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Location:

Nibley,UT,United States

Member Since:

Jul 14, 2015

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Voted best sneaker collection at Mountain Crest

1st Overall at the 2015 Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run 15k

1600 m 4:27.33 

3200 m 9:37.60

800 m 2:01.93

400 m 52.88

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Personal:

Idaho State University XC & TRACK

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Adidas Boost 2 Blue Lifetime Miles: 604.50
Adidas Boost 2 Black Lifetime Miles: 554.09
Barefoot Lifetime Miles: 24.70
Nike Mutumbo Spikes Lifetime Miles: 89.90
Adidas Ambition Spikes Lifetime Miles: 1.00
Saucony Shay XC 4 Lifetime Miles: 80.00
Saucony Kinvara 6 Lifetime Miles: 368.13
Nike Victory 2 Lifetime Miles: 24.00
Adidas Ultra Boost Lifetime Miles: 293.00
Saucony Kinvara 6 (2) Lifetime Miles: 41.00
Total Distance
12.00
Saucony Kinvara 6 (2) Miles: 10.00Adidas Ultra Boost Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 15.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 15.00
Race: Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run 15K (9.3 Miles) 00:51:50, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 3
Total Distance
10.00

I've been looking forward to this day all summer long and it has finally come. Tried getting to bed really early and surprisingly fell asleep pretty quickly. The only problem was that I woke up at 3:30 in the middle of the night and couldn't go back to sleep because I was so excited. I ate a little bowl of oatmeal for breakfast and headed out the door at 6. When I got to A.J. park I found some more of the fellow Hobby Joggers and did a short warmup. I was getting pretty nervous but I was so excited to race. When the race started I recognized one of the runners that was running near the front with a few of us. It was Skylar Riggs from SUU. For the first mile, I wasn't running my race. Nobody was, except for Skylar. We took out the first mile in 5:05. Lol. Everybody naturally just slowed down after that first mile and just let Skylar go. At the 3 mile mark my split was 15:52 so we were still haulin. I was feeling pretty good, but then I started getting some pain in my rib/sternum area. It really started to affect my breathing and made me slow down for a good couple of miles even though my body was telling me to keep going. I started to fade a little bit from Ethan, and Hayden started to catch me. By about mile 6 I managed my breathing good enough that the pain went away. I started closing the gap on Ethan and finally caught him on Blacksmith Fork Hill. He turned around and gave me a high five then took off. That kid is such a troll. That hill wrecked me pretty good, but I just tried to keep the gap in between Hayden and I. By mile 7 I was feeling pretty beat, but I just kept pushing hard. The long flat in between the hill and McDonalds was the hardest part of the race for me. I was hurting and mentally I just wanted to run at a more comfortable pace. I really wanted to catch Ethan again so I pushed that thought out of my head. Once I hit the main street in Hyrum I really focused on striding out and getting the most distance that I could in between each step because of the downhill. Even though at that point I knew that I wasn't going to catch Ethan, I just tried making sure that I wasn't going to get caught by Hayden. I could have given more on my final sprint, but that wouldn't have on changed my place so whatever. I finished in third overall behind Skylar and Ethan. My time was 51:50 for 9.3 miles, a 5:34 average mile pace. Ethan finished 9 seconds in head of me, and Hayden finished 6 seconds behind me. I laid down on the grass immediately after crossing the line, and when I tried to get up, my hip flexor just tightened up and killed. I could hardly walk around without a ton of pain. So I hobbled around and talked with a bunch of people until the awards. It was an awesome day of racing. What a great way to start the 4th of July! Good job to everyone who ran. It was a blast!

 

Saucony Kinvara 6 (2) Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Total Distance
2.00

2 easy miles around Nibley. Hip flexors just killed, so I rolled out after. I'm not training for anything, so that's why I have been taking this week off.

Adidas Ultra Boost Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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Total Distance
12.00
Saucony Kinvara 6 (2) Miles: 10.00Adidas Ultra Boost Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 15.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 15.00
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