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AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 7-Cedar Invitational. Coach Holt told me to run with Trevor and Corey to pace Devin and Ryan. Then by the last mile if we had it in us he wanted us to win it. So Trevor, Corey and I pushed our last mile pretty hard and ended up getting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. We won with a score of 32 in front of Canyon View and Kearns.

Volunteered for the Saint George Marathon with Washington 11th Ward. Ran 5 on the course with Trevor before the race. Then ran another 5 with Austin and Trevor during the race. It was cool to run with all the racers but it sucked to run back up the hills to the aid station. The marathon was amazing overall though!

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. Felt good and easy like always.

PM: 9-Shinob Kibe. After a talk from coach the varsity guys went out around Shinob Kibe, made even better by the abnormal amount of rain in St. George. After crying about my shoes getting all muddy I fully embraced it. One of the best runs in a while, but also one of the slowest. I don't even care, we enjoyed it. And then striders to add in a mile at the end.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. Another easy morning run but started out way bad because my knee is hurting. It's nothing major, just from not looking for obsticles before i knelt for prayer last night.

PM: 9-Inside the School. Today two Snow Canyon kids were struck by lightning so our principal and resource officer made us go inside. We worked out all through the halls of the high school. 2 mile (15 min) warm up about. then 6*1000's (6*3 min). and finally 2 mile (15 min) cool down. it wasn't exact because my garmin would keep losing reception in the school but pretty close.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. Normal easy run.

PM: 6-DI warm up, 2 miles. 4*200 on the track in a relay style. Corey, Devin, and Ryan won. 3 mile run/cool down. Some extra hills at the end to work on our turnover. Even though it was only four 200's it may have been one of the hardest workouts ever. Sounds sad doesn't it.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. Easy three mile recovering from yesterday's beastly workout. My quads hurt so bad.

PM: 8-Michigan. 800 at 5:30 pace, 2400 at 6:00 pace, 800 at 5:30 pace, 2400 at 6:00 pace, 400 at 5:00 pace. total time- 23:53. goal time- 24:45. Hit the A Standard for two sets. I only wish we had done three sets today so I could have hit the A Standard for three sets.  Good quality work out though.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 10-Washington Fields/Striders. Eight mile loop into Washington Fields, around Nichols Peak and an extension into Pine View neighborhoods. Everybody said their legs didn't feel great. So we planned on icing after our striders, which added another mile, but we never got around to it because of the team party.

PM: 10-Green Springs. I took Kaylee along and we ran with Trevor from his house, past the high school, and up through Green Springs. It was only an eight miler, so we added on two miles aroung Trevors neighborhood. We went a pretty quick pace, but i don't know how impressive, cause i didn't have a watch.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. Easy mileage to warm up for Region from the weekend.

PM: 8-Region 9 Championships. 3 miles when we got there to get in some mileage. 1.5 warm up before race. And .5 cool down after race. My race wasn't that great, because I came off of a week with a little chest cold. I know it sounds like I'm making excuses, but i really couldn't breathe that well. I stuck in there for a third place finish behind Trevor and Corey. We had a perfect race scoring 15 points, and came out with a Region Championship.

AM: 3-Arcticle Circle.

PM: 9-Washington Parkway/Striders. Ran an easy eight mile loop but could really feel the soreness and tightness of my legs.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 6-Intervals. 2 mile warm up. 1*1000 at 2:46. 1*800 at 2:15. 1*600 at 1:??. 1*400 at 0:58. 2 mile cool down. hit the workout really well. Our team is looking pretty good for state next week.

AM: 3-Coral Canyon. It was nice to wake up a little bit later, and to run on my own.

PM: Hospital Run/Wave Hills. Ran an eight mile loop up over Foremaster then to the middle school. Wave Hills at the middle school before heading back to the high school. Wave Hills consist of running between Pine View Middle and Panorama Elementary, up and down the side of the hill and around the ampitheater. Good for learning to run with quick steps and fast up small hills. It was pretty good overall.

