DONT TREAD ON ME

6 tough miles out to airport hill 

I have been on the TEAM longer than anyone else as of today. (Besides coach and coach Powell)

Greatful for: the time I had with the bros for the last few years

Song: I Summon You // Spoon

rain cold 5 miles around Webb Hill

Greatful for: Spencer Ford

Song; The Ballad of Mousior Valentine // Spoon

6 miles past the spectrum

greatful for; the couple of friends that didnt quit track. so sage.

song; 505 // Arctic Monkeys

7 miles out to the eternal pit its full of melted vinyls

greatful for: all the birds migrating 

song: Feathers // Animal Coast

4 muddy miles past the farm

Almost done with Lost In Heaven

Gf: it got warm enough to take off my shirt. It's been a long time. 

Song: rods and cones // the blue man group

3 around to Ben Powells house and back

Song: I Would Do Anything For You // Foster The People

went east of little black mountain. beautiful day.

Greatful for: the possibily of 14+ mile days!

Song: It Doesn't Matter // Depeche Mode

We did the Cosby and I feel assaulted. haha not really. I felt I tapped into that next level if only I can do this in races this year. I was right behind Spencer, Rex and Bryson.

Greatful for: Brock willing to try out for the national anthem with me. rock on.

Song: Rococo // Arcade Fire

3 chilly miles

4 on spectrum

8x100m strides

weights

greatful: ill be in the yearbook for drumming

song: Kill Your Heros // AWOLNATION

MR

8x200m up Mcphie pass from the altar to the telephone pole. Stayed right up there with Sage and was number 2-3 each time. 

8 miles on zen trail 

moved boulders with my dad

quads are done

greatfulfor: MLK jr.

Song: Nyctophilia // Animal Coast

3 in the morning

Warner fire road: 3 out, 18 tempo back. I felt good but it was chilly and rainy. I finished on the other side of the underpass as the other guys but I stayed really close to them for most of it.

Greatful for: graphics because now I can make animal coast t shirts

Song: Megalithic Symphony: AWOLNATION

3 am

8 pm out to little black mountain

3 am

fartlek at BHNP

:15, :30, :45, 1, 2, 2:30, 2, 1, :45, :30, :15

We ran straight up utah hill. Me, Bryson, Kasey and Sage. We saw some wild stallions and I split my hand open but that didnt stop me from dancing my little heart out at Jr. Prom. Good times man. 

McGruffs revenge. 12x200m I was anywhere is 4-7th guy. Felt weak in the quads. 4x200 progressions on the track. Weights. We got EXPOSED.

Greatful for: Animal Coast T-Shirts!

Song: What If // Coldplay (Also good book that Mr. Fawson has)

3 miles and tanner showed up so that was fun.

7 miles in the boneyard in sandals felt great, and each mile sage and I changed topics

mile 1: Pros/Cons of Capitalism

mile 2: Pros/Cons of Communism

mile 3: Gun Control

mile 4: Gay Flag v. Conferderate Flag

mile 5: Privite Corperations Rights

mile 6: Climate Change

mile 7: Repercussions of Human Development

Greatful for: a land where I can roast sage freely.

Song: Private Life // Oingo Boingo

18 minute tempo in Warner

*I stayed up until 4 in the morning this night just thinking about life and stuff eh...

Song: Stockholm Syndrome // Muse hahaah

4 easy

So weird not having brock with me all the time as he is in Disneyland.

We did Webb Hill 4x800m. I  couldnt stick with Rex, Sage, Bryson and Matthacher but I was 5th every time. Good Talks with the bros.

Yoga for the first time. Some weird stuff man. Its like weights and streching at the same time.

Greatful for: Chocolate Milk

Song: Silvia // Miike Snow

14 mills on the trills. we went on Navajo Dr. and turned left towards the gorge. Super pretty and cool and difficult.

Landscaped rocks with my dad.

Played pickleball with Sarah Milne.

Went back to my house and played music with HU and aubrey and madi and Sarah.

long day.

Greatful for: Sarah

Song: These Girls // Sticky Fingers

6 miles to the center of the sugar bowl. We started a new holiday. On the first significant rainfall (puddles) you have to run and jump over the puddles and shout "Schtot!" or something more yiddish. Its called Tupach Sharamanam. Kc, Sage, Jaiden, Mattallred, Sam Tremea just the bros.

Greatful for: that young half day

Song: Who Let You Go // The Killers 

Provo City Center Temple open house 

I ran from my house to the school and back haha I have been terrible at wakin up

5 easy in the afternoon

feelin pretty sick haha everytime im going to a concert I get sick.

had some late nights, missed tues, overall rough week

I did most of the workout, not the last two 800s im just beat im ready for weekend and breckens birthday. Holy Cow mine is in 16 days...

Greatful for: Awesome leaders, Coach of course and I ran into my old Young Mens leader Trent. Awesome guys.

