called to serve: Florida Tallahassee

27:16 total          6:48 average mile

1- 6:45

2- 6:26

3- 6:45

4- 7:12

26:35 total  8:49 average mile

I'm just going from what I have on my watch.

7:23   6:52   6:48   7:21 total 28:30

Just going from what I have on my watch, I can't remember what we did.

Probably just an easy 4 mile day, I can't remember for sure.

Today was the first track meet of the year. the 2 mile was the first event and it should always be like that because I like my race first. I ran hard and beat my old of 12:07 from last year. I really pushed through my comfort zone and it was really hard. I ran with this Hurricane kid for a lot of the race and he pushed me. Willy also helped me a lot. I can remember a certain time in the race when Willy got in front of me and started to pull away, I spead up and kept with him even though I was really tired and my body wanted to slow down. This was a great race.

Splits

I wasn't signed up for anything today but I came to support the team and maybe get in a race. I was "lucky" and I got to run the mile and 800.

In the mile I got a new PR 5:22. I think my best time from last year was around 5:30. I ran really hard and felt like I was going to die when I finished.

In the 800 I think I got around 2:30 I need to check( it was 2:31). I really just jumped into this race because I realized only Decker and Forsyth where runnning it so I got in the race. I ran in one of the slow heats without Decker or Forsyth and I gave it all I had (I didn't have much left to give). I think it was a pretty slow race for an 800, but for me I don't really know how fast it was because I don't usually do the 800. Bro. Evans did tell me that I started faster than I usually do and he said I look good and I'm improving. I was really sore after all my races but it was fun.

I need splits for these races and official time for my 800, I'll try to get them from coach holt.

22:25 minutes total and 7:48 mile average

I had to go get braces put on my flipin' teeth for the 3rd time in my life so I did a short easy run today. : )

In about a year when I'm done with all my braces and stuff my teeth are going to be off the heezie

4x1200 meter

 i was going for under 4:25  all my times where under and it was an AWSOME work out.

splits

4:23

4:21

4:20

4:22

around a 2 mile cool down after that

ANAROBIC THRESHHOLD

 the beginning 1/2 mile and end 1/2 mile slow but the middle is a fast pace. 27:37 total time 6:53 mile average. I ran with Ruth and felt good about this work out.

Easy recovery run today. I was a little late but Decker waited for me and we caught up to everyone. We played a sweet game of ultamit frizbee after and it was one of the best games ever.

30:16 total time  8:20 average mile

7:58

8:29

8:34

.64 mile 5:14

5xHills

I tried to figure out how to time myself on a hill by doing splits on my watch. I need to figure out a better way to time hills. D-rizzle staheli ran with us, he has the heart of a champion. There was a church basketball tournament in the evening and I did a lot of running. I also touched the rim 2 or 3 times in a row, what's up!

2:26

2:21

2:02

2:06

2:10

long hike in zion saturday

Today is my first time writing in my bolg. I am going to just jump in and get started today and go from now on. Today is a bad day to start off my blog, I was supposed to do 5 miles but I cut it short. When I started my back hurt really bad and I could hardly move so i stopped and tried to stretch. When I was done I was far behind the rest of the team and my back still hurt. i trudged along at a 8:46 mile average and finished in about 41 minutes and then did 9 100 meter striders. it was just a bad day today and I am a little mentally disscouraged. I have been running a lot lately and i am trying to stay positive. I have also been thinking about the track meet coming up this week end and the pain I will have to run through to have a successful race and I am feeling really lazy about everything in life. But it is time to gut it up and get to work: pain is temporary, quiting lasts forever.

We did 5 1000 today, 5,000 meters total, with a 400 meter jog  after each and a 3/4 mile warm up and cool down (I think I figured it out right and it's 5.8 miles total). It got really windy and that always makes it a little harder to run. I felt like I needed to push it more but I slacked off some. My back hurt a little bit at the beginning but went away pretty quick, it wasn't as bad as yesterday. I was supposed to be going for 3:35 based on a 2 mile time and here are my splits:

1- 3:33

2- 3:39

3- 3:36

4- 3:44

5- 3:40

*new batteries in watch after run.

anarobic threshhold

4 mile dog pound run with about the first 3/4 mile warm up and about the last 1/2 mile slow cool down. My back hurt a little when I was stretching but it loosened up fast and didn't bother me in my run, hopefully it was just a weird back ache and it is done for now.

