Running From Finals

55 min: Sugar House Loop

Felt good 6:50s for first 5 miles and 7s for the last 3. 

4 miles 

Looped around campus a ton in order to avoid stoplights so I could make it to class. Watched some videos on running economy and Vo2 max. Interesting to think about. I think I need to work on the movement in my hips. 

40 minutes

Solid run with Josh up to Hogle and back. I need to start doing some visualization stuff for Saturday. I want a sub 5 at least. 

Another 40 minuter:

Just looped around campus a ton to save time! Feeling ready for tomorrow! Ive been doing a bit of breathing excersises that usually do a lot for both my nerves and performance abilities! Still need to do a bit of visualizaiton. I think Im taking tomorrow off just so I dont make too big of strides too fast. If I run Friday, I'll have added on about 35 minutes in comparison to last week. We'll see how I feel. 

Time: 15 warm and 15 cool

The Race:The race was ehh. I ran a 5:13, which is 5:30 pace. I definitely felt like I pushed it. I got hard lock jaw and was getting really dizzy by lap 2. I lasted, but stalled pretty hard after lap 2. I think I'm too used to those 800s. I dont know how to feel. 5:30 is very average for a start to the season for me. I definitely don't like average but I also feel accepting of how I pushed myself. I think I need to find a balance between tenacity and self acceptance. 

I also did a 4x4 relay at the end. It was pain haha. We ran it about 6 minutes after the 1500. I felt like I was moving so fast and I only ran a 1:05 which made me laugh. It was a good time. Shoutout to the Christian Track Club at the U for putting it on haha. 

One Good Thing: I didn't think or panic while running. 

One Bad Thing: I stalled hard on lap 3, and when I did, there was no recovery. It felt like my legs were moving in slo-mo, and all that fight in me had died. It felt like I was moving through water. 

A Way to Improve: My mental game felt strong, but physically I was not where I want to be. I think I need more track workouts, and I think I need some plyometrics added to my routine. Sometimes you forget how much the little things count in the grand scheme of things. 

55 Minutes:

What a day! This was probably one of my top 3 most memorable runs while I've been here! I found a new route today! I ran down campus and into a neighborhood. From there, I ran back up through a neighborhood back to foothill! I decided to do 2 sets of pickups each made up of 1,2, and 3 minute intervalse with equal recovery! I pushed down to 5:15 pace for the first minute and first set! The rest of the set was around 5:30 pace! My second set was around 5:45 pace! It felt great to move so fast! I pushed up some hills during the run and still felt pretty good! The whole run felt pretty solid! I had 5 miles that were sub 7 pace, and my quickest mile was a 6:10! I'm happy to be doing a bit of speed stuff again! I'm hoping to get a track workout in either Wedensday or Thursday with Ethan! We'll see what happens!

35 minutes

The legs definitely felt it today! Nonetheless, I kept pace just fine! I definitely need to do some yoga or something! Still trying to figure out what to do for a workout on Thursday!

Welp, another day down! Today I got out of classes early so I was excited to go and get my run done, but then it got really cold and started raining which sucked! After about an hour of trying to drag myself outside, I finally settled on just running in the gym, which was fine but no where near as enjoyable! After the run, I went to ash wednesday mass with my roomates! It was really interesting, they have some cool traditions! Some guys from the christian track club reached out to me and Ethan afterwards and said we should come join them for some runs! I'm excited, we're finally getting somewhat of a communitty for runners here! It's much needed in order to actually help each other improve! Running isn't the same without a team!

One Good Thing: I shared a solid laugh with Ethan today! Roommates feel like family sometimes! Also heard from Rayne and Maryanne! Sometimes college feels like it'll make you lose sight of the things that are the most important like enjoying sometime talking with friends or family! Today was a success in terms of putting people first! 

One Negative Thing: I did a slightly poor job at time budgeting when it came to my time after class! I could work on being better at my focus at time! Then again everyone needs some recovery time from the regular barrage of stresses that get thrown your way. 

To Work On: My willingness to go with the flow. I've decided that college has gotten better as I've improved my ability to take new chances and explore, even when it's inconveiniant. I need to be more willing to meet new people and go and do stuff with other groups, rather than be nervous about trying to do these things! I think this is something that I've done a lot better with lately, but I write it down so I don't so I don't forget about this one!

