#WolverineWay

PM- Went on an easy run with Connor after I warmed up a mile on the treadmill. Total for the day- 7.

AM- Probably the worst run of my career. I could only manage a 8:40 pace for the last 2 miles. but other than that I hit 7 flat for the first two. My knee and foot where killing me.

PM- Ran with the guys for 6 miles, My foot was hurting the whole time and at mile 6 of 7 I couldn't go on. I was in so much pain that I could barely walk. I had to walk the last mile anyway though and I went into the trainers room. He said the arch of my foot is collapsing and that I shouldn't run on it for the rest of the week. So I guess I will be spending the rest of the week on the bike.

PM- First day off of running, I biked 15 miles and that was it. My foot started to feel a bit better but not much.

PM- Biked another 15 miles on the bike and did some core. Had to use crutches for the last part of the day because I couldn't walk without severe pain. I am trying to stay positive though.

PM-Workout on the bike today. I did 3 minutes hard with 4 minutes of recovery for an hour and my total for the day was 16.5

PM-15 Miles on the bike

AM-10 miles on the bike

PM- Machine kept shutting off so I don't know exactly how far I went but I just biked for an hour.

PM- Did 17 miles on the bike with Lucy.

PM- My first day back from running. I dropped Lucy off at the Rec and went to the park where the team was meeting. I was a bit late so I had to catch up and when I did I had to stop to talk to Barnes. He told me to do the workout until my foot started hurting. The workout was 7x200 7x300 and Varsity was supposed to do one extra. I did the whole workout with the leaders but had to stop at 7 because Barnes told me to (Connor and Rory did 8). Went to the high school and did lower back and chest.

PM- Tougher workout today, I did 26.5 miles on the bike in an hour and a half. I don't know what that is comparable to in running but I was pushing.

PM- Met up at Alta High to work out with Kramer. We got a good warmup which was a mile and a half and then we went to talk to his coach to see about our workout. He gave us a choice between a couple of different ones but we ended up choosing 300, 300 which was 300m then 100m break then another 300m at sub 45 per repeat. We did this 4 times with 10 minutes recovery in-between each set. Afterwards we went and did 2 miles cool down and then I took Kramer home and ate at his house and talked with his family. It was a pretty good run and my foot didn't hurt at all which was a good sign.

AM- We were supposed to meet at this park over in South Jordan for a race today so I got dressed and went over. When I got there everyone had already started to warm up and so I did like a half mile warmup because I wasn't going to try and push it real hard today. When we started I stayed back and Connor, Jesse, Rory, Greg, and Hayden all went out ahead. I decided to run with Derek and try to get sub 18 minutes and we were on pace the first mile. Then when we came through the second at 6:23 I decided I wanted to go fast so I closed my last mile in 5:40 catching Greg and Hayden and finishing 4th. Then I went on a 2 mile cool down with Connor and Rory and Hayden and Derek came with.

PM- Met at Monarch Meadows with the team then ran our warm up to the 800 hill. We did striders and idiot drills to warm up before coach told us our workout. It was ladders.

4x200m- We were around 35-37 on all of them and they weren't that difficult.

4x300m- We ran around 57-58 on these because the hill got steeper after the 200 mark and they were extremely difficult.

3x400m- Probably the easiest ones, we ran around 1:15-1:20 on these but we were pacing them where we would go faster and faster the further up we went.

4x300m- Nearly killed me, I was seeing spots and stars and we were only hitting 57's. Probably tougher than my workout last week than Kramer.

4x200m- Back to the easier ones. We went 36-37 on the first two then 38 then on the last one we decided to race it as fast as we could go. I pulled away at around the 75 mark and tried to keep my lead from Connor. At the last 15-25 meters Connor started to catch back up but I was a bit too much ahead so I won. 

We did our cool down back to the park and then I had to go ask a girl to prom so I couldn't go to the gym but I'll try and make up for it tomorrow. 

