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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 05, 2015

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I have been running ever since my 7th grade year when I joined the junior high track team. When I made the move to High School I jumped right into XC and then to track. Had the opportunity to run at Nike Cross Regionals in Arizona with my team this last season. My PR's are: Mile- 4:54, 2 mile: 10:32, 800m: 2:13, 5K: 17:07, 400: 57 sec.

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

My goals for thie track season is to qualify for state in one of the three main distance events. I'm focusing on getting there for the mile with the rest of my team but would be happy with any that may come my way. 800m: 2:00, Mile: 4:26, 2 Mile: 10:05.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would love to run in college after high school but if that doesn't pan out then my goal is to stay active with running, maybe get into running half or full marathons.

Personal:

Diabetic Asmatic. Found out I had type-1 diabetes right before my first year running XC for my high school. I had asthma as a kid and it went away and recently came back last track season, I didn't find out about it until this last XC season so my PR's aren't quite where I want the to be. Once I began treating my asthma my PR for the 5k dropped by a minute so I'm excited to see how that translates to this track season. Member of Team Pre, follow us @team_pre on instagram!

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10.00

10 mile run today. I was in the worst pain I have ever experienced while running before. For miles 1-6 I was limping and was unable to stay with the group. The pain went down my left leg through the run and around mile 7 my foot completely fell asleep. At that point the pain started to go away and I was able to stick with the group. Average pace for the run was 6:59/mile. I took an ice bath to help with the soreness in my legs so hopefully they will feel better tomorrow.

Adios Boost Miles: 10.00
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8.00

I got my wisdom teeth out today so I ran 8 miles in the morning before my appointment. I wanted to get 10 today but my diabetes made me push back when I got out on my run, so I was happy that I was able to get 8 without dying. My average pace for the run was 6:47/mile.

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8.00

Speed workout today. We did 2x1000, 2x800, and 4x400 at indoor goal 3200 pace. My legs were way tired today and my asthma was giving me a lot of problems so I wasn't getting what I wanted to get. I was able to stay with the group on the 1000m ones but I couldn't stick with them on the 800's which kind of sucked. I wore a bandana during the 800's so by the end of the 400's I was able to stick with the group once again. After we were done we finished up our miles and ended up getting 8 for the day. Average pace for the cooldown was 7:17/mile. Connor and I went and did some core after that.

Adios Boost Miles: 8.00
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8.00

Another speed workout today. We warmed up and then ran a mile to the cemetery. We ran 4x200, 400, 200 up the gradual hill that we usually do whistle hills on. The 400 and the second 200 were short but running uphill made up for it. We did each of them at goal indoor mile pace. My plan was just to go fast and save some for the end. Around the end of the 3rd set I realized that I had too much energy so I turned it up a gear and got quicker for the last set. For the last set I was contending for the lead (with practically everyone else) and it felt great. On the final 200 I was able to beat everyone which doesn't mean anything but it was a good confidence boost. We were all really dead after that and had a nice slow cool down to get our miles to 8. I went to Jujitsu later that night and it helped to loosen up my legs which were really sore so I was very happy for that.

Adios Boost Miles: 8.00
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8.00

Once again, another speed workout. This one was on the track and it was 4x400's at mile pace, 6x200 at 800 pace, and 4x100 as fast as you could. I did the 200's at the 100's in my spikes which felt great. I was able to stick with the pack through the whole workout and overall felt really good with how it went. My times for the 400's and the 200's were 72, 69, 69, 69, 32, 32, 31, 32, 31, 32. I was able to stay consistent which was my main focus for the workout. After we were done we went and cooled down 5 miles to get our daily total to 8 miles. Our pace for the cooldown was 7:16/mile. After that Connor and I went and benched a little and then did some core. Then after that we played basketball in the gym for a good 30 minutes which helped to loosen up my really sore legs.

Adios Boost Miles: 7.00
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5.00

My plan for today was to run 5 miles with Matt and my brother-in-law and then go play a basketball game for church and then go and run 5 more miles. It didn't happen at all like I wanted. My brother-in-law and myself ran 5 miles in the morning and then went to basketball where we found out it was cancelled, then we ended up going to kneaders. After that I took a nap and before I knew it it was time to go on my date for the dance (Sweethearts) that was today. It was supposed to be a recovery day so my average pace was 7:41/mile.

Adios Boost Miles: 5.00
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9.00

Nice easy run today. We went out on the trail by my house until we hit the right distance until we had to turn back. The way back was significantly faster dropping from a 6:45 pace to sub-6:30. Average pace overall for the run was 6:52/mile (warm up mile was 8:55 and it brought the average slower by a little bit)

Adios Boost Miles: 9.00
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9.00

9 miles at distance pace today. We ran out into the middle of nowhere by Saratoga Springs, it was nice to be able to run without anyone yelling at us (though we did have people pretend like they were going to hit us to get us to get out of the road, which was impossible). My warm up mile was 8:22 and then the next 8 miles were all between 6:06-6:55. Average pace for the day was 6:41/mile.