Song of the Day: Cornbread & Butterbeans by the Choclate Drops

50 minutes:

YES!! What a good end to this week! Today was perfect! I rounded up a solid 4 guys from around campus and went hard on a track workout! It was me, Ethan, Dylan, and a newcomer Jason, who ran varsity at AF! What a day! We did 2 1200s at 5:25 pace with 2 and a half minutes of recovery inbetween reps and then we did 2 800s at 5:15 pace with a minute and a half of recovery! That killed! The second one especially had me beat! I died a little the last 75 meters, but then we did two 400s at 4:30-4:40 pace and killed it! My legs were on fire by the end and I was cramping up, but I never let myself just die off! Huge improvements in comparison to last week, and I'm grateful to be doing this thing with other people! Can't wait for some more races! This is what running has been missing!

One Good Thing: On the last 2 400s, I could feel my legs giving out, but I kept my head up and pushed through and it got me through to the end! It was just a matter of shutting off my mind and hanging in there!

One Bad Thing: I let myself go a little bit on the last 800!

To Improve: Keep the affirmations going and stay on the lead's heels!

Daily Song: Brain Damage by Pink Floyd

This one has been on my mind for quite some time now! The lyrics are somewhat haunting and obscure, and the chorus is so powerful that I couldn't get this one out of my mind! So, I did some research! In this song Roger Waters is writing about Syd Barret's mental incapabilities! He uses the line "The lunatic is on the grass," and says that the line was based off of the keep off of the grass signs you see in public! He wonders why anyone would have that beautiful grass there if it's not going to be used in anyway! I think this points out some interesting ideas about how quick society is when it comes to labeling social oddities as broken! The lyrics advance the idea that anyone who goes outside of societies norms are wrongfully judged to be disfunctional! I think this claim is somewhat derived off of the assumption that there is nothing that inherintely grounds the norms of society to be correct other than what society says! I'm somewhat weary of this assumption that's built into water's claim, but nonetheless, I would like to think that Rodger's claim about society being quick to judge social anomolies holds up as fairly true! The other line that really sticks out to me is one of the most notable lines of the song, "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon." I get chills everytime I hear it! Here, Water's says he was talking about being able to relate to Syd Barrett's issues! Waters said he thinks that most people have a darker impulse within them that we spend our lives trying to control for the bettering of ourselves and the society around us! I definitely agree with this idea, especially when considering that I would say there really is no such thing as an ideal human being in terms of mental capabilities! Everyone has their obscure personality differences and deviations from the average person when it comes to their patterns of thinking! Mental Ilness is moreso just the extreme deviation from the average individual when it comes to patterns of thought! Someone related water's idea here to Freud's idea of the unconcious mind! I thought this was an interesting connection! Anyway, i just realized that I wrote more about a great song than the amount that I'd written for my great workout hahaha! I thought it'd be fun to be able to start seeing what I was listening to at any given time down the road as well as what my thoughts were about the song! Also, I'll often look back at certain runs and I usually correlate those runs with the music I was listening to at the time, so I like being able to see what my running was like as well as what my playlist was like haha! I'll probably keep the Song of the day thing up for a little while! We'll see! 

40 minutes

Today was good! I ran a solid 40 with Josh again! Unfortantely it was snowing hard, so we went and ran in the gym! I hate running the track in there just cause it's so repetitive, but we kept a good pace, about 7:10s! It felt good after the previous day's workout! The time went by a lot quicker with someone to run with as well! I want to keep up a routine where I can run with other people rather than just alone! Hopefully, I'll be able to do this between friends and the team! We'll see!

One Good Thing: I spent a good chunk of time stretching after using the foam rollers in the gym! Also, it was good to geek out over math and CS with Josh during the run haha! 

One Bad Thing: This is sort of both a good and bad thing but I was an idiot and stayed up really late the night before to go to Guals with some friends! Of course, the lack of sleep was not good for me but I got a nice buritto out of it and a good time with friends, so it was worth! 

One Thing For Improvement: Spend some more time doing visualization and breathing excersises for the races!

What I Listned to Today: Pancho & Lefty by Townes Van Zandt! It was Townes birthday last thursday and another album of songs that he never released was put up on apple music! I've been shuffling through that! Spring Break of last year on our trip to Moab was the first time I listened to Townes Van Zandt! So I figured it was a good time of year to listen to some of his music again! It'll be nice to get out of the cold for the break! It'll be good to do some camping as well, definitely excited. 

