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Location:

Washington,UT,United States

Member Since:

Jun 16, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Senior year- Cross Country: 3rd place at state

3.25mi- 16:01

5k-15:10 10th place at Nike regionals (1 second off nationals spot)

Jr year: 1st place at Footlocker West Regional Boys Junior Race.

1 mile: 4:27

2 mile: 9:37

800 meter: 2:02

5K- 16:18

Half marathon: 1:21

Sophmore year: we Won a state XC title for 4A in 2010. And went to regional's finishing 4th

Half Marathon: 1:29

injured most of all this year so no other times fast enough to report.

 

Freshman year:

1 mile: 4:53 

2 mile- 10:17 

5K- 17:45

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get in shape for college and stay injury free

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be on Varsity and help the Team do well.

Personal:

I just finished serving a full time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints this last june 2015. I served in the Laoag Philippines Mission and learned the Tagalog Language.

I will be running Cross Country and Track for Southern Utah University

Love Life, Love to be Positive, and Love to Run.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hurricane Orange And Yellow Lifetime Miles: 1038.27
Wisdom Red Lifetime Miles: 457.28
Pena Lifetime Miles: 12.80
Total Distance
798.60
Total Distance
0.00

Today I went cross trained in the water and on a bike. It was a good work-out that worked on my breathing. I did a pyramid in the water of 1min hard 1 rest, 2 hard 1 rest, 3 hard 1 rest and back down again. with a 5 min warm up and cool down. I enjoy seeing the type of people that go there in the morning. Then i bike for 15 min.  

Comments
From PVHS on Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 19:18:17 from 97.126.207.204

Good to see you getting some stuff in. See you on Monday.

By the way... love the goals and the personal!

From Holt on Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 19:18:49 from 97.126.207.204

by the way... that was from me.

From Curls on Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 21:12:15 from 74.118.181.198

I just going to state that for your long-term running goals, you might want to know how to spell college before you go to it! :)

From Holt on Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:40:30 from 97.126.207.204

Nice one Ryno! I thought the same thing, but...

From Michael on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 21:06:03 from 67.186.208.45

there i fixed it. :) i was in a hurry

From Holt on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 14:03:10 from 97.126.207.204

Are you about ready to show up to practice?

I think it is time. We'll take it easy and start new, but it is time!

Total Distance
0.50

Today was the first day i offically ran :) I started with great hope and ended full of it, but it went by really fast.

Then i went over to the rec center and went to pay the 3 dollars to get into the pool, and they told me it was 4 dollars. well i only had $3.62. so i went back to where pratice is held and luckily there was money just laying around in casey's wallet. but unfortunately there was only a 10 and 20's in his wallet. so i took a 10 and was able to get in :).

my arms were a little sore in the water from throwing haybales last saturday, but once i got into it it was fine. I swam 4 sets 2:30 fast 30 rest with 5 warm and cool.

Comments
From Holt on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 20:45:34 from 97.126.207.204

$4 to swim! That is a bit much. Maybe you should just come over to my house and swim - if that is fine with you, it is fine with me.

Total Distance
1.33

Today was a bad start of sleeping in but i liked running down in that grass area. I'm starting to feel more confindent with running and feeling good. i will probably run 2 by the end of this week.

Swimming was different. i went to start my workout and tried to turn on my high tech watch and it wouldn't start, so that stunk and i didn't know how long i swam. i tried to do a 5 warm and cool, with a distance swim of constant for 20 min. but im not sure how long it was.

Comments
From Wes(V-Neck) on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 13:47:15 from 208.66.32.110

Its awesome to see you out there with us

From Holt on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 19:27:05 from 97.126.207.204

Glad to hear the running is feeling better - but keep it relaxed and easy. We have a long summer to get back in shape, so don't get too antsy yet. And by the way... you can use the pool everyday.

From Michael on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 21:29:42 from 75.169.193.65

Thanks, that is much easier to use. Plus your pool is the perfect temp.

Total Distance
0.70

Easy run felt good.

