Hayden's Blog

Thu, May 12, 2016

Thu, 12 May 2016 06:00:00

Today was interesting. We went out to eat because my family was visiting. Next morning woke up and felt fine. Got to SV and was warming up for the 3200 and had to lose my lunch. Some kind of stomach bug or something probably from last night. Got ready to race the 3200 and wasn't feeling that great. Did the first mile and was just feeling terrible. Kept trying to push because it was my last time racing the 3200. Finished in a 10:15 which was better than what I ran the Grizz invite with a tear in my achilies. Disappointed but gave it my best effort. Tried eating a little food for the 800 and it stayed down but was still not liking it. Ran the first lap of the 800 in a 1:03. Was in last and even though I was feeling terrible just couldn't take last. I sprinted and passed Winter, Adi, and almost caught Spencer. 2:08 which is awful considering I ran a 2:01 yesterday. Had to lose my lunch again after that race. Rough day but I'm still going to state.

Wed, May 11, 2016

Wed, 11 May 2016 06:00:00

Raced the 800 in the Medley. Was my best chance at making it to state because of my slow start to the season with my foot injury. Needed to get 3:42.05 or 4th place to go to state. When I got the batton we were in 3rd place and Weber and Skyview had gotten the batton about a second before I did. Jake Lee of Weber took the lead with Connor Compton of SV right behind him. I past Connor with about 500 meters to go and caught Jake with 400 to go. First lap in a 58. I took the lead with about 300 left and ticked Jake off so he took off. I tried staying with him but I just don't have a kick like him. 100 meters to go Connor past me. I took 3rd with a 3:41.8 about so got the time. Jake ran about a 1:59, Connor 2:01, and I had 3 people time me and all of them had 2:01. something so I just took the slowest time which was a 2:01.7. I'm happy with it. I had never ran that fast before and I still get to run one last time.

Wed, Apr 27, 2016

Wed, 27 Apr 2016 06:00:00

Just 5 miles easy today. Went out to the stake center and back

Tue, Apr 26, 2016

Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:00:00

Warmup 4 miles then 6x800 with 2 minutes rest between. Supposed to hit each 8 at 2:20. Kept everyone of the 800s at 2:20 or below.

Mon, Apr 25, 2016

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:00:00

Started with an 800 at 2:20. Then 8x400 alternating between 1:05-10 and 2:20 ending with 1000. Did 800 in 2:17, 400s in 1:05, 1:10, 1:10, 1:07. 1000 in 2:30. Not bad for not being able to sprint yet.

Sat, Apr 23, 2016

Sat, 23 Apr 2016 06:00:00

Achiles wasn't feeling ready to race yet. Didn't have anything to gain from running today. Just watched, cheered and held the umbrella at Davis. Was pouring during the invite section.

Fri, Apr 22, 2016

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 06:00:00

Nice and easy today with Davis tomorrow. Still not sure if I'm going to run the 3200 though. Don't want to go back to that boot again.

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 06:00:00

Talked to Wess today and he'll let me run! Get rid of the boot and start training again! Can't sprint, do hills, or wear spikes though. I warmed up with Spencer and then did 600, 400, 300, 200 at 3/4 effort. Then cooldown. Everything felt great before my achiles started to tighten up the final .5 left of the cooldown.

Wed, Apr 20, 2016

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 06:00:00

12 miles with repeats in Millville before it got to dark

Tue, Apr 19, 2016

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 06:00:00

21 miles at MC with repeats up Blacksmith Fork hill

Mon, Apr 18, 2016

Mon, 18 Apr 2016 06:00:00

15 miles with 4 repeats up the same Millville hill.

Sat, Apr 16, 2016

Sat, 16 Apr 2016 06:00:00

12 miles with 2 hill repeats in Millville before it got too dark to see anything. Good job to Spencer and Ethan at today's Cache Box Invite today.

Fri, Apr 15, 2016

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 06:00:00

I can't run or swim but I can sure bike. 30 miles with 5 hill repeats in Wellsville today.

Thu, Apr 14, 2016

Thu, 14 Apr 2016 06:00:00

First day with a boot. Don't like it one bit.

Wed, Apr 13, 2016

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 06:00:00

Went to Doctor today. He said I have a tear in my Achilies. Turns out I ran at the Grizz Invite with a torn Achilies. No wonder I didn't do well. Doctor wanted me to try running and if it felt good I could run if not then I get a boot for two weeks. Tried running and didn't go well. Not too excited