Hayden's Blog

TOU Invite today. That course has hills like none I have seen before. We took off and ran as a pack for the first mile. Then the pace started to slow down so I thought I'd pick it up again. I took off and no one tried to stay with me. I went up the monster hill and there was no one in sight behind me. Then a Preston and Logan runners came up behind me. I was kind of thrown off because I have never led a Varsity race before. The other two kids beat me by about 3 seconds. I psyched myself out and thats why I fell to 3rd Place. But the team till won.

South Cache Loop

Zollinger Loops

Track Workout

1600 at 5k -10 seconds, 1200 -15 seconds, 800 -20 seconds, 400 -25 seconds, 200 100% effort

Canyon and back

2 long and six short laps at Rodeo Grounds

Stride outs at Hidden Park

Region today. I was feeling good until we hit the last mile of the course. The race started out really fast and it took a lot of my energy out at the start. I just didn't have the kick at the end that I usually do. MC took 3rd at Region. Even if Spencer had been healthy Weber still would have beat us. But we shouldn't have lost to Fremont. Need to prove we are better at State.

Track Workout

Easy miles up Porcupine

Hill Repeats up Nibley Dip. 30, 60, 90, 120 seconds with zero rest at the bottom

Family vacation in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. But still have to run.

Still in Steamboat. So I found their high school track and did 3X800 with 300. That track was awful. There were cracks big enough to twist your ankle in. Plus lane one in the first 100 meters was just plain cement with zero track surface on it. If I race there, I'm taking lane 2.

Rodeo Grounds

Rodeo Grounds Pre-race for State

State was ok for me. Just like at Region the start was very fast. Everyone sprinted off the line. I got in good position and held it going around the lake. When we hit the hairpin turn it threw me off a little mentally because I have never raced on the new state course before. Some AF kid thought I was in his way so he started hitting me in the kidney. I started sprinting when we hit the big grass field. I caught about 8 kids in the sprint. I could see Connor Compton just in front of me and I managed to pass him about five steps from the finish line. Not a bad way to end the year but I'm excited for whats coming up next.

Canyon workout. 1st Mile 5:40, 2nd 5:30, 3rd 5:20, 4th 5:10, 5th 5:00, 6th 5:00. I couldn't quite hold the final two miles going up the canyon hill but I pushed hard and was satisfied with the workout.

Stake Center and back

Millville course with hill repeats. We stopped at the first hill and did 30, 60, 90, 120 with zero rest at the bottom. Ran another mile and did the same repeats on a different hill. I was pretty tired after that workout.

MC back road

Lower Turkey

A fun race today. I started off the line fast and kept it for the first mile. Then I let Joe catch up as we pushed each other. We got to about a half mile away from the finish when some kid passed us. I took off with him. I caught him about 200 meters from the finish and the kid's dad is standing right there. He yells, "Sprint in 3-2-1 GO!". I took off when he said 1 and beat the kid by about 6 seconds. A feel good race for me mostly.