#WolverineWay

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.