Train insane or remain the same

Ran to the canal, ran on it for about a mile with Asa, Josh, and Thom and turned back. Average was about a 7:10. Had little kid track practice today, Asa and I did shotput.  

Sunscreened up then did a 4 mile warm up before our workout of 2x200,800,400,200,200,200. It was a fun workout. 90 seconds and 4 minutes rest. Got some active rest mileage in. It was really hot today. It didn't negatively affect me as much as some of the other guys it seemed so that was good. 

Average for the 200's was 29.9 which is 1:59.6 pace and my pr is 1:59.8 so very accurate pacing. 

Average for the 400's was 65.0 #420blaze.

Average for the 800's was 2:14.9 right around 9 minute pace which is good. 

It was one of those days where you hit everything right on and feel great and life is good. Cooldown to  9.5 for the day. 

AM: 4 on redwood 

PM: Little bit on the rail trail and then back. Lost track of time and was late to little kid track practice smh. Didn't do that much running so that was nice. 

6 miles into AF and back 7:29ap. 

AM: 3 on redwood and parkway 

PM: Was at BYU for a long time and got to see the two mile, that's pretty much it thanks to the lightning delays. Then went over to Lehi and did pre meet stuff. 2x200's. Got to 6 for the day. Went on a really fun date with Amelia, Asa, and Kenzie. 

1600 at the BYU invite today. Got there and hung for a while. Got my bib and spikes ready which took longer than expected with some difficulty getting the spikes out but it was all good. Warmed up 1.75. Went to the bull pen. 2 strides by the line. Went off and was at the back but I didn't necessarily care because it was stacked. Came thru at 65 I think, then 2:11 which isn't horrible. I can't really remember a ton of the race. I mostly just went with the pack. Came thru 1200 and remember thinking I needed a 64 to qualify so somewhere around a 3:19. Need to be better the third lap. Had a good last lap and finished in 4:22.25 exactly a second faster than I ran last year. Which is somewhat disheartening because I really would have wanted to cut off more then just 1.0 second in a whole year of training but then I thought that at least I qualified and no matter what happens I get to run not one but two events at state in the hardest classification which is a great accomplishment that not a lot of people get and I am not injured so I am very blessed and the year isn't over so I still have a chance to run faster.

Ran 1.25 barefoot miles with Asa while they were doing some of the golden hour events we didn't care as much about. Watched the rest of the meet which was sick with all the amazing performances. Drove back to Lehi and did 7.5 to finish up for the day. 

Easy 8 miles. First little kids track meet. 

Couple miles then some speed changes and 1 start. Team dinner was sick, had some roasting but I think everyone will get over it. 

Ran towards the canyon twice, once with Asa and once with Parker. Shout out to Asa and Mike for killing it in the two mile. Running the 800 tomorrow 

Raced the 800 at Region 4 championships. Goal was qualify for state, don't care which way you do it just get there. 2 mile warm up. Legs felt aight. Race went out quick with 28ish and 58 and I was in about 5th of 6th. On the back straight I made a strong move into 3rd of 4th. With 200 to go Zack, Adam, and Josh were a few meters ahead of me and I knew that Matthew from Riverton was close behind. I swung into lane 3 on the last hundred and it was crazy. All four of us were side by side at one point. Zack had a crazy good hundred cuz Adam cut in early and so he had to slow and then swing around him and he still had the fastest last hundred. I was grinding but tried to keep it as efficient as possible and pulled ahead of Adam and Josh and ended up getting second. It was one of the funniest races I've been in. My time was a 1:57.85 so I came away with top 4 and the qualifying time. Really happy about it. I achieved my goal of qualifying for state so now I can run all three events at state and it's gonna be awesome and I'm sad I'm a senior and life goes by too fast. 

Cool down 2 miles, watched some races, then another 2.5 

Ran into AF and over by Lion Park. Got a horrible bloody nose but other than that it was great. 

2 mile warm up. 3x400,100m jog,200kick. Hit 67,63,62 and then like 29s on the 2's. 2 mile cool down. 

7.75 miles with Thom towards AF high. Had little kid track and got a lot of running in from six games of sharks and minnows. JV region is tomorrow and I'm so hyped. Everybody come it's gonna be sick. 

Some 200's. JV region was cool. 

4 miles to Strrts and back 

Pre meet 

State. Seems like just yesterday it was junior year state track. Last 1600 for a while. Warmed up 1.8. Race got underway and I got out good. Good position first lap. Then second lap I just didn't increase the pace so I slowed down a lot and ran a really average second lap. Went out the back door a lot. Third lap was better. Happy with the last lap. Good kick, moved up a few spots. Time was 4:21.03 just barely missed out on the 4:20's. Was ranked 14th, got 13th. Fun fact of the day: I ran the same time as Jaiden Melendrez, shout out to him for winning state. This year I didn't have a 1600 race come all the way together but it's whatevs and I just gotta go kill my other races. I know I'm more than two seconds better than last year. 

