#WolverineWay

No Running today. Busy all day long.

AM- Woke up and headed over to the park by the hill and did a mile and a half warmup plus striders and idiot drills. When we were all done we headed up the hill to the starting place. The girls went first then the guys were next.

RACE: I took off in like second place then at about 800m 4 guys passed me and then at 1200m 2 more passed me. I finished pretty quickly and almost caught seventh place but he heard me coming and edged me out at the line. I finished in 6:55.

I ran 5 on the canal trail (after running back down the hill) with Cliff, Trevor, and Macy at 6:40 pace. I talked with Coach Evans about my form up the hill. I went back to the school and went to the trainers office and got a calf massage and then took an ice bath.

PM-Went running again with the guys for 3 miles and half of that was barefoot. I felt so good.

AM- Went over to the school and went to the canal trail. We did a warm up mile at like 7:10 pace. Then we were doing a long run which was 9 for me at 6:45 pace which was supposed easy pace. I stayed with the lead guys and ran sub-6 my last 2 miles with Cliff and Trevor and I felt way relaxed but my breathing was kind of heavy

PM- Took a nap and then headed over to lifting with Cliff and Brenden. The work out was not that difficult but that may have been because I didn't do last weeks and the rest of the guys were struggling with it.

AM- Went to the start of the Provo River trail then talked to Coach Evans and then headed off to warm up for our 5 mile tempo run. My pace was supposed to be 5:27-5:43 but our first 3 up the hill were supposed to be a bit slower than 5:43. Then our last 2 were supposed to be 5:27ish down the hill. 

I felt pretty good the first two miles and then like with a quarter left my shoe came untied and I couldn't keep it on so I dropped back a bit from the group so they wouldn't step on my lace and it started to rub kinda bad. I ran the last two as catch up trying to catch up to the group and I was gaining on them but I wasn't catching them fast enough. I caught Chris Dorton and ran the last .5 with him and finished 15 seconds behind the main group.

I was kind of frustrated with my performance today and I was kind of discouraged but I remembered that I need to be patient and not try and get back into running too quickly and my legs are way sore from the past few days. I cooled down 2 back to the park and then headed back to the WAC for weight technique session and then went and got an ice bath.

Splits for the tempo were-

5:33 5:41 5:38 5:27 5:30

AM- Trail run with the team, my ankle started to kill last night after work and I was a little worried about pushing it too much so I went out 2.5 and came back that much. Talked to Coach Houle and Evans about my ankle and made sure that they were aware of it and then headed back to the WAC for showers then to meetings. After the stupid compliance meetings that I had already been to I went and got Ice/Stim for my foot.

AM- Woke up and headed to the WAC (Wolverine Athletic Center) and heard our workout was moved to today. I got in Coach Evans car because I didn't want to hurt my ankle anymore and did 2 laps on the field before the repeats for warm up but my ankle was killing me. I put my spikes on after doing idiot drills then headed up to the line. The work out was 8x1000 with the first 4 at 3:27 and the last 4 at like 3:20 or below. I wasn't supposed to hit sub 3:10 but I did on the last one fast. 

We had 3 minutes for a cool down in between and here were my splits. 

3:25

3:24

3:22 

3:20

3:13

3:14

3:12

3:07

 I did 2 laps in the park for a cool down then headed to back to the WAC with Coach Houle and headed to the trainers room for an ice massage and ice bath.

PM- Weights in the afternoon then to get my ankle looked at. 

AM- 1 mile easy in H-town.

PM- After my first day at school I went to practice kind of exhausted. I knew we were doing a workout today so I was kind of worried. The workout was 2x800, 3x600, and 4x400 on this pretty steep hill at like 2:43-2:50 then 2:07-2:13 then 1:22-1:27 and I was in the range for each of my repeats. I felt pretty crappy after the first one and it only got worse. I was right with the main pack for the first 4 repeats then me and Jaydn backed off on the last few. We were both hurting and I was digging on each one just to finish. After the workout I ran back to the WAC and stretched and ice-bathed.

PM-Lifted at the WAC then went running with Brenden over to Lakeside Park and did 2 miles barefoot on the grass. Felt really good and I think I am beginning to get used to the college training workload so thats good. We have a tempo tomorrow so I'm kind of worried about that but I think I'm ready for it. 

PM- Did a mile and a half warmup to Lakeside park where we were starting our tempo and did idiot drills and got our paces. I was supposed to hit 5:27-5:43 for my pace which is pretty fast but I knew I could do it if I pushed it. I took off and just hung onto the main group for 2.5 miles and then they dropped me after the turn around and I caught a few guys and was in 4th with 2 miles to go and just kept the pace till the end and finished right behind Jason Lynch. I finished in 28:04 and Jason was 28:00. which means my pace was about 5:36-5:37 and I was for the most park okay with that ;) We get our Gear Packs tomorrow and we have a race up at USU at 9am so anyone who wants to come should and support your Utah teams (mostly UVU though) and watch some good races. I'll put the info up if anyone is interested or whenever I get it.

PM- After class ran 8 miles with Jeff and Josh then went to the team meeting which was pretty pointless for me. Went over to the UCCU Center with Coach Evans and tested out my Max Heart Rate which was 167 and that was pretty close to the lowest he has ever seen. I ran 2.5 on the treadmill at the center before my next class.

PM- Got to practice and got my running clothes and went to talk to Compliance about my transcripts because they are really backed up and have a lot of stuff to go through. I found out I will be competing as unattached this weekend. I was kind of disappointed but its not that bad, but I don't get my gear pack. I ran 4 with the team and then did 2 200m strides in my new spikes and then went and ice bathed.

AM- Woke up at 6:30 and ate some breakfast and took a shower before heading up to Logan from my Grandpa's house in Brigham City. I got there right on time and hung out with the guys before heading off to warm up. I was feeling pretty good but wasn't in my best shape though so I wasn't very sure of what I was able to do. I did some strides and idiot drills with the team and than got my spikes on and put my chip on and headed to the line. I wanted to stay with Seth Gutzwiller as long as possible and then try to kick with 600m to go.

RACE: I started off in like 1st place but I slowed down a bit because I wasn't sure if thats where I wanted to be. I stayed in the front pack the whole first couple of miles and as it began to thin out I was feeling a bit better and wasn't sure what to do so I just stuck with Chris and Seth and when we hit the uphill I passed them both and began to chase after Trac and the Utah State guys who had broken away from the pack. I was sitting in a pretty comfortable spot and had a nice rythym going but just couldn't close the gap on Trac. With about .5 to go I started hurting way bad and I could feel someone coming up on me and was hoping it was one of my teammates and sure enough it was Chris so I kicked it in right behind him finishing seventh and in 21:20.

I'm pretty happy about this race but I think I could have done much better if I knew what I was doing. I went on a 3 mile cooldown with the guys and then headed back to Brigham City.