60 minuter

Went out with Josh and did Chuckawala at 6 in the morning! Apparently, college has not done us much good cause neither of us were bright enough to figure that the time change would mean the sun would be coming up later in the day hahaha! We ended up running the trail in the dark! It was so much fun but also kind of nuts! I forgot how prtty the mornings are here! Unfortanately, because of the dark, we missed a turn about 15 minutes in and ended up running out of trail! We ended up wandering for a good 15 miuntes trying to find the right trail which sucked cause it broke up the time in our run! After we found it, we picked up the speed again to about 7:30s and made it just past the overlook area and then flipped! It was a solid run!

One Good Thing: I pushed up hills and maintained good form!

One Bad Thing: The run got broken up into two segments!

One Thing to Fix: Be more prepared when hitting the trails! 

Song for the Day: As she's walking away by Zac Brown Band. Its a good jam!

Also hiked yellow knolls today for a good 5 miles! Im going to have to come back and run this one later!

40 minutes

7:30 am run

Great day! Went up through green springs! It felt so nice! I averaged 7s sharp! My form felt strong, and my legs feel like they've got some speed again!

One Good Thing: I was speedy going over hills and I think my strides were feeling fairly balanced!

One Thing to Work On: Getting more sleep! I was up late! The good news is I gave up watching Netflix and TV for a while so thats been helping the last little while! 

Song of the Day: Summertime by Guster

60 minutes

Well Spring Break was awesome! Definitely my best college experience thus far! We did valley of fire and arches! I put in a lot of miles hiking and after wednesday, I was feeling some pains that made me a bit nervous, and so I decided to not run Thursday and Firday, and just enjoy the hikes! We did Devil's Garden, Delicate Arch, and Windows in Moab, and then Rainbow Rock in Valley of Fire! I also did Yellow Knoll is Saint George! It was a good week!

This morning Josh and I were back at it! We ran down campus and into the neighborhoods and then we ran back to the gym to get Stender! We finished off the run in the gym so we could have Stender nearby! Today definitely hurt bad! I was struggling for some reason, I think it's because my hips are so tight, but I stretched afterwards, which helped! Hopefully tomorrow Ill be feeling looser! I planning for a good workout Wednesday!

Went a solid 40 with Josh this morning, he only went 20, so I ran two routes one out down foothill and one down campus! It was a beautiful morning the moon was huge over the capital and it was bright orange! It felt good to be running so early! I feel like I'm getting so much more donee! I think Ill keep this routine up! I ran with some ROTC guys down campus just cause they were doing a workout! That was kinda fun! 

What i listened to today: War on War by Wilco

45 minutes

Liberty Park Tempo Run

Did 20 minutes of tempo today and kept 6:20 averages, I was hoping to maintain 6:13 but this was still fairly solid! I started a bit too quick around 6:00 and 5:50 pace and then about 14 minutes in I died hard and it brought my pace down! One and a half weeks till we race! Only one more speedworkout until then! On my cooldown, I was thinking about how I approach workouts and races mentally! I've always thought that enduring as much pain as possible during a race is a means to the end of PRing ,or decreasing one's time! Furthermore, because increasing one's pain leads to faster times, I've always thought that making pain your end pain, during a race, was a better method for PRing, rather than focusing solely on the PR. I was thinking more about this today and how this mehtod relates to pain, in light of Plato's 3 parts of the soul. Plato would likely consider a desire to avoid pain as an appetite, and so I figure that plato would consider pain to be processed by the appetite portion of the soul, the part of the individual that does not reason. Becasue of this appetite, there's always the incentive to slow down during a workout or race. The desire for comfort is a natural part of humanity, and so when an individual makes their end pain, a conflict arises between the rational portion of the soul and the appetite portion of the soul. The question during a race is always which part of the soul will win out, an individual's rational will, or their bodies appetite for comfort. The more I think about this conflict between will and appetite, the more I think about ways to strengthen one's will. I think I need to start testing different methods for strenghting my will, and strart being more mindful of the affects of these methods. 

Good Things: I'm thinking about new racing strategies and ended up within the ball park of where I wanted to be for this workout. 

