GOING THE DISTANCE

Am -  The run this morning kinda sucked.  We went to fast.

Pm -  Did 1000m repeats today.  First off, did a 2 miles warm up then 4 reps, goal time 3:10-13.  It was a bit different for me cause i've been doing 1600m repeats so far this year.  But it was a nice workout and I enjoyed the change.  times were 3:13, :09, :11, :13.  Me and Paul ran those all together.  Its nice to be back doing repeats with Paul, it really helps me push myself.  After that we did some all out 300m's.  First one was 40 seconds, next one my legs were so tired i only got 44.  Also did some nice lifting, I moved up to 140 pound benching instead of 135!  next time i'll do 145.

Something that raised hell today:  it was actually saturday night when some noobs painted on my car windows.  just wow...

Am -  cold and rainy 3.7 miles.  It kinda sucked but my legs felt decent, so I enjoyed it a bit.

Pm -  A nice easy run in the afternoon.  We headed east on telegraph to hell hole.  Down in hell hole, the creek that runs through it was hardcore flooding.  We stopped to check out the rad red water, and I stuck my arm in to see how deep it was.  I slipped a bit and some of the water went en mi boca.  The rest of the run, my stomach was churning hardcore.  I'm pretty I sure drank in some hardcore parasite.  I had to stop like 15 times, it really sucked.  I barely got back to the high school after 6.4 miles.  My legs felt reall good though today, I'm ready for a good first race of the season this week.

Something that raised hell today:  Taking the ACT.  It was actually not that hard but it took forever.

Am -  3.9 miles.  It was a'ight.  Really cold though.

Pm -  Today's workout we did 400's at 1600m race pace with 1-2 minutes recovery.  It was easy for like the first 3.  Then it got progressively harder till the last few were a strain.  It was a good workout though, I hit my time of 1:07 each time.  After that we did some lifting, which was just super rad like always.  When I lifted I did various lifts where I lifted weight.  It was good.  Yep, it was good.  6.25 miles in the afternoon

Something that raised hell today:  gee, I don't really know.  Probly when that old granny won this sick motorbike on The Price is Right, which we watched at Carli's house during lunch.

Am -  I woke up a bit late so I didn't run with the team.  But I still had enough time to run before school.  So I just did a nice 3.3 mile loop around my neighborhood.

Pm -  Wow! What a swag afternoon!  Our new uniforms came and they are lickin cool.  The run was super dope, we did a 6.15 mile loop that included going across the top of majestic Foremaster Ridge.  Dang, what a beast ridge.  On the run, we talked about the 1-10 scale of female attractivity.  We talked about like where various females would fit and how it should be scaled and if holy beings are included and we just really just dissected it hardcore.  On our run we did 2 200 meter surges then 2 more back at school on the track.  

We got our first meet tomorrow.  It should be dope.  I'm doing the 3200m which I've only done once in my life, so I'm pretty excited about that.

Something that raised hell today:  that would be the fact that Jake got his gpa above 1.0 today!  That's good cuz he's one of our top guys.  What a beast

Am -  It was such a nice morning this morning.  The morning was nice.   Wow.

Pm-  Yeeeeeeuh boy.  First meet of the year!  It was at Hurricane which sucks and it always windy.  We should up at 3:20 to find the meet was changed to 3 and the girls 1600m was already going!  That was asinine!  Anyways that kinda sucked for the 1600 guys cuz they didn't get any warm up.

The 3200m was pretty interesting.  I've only done it one other time in 9th grade.  So yeah it was different.  The race went out really slow, like a meager 1:18, lol.  We kept picking up the pace lap by lap.  Really the only competitive guys in the race was us 4 Pine View guys.  In the second mile, after a belligerent 5:07 I think, me and Preston started changing the lead every 200.  Then with 800 left I just kinda took off and then finished in 10:07.  Now I just need to run it one more time and get it qualifies for state, which is like 9:58.  I definately prefer the shorter track races.  6.1 total with warms and cools.

Also then in the 4x4, my team threw down on some noobs and posted a swag 3:42 for the win.

Something that raised hell today:  when Controversial Cam scared the living, pumping blood out of some innocent walking ladies on our morning run.

Am -  Me, my dad, and Alex ran Prospector trail today.  It was such a beast and beautiful today, wow.  Probly like 60 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.  The trail was so fun and my legs felt super great.  We went 9.8 miles and I listened to some beast music.  I listened to all of U2's lately album and think I really like it.  Anyways yeah it was just a perfect day.  

Nothing raised hell today.  It was just so beast.