1/2 mile splits

1- 3:54 (7:49/mi)

2- 3:40 (7:21/mi)

3- 3:16 (6:32/mi)

4- 3:07 (6:14/mi)

5- 3:13 (6:26/mi)

6- 3:24 (6:50/mi)

7- 3:45 (7:32/mi)

8- 4:01 (8:02/mi)

total time 28:35   7:06 average mile

I think 1/2 mile splits are a good way to time this work out, let me know if anyone has a better way to do it. 

Today was slower than last week when we did the same run. Today I needed to keep pushing all the way especially in the middle and towards the end. I have to push through the hill at the end, Decker helped to push me on that last big hill.

Today was an easy 30 minutes run before the track meet tomorrrow. I went out to the church in washington and back. JD, big Z, and I went left by nissons park and through the desert back to school just to mix it up a little bit. Easy run, pushed it pretty hard.

total time 32:46     7:49 average mile pace

Had an ok race. It was pretty windy during our race. In my heat we had like 7 or more PV guys together and we ran in a group for part of the race, it was really cool. I tried to push hard during the race but I was slower today for so reason. I made a goal to not get passed in the last 100 meters because I got passed in all 3 of my races at Hurricane and I didn't want that to happen, but it happened. Within about 50 meters or even less than that two kids from my team,Tolmen and RJ, flew passed me. Tolmen yelled my name as he went by but I could not keep up. I was really mad that I couldn't dig anymore to finish stronger. I'm going  to concentrate and work on my stride for when I get tired and when I am tired and sprinting that finish at the end. Spent the rest of the day watching, cheering, and helping out with the track meet.

 I woke up this morning and I was really tired. I had some negative thoughts in my head and I was a little nervous about running and working through that pain that I knew would be there in my race. I tried to put those thoughts out of my head and get excited about my race. I got to school a little late so I went straight to sign in for the 2 mile. I talked with my team as we waited to run and I didn't feel as nervous about the race. Sometimes when you aren't feeling very motivated it helps to be with your friends just having fun and then you feel better and you can get to work runnnig. The race was packed with people and I was worried about geting nailed by someones spikes at the start of the race but soon the race spread out so we weren't as close together. I worked hard to keep up with people and push to keep going fast.  

2 sets of 5x200   with a 100 jog after each one  3/4 mile warm up. I don't know how far the cool down was probably 1/2 a mile.

1- 33

2- 35

3- 36

4- 35

5- 35

2nd set

1- 35

2- 36

3- 37

4- 38

5- 38

felt ticked off about being slow. i want to be good and a fast runner so bad but i'm just not there, yet. i need to work crazy hard in practise to get better. coach holt reminded us today that it all comes from your heart, and you get it by diging down in practise and pushing yourself. i can't be lazy or scared of pain and i need to always remember that and push myself past the limit.

anerobic threshold

7:08 average mile pace 28:34 total time

1/2 mile splits. about the first 3/4 mile warm up and 1/2 mile cool down

1- 4:00

2- 3:36

3- 3:04

4- 3:04

5- 3:05

6- 3:25

7- 3:45

8- 4:25

The last/middle miles were very hard, about at the dog pound up. Going up those last 2 hills in a hard wind was very very hard today. I ran with Big Z for most of the run but I pulled away towards the end. I really needed someone right with me to help me up those hills at the end.

AM

I ran the 3 mile Arctic Circle run this morning by myself. I was a litttle tired but it wasn't as cold as I thought it would be. My watch died in the middle of my run so I don't have any kind of times but I bet I would have finished in around 25 minutes.

*new batteries in watch after run, I have found that they last about a week.

PM

Cold today. Easy recover run today (chukarama 4.27), track meet tomorrow. Ran in a group on the way out and with WiLLY on the way back. Kept it pretty slow but still felt a little fast, probably because I was tired and my legs were tired. Did 9x100 meter striders with the Decker JD and practised hand offs for tomorrow.

7:27 average mile   31:49 total

splits: 7:44 7:15 7:30 7:20

(1600) 5:22

I really don't know what to say about this race. I think I have run the mile close to this time like a million times. I didn't get passed at the end so that was good. That's it for the mile

400 in the medley

I was on this medley team with 3 freshman.

I'll finish this later....

Recovery run

31:55 total time 7:31 average mile

Really sore from races yesterday. Last night (thursday night) after the track meet I was really sore and my legs hurt really bad but they didn't feel as bad today. Picked it up at the end and it felt good to run faster, get the sore legs moving.