Garek B Running

Solid 5 miles around the zoo.

Am: 4.5 miles around the Zoo and then 8 strides to get to 5. Felt a little tight but otherwise fine.

Pm: Drove out to the oval today. Met Connor Baller out there so that was awesome. Did 2 miles warmup outside before 1 mile speed changes and then changed shoes. Jogged a lap and did 5x1000 and then 3x400. First two thousands were just at a constant pace. 2:47 and 2:45. The next Bill had us start out faster the first 200 and then kick the last 100. The middle was all about trying to relax your body from a fast start and maintin your pace but still have enough for a kick. Went 2:46 and 2:47 on those. Last one Bill had us start out a tad slower and stay constant before really kicking the last 300m. 2:45 for that one. After each thousand we had 1 full lap and then back to the 1000 start. The 400s we had one lap of recovery in between. Hit 60, 59, and 57. 

Cooled down to 11.5. I could tell that I was still a bit tired from the race becuase each thousand was pretty rough but I am still really happy with the workout.

Am: 5 miles around the zoo. Got another 8 strides in after.

Pm: Solid 10 miles on Pipeline. It was pretty chill on the canyon road but wasn't super bad on the trail. After the turn around I started some fartleks at rattlesnake. Did that for 20 minutes. Did really push each on super hard but mostly opened up the stride to loosen up It really helped! By the end I felt a lot less sore.

Am: Easy 4 miles with strides.

Pm: Ran to Sugarhouse Park and did 3 sets that each had 1 3 minute on, 2 minutes off, then a 500 meter hill loop. After each set we had about 3 minutes of revovery and then we would go again. Jogged back to the school and added to 7.

Left for Nationals today. Easy 3 miles with Connor and then some strides. 

Once we got to San Deigo we did around a 5 mile run just to loosen up.

Jogged the course and did some strides.

Warmed up about 4 miles with some strides and drills. Felt pretty good.

Race started really fast, first 800 was 2:17. Drew Hunter pulled away after that and I was working with Rocha and Veatch. They gapped be a bit going down to hill the first time. After that I just focused on not letting Andrew Jordan or Paul Roberts pass me. Worked the hill decent the 2nd time around but it really is a monster. Didnt have a spectacular finish but I was really happy with the results. Ended up 4th overall! The last Utahn that was fourth was Ben Saarel and he ran a 15:13 and my time was 15:14. I was also happy I was able to mentally stay tough even though I wasn't in the front pack. At Nike when I fell of the leaders I fell hard. This time I stayed mentally tough and worked through. 

Cooled down about 2. 

It was a truly amazing end to my high school career.