I'm really excited for the 32 tomorrow it's gonna be awesome. Got my toe kicked and it hurt pretty bad so we'll see how it feels in the morning. 4 mile cool down with BJ on the sick trail from byu camp. Chilled, hung with PV, watched some races. 

The 3200 meter was a crazy experience. It was raining like last year. Went out and stood under the tarp before the start. I'm happy with the race. I never faded. I moved up as the race went on but I could have moved up more or start out faster and stayed with the guys farther up. My laps were very consistent. 9th place aint bad tho. Time was slow cuz the conditions, wish it had been faster. 

Cool down. Went home and came back for the 800. Just had fun with it. No stress. Got our good so I got to run in lane one most of the way. I think I was in fourth for a while and then I got passed on the turn. Came thru in fifth and 2:01 which is pretty good for me already racing 3 miles. Weird my last race was an 800 which I don't do often. 

Holy crap it's all over. High school running was the best thing ever. I never thought in a million years it would mean this much to me when I was done. I made countless memories that I will look back on. I was so blessed these last few years. From my parents number one. They have done so much for me in coming to every single one of my races, buying me every pair of shoes and wanting so badly for me to do my best and wanting the best for me. Never could have done it without them. My coaches. I had the opportunity to have two great coaches in my career when some only get one or zero. They were so dedicated to their athletes in figuring out the best training plans and stuff, I was able to really go for my full potential because of their awesome coaching. First two years of xc and track there wasn't much talent around including me but then these last two years our team was killer and I never would have gotten close to where I am without those guys. I'm gonna miss them and working hard till we were dead with those guys. Thank you to everybody else, all the friends from different schools. I have been lucky enough to make friends from schools all around and I love the friendship that runners have towards each other. Summer is gonna be sick. I have a couple 10k's planned out. We are doing another Connor Baller Classic, a 5k race on the track at night under the lights. Rn we're thinking June 10th. I'll keep you updated its gonna be sick, everyone who wants to come is invited. Baller out 

Easy distance run with Riley by the jr high and the spinny park. Just had some good tv watching with the bachelorette and nba playoffs. Hyped for the rootbeer mile tomorrow. Crazy stuff is going down. Senior week activites will also be sick. 

Lone Peak Root Beer Mile. Did 800 warm up. My splits were 1:18 on the first can, 1:15 running the first lap, 3:48 on the second can, 60.4 on the second running lap and after that I decided to drop out. Basketball after was sick. 

Night run from the high school to freedom and back. Avg pace little over 7. Slow start faster finish. 

5 with Asa from his house towards the HS by the rodeo grounds and then 4 on my own by north lake and to the light on pioneer. Avg pace 7:08. Slow start faster finish. 

Had Graduation this morning. So weird. Seems like just yesterday I was starting high school. Very happy with my time as a Pioneer #LOD took a nap and went running with Asa again. 8.5 miles to Amelia's house and back. Then we had grad night. It was so sick. I got beat by Emme in the resistance thing and got a bunch of rug burns but I won 40 bucks haha and hanging with the bro's was awesome. Ended the night with a lil dance and that was dope. Everyone was wrecked but I felt fine and its 4:53 Saturday morning and I'm still not tired. 

Went over to Willowcreek to run. Got out of my car and Jamie rode her bike by 10 seconds later lol keep killing it coach. Ran 3.5 out on the Jordan River trail. Coming back a storm hit. It gradually got more windy and started in a drizzle but got to some hard rain. Didn't want to stay in it long and had to get ready for a date so my last mile was 6:04. Avg pace 6:36

Slept in and then met Josh at the HS. We ran to the Temple but a way I've never done before. We went by Walmart, turned like we we're going to Chris Bailey's house and then turned right at the light and ran by the AF Cemetery. Tons of people were there and it was really cool. On the way back there was a guy walking around playing the bag pipes. Dropped down and ran passed AF up the hill to the temple and back. 9 at 7:07.

Got back and was stretching and chilling and then ol GMA (Brinn Jensen) and Papa Kev role up and are gonna do a workout. It was 2x200 all out (lol at sprint workouts) so we did it with them. I'm doing my first fast stuff since state tomorrow so it was good to get the legs moving. 

2.5 mile warm up. Original plan was 5x1k repeats at goal pace (3:00) Hit 2:58, 3:00, 3:00, 2:58. After I got the 4th one down back to what I hit the first one, I didn't want to do the last k, I think I could have hit it but I have had to reach pretty deep into the tank which I don't really need to do and this is the first stuff I've done since state. I didn't want to be completely done so I switched the last one to a 600 and hit 1:45. Cooldown to the rodeo grounds 9.75 for the day. 

At 5 we got a group and went and hiked squaw peak in rock canyon. It was 3.75 up and I power hiked it and it was a good workout but going back down hurt more. Awesome views, legs are really tired.