Trial of Miles, Miles of Trials

Drove to Dimple Dell Park with Collin, Guppy, and Dallin. Ran on the trails there and it was fun to have a sick group. The trails are epic with some nice hills to get the quads burning. Took it pretty easy the first 7 miles and picked it up the last 2, 6:45 and 5:50 (strides). Saw Alta so that was cool. Checked the spring and it's still not on :( Went to Roxberry for smothies then did abs and hips. Upper body later tonight

3 mile warmup and strides. Workout was 12X400, first 4 slower than mile pace, next 4 at mile pace, last 4 faster. Rest was 2:30, 2:45, 3:00 and 4 in between sets. First 4 were 68s and 69s. Next four were 65s and a 66. Last four were 63, 62, 61, 61. Jogged a 400 in between everything. Felt really good, first 2 sets were comfortable, last one hurt but I pushed through. Confidence just keeps building. 1.5 mile cool down then 10 min on the bike, abs, and lower body.

Did a loop with Thom that hit Lone Peak and AF high school, ended up being longer than I thought. About 11 miles then strides to get to 11.5, 7:00 avg pace. Felt pretty great not sore or anything. My body has been taking this season's workouts and mileage really well. Biked 20 min with one set of 5 min 50%, 1 min all out, 5 min 60%, 1 min all out. Took it a little harder so it was probably about 70, 80 percent. Did some wall sits then upper body lifting

12 min biking during class, watched some of Little Rascals so that was fun. My dad came and picked me up and me and my bro went trail running in Saratoga. It was sick, 2 huge hills but other than that pretty gradual. 8 miles at 7:30 average including 4X1/10 mile buildups. Slightly downhill on those, really got the legs moving and worked on turnover. Stretched and rolled out

3 mile warmup then some strides at the pit. Did one 400 there, jogged to the cemetery and did one there, 64 and 65. Cooled down to 7.5 with 3 "starts" on the road. Biked for 5 min

2 mile warmup. A little windy and cold but no rain yet. Got out good and worked to hear the front but went out in a 70 again. Tried to make up time, move up and kick but that didn't work very well. Barely outkicked Justin from Lone Peak to get 4th. Legs felt flat and tired, couldn't really get moving. I also need to recognize when the race is going out slow and take the lead if I need to because I hate races when it comes down to the kick. Started to cool down but they were doing awards so I had to go back and get my medal, then finished to 2 miles. Sat around for a while, got some gold sunglasses, a headband, and a poster all for free from Brooks, that was sick. Then warmed up a mile for the 4X800. I led off and got in an okay position, passed a couple people and ended up in third, 2:03. Felt strong, had a lot of adrenaline before and during. Happy with the time and effort in the rain and after the mile. And our team finished third and got medals! No cool down after just cleaned up and went home.