Song: Edge of Seventeen // Stevie Nicks haha so applicable 

nice and easy in the A.M.

rough week but AWOLNATION was superb

landscaped, battle of the bands tryouts after school

ran towards sun river in the dark

skipped school and landscaped

10 miles on prospector and everyone went blazing fast. nice to be back. I feel like Ive missed the last few practices

Song: electric feel // MGMT

New shoes, new shorts.

3 miles in the AM on spectrum

3 miles in the PM out on spectrum and tempo back. I went 5:20, 5:40. Still a little sick. Just super ready for Battle of the Bands tomorrow.

Weights

I won Most Talented for Preference. Jack of all trades master of none. Who knew.

Greatful for: Rock and Roll

Song: Rock You Like A Hurricane // The Scorpions

battle of the bands was a success!

practice was 4 miles so also success!

good day

Greatful For: Brock and Jayden

Song: Twist & Shout // The Beatles (actually  written by bill berns made famous by the Isley Brothers and then overkilled by the beatles/ ferris bueler and us)

I did most of the workout 

raced the shirtless 200m and won, granted they all did 1 more 800 than I did and spencer was carrying my shirt haha.. 

3xmile I was 5:18, 5:19, 5:19

not super great but the best Ive felt in 2 weeks

Weights/stretch

locked down everything at school and Im headed out to Little Rock tonight! 

Greatful That: I did finish freshman year but I wouldnt be mad to do it all over again...

Song: Ten Tonne Skeleton // Royal Blood

18 miles around Vicksburg battlefield. Felt really good despite eating a lot of fried food. All I wanted to was run after all you can eat catfish last night. 

Song: Kite // U2

8 on the strip sages bday

im back from the south

3 miles in the morning with coach and sage

2 in 4th period because im mapping the Flag Run im in charge of this year.

2 mile warm up/ 4, 8, 12, 12, 8, 4/ 1 mile cooldown

w8ts

greatful to be: back at it

Song; Gravity Rides Everything // Modest Mouse

6 this morning. I love running longer in the morning!

Greatful for; Pep Band through the years. Its all over now... another senior moment

Song: Save Me From Myself // Franz Ferdinand-Sparks

2 mile warm up

12x400m, I did 6 with coach, matthew, lil ginge and gibby; and 6 with jaiden sage and josh

I hit the respective 1:15's and 1:10's 

Greatful for: sages water bottle

Song(s): Sweet Emotion // Aerosmith

 Boys Dont Cry // the Cure

Soon, My Friend // M83

woke up at my campsite behind dixie rock

drove to santa clara and ran suicidal tendencies

aerated

went mini golfing

greatful for: my ability to beat sage in mini golf

song: Rock & Roll // Vevlet Underground

7 miles out to the little sandwich-box-mountain
 

greatful for: chicken breasts

song: I Bleed // Pixies

2 mile warm up

1 mile time trial got 4:48 so about where I left off last track season. idk.. i dont feel like im very fast.. I just want to get into ultramarathons and stop running around in circles

2 mile cooldown

5 miles on paradise trail at night

Greatful for: my cousins who are here for a few days. Ben and Harry. they are dj's and they play in legit gigs so i guess its in my blood.

Song: Genghis Khan // Miike Snow

4 am with sage and KC for some of it

6 pm to sun river. We named capitols. We named bands alphabetically. 

Greatful for: our sub in graphics. ive done more work with Smith gone. Brecken has yet to talk to me all week but whatever man

Song: Just Got Paid // ZZ Top and I wish it were true

3 mile warm up

i ran the chocolate milk mile in 5:33 

coach kept going and so we did 5 laps and 5 drinks. Then he did another. and so we did another. until we had gone 10 laps. josh threw up at 7 or so and i went the longest without puking! I still havent and this is an hour or so later. good times

greatful for: irongut

Song: Learning To Fly // Pink Floyd

6 in the mornin with sage and coache. We went around Webb Hill.

Picked sage up at 5 am. Race started at 6:30 and the first few miles was during one of the coolest sunrises Ive ever seen. It was Hayden Hawks, Coach, Sage, KC and a couple of proish guys. We were going their 50k pace. At 6ish miles it opened up and we (the half marathon) picked it up. At the aid station I waited for sage to go to the bathroom for a bit but then just left. I led the race for a couple miles but sage caught up to me at mile 10 and I followed 15-20 seconds behind for the rest. Sage won and we got cool rock plaques.

We did 5 extra miles after so now sage is officially a man! (well that depends on what your definition of is, is.

Greatful For: half marathons. Ive never done one before but it was super fun.

Song: Rabbit // Miike Snow. Their new album iii just came out last night! Super cool.

30 second farleks. I ran this at 4 in the morning.. Spring Break!

Greatful for: no School

Song: Honey // Moby

snowboarding day

we cleaned out a drug house for Young Mens. Its just crazy what can happen if you aren't focused on the gospel or science or whatever does it for you. 

