Garek B Running

Drove up Millcreek Canyon and parked at Birch Hollow where we normally go for Pipeline. But instead we went on the opposite side of the canyon on this super hilly trail for the first 3 miles. These hills were serious business. My heartrate was going crazy. After 3 miles we came out on the road at Elbow Fork so we hopped on that trail and followed it down to Birch Hollow. Since we wanted 10 we just went out another 4 on Pipeline.

Am: Easy five miles. Legs felt pretty tired after yesterdays hill run.

Pm: Jogged up to Sunnyside and did 2x800. Went 2:13 and 2:10, which I thought was really good for grass. Then ran back down to the track and did a mile and 4x400. The mile was 4:30 and the 400s were 65, 65, 60, and 58. Overall a great workout!

Am: Easy five miles. Legs felt tight at the start but by the end they felt awesome.

Pm: Ran down to Sugarhouse Park and then did 5 400 meter hill strides on the hill next to the pond. After that jogged to the hill by the bathrooms and basketball court and did 5 of those. Jogged back to the school along 13th.

Am: Easy 3 miles.

Pm: Ran down to Liberty Park. Got some water. Then jogged to the start line by 9th south. Did some strides and then 2x2 mile. Pace wasnt that killer, coach wanted me 5:30-5:20 but the twist was we only got 90 seconds recovery in between. That made it pretty rough. First one was 10:35 so a bit under pace. Then 10:29 so again under pace. Was really stoked because I felt that I could have worked even harder but coach told me to save my legs for the race Saturday. After the two miles jogged over to where we do speed changes and did this crazy stride workout. How it went is the first one you ran 100 meters. The next you ran 110 meters. The next 120 meters. All the way to 200 meters. And after each one you jogged back to the start for recovery. After that we jogged to the school and finished at exactly 12 miles for the day!

Am: Just an easy 5 miles for the day. No afternoon workout.

Flew into Minnesota for Griak today! Got there about 11 and just hung out at the hotel until around 4. Then drove to the course and jogged through it. After the jog through we walked/jogged some parts of course to work out the finer points. After did about 10 strides at the start. 

Woke up and jogge for 10 minutes on the treadmill just to loosen up.

Got to the course and watched the college mens race. Then during the college womens race jogged about 3 miles warmup. Did some stretches and then headed to the line. Did a few strides in my trainers and then some drills before changing into spikes. Got somemore strides in after.

Gun went off and I focused on getting out fast. After that point I really just concentrated on working hard throughout. Went through the first thousand at 2:49 and the first mile at 4:40. The thing about the course was after every uphill you got some downhill. This made the course rather tough because you wore your legs out going up and then just beat them up going down. First mile was 4:40. I had right around a 10 second lead througout most of the race. 3k spilt was 9:01 and if I had to say there was a portion of the race that was the hardest that would be it. The heat and humidity started to kick in. Luckily I pushed through. Didn't have much of a kick, coming into the finish I was totally wiped out. Official time was 15:36, second place was 15:52. Another great race!!

Jogged around with the SUU girls and then a bit with just me and Bill. The SUU boys had a great race today taking 2nd place!!