AM: 7-Michigan. Today coach had us run a modified version of the work out. 1*800 at 5:30 pace, 1*1600 at 6:00 pace, 1*800 at 5:30 pace, 1*1600 at 6:00 pace, and 1*400 at 5:00 pace. We were hitting the times a little faster today though. I'm not quite sure how much faster, I can't remember the exact time. But our team is looking good for state next week.

PM: 3-Coral Canyon.

PM: 8-Coral Canyon. It was good. That's all I've got to say.

AM: 6-Repeats. 2 mile warm up DI. 3*800 at 2:23, 2:21, and 2:07. almost beat trevor in the last one but he kept speeding up as i was catching him. 2 mile cool down. We are looking really good for state coach says. We've peaked really well. And I am ready to go get a state title!

PM: 3-Coral Canyon.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 5-Grass Loops at SLC. Took the bus out to a middle school in Salt Lake by our hotel. Ran some mileage to get ready for state tomorrow!

AM: 3-Mall Loop. Got up around 8:00 and went around the mall for a three miler to get our morning run in before state. It was pretty cold but felt really nice.

PM: 7-State Race. Once we got there we went for a three miler like we always do before races then we chilled for a long time before our race. We all felt the nervousness before our race as we watched our girls do amazing against snow canyon. We got to the line and had a false start cause someone forgot to tie their shoe. Trevor ended up winning, I got just behind him barely out kicking Joe Christiansen at the finish line for second place, Corey finished eighth, and Devin and Ryan finished 14th and 15th pulling us to a win against Mountain View by over 30 points. I don't know the exact scores but we beat them by a lot.

AM: 5-Sandy. From the hotel I was staying in for the ETS trip i ran a loop around the auto mall almost four times equating to five miles. it was really early in the morning so that i could go tour some colleges, and it kind of scared me cause i was running in Sandy all alone.

PM: 8-Coral Canyon. After getting home from ETS i ran eight miles before bed all alone. I feel like such a loner lately. And i miss running with the team even though it's only been two days, but i missed out on all the school celebration over the state championship.

PM: 10-Grapevine. Four of us met at Devin's house (Me, Michael, Ryan, Devin) to run our long run this week. we had a really nice pace the whole way. We ran past Coaches house on purpose and left him a little message in chalk on his walkway, and we ran out past the Maverick onto the dirt trail that eventually leads to the tunnel. But we didn't get that far, ran back and stopped at the waterfall at the round about to clean off our shoes. They got really muddy, and it wasn't just me complaining about dirty shoes like i always do, they were soaked through with mud. We all felt like it was a pretty good run, it only took us a long time because we stopped so many times. (coaches house, waterfall, rec center). This probably sounds all jumbled but it makes sense to me.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. As good as always, except my hips and knees hurt a little bit.

PM: 8-Shinob Kibe/Striders. After taking our state pictures, and the pictures we are using in the chocolate milk competition, we went for a run around Shinob Kibe. The dirt (not mud) was a lot better than last time we ran this route in the rain. Michael had a little accident but it's bound to happen to everyone sooner or later. Then striders after which were slow at first, but we got better by the end.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 10.5-3 set Michigan. 3*[1*800 at 2:45 (5:30 pace), 1*2400 at 9:00 (6:00 pace)] + 1*400 at 1:15 (5:00 pace). Really good workout. I hit the A standard along with Corey and Trevor. Corey did amazing beating it by about 40 seconds, I beat it by about 30 seconds, and I don't know how far Trevor beat it by but he was right behind me the whole time. It was cool getting the A standard, cause i have normally only gotten the B standard on 3 sets, and the A standard only on two sets, but today i got it done. It was kind of cold today too which made it nicer, but how nice can a Michigan workout really be?

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. Legs felt so crappy after yesterday but i guess that's why we do these morning run's to get the crap out of our legs. So i'm going to stretch a lot today like i did in the shower this morning.

