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It was 0 degrees this morning, and I didn't want to freeze so I planned to go run at the Sports Academy. My first 3 miles on the treadmill were 18 minutes flat. My first 2 miles were a little slow, so I really sped up that last mile. Took a break on got some water, then hopped back on and ran 2 more miles. One of those miles I put some incline in on the treadmill. Finished them in the high 5 minutes. Sorry I don't have exact times. Then I went and did some leg excercises. I was hurting pretty bad after doing those for about 30 minutes. Shot some hoops, then went back and did 1 more mile on the treadmill. Finished that one in about 7 minutes and 40 seconds. Good day of working out, excited to see how I'm gonna be able to get out of bed tomorrow morning. Thinking about going to Crystal Hotsprings again tonight which should feel good on my legs.

Due to the temperature, I didn't run outside again for the..... eh I don't even know how many days it has been. But anyways, I went to the Sports Academy once again and ran on the treadmill. I had a side ache for my first set which made it hard to push any harder. My first 3 miles I finished in 17:47. (The treadmill takes some time to get going at the pace that I wanted, so it added about 30 seconds on that one and extra time on every set that I did) Took a water break, then ran 2 miles in 12:12. Took another short breather then ran a mile in 5:23. Pretty tiring after that one. Finished with a slow cool down mile with a bit of incline. To be honest running on a treadmill for that long isn't so bad. I was going to give my legs a rest from the machines, but I realized that tomorrow is Sunday I can just rest then. My quads have been pretty sore lately so I just did 3x30 calf extensions for leg work. Not much, but hey don't judge. Then I went over to the seated row and did 3x30 to get a bit of upper body and shoulder work. I need to start focusing on my upper body a bit more. When all that was finished I played one game of pick up ball. Good day of workout.

Well Christmas break is over which sucks but that means the start of after school runs again. I was pretty tired today mainly because I didn't get very much sleep. I went to bed at like 10:15 and I didn't fall asleep for a couple hours. Went upstairs and got a bowl of cereal at 1:30 then I finally fell asleep at like 2. No worries though. Today we planned for a mile time trial so we could gauge what heat we are going to be in on saturday, but turns out the snow on the track had not melted so we changed the workout to a 4 mile interval workout. Just easy the first mile, hard the next, then easy, then hard. I finished my first hard mile in 5:20, and then my 2nd hard mile in 5:31. I would've been faster on that 2nd hard mile but I had to run around a car that stopped in an intersection, then I took it easy for a couple of steps because I almost stumbled on some ice. Finished with a half mile cool down. Might go to the Sports Academy later on today to get some more mileage in.

3.5 miles at the Sports Academy on the treadmill. 6:45 to 7 minute mile pace. Then lifted and worked on legs. Shot some hoops.

Easy 4 miles with Hayden and Eric. Average mile pace was 7:16. No more lifting for the rest of the week. I destroyed my triceps and I am soooo sore. Hopefully it goes away by the end of the week.

We were supposed to go do a hill workout on a hill in providence, but because it was snowing and kind of foggy our coach didn't want me running into any cars and damaging them, so he gave us a workout in the school to do. 3 sets of 5 hard laps on the inside of the school broken up with an moderate paced lap after each lap. After set it was followed with 25 push-ups and 50 sit ups. We were supposed to be going 5k pace, but we were really going like an 800 meter pace. We were pushing so hard! Ended up having to do the last 2 sets on the indoor track in the gym since the school closed the hallway doors. Since we couldn't use our watches since we were inside we estimated that it was about 3 miles. Good speed workout! 

Went to the Sports Academy with Hayden later on and did 5 miles on the treadmill. First two miles in 13 minutes, and the 2nd two mile I finished in like 12:30, I can't remember the exact times. Then finished with a mile cool down with incline. Felt really good on that. Then we both shot some hoops for a couple of minutes. I'm way pumped for the USU indoor track meet. I hope I do well it's just really hard to say if I will or not because I don't have a ton of training behind me since I took a 10 week break for mono. I will just stay optimisitic! Peace.

Becuase of the crappy air right now, we just ran inside around the halls today. Got 2 miles of moderate and easy miles. Felt pretty good except for my triceps which still kill. Planned for more miles at the Sports Academy.