Something to Fix: I let my form break and my pace slow down in the last 6 minutes of my workout. I think I need to be more mindful of my form and do some plyos.

Song: Painted Yellow Lines by Dispatch

50 min:

This morning I woke up around 6:30 layed in bed for about an hour while it rained outside, and then I got up and went running! It felt good to stretch my legs a bit after yesterday! There was a light rain today that was kinda sleet like! It felt great! I took a new route through the neighborhoods! Also, i finally got out track gear yesterday! It looks sweet! Im tempted to start implimenting two a days again since the days are getting longer and I feel like I have more time, but Im unsure as to if I should try it or not!

50 minutes: 

Today was nuts! Ethan and I got out of bed at 6 and then ran 6:45 averages for a good 7.35 miles! The best part was we were talking the whole time without feeling strained! Hopefully, I'll feel just as good Friday!

One Good Thing: I was super relaxed

Something to Work On: Restrain myself a bit before racing today was probably a bit much before a race.

Song: Painted Yellow Lines by Dispatch, Its been reminding me of all the good weekends I've had this year

45 minutes:

Another 6 am run with Ethan we took it easy and went about 7:30 pace the whole time! Our route when down through the neighborhoods above East High and North of Highland! It felt nice! We talked a bit about an event he went to yesterday where he got to meet Ronald Reagan's economic advisor Arthur Laffer! It was an interesting conversation! Oh yeah, I also broke my Vo2 max record yesterday, so I'm kinda stoked about that! Anyway, hopefully tomorrow goes well between tests and races! Im pumped to just get out there and push myself!

Song for Today: Vienna by Ultrafox

50 minutes

Today just might have been perfect. We ran at the UVU meet, and it was nerve racking af! Racing students who were legitimately recrutied by colleges to run for them was weird, but it brought a lot of fresh insight into my running approach! So, I PRd by a solid 30 seconds in a matter of 3 weeks! I was genuinely shocked! There was only one single moment where I let up my ground at all, which was great cause I sometimes have an issue with that! I felt the pain set in after 2 laps, and that was where I hit my first wall, and unfortantely, that was when I gave up some ground! I was right behind Ethan and Dylan the whole time! Also, it started hailing on the 3rd lap, so that made things interesting haha! My time dropped to a 4:45 1500! I think I'd attribute this success to two things: racing against people who are stupidly faster than me, because it dragged me out beyond my limits, and being metally rough! There was only one moment in which I gave into my desire for comfort during the race, and everyother time I had to choose between letting myself slow down and maintaining my pace, I choose to maintain pace! I definitely think my mental toughness has improved a bit! Now, I've got to mention the saddest/best part of this race! My goal was to at least beat one college runner, essentially don't take last, and to my surprise, I did it! I was not expecting to pull it off but I outran this dude Luke from Westminster, which felt kind of epic! Today was probably the best race that I'd had in over a year! So Stoked!

One Good Thing: I pushed through several mental and physical barriers

One Negative Thing/Something to Fix: I let up on the very first mental barrier I hit. I think next time I need to focus on moving up when I feel that first wall hit.

Song: Land of the Free by the Killers & How by the Flaming Lips

77 minutes:

Solid run above the neighborhoods! Josh came with for the first 12 minutes and then flipped! I kept nearly 7 minute pace the whole time with a few sub 7 miles! Saw a lot of people on the roads this morning! That made me happy! Also, saw some Sale Lake City Running club members out and about this morning as well, which was cool! Legs are feeling good, a couple weird deep pains in my calf, so I'm a little nervous about getting rid of those just cause it takes a bit more time, but those pains are inavoidable with racing, so what can you do? Got back around 7:30 and started the homework! The sunrise was nice!

Something Good: I was moving super quick and felt light on my feet today!

Something to Fix: I need to roll out my calves!

Song: My Cousin Greg by Houndmouth, forgot about this album definitiely nice to hear it again!

45 minutes:

This morning was pain! I got up at 6 and hit the roads! Ran up to the aves and then over to shoreline, and back to the dorm! Probably a little too much hill today! The trail was kidna brutal on the calves and the road up to the aves was no friendlier! Im gonna roll out good today and maybe do some Plyos later! Had dinner and talked with Vance and one of his friends last night for dinner! They're doing a ton of distance meets in the fall! Ethan and I are hoping to do the same!

