Strrt the Diabetic

Low easy distance run to prepare for Awesome Week this week. We were supposed to go 8 but my legs weren't feeling it today. So i decided to run 6 miles and then I went and biked for 15 minutes to simulate running for that amount of time. My legs felt great after so I'm hoping they still feel good after the dream mile and a half tomorrow. I iced my legs a little when I got home so we will see what happens.

Today was the dream mile and a half, also known as the widow maker. It's a mile and a half race straight up hill that you do as fast as you can. Seniors didn't have school today so Sean, Matt, and I met in the morning and ran 4 miles so we wouldn't have to run anymore after we finished the actual workout. I felt great and my shins only hurt a little bit and then when we were about less then .25 left I got this bad cramp and was struggling to breath so I had to stop to catch my breath. I gained it back after a few minutes and was able to make it back without dying. Then at 1 pm after a crazy snow storm, our team met up and ran the dream mile and a half. We went pretty slow up over the overpass so most people's times were slower but i was able to get 5 seconds faster than the last time we ran it so I was pretty happy (9:34). Then we slowly ran back to the high school. I ran a half mile on the turf when I got back and then went and biked for 15 minutes just because. I tried doing abs but was only able to get 60 sit ups and 100 russian twists before my abs hurt to bad (I was using the ab machine), I was hurting from that last ab workout I did more than I thought.

Easy distance run today. We ran up to this dirt pit thinking it would be dry from the storm yesterday, it wasn't so now my shoes are pretty muddy. Average pace was a 7:02/mile. I felt pretty good today and am looking forward to 3 straight days of speed for the rest of the week.

5x500m at 800 pace. What we did was run the 400 on pace for your goal 800 pace and then give it all you got for the final 100. It was pretty rough today but I was still fairly happy with how I did. I was able to finish it without dying which was pretty good. I was feeling pretty horrible when we were finished and our 6:49/mile recovery didn't help, we have whistle hills tomorrow so hopefully that'll go better.

Whistle hills at the cemetery. For whistle hills we run up a gradual hill as fast as we can for 15, 20, and then 25 seconds. Our rest was the time it took to get down to the bottom and then we would go again. We did that 3 times. I was in the very front for the first set and felt good, but then for the second set I was more in 5th place, I was super tired and wasn't sure how I was going to finish. My shins also started hurting at that point so I was worried that they would get worse. The final set hurt pretty bad, but it went good. I was able to be up towards the front for them all. After we were done with that we went and cooled down 4 more miles to get our mileage for the day to 8. Super pumped for Morp tonight, not sure how I'll have any energy for it but I'm gonna give it all I got.

Final day of awesome week and we did 20x400's, we did them in sets of 5. The first set was 5k pace so I was hitting around 80 every time, inbetween those we had 45 sec. of rest. For the second set we did goal 2 mile pace and I was getting around a 75 for each of those, we had 60 sec. rest inbetween those. The next set was current mile pace and I think I was hitting around 72's for them (I can't really remember). For the final set we pretty much just had to give whatever was left and do goal mile pace. I consistently hit 69 sec. for each of them. I wanted to go faster but my legs were super tired from the dance last night and from all the speed that I did this week. We had breakfast after the workout today so we quickly ran 2 more miles to finish up our miles for the day. Overall I felt like I had a pretty good week, my shins aren't hurting nearly as bad so I'm very grateful for that. First meet is on Tuesday! It's only a duel meet but it'll be fun to get out there and race after a little bit off once indoor ended.

Shoutout to Tyler for getting his mission call to Jamaica today! I look forward to hearing him convert Usain Bolt! And also to Darin who got his call to Chicago, Illinois (that's where my sister is serving) spanish speaking!

AM- Met with Matt this morning and ran 6 miles. We didn't have school today so it was a perfect opportunity to go. We ran down by Thanksgiving Point and our average pace was a 7:24/mile. It was nice and slow but was perfect for us because we were both pretty tired and sore from our workouts last week.

PM- Went to the high school at like 3 to run premeet with the team. We warmed up and then ran 2x400's. I ran them way fast, my first one was a 64 and my second was a 66. While it would be sick, I doubt I'll be able to hold that for 4 laps tomorrow at my race. It was great to get out there and go fast though and it defintely got my hyped to race tomorrow. I cooled down and paced Sami on her 400's and ended up with 9.6 for the day. Then later on Emily Perschurt and I ran a slow 800 during the half of our high schools soccer game. My legs felt great and I'm sure they will feel even better once I ice and elevate them tonight. 