Total Distance
0.76

went down to the same grass spot in my park. felt good the first lap, then i tried to throw in some speed on the last lap. feel my form coming back already and I'm ready for further next week. the pain i had on my stress fracter this week worried me a little bit, but today i felt it again and there isn't anything. looks like its healed all the way :)

Total Distance
1.20

Today was a very very good day.

I stinkin woke up late again because of my alarm i put it an hour ahead.

but then i swam 6 sets of 2:30 hard 30 sec rest with 5 warm and cool for 28 min in the pool. I pushed myself hard the last three sets and i felt like it went very well. one of my best swim sets.

The run i started a little fast and ended with a solid 7:20 mile. I'm coming along good and i'm going to have my best xc season this year. my goal is to get a sub 15:45 this year.

Comments
From Holt on Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 13:37:24 from 97.126.207.204

You are coming along great! I love the positive attitude you've got going.

Total Distance
1.35

run was good got a 6:58 mile. i dont mean to go that fast but i guess it's not that fast, felt good and ready to move to mile and a half tomorrow.

swim i did 2 sets of 5 1:30 fast 30 rest. the last three i really had to push myself to get around the circle enough. this was as good a workout as yesterday. i'm glad i'm starting to do much better, although i know i should go a little more i'm just being on the safe side.

coach thanks for letting me use your pool, it has really been much easier. Your wife is kind too.

Comments
From Holt on Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:38:40 from 97.126.207.204

That's 'cause you don't really know her! Just kidding... don't tell her I said that, she'll beat me!

Good job on your workout.

Total Distance
0.18

well thats what my watch said but i really didn't go any.

Today my swim workout was a constant pace of 1 hour with a 6min warm up and stretch before and after. It was the longest shortest hour. It was weird workout because my arms never really started to get tired, so i went harder and harder but i guess i was warmed up so i could take it. I prolly wouldn't have been able to get through this except i had music today.

 

Comments
From Holt on Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 13:19:58 from 97.126.207.204

The girls said you had some music! So why did you put down 18 miles?

From Michael on Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 13:23:08 from 75.169.193.65

ha woops i meant .18

Total Distance
2.00

This morning I did not feel like doing anything. But i made myself get up and run. it was fine, i felt my stress fracter spot a little this morning but it's fine.

Then i went and swam 1 min fast 1 rest 2 fast 1 rest 3 fast 1 rest and back down. I was supposed to go up to 4 min, but i didn't feel up to it. So i did less but made sure i pushed myself even harder on these. i was glad when it was all over.

the kids camp was good. i ran around a little bit there, about .5.

Comments
From Holt on Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 16:41:26 from 97.126.207.204

Don't stress about anything (pains, desire...) you'll be fine. The pain is just residual (keep the workouts like your doing) and the desire is just frustration because you aren't out there with your team yet. It will all come around.

From Holt on Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 16:50:32 from 97.126.207.204

As far as your leg hurting check out this blog discussion:

http://fastrunningblog.com/forum/index.php/topic,1607.0.html

Basically the last post says what I was telling you about with my stress fracture and what you're describing with your pain. The "phantom" pain is somewhat there to protect you from overdoing it early in your comeback; but is also there because of our fears that the leg isn't fully healed and until you can convince yourself that it is (and it really should be totally healed up with the time off you gave it) and you get some more confidence with it, you'll have that little pain and fear in your head.

From Michael on Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 18:03:03 from 75.169.206.121

thanks for that.

i'm mostly writing it down to show the improvement.

Total Distance
0.50

about .5 miles around the golf course, went small, felt good.

Total Distance
0.00

went for 36 min on bike. felt good. ready to run on monday though.

Coach, what is your opionon on how far i should be going right now, and how many days a week?

Comments
From Vis on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 12:02:54 from 208.88.8.22

Way to stick to the plan.

Total Distance
2.58

I went biking this morning for 28 min. i didn't feel like swiming at all. plus swimming and running is all i can do thursday thru sat. it was easy but when i got off my legs felt weird.....

then i went back to the elementry, hoping someone still needed to run cause it's getting kind of lonley, but then i ran 2 1/2 in 19:12. it felt nice. I pretended to race tyson today......... I won :)

Total Distance
2.90

felt a little tired today, but i was sick yesterday. I'm all sore today as well, don't know why though. hope i can fit one more run in this week.it will be my first time i run on the cement.