Am -  We met at 8 this morning to to our main workout cause it's spring break.  Our war ups were cool, I felt like a really cool person as the sun was just peaking over the brilliant horizon of Zion National Park to the east.  We warmed up 2 miles then did our workout, my groups was 4x1000m and 2 300's.  The 1k's were mucho dificil este mañana, no se porque.  Pero, yo trabajadé como un toro.  My times were 3:14, :09, :08, :07.  I put what speed I could into the 300's, I was already extremely tired.  Still got a decent 42 and 43.  After that we lifted and got super swoll.  6 miles total.

Pm -  I went out for a run at around 4.  Man it was hot!  I haven't warn a shirt with sleeves for a long time, and for good reason.  It was just a good but boring run.

Something that raised hell today:  I went to Ross for like the 10th time this month and they didn't have any track spikes.  I get so unlucky.

Am -  This morning our team just went on a nice 60 minute run.  We ran along the river trail till River road.  Then ran on that road basically all the way back to school.  Our pace was pretty fast, it was kinda hard but leisurely at the same time.  We talked about floating down the river all the way to lake mead, then down the Colorado to the gulf of California, then out to Japan.  That sounds like a pretty fun adventure.  Our loop was 7.9 miles and then we did 8 barefoot strides on some garbage grass the was like rock hard.

Pm -  I was shooting baby heads out in Warner valley with the fam.  So before we left, ne and Alex got a head start and ran back towards the city.  We did 3.7 mile which was good.  Would found this lovely grass field in the middle of a new developement Stuck Farms.

Something that raised hell today:  what Tony Almeida did on the episode of 24 I watched today.  I don't want to ruin it for everyone, so I'm just gonna say wow, it RAISED HELL.

Am -  Today for practice, us guys in the 800/1600 crew has a workout of 10 400's at 1600m race pace.  So my pace was 1:07.5.  We did a 2 mile warm, then ran the running workout.  I've been coming down with a cold the last couple days and it wore on me a bit today.  I probably averaged like 1:08 though, even adding some hurdles on like half of them.  It was a really hard workout though.  7 miles was the total miles for me.

Also we did some lifting after.  Someone had a fire playlist going with some Ice Cube, Notorious BIG, Warren G.  Probly controversial Cam but idk.

Pm -  Me, Cam, Paul, and Alex went to the new Fiesta Fun to bowl and just check it out.  It was pretty rad.  After that we ran out in the desert behind my house, just like a nice slow run with luscious cloud cover.  We ran through all the new bulldozed area and stuff.  3.3 miles.

Something that raised hell today:  ha ha ha when we cashed in our tickets at fiesta fun and the lady had to count out like 500 frooties, lol.  She got kinda butthurt.

Am -  We met at the high school at 8, then drove up to Green Springs Park to run Mustang pass trail.  It was actually a flammin good time.  But the trail is totally being overgrown and destroyed.  If more people don't start going on it, in 6 months it will probably be gone.  If anyone lives in St. George, I compel you to go walk, bike, or run this trail.  TOGETHER WE CAN SAVE A INOCENT TRAIL!!!   Please, I love trail running and this is a great trail.  We ran 6.8 miles.

Pm -  I went out to the river trail and did the 10.5 mile loop on my rollerblades.  It was pretty hard, but very fun.

Something that raised hell today:  Nicole painted my finger nails.  I honestly feel kind of ashamed of myself.

Am -  This morning we did some hill repeats.  Workout was 2 x (800m, 400m, 200m) then 400m, 200m.  Man, this workout was really tough.  On the first set, I honestly struggled a bit.  Especially on the 800, where my form was garbage.  On the second set though, I had kinda woken up a bit and had good form and some speedy running.  So yeah, I just finished out the workout really strong, then we ran back to school then went home.  Today is gonna be a great day, the weather is so fine.  7.5 miles

Pm -  I went for a run in the desert.  Since all the 4 wheeler trails are getting destroyed, I mainly did some trail blazing.  It was slow and hard, but I actually enjoyed being in the hot, majestic desert.  

Something that raised hell today:  I was waving my hand around in the kitchen and smacked a full glass of milk.  The delicious, pure milk went everywhere.  It was so sad, and I had to clean it all up.

Am -  I went to go running at 11 o clock.  My goal today was to get a long run in with at 20 min tempo.  I headed down the road, I was running.  As I was running down the road I was listening to music through my iPod touch, 4th generation, black, 32 gb.  I really need to buy an armband, I hate holding it in my hand.  My plan was to go run my tempo on the track at school, but when I got there I saw there was a big soccer game going.  So I decided against it and chose to run my tempo on red cliffs drive/telegraph cause it was the flattest street I could think of.  Turns out that was a stupid idea.  After I got about 8 solid minutes, I had to stop at 3 intersections.  That really threw off any rhythm I had.  But really, it ended up to be an ok workout.  I ended up with 9 miles.

