Train insane or remain the same

Started at the HS and got on the mct going to Smiths. Went to the Lehi city under pass and back. 7:11ap. 

Just had time for 6 today. Forgot my watch so I ran to the light by AF Jr. high which is just over 3 out.

Little kid track meet at Timp. Saw Joe Benson and told him to come to the CBC and he said he would come even tho he'll have only ran for three days before it. While we are on the subject, the Connor Baller Classic track 5k at Lehi has been switched to the 9th. And we now have two heats. The Open section will go off at 9pm and the Seeded section will go off at 9:30pm. Entry fee $5 anybody is invited. 

3.5 warm up to Airport and then 6x1 minute. Distances were .17-.17-.18-messed up the fourth one, .17-.18. Cool down to Janeen's house, I had a jolley rancher otter pop, and back to the high school. 10.75 on the day. 

I'm so pissed off (excuse my language) I recruited a bunch of guys to run the CBC and I told them all June 10th. Then Jamie says that the school took forever to get back to her and it's being used the 10th. We book the track June 9th then and it's a guarantee that we'll have it then. So I go on Instagram and tell 1000 people it's June 9th. Well apparently there was a mix up in the schedule and the 9th is booked so they need us to do it the 10th! It's just a race but it's so annoying having to dm every person back and tell them sorry hope the 9th still works and now I have to post again and tell everyone it's the 10th and it's so freaking frustrating. So now it's the 10th and we are doing two heats, Open at 9 and Seeded at 9:30. But who knows, the school will probably tell us one day before that it was a mix up and we need to switch the date again. 

Parked on Canterbury by the MCT. 5 out. Just a nice chill Saturday afternoon run. 6:58ap. 

Watched track for over five hours lol. Was switching back and forth from GSW and the MCDC and then the California State Meet. Shout out to Julie Sumsion for taking second in the mile with a 5:10, Joe got second in the 3200. Isaac Cortes blew my mind winning the 1600 and 800. He had a 56 last lap and got 4:04. Then less than two hours later he ran against a fresh Connor Dunne in the 800. He was at the very back and then flew by everybody in the final 200 and won with a 1;50! Cooper Teare won the 3200 in a crazy race. He had a really good last lap but then this Great Oak guy, Cole Spencer comes flying up out of no where, they pull even, then Cole goes ahead by a little, Cooper responds and they came thru exactly alike and you couldn't tell who won. Well Cooper won in 8:51 by a couple thousandths of a second. It was insane. Destiny Collins got second in the 1600 and 3200 so shout out to her. I learned that Michael Norman isn't human. He ran 45.78 pulling up at the end saving for his 200, won in 20.5x i think. Then was the anchor of the 4x4. He  got it in fourth and made up 40 meters at least, it was insane. He went to the lead with 100 to go and gapped them, and even won by a decent margin splitting 44.9! 

Up airport loop around to the Gazebo and back to the HS by the junior high for 9 at 6:42. Feeling stronger. Really excited for CBC and Ragnar and stuff coming up. 

Went to XC this morning. 1 mile. Then another 3.25 mostly talked with Hershal, Matt Jones couz, I just watched his bro Camden run at the Cali state meet. Workout on the track was 4x800 at race pace (2:25) and 2x200 finishes. Hit 2:25,2:23,2:25,2:23 and then the 2's with my spikes. Cool down .75 with a night run coming later. 

4 mile night run with Brady. Justus was at the HS before we left so we chilled and talked to him for a while, it was way sick. Went by the rodeo grounds and down main passed Vets Park. Avg pace 7:06. Got courtesy cones after (vanilla dipped in butterscotch)

8.5 miles. Got one the rail trail and went out 4. Went thru a road closed sign on the way out cuz no one was there but on the way back they were doing stuff so had to take the detour. Avg pace 6:56. Excited for the CBC coming up, bought all of the awards. Hopefully people show up and it's decently lit. Had the last little kid track practice :'( it was good while it lasted. Watched the first day of the NCAA championships and it was sick. Happy Birthday to the legend Preston Warby. 

AM/PM 4 on Redwood, ran on the new path. 7:02ap

PM: Went to Pizza Pie and carb loaded for tomorrow, I was so stuffed. Had a little time to digest and then went on a night run with Asa, Chicken Nuggett, and Landon. We did 3.5 on Main Street. Then an 800 for pre meet (2:27) and a mile cool down. 

