#WolverineWay

Got to the race early and Connor and I went to go walk the course. There were parts that were muddy which was cool and I was pretty cool outside so I knew it would be a fast race. I sat down to put on my spikes and Rory decided to put his on right next to me and stomped on my foot with his 1/3 in spikes. I swore at him.

After cleaning my self up from Rory's spikes I got to line but they didn't start for a long time. I told the boys to just stay with me as long as they could. Rory and I got the front and made sure the pace stayed fast, the rest of the team all stayed in with us which was good. Rory and I led the race for the first two miles coming through the mile-to-go in 10:10 (our first mile was 5:00) We took off and Rory began to fall back and so did I but I tried my hardest to stay with the lead pack. I passed Paxton but Jaydn Asay was still quite a bit ahead of me.

I finished fourth behind Ben Saarel (14:58), Jake Heslington (14:59), Jaydn Asay (15:13) and I ran a 15:18 which would have had me winning this race last year. I did a 2 mile cool down with Ben and Paxton and we talked about our race. Ben noted that at one point in the race he saw our entire varsity team ahead of him, I lol'd at that. Our team finished second behind Mountain View's 64 with our 88. I am disappointed that we didn't beat them but I think by the end of the year we will. 

PM- Little Grinder

PM- intervals on our home course 4 x 0.82 repeats.

AM- 4 

PM- 5 plus striders. 

PM- 3.5 plus striders so a total of four. Went to the high school with Connor and had an ice bath (sooooooo cold) and then went to the team dinner. Ate some nachos at the team dinner and decided to go to Costa Vida and eat some healthier food. Went to Smith's afterwards and got some Powerades before going back to the team dinner.

Woke up at 6 then took a shower and ate a banana and drove to the high school. Slept on the bus and got to Soldier Hollow pretty early. Connor, Rory and I all went and walked the course but turned around after the first mile. Went and got the team and warmed up for about 20 minutes. Got to the line and did some striders and idiot drills.

They shot the gun and Andrew Brewer and Isaac Faux all took off while Rory decided to stay behind and spike me. I got around Rory and Connor and began to try and catch Andrew and Isaac. Isaac fell back and I stayed a good ways behind Andrew before catching him at around the halfway point. I passed him and I decided I was going to try and win but Andrew held on for quite a ways.

I surged before the last hill and opened up a gap and flew down the last hill before hitting the uneven ground at the bottom. I gave it everything I had in the last 100m then looked back and realized I had won by 19 seconds. Connor McMillan led the 4 AFers behind Andrew and Rory came in 7th. We were 2nd as a team to AF by only 14 points.

Rory and I went and cooled down with the AF boys and realized that they are just as immature as our team maybe more! I really need to work on my consistent stretching as that has seemed to help me perform at a higher level.

AM- 4, Pushed hard at the end getting my last mile in 5:30 going uphill.

PM- 5, Warm up and idiot drills to the Little Grinder. Took off pretty fast but fell behind Connor and Rory but decided to race smart and take Rory at the end finishing 2nd 5 seconds behind Connor. I'll get him next time. Ran 3 miles back to Monarch and did idiot drills. 

PM- Fartlecks on our homecourse while JV raced it against Hillcrest. Rory and I were still second place though.

AM-4 

PM-5 

PM- 5 easy, but a little sprint at the end.

Warmed up with the team on Mountain View Corridor. Got back and put our spikes on and did striders. Our first mile of the race was 4:50 which I blame on Rory but I should have just stuck back. Second mile was 5:40 which was much slower because of our first mile. I started to hurt really bad and started to loose pace. I finished third behind Michael and Kramer. I need to work on my hills.

AM- Long run up to the mouth of Butterfield Canyon with Connor and Rory.

PM- 7 2:39 little grinder then 6x400 hill repeats. 

PM- 4 

PM- easy run with a sprint and striders afterwards

Warmed up around the course and ran on the sand to practice for the race. I was staying really positive and I felt like I might be able to place top 10 or even 7th. I knew on a good day I should be pretty close to the leaders. Went and got my spikes on and headed to the start and got our lane assignment, by the luck of the draw Mountain View got the box right next to ours and we talked to them a bit.

RACE: I got a pretty bad start because I got pushed into Orems box by Mckay but they aren't that fast so I didn't have to much trouble getting around them. Rory and Jaydn got great starts so I had a lot of ground to make up. I had to pass just about 100 people to get in position with Rory. We worked together for the next mile to pass some people and we caught like 5 or 6 but 3 passed us. At around the 2 mile point I pulled away from Rory and began to chase Jaydn because I didn't want to lose to him again. Brayden Cromar from Davis got up with us and I had a hard time losing him but once I did I was pretty much home free except for Jaydn and Ricky Faure. I pulled away from Jaydn but couldn't get away from the 1:53 800 runner (Ricky) who passed me in the last 150m putting me in 13th.

Afterwards we went on a cooldown and we passed Davis who thought we were Highland (or they were just being jerks). We talked about the race and pretty much came to the conclusion that we had beaten MV but weren't sure about who else. We waited around a bit and then they put the results out, We had beaten Davis by 1 point and Ogden by 4. We got our trophy and the Coach Strickland came up to talk to me about my race. 

AM- 4

PM- 7 Lil' Grinder today, I took off pretty fast and tucked in behind Rory but Connor pulled away and I couldn't catch him. I passed Rory at 400m and began to gain on Connor but he had to much of a gap and we couldn't even get close. Afterwards we did 12x200m hill repeats. 

Easy run up to 6400 then down to MVC then back to Monarch.

AM-4

PM-7 We did a mile and a half warmup then striders and idiot drills. Our workout was 5x800 but we would have to redo them if we didn't have 5 of us break 2:27. We ended up doing 6 because one of our guys couldn't get under 2:30. My times were 2:24, 2:23, 2:23, 2:24, 2:22, and 2:19. Barnes let me, Connor, Rory and Jesse D. go early because we were so fast on all of our repeats.

PM- 4. 3.5 with barefoot striders on the grass. Really stoked for Park City tomorrow.

Got up to Park City pretty early (about 3 hours early) and walked the course then waited for the spectator race and all the other races to start. We started warming up when the varsity girls started and did about a mile and a half. My legs felt really heavy and non-responsive, but that was because of our tough workouts this week. I did some striders and idiot drills but my legs were still way heavy and I was a bit worried about the race. We got to the line early and saw that Ben wasn't there so it would be winnable.

RACE: I took off as fast as I could go and got to the front with Rory and Jesse D. and made a wall up front so no one could pass us. We maintained this wall till Jesse fell back and Ricky Faure from Rock Springs Wyoming took his place and some Wasatch kid surged away but we didn't chase him because we knew he wouldn't be a threat. We came threw our first mile at 5:19 and Ricky Faure tried to break away from the pack but I didn't let him. We caught the Wasatch kid but Tomy from East decided to do the same thing and took off.

Kramer Morton moved up next to me and we chased Tomy and worked together to move away from the pack and we came through the 2 mile at 10:09 (4:50). The next mile I tried my hardest to surge away from Kramer but I couldn't open up a gap or even pull away from him. I fell back at around 600 meters left and I couldn't get my body moving and took a look back to see if I was safe, which I was. Kramer finished with a 15:09, I was a 15:17, Ricky was a 15:22 and Rory was right behind him.

Cooled down a half mile because the guys were complaining that we had to be at the awards. 

AM- 8. Traverse Ridge. Our mile splits were 9:27, 8:40,  9:13, and 8:35 and the other four were 5:53, 4:45, 5:07, and 4:50. This was weird because I though we would be faster on the downhill but me and Connor slowed down a bit.