Train insane or remain the same

Hey guys its good to be back! Lets make this last season a good one aight! 4 miles with Nathan Cook, Parker Hunt, Cameron, and Mason, some of the younger fellas. Had some aches and pain the first mile, came in with a 8:05 lol #blazing hopefully thats the only mile this season thats above 8 (not that 8 minute miles are bad) but stretched a lil and felt better. Finished up the 4 by trafalga, the twins, over the overpass. Weather was an 11 out of 10. 36 has never felt so good. Running is just awesome. 

AM: 5 at 7:35avg pace to spyglass. It was the same temperature as it was yesterday after school so it felt amazing. It was slick and had to be cautious at times. 

Went a mile over today because D'brickasean was in town!!! and we had a big group and stuff. Went up killers and turned left by the fire station. Felt good. The weather was super nice so I ran in shorts and no shirt. My hands got really cold but other than that it was just peachy. Saw all the Westlake gents embarking on their run on my way home. 

AM: 4 on redwood 7:29 avg pace. Slick but warm. 

Came home for 4th and took a three hour nap. Then went and ran 4 on redwood 6:54ap

7 at 6:55ap. Ran on redwood. Went passed Spyglass on Parkway Blvd which I had never ran on. Just ran and saw where it went. Not many cars so it was nice. Ended up by the church I pass earlier in the route. Turned around at 3.5. On the way back hoped on one of the paths leading to the dirt path right by the lake. Ran on that back to the neighborhoods. Ran on it a couple times when the weather was warmer. It cut some off and finished with 7. 

3.75 out to the AF Cemetery by the fishy park. 6:57 ap. Just your nice avg distance run. Gonna get hecka turnt at Asa's tonight watching the national championship game. I got back 30-28 

7 miles with some strides. Forgot my watch today 

AM: 4 on redwood, 7:05ap.

PM: 4.25 7:03ap loop around airport and junior high. Repped my Pine View basketball shirt #seeyouinthecircle 

8 at 6:38ap. Went down main and did a loop by my old house. Fun to run by there again and think of the memories of my long runs and stuff during junior high. Saw Kirby Gray who was my young men's leader for like 6 years in my last ward and is the awesomest dude ever. He is responsible for most of my good qualities. Turned at North Lake park and finish on main. 

Ran on the rail trail and on the way back went up the secret stairs for the first time in a long while. 6:53 avg pace. 

Went Sledding with Garison, Reeves, Sid, and Big D IV at Tibble Fork and it was super fun. Shout out to them for inviting me. The snow was a few feet deep and the hill was steep so we got some good cardio climbing up it 20 times. Got home and tried to get on my run asap so I could get the most done before it got dark. Felt gross at the start from the Wendy's I had earlier in the day, but it got better as it went on. 7.25 at7:27ap. Shout out to the Patriots for getting it done today against the Cheifs. 

Ran up the hill by Sami's and then airport. Had some slower miles to start but then felt better when I was running by Freedom. Back by the Jr High. 6:57ap 

2 mile warm up. Switched shoes. 2 miles of speed changes. Then finish up to lil over 10 by Abby Padillas house. Good stuff 

AM: 5 at 7:21 ap. Took the earlier turn so I didnt have to run passed the dog that always scares the crap out of me when i got farther than the usual 4. With that route, 2.5 out was exactly at the stop sign. Last three miles were all 7:17. 

PM: 5 at 6:50 ap. 4 with Kobe and then finished up on the track. Kobe is doing the 4 and 8 this year so he's going faster on his distance runs, so it was fun having him there to go fast with. 

2 mile warm up loop with the guys and then up airport and back then by stewarts house and back. 7:05 ap. 

AM: 4 miles on redwood 7:05 avg pace. 

PM: 2ish mile warm up and then 4x800 at 5k pace (2:30) hit 2:28, 28, 27, 23. Good first workout of the season. Was winded so we got some more stuff to do. 2 mile cooldown.

Shout out to Sami for treating me to some Cafe Rio and to my church ball team for winning our first game 72-50 #theycallmeballerforareason #ballislife  

10 mile distance run to the Timpanogos temple 7:02 ap. Wore my galaxy shorts and got some funny stares as usual.  

Distance run by the gazebo. Got to the church where you would turn right to go to mtn ridge junior high or something like that and went straight for the first time. Had to go to the bathroom really bad and then all of the sudden found Highland Elementary #blessed 6:44 avg pace. Got hecka swole after.   

Happy birthday shout out to lil nug.

AM: 5 on redwood at 6:55 avg pace. 

PM: 6 miles towards Freedom at 7:13. My left hip hurt after the morning run and I have some pick ups tomorrow so I took it really easy. 

Went on the MCT today for my run. 2 mile warm up and then 5,4,3,2,1 on with 3 minutes recovery in between each. Each one was flat except 5, it had 2 downs and an up, and 2 had a down and an up. Rest averaged out to be 7:30 pace. 

5:05on- .91miles (5:35 pace)

4:01- .75 (5:21)

3:01- .58 (5:12)

2:00- .38 (5:15)

1:00- .22 (4:32) Took a bathroom break after the 2 minutes on so I cheated and got more than 3 minutes rest. Cool down to 11.5        

Distance run to the church towards Pizza Pie, then back by Eaglecrest and dropped down to the rail trail and back to the high school. Got back pretty close to 11. 6:49 avg. 

3 mile warm up and then 2x 400,600,200 at 2 mile pace. 45 seconds rest in between the 4 and 6, 1 minute rest in between the 6 and 2. 5 min rest in between sets. Times were 70, 1:45, didn't get this 200. Then 68, 1:43, 31? Cool down to 8.5 then went and watch the meet at the oval and went to Cafe Rio after with LP unintentionally and had a party. 

Long run in the snow storm which was really fun. Ran to the temple, then part of the American Heritage fun run course, then to the light by LP to add on some mileage. Got a little more than planned so on the way back by Costco I cut off a lil. Ended at 13.75 and 6:53ap for a beautiful run. 

Because of all the snow I did my morning run on the stationary bike and counted that for 3 miles. Then after school did 4 out to Olympic park with another mile to get to 9. On the way there we picked up a dog that would not leave us no matter what. It was a German Shepard police dog that we named Rusty. We stopped at Ryan's house and while there saw that it wasn't a boy even though we kept saying here boy or whatever. It was a girl and on her collar, her name was Bazil, but we ended up calling her Baezil. Well Baezil ran with us all the way to Olympic park and back to her house, a total of about 3.5 miles. We weren't sure exactly where she came from, so we went on this path to a neighborhood and house she was showing some interest in and knocked on the door. Turns out it was her house. Glad everything turned out well. I was sad to see her go after we gained a nice bond. We'll have to swing by there every once in a while and give her some excercise. 7:05ap. 

Warmed up to a little before the MCT. Did some strides and was feeling good. 2.5 mile tempo. Once I started I could feel my hamstrings and how they were tired from the squats I did yesterday. Got 5:42, 5:44, and 5:32 pace for the .5. I wanted better but it's early and I'll do better on the next one. Went to Highland Glen and turned back. 12.5 for the day. Was cold and tired on the way back so it wasn't the best time. 

AM: 5 on Redwood to the stop sign. 7:03ap 

PM: 7 AF loop. Was gonna go 3.5 out but then got to the af cemetery and just looped it back by the spinny park and it was perfect. 6:33ap 

Loop from the rail trail to the matc and back on state street. Ran with Jake and the pace was 6:47. 

