Strrt the Diabetic

Pre meet today, all of team pre went to the duel meet to support, but I decided to stay in Lehi to do it. I ran 5 miles to warm up and then went and ran 2 800s at 2 mile pace for pre meet. I then finished up my miles to get to 9 for the day.

Horrible race and I have no interest in finding out my time. We warmed up 2 miles and then raced. I was ssuper upset after the race and didn't really talk to anyone except for coach Jamie. After talking to her I went on a 6 Mile run to burn off my frustrations. It was super windy so the conditions were bad but I knew I could do better and so it really got me down.

Easy run today with chicken nugget. I was supposed to go 10 today but my legs hurt way too bad so I got 8 and then I went and biked for awhile.

Again, supposed to be a 10 mile run but my legs were not working for me today so I stuck with 6 and then I iced my legs. I planned on running later but my legs were hurting all day so I decided to stick with 6. Hopefully my legs start feeling better with a day off of running tomorrow.

On vacation visiting some family for the week so I woke up early to get my run in. My legs were hurting pretty bad but as it went on the pain got better and I finished with a sub 6 mile. Mile splits for the run were 7:16, 7:01, 7:05, 6:52, 7:01, 6:35, 6:21, 5:43. It was pretty flat for the most part with the final 3 miles all with gradual downhills. I ran a 400 around where I'm staying to cool down. I elevated my legs when I was done and then rolled out a little bit.

AM-Was not feeling the best this morning so I decided to split up my miles. I ran 4.5 in the morning with an average pace of 6:50/mile. My legs hurt pretty bad but other then that I felt great. I had a slight asthma attack during the last mile of my run but it wasn't bad enough to make me slow down or stop so I was grateful for that.

PM-it had been raining on and off all day and I decided to go out on one of the odds to finish my miles. I got about 1.3 miles out and then I got hit with a huge downpour with rain and hail. I had my insulin pump with me which isn't water proof so I immediately starting running as fast as I could back to where I'm staying (5:48 mile). I dropped off my pump and started to go, my diabetes was bothering me a little but I was able to get back before I passed out which is a plus. I was soaked from head to toe but it was one of my favorite runs I've ever been on.

Speed workout today, I couldn't find an open track anywhere so I was forced to run around a park which was the worst idea I have ever had. The workout was 600, 500, 400, 300 at mile pace and then 300, 200, 100 at 800 pace. My knee had a pain shooting through on the 600 so I tried to run on the grass but it still hurt pretty bad. Then I went and just ran on a road. Not sure what my times were but they were slow. I ran a cool down of a couple miles and then iced my legs a little. Then I had the cool experience of running across the Golden Gate Bridge with my dad. Definitely a highlight in my running career. I started out pretty slow to run with my dad but then half way through I took off and ran 6 minute mile pace. I was hurting really bad when I was done and we walked around SF for awhile and that helped loosen up my legs. I elevated my legs too to help my legs recover for a killer workout tomorrow.

Percentage run today, I did 1 mile at 30 sec slower than goal mile pace, then immediately 1 mile at 1 minute slower than goal 2 mile pace, then back to 1 mile and 30 sec slower than mile pace. Then to top it off, half a mile with everything that I had left. I wasn't looking forward to it since my legs have been crap all week, but I was surprised how well they felt (still pretty bad but better than usual), my diabetes was way messed up too before I started but that didn't bother me much either. I warmed up 1.5 miles and then went straight into the workout. My splits were 5:28, 6:27, 5:33. I had an asthma attack during the workout which slowed me down a little but I just ran through it (don't know if thats the best idea) and didnt die somehow, so that was good. I then cooled down until I got 8, i was supposed to go 9 today but I forgot and only went 8.

Distance run today and I felt GREAT! I started out by warming up with a 7:05 mile and then for the next two I kept it around the same pace. I decided to run somewhere that I had never been in the hopes of getting lost and I succeeded. I ran around in circles until I got back to around where the High School was. All the California kids were on their way to school so a lot of people were staring at me so I decided to quicken my pace. I ended up running a 6:07 and then a 5:55. I felt super great and kept a sub 6:15 pace for my last few miles back to where I was staying. My average pace for the day was a 6:26/mile which I am very happy about. My legs didn't hurt too bad and it felt great to just get out and run fast.