In between each repeat we did deep breathing to help loosen back up and we figured that helped a lot. I tried to work on my competitiveness which I have noticed has been suffering the past few weeks and I need that edge. I tried to win every repeat but fell short on the 400's but I was trying so hard the whole time. My foot was feeling good the whole way and I never had to stop to stretch it. Pine View here I come.

PM- Met at Monarch again and did core with the team. We got what events we are doing at Pine View and at the Region Meet tomorrow. I am doing just the 3200m at PV and the 800m tomorrow (medley or open). We went for a 5.3 mile run with a couple striders at the end. I am so excited to leave for Pine View and get away from the crappy weather. 

After we finished I went to the gym and did 10x50 yard repeats in the pool with 1 minute recovery and 300 warmup and cool down. After I went to the weight room and did an big upper body workout because I won't be able to do it the rest of the week because we will be in PV! I am thinking of doing a triathlon this summer, I might do the Blackridge Tri but I might have to ask Coach Scott if we have something conflicting but I would definately like to do one this summer and see what I get because I have done a lot of biking and swimming lately and will continue to do it. 

PM- Got to the meet and did a 2 mile shakeout with the guys and then watched the races for today. Our team was winning by a lot by the 3rd event and we kept scoring more points. Finally I got together my Medley team, I got Jared, Jaren, and Carson to run the 2-2-4 and I would run the 800m leg to anchor.  I warmed up a mile and did some striders and idiot drills. 

RACE: Jared took off an gave us an immediate lead and when Jaren got the baton we lost it but Carson ran a 51 second 4 leg putting us back in the lead and giving me a 2 or 3 second head start. I thought he would catch me immediately so I was pushing as hard as I could to not let that happen and my first lap was a 1:01. I dropped my arms a bit to shake out a bit and began to try for my dads goal of 2:05 but at 200 left I was out of gas and thought for sure the Hillcrest kid would catch me. But I got a bit more encouraged when my dad was yelling my time at me so I got what ever I had left and sprinted to the finish line crossing in about 2:06. 

We won by over 100m and I put 17 seconds on the next guy. Afterwards I cooled down a mile with the hurdlers and then got on the bus to leave. Its really nice to win my first race and get my confidence up. Now, Pine View. 

Woke up and got on the bus to head to St. George. Our bus broke down in Lehi so we had to wait for a new bus and then got on the longest bus ride ever. When we got off the bus I went and did 4 with Barnes plus striders.

Went and watched the races with guys. Connor ran a 4:27 and Rory did a 4:30 mile. Ben ran 4:16 with a 58 second last lap. I went on a cool down with Jake and Kramer which was like 4 miles but we got lost and had to climb up some hills to get back. We talked about Nationals and stuff like that. Pretty good day and now I need to prepare for the 3200m and Medley tomorrow. 

AM- Woke up at like 6:45 and got my stuff packed and headed out of the hotel. We got to the meet with about an hour to spare and I warmed up with Ben and Rory on the track so we wouldn't miss the heats. I did some idiot drills and then got my new spikes on. They are the lightest that they sell so I was feeling pretty good about them.

RACE: We took off at like a 1:08 first lap and Ben was already out ahead by at least 20 meters. I stayed in 5th for the next 6 laps and tried to draft off the pack of Jaydn, Jake, and Mike. At 800 to go Jake took off and it was just Mike, Jaydn and I and in the last 500m Mike took off and I chased him. I passed Jaydn at around 300 left and finished in a 9:35 3 seconds in between Jaydn and Mike. My last lap was around a 1:05-1:06.

I was indifferent about my time because I thought I could have beaten it but I guess it wasn't the right conditions. I cooled down a couple miles with Mike and Jake and talked about our signings and contracts and stuff like that. Later I ran the medley which added another 2 miles to my day and I ran a 2:09 which pissed me off. I went home with my parents and got to Herriman 2 hours ahead of the bus and we won the Team title!!!!

