One Mile at a Time

AM- 2.8 miles without coach so a little faster than usual. Had some good bets going for Simko but he blew his chance to get $17. If any of you want an opportunity to earn quick money hit me, Jared, Ali and Matt up and we can make some deals. We had a girl on the morning run today, I think she said her name was Brian.

PM- I had to run early because of physical therapy and Matt M. had to go to the doctors so we ran four miles then did 200s right after school instead of waiting until 2:30. I went staight from school to physical therapy so I showered twice at school today which if you haven't done I highly recommend it. Physical therapy went well. Went to Pizza Pie Cafe to carbo load with Jared, Mia, Matt and Nicole. Excited for pre region tomorrow.

AM- Ran to Lindon Park for our morning run. We only had 6 guys today because some don't like running the day before or the day of a race. I don't think anything funny happened.

PM- Left at 5:00 to go to Westlake. Chilled for just a little and then put in a mile warm up. Drained my legs after that and did some other pre race stuff. Lined up and did four strides. The course was a little different than in the past but the Westlake coach explained it at the line. I started out fast and hit the mile at I think 5:09 with Jared and Riley. At the two mile mark Riley had gapped me and Jared and I think I was about 19th. Not sure of my second and third mile splits, I'll get those later as well as place. Finished with a 16:02 PR so I guess I have to change my goal to something faster. Shoutout to Jared for pushing me the whole race and outkicking me. Also shoutout to Ellie Bybee who caught my sunglasses when I threw them at her 2.3 miles in. It was a great race and I had fun talking to all the runners there. Mile cooldown after.

AM- 2.55 miles. We did the longer version of Apple Grove. Eric came for the first time so that was cool.

PM- 6 miles. We did a mile warmup and then we did buddy 800s. My buddy was Jared. I was not as fast as I would have liked to have been. My legs were feeling a little tired. The football team was practicing on the rec field so we ran by them a bunch and every time I past a bunch of them would say something like you're a beast, run faster, or you're anorexic. So motivational!! Mile cooldown barefoot after. We got 6th at pre region which was dissapointing. I'm really going to have to train hard to try and get to state. Even though I had a big PR it's not good enough so I've got to have better workouts than today.

AM- Had a little bit of rain so that was refreshing. We were lacking in numbers today and only had 6 guys. 

PM- Coach told us to run to Discovery but we decided today to rename that run AF stop light because that's usally where we go to. We started off with a pack of like 12 but then at Discovery Reed kept going up by my house to go to the temple with Harambe, Texas, Simko and Wade. Jared, Riley, Brian, Ali, Matt and Eric and maybe someone else I can't really remember went on the path around the park then up to Manila and then to the stop light. 8 miles total at a 6:4something which was a little faster then I wanted to go but whatever. Barefoot strides after. I'm excited to race at BYU and also to see you all, some more than others.

AM- 3 miles to Lindon Park and back. Bets today- Tyler Barry for $7 Reed for $10.

PM- Lindon Park again with Ali. We were all going to run with the girls but they wanted to got to Macey's and Ali and I didn't want to go back up 200 South to the high school so we just ran alone nice and slow. Hit up Pizza Pie Cafe with Jared, Reed and Matt to carbo load then Jared and I appeared at the football game for 3.7 seconds then jammed at Riley's and did some free styling. It was some high quality stuff.

Met at the high school at 6:45. Good ride to the meet. Watched races for a little then chilled under our canopy thing with the other varsity guys. Warmed up around 10:30 with a mile and then we drained our legs and stuff. The boxes at the start were nice and big and I got the front with Riley and Jared. I wanted to start this race a little slower than usual because my second mile is always a struggle. I ran a 5:15 first mile though and then died for the second and ran a 5:50. I hadn't really planned on being in the top 30 because I thought it would be very tough but throughout the race I kept hearing places and it was usually around 30 so then I decided to try for it. I finished with a 16:39 and got 27th so that was cool. Shout out to Jared and Riley who were 24th and 23rd. It was a really fun meet and I enjoyed seeing everybody!