Today was the day I had to say goodbye to California, which really sucked a lot. We left at 5:00 in the morning so I knew it was going to be rough to get my miles in for the day. We stopped for lunch in Elko and I ran a mile (6:38) to keep my legs fresh, and so I wouldn't have to run all 10 when I got home. I got home at around 6 and left for my run at 7ish. My first one was a 6:18 which was way too fast, and I knew it immediatly after I finshed. I had forgotten what it was like to not have a lot of air! I ran a big loop and ended up at the high school with 2 miles left and I was exhausted. I hadn't stopped since my warm up and was struggling to keep going. I laid on the grass at a church for a couple of minutes to recuperate and then proceeded to run the next mile at 8:00 mile pace. I felt so dead and then somehow ran a 7:18 for my last mile. My average pace for the day was a 7:01/mile. I kept it pretty consistent until that 8:00 one.

Being back was good, but I realized that there were some things that I missed and didn't, so I have decided to make a list:

Things I missed: the mountains, knowing exactly where I was

Things I didn't miss: People feeling obligated to yell/honk at me when they see me, the air

It's good to be back, but I will definitely miss not being able to just wake up and not have to worry about anything but running!

Matt, Connor and I skipped 4th period today to go run. We pulled a team together to do a 3 vs. 3 tournament (to prove that us XC guys can still ball) and we played during practice, so we decided to get our run in before. Matt and I warmed up a mile on the track while waiting for Connor to come out and then we went right on our way. We held a pretty good pace which was a 6:33/mile. I fell behind a little bit and then would catch up when we took breaks and I repeated that a few times. My legs were super tired and I was having trouble breathing, so I guess I haven't gotten quite used to the elevation yet. I'm planning on taking an ice bath tonight to help my legs recover a little more so I can have a good rest of the weekend.

We had a solid showing at our games and won the first one 22-6, we lost our second one however 22-12. Shoutout to Brady for scoring 10 of our 12 points that game, he really came through!

Ran up to aiport and did 6x60 second surges up the hill. It was really windy but it was to our backs which was nice. Then we finished our miles and after a short break at Sami's the wind had switch directions and got a lot more intense. Thomas and I decided to run back and face the wind but Matt and Connor just got a ride and finished later. I knew I wouldn't finish later so that's why I went, there were some serious garbage cans flying down the hills and most of them were going faster than us!

Matt, Brady, Connor, and I had a basketball game so we got out pretty late on our run. It had snowed liked crazy (yes snow!) and was all still there when we got out. We ran a mile on the track to warm up a little bit then went out on our run. We ran to AF on some roads that I had never ran on and ended up over by American Fork High School. We kept getting stopped by stop lights so we didn't really take any breaks while we were running on the back roads. Average pace was a 6:47/mile.

I got switched to running the mile tomorrow for the Utah County Invite instead of running the 2 mile on Saturday. We ran out by Willow Creek and then we were going to come back and and do premeet. Notice how I said we were going too...My stomach hurt really bad so I had to cut my miles out early before I was able to do premeet. I had never had that sort of pain in my stomach and it was no pleasant. I planned on doing them later but I didn't for some reason so my mile total was 7 for the day.

Warmed up a few miles slowly before my race and was feeling very confident, my goal was to break 4:50 and qualify for BYU. Sean, Thomas, and Matt were in the head before Jacob and myself so we watched as they ran. The wind was picking up pretty bad but none of us thought it was mess up our times at all, we were wrong. Sean came in at a 4:40, Matt somewhere over 5. My plan immediatly came to drafting as much as possible on the back stretch. I did that pretty well on the first 2 laps but then by the 3rd I was alone for that part. On my last lap I decided just to give it all which I struggle to do at races and found myself dead around the 200 to go mark. Zac Slater, a friend from PG, cruised past me and that immediatly put me back up to speed. I cruised in knowing that my time would suck and found out later that it was a 5:01. Not what I wanted but with the weather conditions I couldn't have expected much else. Ran a few times after that and got my miles up to 10. Shoutout to Parker Gunnell for getting called to serve in the Honolulu, Hawaii Mission!

Today was the day, Senior Prom! I woke up in the morning and ran 6 miles and then my plan was to run 6 more after our day date. We went rappelling and we hiked a lot so my legs were pretty tired, but I still felt like I would be able to run. I ended up taking a short nap because I knew I still had a long day ahead of me. That short nap turned into a 3 to 4 hour nap and I ran out of time to run. Felt kinda dumb for letting myself sleep that long but I was pretty tired. Prom was a blast!