AM: 5 on Redwood. CC route. 

PM: 3 miles.1 mile speed changes. Cooldown to 7. Teddy T told me I had good squatting form. 

Went up to Midway with my Dad and Duke and ran on the Heber Creeper tracks for 4 miles. Didnt really like it so then went down and finished on the Provo River Trail. I really liked it and hopefully do some more runs on it. Was tight the first two miles from the car but then had a really nice run and finished with 6:29 avg.

Weighed Duke after and he was 88 pounds. 

Shout out to my homie Drew Hunter from Footlocker for breaking 4 in the mile. I knew he would do it. Asa though he was gonna get 4:02 smh. I guessed that he would run 3:58.43 and he ran 3:58.25.

Did the frozen pond loop with the guys which was 6.4 so I got to 8 and then did 2 barefoot on the turf 7:03ap. 

Shout out to Mrs. White for getting us Costa Vida catering and happy birthday shout out to Math Addict Mitch 

AM: 5 on Redwood 7:03ap 

PM: Airport to the dip to behind Smiths. Then back down on the mct, up the dip and back by the junior high. Basketball game tonight against LP was lit. 

4.5 mile warm up. Switched shoes. Strides. Then 6x400 with 2:30 rest in between. Wanted to start at 2 mile pace (71) and work gradually to mile pace (66) Hit 71,68,67,66,65,64. It was a fun workout. Cooled down to 10 for the day. 

AM: 5 miles at 6:58ap. Turned at the church and did an out and back on Parkway Blvd. The street just parallel with Redwood. 

PM: 5 with Collin. Then 2x200's for pre meet, 31 and 30. Then went and finished up on the TM

Went home during 4th and slept for 3 hours. Then did 4 on Parkway. Did a 2 mile warm up at the oval. I waited too long to start my warm up so I got back and the first 2 or 3 heats had already ran. I was hoping to go in the second heat with Collin and we were gonna see who could run faster. So I hurried and got my xc spikes on lol and headed over to the line. The first heat I could go in was the 2:12 - 2:16 group :( yay. So I did a few stretches and off we went. First 300 was right up in the front. Then I decided that it was too slow and I would take the lead. Well this guy with the most disgusting pony tail ever, who was up there too, jumps right back into first and cuts me off. This is how most of the race would play out. He was one of those nubes who had to be in the lead and so I kept trying to go around him and he just kept cutting me off. With 200 meters left I had to slow down not to run into him, that's how easy the pace was, I passed him for good. He still didn't let me pass him clean tho so we got into an elbow match and I told him to get out of my way. In the last 200 I gapped him by 7 seconds, won the heat, and did the dab as I crossed the finish line. Even tho I was pissed off, it was a really good race. I didn't do any drills, I ran on the outside a bunch, I have xc spikes, I haven't done much speed, and I still ran faster than I was at the end of the season last year. 

Didn't feel tired after the 8 so I hopped in the 2 mile and ran with Riley and Nug for a little tempo. Got 10:45. It was really fun and our pace was nice and consistent. Got some pics with the HJP and did 1.5 cool down. 

Shout out to Efisherf, Ethan Field for winning the two mile and shout out to his little bro Gavin for cheering for me during the two mile. 

Shout out to Julie Sumsion for winning her heat of the 800 #twinners 

Started at the HS and went 6 out onto the Jordan River trail. Nice weather. 6:42ap. Legs were a little tired from yesterday at first. Went to sweethearts and had a lot of the squad there and we danced our hearts out. 

2 miles warm up. Then switch shoes and jog two laps. Then 2x400,800,400 @ 2 mile pace with two minutes rest in between the 4 and 8 and 2:30 rest in between the 8 and 4. 3 minutes rest in between sets. Got 71,2:24,70,71,2:23,69. Air wasn't as bad and it was warm. Cool down 4 miles. 

Ran up airport and passed freedom. They had some construction going on up the road so I turned left on this road I had never been on before and popped out on the Timp highway. Then was running down that and realized one of the roads off that went to Highland Elementary where I had ran by a lil while ago. Stopped there for the bathroom and looped back to the high school. 6:36ap. 

Carb loading for Simplot tomorrow night, hmu if you wanna come. 

6 miles and then pre meet 71 71. Some more on the roads and 1.5 barefoot on the turf. 

AM: 4 on Redwood. This dog that was a smaller version of Air-Bud wouldn't stop following me. 

PM: Ol Simplot Games. Drove up with my mom and the twins. Said hey to some of the Hobby Joggers, went to the bathroom a lot. Warm up 2 miles. I was feeling no nerves at all, just super chillax for the race. Was in heat one with Efisherf, Wil and Joe, Garret. We just ran in a nice line the entire race so that made it feel even more chill. Suprised to see that I got a 9:33, a pr for not being at sea level. Finished with the 11th time in prelims, which is insane for having a 9:33. Finals will be good. Cooldown 2.5 with Denver, Spencemoney, Garret, Travis and team pre. Megan also qualified for finals in the 32 so good job to her. 

Easy distance run to the Broadheads and back 7:01ap 

AM: 3 miles on Redwood then left for the meet. About time to retire the GT-2000's. 

PM: 1.5 mile warm up. Felt like my legs were tired from the car ride. After we settled I was in 7th and looking back I think I should have went out more in the back. We were a fast first mile and then after that I just didnt have that much gas in the tank, at least i thought. I didn't move up at all, little packs just formed and would move up and I couldn't go with them. Last couple laps the announcer and crowd was going hard for Garek who kicked trash and set the meet record, so I just kinda watched tv coming into my last lap smh. When I finished I didn't know what my time was cuz my watch got screwed up at the start. Did 2.5 mile cooldown with the guys and never went to look. Official time came out as 9:29.62 which was a huge suprise to me to be completely honest. I thought for sure it was slower than prelims. Everybody else just ran so fast. After seeing that I didnt think it was as bad as I did at first. Overall a very good meet. Only 2 seconds off my pr. Shout out to all my other Hobby Joggers that did well #hobbyjoggertakeover Now about a month break til outdoor.  

AM: 4 on Redwood. 7:00ap 

PM: Distance run about to Landons house 6:57ap. On the way back it started snowing and it snowed harder and harder and the wind was bad so it was hitting you in the face. The flakes were the largest I've ever seen in my life and my hair looked like I just got out of the shower. Squats after. 

5 out to the temple and back on a really warm day 6:40ap 

AM: 5 on Parkway. 6:47ap but didn't feel that fast. 

PM: 3 mile warm up and some strides. Then 2x200,400,200. 2's at 800 pace 4's at mile. 45 seconds rest in between each and then 3 minutes rest in between sets. Times were 28,68,31,31,64,29 or something around that. It was over super quick, nice short workout. Finished up barefoot and shirtless on the turf. 

10 easy miles at 6:57ap to Mountain Ridge junior high and back.

AM: 5 on Parkway 

PM: 2 miles around the school and then to Strrts and back 6:49ap

Had ol Mama Fitz give me a haircut and then hit up the MCT. There was a 25mph tail wind going out so I was going pretty quick, but when I turned around and it was a headwind it was horrible lol 6:39ap. 

Dream mile and a half today which is always a fun time lol. 2 mile warm up. There was a head wind for the entire time so that made it tough, but I liked it cuz it builds character. Had a group of Ryan, Collin, Thomas and I until a lil before the mile I believe. First mile was 5:29. Going up the hill was good. I made a strong move with just a little bit of the hill to go. When I got to the top and it flattened out, the wind was like a wall and stopped us in our tracks. We were both struggling and dying but Ryan just a lil less. Finished second in an 8:32. I'll take it. Cool down to 8. Good stuff from everyone today.

