#WolverineWay

AM- Woke up and ran up to the lake and did two loops around it then ran home.

PM- Went on an easy 6 mile run with Nelson and Jaydn up to the grass fields at Scera Park and then went and iced.

PM- Warmup to the Mountain View Track for about a mile and a half and then did some idiot drills and striders. Our splits were ranged from 5:18-4:48 and we were supposed to be faster on everyone of them but after the first 2 mile repeats I was already dead and my hamstrings were trashed so I took my shoes off and did the last 3 barefoot. My splits were between 5:05-5:25 but I didn't keep track of them. Cooled down back to the WAC and then got ice/stim on my hamstrings.

PM- 1.5 to Lakeside then 3 on the grass barefoot then 1.5 back to the WAC and then I went and took an Ice Bath.

PM-  6 Broken 1200s at the cemetary. Worst workout so far, I am struggling in staying with the team. I need to drink more water, stretch better, and eat better food. After the workout I headed over to Murray and watched the High School Invite and saw Kramer out kick Connor for the win then headed up to Brigham City for Peach Days.

AM- Woke up at 6:30 and went over to start of the Peach Days road race with my grandpa who was running it. I wanted to get a nice easy recovery so I decided to go out with the chase pack because an old USU alumni was there and was going for the record so I didn't want to kill myself when I wasn't even registered. I ran a pretty consistent run and moved from like 7th to 2nd and pretty much jogged it in the last bit. I got some Powerade and then headed back a mile against the course to go run with my grandpa and give him some to drink.

PM- got to practice a little late but was there plenty of time before to change. The workout for the day was progressive 10x800m repeats starting at 2:30 with 500m rest. We started out at 2:28 and worked our way down by around a second each time finishing with a 2:16 where we pushed a bit. I decided to wear my Adidas spikes for this workout and by the end my calves were dead. I did a mile and shall barefoot and then went and ice bathed.

AM- Went and ran the course once and then again barefoot then went and showered, and washed my shoes. I am very unsure about myself for this weekend because I have not done so well the past few workouts and I feel like USU might have been a fluke. I really hope I am prepared for it.

PM- Went on a 4.5 mile run by my self and tried to set my goal for cross country and came up with:

• Be top 5 on the team at every meet
• Top 10 at the WAC Championships
• Top 30 at the XC Regional Race
• Do my best at every meet

And for track:

• 14:35 5,000m run
• 3:55 1,500m run
• 8:55 3,000m Steeple

and for indoor:

• 8:45 3,000m run
• 14:50 5,000m run
• 4:00 1,500m

PM- Ran a mile to my PES class and then found out that I didn't even have to be there because I was already on the XC team. For practice we headed over to Lakeside and jogged the course then did 2x400m striders on the grass from 800m to 400m to go and from 400m to the finish to work on our finish.

PM- Went on an easy 4 miler up to the park and did some striders and then ran home. I am excited about the race tomorrow but a little nervous. I really want to get top-10 and compete well against my teammates and the fast guys from Wyoming.

Woke up and got my clothes on and ate some breakfast then headed over to the WAC to see if my spikes were there. Coach Evans was there so he let me in and I went in real quick and grabbed them. I got to the meet pretty early so we just chilled for a while then went and walked the course a bit then started our warmup.  I felt okay, I didn't feel great but I didn't feel terrible and was very unsure of how I would do. I put my spikes on and headed to the line and did some striders.

RACE: When the race started I got into the lead pack and ran with them and stayed right on them through the first 2 miles of the race coming through the first mile in 4:56. After that first mile we cooled it a bit as the course started to get a little complicated. I was right with Trac and Jason and 3 Wyoming kids were all around us, I had heard of these Wyoming kids as they had just raced and one of there kids did really well and beat there varsity but he wasn't up with us for some reason. Anyway, I was in good position and there wasn't much jostling around but it was looking alright for UVU but Wyoming would be tough to beat. We came through mile 2 in 9:55 (4:59) but I was beginning to start to feel a little tired.

I kept pushing though the third mile but the Wyoming guys and Jason and Trac all started to pull away and two SUU kids passed me. I was beginning to feel a little demoralized but when Chris passed me I began to feel a bit better and fought back and passed him and the Wyoming kid that were way fast. I was just trying to hold on but I think I'm used to 3 mile-5Ks so when I hit three miles in 15:07 (5:13) I was kind of mad so in the last 1200m I tried my hardest to reel in the SUU guys but Josh passed me so I was kind of worried that more people would pass me so I pushed as hard as I could and I sped up a lot but so was everyone else so they stayed the same distance away from me. In the last 200m I went all out and couldn't catch the SUU guy so it more became just surviving and not losing a position.