AM: Went to XC practice and ran 4.5 with the girls. After a mile a bunch of them turned around and it was Amelia and Gan left. We went towards the fishy park. Started at 8:09 and worked down to 7:28. Nice run, feeling good. 

PM: CONNOR BALLER CLASSIC. After all the advertising and date changes it was finally here. At first the turnout out was very slim but then a decent amount of people showed up and it was really cool. We made 1 heat and went off just after 9:30. Josh Collins showed up and that helped out a lot. And yes this is the FL nats 11th place Josh Collins. Then Zerickson and Efisherf were there as well. I led the race til 500. First lap was 74. Then Josh took over. He slowly gapped me by 15 meters maybe over a few laps. Next splits were 72,71,73 so a 4:51 or so when you add the decimals.

Then second mile I just kinda stayed a little ways behind him but towards the end of the second mile I was actually closing just a tad. We started to hit a lil fituge 75,76,75,77 or a 5:05 when you add the decimals. Two mile split they announced was 9:56 I think. Third mile was hard. Definitely a long grueling race. 77,78,78. Those 78 are pretty unofficial because I forgot to lap it once so I got a 2:36 for an 800 but I hit it a few steps after the right spot.

Even tho I was running hecka slow now, Josh was getting pretty fatigued from leading and maybe being in shape but not amazing shape so with 3 laps to go I got right up on him and even passed him with 800 to go. Then 72. With 500 to go he passed me and said sorry lol. Back stretch 300 to go I knew I could go faster and I didn't necessarily care about the win I wanted a faster time. So I pulled almost ahead to show him I had more and to get him to go faster. He stayed a few steps ahead and on the last 100 gapped me a bit. 29ish last 200. Josh got 15:30.6 I got 15:31 and change. Watch had it as 3.25 but it always does that. 

Wanted the time to be faster but I think I went out too fast. I would like to try the 5k on the track again before I leave and run faster than I did at NXR so 15:19 or faster which I know 100% I could do. I will be increasing my mileage so I will just taper and try to hit more 73s consistently. I have now got 2nd place in each CBC but there has been great talent so I am blessed. I ran 11 seconds faster than my previous best and Josh ran 11 seconds faster than Christian did for the new meet record so shout out to him. Shout out to Zack and Ethan and Brandon and Brayden and Adam and all the Herriman guys who came even tho they did an uphill 5k time trial this morning lol and to Alyssa Snyder and Julie Sumsion for coming. It wouldn't have been anything if people didn't show up. Thank you to everyone that came out and cheered too you definitely helped. Did a .25 mile cool down lol. Gonna try to hit that long run but I haven't got any sleep and won't have much time with the little kid track meet and my sisters wedding. 

9 on the MCT after work 6:57ap. Shout out to my sister cuz she gets married today <3 

Drove down to St Geezy. Staying in Reeves' condo which is super nice. Gonna try and fit some running in. We are planning on doing some sick hikes. 

Set out about 11. Weather was bright and sunny with a slight breeze which was nice. I had my window open during the night and I remember it starting to pour so I closed it, Preston said there was some really loud thunder. I tried to find some trails and almost immediately found this path but it was less than a half mile long. But I kept going on it jus the opposite way and it started to remind me of the mct how it had a bunch of underpasses. After a little while it opened up into the desert and a really nice trail. The red sand was soft and the trail was nice and wide and not a lot of rocks. It was mostly uphill for the time that I ran out. Turned around at a little summit and my watch was at 3.25.

Coming back I saw a guy running and asked him what the trail was called so I could put where I ran on the blog. He said we were on grapevine and it went out 3 more miles or something and then you could get on prospector which went 15 miles longer. And he said that he was heading to run on the Dino cliffs and those looked way sick. Came back and I couldn't find where I had hopped on the trail. There were some different turns offs but none of them were where I got on. But the way I found it was weird. So I just took the one that looked like the main way and ran down. Got onto a road and shortly away was I-15 and I could find my way to the condo from there thankfully. Finished with 6.5. We were gonna go somewhere after I got back and they wanted to leave in an hour so I was coming back fast trying not to hold them up so my last full mile was 6:16 and then 5:35 pace for the last .67 but I said .5 cuz I walked a little while I was trying to find which way it was. When I got back it was 84 degrees, not 105 so #blessed 

Went to PVXC practice. It was 40 minutes I believe. Half on the roads and half on the softball fields. Then 8 striders to finish off. It was just a nice chill day. After we had kids club so I hung around and played games. 