Oh ya and happy leap day 

AM: 4 on Redwood 

PM: 1 mile warm up. Strides. Workout was 5x500. First 400 at your 800 pace then kinda what you have left, sorta go all out if you can. I just held the pace for the last hundred. 6 minutes active rest. Splits were 59,59,61,59,59. For the first 2 just went behind Chris and Dylan, then they died the third one #sprinterprobs and so it was slow. After that went back to the right pace. Really happy with the workout. Was expecting it to be harder cuz it was last time we did it. 1 mile cool down. 

Distance run passed the Broadheads to the T in the road and back 6:54ap.

AM: 4 on redwood, first time this year wearing shorts 

PM: 6.5 Rail Trail 

2 mile warm up, strides then whistle hills. 2x15,20,25 second sprints up a gradual hill then 1x20,25,30 with slow jog back down to start line. I feel it went well, was kinda tired before we started and then was pretty tired on the cool down. Finished to 8. 

Today was the infamous 20x400 to finish awesome week. Usual warm up and stuff. Started the first 5 backwards at 5k pace, hit 74's with 45 seconds rest. Then went the normal way. 2 mile pace, hit 68's with 1 min rest. Then current mile pace, hit 66's. 1:30 rest. Then faster than mile pace/whatever you can do and hit 63-64's and 60 for the last one. 2 minutes rest. Legs were definitely tired and heavy afterwards but I was in a lot better shape after the workout than I was last year. 

As much I like to sleep in, waking up early and doing the workout makes it feel more legit and then we had breakfast after and it was just one of those days that you look back as one of your favorite days of the year and I'm really gonna miss working hard with the people I love. 2 mile cool down to 9. 

Very easy recovery run on the MCT 7:13ap. I've been watching a lot of Flotrack's "Driven" videos lately so I was imagining what I would have said in my video lol. Saw two guys with hover boards. One of them fell of his and it rolled off the path and got all dirty. At the very end saw fellow Weber commit Katie Cornell from AF. 

Shout out to my main man Chicken Nugget. He got his mission call tonight to Singapore. He is one of the nicest kids I've ever met and is spiritually buff as heck so I know he's gonna kill it in the field. 

AM: 4 on Redwood 

PM: 5 and then 5x150 build ups 

4 miles and then a circuit workout with some lunges, squats, push-ups, and then finished up to 9. 

Was gonna go out for a night run and then remembered that our young mens was playing fugitive, so I  got my running shoes and went to that. We went to a different church and had to make it back to ours and it was exactly a mile. So I made it to my church first without a car in sight, ran back to the starting point, and back to my church again 6:58,50,55.  

AM: 4 on redwood

PM: 3 mile warm up then 2x800,600,400,200. The same workout LP did on Monday except a 200 at the end. Did it with Nugget while the rest of the guys are doing it tomorrow. 8 and 6 at 2mile pace, 4 and 2 at mile pace. 2 minutes rest in between everything. 4 min between sets. Splits were 2:19, 1:42, 64, 31, 2:17, 1:42, 64, 30.  Pleased with the workout. Cooldown 1.75. 

5 easy on Parkway before getting my wisdom teeth out. Everything went really well and I wasn't even loopy. Should be a nice recovery 

Walked 5 miles with my awesome mom in 1:09, I'll count it as 2.5 running miles. 

5 mile walk with my dad and Duke 

No I didnt actually run today. But while I have you here, you should go make a bracket and join the ESPN tournament challenge group I made. Username: Lehi Track Password: lehitrack (even if you're from another team i want you to join) You can have two different brackets. Ok thank you for your time. 

30ish minutes on the bike testing if my mouth was ok. 

AM: 35 minutes on the bike. Everything was good. 

PM: Lone Peak Dual. Just went and hung out and watched. Then before the two mile went and ran some of the AF Canyon Half course and then did a few miles on the track backwards and everything felt good. 

Shout out to Lehi and Lone Peak for some great performances today and that there are tons of people that have blogs so we own the race reports and recent comments #dowork 

Ran 5 out to Fox Hollow and then went on this little dirt path behind some houses that connected to the rail trail 7:02ap.

First day of March Madness was so sick haha I love it. Shout out to Yale for pulling an upset, didn't pick that one. Unshoutout to Colorado for letting uconn come back and win. Good luck to my boys from Weber State, gonna take down Xavier tomorrow. 

AM: 4 and then some strides.  

PM: 1.5 warm up and strides. Workout 5x1000 at 2 mile pace with 3:30 rest. We hit 2:53,2:55,2:55,2:56,2:54. When its been 2 mile pace, I've tried to go 9 flat but a thousand is really long so I was ok with being a few seconds slower. Effort was good. Cooldown to 7.5  for the afternoon. 

Out and back to the Timpamogos temple. 6:57ap. It was a really good time. Nice weather with a cool breeze. Boa shorts. Nothing better. 

Shout out to Spencer for ice bathing with me in the canyon after. 

Ran straight out to Saratoga today and got the farthest away from the hs I ever have. Nice easy relaxed day. Talked some politics and took an ice bath. 

Shout out to Will Handley from Timp for getting his mission call to Nagoya Japan, the same place that Bryce Morgan is! 

Shout out to Jamison Wilkes from Lone Peak for getting called to the Argentina Salta mission! 

Shout out to Gooch for getting called to serve in the Minneapolis Minnesota mission which has parts of Canada, Michigan, and Illinois apparently. 

I don't think I ever gave a shout out to Nick Hill from PV. He got his mission call to El Salvador which is super sick so shout out to him and all these guys for serving. 

AM: 5 on redwood with some strides 

PM: Didn't have time to run before my check up appointment for my wisdom teeth. The office is in Saratoga so I just went home and got my stuff and did my pre meet at Westlake in my new spikes. 2 miles warm up, strides 2x400 at 68,65 then cool down. 

Got up to Davis and it was a lil chilly but it got nice and never was that bad. I ran the mile first. 1.75 warm up and strides. I thought it was gonna be Garek, Talon, Colter and I but Garek and Colter scratched so it was just me and #talonhull pace. I tried to stay on him as long as I could. I managed 2 and a half-3/4 is laps till he got a nice gap on me and I just held on and kicked it in decently hard for 2nd. 4:25 was the time, I was hoping for better but it's the first mile race of the season. I know I'm gonna run great times #2blessed2bestressed

2 mile cool down and then I elevated my legs for 13 minutes and chilled. Was gonna do the open 8 but Asa's 4x8 team needed a spot, which is always a good time and I was gonna get more recovery because it was after the 2 mile in which Ryan and Thomas both ran awesome, so I switched to that. I ran the lead off leg and sat in third the first lap. Adam Wood from Herriman went into the lead and I went with him. Last hundred pulled up beside him and tried to pass, he responded and we passed off the baton side by side pretty much. I handed the baton off at about 2 minutes Jamie said, and crossed at about 2:02. She thinks if it was just an open, run thru the finish it would have been 2:01 to 2:01.5 so a respectable time. We ended up getting 4th place. Shout out to Collin for running around a 56 first lap lol. 1.5 cool down backwards around the track with Asa and Jake, then another 1.5 backwards with Papa Heaps cuz they gave me a ride home so I could finish my mileage. After went to pizza pie and it was a grand time.

