Dare to go!!!

I was pretty nervous for this race I didn't know how good I was going to do like when I was running the warm up I felt like I was dying it was so hot. But when I got up to the line after I while i started feeling pretty pumped. I didn't really know what to expect with it being an all comers race and most of the teams running there varsitys so I just decided to take off pretty strong and try to be towards the front. I was pretty happy with my start even though a lot of people started off faster and were in front of me like Preston and Andrew and Dave so I just kept passing people slowly which I think I did pretty good at. By the last lap of this race though I was dying especially on the up hill. I was running next to bridger for desert hills and kept trying to pass him the whole way up but he kept speeding up when I tried to pass him. By the end I tried to kick it was ok but not my best and I was surprised when I crossed the line and Colton was the person in front of me. All in all I think it was a pretty good race for me I feel pretty good about it and I hope just to keep improving through the season.

AM-3 miles easy I wore my zero drop shoes helped me land on my toes pretty well they made my calfs a little sore like they always do so I'm stretching icing and rolling that like always and I'm probably going to wear my pure cadences tomorrow

PM-1 mile warm and 1 mile cool to Pizza Hut did 1 minutes today was a little off didn't do quite as well as I would have liked to but I still did decent and had a good workout I got 11 of them. Had weights after got a pretty good work out from those. All in all I had a pretty good run today even without getting we many minutes as I would like to I will just have to try harder next time and hopefully push to getting all 15 .

AM we ran barefoot around the baseball field was a pretty good run felt awesome had 4x200 after which we also did around the baseball field it was pretty cool i have never done 200 barefoot on the baseball field

PM I got some good cross training after being forced to ride my bike over to the run a thon because i could not get a ride ran my first 2 miles in the first shift at 6:00

3 AM ran my second shift another 2 miles.

At the awards bolivia took third place over all not bad for our first year in the world championship race walking

5 AM had the dash for cash i ran 2 400's they were not the funnest thing i had ever done i was extremely tired.

AM 3 miles easy 

PM today we had 5x1000 i had a pretty good workout hit all my times like i was wanting to pretty much first was 4:02 felt good that whole one the second one is the only one i would of liked to be a little bit faster because i tried to imporve a little each time but still a solid 4:02 the third one i had a good improvement to 3:55 then the next one 3:51 then the last i got 3:45 pretty good controlled workout today not to hard but still a decent effort.

AM 3 miles artic cirlce

PM we had the workout/time trial thing the first 6 1000's i felt strong and good on and i was thinking about the little time trial thing. when we started i felt pretty strong not to tired from the workout and i was going next to reed and andrew but reed soon had a pretty good gap on us and i was just going with andrew and cameron. i felt pretty good but still tired the whole time and after the third lap i started trying to speed up a little to catch reed and by the time we got to the hill i was pretty close and i was ready to push past him but he just kicked pretty hard when he saw me and ended up beating me by a few seconds even though i didnt get first im still pretty happy with my performance

AM had a pretty good run we went faster then usual but it was kind of good it helped me work on my form better because it was easier to land on my toes but it was probably my fastest morning run this year we were done in like 20:30

PM today we had our first michigan of the year i was pretty excited cuz i wanted to get b standard for the first time. the first 800 we took off pretty good i ran like a 2:47 but the pack i wanted to stick with was in front of me a bit so by the time we left the track i didnt really try to push to catch up i just kind of did so i just stuck with them and i had a pretty good mind set a lot better than last year when we did michigans. After the first 1.5 off the track just as we are turning to go down matt lands on like the only patch of mad in that grass and completely biffs it and it was a pretty good fall to but he got up and just kept going the next 800 on the track i really didnt keep track of time but i felt like i sped up so that was good. The next 3 800 were pretty tricky especially everytime we hit the hill i felt like i fell back a little but i would catch up right after that. So we finally get to the last 400 and its me matt and andrew all in a group matt has since taken the lead and andrew behind him and me in the back on the last 100 i try to pass andrew and i start gaining and i get pretty close but then andrew kicks hard to try and catch matt and they are like right next to each other with matt probably only .01 in head of him and me a second behind and i end up getting a lot faster then i expected with a 25:51. Cool down i was kind of stiff and had a weird thing in my hamstring but it went away. we then did striders and had weights.

AM grass run on the baseball field i woke up a little late so i was a lap behind lots of mud puddles

PM 5 miles sanbergs loop was a pretty good run cooler but i still sweated like crazy i didnt swim today there was 4x200 after also

Today was the time trial from the start i wasnt really where i wanted to be i had fallen away from the group i wanted to stay with. I wish i would have been more gutsy but im not going to be negative about this and do better next time. im still pretty happy with my time even though i would of liked to have passed a few more people.

AM easy three to artic circle

PM today was a way legit run we did neon spiders for the first time going through it was pitch black and i just had to hold on to krennys shirt and keep running but it seemed like someone behind us was going to slow and pulling us all back. i think it was actually almost like a good trust excersise i just had to believe that krenshaw was going to lead me the right way and that i would make it out i felt like i really did trust krenny though i never really had doubt. at the very the water all of a sudden got way deep and i soaked my shoes so that kind of sucked but it was still a legit run. 4x200 after and weights.

today we did 3 on 3 offs it was a freaking killer work out i hit each of my distances and on the last one i even pushed to hitting 950. then we had 4x30 seconds i did pretty good on these over all i had  a great workout today felt awesome except a little soar throat. was a good day

AM i showed up pretty late so i ran the morning run pretty quick didnt catch up to the team until like a little past 2 miles.

PM Race i was kind of nervous i dont really know if i was quite mentally prepared for this race but when we finally started i was into it imediately i was kind of in the front right from the start and that was the first time i had ever been up at the front in the very beginning but right after i was in the front for a little until like half of our jv was up there and i was in like 6th place. After like the first lap was finished it was like me andrew and dave and cameron in the front and it was like that for a lot of the second lap until it was like me andrew and  cameron a little in front. At the start of the last lap i passed cameron at the very beginning and he didnt really go with me and i led the rest of the race which was kind of weird being my first time i have ever led a race. At the end i wish i would have sprinted it out more i could here matt byrun and abel all yelling at me to sprint but i didnt really have anyone to push me so it was more of like a strong push to the finish then a sprint. Overall im way happy with this race getting first place for my first time ever and i beat my last time by 10 seconds most likely due to the fact i got new racers. Hopefully i can just keep improving and be as good as i can possibly be. I have a new goal of JV region champ.