaming from the depths of somewhere not fun with a vengeance obtained though the pains of Ragnar. No forgiveness was to be had. Revenge had to be taken at some point. Lol so I biked 15 miles instead. Shoutout to Austin for coming with me.

A little more than 10 miles on the bike, and I did the last 5 miles in 14:31, so I was pretty happy with that. Hopefully I can run tomorrow

I was able to run today!! I went 4.68 with my dad and Logan,so the average pace was a little slower, 8:29, but it was nice to run for once in my life. My calves still hurt a little bit but not until like halfway through and it never got very bad. Shoutout to Guppy, Gan, and Mario because we saw them on their run.

Alright people, I need some input. What are we going to call this run?

We warmed up, then got going. The first .4-.5 miles were slower than expected, then I threw in a surge and Thomas went with me. We hammered the first hill, then started on the second. Thomas stuck right behind me pretty much the whole time and we finished strong within like half a second of each other so that was pretty sick. It took me freaking forever to get myself together afterwards. I threw up, and was about to fall asleep I swear. I need to get back on top of my salt intake. I was in a bad spot. Shoutout to Thom for killing it

5 miles, it was a little weird, it felt better to go faster than slower. It was supposed to be recovery, and we did pretty good with that, 7:29 ap. Good times.

"Easy" run today, so our average pace was supposed to be under 7. Warm up mile was 8:36, and our average pace was 6:44, so it was definitely a good time. Also weirdly enough, I found out that I am actually totally fine in a size 10.5 running shoe, and I've been wearing an 11... So that was weird. Anyway, shoutout to Guppy because she got a blog!

Another distance run, avg pace not including the warm up was 6:23. Last mile was 6:02. These faster paced runs are kinda fun. Also, happy birthday shoutout to Guppy, she's the best!

Paced the second group in their tempo today because I'm racing the freedom 10k on Monday. They averaged like a 6:25 so shoutout to them. Also I got letters from 2 no-name schools lol so shoutout to them. Shoutout to Guppy because she's cool

10 miles with the LP crew today, and it was a lot of fun. 6:34 average, just kinda cruising. Zack and I started to pick it up at 8 miles but coach Bybee told us to calm down so that was fun... Parker came with, so shoutout to him, and shoutout to the LP guys for the best of times.

I'm not gonna put in a race report because I stopped racing halfway through. It was the freedom 10k, and I went out with Connor, Eugene, Thom, the Riding twins, and maybe a couple others. First mile 5:30. That's when I started to realize that today was not my day. I decided to be conservative since I still had 5 miles left,and I let the pack go. I'm glad I did. Second mile, 5:39. After the second mile I gave up all hope of racing this thing because my legs were completely gone, and I ended up stopping a couple times to dry heave and I just had nothing. Splits from mile 3 on were 6:09, 6:49, 9:34, 7:59. My stomach hurt really bad that 5th mile, honestly I'm surprised I didn't just drop out, again, today was not my day. I felt much better last Saturday, maybe that 10 miler spent me lol. Kind of disappointing but I need to keep in mind what I'm capable of and that this race doesn't reflect anything about me as an athlete. Good experience. Shoutout to everyone for killing it and to Guppy for spending the day with me

P.M.- 2 easy to get to 10 for the day

7 on one of the loops in corner canyon. It was a good time, and shoutout to Ryan for coming with us because I was finally able to see him again so that was cool. Also shoutout to Guppy for taking me to lunch for my birthday (which is on Thursday but I'll be at trek)

8 miles with Dallin, he's a cool kid. We went to ice bath at the creek and the dam broke, so we were trying to fix it and one of the big rocks we were using slipped and smashed my finger, so now I get to deal with a broken finger... wahoo... lol it'll be fine, the nail is a beautiful shade of purple though.