Found out that we have high mileage all week, and it didn't start off too well. It's been awhile since I elevated my legs or iced and we didn't really have a good warm up. My legs hurt from the start and I was expecting them to get better, I was wrong. I ran out 4 miles with Ryan and Brady and then turned back. I was in a lot of pain and then turned back because it got unbearable. I stopped a few times and even elevated my legs a minute and then somehow made it back. My feet were both full on numb at one point and I was really afraid I would mess them up. They woke up by the time I got back to the high school and so I biked for 10 minutes to help loosen them up. Later in the day I finished up 2 more miles and then iced my shins and elevated my legs. I think there is a speed workout tomorrow, my legs are primed and ready so I'm excited for a good workout.

We had quite the speed workout today. We warmed up four miles then braced ourselves to be tired out of our minds. The workout was 3 sets of 4x400. The first set was current mile pace, the second was a little faster, and the 3rd was whatever was left. We had 3 minutes of rest inbetween each 400 and then a 400 slow and 4 minutes inbetween each set. I was hitting around 70's for the first set and then my second set when 67, 68, 69, 67. My last set was straight 69's. We were all super exhausted afterwards and somehow managed to run a mile for a cool down. I kept having mini asthma attacks during each 400 and it took the whole 3 minutes to be able to fully breath again and then the same thing would happen again. It was pretty rough but I was happy with what my times were and the fact that I never went over 70.

Duel meet at PG today. We did a 4x100 which was pretty fun, it was my first time ever doing that race. I started off and ran a 13 sec. (I know super slow, i was super stressed about the hand off). We ended up getting a 51.9 which was pretty cool I guess.

Distance run, we ran up by Smiths. Average pace was a 7:03/mile.

Premeet for Tiger Trials today. I'm running the mile and the 2 mile, last chance to qualify for the mile at BYU so I am super pumped and motivated. 4:50 here I come!

Well, i didn't get it and I'm pissed. I started out great, running a 68, then a 74. On the second lap I began to die so I was relieved when Zac Slater (a friend from PG) surged by me, I stuck on his tale and it helped me from falling off too much. Come the 3rd lap I let him get away from me and ended up running a 77...The moment I saw that on my watch I knew I was introuble and gave it all I got for the last lap. I think it ended up being a 74 and I ended up with a 3 second pr. Super bummed not to be running at BYU next week, but I'll get over it. I wasn't able to run the 2 mile because I had a date at 7 and it got delayed because of lightning. I drove home and did a fast 4 mile run in the rain to burn off some energy. I ended up getting locked out of my house and had to run an extra mile to go get keys so ended up getting a mile more than I was supposed to, but I didn't mind.

Forgot my watch today so I'm not sure exactly what I was getting. We were going pretty slow and then I broke away with Matt for a little bit. We rested and regrouped at the half way mark and then ran back. We sped up each mile and ended up getting like a 5:45 last mile or something stupid like that, definitley a rush! I was having a really bad stomach ache all run that is yet to go away, hopefully it'll be better by tomorrow.

Well, I'm sick. Only got like 3 hours of sleep last night and was only able to make it through first and second period before I felt like I was going to die and went home. I was going to try and run later in the day but I was super wiped out and decided to take the day off to recuperate.

My boosts have just about officially died. These shoes wore down way fast so it's sad to see them go. I ordered new ones today and decided not to get boosts this time. I have gotten them for the last two and they both just didn't last so I am trying out some Brooks (I have had good experiences with them in the past). I felt great today and was looking forward to my run, but it didn't turn out good at all. I had a practice AP test after school so I was pretty mentally exhausted and felt like a run would be good. Long story short I ended up having an asthma attack and a diabetic attack. I somehow made it back home alive and just called it a day.

Had the opportunity of doing a speed workout since I won't be running at BYU this weekend. The workout was 4 sets of 3x300 at mile pace. We had 1 minute of rest in between each 300 and 3 minutes of rest between each set. Most of Team Pre is running this weekend (obviously) so I was doing it with mostly JV guys, and Brad (returned missionary who used to be on the team).  I used my inhaler right before we started and then went all out. I was pretty upset with the fact that I'm not running at BYU, so I used that to fuel me, and with not a lot of miles this week I was feeling fresh. I won the first one by a lot and was concerned that I was going too fast. Brad counseled everyone not to push it too much on the early ones, but I was just going for it. I forgot my watch at home so I had no idea what I was getting, so I just tried to stay feeling consistent. I put on the workout sheet that I had a 49 sec. average for each one which I was happy with. I was the leader for everyone so that was kind of weird. I had some mini asthma attacks throughout and used my inhaler a lot more than I was planning on, but it all turned out for the best. I was super wiped out by the end so my cool down with Chicken Nugget was pretty rough, but at the end of the day I felt good about the workout, so that's all that matters.