Am -  My body was a noob and I fell asleep like right after I turned off my alarm.  Luckily I woke up again at 6:15, so I went on a run alone around the neighborhood.  It was really sketchy cause it was really dark and there's not many street lights. 4 miles

Pm -  We did our usual Monday workout:  4*1000m and 2*300.  It was pretty dang hard.  Like probably hard a a nice limestone rock.  My times were 3:07, :07, :12, :07.  I was pretty consistent except for that third one.  I think it was really hard. so I kinda didn't want to push all the way hard so I would have something for the last one.  But I just used guts to get through that one so it all worked out.  Also the 300's were really hard, I was just super tired today.  Lifting was also really hard.  6.5 miles total today.

Something that raised hell today:  it didn't really raise hell, but it was pretty funny.  On our warm up, some little black kid with dreads told me, "nice undies" as we ran by.  Lol, I guess my shorts were lookin pretty short.

Am -  I was very tired this morning.  I kinda fell asleep a bit.  3.6 miles

Pm -  Wow!  This afternoon was so savage.  We got out quick after school and went for a super stellar 5.3 mile run.  At first we headed to my house which is made of brick.  We ran down the desert trail right next to my house did some epic swag stuff through the desert.  Then we got back in the city and ran all the way down main street.  Then past sandberg' pond and back to school.  5.3 miles

Today we held a kid track meet for 3rd to 8th grade.  There's was actually a beast turnout for the first one and it was fun to help run.    After the meet a few of us did barefoot striders.

Something that raised hell today:  that was when I wrote a DBQ essay in apush.  Wow man!  I was just spitting fire hardcore.  I couldn't be stopped.  I bet that essay totally gets a 7.

Am -  It was a nice run this morning, I felt great for the 4 miles.

Pm -  Really tough work on the track today.  I had to do 8 600's at goal 1600 pace (4:20).  It was really freakin hard.  Coach kept saying like we gotta get our mind and body used to that fast pace, ya know.  My legs were really flammin, and by the end me and Jason were a little slow on our times.  So coach had us do the last 2 as 400's so we could get the pace.  It really helped me focus and I shot out a 1:02 and 1:03.  Total mileage was around 6 I think.  We also lifted weights.  

Something that raised hell today:  On our cool down, we passed the discus throwers, one of which was Triple B (big black Bryan).  Preston yelled, "bu bu bu…" and as he yelled, he tripped.  Preston fell and his face slammed right into coaches butt.  Wow, that was funny.

Am -  another great morning run.  My legs felt so fresh and eatable. 4 miles

Pm -  Just an easy pre race run which was 5.4 miles.  We did the classic shoe run, and those of us who live by the principles of YOLO jumped in Sandbergs pond.  That felt so great, I could really feel the coolness as the nice, wet, damp water wrapped around my body.  Cuz that's what it's all about these days, being damp.  4x200's when we got back.  Also me and Paul worked on our handoff for the Medly tommorow, which I'm doing the 800 in.  I also got the 800 on Saturday so that's dope, it's my favorite event.

Something that raised hell today:  for sure when John Proctor accused Abigail Williams of being a whore.  Wow!  What drama. 

Am -  nice 4 miles

Pm -  Hurricane Invite!  It was a very fun meet.  Today I only did the medley 800m so I just chilled in the shade for a long time.  I warmed up about 3-4 miles before the race.  In the race, we just had a small lead going into Paul's 400.  He did good and made the lead a bit bigger.  Then it was my turn, swag.  It didn't feel like it, but I went out really fast in a :55.  That made me pretty tired, so the last lap I was really diggin.  I was totally alone and we ended up winning by over a hundred meters I think!  So yeah, my unofficial split was a 1:59, maybe quicker (timer dude said 1:57 but I trust coach holt more).  

Solid first day getting some hardware and stuff.  Now I gotta go get some more in the open 800 tomorrow.

Something that raised hell today:  Trevor Thompson did some crazy magic tricks.  Ryan too.  That was some freaky deeky shiz.

Am -  back to Hurricane for day 2 of the meet.  As soon as we got there, me, Paul, Cam, and Bryan went on a nice run about 6 miles.  Later I warmed up more for the 800.

This race was a super beast race.  Nephi took the lead right from the start and I stayed right with him.  I trailed him till 350 meters in and then came up on his side.  At the 400 mark, I surged and took the lead and just kept attempting to accelerate from there.  The last hundred meters, I was just holding on for dear life.  I knew Ike had to be coming quick, and he was.  But I still won by a second in 1:58.3.  Yeah!  My first win in track.  