Hiked Angels Landing and it was super sick. Really glad I didn't die. Reeves and I ran up Willies wiggles or whatever they are called. My legs are so tired. Jumped in the river at the bottom which was amazing. Went and played basketball with Hell Raiser. It was fun, some of the guys were tools. 

Sorry to the PV guys for having to deal with me two days in a row. Ran over to the elementary to get more miles in. It was 2.6 7:15ap. Then my watch was pretty much dead. For practice we ran on lower grapevine. I'm jealous they get to run on these sick trails. It was flat for a while but then had a long gradual climb. 7.3ish miles. Got back and hung for a little bit. Said my goodbyes. I may or may not have shed a tear. Ran back to the condo to get to 12.5 for the day. Leaving St George today :'( this has been an awesome trip. 

7 to Willow park 6:57ap. Really excited for Ragnar tomorrow. 

Got up to Ethan's house. Chilled. Decorated the car. Went over to usu. 1 mile warm up with Adam Wood. At the start they hyped us up a ton and so everyone had a bunch of adrenaline. It wasn't a great combo cuz it was uphill for the first two miles so pretty much everyone went out hard and then died a lil. I was pretty tired but I think I held on pretty well.

It was uphill on road then to trail and then steep downhill on the trail and flattened out on the road. I was in 5th place just a little behind the Collin Dinning Project. Then at the end of the downhill I passed him and ended up gapping him by about 20-30 seconds maybe. My average pace ended up 6:02. I wanted it to be sub 6 but I was slow in the middle from the uphill. Splits were 6:07,6:53,5:49,5:34,5:52,6:06,5:30 pace for the last half mile. Passed off in 4th place. It was Reebok, BYU, Jaybird but after leg 6 it was Jaybird BYU Reebok. 1 mile cooldown. We are chilling at Addys house. My next leg is 8.6 or something like that. It's gonna go down around 11pm. So hyped. 

So I started my leg at 11:11🌟💫. Sorry to Cam cuz he had to wait for me to show up so we lost a mile. I started at Snowbasin resort and climbed on a trail for one mile. It was 7:22. Then it was downhill for 7.6. My splits were 5:35,5:20,5:32,5:36,5:21,5:26,5:26,5:25 pace for the .6. It was so lonely. We started catching up to teams that started at 11:30. I got two kills. And saw the occasional car. Temps were so nice. Passed of the Ethan. After our legs we went to NS and I got 2 and a half hours of sleep. 

Woke up and was running a couple minutes later which was really fun. Started about 5am. It was pretty chilly but I just ran in a shirt. No warm up. First mile was a 6:24,5:58,5:47,and 5:40 pace for the last .86. It was supposed to be 4 but I got it a little short. 5:59ap. I was counting my kills. I got about 10 every mile, and then the last mile was twice as packed and I finished with 51 kills. And just like that my legs were over. Finished our legs. We were catching up to the Lehi team so saw them, the other HJP Van. Went to Soldier Hollow and chilled. We finished 5th overall, the first team not with college kids and adults. BYU lost an hour with wrong turns and still beat us. We broke 21 and got 20:58.31. Good stuff from all the guys. It was a really fun time and I definitely want to do a Ragnar again, and an Ultra sometime. But my legs are wrecked so not for a while. Hung around after and got some hats, a massage, pizza, it was a real good time. 

Ran 3 miles with Zack towards the creek and then a barefoot mile. Ice bath after but my legs are still wrecked. 

Got out later than usual cuz I was watching First Take and Sportscenter still freaking out over how the Cavs came back from 3-1. Never doubt my boy King James #goat 

Started at the high school and ran up airport to freedom and over to the Timp Highway and back. Shout out to the little girls at the lemonade stand for trusting me when I said I would come back with money to pay for my lemonade. It was 98 and I was a little hot. I caught them just as they were packing up. Started out nice and slow but loosened up nicely and had some 6:45's the last half. Finished of with 2x200 in 31 and 29. 

AM: Hiked Squaw Peak in Rock Canyon with Amelia. Counting it as 3 miles.  

PM: Did a quick night run with Asa, Zack, and Brady before basketball. Threw down a couple rim grabs, blocked Brinn and Brady, usual stuff. Played with some old guys, they were ballers tho so shout out to them and to Luke Johnston for showing up. Counting basketball for 2 miles. 

Was gonna do some 4's and 2's with Asa but he slept in so I went and did the "hill" workout with the boys in the cemetery. It was 100,200,300,400,300,200,100. Went and did a mile on the groval then cooled some more with dalpal. 7 for the day. 

