Out of difficulties grow miracles

AM 3 easy

PM michigan today was disappointing for me, I had started really hoping for a good time and what not but was extremely tired in my legs and had a hard time pushing and then continuing to push. My time was 26:19 I think and like 30 seconds slower than my last one but looking forward to rest of week.

AM easy artic circle route tired today.

PM had an interesting run today. Started with 2 mile warm and then jumped into 400s I hit all of the times I wanted to and I really was proud of that. Then we ran a easy mile but ended it with only preston and can with me. We then did 4 hill sprints and then 4 100s both at full speed.

AM easy 3 again

PM- was super excoted for this run because it was just an easy three. We decided to run down to the 2450 park and then do a bare foot mile was pretty fun. 4×200s after fast.

AM was really tired again but felt really good.

RACE: so we got on the bus and started our way to cedar. I was excited about our race because I was racing varsity, I also wanted to race jv to get a medal( oh well I enjoyed varsity). So we warmed up for about 1.5 not sure how long. We then got to the start line and faster then I was expecting the gun went off and I started at a decent pace then the gun went off again, first time that has ever happened to me and I though it was actually kinda cool. Once the gun went off to start again I got out at a really good pace. I told my self continually not to start out to fast and it helped a ton. I stayed the entire race either right with matt or right behind him. This was a incredibly stong push throughout the whole race. I constantly thought about the washer concept, that if you think you can and imagine ot and want it to happen ot will. So I stayed up with matt untill the very end where he took at the track. Once I got on the track something in my back really started to hurt I'm not sure what it was but it hurt so badly I wanted to just stop, but I kept going I then passed the finish line with a time of 16:33 and placed 25, I was and still am super proud of what I accomplished today. My goal was to break 17 and holy cow I did. I got a PR of about 1 min and 20 seconds for the course. I finally had another great race with much improvement. And I finally have witnessed how much I have improved throughout the year, at the beginning of the year my goal was to break 18 and havegone way past that goal. Great race and am excited for what will happen in the last couple of races.

Well we were planning on thousands today then coach surprised us and said we were going to do an almost all out mile. We got up to the line and we started I led with krenshaw basically the first 2 and a half laps then preston came out of no where then josh came out of no where. I got a time of 5:03 which surprised me quite a bit because that was my pr for track last year makes me excited for track this year.

4 mile easy. Did sandbergs but didnt want to get in. Then did 4×200s. Today my legs were really tired and I had a hard time to really keep my legs movin I hope that doesn't affect me at tomorrows race.

Race day and I was super stoked about this race. Started st a slower pace than normal which is what I wanted. I wasnt sure what time I could get and since most teams were running their varsity I wasnt sure what place I could have gotten either. The first lap I realized that we had 5 guys from pine view up front and I just thought thats awesome. On the start of the second lap Reed started pulling ahead of me with jake right behind me, and every time jake would try and come up with me I would think you can't pass me but you can stay right on my tail, because I knew if he passed me I might give up. I passed people consistently throughout the race and end up finishing 8th after lots of elbows at the end from the other team. I should have had a better kick at the end but it was sufficient and at times I seemed to settle and i'd have to get myself going again. I hope that at region I can race good again and jv, as well as varsity will be region champs.

(Time is a guess not sure how fast I went, will change if I find out)

Had another easy 4 miler this time to green springs. Was nice to go a easy pace. 4×400s and I'm happy to say that even though I started out a little fast on the first one I improved every time.

Well went to morning practice earlier today so we good get in a tempo before our workout. It was only a mile and a half but we finished in about 8 min and 17 seconds. Then we got into the master blasters which I had no clue what they were even though apparently we did them last year. Cameron and Preston were in my group and since they are both pretty fast there wasnt much of a cool down after each 200. Was fun afterwards even though I was coughing and sick the rest of the day.

Met with Cameron, Preston, and Jake B for this run at 8 at the washington elementry. It was a three mile with 3 fartleks in them. We didnt really know what to do with them because they vary in length sometimes so we did a 30 sec 1 min and a 30 sec, and inbetween a 1min and 30 sec recovery. Nice easy run which felt good but my legs were a little sore and tired.

Just a three mile for the prerace run. 200s after

Well warmed up for the race and was feeling ok but not great. Started the race and I saw how close I was to the front and I just sped up to the front which was my mistake for the race. I slowly fell back and was passed by a lot of people. My time was a 5 second course pr but I could have and should have been farther up but it was just a hard race. When I finished I felt like collapsing. Wasnt that good of a race especially for our last race so I hope at nike I can do really good.

A good 6 mile foremaster run. Felt pretty good compared to the race.

Well since there was no workout posted I had no idea what to expect for the run today and it definantly wasn't an all out mile that I was expecting. We started and I had keep telling myself to slow down a bit and got a 1:10 for the first lap but I tried to keep the pace then the 2nd lap I got a 2:26. The 3rd lap certainly was the hardest mentally to keep going. I don't know what my third lap time was but I was surprisingly right with Paul Nick and Reed. I hit the last 200 and can said if I went right now I could break 5. But I got to 100 left and couldn't go any faster my legs were just dead. Got a 2 second pr which was nice can't wait to break 5.

Pyramid type workout starting with a 1200, then going to 1000, 800, 600 and finishing with a 400. I did pretty good staying up with the varsity boys for the most part which was awesome, hearts warm and cool.

Ran 4×400s today at a faster pace. Got a 1:08, 1:06, 1:07, and on the last one I really wanted to push it and got a 1:03 which is my 400 pr from track last year, i was running with the varsity boys the whole time and that was awesome.

Up at state now after a long bus ride and did a 4 miler with 4 striders in the middle

Early morning run which was pretty cold but only 3 miles.

Usual .5 warm up then played ultimate frisbee the whole time it was awesome so much fun

Scavenger hunt was awesome

5 miles

AM got back into morning runs again with our usual artic circle route pretty stiff and sore too

PM - was pretty excited for the workout (4×1200) today just cuz it felt really good outside. .5 warm up and then did a hearts warm. We got started and I was kinda stuck in the back but ended up pushing towards the front and finished with a 4:00 the other 3 times were 3:58 4:08 4:04. I was feeling pretty good today and the weather ended up being pretty rough with the wind blowing extremely hard. I stayed up with Byron and Abel although I was a little farther behind and they were doing 1600s but it felt really cool to be up with them.

AM- seemed really fast today for our easy 3

PM- did mileage today and went 7 miles. It was pretty fun and one of the most talkitive runs ever. But it was also pretty fast.

AM nice a bit slower that usual but still I had a hard time staying up with the group.

PM- MICHIGAN!! And boy was it awesome. I had a time of 24:44 which was about a full minute PR and not to mention it was A standard. Really great run and without the help of Matt, Reed, Paul and Trevor it would have been much more difficult to do. Although they didn't say anything during the run, being up with them was enough motivation to keep me going.

AM morning run was hard for some unknown reason that made ot hard to stay up

PM Halloween ice cream run! Was spectacular, but legs felt really heavy for part of it, maybe because of my legit costume.