Something that raised hell today:  raising hell on the track raised hell today.

Am -  pretty fast run.  It was hard.  4 miles

Pm -  Tough workout on the track.  We did 4*1000m.  I got 3:04, :05, :08, :04.  I actual felt very good today.  This felt even a bit easier than last week when my times were a bit slower.  I also ran in my new lunarglides, which are super beast.  There was some wind today so that was annoying.  But overall good day.  5 miles.  Did some nice lifting.

Something that raised hell today:  again, a scene from The Crucible movie where John Proctor hanged.  It's actually pretty crazy when I remember that that shiz actually went down.

Am -  hard easy run.  4 miles.  I'm really hating waking up right now.

Pm -  Me, Paul, Jason, and Andrew drove over to Snow Canyon cuz there was a JV meet there.  We went on a nice run up a trail through some dope lookin lava fields.  On the way back we found something in a creek. 5 miles.  Also did some barefoot striders.  Later, I made a YOLO decision and "jumped" into the high jump.  I cleared 5'4" so it was ok, but really fun and swag.  The power of The Tuna Wiggle really helped me.

Something that raised hell today:  the something we found in a creek was a bike!  I went in and got it.  I got all muddy but it was worth it.  I had a lot of fun on the bike for the hour I had it.

Am -  Just a nice 4 miles.

Pm -  Wow, tough day on the track.  8*600m at 1600 pace.  Coach told we gotta do this so we could get our bodies and minds used to that fast pace.  I was still not able to get 4:20 pace on all of them, but I was an average of 4 seconds faster for each then last week.  And I did all 8 as 600's, so it was pretty good.  My legs are getting in the groove of running fast.  I think this workout would be easier too if I wasn't doing it alone.  5.5 miles.  Also did some quality lifting.

Something that raised hell today:  this rediculous hand shake that my sister and coaches daughter made up, lol.  It's like 30 seconds and they chant during it.

Am -  4 miles of luscious running.

Pm -  Today we did our pre race run, which was sooooo dope.   We did the classic shoe run route.  First we stopped at Sullivan Park to hit up the baño.  While we were there, Bryan caught a duck and threw it into the air.  Instead of it flying, it slammed into the ground.  We also found a dead fish in a bag, which we dropped off on the Ellsworth's porch.  Then we rubbed the Eagles beak for good luck and headed toward the pond.  When we passed the pond and got into Marlar territory, Mitch got stung by and be and screamed hardcore.  Back at school we finished with 4*200m.  Sickest run in a long time.

Something that raised hell today:  when Mitch got stung by a bee.  He was totally freakin out and stuff.

Am -  4 easy

Pm -  Did the 1600m today at our own invitational.  I got a nice warmup in, like 2 miles.  I didn't have an exact time goal, just to get a nice PR from my 4:30 back in November.  I was in the second ally and I got a pretty good start.  The race was pretty physical and the first 2 lap was a lot of jostling around.  First lap was like 1:05 then second I came through at 2:11.  Third lap I focused on keeping my turnover quick.  In the whole back stretch I had like a hardcore elbow battle with some noob.  It kinda pissed me off.  Third split was 3:20 and I was like, "wow! I could get a nice PR."  I surged nicely past some dudes and just kept accelerating till I was kicking to the finish.  I PR'd by 5 seconds and got 4:25.  And I qualified for state too so that's dope.  

Something that raised hell today:  wow, Josh Collins with a meet record in the 1600m.  He beat Ben Saarel's time by like half a second.  Also, my dope PR

Am -  4 miles

Pm -  We had such a beast run today.  Prestons mom told him his ACT score had come in the mail, so we had a plan to run past our houses to see our scores.  We went to my house and I got a nice 31.  If I actually study for it I think I could get a pretty good score.  Then we went passed Bryan's.  But poor guy, his hadn't come today.  The run overall was nice, we added some fartleks in.  6.7 miles.  My right Achilles is super sore, that's a problem I gotta fix quick.

Something that raised hell today:  we went to pizza pie cafe after out run, then went to jakes for his "ACT score opening", (he got 27),  and then watched Star Wars 2.  The whole was totally dope and raised hell

Am -  no run this morning.  my achilles was really sore yesterday afternoon.

Pm -  ran an easy 4.5 then quickly got back to the high school to help out with the little kid meet.

Something that raised hell today:  I went through a 100 meter long pitch black tunnel full of water and mud.  sketchy stuff bro.