Quote of the Day: "Your focus determines your reality" - Qui-Gon Jinn

Greatful for: clean warm house

Song: Duel of the Fates // Star Wars Episode I

seegmiller with sage

8 miles on the strip

on the run we thought of a crime that each of us would commit... my crime was sex with a minor haha

ran the 400m in josh, jaiden and sage distance medly

ran anchor in the 4x100m hurdles with kasey sam and matt thatcher

ran anchor in a 4x100m relay and came in dead last

ran 800m in a girls sprint relay haha took us from last to 2nd

greatful for: my last panther relays..

song: Nowhere Man // The Beatles

did 7 this morning to little valley

3 in the pm with the team but turned back early

Aeration!

2 mile warm up

4x400m 69-70s

2x200m

4x400m 

2x200m

1 mile cooldown

Greatful for: brock

Song: La Mer // Charles Tenet

I did 3 around the water tower and tested the flag run course.

Drove down to Wickenburg AZ

Ran 4 miles through the backwoods it was sunset and the weather was perfect.

Greatful for: Ryan Erors snapchat stories

Song: Karma Police // Radiohead

tough workout 

2x1200

1x800

2x400

2x300 with heartrate under 120

1x400 with hr under 120

8 miles on my own to arizona and back :)

DAY OF THUNDER

One of the craziest days of my life. Set up for flag run, flag run, played a show at the school, played in the balls of death, played another show with Animal Coast, hung out with sarah, made sweet passionate, jammed with dewey and other members of studnet council, ran a kenyan run, drove up to SUU, played battle of the bands, won, ate at panda exspress with Brock, Jayden and James, drove home

20x400s 

most wicked

most extreme

10 on the JEM trail up and over the Hurricane cliffs beautiful morning

3x1000m and 350 300 250 200 100 cutdown with hr under 130

skillsusa kills 

6 in west valley at midnight

6 in West Valley Salt Lake at midnight very sketchy. BUT WEEZER (WHITE ALBUM) CAME OUT!!!

Song: California Kids // Weezer

travel 

tanner is going to LONDON!

9 to the hall of records. We got everyone to take off their shirts except for ginge and mattallred (even young spencer and matt thatcher took em off)

Greatful to be: back at it

Song: For Reasons Unknown // The Killers

5 in sandals this morning with coach

3 during graphics because brecken and i ditched and went running haha

KILLERS CONCERT 

greatful for: Sarah and Brecken haha whats the worst that could happen

Song: Mr. Brightside // The Killers

ran with gibby and walked around the meet

I felt good. I got out well and went through at :67 then 2:27 and then 3:34 maybe i couldnt really hear it. I got passed by three people with 300m to go but I still finished strong. PR so thats fun. I didn't feel like it was a good race but looking back I have nothing to complain about Ive got 5 weeks to shave off 5 seconds.

campfire with brecken 

greatful for: sage because he found a pumpkin spice latte sign and he said I could put it in the bomb shelter

song: Animal // Miike Snow

"man can only enjoy something if he has toiled and worked for it"

workout

10x400m i went 68, 67.67. 68. 67. 66. 67. 69. 65. 65

4x150m finishes my body felt strong but mentally fried and my lungs are toast.

mcfiji yoga

song: She's A Witch // Gengahr

3 miles in the morning

6 around the ridge had some good laughs with tyler mattacher mattallred bryson and young spencer

helped out with a little kids meet

greatful for: bradens mission he comes home in a week

song: New Genius (Brother) // Gorillaz

greatful for: freshmen

song: sleepwalker // King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

I fell asleep and coach powell woke me up right before the race so I didnt even do one stride ahh.... just the worst. I felt so bad. 

Greatful for: Coach Powell for waking me up haha

Song: Reverberation (Doubt) // The Jesus and Mary Chain

hard workout also first 800 workout. ryan eror had his music playing the whole time so it was fun to do the workout even though I was alone.

braden came home today!

4 miles and 4x200m finishes

my first 8 in a looong time. I felt really good and hit a 0:57 400m 

3 in the am

2 mile warm up

tyler and i did 2x200 starts, 2x200 finishes, 600m @ 1:40, all out 400 all out 300 all out 200

I felt super strong and am very excited for the race this weekend

10 miles to the quartz mine and we saw a rattlesnake haha

Greatful: the rattlesnake didn't kill us haha

Song: In the Day and the Dark // Irontom

2x400m 3x300m 2x200m starts 2x200m finishes

lightning with sage haha

no race today

I start BYU hawaii in 3 months from today

gooood times in the heat and wind doing 800 workout by myself with lilys watch.

helped bro hansen move and started a band with Dewey, Alec and Austin Kline haha

greatful for: angus young

song: Thunderstruck // AC/DC

4 with gibby with finishes

5

man, I went :56 then died.

3 miles in the early morn 

workout: 4x400m @ :59 pace. it was a little windy but I hit consistand 1:01-1:02s 

3x150m finishes

cooldown

popicicles

ran angels landing

last fiji

last workout 4x300m

Greatful for; the thousands of workouts ive done over the years

Song: Life Itself // Glass Animals

last morning run in highschool

4 miles easy

7 miles to the lonely mountain with the young highschool children