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Speed changes out on the road. We did 12 x 1 minute on, one minute off at mile pace. Somebody also surged for 5 sec. during it and we all had to try and stay with them. I was able to hold on for a good 4 of them and then disaster struck. The pain and soreness in my legs became unbearable and I was having trouble breathing. #6 was my turn to do the surge and I didn't think I could do it, but my teammates made me (which I was glad about). After #6 I fell way behind and didn't make contact with them until we were done. Then we had to run 4 and a half miles which literally almost killed me. We stopped at Willowcreek for a break and then I practically limped back to the High School. I was definitely happy to get today overwith after a horrible workout like that. 

Adios Boost Miles: 9.00
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9.50

Pre meet today for the race at the Ice Oval tomorrow. We warmed up and then Jaimie had the seniors stay to talk about our goals for this upcoming season. After that Sean and I went and ran a couple of miles and went back and did premeet. I ran 2 400's, the first one was like a 68 sec. and the second one was a 70 sec. Sean and I were worried about the 70 sec. one but it turned out everyone was getting around that time so we felt better about it after. Then Connor roped me into running another one with him and I was able to get a 67 sec. on it. After we were done with that Matt and I went and ran 5 more miles to get my distance to 9.5. I'm super excited for the meet tomorrow and am looking forward to hopefully getting some nice PR's. 

Adios Boost Miles: 9.50
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9.00

Distance challenge at the Utah Olympic Ice Oval today. I decided to run the 1600 and the 3200. We warmed up a mile before the 1600 and then we went and ran it. My legs weren't feeling the best but I was still able to pull off a new PR and got 4:54! This is my first official time breaking 5 minutes in the mile (my watch told me I got a 4:57 at Nike Cross Regionals during XC). I told my coach that my legs felt horrible so she recommended that after I cooled down I should elevate my legs, so I did. They were feeling better but I was just not mentally there while waiting the three hours until the 3200 would start. I warmed up 2 miles with Sean and felt better but still wasn't feeling very good. I ended up getting a 10:44 and that's all I'm really going to say about it, it was horrible. After I cooled down a mile on the track with my teammates to get my miles up to 9.

Adios Boost Miles: 6.00
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9.00

Woke up this morning way tired and bailed on going 10 miles in the morning with Matt. Once I got myself up I went on a 3.5 mile run at around a 6:50/mile pace and then went to play church ball. There was a lot of running involved. The other team had 7 players and we only had 4 (Brady, Connor, and Matt). Then later that night I ran 5.5 miles on my treadmill to get my daily mileage up to 9.

Adios Boost Miles: 3.50
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10.18

No school today so some of us met in the morning to get our run it. We have 10 miles everyday this week so we decided to do a temple run. We made it there and back with an average pace of like 6:57/mile or something like that. We then went to kneaders and got the all you can eat French toast. Shout out to @sirmatthewtodd for eating 8 French toasts today!

Adios Boost Miles: 10.18
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10.12

We thought we were supposed to have a speed workout today but it turned out to be speed changes around the football field for a half mile. We sat around for way too long after that and when we finally got out to run our next 8 miles it took us a few miles to warm up. My legs were super tired, but they felt better by the end. Average mile for the day was a 6:58/mile.

Adios Boost Miles: 10.12
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10.00

What a great workout today. We were warned yesterday that we were going to have a killer workout today and it didn't fail to disappoint. We ran 90 sec. up aiport hill (local workout hill) as fast as we could. Each time up was a little more than 400 m. We had a nice slow jog going down the hill between each time running the hill. We did that in sets of 3 and then we would do a slow jog around part of the cemetery. We ended up doing a total of 3 sets. The first set I pushed it pretty hard and even won one of the sets. During the second set I tried to just cruise and was successful for the most part. Then I went all out for the last set. I finished in 3rd behind Ryan and Matt for all but one of the sets so I was happy with that. After we were done we jogged back to the high school and got our daily miles to 10.

Adios Boost Miles: 10.00
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10.00

After our workout yesterday, Jaimie decided for today to be a rest day which was welcomed by all of us. She wanted us to work on form today also though so we ran 3 miles before and then met back up at the high school to do speed changes around the football field like earlier this week (we went 6 times around). I felt great on the first 4 but by the 5 and 6th ones I was in a lot of pain. Jaimie videoed us running and then showed us what could be improved on our form. We then went and ran 5.75 miles and got up to 10. Then, later I went and played basketball with some adults from my ward. I am tired beyond belief at the moment and look forward to the ice bath that I am about to go and take.

Adios Boost Miles: 10.00
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10.00

Easy 10 mile distance run today. We started out with a little bit of ab work and then we immediately went out on our run. We went out 4.5 miles and then turned around and headed back. Brock and I were a good 100 m behind the rest of the group for the first half of the run, we were both not feeling the best and decided to keep our pace around 7:00/mile. For the second half we were able to stay with the group and ended up getting an average pace of 6:53/mile.