Then biked 20 on the mct with the twins and salt boy. Collin went farther tho. It was a good time. Michael is currently rolling me out and doing a grand job. 

Went over to Willowcreek to run and realized I had forgot my watch. Ran on the Jordan River trail and turned back where I have before so I checked my blog and it was 7 which is what I would have guessed it was. Avg pace felt like 7:05. Nice chill run. Shout out to me for getting over 110 favs on Twitter. 

Shout out to Weber State's Joel Bolomboy for getting drafted by the Utah Jazz! They also drafted Marcus Paige from UNC! Jazz games are gonna be so hyped. 

Drove over to Art Dye park and picked up my packet for the AF canyon 10k tomorrow. Got myself a free snow cone (tigers blood) and then went and ran the first part and last part of the course. 4 total. It's gradual uphill for the first mile mile and a half then flat til the last half mile where you have downhill into the park. Time goal is as close to 34 as possible. Place goal is top 3, we'll see how many top guys choose the half and how many choose the 10k. 

AF Canyon 10k this morning but it turned into a progression tempo. Did a 3.25 mile warm up. Was feeling good. Got in two semi strides. Race started and I quickly realized there wasn't that much competition. Gabe Prettypaint came up on my side and we talked for a little bit. He lead the first mile and I decided to just sit in the pack. It felt like a distance run and was 6:17 on my watch. Where their mile mark was posted was .92 on my watch and it got gradually farther from the mile. Took the lead after the mile. My dad and Bennett were on their run and came over to the course and gave me a high five. 6:08,5:54,5:43,5:27. Started working harder. With a mile to go we connected with the 5k runners so I had to weave a tiny bit but it gave me someone to run by and try to get kills. Last mile was a 5:08. Had a lot left in the tank when I came in. I was rocking the Lehi jersey #lod so people still know Lehi kills it.

Time was 34:54 for 6.08 on my watch. Second place was a 30 year old with a 36:03 and third place was a kid who moved here from Cali last year and ran for Westlake for one year before graduating and he got 37:20. 1st place won an over night hotel stay/movie tickets and second and third got $100 gift cards to Altra. I'm giving the hotel stay to my parents and they are gonna buy me a pair of shoes. Talked to Sean Hagert who ran the half. He is a stud. He beat his time from last year by over two minutes and they made the course harder. He got third and 1:14:54, his first 10k wasn't that much slower than mine but it was very downhill. Matt Paulsen got second in 1:11. Emily Barrett (Chicken Nuggets sis) got second in the half off not much training after resting from her win in the Ogden Marathon. Did a 3.5 mile cool down with her afterward. 

PM: Did a night run with Spencer and Zack. We ran by the rodeo grounds and used stopped at Asa's house and talked with his mom. Found a tennis ball and we were throwing it around for the remainder of the run and it was sick. Came back, added on a little then went on main. Then did a mile and a half barefoot on the turf for 5.5 for the run and 18.25 for the day 

Set out early at 7:45 (lol early for me) for a long run on the MCT. The first three miles to Highland Glen park I didn't feel good and I thought I was in for a not so good run but after some water and stretching I felt really good. I stopped at most of the drinking fountains. Hit the big red barn at 7 out. When I turned around at 8 it was at Grovestreet or something like that. Not sure if that's the one the HS is on. With one more mile my avg was 6:45 and I thought it would be cool to have it below that. I was pretty tired so I thought I was gonna have to put a lot of effort into it to get it below that so I pushed hard and it turned out to be a 6:19. 

Splits were 7:32,7:05,7:05,6:38,6:34,6:31,6:39,6:42,6:43,6:31,6:34,6:35,6:45,6:31,6:36,6:19

Driving over to the spring I saw a person that looked like Tyler and he was riding a moped???

Ran from the high school to Eaglecrest which was right at three, got a drink, went out one more mile and then back. Finished with two miles barefoot on the soccer field and turf. 6:54ap  

Warm up over to airport hill and then 3(3x90seconds) except on the last set I did two because of time constraints. Recovery down after each. Lap recovery in between sets. Distances were .27(1:45 accidentally).24,.24-.24,.23,.24-.24,.25. Felt good and strong. Saw team photographer mom Heather who is the real MVP. 3 mile cooldown to get to 9 for the day. Went boating for the rest of the day and had a very enjoyable time. 

Tired so the first mile was slow but then I felt a lot better and it was a quicker run. 2.75 to Willowcreek and back. Then two barefoot miles on the turf with some hurdle work. 6:49ap.