Did 4 miles at an easy 7:30 pace on the treadmill at Sports Academy with Hayden. Can't wait for the first indoor track meet. I'm gonna kill it.

Easy pre-meet 3 miles with Hayden and Eric. Average mile pace was 7:43 which felt different because I never go that slow even on pre-meet days. My legs were kind of heavy I'm sure that will go away. So pumped!

Today was USU indoor track meet. First one of the year. I wasn't really expecting to do great because I have only had about 3 weeks of training since when I first came back from mono, then getting sick with strep throat right after Footlocker. I ran both the mile and 2 mile. I wanted to p.r. in both of them because I felt like that was a reachable goal despite getting sick. When I ran the mile I was just really tight in the arms and they were hurting but I tried my best to push through. I ended up getting past by like 4 kids in the last 400 meters. My conditioning is not the greatest and when I tried to stay up with them my body was making it pretty hard to do so. I ended up getting a 4:50, but I'm not way upset about it. For the two mile most people left, so I believe there was only like 5 guys racing it. I went out with Ethan for the first 9 laps or so but I couldn't keep up the pace. My first mile was 4:57, and I finished with a 10:25. Yeah that's not good for me at all. I did fine based on my conditions. All I can do from this point is continue to gain my cardio and strength back so I'm excited to see how I do in these future meets. Great job to all my fellow Hobby Joggers. You all did great!

I've got to make this short and sweet because I need to go to bed. After school workout was 5x1000's and 3 minutes. For an hour Eric, Hayden, and I shoveled on one lane in the track which was really hard. When we started running it was really hard to hit 3 minutes because of the snow which still made it a bit slippery and our lines weren't exactly straight. Decent workout. Didn't cool down because it was getting late.

6 miles at the Sports Academy on the treadmills. First 3 were in 18:05 and the next 3 miles was in 17:32. The treadmill takes a couple minutes to start going at the speed I wanted so it added some time. Finished off with some leg work on the machines, and a tiny bit of shoulders. Good workout. I bet I will be pretty sore tomorrow.

Today was not that memorable day for running. During lunch I wouldn't stop downing food because I was starving, and I could definitely feel it during my run. The workout was a moderate paced 6 miles. I didn't have my watch so I couldn't keep pace, so Hayden did with his watch. My stomach was not feeling good and and sometimes I just felt like throwing up. Made the run tough, but we still managed to stay under 6:30 for each mile, with our fastest mile being 6:05. No Sports Academy tonight. Me legs are pretty sore from lifting. Gonna go watch the Sky View and Mountain Crest game and maybe chat after with the sv kids. Peace.

Today's workout Don wanted us to do 30, 60, 90, 120 second hill repeats up the hill in Providence near the top of Center street. I wasn't really sure what to expect since this would be my first hill repeat workout since September. No explanation needed, you all know why. While starting, it was quite obvious to see that I have lost a lot of strength on hills which used to be my thing. By the time the 2 minute interval came, I was dead. But I still pushed hard and got near to the very top. I remember where I would get when I did this workout during the cross country season. So it shows that I got a lot of work to do to get caught back up. After we finished we ran to Don's house where we chatted for a couple minutes with him. Then we cooled down to 3 miles. 

Went to the Sports Academy tonight to run and lift. The plan was 6 miles, First 3 miles I finished it 17:05 which felt pretty good. Took of couple minutes for a drink break and started running again. On my second set my first mile I finished in 6:45, but right before I finished that mile I told myself that I would push hard on the 2nd mile of that set. So right when it hit 1 mile (6:45) I tossed up the speed to 12 mph. It actually didn't feel too hard and I finished the next mile at (11:45) which just so happens to be 5 minutes flat. Wish I would've turned the speed up a little more at the end to break 5, but I don't really care. Took 1 more short break then finished with a 1 mile cooldown so I could finish with 9 miles for the day. I wish my milage was more built up and my body was more used to it because I would have done a couple miles more, but I live in fear of stress fractures and over usage injuries. When I was finished I did some leg curls, and bunch of other weights for my legs. Pretty succesful day. Gonna take it easier for the rest of the week so I feel good for BYU. 

Easy 4 miles to the turkey sheds with Hayden, Trey, and Eric. My calves were sore so I took it really really easy. Didn't have my watch so I don't know what my pace was. Felt really good outside. 

