Be the team that goes hard on the last two

3 easy to hidden valley this morning. its really trippin me out that graduation is this month.

Normal warmup. 7 easy on the superdome loop then strides. Good day 

3 easy to the spectrum 

Workout day. Normal warmup. 3x(800 @ 2:20-22, 400 @ :59, 250m finish). Recovery between the 8 and 4 was 400m jog, between 4 and 250 was 400m jog, and between 250 and next set was 2:30. It was reeeeealy hot today. And windy. Still decent though. Here's what I hit:

800s: 2:21, 2:21, 2:22

400s: 1:01, 1:03, 1:03. Then cooled down a mile on the Michigan mile. I'll hit those nasty :59s one day. Good stuff from everyone today 

no morning run, wanted to rest the really tired legs. normal warmup and 5 easy to sunriver. 

No morning run cuz of ap Calc test. I felt really good about it. 

4 easy with 4x200m up at BYU. Feeling good 

Decent race today. I can take some positives and negatives. got to BYU at about 9:30, warmed up right then. we went and warmed up south, then came back and did stuff around the XC course. waited in the bullpen for a min then walked out to the track. I was seeded 29th out of 33, so I wanted to do better than that. i don't have time goals anymore; they just stress me out. gun went off and i got out really well, right into about 15th and settled there. hit a lap in 68, feeling good. i was switching between the lead pack and the middle pack and the back middle pack for the rest of the race. Mile in 4:43, strongest first mile i've ever had. with about 2 laps to go i moved to the middle pack, and stayed there for the rest of the race. i was feeling the altitude, but i wasn't feeling terrible. 200m to go and i passed a lone peak guy and some other dude, almost got Camren Todd from Davis but he got me by a second. Crossed in 9:45.7 for 23rd place. Afterwards me and Bryson cooled down with jiraa and jiree from Orem, they're a couple of awesome guys, then we went and got lunch with them. Then we got hailed on so the meet was cancelled for a sec, so we went to the hotel and hungout with kody, Isaiah, and Tim from hurricane. They're a riot. Today's been a good day and it's not even over yet 

Negatives: slow time, moved back in place a lot

Positives: strong first mile, felt really confident, competed harder than I have for a while, tied my in-state PR and at 3000 feet higher. I'm gonna try to start taking more positives than negatives from races. Good stuff from everyne today 

Good run with josh today. We woke up early so we could run squaw peak without missing the 1600. We got to the top and it was beautiful, had a lot of good conversation and saw some beautiful views. Good day 

3 easy to hidden valley this morning. Things are getting real; graduation is in 14 days and this morning I just payed a security deposit for my apartment in college. Really crazy stuff. I'm excited to do it though; I'm eager to meet my roommate who I'll be running with, his name is Aidan Reed.

Good workout today. short and sweet. normal warmup. then 4x400 progressing w 2:00min recovery, then 300 200 150 finishes, then a mile cooldown. felt good for my first workout having ramen for lunch (i'm trying to condition my stomach to be able to go fast after eating not good food). the paces for the 400 were kinda like mile pace, then goal mile pace, then faster than goal mile pace. we were supposed to hit 67, 65, 65, 63. jaiden sucks at pacing, so we hit 66, 63, 63, 65. still good stuff. it's a 4:17 mile, which is definitely a goal. good stuff from everyone today

No morning run cuz ap gov test. Felt really good about it

Normal warmup and then pre meet. Excited for tomorrow. 

dang. warmed up, gun went off, got out well and tried to see what i could do by sticking on jaiden. 400m at 63, 800m at 2:10, then passed away from there. im sick of choking. somethings just gotta click. im excited for the 800 tomorrow, and a chance to qualify for my 3rd event for state. if tomorrow doesnt go well then ill have to have my breakout race at state. im sick of these "eh" races, but some time it'll end. i guess state will be it.

Good race today. Warmed up and got to the line. Gun went off and I went into 3rd place, crossed 200 At 28 and 400 at 58. Then I just tried to hold on from there. Moved back a few places, finished in 2:02.6. I would be a lot more mad that I didn't qualify if I had wussed out on myself, but I gave it everytbing, I just don't have a kick. But I'd say 2:02 is good for a 3200 guy so I'm pretty happy. We went on to win regjon after getting our 4x400 dq'd for a bad handoff. 4th straight regjon title for us dhills. Felt great. Did a 3 mile cool down with the beautiful Alli Peterson. Great day.

5 easy to sunriver.

Emotional post today, haha. today was my last saturday workout as a high schooler, and if you know anything about me then you know that i always have stomach issues on saturday morning workouts.

big confidence boost today however. the workout was 10x400m @ 61-64 w 2:30 recovery, then 3x150m finishes. I knew that if i immediately tried to hit those times then id be ridden with my usual stomach problems so i took a different approach. I decided to try to just stay 2 seconds back from what the guys were hitting (only ppl who did the workout were the ones who qualified for state). This way i could see what my stomach was doing because if i immediately went for those 64's then id fade hard towards the end. so for the first 6, like clockwork, i hit 66's. Then my stomach was feeling ok; so i decided to put on my spikes and go with the guys for the last 4. then i hit 65, 63, 63, 62. then finished hard for the 150s.

this was a big confidence boosting workout; i averaged 64 (which was in the goal range) and i pushed through my stupid stomach problems. ill remember this as my best saturday morning workout, and also my last as a high schooler. where does the frikkin time go

3 easy to hidden valley 

Normal warmup and 4 easy with strides. Last Fiji today. This will be a week full of "lasts". 

