Go Hard on the Last Two

3 miles in the morning.

.5 mile warmup and calisthenics, with 7 miles through rainbow road and the Super Bowl.

3 miles this morning.

6 miles total. .5 mile warmup and calisthenics, 2 mile warmup, strides, then 3 sets of an 800m, 400m, and a 250m. 2:23, 2:20, 2:23 were my 800m's and 1:01, 1:03, 1:04 were my 400m. And the 250m's were all out. Cool down for mileage.

3 miles easy in the morning.

Little warmup and then 5 miles easy.

3 miles in the morning. Just two of us this morning.

4 miles around the BYU campus. With 4x200m finishes.

When we got to the track, we started with a 2 mile warmup. And then we started to do some calisthenics and strides. When we got onto the track we watched the race before us go and then did some more strides. When the race before us ended we got into our assigned alleys and I was in alley 2, next to Josh. When the gun went off, I went out hard and saw Jaiden in front of me so I ran right behind him and stayed with him. The first lap was a 1:08. Stayed right in that same pack for the second lap, 1:09. And just fell back just a little in the third lap, 1:10. And for the fourth lap I was just behind the pack I started with and crossed the 1st mile at 4:38. Felt really good during the next couple laps and stayed real close to the guy in front of me. I tried to catch the next couple of guys, but surged to early. Because I had ran out of closing speed for the last little bit, but I finished in 17th place. At a time of 9:35. Finished with a two mile cool down with Jaraa and Jaree from Orem and a sophomore from Timpview.

5 miles by myself, around the neighborhood. I had to come home early from the meet to make my date for Senior Ball.

3 miles in the morning.

Started with a .5 mile warmup and calisthenics. 2 mile warmup, strides, and 4x400m with cut down finishes 300m, 200m, 150m. 400m times were 1:05, 1:03, 1:03, 1:06. Cool down for mileage.

3 miles in the morning. Just two of us this morning.

4 miles with 4x200m finishes. Team night after.

Started today with a two mile warmup with the bros. then got back and did some calisthenics and strides right before the race. When we got to the line I was seeded first because of the Desert Hills invite win earlier this year. But, the gun goes off and Jaiden takes off and I stay right in him. Felt way good and crossed 400m at 62. Continued to go with him but we kind of slowed down and crossed the 800 at 2:09 (1:07). And then the third lap I fell off of Jaiden just a little bit and Eric passed me and I crossed at 3:19 (1:10). And the last lap I finished by being passed by Josh and passing Eric. Finished in 3rd with a time of 4:26 (1:07).  Felt good with that PR. Then one mile cooldown inbetween this and the medley. Ran the medley 800 and ran about a 2:02 or 2:03. Then finished with a one mile cooldown.

Started out with a two mile warmup, then got back to the track and did some strides and some calisthenics. When I got to the line I felt really good. Started out with a 1:08 first lap, and hen the rest of the laps were just garbage. I led for the first 6 and a half laps and lost it and just couldn't finish. All I can really say is I gained a lot of respect for those guys who lead the whole race. I finished the day with Aa 3 mile cool down.

5 miles easy to Sun River.

2 mile warmup and some calisthenics. Then did some strides and the workout. The workout was 10x400m I hit 64, 63, 62, 64, 64, 64, 63, 64, 64, and 64. Felt amazing, all I know is that state is going to be better than region. Finished it up with some 3x150m finishes. And about a mile cool down. 

3 miles in the morning.

Started with a 2 lap warmup and calisthenics. And did the football kick challenge. Where coach kicks field goals and however many he makes we have to run that many miles. He made 4, so we ran 4 miles. Did strides and yoga afterwards.

3 miles in the morning. Just two of us until coach decided to join us.

Two lap warmup and calisthenics. Then two mile warmup, 4x300m finishes with 100m cool down. It was the last workout for the seniors and so I pushed it like I was finishing on all of them, and on the last one they all went hard and I ran just behind them. It was a good send off. Super pumped for state though. And because of lightning we did a cool down inside.

3 miles in the morning to Hidden Valley. Last morning run of the season.

4 miles in the afternoon to the spectrum. Spencer came with us.

4 miles around the BYU campus, this was one of the last runs with the seniors and was it a memorable one. Finished with 4x200m finishes.