Solitare- Wilco

47 minutes:

Ouch! Today was rough and at the same time it was awesome! Ethan and I hit up 1500 E at 6:40 in the morning! Our first mile was a 7 then we ran a 6:24 and after that it was all sub 7s going up hill! I checked my heart rate after the run! The avg. rate rose and then did not go back down I was at 160 the whole run! Tomorrow we have got a workout so hopefully well be feeling better by then! I need to stretch again! Thankfully yesterdays pains were softened by a good session of stretching last night! 

For No One- Houndmouth

What a morning 60 minutes of running and 40 minutes of lifiting with Ethan, Josh, and Dillon! Our workout was hard and a bit messy! We did 2 sets of 1200 1000 and 800! The 12 was at 5:40 pace, the 1000 was at 5:30 pace, and the 800 was at 5:20 pace! All felt pretty great! I was feeling worn out after the first set but kept pushing! One fantastic thing was on the second 1200, I was pushing and around the end of lap 2 my breathing started to quicken, but I maintained pace and relaxed and recovered before I started hyperventalating and it made me pick up the pace! It felt strange but also really awesome! One semi crappy thing is that I did let up a little bit of ground on my 800s! I came in just about 5 seconds slower than Ethan on both of those! To be fair he did pick up the pace but nonetheless, I don't like slowing down once Ive started! At the gym we squated did a little abs and benched! Also did calf raises! Im stoked 3 hours of working out today felt like just what I needed! Also, I skipped class to lift but sometimes you just need those kind of days hahaha!

You Still Believe In Me- The Beach Boys: I'd never listened through Pet Sounds before, it was nice

45:

Today was less painful than I thought it was going to be! I ran foothill through some neighborhoods to the golf course and then ran to hogle! It was good! I saw a few quicker runners on the road today which was fun! Now, I need some chill time!

Don Juan Tango- Dispatch: Man Dispatch's new albums are beautiful! Some of my favorite stuff that Ive heard in a long time!

12 mi. in 80 min. 

WOAH! I literally have no idea what happened this morning but it was AWESOME! I hit 1300 E and started running! Mile one was stupid easy and I ran a 6:50! I figured I ought to chill out and slow down so I brought the next mile down to a 7 and the one after that down to a 7:15! After that, I got bored and started accidently started speeding up haha! I started dropping times and went from 6:40 pace down into 6:30 pace! On the way back I ended up putting in 5 miles at 6:30 pace! I ended up averaging 6:45 pace for the total run due to the two miles where I decided to relax, but it was insane! One of the best runs I've ever had! I put in 12 miles at 6:45 pace! I'm so stoked about those 5 at 6:30! It all felt so easy and Im feeling no pain after doing it! I think Im pushing up to another level of running that I've never gotten to before, and it feels fantastic! 

Patience- Tame Impala: A very new sound! Ethan showed me these guys! Very different and engaging music!

45:

Very Little sleep last night rough day! Kept quick pace though and feeling some odd pains! 

Cheap Wine- Charlie Parr

50 Min:

Good morning with Josh! It was snowing outside so we hit the track! Regual pacing! Stretched last night but am still getting some pains! Not sure if I should try and do a workout tomorrow or not! After running Josh taught me some basics for climbing! I got up two routes which was a lot of fun! I need to get me a pair of shoes! My arms were wrecked afterwatds! Its good work for flexability and a bit of strnght training for the arms back and legs! I think I want to routinely keep this up! Josh has gotten pretty dang good!

Billy Liar- The Decemberists

60 minutes

50 min W/ Ethan

Hit the aves, ran through the cemetary, and back up from downtown! Wayyyy to many hills, my right calf is suddenly being stubborn and has been extremely tight, hoping this week doesn't end me! Slowest run in a whil cause of the hills 7:26 pace

Song for the Sold- Kishi Bashi: Beautiful & Unfortunately only on Youtube best song Ive heard in a while

75 Minutes

Ouch! Today Killed! After the crazy hills yesterday, I went and stretched my calf for about an hour and it surprisingly completely fixed it! Unfortunately, because I spent so much time workng on my right leg, I disregarded my left leg! Well, this morning Ethan and I went out for a long run and the rear side of my hip and my hamstring was just killing me! It hurt so bad but I pushed through! I felt bad for Ethan because I ended up cutting the run just a little short at the end, by about 5 minutes cause I was hurting just too bad! The good news is we kept 6:35 pace the whole time which was just nuts! Our fastest mile was a 6:22! I hate that I had to cut our run short, hopefully Ill be ready for our workout friday, Im gonna be doing a ton of stretching!

