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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.