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nice easy 4 mile run! first run back with the team and im glad to see all the new faces! i've had a hge problem on my runs tho. 10 minutes into my run my lower stomach hurts and i usaully have to go to the bathroom so i end up holding the whole run. If anyone has any suggestions for helping me im open to trying to fix it!

Nice run with the team again! We had the oppurtunity to hear from a college coach today that really hit home with me. He talked about how he has runners on his team that don't run crazy fast but have a passion for xc and thats all he looks for.  Lately I have been struggling with injuries and the love for this sport. Every injury I get makes it harder and harder to get the mindset of pure love for running. For the next couple of weeks or months im really going to dig deep in myself and try to find that love that I had so much of freshman year. Also im feeling really gross today with a sour throat that makes it hard to swallow.  

Couldn't make it to team practice today because worked needed me in so got my run in right after I got off! Luckily my brother and best friend slept in because they came with me on an awesome river run! Ran 2 miles towards sullivan park then jumped into the river because it was crazy hot then decided to run back down in the river! Felt like I had ancle weights on becuase of the water and sand. But I worked on form and trying to get my feet up with every step (if that even makes sense). Ended at the waterfall and just chilled under the flow of the virgin river! I wouldn't be surprised if thats where I end every saturday run, would recommed it to anyone in the area! Also heading out into the moutains this weekend so won't be at practice but dont worry im gonna get my runs in with my home boy xander!

This run was insane!! Xander and I were up in brian head (+10,000' elevation) and went running at 5:30 in the morning! To start off this run was a killer dark pink sunrise which we ran towards for a miles or so. The hills were killer but a crazy good workout. But what was insane was when I had to go to the bathroom way bad so we went searching for one and xander spotted one up a hill. I ran right up it to find a deer just chilling in the middle of this gravel lot!! I walked up carefully and went up to it and pet it! The deer was attracted to the salt of our bodys so it just chilled and licked us for 5 minutes! It was a once in a lifetime experience that I will never forget! 

went on a late run around 9:10 PM with xander. It was a good run just out then back into washinton. We got talking why we run and talking about is it worth doing. Lots of ideas were shared and the reason why I run is for the fealing after a race or a good work out. That feeling of success and overcoming is so worth the many miles and hours put into training. Xander also shared another insiteful idea to find the positive things in every run so thats what im going to start putting in these blogs.

POSITIVE: Got to spend another half hour with xander before he leaves for the mission! Second pick up felt determind to push alittle more and work on form felt good!

wow todays run was a beast! 3 mile tempo on the dirt mile. The warm up was pretty fast but thats what the team is planning on doing this year! The miles for the tempo went 6:20, 6:20 , 6:25 it was killer! Felt really good the first 2 miles but then it really started to hit me. Was able to stay in for another one and just really push myself to stay in the pack. Overall really good run

Postive: Ran as one of the top guys in the workout. When pain arose, faught back with faster running! Determind to fight for more ;) 

nice chill run 20 road and 20 grass! feeling sore from that crazy epic tempo! 

Postive: weather was nice and thats probably the last time for the summer! Besides camp ;)

cool trail that we ran to! it was really hilly but I stuck in there. The past couple runs have been really tough to stay in the pack but I mentally have been pushing myself and it has been paying off! Starting to find the love again! 

Postive: Made a joke and people laughed haha. Really enjoying fealing welcome into the top guys and being myself!

Well this run was long but didnt feel like it until the end. Went on a trail called prospector, which I recommed everyone that reads this to go run (which is probs just coach and the team ha ha). when you run on a fun trail it just goes by so fast until you get to the road and thats when it hurt like a "butt cheek on a stick" go watch that vine!!! but i really was hurting that last mile or so but stuck through it! Also drinking this cool fusion of gatorade mix and fiber which is really helping my gut!