Comments
From Holt on Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 15:11:32 from 97.126.207.32

You're doing good on your comeback.

Total Distance
2.75

went 2.75 total including 4 stridders. I felt bad today because i was so tired from staying up everynight with my cousin this past week, then waking up at 6 to go fishing but i'll take a nap today.

 I'm going to run with everyone tomorrow on  the road 3+ miles then grass thursday and friday cement again. and now that i'm starting to run more i'm going to only cross train on wednesday and saturday when i dont do any running (or should i still do it every day?)  In two weeks i have my 5k race, i think ill be ready for that and i'm shooting for a sub 18.

Comments
From Vis on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 16:54:50 from 208.88.8.22

Keep a rocking.

From Holt on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 20:51:27 from 97.126.207.32

You're doing great Mike. I like that you are running more (times per week - the mileage is good and will come up as you increase times per week and feel better).

Total Distance
3.50

the first 2 miles went great, but then my right knee started hurting off and on, and my arches a little. but nothing to worry about. it was the first time i was on the asphalt, so next time i run on it (friday) im going to wear regular shoes. Coach do you mind if i come to your pool tomarrow. and which of the four water workouts should i do?

Comments
From Holt on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 13:07:35 from 97.126.207.32

Don't stress about each little pain - they will work themselves out with time back on your feet.

Total Distance
0.50

fine run, just the warm up.

the swim i tried to do that ladder workout but coaches /#@$ dog pushed my watch into the pool when it went to smell it and now it's in my rice. hope it goes alright. but the swim felt good, doubt that i timed it right though.

Total Distance
5.00

ran 3.5 on the grass then 1.5 with kids...... might as well count it.

felt fine today, got really tired on the last mile, just sore and sleepy today. ultimate frisbee was fun. art made a good last showing for himself. i'm going to bring my frisbee next time so i can throw a little better than i did today.

Comments
From Holt on Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 15:17:01 from 71.213.88.46

Yeah, that frisbee is okay - but it doesn't really show off my masterful skills either!

Total Distance
3.50

good, wasn't the best day but alright.

Comments
From Holt on Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 13:16:39 from 71.213.88.46

Nice week Mike - your progress is solid.

Total Distance
3.25

ran 5 laps on the grass then 4 stidders. i'm going to do 8 next time. excited for my race this weekend.

Total Distance
4.00

felt good. i felt like going more but know i shouldn't. ran the last 2 with manu. and we talked our stragedy for this weekends race.

Total Distance
0.50

15 min on bike as well. had a lot this morning so couldn't go as much.

exited for the race still. im going to own some living souls :)

Comments
From Holt on Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 17:17:47 from 71.213.88.46

I thought you might come over and swim this morning - I got the pool all nice and shiny (and who knows how long that will last!).

From Michael on Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 18:04:52 from 75.169.200.34

oh sorry, i just swam 3 times yesterday so i was sick of it.

Total Distance
5.00

3.5 won grass. felt good. then frisbee. that was fun exept i stunk it up. and i hurt my ankle and one of my jumping catching. but it is fine now.

the kids camp went over well... seems like every group is crazy 5 grade and down..

Comments
From Vis on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 18:02:53 from 208.88.8.22

It's good to see your smiling face more and more often.

Total Distance
3.50

really liked today..... didnt feel like it was way hard, but just hard enough for just this beginning of this season. tomorrow should be amazing, i hope i do well and get enough sleep.

Comments
From Holt on Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 11:22:33 from 71.213.88.46

Best week yet - good job on the race. That should be a confidence booster for you going into the next few weeks.