45 min:

My ankle is gone! Me & Ethan trail ran, that was good Hogle and BST! 1st run @ 19! 20s coming too quick, that scares me! I need new ankles!

50 min:

Ran from 5:45 to 6:45 then got ready for class! Pretty run this morning, very clear sunrise! My legs have had some persisting pains hopefully I'll get them worked out by tomorrow! 

Gone- Vacationer

Aw Man! I love life! This morning was quite possibly the perfect start to my day! Ethan & I ran down to East high to do a workout, we ran past some girls who ran for the Us team, that was cool! When we got to East, we ran began our workout! 2 set of 5 400s! The first two 400s of the set were 78 second pace and the last 400s of the set were 70s, thats 4:40 pace! There was 90 seconds active recovery between each 4 and 5 minutes between sets! It was quite a bit of pain! I started to slow once we hit the last 2 400s of the workout both of mine were significantly slower than Ethans & I almost puked hahah! I think I struglled becauase it was hot today! I still pushed past several mental barriers tho, so Im feeling pretty good about myself! Also the East high football team showed up and cheered us on haha! So we got our own cheer team haha! Afterwards, Ethan & I ran to 711 drank some water and had a good long talk about housing next year! It was nice! Following this, we ran for the long haul up the giant hill that is campus & made it back to the dorm! Going up campus Ethan was telling me that one of the guys @ the Y ran a 13:36 5k in spandex, so he's convinced that spandex is the way to go! After hearing that time, Im nearly convinced as well haha! The funnest part about this run is when we got back our hot water had broke so we both took icy showers haha! 

Welcom to Fabulous Las Vegas- Brandon Flowers: I've been in a bit of a musical rut lately, but everytime i come back to this song it just makes me happy! It always reminds me of the desert, the warmth of home, and going to visit my dad at work! 

85 Minutes:

Good Day! Ran 1500 up Parleys and back, extended up Parleys trail, and then took Foothill back! Kept 6:59 pace, so a little slower today, Ill blame it on Saturdays workout haha! Still, two thirds of my run was inbetween 6:30 and 6:50 splits! I just had a couple of slower miles coming up Parleys! Gained 987ft in elevation! Feeling Fresh, Ready for BYU!

Morning Has Broken- Cat Stevens

45 min:

Woke up late this morning due to organizing a group project late last night! Turned out good cause Ethan was heading out at the same time! We went down to the sports complex and ran a good 25 minutes on the grass! We chose poorly, the grass was really thorny so we paid for it haha! Felt good to take it easy and just enjoy being barefoot out in the sun tho! It was perfect out this morning, sorta terrified to come home!

Idaho- Delta Spirit: I had no idea how great this band actually is! Their whole Delta Spirit album is one to remember!

50 Minutes:

Man Today was just feakin weird! I slept in due to late night studying! Ran following my math review! I went 6:20 pace for the first half the run! I was feeling good but also a bit fatigued! Then when I was turning back I got the strangest feeling behind my hip! It felt as though Id strained a muscle, thankfully it went away quick but Im a little nervous about that pain it was odd! ALSO, on the way back a freaking BEETLE flew into the back of my throat, when I saw it fly in, I saw it was bright colored so I freaked out and thought it was a bee for like half a second, thankfully it wasn't but it had me nervous! So that was a fun experience! 

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea- Neutral Milk Hotel: This song is Beautiful but the Dan Mangan cover that was just released is even prettier! Really enjoying Neutral Milk Hotel rn!

50 Minutes:

First run in a while over 7 averages, hope to PR this weekend! A lot has been on my mind! I've noticed that I've been letting myself get way more stressed out lately! A few things have been weighing on my mind such as a career, finals, how to achieve the kind of life I desire, and the relationships I've developed with the people around me! Each of these worries have been reducing my optimism and excitement that I've carreied with me this past month and a half, and so I think I need to reframe my perspective in someway! 

"take care not to feel towards the inhuman as they feel towards men" -Meditations: This was all I needed today! 

