"If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail"-PRE

pm- Me and Devo ran at like 2:30pm and it was pretty chill. We left back to Utah this day at like 7pm. Wow I will miss Georgia for sure. 

pm- So I didn't run until 8 cause we were gonna be doing family stuff but it never happened so i just left to go running. I ran up formaster and then down the other side and over to 2450 East and up that road and looped back to my house up at Stadium 10. 

pm- I drove out to Green Springs and ran the new and improved Mustang Pass; thanks to Nick (Hell Raiser) who fixed it up for his Current Issues project. It was really nice weather, a lil' breezey and not cold! Stretched out real good afterward.

WORD OF THE DAY: Punctual- being on time to your commitments. Ex: I set a goal to be punctual this year since I was late to every single team dinner.

pm- Today we went out into Washington on Telegraph. We got to the trailer park, ran through it and back. Just a chill 45 minute run.

pm- So Mrs. Goncalves has a nephew or grandson(one of the two) who just moved here from Brazil and is a runner! Or so he said. He doesnt run exact the way we do here so he will have to get used to it but he looks like he could have great potential! We just ran out to Starbucks and back.

pm- We did our vVO2 6 min test today and I pooped it up. I drank two bottles of chocolate whole milk during lunch at our first Student Leadership Team meeting cause it was free but that was like a tank in my stomach. Never again. My distance ended up being 1875m. I finished right with Carson.

pm- So today was our first day doing the vV02 workout stuff. So we were doing 30/30sec repeats and the ending repeat was 30. So my distance was 157m. So the first 18 were pretty good. Then I got a side ache so it was hard to stay up with Nick, Preston and company. But after about 5, it got better. Then the last three were pretty tough, minus the last one. Coach told our group to open up on the last one and try to go to 175m! So we start and then I just opened up and lead our group with Preston. Solid day.

Weights after went very well. I hit a new record for bench: 100lbs. Yeah not to good but I have great goals in mind for the season:) Everything else I totally go ham and beast it so it doesnt need recognition.

pm- Trail run Tuesday!! We met at the washington Maverick round-about and ran out on Church Rocks trail. Wow such a beast trail. I was feeling a lot of pain in my left calf so that was weird. Sick run and yah.

Wow what a day. I passed the APUSH test, got another lame fortune in my fortune cookie, and got my ID card to be a student at Dixie State!! haha jk it is for concurrent enrollment:) Our run today was an adventure run in the direction of south toward the river. It was nice. 

Had yoga after which was super relaxing and peaceful.

WORD OF THE DAY: today's word is "goals" because I need to set one to be ahead of the game in APUSH so I can ace the tests. Goals- an object a person is trying to accomplish. Ex- Joey saw some babe making out with some dude and he thought,"Goals."

pm- So today was the progressive tempo workout day. The tempo was for 15 minutes. So my goal time was 6:07min pace. But Coach said to go like 10 seconds slow than that on the first mile, then right on for the second mile, and 10 seconds faster for the remaining time. So we started and Nick and Preston were supposed to go 5:54 with the 10 seconds varying each way but we all went with him (we as in like 12 dudes). Our pack stuck together very well, and only broke apart with 2 minutes left. I was feeling good until those last two minutes and I started to fall off but stuck my mentally strong mind back in place and was able to finish right in the pack. Great workout. 

Did weights after, which went very well actually. I have never had such a great workout session in the weight room before!

WORD OF THE DAY: in honor of our great Coach Roberts since its his birthday (Vis on the blog), today's word is "mentality". Coach Roberts has been such a great Coach to me in helping me develop this aspect of running XC. Mentality- the attitude of mind for a person or group of people, usually connected with some sort of common purpose. Ex- Joey's mentality going into his first MMA competition was,"Am I gonna be alive after tonight?"

pm- 8.2 miles out and back on the river trail.

am- Trail out at hurricane and it was dope.

pm- 50 min total. vV02 Max Workout (30/30); 10 warm/cool to time

pm- 30 min total. E run

pm- 45 min total. 15 min Progressive Tempo; 15 warm/cool to time

pm- 45 min E run w/ striders

am- 65 min total. E run

pm- Today we did 60/60s in our usual monday vV02 workout-ness. It was real good, tough on all of them except for the 13th and 14th. Right before those Nick gave our crew of Nick, Paul, Preston, Mitch, and Carson some great advice on form and that worked out great for me!! Thanks Nick, or should I say Roger;) cooled after and then did weights. I hit a new benching record yet again! Things are going great people!!

DEFINITION OF THE DAY: today's is "socialism" because we are learning that in APUSH. So with that knowledge from today, will I vote for Bernie Sanders? oh it won't matter, because I'm not old enough to vote this year:) Socialism- the political theory that everything that everyone makes should go to the government for redistribution equally amoung the masses. Ex- Even though Bernie Sanders is in the democratic party, he is quite socialist in his views.

am-30	E run
pm-45	E run - Trail

AM		30	E run
PM		30	E run

PM

45

15-20 min Progressive Tempo; 15 warm/cool to time

PM

70

Aerobic Run - w/ 2x(1 min, 2min, 3min pick-ups) w/ equal recovery w/ striders

AM

40

E run