PM: 7-Green Springs/Striders/Lifting. Easy mileage up green springs then some pretty decent striders when we got back. that was all good. But lifting was not. Because we tapered for state we haven't been lifting for a couple weeks and now my body is killing me. Plyometrics were especially hard.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 9-Ladders. Today's work out I can honestly say was hard but noth the hardest of the year. We were hitting amazing times, or so i am told, i didn't really feel like it. But this is how it went. 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1200, 1000, 800, 600, 400. and our times were faster on the way down the ladder than on the way up. ending with a 59 second 400. Coach also said that all of our times were faster than they have ever been. To me that is amazing since this is one of the hardest/longest workouts we've done. Also surprising to me i could breathe a lot better in between reps. Today was also the first time Trevor has been beaten in any interval work out. Corey was a beast today too.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 9-Washington Parkway/Lifting. This run kind of sucked  really bad after yesterday's ladders. but i made it through it. it was ok in the end.

PM: 12-I don't even know what to call this run. Trevor and I ran a DI warm up lap then met up with devin back at the school and ran 1200 loops cause we wanted to watch the football game vs. Maple Mountain. After running eight laps we did some on the track after the game then started our first mile of our three mile tempo section on the track then went up and did another DI for the other two miles of sub 6:00 tempo. It was really hard cause there was a ridiculous wind but not as bad a Kannaraville. We showered at the school and stretched in the locker room because all three of us agreed that it would be very beneficial because the run was horrible.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. It was ok. Over the weekend i found a little pain in my legs and it kind of hurt during the run. but i stretched and iced when i got back to the school and it didn't seem to do anything. so i guess i'll just keep working at it till it goes away.

PM: 10.5-Three Set Michigan. Holy Megan! That was one of the worst workouts ever. Even though I still hit the A standard, I had a hard time doing it. I just stuck it in there and finished...barely. I'm doing some serious stretching and icing now because of coaches urging.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 9-Trail/Striders/Lifting.

PM: 0.5-Scout Half Mile.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 2-Sports Medicine VO2 max estimation.

PM: 9-Intervals. 1*400 at 1:07, 5*1000 at 2:42, 2:44, 2:46, 2:37, 2:41, 1*400 at 0:59. The thousands were so fast compared to the beginning of the year. Coach says that on average the thousands were at a 4:30 pace! crazy. 

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. Feeling amazing after yesterdays 15 minute ice bath and a little stretching.

PM: 8-Dixie High School. Just trying to survive. My legs were hurting. But we had another ice bath at the school. it was so cold but i think it did some good. stretching at home right now.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. After the run I sat in the glass room doing some real stretching and waiting for Michael to get back so we could partner stretch. felt pretty good but i am still so unflexible and sore. not a good mix.

PM: 6-Pleasant Grove. After a four hour trip to PG for our race at AF we took an easy four miles with the girls and another two miles on our own. the whole time trying to explain to Casey how to get to where we were, when no one was quite sure where we were. feeling pretty good.

AM: 8-Pre Foot Locker Invitational. Really cold at the start but warmed up during the race, obviously. I did ok, but not my best. And for once I beat Trevor but he didn't quite have the race of his life either. Was sort of disapointed at the end that I didn't beat out the AF kid. But coach talked to all of us in the car and we realize that we can learn from this race and just keep getting better. So now that this is off our backs we only have 2 more races, well three if you count our time trial next week, this season... hopefully if we make it to nationals.

AM: 3-Coral Canyon Golf Course.

PM: 9-Shinob Kibe/Striders/Lifting/Plyo's. Long eight miler around shinob kibe and across the bridge of death that needs to be finished. at least no one took a dump this time although i really needed to. and we did it pretty fast. then we went onto the new trail along the river behing the industrial park and onto the mosquito trail. everyone went and did striders without me cause i had to take care of some business in the bathroom. then we started lifting. in the middle of lifting it started to rain pretty hard so i decided what better time to go do my striders. it wasn't such a good idea. it got way cold and it really hurt because it started to hail. went back inside all wet and finished up with some good plyometrics.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. For once Devin and Ryan came on time but Trevor never showed up. So i still had someone to run with. since coach claimed he was doing some track work this morning.

PM: 6.5-Intervals. 1*400 at 1:07, 3*1000 at 2:44, 2:41, 2:45, 1*400 at 0:59. Corey was a beast again! and all of us others still hit solid times.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 6-Foremaster/Lifting/Plyo's. easy six miler over the top of foremaster. we made up the coolest song ever, the XC version of Jenny, by Flight of the Concords.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 6-Greensprings. normal like any other run. can't say much about it.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle. freezing this morning! getting into winter which means we have to wear a shirt.