Fare Thee Well Miss Carousel- Townes Van Zandt: Townes always makes me feel a little more at ease!

A Brief Recap of 4/27 Inventory Style:

-1 Totalled Prius

-A Visit With Janz

-A Couple of Good Laughs With Ethan

-A One Lap Warm Up

-Family

-A Cat Call From a Couple of Provo Bros

-A REALLY Sub Par Race (5:11 for 1609)

-1 Track Tan

-0 Whiplash

-0 Racing Fees (Due to both Luck & Mistake)

-1 Awesome Roommate

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Easily, the strangest race day of my life. Very Grateful to Ethan for this year!

"It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way." -Something to keep in Mind for Wednesday, no more self limits, no more mental blocks, just running

In honor of the totalled red prius: Literraly anything by Tame Impala, that was the music playing in the vehicles final moments!

70 min:

Happy Day, some pain. but a pretty run and my HR was a 130 avg. Couldn't believe how low it was today!

Climbed for an hour with Josh today that made me happy!

All Will Be Well- Isaac Elmont: One of Ethan's High School buddys made some stuff on itunes, it's quite pretty!

Busy day moving out sadly missed the run

Great Workout on Cottonwood High's track! I did a 4 x 1000 at 77 400 splits! Finished off with a 400 then 800 at 5 minute pace! 2 mile warm & 3 mile cool!

Easy 6 with Josh around 6:40 pace, Wheeler Farm & back

Just Made it Home:

Today was the frusturaitng. I went out to go run despite knowing I was starting to get sick. I started really fast and was looking to start my run with a low 6 or high 5 minute mile, but then I started feeling really sick and my stomach began cramping up. I slowed drastically once I got out towards Washington and then I doubled over coughing from my cold. I stopped and was feeling really weak. I ended up walking the 2 miles back home since I didn't have my phone. Despite feeling really rough, it felt so good to be back home and I enjoyed the evening walk back to my house. I think I'll take the rest of the week off to get over this. 

My List- The Killers

Running in Manti La-Sal Mountains on Hitch.

6 in the mountains. Ran past another camp ground worried I might see some bear

4 Easy with Tristain

Workout pace back in St.George: 7 6:15 6:30 6:35 7 

Chill Run Down the river

Aves to BST: 900ft Elev. Gain

Aves + Graveyard

Liberty 

Memorial Grove

East High

President's Cricle

Foothill & Back

Up the Aves then up a new road behind the cemtery! Went behind the peaks up by emigration canyon! 5 miles: 950 ft elev. gain. Good views

East Down 1300 and Back to Downtown, Missing not having to dodge stoplights at every corner. 350ft. elev. gain

6 miles: Aves to BST to Student Life Center 1,000 ft elev. gain. Climbed after the run felt great!

Emigration Canyon Some good speed coming down, low 6s

Wheeler Farm & Back: Quick Pace Nice Afternoon 

12 miles of Running @ June Lake W/ Ethan so so beautiful a bunch of sub 7s. We ran a frontage road out through some ponderosas towards some awesome mountains the lake was great too.

Another 11 Miles of speedy Hiking through a beautiful canyon to a bunch of falls. Great Time, I hurt tho.

Power Hiking: 11 Hiked Yoseminte Falls W/ A Wildfire Nearby, the smoke wasn't great. The trail however was. Camille, Josh, and Rylie came along.

A run around the lake and then a climb later @ Silver Lake.

3 Hiking around Silver Lake

Stuck in the Car all day & then ran Memorial grove. Had a funny moment where I interrupted a proposal haha. Great Run, moved fairly fast.

Ran Sand Hill, Nothing Better than Running in Saint George. Today was one of the incredible moments in running that come only every now and then. Grateful to be Home for a minute. 

An easy quick 3 down towards Starbucks, Love St.George Mornings.

This morning I ran city creek canyon in the dark, it was really cool and also a bit strange without a headlamp, very nice morning though.

Ran With Ethan & Josh this mornng, was really needing the run. It felt too good. Caught a bus to campus then ran 1300 to Liberty on towards home. Nothing better than a good morning run.

First real workout since last sumer went beutifully. I'm not sure exactly what made it go so well. It could have possibly been just a bit of luck or a change in mindset. I did notice I made sure to always focus on going faster rather than focusing on not giivng up ground. I figure dwelling on the second primes you to slow down by even thinking about the possibility, whereas the first way of thinking primes you to consider maintaining what you're already doing or consider speeding up. 