Crazy good day of racing today! I was originally going to run the mile but at the last minute I put together a 4x4 team and decided to run the 800 and the 4x4. We ran a few miles before the meet to get some mileage in and then 2 miles to warm up for the 800. I was able to run the 800 in 2:13 which was a solid PR from the last time I ran. I was in the faster heat which made me a little nervous but it was definitely better that way. I was super tired after and just laid on the ground, then we had the genius idea to run the 2 mile to get some mileage in. We did it way slow which was nice but I was still super tired at the end. The 4x4 was immediately after that and I was anchoring. The people on my team ahead of me ran a 55, 57, and 57. When I got the baton we were in 2nd. Tanner Melior (who was supposed to be on my team) was out infront but I wasn't able to catch him. Lone Peaks team gained on me hard core and I was able to out kick him at the end to keep us in 2nd. My time was a 57 which was exactly what I was going for. I'm definitely way happy with how far my training has brought me and am looking forward to see what else I can do next week.

It was supposed to be a easy medium distance run but my legs weren't working for me today. I started out with the team fine but a pain kept shooting through my right leg every once in a while. I kept running through it and it started to feel a lot better. That all changed on mile 2 or 3 when a pain shot through and I almost fell down. Right there I decided I was just going to run 6 and then bike for 20 minutes. Austin was only going 6 too so we broke off and went over to killer hill and then ran back to the high school. We ended up running a little more than we were supposed to but I was fine with it since the mileage was so low. At the high school we biked for 20 minutes and my legs felt a little better after.

Ended up asking someone to prom today so that was fun. There was a lot of extra running around and I considered adding it to my mileage...but that wouldn't have been fair so I held back. I also had a last second interview with my Stake President about my mission papers and they are now offically in. So now the horrible wait for the call to come so I can see where I'm going to be spending my next 2 years!

Speed workout today. My legs hurt really bad during school today and I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to do the speed. They were feeling a little better at practice though so I decided to run as much as I could. It was super windy so I was a little nervous for that because it really messed up my asthma, so I had my bandana on to combat that. The workout was 3x400 (at mile pace), 800 (at 2 mile pace), and 400 (at mile pace). We had 90 sec. rest inbetween every one and 3 minutes inbetween each set. The first set went fine and I was able to get 70's on the 400's and 2:32 on the 800. The next set wasn't as good though, the first 400 went find but by the time I finished the 800 I couldn't breath at all. I somehow told my coach and she told me to sit out the next 400. I did and it helped a little bit but not much. I ran the first 400 of the last set in like a 73 or 74 and then dropped out after the first lap of the 800 because I was really struggling to breath. I still ran the last 400 which just about killed me. We then had to go finish up our mileage which was really rough. My legs weren't feeling to great and I was in quite the daze from not being able to breath. We took a bunch of stops which was nice and I only ran 4 miles after. I was supposed to go 6 but so that my daily mileage would be at 10 but it just wasn't happening today. I iced after my run so hopefully my legs feel better tomorrow.

Distance run with Sean and Chicken Nugget today. The rest of team pre decided to leave and get miles done while we were warming up with the team (without telling us) so we just decided to go right when we finished. We ran on the bike trail that goes by my house and looped around to Chicken Nugget's house for a drink. We only took a couple of breaks the whole run which was good. We went a little over but I didn't mind since I am so far behind on my miles this week. Average pace 6:45/mile.

Was supposed to run 10 miles today but my legs could not handle it. The first half of my run was fine, I was able to just push through the pain but by around mile 4 I kept having to stop. I would stretch and then it would feel fine for a minute and then immediatiely start hurting again. I decided to cut it my run short and then went and iced for awhile after that.

Distance run today. My legs hurt way bad again today. I iced yesterday but it didn't help as much as I had hoped. We did a mile of speed changes on the track and then got out on our run. I was able to hang with the group which was good for how my legs were feeling. I kept almost stopping and turning around but somehow I was able to complete all the miles. Average pace for the day was 6:51/mile.

