Check out my Mixtape

Cabin Run. Lots of hills.

Today we ran Mt. Pisgah. It was cold outside and looked like it was going to rain, but it made the air feel good. We had an interval workout of 1 minute hard, 1 minute active recovery, 30 seconds hard, 30 seconds recovery, and so on. After a 8 minute warmup we started and we were supposed to do this for 15 minutes. Mt. Pisgah is a gradaul inlcine on a gravel road which helped add to the difficulty. My legs were pretty tired mainly because I have been trying to put in as much milage as I could this week, aiming for 70. I could feel the soreness in my legs from the hill workout we did earlier in the week. At the end of the 15 minutes of intervals I was at 3 miles, and then I ran for another mile up so when I finished I could have 8 miles. On the way back it started to rain really heavy rain, but it felt good. The whole way down my knees were hurting a lot and I didn't want to push it down hill. I was going about a 6:40 mile pace on the way down. Last time on this run I hurt myself on the down hill, so I'm glad didn't do that this time. As usual, when i got home, I was tired, so I slept after I got something to eat. I'm not looking forward to doing atleast another 5 miles tonight, but I got to if I'm going to get 70 miles. 

Night run: 6 easy

Easy 4 miles. I'm not gonna get 70 miles this week. I have the motivation too, but my knees are starting to hurt and I don't want to injure myself. I will get it another week though.

Today we are started to focus on getting some speed. We did a 2 mile warmup around McDonalds loop, and then we got back on the track. Our workout was 1 mile at your 10K pace and then another mile, but every 400 was progressivley faster so on your last lap it is was an all out sprint. I ran the 10K pace and ran my mile in 5:45. Then on the last mile I ran it in 5:10. It was actually a pretty good workout. I didn't think it was going to be, but it was. After that, I ran a 1 mile cool down on the track, and then a barefoot mile. I was at 7.3 for milage and I couldn't finish until i got 8, so I ran 3 more laps on the track. I think this week I am going to try to run 60-65 miles so I am gonna go atleast 4 miles tonight. I am going to run in the heat of the day too. That should help me handle the heat better when the season comes around.

pm run: 4 miles. It was really hot. My avg. mile pace was 6:48. Calves are sore from the run earlier this morning. 

Today we ran from Mtn. Crest all the way to Jamba Juice. An 8 mile run. My legs hurt pretty bad the whole entire way because of yesterdays workout. Joe and Hayden weren't there today so I ran the whole thing by myself. Usually on tuesdays we do tempo runs but we had a hard workout yesterday, so coach Don told us to take it easy. He said if I wanted to though, that I could tempo it. I tried to stay below 6 minutes for the first 2 miles but my legs hurt so bad! So till mile 6, I stayed low 6's. For the last 2 miles I was high 6's. Not really much of a tempo pace today, but it still was a really fun run. Got myself a peanut butter mood with a whey protein boost in it. Yum! Got to do atleast 3 miles tonight. 

pm run: Did an easy 3 miles. Hopefully the soreness in my legs go away soon. 1st Dam run tommorow morning. Looking forward to running and then jumping off the bridge into the river.

Today was an easy run for me. I am still hurting from mondays workout, and running hard yesterday didn't do anything to help me feel better. Started at 1st dam and went and ran up around at USU. Got to the quad and ran a mile and half barefoot. Just seemed like this morning I didn't have much motivation and I just wanted to be done with my run. I went pretty slow too. I am racing on the 24th, so hopefully my legs will be feeling better by then. Might go on another short run tonight. Not sure. 

pm run: 2 miles easy

I am completely exhausted. I am not getting enough sleep at all, so I have to do better at that. I have a race tomorrow, so I did 3 easy miles this morning. Then I got home and slept till like 11:30. Stay tuned for race results.

The race today was really fun. I have never ran here, but I am here with my grandparents for a couple days so I decided to run in this race. I felt really relaxed as I raced. Didn't have anybody pushing me. The competition was really slow. (2nd place finished 1 minute and 50 seconds behind me) My pace was really steady the whole time. I warmed up with a mile, and cooled down with a mile and half. Great way to start the 24th. Met some cool people while I was in Bear River. This week I don't even think I'm gonna hit 60 miles again like last week because of my race and pre-race. 

Easy 5. Good recovery from the race yesterday.

Hollow road today. We were supposed to be going an easy pace, but for some reason everybody was pushing the pace. We were going like high 5's and low 6's. When we got back on the highway we sprinted in between every other telephone pole, which helps make the hill you're on pass by faster. Then we got back to the school and ran 4X 200 meter strideouts. I felt great on those. It really makes me want to have some speedwork. We finished and ran a barefoot mile, then I put the spikes on 1 more time and ran a half mile. 

pm: I was at the logan rec center with my family playing racket ball and it was getting dark. I really wanted to get home and go run, but they wanted to play and stay because my sister is leaving for the MTC on Wednesday for her mission. She is going to Sydney, Australia by the way. But anyways, I knew that I couldn't run at home because the mosquito fogger drives around Nibley on monday and its bad to breath, so I ran a mile on the track at LHS and then they were ready to go. My right knee hurts, and so does my foot, but I am trying to ice and take care of it. 

Today was supposed to be a tempo run on Nibley Dip for 20 minutes, but our coach changed it to be 1 minute at mile pace, and 3 minutes active recovery. We were supposed to do that for 20 minutes. So in all, we got 5 minutes at mile pace. I would have of preffered the regular 20 minute tempo run because it's usually a really good workout, but I'm okay with it today, because my knees have started to hurt. Contemplated not going this morning. I was sooo tired. Glad that I did though. I  really want to get 70 miles this week, but I can already tell that it's gonna be a tough week, so we will see.

pm: 5 mile run at a 6:45 pace. It was hot and other than my foot kind of hurting, I felt great.

Today we went to 1st dam to run 7 miles on the river trail. I'm just a little confused abut one thing though. Why the fetch is it under 40 degrees outside when we are still in July!? I just don't understand. But besides freezing my hands off, the run was good. I was a little sore from yesterday. Gotta make this blog short because we are leaving to drop my sister off at the MTC. Goodluck to her. Gotta do atleast 4 tonight. 

pm: 4.25 miles at a 6:45 pace. Felt really good with the new shoes that I just got.

Blacksmith Fork Hill today! 7 hill repeats, and boy did that suck. I maintained a 5:30-5:45 pace all the way up the hill. I was happy with that because the hill is sooo long. I usually dread the workout the night before, but I am glad that I got out and worked hard. After the hills, I ran McDonalds loop back to the school. Great morning to get out on a run. All except for the wind, which I think blew the hardest it has all summer, but thats alright. Gonna go 3 to 4 miles tonight.

pm: Did a fun 4 miles today with Joe. Stayed at about a 6:45 pace. Good conversations with him. Geez you wack liberalists. Got home and I was at 4 miles, but I was feeling pretty good, so I went one more mile and got 5. I think I'm gonna finally get 70 miles this week.

Today we ran upper turkey sheds. The wind was crazy today. Had to run into the wind a lot of the time, and that just sucked. My legs were pretty fatigued from yesterdays hill workout. It was an easy pace, but still felt tough. Got back to the school and then we did 4X200 meter strideouts. I was 3 quarters of a mile short of 8, so some of us ran barefoot on the football field and finished with 8. Goodluck to Coach Don at the American Fork Half Marathon tomorrow. Got to go atleast 3 or 4 tonight.

pm: Easy run with Joe. 4.25 miles. Same loop in Nibley as we have been doing for the past couple days. I'm kinda of fatigued from our workouts earlier this week. Not really looking forward to our morning run tomorrow.