2 really easy miles at the Sports Academy. Ran at an 8 minute mile pace which is probably the easiest I have ran in a while. After I finished my legs weren't as sore so it felt good. Before I left I turned up the speed to 15 mph which is a 4 minute mile pace and ran 400 meters. That goes by so fast at that pace. Shot some hoops after.

Easy 3 miles with Hayden to the Stake Center in Hyrum. My legs are a bit sore and I wasn't feeling to great but I will be fine by tomorrow for the BYU indoor meet. I'm gonna be doing the 1600 and 3200 while I'm there.

Didn't get very much sleep at all which sucked, but I got to nap on the way down to BYU so that was nice. I've never ran on the indoor track at BYU, but I love it. Probably the sickest track the I have ever ran on. When we got there we set up camp and chilled for a while until we had to warm up for the mile. All day long I had been experiencing digestion problems which made running a bit of a challenge. Fiber is the enemy... Not gonna go into much detail about that. When we started the mile  got out to a good start but just wasn't feeling that good because of what was happening and by the 3rd lap out of 5 I seriously contemplated dropping out. Really tightened up and just made pushing myself as hard as I could difficult. Finished with a 4:47. I wasn't really too happy with it, but it was alright. Cooldown and chilled then got lunch. Had a pretty long wait for the 2 mile. Finally got to warm ups and I still was having the same problem. Just not as bad as earlier in the day. Wasn't quite sure how I would do in the 2 mile. I tried to stay relax and try my best not to tighten up in the shoulders. Opened up in 57 seconds. (350m track btw) Each of my laps were pretty consistent around 61 seconds. I really focused on letting my long legs do a lot of the work by just trying to get bigger strides. Ethan widened a gap between me and him with a couple laps left, but that last lap I made up a lof of ground. Finished 2nd to him by 3 seconds. My time was 10:03 which I was happy with because it's a p.r. and I only have about 4 weeks of training in me right now. So there is a lot of room for improvement. I had an awesome day racing and being with all my friends. I'm so happy I get to do this every weekend for a couple weeks. Looking forward to the next meet on Saturday at Weber.

No running today. My leg that started hurting at BYU has gotten worse, and my coach believes that it is an over usage injury. I believe it too. I hopped my mileage up from 0 to about 45 in about 4 weeks. So I went to the Sports Academy and did some weight lifting for my upper body. Then sat in the hot tub and sauna. Gonna go to the pool before school tomorrow morning so I can get some cross training. I might start trying to run on thursday depending on how it feels.

Woke up early and met Hayden at the school at 6:20. We strapped the water belts on and ran for 35 minutes in the pool. My leg definitely sore and wasn't feeling to great. Hopefully this feeling will go away soon.

pm: Went to Sports Academy and lifted weights. I first just focused on my back, shoulders, chest and my core. Then I thought it would be alright to give my legs a workout, just not anything that hurts the one certain part of my leg that has been hurting. So I did a lot of calf extensions with 90 pounds of weight, and worked on my quads too. It all felt really good. Gonna swim again tomorrow morning before school.

Met Hayden this morning before school again at the pool. Our workout was 10 minutes warmup. Then we did 1 minute hard 30 seconds easy, 1:30 hard 30 seconds easy and keep increasing the hard interval by 30 seconds until we got all the way up to 3 minutes hard. Then we would come back down by 30 seconds. After we finished the 2 minute hard interval on the down side, we got told that we had to leave so they could close up the pool, so we didn't quite get the whole workout finished, but that's alright. It was a really good workout and got me breathing hard. I hope to try running tomorrow.

Today is the first day that I have ran this week. I've got to say it was probably one of the most rough workouts that I've done since I came back from mono. The workout was out at 6:15 mile pace, and after every mile get progressively faster by 15 seconds, (and a half mile warmup). We were supposed to do this for 5 miles. So by the last mile it would be at 5:15 pace. Really this shouldn't have been a hard workout, but today was a bad day for running. I'm not gonna rattle of a list of my excuses because I don't feel like it. I stayed on pace for the first 2.5 mile but the last 2.5 were really difficult for me. Finished with a half mile cooldown. I hope I get feeling well for Weber. 

3 easy miles with Hayden and Eric. Wasn't feeling good because of my cold. My immune system sucks right now. Probably not going to Weber because I don't want to get other sick.