PM: 9-2*PV Course & DI+1 mile picking up cones. race was pretty good. Corey lead out for the most part of the race with me right behing him and Trevor a little bit behind us. then i decided to take the lead and ran a good mile or so in the lead, then with about 600 meters left, Trevor zooms by me around a corner and i just went with him. We battled all the way to the finish and he finished less than a second in front of me.

PM: 8-Coral Canyon w/2 mile tempo. all was good.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 7-Dirty Sock/Striders. Old run out on telegraph in Washington, bringing back memories of last year and Trevor & Corey running through the big old mud pit. It was pretty good. We talked about the race down in Arizona this weekend and we are all feeling pretty confident.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 6-Intervals. 1*400 @ 1:03, 2*600 @ ?:??, 1*400 @ 0:5?. Sorry no one really had a watch today. well Ryan did but he doesn't know what we got. so there it is. It was a way fast workout though. And someone FINALLY beat Trevor in a 400, (me). Feeling pretty tight though. So this week is all about health, Health, HEALTH!!! as Coach Holt would say.

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 6-Shoe Run/4*200. It was pretty good. Just like old times with Austin there. Amazing freshman race. and quick 200's, I schooled coach every time!

AM: 3-Arctic Circle.

PM: 3-?. Just getting my blog done before the weekend cause i'll have no access to a computer. but i'm sure it will feel amazing cause this is the least we've run since the beginning of the summer this year.

AM: 3-Northern Pheonix.

PM: 3-The Course. got a feel for the course.

AM: 7-Regionals. 3 mile warm up at the hotel, half mile at race, 3 mile race, half mile cool down. Our worst race of the year. Didn't do good at all. I was sick this whole week but i can't use that as an excuse.

PM: 3-Arctic Circle. First run since regionals, and it wasn't the best experience ever. My knees were killing me and I realized how truly out of shape I am. Lungs definately need to get used to running again.

PM: 4-Dog Pound. A little better than yesterday. Feeling a little better. Not as fat as before.

PM: 5-Sanburgs Pond from Rec. Center. Good run out in the trails and had a quick pace the whole time. Some kids asked me as I ran by, if I was Trevor Thompson so i turned to them and said no but he's one of my best friends. Then they asked if I went to Pine View and if Trevor was the best runner at our school. I told them "he is...besides me...I beat him at two of the last three races, so you tell me who's better." Then I ran off, leaving them awe struck, or maybe they were just staring at my upper thighs in my short shorts. I don't know, but I felt legit.

PM: 3-Sanburgs Pond. The girls decided to show us a new 3 miler into Washington then Sanburgs. And we saw a dead cow. Then played frisbee for 30 minutes. It was pretty cold, but fun, even though not everyone played real hard.

PM: 4-Starbucks. This is getting really weird, running so little. but good run, in my khaki shorts, there's nothing better.

PM: 5-Coral Canyon. Average run in the hood.

PM: 4-?.

PM: 5-Washington.

PM: 7-Shinob Kibe...The Real Run/Striders. Pretty neat run to the top of the butte. Awesome view. Good work out, and had our quads a little burning afterwards for Striders.

PM: 4-Greensprings. Easy run with some of the girls and freshman guys. yep pretty much all I have to say.

PM: 6-Sandburgs. We didn't have a clue where we were going. Just made it all up as we went. Pretty neat place with tons of awesome hills. Would make for a crazy XC course. We gave the run a name but i forgot what it was.

PM: 5-Coral Canyon. Nothing new about Coral Canyon. Just up to the gas station and back.

PM: 4-Coral Canyon.

PM: 5-Coral Canyon Loop. Good run in the continuous rain. good pace, 6:52 per mile average.

PM: 6-Highland Trail Loop. What's new about this run? Nothing, absolutely nothing. This whole week has been in the cold and rain. Which was nice but it get's old. It would be worth the cold if it snowed. But i doubt that will happen.

PM: 6-Coral Canyon/Telegraph.

PM: 5-Coral Canyon Loop.

PM: 4-IDK.