Postive: 

1. Learned a bunch of new peoples names!

2. Enjoying the sport more and more every day!

3. Didn't die from the snake that nathen spotted on the trail! Shoutout to nathen for being a beast

Man this run got to me.. i was so sore from this past week and lifting the previous day that my body was telling me to stop going. I kept having sperts of mental toughness to stay in the pack but i I lost the battle and flipped early and took the bottom minutes. The whole rest of the day sucked because of a crazy headache that came from the moring run and 7 hours of work.

Postive:

• I ran

• Got to look out at the beautiful landscape

I don't recommed running at 11:20 in the morning on a saturday in st george.. Both xander and I slept in so we got to go running together when we woke up and it was 97 degrees.. but hey, atleast it wasnt freezing! really felt sore going into the run but that changed a half mile in and i felt great untill the end when the sun hit me but finished strong!

Postive: 

• Got to run with xander one more time

• Pushed myself when it hurt and felt way more confident then thursdays run

THE LOVE IS BACK!! But who would have thought it would come back on a trail called he!! hole. The first couple miles felt like nothing it felt like running on clouds, however I started feeling a tight pain in my right lower hip but it slowly faded away till after the run. To add to this amazing run I got athlete of the week for these killer blogs ;) and hard work! I am so ready to finaly make a huge impact on this team and take it to the next level!

Postive:

• Going back up he!! hole really worked on my arms and they carried me up!

• Saw how much the guys care for each other by when we went back and help a couple runners up He!! Hole!

• Love this team

Before the start of my run my right calf was way tight but I strectched it out really good before the run! After a good 20 min run on the road we moved to the grass and this time my feat didn't freeze but it was crazy hot instead.. Coach was right when he said that we would miss the sprinklers next week. I guess he is always right haha! 

Positive:

• Ran level 3 minutes because I felt way good

• Lovin Runnin

Its time for new shoes, my feet are starting to blister good. The run was good but really stressing lately. Working after running is really taking a toll on my body. I feel like Im not recovering enough going into my next run the next day. Also have really been worrying about this leadership camp that im going to on friday for 9 days and how I will get those runs in because it is tight schedule starting at 6am most mornings. I have a couple more camps I will also be attending and im really worried that I will loose my progression on being top on the team. I really have been working my butt off this summer because I want to make a diffrence.

Positive:

• Learning to love the pain

• Ladybug came out of my sock when I came home to take a shower, Good memorys haha

Who doesn't love a good set of hill repeats! This has to be one of the best work outs of the summer! As we came to the last rep of our 5x1min and 85 sec hill set I just smiled and asked for pain! I legit said in my head "pain, hit me already im ready for you" then it hit me!! I pushed through it like I have never done before and ended up in front of the main pack of guys and it felt amazing! I have a new mindset and am ready for the pain that awaits me!

Postive:

• Showed pain whats up and concured

• Saw Mitch Price for the last time and without XC i would have never been such a great friend with this amazing man. Running blesses lives!

Had to get as much as a run as I could get before I leave for Cedar. Got as many hills as I could find on my run! It was way weird tho not having anyone to run with so for the first half of  my run my form was so bad. Really missing the team and hoping i'll survive this camp.

Postive: 

• Got a run and smiled to everyone I passed

• Really pushing myself when I hit a hill and using arms probably way to much haha 

first run at camp and it was pretty cool for the first 10 min but running around the track gets boring after 6 miles.. but I'm for sure gonna get as much running as I can because they only let me at nights with kelton one of the councilors! He's ran for pine view his freshman and sophomore but said he really didn't put much hard work in so he quit after that. But now he is a way cool guy! This Camp is so amazing and I have loved every minuet of it!!! I have learned so much and made so many friendships!! 

well nothing exciting... just running around a track! Love it tho here running at night is way chill 

today was pretty dope! Ran around the track after a long day starting at 4! Everyday is full of adventures and then I get to end it with running witch I'm starting to love! 

today i did something diffrent! I really wanted to break 5 minutes so i did a mile time trial just for the heck of it!!! I wasnt able to break it but i wasnt that far off. this week has been really tough for running because i have only had 5-6 hours of sleep a day because of starting so early and activitys going so late. But I wouldn't have traded this experice for the world! Ready to get back into things!