Huge Happy Birthday shout out to Megan!

Shout out to Reeves for getting this girls number that worked there. Her face was nice to look at.

AM: 4 on redwood 

PM: East recovery run at 7:26 by North Point elementary. 

A few during lunch with Asa and Dallin, then to the highland sign and back with Josh. 

AM: Shakeout 4 miles with Asa to state street from his house. My legs were pretty tired. It's his birthday so I took him to Kneaders after and it was sick.

PM: We had our super lit speed workout under the lights. It was seriously so dope. 6x400 at mile pace and then 3x200 all out. Hit 61,62,62,63,62,62,28, then 27,27 I think. I was racing Easton on the second and Chris on the last, it was fun. Mile cool down backwards around the track with the boys and Jamie. Shout out to her for killin her 4x400 and Jhoan for taking some sick pics. Went and chilled at Asa's and helped him out with some serious business. 

AM: 3 on redwood 

PM: 8 miles up killers and towards pizza pie and back up the dip. Forgot about my morning run and  realized that I was gonna be over, and my it band kinda hurt, so I got a bike at thoms and rode it back to the high school. 

My mission call came today and I'm opening it at 7:45. If you would like to come, text/dm me or something for my address. Feel free to guess where I'm going too. 

I got called to Paris France if you didn't hear, leaving August 3rd and I'm nervous but extremely excited! Josh got his call also and he's going to Peru and leaves the day before me.

We had a workout today and I didn't really want to do one but then me and Thom did a nice 5 mile warm up so that helped. The workout was 9x200. First 3 were at "slower than 800 pace" then 800 pace and faster than 800 pace. My watch could possibly be broken and I'm really sad about it cuz I love my watch. So I didn't really get the splits. It felt pretty good. I would have liked something longer. Cooldown to 10 in a freaking snow storm. 

Announced the dual meet after and it was freaking hilarious.   

AM: 4 on Redwood 

PM: 7 to Utah Lake and back. My watch still works! 

Ran to Willowcreek and told Madame Iverson that I got called to Paris but she wasn't that hyped and when I said she should help me remember my French before I left she just said go talk to my daughter in French. Then we ran back on state street and 2100 and got to 9 for the day. Stretched after with the basketball coaches who are also the math teachers and talked about how I bombed my test.

On the way to Mama Bears room I told Madame Magelby that I got called to Paris and she was much more excited for me. She gave me two French books with assignments and activities and stuff to brush up on, then she offered to give me some money for my mission, and to top it all off she gave me a French Book of Mormon! I was gonna go get one and now I don't have to so shout out to her. 

Then in Mama Bears room I looked at the Arcadia heat sheets that came out today and guess what?! We made the INVITATIONAL of the 4xMile! It's Ryan, Thomas, Collin and I. (Our homies from lone peak will also be in this race :) then I made the seeded mile (but I'm gonna scratch this one) and the SEEDED 3200! (My boy Ryan is also in this race :) and then Aiden Reed from Montana that I know from Footlocker West and Simplot dm'd me and he's in the same race and said that a couple other kids from Simplot are in it too. It's gonna be awesome. Thomas made the rated heat of the 3200 and Michael and Austin made the open 3200 so Lehi will be well represented. 

AM: 4 on Parkway 

PM: Headed over to UVU to watch Jackie race. We watched Adela run the 1500 which she won, then we ran over to Lakeridge. Tyson Raff came with us. 2 mile warm up, strides, 65 65. Cooldown back. Jackie got a little slower then she wanted but got 4th overall so shout out to her. 

UVU invite this morning. Did a 2 mile warm up. It was a lil cold standing around but once you got warmed up it was fine and race was perfect. Was in the first heat withh a bunch of the homies from all the other meets. Casey went str8 into the lead and nobody went with him and he won the race by 10 seconds. I hit a 66 the first lap. Most of the other guys were about the same, the pack was tight because of the slower ish pace so I was in lane 2 for a lot of the race. I went with the pack for the next lil while, but they were gradually pulling away until I was in the back three. It felt like I was working hard to stay with them and then when they picked it up I wasn't strong enough to stay with them. When everybody kicked I stayed the same distance behind and didn't pass anybody so that was fun. Ran about a second slower than I did at Davis which isn't a great feeling, but you cant choose which time you get, you gotta go out and work for it. It's early in the season so it's no time to stress I just gotta keep training hard. Cooling down with the Lone Peak crew was chill as always.

PM: Wanted to do something after my race so I went over to Loch Lomond and did a half mile warm up and then a 2 mile tempo avg pace 5:24, and a half mile cool down. 

AM: Stayed over night in a small town about a half hour from St. George so I headed over to Pine View for the morning run with the homies. Did the famous Starbucks fun. 4 miles and then did a half mile after. It was a very nice turn out and an awesome time. 

PM: 5.5 miles on my kinda usual run towards Aunt Eva's old house. It was hot and my foot hurt so not the best run but I wasn't hard to hit a faster pace. 

Drove to University of Redlands to do the workout. Their track/stadium was beautiful.  Shout out to my mom cuz while I was running she was running up and down the bleachers getting buff. 4 miles warm up then 3x400,200 at mile pace. Hit 65.1-32.3-64.1-30.3-63.5-30.4. Went in the early afternoon so it was hot, but not as hot as last night. I was gonna wear my spikes for the last one but my foot hurt on a couple of the reps so I kept the trainers. Cool down to 8.5

My mom and brother are going to the beach and I'm staying home so I don't get worn out before my race. Shout out to me for having my priorities straight #neveronvacation 

My mom got on this Moreno Valley run walk jog thing where people put in their fav routes. So we looked at the streets that a lot of people liked going on. She rode the bike next to me and we made a nice loop. Headwind toward the end and ran by a really busy school but other than that it was all Gucci. 8.25 at 7:11ap

PM: Biked 10 miles along side Ryan, Thomas, and Papa Heaps on the same route I did this morning. 

Went to U of Redlands again. Warm up and pre meet 400's in 66 and 64. Cool down. 

AM: 2 mile shake out by Morrison Park. If you guys ain't suckas and are cool with the Jack and want to watch the squad run, we will be throwing down in the 4xMile tonight at 10:48 Utah Time. Just go to Arcadiainvitational.org and they will be live streaming it. 

PM: Arcadia Invitational 4x1600 meter. 1.25 warm up, got to 1.5 with the strides. We were the last team on the list in the invite so I don't know if that means we were supposed to be the slowest? But we were on the very outside of lane 9 so Ryan did his best to get in a decent position. He ran great, split a 4:25 and we think got 9th. Collin for the second meet in a row ran insanely good. He got a 4:23 high. Thomas went out hard in a 61, held on and ran really well in a 4:24 and got me the baton in 8th right behind two other teams.

I sat on them for the first lap, it was a 61 but didn't feel very fast. The second lap I could feel the pace slow but didn't want to pass them. Fricking Connor. That one was a slow 68. Third lap I passed them and obeyed Papa Heaps command of going after a green team a little ahead. I can't remember when I passed them but looking at Mama Heaps pictures I think it was with about 300 to go. Was kicking pretty good but then on the last 100 I saw a shadow coming up behind me and said freak no you are not gonna pass me. Held off the green jersey that was coming back up. Split on the website was 4:18.9. Happy with it but it could have been faster if I hadn't sit behind the teams on the second lap. 