PM- Hill workout today. We warmed up a mile up to the base of lil' Grinder and did striders and some idiot drills. Our workout was 3x800m then 6x400m repeats.

For our 800's we were hitting around 3:06 like clockwork, we would go slow the first half and then the second half we would speed up and go as fast as we could.

The 400's were a lot harder to pace but we were hitting around 1:26 on each of them which was okay I guess. We did basically the same thing we did in the 800's except the last 100m of each one was a sprint. I had to pace it differently for the last 3 because I was running out of kick so I would speed up at the 200 left mark and get far enough away that they would have to catch me and I would have time to react.

We ran back down the hill for our cool down in between each one and then headed home a mile. 

PM- Easy run with the team after we registered for the meet tomorrow and practiced setting up the hurdles.

PM- Region meet today, I was just doing this for speed practice and for practicing for the steeple. I ran a 57 second 400m(which was pathetic), 47 second 300 hurdles (could have gone faster but didn't know how to run it), 11:40 3200m (I was pacing Derek Hansen), and a 57 second split in the 4x400 (Beat the sprinter and hurdler teams). I did striders in between each and before and after the meet I did a couple miles. 

AM-Long run with the guys, I was feeling like crap the whole time though.

AM- Easy run with the guys for the first half then I turned around to go back to the park and did some striders. After, I went home and did 50 repeats on the barrier I set up in my backyard before heading over to the UVU collegiate meet. At the meet I did a couple run throughs on the water hazard to get comfortable with it. 

Got in the shower and got my clothes on to head over to UVU. I went with my dad because the rest of my team was not going so I had to go by myself to run the steeple and the 3200m. I warmed up a half mile and did some barrier practice for the steeple and got my water hazard just right. I went and got my spikes on and wrapped my feet with athletic tape so that they wouldn't get blisters because I was not wearing socks. And I did some striders at the line.

Steeple: I took off at a fast pace to get away from the pack and Jake went with me. Over the first hazard I was perfect according to Coach Mostert and from what I heard, Jakes were not that good. I stayed in the lead for the next 3 laps because my barriers and water hazards were better but when the last lap came, Jakes speed took over and he flew by me. I hung with him a little bit he was just too fast. It went Jake with a 6:14, Me with a 6:22, and then Connor McMillan with a 6:27. We are all planning on doing that at Great Southwest so Utah will get some more medals.

I cooled down with Connor and his teammate (I forgot his name) for a mile and a half and talked about NXN and college and stuff like that. I figured I would run the 3200m by 4:30 so I would be back in time for my date (we were going to a Real Salt Lake game) which would be nice. That wasn't going to happen, I ended up spending the next 4-5 hours after my race sitting around at the awards table helping the UVU guys with results and ate some food. By the time it came time for me to warm up I was already late for it so I decided to make it worth my while to miss it and go for the win. I warmed up a mile the AFer's and then headed to the bullpen to get seeded and get my spikes on.

3200m: I took off at a decent pace and tried to stay in 2nd or 3rd to draft on the back stretch (it was really windy) but kids kept letting me lead so I slowed it down. Lap 2, Tomy passed me and was trying to go out and run like a low 9:20.  He got 50m ahead and then he started to fade. Lap 5, I felt the steeple in my legs and dropped to 5th place, I was not feeling good at all but I still had the will in my to at least medal. So with 400 left, I made my move (a little late for me but I had to get my legs moving again) and passed Dakota Lange, Gordon King and Tyson Green with 150 left. On the final straight Tyson pulled up on me and I was kicking as hard as I could and tried to hold him off but he was fresh and my legs had been giving out for the last 800 meters so he passed me and I finished in 3rd.

I was kind of disappointed about my race but 9:40 is nothing to shake a stick at after running the 8th fastest steeple time ever by any Utahn. I cooled down 2 miles with Coach Mostert, the AF boys and Gordon and Sam. Then I went home as fast as I could to get ready for my date.