Hayden's Blog

Workout today was mile warm up and then 5:45-5:50 pace for 20 min. With a mile cooldown and then 5X100 meter sprints to finish it off. I went down to Millville and was able to hold the pace till about 3 minutes left on the 20 min. But once I hit one minute left I just started booking it and I felt like I could have held that energy boost for another mile. Its like I hit an energy boost when I get towards the end of the run. After that I did the 100 meter sprints as fast as I could. I was far enough away from home that I did an extra 100 meters to get back a little faster. Afterwards I went with Spencer to Sports Academy to do weights and relax in the hot tube.

Ran for 30 minutes in the pool with Spencer at 6:20. Went and did conditioning with the track team after school. They mostly did squats and lunges so my legs were dead after already doing those the night before. Then went a did 2 miles up to Canyon to loosen my legs up.

Went and swam this morning with Spencer. The workout was 10 min warmup and then 1 min hard 30 sec easy going up by 30 seconds hard till we hit 3 min then working our way back down. After that I went and ran 7 miles with Eric around Hyrum. To finish it up we did 5X100 meter sprints. I'm a little tired after all that and my legs are still a little bit sore from Tuesday.

Today was 5 progressive miles starting at 6:15 pace and cutting off 15 sec each mile till the final mile is a 5:15. I was right on track on all of the miles until I got to the final mile. I was at a 5:15 until I got to the mile with a half mile left and just couldn't move any faster. Ended up with 6 because of a half mile warmup and cooldown.

An easy 3 miles with Weber State Indoor Meet tomorrow. It was nice with Spencer and Eric.

Weber State Indoor meet today. Started off with the 3200 so 16 laps. I was put in the same heat as AF and Davis so I was expecting to get lapped. We take off and I'm in the middle of the pack. I just went after Malone because we are close to the same speed. I passed Summers and a kid that beat me at BYU. On the second to last lap Malone starts going for it so I went with him. I ended up passing him and like 3 other kids in the final sprint. I don't know my exact time because something went wrong with the timer. Malone said he got a 10:18 so I think I was at least a 10:17. I just keep doing better every week. The mile was like 4 hours later and I just felt awful. I decided I would just try something different during the race. I was middle of the pack with 2 laps in and decided I wanted to be in the front. So I sprinted around like 8 kids into 1st place. I held that spot for 2 laps until I just hit the wall and people passed me. Then with 2 laps to go I just told myself that no matter what I'm sprinting right now. I took off and just missed the first place person. I just have to trust my body and sprint sooner. I got a 4:58 which is a bad time but given how I felt, I'm fine with it.