Live To Run

Ran the first half with my roommate at about 7:30/mile and then picked it up fast. Dropped 6:00ish for last half. It was warm today and I felt great! Good luck t o Jacob Buhler at Little Rock! He is going to kill it!

Ran about 5 miles by myself and 5 with some friends. Way warm today. Loved it. Nice week of mileage.

AM : Ran an easy 3 miles in class. Pretty nice.

PM: One of my buddies wanted to try and break 5 in the mile so I thought I would help him out. He dropped by the 2nd lap but still ran a 5:28 which I was really happy for him. I ran 4:54 really easily, by myself, which makes me happy because I know 4:30 is in my reach. Great day of running today. 

Decided it had been awhile since I did some hill repeats so I went to a hill nearby and did 4x550-600m repeats. Was averaging about 5:05-5:15 pace up them so I was pleased with that. Afterwards ran easy till I hit 7 for the day.

Weather was great outside (for Utah) so just took a nice easy day. Planning on doing some speed Friday and 18 (hopefully) on Saturday. Should be a good week of running!

Easy 7 today. Really busy with an 8 page paper to write. Yuck! Looking forward to the weekend though! Doing the Yeti 5k for fun! 5k run that is a 2500ft climb. The entire race is uphill and is followed by a 4 mile snowshoe hike. Should be a great experience and nice to just have a fun race (even though still going for the win, but obviously not the PR)

Race tomorrow

This was definitely a unique race. Decided to just have fun with this one and make it a good workout. Started out at the base of a mountain, were we ran a 5k uphill (15% grade a road sign said, crazy!) and then transitioned into snowshoes and ran 4 more miles on a switchback trail to the summit. Probably the hardest race of my life. On a side note, I won the race (or trail run or whatever you want to call it ha), broke the course record by 8 minutes, and won a trophy and cake yeti head! fun day!

Rest Day

AM: Ran 4 total easy.

PM: Ran another 5 easy. Getting ready for big races. 

Still feeling it from the Yeti Run. Did an easy 7 and once I got into I was moving (6:00 pace). Got a lot to do this week and big races coming up! Really excited, got to get through the week though.

Adding 4 I ran this Sunday to today cause I start my weeks on Monday

Well the last three days have been horrible. Flu and exams does not make for a good time. Feeling a lot better (although still some left over sickness) now.

Easy 8 today. Getting ready for the big race this weekend.

Amazing workout today! Ran a 1 mile warm-up and was feeling good. Started out on the Provo River Trail at the first mile marker and used a regular watch because I wanted an accurate reading of my fitness for this run. Decided with a 4-mile tempo. I love this workout. Went out in the first mile feeling faster than it really was...5:29. Was a little nervous about that, but kept the pace moving. Mile 2 was 5:23 (10:53). Still felt pretty comfortable and wanted to keep the pace rolling. Mile 3 is when I really started to push it as I hit a 5:11 (16:04) and then knew I was in good shape (although my body still felt the same pace as the earlier miles). Mile 4 was uphill to the first mile marker I had started at (out-and-back tempo) and came through in 21:25 (5:21 last mile). I am so pleased with my run today. Ready for the race this weekend. 2 mile cool-down after.

Only got 3 in today. Busy day as I opened my mission call. I will be serving in the Brazil Porto Alegre South Mission. I report to the Brazil MTC on August 7th, 2013 and will be speaking Portuguese. I am so excited!

Hit the track for some 400s in prep for the 5k next week at UVU. Decided I wanted to just run them at race pace (77 per quarter). There was a harsh north wind which was annoying on that side of the track. So, I went with 10x400m averaging 77 sec with 1 min recovery in between. My splits ended up being 78,76,76,73,74,75,75,74,74,74 making an average of about 75. Very good work. 2 mile warm-up and cool-down

8 easy

Something quick today for this weekend. 4x800m at the indoor track with 400m recovery in between. Ran 2:23, 2:25, 2:27, 2:27. Felt good this workout. Very fast. Ready for race day. 2 mile warm-up, 3 mile cool-down.

Stressful day of school

6.5 easy to prep for UVU invite tomorrow. Strides afterwards

First collegiate meet today - 5k. Didn't know what to expect. Hadn't been running as much as I should have lately so I went for it.

Mile 1: 4:57. Didn't feel too bad and was right on pace. Found myself right in the middle of the pack.

Mile 2: 10:20. Was a little off pace now and could have pushed harder. Just tried to keep moving.

Mile 3: 15:47. Pretty much suffered through this mile. Hoped for the best.

5k: 16:25. Not overly disappointed with my time but it could have been better. Just keep working hard. It converts to sea level time of 16:05 too so that is okay. 

Nice 80 min run today. Very peaceful and relaxing. Starting the marathon training.