Pre meet for our meet tomorrow. There was a junior high meet going on so we were forced to run our 400's at wines park. We started off by running through the cemetery and then down through the creek until we came to the park. From there we did our strides and then did the 400's. I'm not sure how fast we did them or how accurate each 400 was. My legs were hurting pretty bad throughout the run even with the many long breaks that we took. After doing the 400's we ran up main street and then back to the high school so we would get 8 miles for the day. Average pace for the day was a 6:52/mile. Looking forward to tomorrow.

Horrible horrible day today. When the mile came around we warmed up with Garek B. from East (he's kinda really fast) and then went over and got ready to race.  I was in the 2nd heat (it went fastest to slowest) with Matt. The race started out pretty well and I found myself at the head of the pack chasing a couple of guys who got out ahead. I tried to hold it but quickly realized that I couldn't breath. I kept telling myself just to hold on and I ended up getting a 5 minute mile. I was super pissed off about it but there's nothing that I really could've done. I warmed up with my bandana and used my inhaler before the race but the wind just didn't cooperate with my lungs at all. We then got some of us together and went and ran 3 miles as a cool down. When we got back I listened to my music in order to clear my head for the 4x800 that I was also running. I did like a half mile warm up for the race. I wanted to do more but I ran out of time. I was running 2nd behind Matt and then Brock and Colin were after me. At the last minute Brock dropped out and Tanner took his place. Matt wasn't feeling very good and ran a 2:19. Once I got the baton I could feel all the anger that was built up from my last race and I took off pretty fast. The guy infront of me had a pretty sizeable lead on me and it took the whole 2 laps for me to catch up and pass him. I ended up running a 2:15 which sucked but I was fine with it since I was super wiped out from everything I'd done that day. After we were done we only had like a half mile left so Matt and I cooled down around the school. Today sucked back and it definitely took a shot at my confidence. I'm in dire need of a good workout.

Recovery run today. I started out by running 1.25 as a warm up with Connor. I skipped the team warm ups in order to make sure my legs were completely warmed up because they were hurting pretty bad. Once out on our run my legs had a constant soreness and I didn't know if I was going to be able to finish the full miles. I was running the back with Sean and we ran up a hill which really spread the group out. We met up at the top where Sean told me that he was just running back because he was in so much pain. By this time the rest of the group had already left and I was alone. I started the process to catch up and ended up running a 6:20 mile shorten the gap. It took like a mile and a half to catch up but it felt great. Going that fast really loosened up my legs which helped me to get through the rest of the run. We got back and I ran a little more than a 200 with Connor while he was getting the rest of his miles. Today was a workout that I definitely needed, especially after my crappy day yesterday. I iced a lot when I got home in order to prepare for our 6 miles of tempo tomorrow. Average pace for the day was a 6:50/mile.

Tempo run today. We had two different paces that we would switch off each mile. The first one was between a 5:27-5:40 and the second one was 6:10-6:30. I held on pretty well for the first mile but my legs were killing me so I took a quick 10 second stop to stretch it and fell back behind the group. I was never able to catch back up and I went significantly slower throughout. I had to stop after each mile to stretch my legs which were hurting more than they ever had before. Then to top it all off I had a pretty nasty asthma attack and my diabetes levels were pretty low. For the last 2 miles of the tempo I just kept it at a 6:30. My average pace for the day was a 6:35/mile which isn't too bad when I look at how much pain I was in. I was very glad to be done when I got back and I'm just going to try and forget about this run.

Distance run today. I woke up this morning and was a little nervous about how my run would go after yesterday's disaster of a run. I decided to split up my miles mostly to let my legs really recover and hopefully relieve some of the soreness and pain that I have had to deal with. I started going, and except for a little bit of pain in my right leg, I felt great. I decided that I would just try and get as many miles as I could. I kept it nice and flat and only had to run down one hill which i took nice and slow. I took a break half way down it to stretch my legs because it was hurting pretty bad. That was my only stop except for the one to stretch after my first mile. I made it back alive and immediatly took an ice bath. My average pace was a 6:40/mile which was faster then I wanted to go but it just kind of happened. I'll be sure to rest up for these next two days in preparation for next week. This was a pretty horrible week for me, hopefully it will get better next week.

10 mile easy run today. My legs were hurting pretty bad but I was still able to get through it. We ran on the bike trail that goes by my house and then did a loop back to the high school. Average pace for the day was a 6:46/mile. I can't wait for my new shoes to get here, my current ones are pretty wrecked.