2x2 mile & 1x1 mile: Each with a half mile of regular running between reps.

First 2 mile: 6:04, 5:45

Second 2 mile: 6:00, 5:55

5th Mile: 5:30 

Did this one around Liberty, felt like I didn't even blink and the reps were already over. First one a little harder than the second, felt my face going numb after first rep, everything afterwards went more than smoothly. Felt good to run with others again, makes workouts more than manageable.

Campus to Aves: Only 4 cause I'm trying to only increase by 7 miles this week, dont wanna ramp uup too quick, legs feeling surprisingly good.

Up to the top of campus and back down to the dorm. My legs were dying today, could definitely feel wednesdays workout moreso today.

Legs feeling pretty good. Quick 3, hopefully will be ready for next week by the time monday rolls around

11.5 avenues to campus to foothill to Liberty Park to dorm: Ouch, have not recovered from last Wednesday but still pushing onward!

Through the cemetery, quickest since last Thursday

Just some light speed stuff to gear up for Friday, Im still paying for last weeks workout in the legs, hopefully things workout Friday. I need to do some stretching.

Easier Run To keep the milage appropriate. Very nervous for tomorrow based on how my legs are feeling today.

Great, Great day for the Utah Open:

22:15 Time & 5:59 average split...

Awesome start to racing, especially with only a month of training.

I'd say the best part of this race was that I was always on the attack and never just settling. I was always wittling down the lead other runners had on me. Also, my downhill pickups we're great!

The worst part of this race, or something to improve on: I need to develop a kick, cause mine was just nearly non existant there at the end and it cost me to fall back one position in this race.

This race was tons of fun. It was great to have the Pedersens and Kaylee cheering me and Ethan on. It helped me keep my head up. It was also fantastic having Holt there. Turning the corner on that first lap and unsuspectingly seeing Holt was a big boost for my mental game. It's wierd the difference between having a coach cheering you on verses your friends cheering you on. I think it reminded me to do all the little things we used to work on during workouts such as my spm and where I was looking wall running as well as keeping up the length of my strides. I was talking to Ethan about this after the race and he agreed with me. It also reminded me of how grateful I was to have ever ran with PV. They're one heck of a crew and they always will be thanks to the people involved. I'm very very grateful for my home, the communitty that's fostered there, and the diretion that those things set me towards.

Easy quick paced run with Josh Downtown... Legs are sore but Im feeling great! Went on a hike and climb afterwards.

I think Im officially a fair weather runner, it was 20 degrees and snowing out so 12 miles on an indoor track for me!

890 ft in 3 miles, nice run with Ethan 

Blazing Fast up to the capital and then a killer 5:40 mile on the way down! All sub 6 for this run!

Up and then more up 

A painful 6 up campus and then along the East Bench.

A Run up city creek canyon and back! Very very nice morning but my legs are just dying on me! I need to find some time to do some intense stretching before tomorrow hits! Hoping to get a 5x1000 meter repeat workout in tomorrow!

5x1000 meter repeats @ 5:35 averages, 600m recovery running between reps! Faster than I'd aimed for! Had a bad headspace today! Spent too much time looking at my watch and not enough time savoring the feeling of dying legs! Also let my self slip up a bit on the last rep! On the good side of things, I did great at keeping my form solid! My turnover was fantastic and I put less strain on my hip than usual... I think.... I guess we'll see tomorrow! Anyway you cut it, this was still a great workout! Surprised I was able to get things done completely on my own today!

4 miles on a bum foot. Got out of class today ready to run after finding out some good news about test scores. Then on the way back to the apt. my foot just freaked out and no longer wanted me to move. It felt like some one took a bat to my heel. So Im bummed and taking a bit off, that way I can race for Thanksgiving.

10 miles to burn off all that anxiety about finals! Not a fan of the snow or the cold here; Missing that red rock like no other!

A wonderful morning for a run! Had a strong negative split with two back to back 6:40s on the way back! I passed campus on my way out! I don't want to have to go back to the stress of tests tomorrow haha! After I got back I read a bit of "Sapiens" the books is growing on me more so than I thought it would. 

HOKAs: 6

12

17.5

27.5