Wage War On Slow Running

This is my first post on fast running blog. I'm here to log my miles as well as memories about my runs. Today was a speed workout. Our warm up was only .67, and then varsity boys did four 1200m runs at 5k pace with 800m jogs in between. I don't know my pace because I like to include the jogs in my workout, but I'm going to try to start pausing my watch so I know my pace in the hard runs. Ali and I were in the lead for the entire run until Joseph, who is an alumni, passed me on the last lap and stayed ahead for a while, but before the last turn I passed him and led the finish. I felt really good about the run but Ali didn't apparently. Mileage for the workout was 4.54 and our cooldown was 1.01. Our total mileage was 6.23.

Today our coach had us run to Macey's in Orem from the high school. It was a 55 minute run and I actually went out too far because I thought it wasn't time to turn around yet, but my teamate Ali let me know I had gone to far. My run was 8.02 and then we did four strides on the grass which added up to .55. Great run at a reasonably fast pace and 8.57 total.

Tyler told me that my first two FRB posts were too formal, so today I'm going to try to loosen up. 

Our speed workout today was dope. Hit a mile warm up as always and then three mile repeats. Even at the early hour it felt like an oven out on the grass. Happy with the workout, even though the last mile got a bit slower. Splits 5:33, 5:33, and 5:43, in that order, followed by mile cooldown. It was good to have Tyler and the dirty dawg back at practice today, after Tyler went on a wilderness excursion to escape the fame, and the dirty dawg went to high adventure.

PM- Went on a run in the evening with Tyler in the foothills. We started at Battle Creek and ran on the foothills. We got to see an amazing sunset from Molly's, a giant hill we like to run up. The red glow of the sun made it look like a volcano was erupting. It was a nice and cool run at an easy pace. Mileage 4.06.

Quick post today. Ran to Stewart falls, which happens to be one of my favorite ones we do. American Fork cross country was there too, which was fun. The first couple miles were uphill and tough, but I finished just behind Riley and Brady, who is an alumni. I ran up to the falls with Patrick Parker, Mckay Johns, and Carson Clinger, among others. The falls were great and we ran under a few times for some insta-worthy pics. You can see one of them on my account @jared_slyedog. The run down was hecka fast. Highlight was when Riley zoomed down a really steep patch and hung on a tree for survival. We then partook of some otter pops. Mileage 5.54.

Felt great on my sixty minute capillary run today. North on the Murdock canal. I did the first twenty minutes of the run with Justin, who just got back from his mission and is running with the team again, but he had to turn around because he had to be somewhere. We were booking and I went out a bit too fast, so I couldn't keep it on the way back. Because the way back was a bit slower it turned into a 61:17 cap run and I got 9.2 miles. 6:39 was my average pace. Like always on Saturdays, donuts and O.J. courtesy of coach.