There was a tri-meet going on at the high school the our team was involved in today but Jamie had us sit it out because of St. George this weekend. We went and ran for 3 miles and then when we got back we did 6x400 at goal mile pace for the weekend. I was shooting for a 72-73 but was more at a 69-70 which I was fine with. There were only 4 of us doing it so I was happy going a little faster to stay with them. My legs didn't hurt too bad during the workout but they gave me a few problems during the rest of our miles. I took an ice bath last night and it helped a lot, I really need to get back on track of icing every day. My new shoes came today which was good, it probably wasn't the best idea to do speed in them the first day but I didn't care, they felt great so I was happy.

We ran to the temple today which was really good. My legs were hurting pretty bad but it was nice and flat for the most part so I was able to hold a pretty good pace. By the end my legs weren't hurting very bad at all so I was very grateful for that.

On a side note, my mission call could come any day now! I am super stoked for find out where I will be serving for the next two years!

I found out that I am running the mile at the St. George meet so I had pre-meet today. Matt and Connor had a different workout so a few of us did pre-meet and then we met up with Matt and Connor to finish our miles. We ended up running down by my grandparents house and made a loop until we hit 8 miles for the day. I am super excited for the meet tomorrow and to see what I can do. It's supposed to be really hot though, which I am fairly happy for. If I don't come back with a super nice tan I will be super pissed.

No mission call today, my worst fear has been realized as i am 99% sure it'll come tomorrow when I am gone!

Met up on the bus at 6:00am so we could make it to the meet in time for my race. We stopped for lunch at 11ish but it was too close to race time at 1 so Sean and I ran a mile instead of eating. We got to the race and warmed up and I was feeling confident about what was going to happen. Sean, Thomas, and Ryan were all in the 2nd heat and I was in the 3rd. They did a weird alternating pattern where the girls would go and then the guys would go and it would go back and forth like that each race. I wasn't a fan. I had to wait a long time after my teammates ran which made it hard for me to stay focused. I ran around on the turf a little bit to stay loose until it was finally my turn. My first lap was like a 68 and then I held consistenly between a 72-74 for the whole thing (I could be wrong, I didn't wear my watch). My last lap was a 74 which was hard for me because I literally got passed by almost everyone in my heat. I crossed without anything left and saw my time as a 4:56 when I crossed. I was beyond pissed. My legs hurt like crap and I felt like I should've been able to go a lot faster. I talked to my coach after and she recommended that I get compression socks to help deal with the pain that I have been having in my legs for the past few weeks so I plan on getting that soon. I found out that my time was a 4:55 a little later which helped brighten my mood a little bit but not much. I ended up running a few more times and ended up getting a total of 7 miles for the day.

My mission call finally came today! Too bad I am in St. George though...

Great day at the meet today. I ran periodically throughout the day which was nice especially because my legs were hurting way bad. It was great to watch other people have great races and then being able to run with them after to hear how they felt about it. Shoutout to Matt for having a HUGE pr and winning his heat in the 2 mile! Also, shoutout to Connor Baller for coming super close to qualifying for state in the 2 mile.

I have been called to serve in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission! I am leaving on August 12 and I am speaking Spanish! I cannot wait to get out there and serve the Lord and the people of North Carolina!

Distance run today and for some reason we decided to run up killer hill. We had a fairly good pace throughout the whole thing which hurt my legs pretty bad. We had a lot of stretching breaks and the run took a lot longer than I was expecting it to. I got some compression socks today to help deal with the pains that I have had in my legs for the past few weeks, I'm hoping that they will help my legs recover enough to have a good race this weekend at the Alpha Invitational.

THANK GOODNESS FOR COMPRESSION SOCKS! I wore my new socks during my run today and I felt so good, the pain that I have had in my legs was completely gone which made me super happy! We had a speed workout today, it was: 3x1200, with 3 minutes of rest inbetween, at goal 2 mile pace and then 3x200, with 60 sec. rest, at mile pace. I am running the 2 mile on Thursday at the Alpha Invitational with Chicken Nugget so me and him were the only ones doing this one. I was coming in on each 400 at around an 80. I'm confident that I will go faster than that during my race, I was just struggling to pace myself since I was running alone for each of them. When we ran the 200's we were ready to do them at the same time as all of the guys running the 800 and mile so we joined them. I ran a 31, 31, and a 30 which is a little faster than mile pace but I felt great and just wanted to go fast. We then finished up our miles which took a pretty long time but I didn't mind too much.