In the end, UVU ended up taking 2nd behind Wyoming because they had 1,2,4,11,13 were we had 3,5,7,9,10 and they only beat us by 3 points. After we talked for a bit we headed on our cooldown part 1 then went and had a team meeting with Coach. He told us good job and gave us some advice and then sent us on our way. I did 3 with the guys afterwards then headed up to the Herriman Invite to watch Kramer and Connor McMillan race.

PM- 3x10 minute fartlecks at tempo pace with 2 minutes recovery in between. 1.5 warmup and cool down

PM- ran 7 with Robby Tripp and then 5 with Seth.

PM- 4x600m, 400m, 300m then 200m with 500m recovery after 600m and 400m after the 4s,3s and 2s.

Paces were 1:40-1:49 for the 600m, 1:05-1:12 for the 400m, 45 to 52 for the 300m and 30.4-34.3 for the 200m.

I hit all my paces and stayed in the lead pack for all of them except the 1:35 600m. Felt really good today.

PM- 8 with Trac and Chris around Orem

PM- pre race run with guys around Montana. Did some striders and then went out to eat.

Woke up late and headed over to the course after drinking my Muscle Milk and went and walked the first mile. Jogged the next 2 miles of the course which was the first lap on the bottom level. It was a semi-difficult course and it was longer than what we had been running before so I was kind of worried about the race but I thought I could still do well. Went to the bathroom and then went and put my spikes on and headed to the line. I did some striders and then did our prayer and cheer.

RACE: I took off in like 8th place and tried to stay in the front pack so I wouldn't get boxed in so when we started to head up hill I had some space. The first mile of the race went by way fast and I got pushed back to like 20th place and was right with Chris Brower. We came threw the first mile in 5:09 which was odd because I felt like I was pushing a lot more than that but whatever. I just tried to stay on him and we were back and forth for like a mile until he eventually dropped

off and I pulled away.

I came threw 3 miles in 15:30 which meant my last 2 were 5:10's and I felt way more tired then that. I began to reel in Jason Lynch and eventually caught him in the third mile and I tried to get him to come with me but he didn't have the strength so I began to pull away. I don't remember my fourth mile split but I remember it was oddly fast and I was starting to feel the race really bad and I was just hoping I could hold on for 1 more mile. I spent the last mile going back and forth with this kid and in the last 800m I pushed away and began to run as hard as I could and with 300m left I could see the finish line and I went as hard as I could to catch the kid ahead of me but he had too much on me.

I finished in 26:02 and I thought it was an 8k but Chris' watch said 5.1 and so did a bunch of other guys. After we talked for a bit we went to cool down and did 2x400m repeats which sucked so bad. Then I went and did an extra 3 more with Seth and Jason. Seth killed it today too, he ran sub-5 his last 2 miles and caught Jason and almost caught me. It was a pretty good day overall.

PM- warmed up for 10 minutes and then ran 2 400's at 65 and then run 8 miles to build up our lactic threshold. It was a pretty good run.

AM- ran 5 with Jason and Robbie around campus.

PM- ran 7 with Jason, Brenden, and Kevin to Lakeside and did some barefoot.

PM- ran 15 minutes to warmup for our workout and then did some striders. The workout was 3x10 minute tempo with 2 minutes active recovery. I was feeling pretty good so I decided to stick in the front pack and push myself. We ran about 1.88 and 1.92 on our first 2 repeats and I felt pretty good still. On the last repeat I stayed in the top 4 with Jaydn, Chris Dorton and Chris Brower until 2 minutes left and I began surging and Chris went with me. We were going really fast and finished the repeat in 1.96 miles. 2 mile cool down afterwards.

PM- warmed up around campus for my max heart rate test. I went to the fitness room with Coach Evans and began the test. I would start out at 6:00 pace and increase the incline by 1 every 2 minutes. I got to 7 before I had to stop and my max was 184. I did another mile at the track afterwards and then ran 6 with Seth to lakeside and did a grass run.

PM- ran 15 minutes for our warmup and did some idiot drills before our workout. We were doing 5 x Mile Repeats and then 4 x 400 and we were supposed to get progressively faster on each repeat.

Our splits were-

5:12

5:09

5:06

5:03

4:54

And for the 400s

1:14

1:12

1:08

1:02

I did 2 miles after ward with Cliff.

PM- recovery run with Brenden.

PM- drove to vintage and did the warmup. I felt like crap and was throwing up this morning so I was exhausted after the warm up. We did 2 miles and idiot drills and striders before we started. We did 3 x 1600m, 2x1000, and 4x400.

I ran the first two miles and then just died. I dropped back for the 1000s and skipped the first 400m. My splits were...

5:04

5:02

5:12

3:08

3:20

1:11

1:09

1:04

I did 2 miles for the cool down.