Not sure what place we finished. Someone thought we got 5th after and I just said let's watch the board cuz I wasn't sure and didn't want to get my hopes up. But we got 5th! I was so hyped! 5th at a meet like Arcadia is pretty sweet so shout out to the guys for killing it. And top 5 got medals too. I got one last year from my 3200 but that was just an open one, this time it's the legit invitational medal. 

Shout out to the Twins for both running hard in the 3200 and to Timp and Lone Peak for getting top 10 in the 4x16 which is sick to have 3 Utah county teams in the top 10. 

Everyone can go like my pick on insta, and also notice that Squally Canada (who plays for BYU and has caption credit for the first part of the pic) commented on it lol 

AM: 4 mile shake out with Papa Heaps and Thom with some strides at the end. 

PM: Arcadia Invitational Seeded 3200 meter. Warmed up with Ryan. We got 2.5 which was really good. Felt ready to go. I planned on going out towards the back. I did. I figured the race would go out fast and I just wanted to work my way up. It didn't go out extremely slow but it was slower and then stayed pretty consistent over the entire race. And I did end up moving well in the race. It just all ended up coming in the last 400 mostly lol.

I wore my watch and lapped it each lap so I could have my splits. 68.9-70.1-70.8-68.9-70.1-69.0-68.3-didn't get that one but the Lone Peak coach had me at a 61 and my dad had me at a 61.03. So I finished with an official time of 9:07.59. My previous best was from this meet last year of 9:27 so it was a pr by about 20 seconds (19 and change if you want to get technical) Since it went out slower and Arcadia has so many entries so there are 30 guys in the race, it was super packed and I spent a ton of energy moving around from lane one to two. I was trying to stay on the inside but the other guys wouldn't stay in the same position, they kept cutting back and forth so I didn't want to get boxed in and cut off, it was weird. Another weird thing. At the 200 meter point on the track there was a giant puddle. It was wet everywhere else but there it was inches deep and everybody was soaked lol. 

So um ya I just tried to stay consistent and keep with the pack. I think the big part of my race was in lap 7, I made a good surge to get in a better position for my final kick. And you can see it in my splits. The 7th lap was my second fastest according to my watch. So then with 400 to go, my mind was ready to throw down and start going it was just if my body would go with it. And thank goodness my legs felt great. A guy in an orange and black jersey I didn't know, he started moving so I latched onto him for the curve and then started moving. Got going really well on the back straight and passed a lot of the pack. With 200 meters to go I realized I went from like 4th to last a little earlier to 5th and top 5 get medals and a medal in the seeded would be so sick so I tried to not get passed. I went by both the Odgen kids and Dylan Scarsone my friend from footlocker and finished 2nd! It was better than I ever thought I could have done. With outdoor not having gone that great so far leading up it was the race I needed. And I know the times are fast cuz sea level, but compared to the competition we did awesome in the 4x16 and the 32 was great. 

Shout out to Thomas for running an awesome 32 and getting 9:27, keeping up with what I did last year. Shout out to Ryan for doing alright I guess I'm the 32 ;) lol 9:14s aight for a sophomore haha 

Shout out to Zerickson and Jamison who ran 9:09 and 9:12!!!! fricking heck, in the rated race. 

Casey won the 3200 invite so shout out to him. He always amazes me. 

Ran by Sami's house and that gazebo. Came back and did a mile barefoot on the turf with some hurdles 7:02 ap 

AM: 4 on Redwood 

PM: Put on some hecka sunscreen lol and then 2.5 warm up to the groval. Workout up airport, 6x1minute uphill pushes. We started behind the opening and made it to almost the top. Distances were .19-.23-.19-.22-.19. Good workout. A lap around the groval and a little out them back to the high school. 

During lunch played some good bball with Ryan and Mike. We played a game of 21 and I won by a large margin so shout out to me. 

9 miles on the Alpine loop with the Lone Peak crew and also PG homies Tyler and Jared. At the start it was cold and rainy but then felt nice. Stopped at Arctic Circle and got courtesy cones. Got back and played 7 on the line and I had a decent third place performance. Then got cereal at jericksens and zericksens and it was delicious. Very fun day. 

AM: 3.5 with strides 

PM: Pickups today. 1.25 mile warm up but it was cold so I wasn't very warmed up. 5x2min on,1 min off,1 min on,1 min off towards Willow Park. I was running side ways with the wind so I was leaning over into the wind to keep it from blowing me over cuz it felt like 50mph. It felt like there was a little more of a headwind going out, and tailwind coming back. The weather got better later and I got more warmed up so I felt better at the end. For all the 1 min on I got .20, for the 2 mins I got .37, two 38's, .40, and .39. Finished   by Maverick, cooled down back to the high school. 

Drove over to PG with Dallin, Parker and Jake. Did 2.25 miles and then walked around and sat around for a while. It got so cold so I didn't want to run. Found Tyler and went out to the track. Dallin and I did a little bit of mileage to warm back up and get pre meet done while the track wasn't being used. Then I finished up with Tyler. We went by PGJR and the elementary school, and then his house and he showed me where Teddy T lives in case I ever want to go toilet paper his house lol. Went back and watched the mile, shout out to those who ran it. Running the 800 tomorrow. Leeeeesssssssggooooooo 

Utah County Invite 800. Got there later than I thought I would so I did my warm up around the turf and got 1.5 which isn't the worst but I would have got more. I'm not really an 800 runner but I wanted to go run hard and see what I could get and try to surprise people. I got out good and led the race thru 250 til I let Heston Andersen and Joe Benson pass me. Came thru right at 60. Got the jittery nervous feeling when you start getting close to the finish and you start picking it up and are waiting for someone to really start going. That was with 300 to go. 200 left Heston left Joe and Chris passed me. I knew wanted a medal cuz that would be really impressive for me in the 800. I tried to go after Joe and was giving everything but my legs tied up super bad lol and I finished in fourth which still made me happy. Chris won with a mid 1:57, Heston got 1:57.99 and Joe got 1:59.5. I negative split and finished with a time of 1:59.8! First time breaking 2 and it was awesome. Except for my throat burned the worst it ever has in my life. Super excited tho for the next time I run it. 

Didn't really cool down. I didn't get going til after the meet ended cuz we watched the 4x4 and stuff. Did 2 miles around the track while the PG guys were cleaning up. Once they were done we had Tyler, Riley, Ali, me, Collin, Guppy, Asa, and Michael. We did Molly's and it was super sick. Got to 11 for the day. Then we went and got powerade at McDonald's and had french toast at my house. 

AM: 4 on redwood 

PM: Ran passed the cemetery, up to the round-a-bout, down to the rail trail and back 7:02 ap. Shout out to mike for planking for a new team record 43 minutes, beating out Austin's old record of 42 minutes 

Great workout today from everybody. It was awesome. 4 mile warm up. Some strides. 12x400's which is the same workout as Destiny Collins so shout out to her. In between every set you got 4 minutes. Then as you got faster you got more rest. First 2:30 then 2:45 then 3. First four at two seconds slower than mile pace. 67.7-68.8-68.6-67.6 Then current mile pace, I went for in between my sea level and altitude pr's 65.4-64.9-65.0-64.8 Then faster than mile pace 62.8-62.0-62.6-61.2.

It was a really fun workout cuz I like 400's, it was warm, and Ryan and Collin balled out at the end. In the words of my good friend Sage "good stuff from everybody today." We got almost a lap in between everything so it was a lot more mileage than I thought it would be. Cool down to 11 for the day. 

