Enjoy the run

Trail run with Conner and Ethan. It was very snowy and slick.

9 easy, it was very slushy\snowy\wet but peaceful.

4.5 miles in the slush/snow with Tyson, Ethan, and Jordan, then half a mile inside with Conner. 

I ran inside with Conner and Ethan, from the running in circles and in the hotter environment I felt really dizzy.

The USU meet this year was put together really well in my opinion and it had some good competition too. I decided that it would be good to run the 16 and 3200m, the 1600 was first and I got 5:06, the 3200 was one of the last events and I got 11:08. Overall I was satisfied with my times considering running inside and from how early in the year it is.

6 miles with 2 tempo one uphill in 6:20 and one back down in 5:52

5 miles easy

2 miles with 2 strides to get some turnover in.

I was able to go down and run the St. George Half this year. In my opinion it was a really good race and the course was nice (but tough). I was debating on racing or just running for fun for a while now but I decided to just go out and race it. I started the race out a little too fast but once I got into my pace I felt good. About two miles in my quads started to feel unusually sore, I still don't know why because I feel I tapered well. Miles 6 and 7 were up a fairly steep hill and I was really happy with the pace I was running up the hill but once I hit the down hill my legs felt dead. Basically the rest of the race was flat and I just tried to stay under 7 min pace. 

Splits: 6:08 (whoops), 6:21, 6:21, 6:18, 6:29, 6:41, 6:34, 6:17, 6:36, 7:00, 7:08, 6:47, and 6:30

Considering that the only thing that hurt during the race were my quads and how much I pushed it I know that I can have some better races to come.

It was nice to get back on my feet after my half, luckily I think I recovered well since Saturday.

2.5 miles pre meet.

After a really long car ride to Boise we got to the track meet we checked into our hotel then went to the meet. I warmed up with Tyson, Conner, Ethan, and Kyler. Ethan was in my heat for the 2 mile so we paced well off of eachother for the race. I don't remember my splits but I was running really consistent the entire race. Ethan and I slowly kept passing the people that were slowing down a bit, I tried to make a big move on Ethan to try to get him behind me so with about 600m left I surged. I thought I had made a good move on him but it turns out he wasn't far behind me and he out sprinted me by .03 seconds in the last 100.

Later that night Tyson, Kyler, Ethan, and I had a 4x800m relay. I wasn't planning on doing it but I was alright with running I figured Tyson wanted to get a good 800m time because he wouldn't have time to run the open 8 on Saturday. We lost track of time so when I warmed up it was short and sweet. I think I hit about 2:18 for my 800 split which isn't bad but I feel I can be a much better 800 runner.

I was really annoyed with my time for the 1 mile and 2 mile at Boise because they both were barely over 5 and 11 min. I warmed up with Kyler, Conner, Tyson, and Ethan then we watched the girls run their race. Ethan was in my heat for the mile again so this time my goal was to try and beat him. I went out slow for the first 200m of the race, I felt boxed in and I almost tripped a couple of times. I just tried to hold on and hit my pace. With about 600m left I saw that Ethan and most of the pack was in front of me so I decided to surge. I picked up the pace and held it really well, I just didn't want Ethan to beat me again. With 200m to go I realized that I had to run a 33 sec 200m to break 5 min. I kicked it well but ran a 34 instead. Overall I was really happy with this meet I feel good with my times this early in the year and am excited for Simplot.

I had to hurry home and run after school so I decided to get two tempo miles in I hit 6:05 then 5:58 my lungs were hurting a bit but i'm glad I could get some tempo in.

Six easy miles cedar ridge route.

I originally decided to go easy but I saw some guys running up the beast (a fairly steep 280m hill) so I did a 4 repeats with them. Then I some more xc guys came by so we all ran back to SV then I ran home, I felt pretty tired on the way back from the hills. It was very slushy and snowy and wet.

I had too much on my mind this week, mentally I needed a break so I ran up to the Smithfield campground then around in the snow for a mile or so. It was a nice day for a run.

Six easy miles, we took it fairly slow we all were a bit sore from all of our different runs the day before.