Today I woke up feeling really tired, but just tried to focus on what I needed to do. My goal coming into this was to place top 5. We warmed up kind of where we ran yesterday and it was good. We joked around most of the warm up which was good it kind of was a stress reliever. But, when we got back we did some calisthenics and strides. And then we went into the bullpen and put our stickers on. We got up to the starting line and watched the 2A runners finish. While they finished, we did some strides. And when I got to the line I was lined up 4th behind Nick, Jaiden and Josh. When the gun went off I thought I got out well, but I was actually boxed in behind Josh and Skylar Abel. I tried not to look at the clock and just run a hard race for place. I finally got around Josh and Skylar and ran hard to stick with the top pack. And then Josh came up from behind me and cut me off. So, that was cool. But, I just went around him again and pushed it hard. The last lap I was in 5th and I knew that I couldn't get passed. So, I ran as hard as I could. I finished in 5th with a time of 4:29. Finished with a bit of a cool down and some stretches. Today I was too worried about running a specific race. Tomorrow I just need to have fun with it and just run and enjoy the adrenaline of being at state.

Today I felt way good. I got to the track and I was just pumped to be there I was ready to just run hard and show everyone that the region race wasn't really how I run. At the track it was raining pretty good and it didn't look like it was stopping so at that point I accepted that it would rain through my race. We did a warmup In a different spot than yesterday. And when we got back we got our stuff and headed to the bullpen area to do some calisthenics and strides but we ran out of time so we hurried and went in and got our stickers and put our spikes on. And got to the starting line where there was a a heater. As we stayed under the tent the 4A guys finished and after all of them finished we continued waiting and I finally figured out that one of the Olympus guys had collapsed during the race or something and need to be taken to the hospital and we needed to wait for that before we could start our race and so we did some strides and calisthenics while we waited for the ambulance to arrive. After all of that was taken care of we got to the line and I was lined up 3rd behind Jaiden and McKade. Just before the gun went off I kind of stumbled, and when it did go off I almost tripped and was behind most of the people in my ally. But, before the race Coach Mark said that if I could stay right in McKade's heels I would stay in the race. So, that's what I did. I stayed right in him and we came through the first lap at 1:04 and that was all I could really keep track of, but I do know that we stayed on a good 1:10ish pace for the next few laps and I stayed right with those guys. But, with about 1200m left Eric Lambert came up on the side of the pack and this wasn't the first time this had happened and so I did what I did before and passed him on the straight 100m and he stayed right with us. With 450m to go Eric started to take it. But, I knew that I didn't want him to beat me so I started to go and so did Jaiden and McKade. I went hard with them and passed Eric by the time we had 400m to go. I went hard with every single thing I had left. Jaiden when hard and McKade stayed with him. My kick wasn't enough to stay real close to them, but I came into this race wanting nothing less than 3rd and so I gave it everything I had to finish 3rd. And that's what I did. I finished 3rd with a time of 9:40. It was awesome to stand on the Podium with three of my other teammates next to me. After we finished standing on the podium we met up with coach and had just an awesome time. Shout out to my brothers for an amazing season, one that I'll never forget. Specifically shout out to Sage for continuing on with SUU. But, it's honestly been an honor to run with all of the seniors. But as my good friend Sage would say "Good Stuff from Everyone!"

Today I went to the Prefontaine Classics at Hayward Field. It was awesome! Everyone there was so fast and it's definitely a goal to be there one day. But, me and my dad were there watching the races and we saw Coach Holt and Rylee there so that was cool. The coolest thing was the Bowerman Mile. It was cool because Cam Levins, Brenard Lagat, Evan Jager, and Drew Hunter were in that race and they were all going so fast. I felt kinda bad because Drew was in the back he whole time, but then he broke the 4 minutes in the mile so I didn't feel too bad. After the meet was over me and my dad got a few pictures and walked around waiting for our ride and we saw Evan Jager and Drew Hunter cooling down and my dad said to me "Hey, go ask them if you can run one lap of their cool down with them." And I was like "No way, they probably don't want to be bothered anyway." And then he said "Ok, then I'll ask them." And he yelled to them as they passed "Hey do you mind if my son runs a cool down lap with you guys?" And they were like "Yeah! That's totally cool." So I did a cool down lap with Drew Hunter and Evan Jager! And they asked me my name and where I was from. And I told them and asked them a couple of questions and found out that Evan Jager's mile PR as a Sophomore in high school was a 4:24 which is real close to where I'm at. So it's reassuring that with the right mindset and hard work that you can make it.

Also later that day I was able to run Pre's Trail. And it was awesome! The trail was so soft and the area around the trail was so beautiful. And it was so peaceful everywhere and it was just an amazing run all-around.

Today I was in Depoe Bay, Oregon. I was feeling ready for a good trail run so that's what I did. I ran through the bay and close to the beach, but then found a trail called The Oregon Coast Trail. And it was really cool the trail was a nice single track trail. It was through this little forest area and the turn around point was at a beach and it's only entrance was a trail, so no one was there. I spent a little bit of time there and then turned around and went back to the hotel.