After we had a tri-meet with Riverton and PG and it was super fun to see all my homies. Tyler killed it in the 800 and 4x4 lol Nicole ran like every race it seemed like and she killed all of em. Riley ran the open 400 and threw down and then ran good in the 4x4. Asa ran awesome in the 1600 so shout out to him. 

AM: 4 on redwood 

PM: AF Jr. and back 7:06ap 

Ran to Timp highway by the trail thing we always wanna run up, then back to the high school and three build ups 7:05ap

Short warm up, pre meet before the Jr high meet started and then Wines loop. Ice bath after and then got hit on by three junior high kids. 

Had the mile first at 3:45 so waited around all day to leave for Davis. They were behind and then skipped the entire break so then they were ahead so I got 1.25 and a half stride. Fought to keep pace in the middle laps the best I have this year. Had to run a fast last lap and went for it and came up a lil short. Got 4:23.4 and state is 4:23.2 disappointed. Then I ran a lil and prepped for my two mile tempo and that went really swell. Cool down. 9.5 for the day. 

Easy recover distance run today. My legs were rekt from Saturday so we went really slow. Some of the guys had some energy they needed to get so Satchell splashed all the guys from a puddle so we screamed get him and we all chased after him and Josh tackled him to the ground lol it was hilarious. And then Andrew tripped him after he got up lol we bully Satchell so hard. We ran to Smiths through the dirt gulley thing and then came back by where I always park my car when running on the mtc. On the way back I announced us running like it was the Olympics and it got us hyped and we had a quick finish lol. Shout out to Asa for coming home from the Road Running World Championship 8mile with the gold. 

AM: 3 rainy miles going backwards on redwood 

PM: 3 mile warm up then 3x300,200,100 at 800 pace. 90 seconds and 5 minutes rest. It was a really fun workout. I like going fast. Hit mostly right under 2 pace until the last set. My watch was dead and it was horrible not having it. 1.5 cool down to get to about 10.5 

Distance run with 10x1 minute pick ups at 5k pace. Mostly with Collin. Our run was sponsored by the Hoka Clifton. Did 8 with Collin and then did 2 barefoot turf miles then hung till little kid track practice and got like 4-5 miles there I'm guessing so I'm feeling a lil tired. I'll add 3 miles. But I went to pizza pie and that was sick so I'm feeling better. 

Distance run towards west Lehi. Zack came with us and it was sick as usual having him with us. Average pace 7:06. Slower at the start faster at the end. Ice bath with the gang after. I'm really excited for Prom. 

4 miles then some speed changes and pre meet. Going for state qualifying tomorrow it should be fun. Cooldown to 8.5 for the day but played ultimate frisbee during our date and got lots of running during that. Prom is gonna be lit. 

AM: About 11 went and ran 4 miles towards Willowcreek. 

PM: Headed over the Orem for the Tiger Trials Invite and hung with Pine View til we needed to warm up, then I went and did 2 miles with Presto, Dallen, Carson, and Mitch. Got all ready and talked some with Ethan and Joe cuz we knew we all wanted state qualifying. Ethan said he would take the race out the first two laps. I got a bunch of strides in before the race. Ethan went out in 65 then we were 2:20 after 800. I then passed him and led til the mile at 4:45. Then he did one lap and then I took over for the rest of the race. They ran the mile before so they were tired and I gapped them and tried to finish hard. I got 9:27 which is an altitude pr by 9 seconds and I got state qualifying which is what I needed. No one runs the two mile at this meet because it's before BYU so I broke the previous meet record of 9:42 held by Austin Slade of Stansbury haha. Talked to pine view a lil more then headed off to get ready for Prom with Amelia which was amazing, couldn't have had a better night #heartemoji

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. 

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. 

AM/PM ish 4 on redwood on the old am course. 6:49ap. 

PM: Night run with Spencer. We went down main to Maverick and then u turned it to Walmart and back to the high school. 4 miles 7:11ap. 

Warm up one mile to the rodeo grounds. Then did 5x1minute on at race pace, equal recovery. Went back up to the legacy center and over by Asa's house. Distances were .18,.19,.18,.19,.18. Cooldown 1.6ish back to the HS. 

2 mile warm up with a pair of strides. A bunch of sick people were doing the race so it was cool to hang with them on the start line for a little bit. First mile was slight uphill and then some of the downhill by the stadium. 5:29. Was with the Riding Twins and Thom. Second mile was the most downhill 5:12. Went down and got on University Avenue and it was super sick. They had the entire road open and there were people lining both sides cheering. Made a move and seperated from that group. Third mile 5:16. Fourth mile passed two guys and just tried to grind and make up some time on Galen. 5:23. Now we went up the incline to the u turn. Was less than 10 seconds from Galen. Turned right and started the gradual incline to the finish. Fifth mile 5:32. I could see up ahead that you took a right and that we were getting close. One guy said it was just around the corner and give it everything you got. Took his advice and started almost sprinting. Passed Galen and tried to hold on til the finish. Sixth mile 5:35. Sub 5 pace the last .13. According to the clock I came in just before 33 but official time was 33:03. 7th overall and 1st in my age division. Very happy with the race. I felt like I went out hard but not too hard and moved up well through out the race. I loved the course. It is awesome especially running down university. I'm definitely doing this race every year after I get back. 

2.5 cooldown. Some with the boys then with Jackie and Emily. 

PM: Was at our normal Fourth of July party. Loaded up on food and ice cream then headed out for a night run. Ran over to the High School on main. Took in all the fireworks going off, did a lap on the track and headed back. Wasn't super dark at the start but on the way back there were some sweet fireworks going off. 4.5 miles to get to 15 for the day. 

Was getting my safety and emissions done in Orem so on the way back I stopped at PG high and did my run. I attempted to run Molly's. I knew where to go at first and then couldn't completely remember where to go so I had to run up a few hilly streets before finding the right one. I think I had to run up farther to the trail than I did last time because it seemed more difficult to get up to and last time I had even raced an 800 before it. 

Got to the top and the view was nice. Then went farther out to add on. It was all down so I had to climb it on the way back. Coming back I started to get really tired and it didn't help it was the middle of the day. Around here I realized it wasn't my best decision doing a trail run the day after racing but whatevs, overall it was a good time.  

Ran from the high school up airport and the dip to Eaglecrest. Got some water and came back via overpass. Then finished with two barefoot miles. 6:57ap. 

Ran from the high school to the rail trail. Went to the end of it and came back. Got a drink at the Hinckleys. Avg pace 6:50. Shout out to my boys from France getting it done against Germany #EURO2016 They play Portugal in the final and they are gonna destroy them. 

Happy Birthday to my good buddy Collin. 

Wanted to do a track workout so I went over to the high school. Not long into my warm-up I saw Ryan and did 4 miles with him. Haven't seen him in a while so it was nice to catch up. Workout was 6x800 with a lap and 2:30 rest. I was going to try to run them at 2mile pace (2:22) but I quickly realized that I have lost a lot of my track speed. First lap of the first one I was very slow so I pushed hard to catch up and got 2:23. Next one ran more even, didn't push the second lap as much and got 2:26. So I just thought whatever just try and get around there for the rest. Do what you can. So then I got 2:27, 2:27, 2:28, 2:27. Wasn't as fast as I thought it would be but I gave a strong effort and didn't give up in my first track workout in a long time. Cooldown three miles, one backwards on the track then two on the roads to get to 11.5 for the day. Shout out to my mom for coming with and putting in some work today as well. I showed her the spring after and she iced a little bit. 