Normal warmup and cool down, 4x300m. Last workout as a high schooler. This is gonna be an emotional week lol

3 easy to hidden valley. Last morning run as a high schooler. Good ness 

normal warmup and 4 easy to the spectrum pre meet. spencer joined us so that was awesome

Idk how many miles we ran, we ran around the BYU campus and then did 4x200m finishes on Provos track. I'm feelin ready for state 

MY LAST 1600M RACE OF HIGH SCHOOL

Did all my rituals. Warmed up and the stomach felt heavy but I was ready to push through that. Gun went off and I didn't get out well which was kinda part of my plan, I wanted to do the exact opposite of what I did at region. Mid pack at the first lap. Then I started picking it up. I moved into about 7th at 800m. Then with 600m to go I made a huge move and moved from about 7th or 8th to third. I was running in third until 200m to go, when mckade and Bryson went around me. I sprinted with them for the last 200, they just had stronger kicks and got me. At the line, a Logan guy got me and it was so close that they had to make us wait for like 15 min to get the official results to the thousandths of a second. I blame it on his Adam's apple. Finished in 4:29.5. It's a PR, but I didn't quite get my place goal. I'd be pissed if I wussed out on myself, but those guys just had stronger kicks. Really good races from everyone today. I'm sad that that was my last mile race but I've got the 3200 tomorrow and I'm gonna kill it; it's my last high school race. Good stuff from everyone today. 

LAST RACE OF HIGH SCHOOL

This was it. Felt better than usual on the warmup. We had to wait in the bullpen for a looong while because a kid passed out on the track during one of the previous races. Gun went off. I got out mid pack again, didn't wanna die towards the end. I never once looked at the clock so that was an accomplishment for me. Mile 1, I was mid pack and then started moving up. I remembered how bad I wanted us Dhills giys to go  1 2 3 4. I moved into 6th behind Eric Jaiden josh Bryson and mckade. Every time Jaiden surged I would stick with it; I'm proud of myself for that. I then moved into 5th with 400m to go, me and josh duked it out the entire last 400 meters. 200 meters to go and josh surged and I tried to match but he kicked harder than I could.  Finished 5th in 9:43.18, which is .01 off my PR lol. Altitude conversion from here to Chandler tho and I'm happy. 

This was really emotional afterwards. Coach came over and was crying and I was holding back tears; this was my last race as a high schooler. These last 4 years with my brothers and coaches have been so perfect. I've made so many friends and had so many great opportunities to perform and have fun and be successful and I'm so grateful for coach fielding for these last 4 years of my life. I wouldn't have it any other way. The things I've done these last 4 years, I'll remember for the rest of my life.

Then me and Boston decided to go run squaw peak for fun haha. Scott (who had not run in 5 months) came with us and he actually ended up beating us up the mountain lol. We decided we really wanted pizza pie care but we didn't have a ride, so we ran there lol it was awesome. I love those guys. 

Really great and memorable end to my high school career. We ended up winning out 4th straight state title. I'm so grateful to be a part of such a stellar team, I've had so much fun and I love each and every one of you. Even those who aren't on my team. I've had so much fun meeting people and racing other people, and huge shoutout to my fellow seniors on the blog, I'm sure you're feeling the same way.  Good stuff from everyone today.

Now just stay tuned for my transition into collegiate running at SUU. 

My coaches are having me do 2-4 easy these next couple of days to keep the legs moving. I didn't run today though, there was never time. 

No run today. Busy again. I graduated from high school today. It's been a great 4 years. 

Last day of not running. Starting tomorrow will be my first training block of collegiate running. Wish me luck!

First run as a college runner. 3 easy to sunriver, pace right around 7

3 easy around my neighborhood. Pace right around 710

Today at 7:30, Jesse from hurricane asked me to pace him so he could try to PR in the 1600. I said yeah I would and grabbed Joe and Alli and went out there, we warmed up and he wanted me to pace his last 800, so I did it. He wanted me to go 68 and then kick; I ended up going 70 and 75; this is because he wasn't quite ready to drop a fast last 800 and I didn't wanna book it and completely lose him so I tried to hang back so he could catch up to me. He finally caught me with 200m to go so we raced the last 200m, he finished in 4:42. It's not bad at all considering his PR is 4:40. Cooled down a lil with them. Good guys. 5 total on the day. 

4 easy out to the spectrum. Wow it's starting to get hot, I gotta start running in the morning. Pace right around7

6 easy to the boneyard from my house. Ugh Monday's are always hard. Pace 715 

6 easy from my house to sunriver. I like running from my house. Even though I've been running in the morning it's still super hot. Pace 6:57