I was really motivated to do a hard workout today because I had missed the Weber meet and pretty much all of last week, so I felt like I really needed to push myself today. The workout was 16x200 meter at 40 seconds faster than 5k pace and a 100 meter jog between each interval. Hayden, Eric and I warmed up for a mile before we started. Since the track was covered with snow we had to go out on the road and do it, which sucked. Doing speed workouts like that without a track makes everything hard because you don't know exactly where 200 meters is. So we ran hard for .13. I did pretty decent on the first 12, but on the last 4 I fell off. We finished with a slow mile cooldown. It was a really good workout and I was really happy to be outside in the great weather. I'm starting to hope for spring weather. Finished with 5 miles total.

Went to Sports Academy and did 3 easy miles on the treadmill. I set the incline to 2 so it would feel more realistic to running on the ground. Next up I did an hour of weights focusing a lot on my legs, but I did some abs, back, and chest work. I'm gonna wake up way sore tomorrow but that's okay, I like that feeling.

Today I did not want to run in Hyrum again, it has just gotten really boring. So Hayden, Eric and I drove to Providence to do our workout. The workout was 7 miles altrenating paces from easy to moderate. My legs were very sore from yesterday after lifting weights  and running so I wasn't feeling fresh. We started on our easy mile for a warmup and headed toward cliff side. My first moderate mile was in 6:32 which had a good amount of up hill. When we hit 3 miles we turned around and started our next moderate mile which I did in 5:30. It started getting chilly and my hands froze. My last moderate mile was in 5:50. Then we cooled down to 7 miles. I'm not gonna run at the Sports Academy tonight because I have a service project tonight for mutual. 

I was pretty excited for the workout today because I love running hills. They might suck but they make me such a stronger runner. Me and Eric drove over to Providence and got up to Center street. We did a really short warm up, and by the way it was really warm which was awesome. I didn't have to run with a jacket so that was nice. The workout on the hill was a 30, 60, 90, 120 second hill repeats. The 30 and 60 were hard but I had to really dig deep for the 90 and 120. I can already tell that by 2 weeks time I have gained a lot of strength back on hills. I got a lot farther up than I did last time which helps boost my confidence. After we finished we stopped by Don's and had a chat with him. Then we cooled down to 3 which sounds really short but I was going to run later at the Sports Academy.

5 miles moderate to easy at the Sports Academy on the treadmill. My legs are sore but I bet that will go away by saturday. I'm way pumped and I'm gonna throw down a good time.

Today I was really tired just the whole day so when it was time to run I didn't have the same kind of motivation that I always do, but that didn't stop me from going run. Today was 7 easy miles which was nice because I have been working hard all week long. Started at Zollinger Park in Providence and went through River Heights all the way up to the Temple. Kept on going north and eventually ended up on 4th north. I ran down to main street and headed all the way back to the park. I took it pretty easy, 7:31 average mile pace which felt real nice on my muscles that have been sore all week long.

Easy 3 mile pre-race with Hayden and Eric. Took it real easy to the turkey sheds. Way pumped to race.

Woke up this morning so pumped to run at the Oval, only to have my mom come into my room and tell me that we weren't going because of how much it had snowed. I look out my window, and holy fetch where did all that come from!? I was really dissapointed because I was feeling really good and I knew I was gonna run my very best. Atleast I will have one more chance this indoor season to run at the oval. Anyways, I went to the Sports Academy to go run because it was pretty nasty and slushy outside. I was planning for a real hard workout because I didn't race. Starting with a 1 mile warmup, then did 3 miles at tempo pace with the incline at 2 for the first mile of that 3 mile set. Finished the 3 miles in 15:50. I was gonna do another 3 hard but I wasn't feeling it after that set, and I knew I had a hard leg workout after. So I did 2 more at an easier pace. I got off the treadmill and just competely killed my legs on the machines. Usually I don't workout my legs for that hard and that long, but after I finished my last set on a machine I got off and almost blacked out. I was stumbling all around and couldn't stay up. I went and sat down for a couple minutes then I realized that I was 1 mile away from 40 miles this week. (My pre-race day screwed everything up) So I did a reallllllly easy mile on the treadmill. When I finished with that I felt like complete junk all around and didn't feel too good. Atleast I can say I made up for missing a race.