GOING THE DISTANCE

Am -  Woke up and there was snow on my lawn and car and when I left it was snowing but no snow on our run.  Bummer.  4 miles.

Pm -  7.1 miles, 60/60 workout.  Early out today, started at 12:30 and it was snowing!  Warmed up 10 minutes and then on the workout out I was going 325 meters, resting 150.  It went by super fast and my form was on fire man.  Today really was a great day.  On the last 2 reps it started snowing again and on the last one I opened it up a bit, got like 395.  Dang I felt good, I'm gonna be ready to drop some epic 800s eventually.

cooled down a bit then lifted weights.

Am -  3.8 easy miles, Zion outlets.  It was muy frio.

Pm -  5.9 trail run.  We drove up to cottonwood trailhead and ran up red reef wash.  I love running up washes, and the sand was wet so it was rad.  The washes in red cliffs are dope.  We tried to find a trail that I saw on google earth, but translating Google earth to actually being in nature is hard.  When we came back I defied the odds and found it.

Am -  3.8 miles, zion outlets.

Pm -  Tempo run on track.  15 minutes of warmup then got going.  First mile was a bit quicker than we wanted, like 5:57.  Then dropped in down around 5:45 for the next 5 laps, and finally closed in about 5:28.  Oh, tempo was 20 minutes.  Our (me, paul, dallen, preston) average pave was 5:44.  The last mile felt really great, I can really feel my fitness getting good.  Cooled down 10 minutes to 6.8 miles.

Lifted weights after.  I kinda messed up my knee doing some wild free running on our trail run yesterday, so I didn't do some lifts like squats.  Bummer.

Pm - Nice chill day today.  Started off with a seshun of yoga.  Then a 4 mile loop around Dogtown.  

As we passed Mcdonalds, a guy stopped at a stop sign said out his window, "hey wait, I got something for you guys in my trunk."  I was thinking, "oh shiz I'm outta here, I know what goes down here".  But no, everyone except me and skylar went to the guys trunk as he opened it.  Everyone let out a cheer of excitement, so I thought maybe it was candy.  But nope, it was just a bunch of Gideon version pocket bibles.  Lol good run.

Pm -  ran over to the sand hill and did some reps, 2 sets of 3x1min.  Dang, I'm getting sick for the 4th time this winter and I felt like garbage.  Still had a decent workout but could've been better.  I need to drink waaaaaay more lick widz, get back to a healthy chump.  7 miles overall.

Am -  Went out with coach H and some guys to the Arizona Strip for our long run.  We ran up a road then into a canyon with a bunch of cholla and barrel cactus.  First 4-5 miles sucked, I was feeling some sickness and my body was drained.  Stuck in in there though and the last 6 or so was pretty good, probably got some endorphin releasage.  It was 11.25 out and back.  Driving home I started getting some chills.  Currently chilling on my couch in a coat and beanie and sweats freezing and watching basketball.

Pm -  Got sick over the weekend so I didn't run in the morning.  For afternoon practice we were doing some 1000m repeats, and I gave them a go but felt pretty crappy.  Just did 2 then cooled down to 3.5 miles.  I'll probably take tomorrow morning off too, get that extra sleep and get healthy.

Sick, didn't run

Pm -  Went to school, still felt pretty crappy.  Did 4 easy mile for praise then yoga after.  It wore me down a lot.

Pm -  Still not feeling to hot today.  Did a warm up for a 25 min tempo, and I got feeling decent.  Wasn't sure if I was gonna tempo till 30 seconds after they started, then I went and jumped in.  Didn't really care about the pace, just ran.  It ended up not too bad.  7 miles total.  

Kinda lifted, not really.  Tried to bench but felt weeeeeeak.

Pm -  pretty much feeling back to normal.  I'm sure the 10 hours of sleep I've gotten every night have helped.  Ran the classic shoe run today.  It was good, and Sandbergs pond was full!  And clear!  Really good signs.  5.3 miles, then barefoot striders on the football field.

Am -  Really frustrated.  I was feeling pretty baller yesterday, best I had in a week.  Then I woke up today feeling pretty crappy.  Tried to go for a long 11 mile run, but only got in 5.  Just didn't feel good enough. 

Am -  Pretty sick still from Saturday, I got a cold and it spread to my eye so I got pink eye to.  But, I didn't feel super bad, just super stuffed up and sore eye, so I went and did suicidal tendencies with the team.  Took some ibuprofen and cough drops, and it was pretty fun.  It's a brutal trail, and I was pretty tired on the hills, but this run was much better than Saturday.  Saw so much barrel cactus, I love them so much.  10 miles.

Too sick, didn't run

Pm -  Got back out running today.  Didn't feel great, but good enough to do this run.  Throat hurt a bit after my cough drop ran out.  I'm so tired of being sick I just wanna run free.  3.9 miles.

pm -  Today our team was doing a vVo2 max workout.  I was maybe gonna do it if I was feeling good enough, but my stupid sickness is really lingering around.  I warmed up with them, then ran laps around the track while they did their workout, then cooled down with them.  Got about 6.2 miles.  

