4.0 mi

Yesterday’s state meet was a very bittersweet ending for my season. After so many of ups and downs I wanted to end off the season with a good race. Unfortunately, I woke 3 days before the race with a sore throat. I tried to keep my head up but day by day it got worse. By the morning of the race I had trouble breathing on the warmup. The sickness combined with the low iron caused me to feel worse than any other race this season. In the first 400 I already felt my throat closing up. I went through the first mile in 5:06 and was pretty much last place. The rest of the race I was just wanted to finish and not give up. I saw the clock and my time was about a minute slower than I ran at Richard spring. After I crossed the line I was shaking and out of breath and it continued for the rest of the day. But the worse part was that I didn’t achieve the goal I had been working towards every single day for the last 6 months. I also felt like I had let the team down. But, I never expected that every single guy on the team would come up to me to tell me they were proud and didn’t care about how I raced. The support I saw yesterday reminded me how tightly knit this team is and how glad I am to be apart of it. I know everyone yesterday whether they were supporting or racing gave it their all. Although this wasn’t the season I had hoped for I am confident going into track that things will be different.

4.0 mi

Pre meet run for state.

5.0 mi

200 repeats. Felt relaxed

8.16 mi 1:00:00 7:21 /mi

Cross train

6.5 mi

Tough 800, 1600, 1600, 800 workout at graue. Went better than my workout last week but still not great. 2:21, 5:18, 5:31, 2:38 were my splits. Cooldown after.

6.0 mi

Had a great time at sectionals today and raced well. Leading up to the race I got more nervous than I usually do pre race. When I got over to the line I was getting more anxious. Although all of that stress went right away after the start. The first 400m of the race I could’ve executed a lot better. I almost tripped a couple times and lost a lot of ground by swinging out far. But I was able to make up ground after that. By the second mile I tried my best to move up spots and just stay with the pack I was in. With 800 to go I began to lose ground, I think I lost around 4-5 places. In that last 300 though, I thought back to how coach said every single place mattered and I was able to close hard. I think I caught around 5 people which made up for the lost places. I think this was a good race for me, I was focused the whole time and didn’t fall back many places. But I still have to work on my starts and finishes. I knew I had left a bit too much in the tank at the end. But it gives me confidence to know exactly what I can improve upon next Saturday. I can’t wait to race at state and I know every single person who raced today gave it their all. It was also great to see the entire team come out and give support.

6.0 mi

KLM run. Felt really good

5.0 mi

10 x 200 was good. Averaged 35s per rep and felt relaxed

8.27 mi 1:00:00 7:15 /mi

Cross train

6.0 mi

Time trial went okay. Couples seconds off pr. After did mile repeats and stretching

6.25 mi

Great race today at regionals. I went in knowing if I didn’t get top 6 I wouldn’t be able to continue my season into sectionals. But I didn’t feel nervous or anxious about it and I think I felt the most relaxed I’ve ever felt before a race. I got out slow similar to how I raced at conference and moved up little by little throughout the race. I wasn’t even thinking about whether I would make the sectionals lineup and instead just tried to race as best as I could. I ended up 17th overall and running a decent time of 16:32. I am super grateful to be apart of the sectionals line up and I am excited to compete next weekend. I think I will stick with the strategy of going out slower since it’s been working great for me. But I also want to try and pack up with Cole & Mark so we can work together to try and minimize that gap between our 4 and 5 runners.

6.25 mi

Premeet, feeling good

5.5 mi

200 repeats went well. Felt very relaxed.

6.46 mi 45:00 6:57 /mi

cross train

8.0 mi

Tough workout at klm. 10 minute tempo and then did 800, 1600, 1600, 800. Splits were 2:32, 5:28, 5:22, 2:30. Conditions were not great but was still able to have a good workout.

6.5 mi

Garywood + thunder and lighting.

5.5 mi

I am very happy with how conference went yesterday. I changed up my race strategy and instead of going out hard I got out slow and moved up methodically throughout the race. I not only felt so much better during the race I also felt much more confident. Ended up getting 10th in the open and ran a solid time given the conditions. Over the course of season I got so discouraged after every meet. Moving back to the #18 guy after a whole summer of training in top group made me feel like all the work I had put in was for nothing. I am so thankful that coach and the team continued to believe in me. It got me into a better mindset before conference. Leading up to the race I was still recovering from sickness and knew that my iron levels were still very low. But once I got to the line I just let go of all of the negative thoughts and excuses and just tried to focus on the race.

Pre meet

6.25 mi

First run back from being sick. Felt great. Was able to rest up and feel fresh before conference.

4.5 mi

Ok time trail. Felt great and was on pace until last 600m and started to hurt. Ran 10:22. Need to work on getting iron up.