Adios Boost Miles: 10.00
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10.00

10 mile "run with Matt." We decided to meet at his house to go run, and we were planning on a fast run, but I was not as ready as I was expecting. We started by running a warm up mile in like 7:50 and then after stretching immeditatly went into 6:15 pace. I held that for a mile and then died. Matt was a good mile ahead of me for most of the run which was pretty discouraging but I was still able to to hold a 6:38/mile pace through the whole thing. My legs were super sore and went numb towards the end so I was very happy to be done. I'm not surprised that my legs hurt so bad though, I mean, I did just run 60 miles this week.

Adios Boost Miles: 10.00
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8.00

We did 1 minute on, 1 minute off 10 times at mile/2 mile pace. For the final 5 seconds of each "on" we would surge. My legs hurt  really bad from the start but was still able to hold with the group for the first 4 or 5. After that my legs just couldn't take it anymore and I dropped off quite a bit. After we were done we slowly crawled back to the high school (we were running into the wind the whole way back). I iced my legs and so hopefully they will be feeling better by tomorrow.

Adios Boost Miles: 8.00
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8.16

Today was another 8 mile easy day with a little bit of weights. We did the weights first and only had time to bench until Sean had to leave, so at that point we all went with him and got out on our run. We ran a big loop that included killer hill, so that was pretty tough but it didn't end up being as bad as I was expecting. Icing my legs yesterday helped my legs a lot today, my legs still hurt way bad, but unlike yesterday, I was able to get through the pain without falling behind the group. I iced again today and am hoping to have them feel even better then they did today.

Adios Boost Miles: 8.16
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8.00

Speed workout today. We did a 3X 200 (800 pace), 400 (mile pace), and 200 (800 pace) with 45 seconds inbetween each one and 3 minutes rest (or something like that) between each set. I felt great through the whole thing and was able to hang out with the pack. Our first set was a little slow but we figured it all out by the second and third. The wind was pretty ridiculous so when we had to run into the wind it was pretty killer. My asthma really kicked in during the last 400 and 200. I was still able to somehow pull off the 400 in 73 sec. though so I was pretty pleased with that. After we went out to get the rest of our miles which sucked really bad. We ran through the creek and took a long break there. Then we ran around until we hit the rest of our miles. My legs hurt pretty bad during the cool down but it wasn't enough to stop me today (thankfully).

Adios Boost Miles: 8.00
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9.00

Short lifting workout before our run. I slacked pretty bad for some reason and was able to get the squats with weight done but that we pretty much it. I talked to my coach about my shins and I may have shin splints forming so she told me ways to treat it and recommended that I do a cross train day on the bikes either today or tomorrow. I chose tomorrow so that hopefully my legs won't hurt too bad and I'll be able to run anyways. Connor, Chicken Nugget, Austin, Brady and I then went out on our run. Brady's knee was hurting pretty bad so he cut off pretty early. The rest of us ran out by thanksgiving point until we got to the point where we could turn back. Average pace for the day was 7:00/mile. My legs hurt pretty bad after that and so I iced them to try and get them to relax. Hopefully my legs feel good tomorrow.

Adios Boost Miles: 9.00
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0.25

As you can see from my mileage, my legs were pretty beat up. I did some exercises for my shins right before I went to bed and was still feeling it pretty bad in the morning. I decided right there that I was going to bike. So I warmed up and then all of us injured people went inside to the stationary bikes and warmed up for 10 minutes and then did 8x 30 sec. standing, 30 sec. hovering the seat, and then 2 minutes of sitting. The first few sets burned pretty bad but by the end it didn't hurt too bad. After Brock and I cooled down for 10 more minutes and decided to do abs. We grabbed medicine balls (mine was 8 lbs.) and did 3x 50 russian twists and 30 sit ups while on the ab machines. I then decided my abs weren't worked enough so I did 3x 60 sec. planks on both my sides and front. I felt pretty accomplished at that point and was about to leave when Austin asked if I wanted to do that dirty 30 (or something like that). I had no idea what that was so he explained that you do 30 sit ups 30 sec. rest, 29 sit ups, 29 sec. rest...etc. For some reason I agreed to do it. It was Austin, Ryan, and I for the first few and then Alicia and Emily joined us at about 27 sit ups. I could definitely feel the burn and expect a 10 pack in the morning. I plan on running tomorrow at a nice slow pace (probably with my brother in law). Awesome week next week, I'm definitely looking forward to how tired I am going to be this time next week! #speedworkoutsfordays

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9.10

I wasn't quite sure if I was going to be able to get all my miles in this morning. I woke up and my shins hurt pretty bad, but I tested it out while running and they felt fine so I decided to give it a shot. I wasn't able to run until later in the day and to my surprise, there was a full on snow storm outside. It was pretty cold but I was still able to get all my miles in. I went fast, maybe a little too fast, but with not running yesterday I had a lot of energy and my legs felt fine. I was able to hold a 6:20/mile pace for the whole run so I was pretty happy with it.

Adios Boost Miles: 9.10
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204.31
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