Lifted weights after, I'm feeling a bit weak from being sick.

pm -  Ran an easy 40 minutes with the guys into Middleton.  The goal was to find Forest Park, and we did.  I've never been there it was epic.  Its like a little forest with a pond that has ducks, but its only about maybe 70m by 40m its tiny.  Back at the school did a mile of barefoot striders on the football field.  6.3 total.  

The construction right by the track is coming along, I think it will look pretty nice when its done.

am -  Met up with some guys and girls at Vernon Werthon Park and ran up to the trail along SR-18 towards Veyo.  I brought my dad's old road bike for coach holt and he rode along side us with Twix.  I felt the best I have for a while on the flats and downhills, but my lingering sickness was really hitting me on the huge hills.  Overall it was a really good run, I love that route with all the red rocks and stuff.  St. George is awesome.  10.5 out and back.

Am -  Did a morning run with the team, that was fun.  I'll probably do 3 this week as I get my miles back up.  Stinking sore throat is still lingering a bit but for the most part I feel good.

Pm -  6 minute test this afternoon.  Warmed up 10 mins then did it.  I was leading the first 3 laps, I wanted to go out and get 2000m.  But being sick and 2 weeks of low easy mileage affected me more than I thought.  The last 2 laps I was just tired and didn't have much.  Got 1933, a deprovement, but I'll just do my workouts with Preston and Paul as I get back rollin.  Cooled down to 50 minutes.  6.6 on the afternoon.

Lifted a little.  Also got a track sponsor from children's dental #makeitrain 

Pm -  Didn't run in the morning, don't wanna bump up my mileage too quick.  In the afternoon for practice we did some Old Man Hills.  4x800 at a pretty solid pace, they were decently hard with pretty tired legs.  I went 2:45, :44, :41, :35.  I really enjoy old man hills theyre complex.  Played a bit of football after.

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Am -  easy 3.6.  I took it a little slower cause my legs were just dead this morning.  Root beer mile in the afternoon!

Pm -  First race of the season and wow it was full of action.  Preston organized it so that it was during the school fire drill so it was dang packed.  I was hoping to win as I was second returner.  Warmed up like .3 and got to the line.  

I had dropped all my root beers so they were very foamy so that sucked.  I used Barq's by the way.  Mitch, Paul, Corbin, Jason, and Paul got out quick and I was just behind.  Second root beer mitch just took over, he was so OP this year.  His opening 809m was 2:46!!!  Including 2 root beers!  He went on to win in 6:39, too legit.  Paul threw up after two laps so he was DQ'd.  Jason and Corbin pulled away from me a bit and finished 2nd and 3rd unofficially.  The last two laps and root beers I didn't have much inspiration cause nobody was close to me, so I just cruised through to a 7:52 and unofficial 4th, a bit slower than last year.  

Turns our Jason had thrown up and Corbin had dumped out approximately 5-6 ounces through two of his cans, so they were DQ'd and I officially took 2nd! 

After, we went and ran on some cattle trails through Sandbergs desert, charged some cows, and finished up to 4.4 on the afternoon.

Pm -  Drove up to SUU with some guys to watch our bball team in the quarterfinals and they lost to a pretty good canyon view so bummer.  After that we went and chang behind a staircase in the Eccles Collesium; what a rush we were so exposed.  Warmed up 17 minutes then did 25 minutes tempo on SUU's track.  It ain't no lucious mondo surface, but it's way nicer than ours.  Me, Paul, Skylar, and Preston had a good group going, then preston dropped at like 10, then skylar at 20.  I was super tired, idk why, but me and Paul gutted out the last mile in like 5:35 it was good.  Averaged 5:52.  Cooled down to 8.5 miles then came home.

Saw SUU's XC bell ringer twice; once as we were eating at cafe rio she ran by, and as we were about to leave we saw her walking home.  That was awesome, Bryan even took a pic with her.

Pm -  Did the classic shoe run today.  Left a hubcap and some flowers at the Ellsworths.  Rubbed the Eagles beak for good luck in the ultimate Frisbee tournament tomorrow.  Skipped rocks at Sandberg's pond.  Charged a herd of cows.  Even found a shoe on the shoe run.  It was just a dope run.  Then did a mile of barefoot striders on the football field.  6.2 total.

Am -  Got up at 6:30, a lot earlier than I like on a Saturday, and ran 10 miles on Prospector trail with Dallen, Mitch, Andrew, and Alex.  Good run it was fun.

After that, went straight over to the field by the rec center for a ultimate frisbee tournament.  Got a little over 7 miles in 4 games, so I bet about 6 was running.  My team, the Mexican Hell Snake Red Fury D-Lions, did pretty good and got 2nd.  All that stuff left me completely exhausted but YOLO that happens.

Am -  Never been so sore in my life after saturday, that was a hardcore day.  Jogged 2 miles this morning in 17:30, that's about all I could handle.  Felt a lot better after though, it helped loosen up the legs good.

Pm -  30/30 interval workout today.  Ran it on tired legs so it got harder earlier, but overall it wasn't to bad.  I dig this workout; it's some fun, fast running.  10 minutes of warm and cool, 7.4 total for the afternoon.  

Lifted some light weights.  Didn't go to hard cause some of my muscles and tendons are about ready to bust.