Happy Birthday to my good buddy Dalpal 

Got out late, even later than usual because I was lazy and up really late. Went over to run on the MCT. Legs were sore from the workout yesterday. Made sure the first couple miles were very easy and then opened up on the way back. 7:07ap. Achieved my goal of 60+ miles this week, first time this summer. Hopefully I can get even more next week. 

Played some basketball with the Lone Peak homies at Jamison's establishment. It was Craik, Zack, Jonas, and I vs Galen, Josh, Baker, and Justin. I feel like I let my team down. Definitely not my best game but don't worry I'll be better next time. H8erz are my motiv8erz @elsie 

Forgot to grab my watch but I was running on the mct so I know where all the mile markers are. There's a cold front rn so it wasn't too hot. Felt good and really strong at the end so I did a quick finish. Estimated avg pace is 6:48. After my run went over and got myself a free slurpee. 

Failed to mention in my blog yesterday that Clayson Shumway or @runawayshumaway on Twitter was at Jamison's yesterday. He's a fast ex Lone Peak guy. He graduated the same year as Conner McMillan and Kramer Morten and got back from his mission in Arcadia a couple weeks ago. He even remembered me! He told me I had grown a foot since he's been gone and I was like ya #thankspuberty 

Went from the Park to main and then over to Olympic Park. Got there at 5.25. Did two barefoot miles there and ran back a shorter way. 6:51ap. Wrestled Big T to make sure everyone knew who was better. Threw him down a couple times. Then hit up 58 cent pancakes at IHOP. 10/10 would recommend. 

Shout out to my boy Hell Raiser cuz he left on his mission today. He's going to do amazing things. 

PM: As the sun was setting I ran from the HS to the pit, ran a mile there and kinda checked out a course. Did two mile repeats, first was 5:41 and then 5:27. It was getting dark and I was all alone and not a super great attempt. Whatevs. Ran back to the school and did a half mile on the track. 

Started with Thomas, Sami, Josh, and the new guy from Cali I think James is his name, but then they split off and it was Dallin and I. We crossed Timp Highway and ran up the path that goes up the mountain that I've wanted to run on since track. Asa and Josh ran on it one time but I had less miles cuz it was around state so I didn't do it. We got up to the top kinda and it curved so we followed it and it kept going and turned into a nice trail. We finished our 4.5 out and turned back. We decided to call it the Jail Trail. Got back and I wanted to do some more miles cuz I thought the night run I was doing tonight was tomorrow for some reason but it's all Gucci. Ran a half mile over to the groval, did a mile barefoot and back. 

Happy birthday to my good pal Jericksen 

1.75 warm up from the creek to the MCT by Jimmie Johns, where we ran by yesterday. Got a bloody nose that was sick. Once that was taken care of a little more running and strides over to about Josh's house. In honor of BYU camp being this week I did the workout we did each time at Kawanis. 1on/off 2on/off up to 5 and then back down.

1:00-.21 2:01-.39 3:09-.59 4:00-.69 5:02-.90 4:00-.69 3:02-.52 2:01-.39 1:00-.20. Normally you don't take a break after 5 but I did. Did it on Murdock so it would be flat but I forgot about the dip by Smiths so I hit that on the first 4min. After 5 I turned around then went towards Airport. Finished the 1min right in front of Thoms. Jogged a lil and then got water there and finished back to the creek and 12 for the day. 

If you add up all of them it was 25:12- 4.58 which is 5:30 mile pace so it was good. 

Failed to mention yesterday at Josh's birthday party we played volleyball and because of my insane vertical I spiked it on Emily Ellis and Josh and Zack a bunch of times #rio2016 #screwzika 

Met up with Lone Peak at a bright and early 6:30 this morning. We ran Hogs but we didn't do the last big hill :( the group was RyBy, Zack, Justin, Caleb, Seth and I. It was a good tough run. We added on to sliding rock. 10.5 when we got back to the park so I ran a mile out with Justin who was biking home to get to 12.5 for the day. Then I went repelling with Brinn so shout out to her and ole Kev for a good time. 

2 mile warm up and some strides. Then did the 1.5 mile race with the guys. The best name they have rn is Skyrim so that's what I'm calling it (everybody else is calling it the kicker lol so dumb) Was sitting behind a couple guys when we came thru a half mile and I felt like we weren't going fast enough. I surged to the front and up the hill by buttscratchs house. Pushed the long hill and felt good. Tryed to push the last half mile, it was all flat so it was kinda hard to pace. Came thru in 7:59. I'm gonna try to run it one more time before I leave cuz I know I can run 5+ seconds faster. Went over to Skyridge and played some soccer then ran back. 

Met Garek at Sugarhouse park at East's practice. 1 mile warm up and then we did a light tempo on the old state/highland invite course something like that. Started in a group of 6 and Nate and this other kid stayed up the whole time. Splits were 6:20, 6:21, 6:10. Cooldown with Garek and Nate 3 miles on 15th. Those guys are super chill. Then I went with Alli P to Roxberry and hung for a lil bit. Very fun day. 

A couple miles and then some speed changes and strides. We did the 6 minute test one of my favorite workouts. My previous best was 2,045 meters. I wanted to PR and also lead from the gun. First lap came thru in 70. Perf. Second lap came thru in 2:22-2:23 and Collin lead a little bit. Can't remember the 1200 split. I think we came thru the mile in 4:45. Faster than the 4:52 or 53 I came thru last time. Ryan was now leading. He had a couple seconds on me the fifth lap and I never closed it. Came thru 5 laps with 10 seconds left I think. Got 70 meters. Pleased with it. I could have done a better job of fighting more on the fifth lap. 

Cooled down some on the grass then towards Smiths and drove back. 

2 laps of the warm up lap. Did the push up challenge and got 35, one less than my 36 last time :( then ran out to Sami's with the group and back with Austin. Good talk about life. 

Met the mission boys (Asa, Landon, Josh, Spencer) at the creek. We met at 7:30 so Asa could say hey to the other guys but once again we all forgot that they meet at 9 on Fridays. We still gotta see them after the run but it kinda sucked getting up so early and going str8 to run. 

We ran over to the rail trail and went out 2.5 to the great divide. Took a break. Had a nice talk then and the whole time really. Came back. We all kinda pushed the pace so it was 6:40ap. I'm really gonna miss running. 

I need a day to sleep in. Getting up early pretty much everyday this week was hard. Drove up to salt lake and met Garek at Sugar House. We did a 5 mile loop. He went and did a couple more miles and I stretched and did a couple strides.

After we went to the Orginal Pancake House which was delicious and then went and hung out with State Champ and State record holder thee Courtney Wayment at City Creek. Did some nice shopping. Then we went and had a BYU camp reunion with Aubrey and Ally. We played soccer and let them win. 

Stayed at my cousin Bryn's house the night before which is just a couple minutes from the start line so that was nice. About two miles warm up, then stretches and strides and then some more jogging. Very fun to see a bunch of people from lots of different teams. 

First mile I ran side by side with Frazier and talked to my boy Dave Taylor for a sec. 4:46. Made a move up to Adam, shortly followed by Seth coming up and we ran in a good pack for two more miles I think. 5:01, 5:13. Ryan then joined the group and it was a 2 on 2 Region 4 showdown. 5:10, 5:10. Seth then dropped, I was very impressed with his race. Towards the end Ryan gapped Adam and I and then I made a surge and gapped Adam and it stayed like that til the finish. My 6th mile was 5:18 and 5:22 pace for the last .22. I wish that was a little stronger but 5:08 pace is a good showing and I am happy with the work I put in because I had these races but I also leave soon so I could have been lazy and made excuses. 

