USU

really good race for me. i ran with casey and stuck behind him once i caught him. towards the end i decided to try and pass him and the group i was with (there was 4 of us.) i kicked hard and took 2nd out of the 4 of us with a maple mountain kid or something pased me up on the track. took 20th overall and got a nice medal.

this workout was a few weeks ago (updateing november 27th) but i remember it being something close too.....heck? yah.... 4 sets of 1200, 1000, 800, and 600s. all were pretty quick pace. i wanted to give up after the first set but im glad i stuck it in and finished strong

cant really remember much of this time trial. i believe i took 3rd at 10:58. not super great for the 2 mile course but not too bad either

nice run on prospector with coach mike casey and hunter. 

headed down to pheonix. flagstaf day one. 

4 in the morning in flagstaff then 3 in the day on the course in pheonix. we did striderrs too.

awesome race for me! first mile was like 5:02, 2nd was 10:15 ish and mile 3 was around 15:30 to 15:45 i think. finished with my best 5k time of 16:50.

the start was very crouded but i was in a good position in my opinion. the crowd kept me from launching out too fast. after the first mile the group became navigatable and i slowly inched past people. i knew i was doing solid when i passed kris (DH). the last 1000 came and went...and went....and went... it seemed like forever long. kris past me again. i ended up finishing 3 sec behind him or so. after the race i held it together enough to help mike who was still babbling like a buffoon (check out mike finches race if you havent allready....it was amazeing)  haha "get up mike you cant lay down" "ok....no...yah... wheres coach?" haha he was acting weird:/ anyways i struggled keeping the kick going on that forever long last thousand but beat afro man and had probably the race of the year for me so thats always good:) 

mile time trial today. i was hopeing to get into the 4:30s but that was fairly optomistic considering i havent done any track training and i havent run the mile since last year at a 4:48. i was having trouble breathing and i dident really go when i could and should have. i guess the fact that it was a time trial blocked some mental mojo. you can tell kyler and abel were out to prove themselves! the outkicked me in the last 200. looking forward to much better times once i get some speedy speed back in the legs durring track

so yah hello all! i havent updatedd in a whyle. hopefully i can keep the habit going again but thanks to mike i have updated all my mileage and brief summarys of my raced from state up till now. 

am: 3. wore a sweat shirt, it was chilly!

pm: 4. nice easy run after the mile yesterday. im starting to feel the soreness of going that fast for the first time in a whyle! its not too bad though. excited for the california trip!

pleasant suprise yesterday when i found that ogden was opting for a move up to 4A and that puts me as first returner for 3A next year! definantly never thought i would get this far but im stoked to push my hardest over winter training, track and summer training to solidify my state championship (i hope). definantly an awesome new motivation to do my best!  

am: quick 3. not too cold today! one more morning practice for a month or so! 2 week break is comeing up and im not too excited about that....