After the race I found Garek and we drove over to Park City High School. Cool place. First time there. We went on a run with 2x Nike Nationals qualifier (bae goals) Alyssa Snyder and let me tell you she does not play around. She was running 15 miles. We got there late so she did two before we got there. So she is warmed up and I was super tight and my legs were thrashed from the race and car ride so we start and she blazes out and leaves me in the dust lol. We had to climb this super steep road to get to the trail and it was short but it was the most steep hill I've ever run and I thought I was going to die. The trail was flat but they still ran way faster than me and had to stop and wait for me a couple times. We got off the trail and ran on the rail trail for a lil and looped back to the hs for 7 total. It  was exhausting but it was a super fun time. 16 total for the day. Capped it off by hanging with the bavis dabes and skootz. 

Had Vickie Fitz give me my missionary haircut today :'( rip my luscious locks. 9:45 set out on a night run with Spanky and Justin. We met at AF and ran by an Elementary that started with an M I think and then to the legend Tyler Penrods house. He wasn't there but we had a nice convo with his mom. We ran over to discovery and saw these three girls. I told them to follow me on insta. We were over by the drinking fountain for a couple minutes and they yell over Connor Baller I followed you lol. We did a loop around discovery and at the end saw Parker Barnes who used to run for AF. Talked about our upcoming missions. He's going to Lima on August 23rd Mexico MTC cuz Pero is too full. Ran back the way we came. We didn't have super accurate distance watches but I'm 99% sure we ran 6 miles and it was at 6:48ap. 

Another thing. My farewell is this Sunday. It starts at 10:30, the address is 267 W Weatherby Dr, Saratoga Springs, UT 84045. Everybody is invited. We will be having food at my house after the meeting. 

I'm gonna pass on running today cuz I almost passed out earlier and don't think it would be a good idea 

Lol didn't run today either. Whatevs. Looks like I'm just prepping for the mish. I will run tomorrow tho, no matter what. 

Went to practice. Started with the guys. Legs were tight but go better as we passed Eaglecrest. I went down by Matts house, cut over to the end of the rail trail. Went up to Timp highway and back, taking a little shorter way back. Last 1.75 was around 6 min pace. Avg 6:50. I was only away from running for two days, but it made me grateful for it. I'm very pleased that I could run thru junior high and high school and never feel like I lost the love of running. I can only imagine how much I'll miss it if I go a couple weeks in between runs which could very well happen. I'll have to start really slow because my legs will be super tight haha. 

Got together with Asa, Josh, and Landon and drove over to the Y. We warmed up on the trail they run at the BYU XC camp. I got 4 in. Then we lined up at the gate, started the watches at the same time. I got 1.07 to the Y. It was the hardest freaking mile of my life lol. My mile time was 12:03 (goal next time is to break 12 lol) and total time was 12:48. Whenever it flattened out a little I got to open my stride up more it felt so nice. Hung out at the top. Ran down and did a little over a mile cooldown on the other trail. Good times. 

Shout out to my girl Alli P for turning 17 today! 

Reminder that my farewell is tomorrow at 10:30. The address is 267 W Weatherby Drive Saratoga Springs 84045

Sick day with the boys. So I started off with like a mile and a half warm up for the Skyrim. Only Asa, Landon, and I and some other people trying to qualify for camp were the ones actually racing it. I had Austin help pace/motivate me on his bike. I didn't have my watch so I was wearing Austins but sadly since he has a 620 instead of a 220 I didnt know how to work it and I told the freaking lady assistant coach to hold up cuz my watch wasn't ready but she started anyways and I didn't get a great head start. The start felt faster than last time I ran it but I was all by myself this time not with the guys. So after I was done I realized it wasn't as fast. Going up the hills I felt really strong and thanks to Austin and his motivational words to me my kick was good. It felt like I kicked a lot better this time. Came thru and my time was 7:59 but I didn't start immediatley cuz I was trying to get the watch set, so I'm counting it as 7:58 and a new pr. Because I got pretty much the same time and I feel my kick was better, I must have started off slower than last time.

Got everyone together and we went and ran the Jail Trail. The one I ran with Dalpal for the first time just a little while ago. It was so sick. Some of the guys wimped out tho right before we got to it smh. We went the opposite way of when I went with Dallin. We stood on top of the dirt mounds. It was hard just going up that first road because its steep and I had already done the 1.5 thing. But then we decided we would run up to the telephone pole and evaluate what we wanted to do. So we ran up the even steeper trail to the pole and decided we want to go the next mountainess hill top. Then we bushwacked and trailblazed up to the next hill top. This is when Asa was getting pretty done and we were all tired as heck and wanted water. But somehow we convinced Asa to go the the last mountainess hill top with an even steeper trail up to it. It was one that was tough to run up without slipping cuz it was so steep. We slowly made our way up there and the view was amazing. It was tough but a super fun time with Asa, Landon, Parker, Big T, Thomas, and the Twins.

Made our way back and went and had a party in the spring. We jumped in a whole bunch of times as a farewell, at least a farewell for me. And then went backstage by the pumphouse and all this good stuff. After that went and played ball with the LP and PG homies. We had a super sick group of guys and we played for sooooooo long but it was super fun. Gonna miss all these good times. 

Hello fellow bloggers. This is my last blog entry for a little while. Not gonna run today cuz I have to pack and get set apart and then we're going to dinner and I don't want to run after a buffet. But I am planning on running with my dad early tomorrow morning so just consciously add a couple miles to this week ;) 

My time on the blog has been so fun and I've became friends with so many awesome people. Thank you for the support. Running in high school was amazing and I'm so excited for Weber State when I get back. Keep it real homies. 

You should all email me and let me know how your running is going! connor.arnell@myldsmail.net 

Well, looks like the Elder Baller is back on!  jk just updates for Elder Arnell

4 at 6:55 pace

4.75 @ 7:23 pace

6 @ 7:18 pace

Just 1

5.25 with 7:16 avg.

6 with a 6:58 average pace

5.5 today

7 miles at 6:56 pace

4.75 plus 5 strides

5 miles, 3 easy and a 2 mile tempo in 10:57.

Also for everyone who wants here is Elder Arnell's weekly email!

Bonjour mes amis, everything is still going good. This week went by fast. I just got done playing soccer with our zone and it was really fun. Temple this morning awesome as usual. On Sunday I had a cool experience. At the temple walk I sang with our zone and it was cool but I didn't get to see any of my friends like last week. We were walking back from the temple walk and I had remembered that my homie Ethan Field was leaving the next day to Sacramento. I said a prayer that I could see him during dinner or something before he left. Two minutes after that, we were standing outside our class room and Ethan walks by and yells baller at me. It was so cool. I got another pic with him and we talked about sitting by each other at the devo and seeing the same movie afterwards. I ended up not seeing him at the devo and he went to 17 miracles and I hadn't seen Character of Christ yet and I really wanted to go to that so it ended up being the last time I saw him. I know it was just a little thing wanting to see one of my friends before he left but I'm thankful that God hears our prayers and blesses us with tender mercies. And Character of Christ by David A Bednar was amazing so if you haven't seen it yet I want you to watch it for FHE or something. 

Just 2.5.