Race: Enterprise Run (5 Miles) 00:18:17, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
5.25

was kind of worried in the morning because i hadn't been getting very much sleep the past 2 nights, but that morning i felt good. before the race i warmed up about 1/4 of a mile and did some streches then went to the front. Me, manu, and colten started in front at a very easy pace and no one came close to us so we knew it would be pretty easy. us three pushed at a solid pace and at about mile 1.5 manu fell off, so me and colton pushed more. we were only going tempo pace pretty much the whole time and when i realized i was only 100 meters away from the finish line i took off. i out sprinted colton barely but i wish that i was able to know a mile before so i could push harder. i should have got around a 17:30 so i was kind of sad. It seems that i am not improving at all.........  i am really sore today mostly the top of my feet, which means i think that i was running on my toes right.

Comments
From Vis on Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 23:54:17 from 208.88.8.22

Nice, Michael, nice.

From Holt on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 01:04:50 from 71.213.88.46

What do you mean not improving - this is your first decent effort in nearly six months. I think you ran well and should be pleased with it. Like you said, it was more of a tempo pace run, you felt good and easy, and most importantly no pain! Things will be totally back to normal + in just a month or so!

From Curls on Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 22:46:16 from 74.118.181.198

Mike, from what I have heard you have been doing great and improving muchly! Don't let your head get to you, keep a positive vibe! Nice job on the race!!

Total Distance
4.00

3 with striders. my feet are still really sore but it was a good run.

Total Distance
6.00

three in the morning three on the mountain

Total Distance
5.00

5 in the morning of the mountain. felt good. i love the moutain air

 

Total Distance
7.00

4 in the morning and that felt good. then the three in the afternoon did too. but after the run when i started to play frisbee my stress fracter spot kind of hurt so i sat down and pushed on it to see how bad. and i felt pain when i pushed on it so i was kind of scared. ill go smaller tomorrow.

Total Distance
3.00

felt long but im glad i went short today. i streched a lot when i got back but i think i am moving my milage a little fast. the past few weeks i went from 5 a week to 15 to 21 and this week is already 25. so im not running tomorrow and ill back down a little more or else ill get hurt again. but i think i can catch it before it gets to bad.

Comments
From Vis on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 21:20:20 from 208.88.8.22

You're like a day ahead or something. But it's good that you are really self-assessing. When you get to know your body--it's seems like you are--you can avoid injuries. On another note, it was good to see you out running with us everyday.

From Michael on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 22:15:48 from 75.169.200.34

hahah woops

Total Distance
3.20

took an easy today. going to go 5 tomorrow i think. felt good my knee's hurt a little at the beginning but it went away after the warm-up. hope i can do well on the race.

Comments
From Holt on Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 15:33:59 from 71.213.88.46

You'll be fine. A consistent 4-5 with an occasional 3 is just what you need now. And then next week we can move you to 4-6 when you are feeling good.

Total Distance
5.55

nice and easy run. felt tired on the way back but nothing hurt. i cant wait for my ice baath this afternoon. my goal this week are to start eating healthier to prepare for the race season so that my body will coroperate better. :)

Total Distance
4.75

i felt good today except i'm starting to feel that spot again. i rubbed, rolled and iced it yesterday and it felt better but then again this morning it started again. should i back down to 3-4 a week again and cross train.

Total Distance
4.25

woke up late today. i hate when that happens, but still got there in time to run something. i saw corey kimzey today.. wow that guy has some non hairy legs :) kids club was fun, im kind of sad that it is over. went to coaches party then to the running store to get some racing shoes. tyson kept trying to get me to buy all the expensive shoes. my leg is still hurting in that spot, but hopefully i can take care of it enough to help it heal.

Total Distance
5.25

today was one of my hardest runs. this was my first real workout since i've been back. and i pushed a little hard on the first set. woops. the rest i was too tired to keep up. on the way back my stress spot started to hurt a little. i think i will do a swim and bike workout tomorrow.

Total Distance
4.00

i wasn't going to run today. but then jake k. inspired me to go and get serious about this season. i learned that i shouldn't go to hard at the beginning of my come back. and i shouldn't be going so small either. so here i go.

todays run was fine. i felt like going three but pushed myself past that spot for one more mile. i'm not sure what to think about my leg anymore so i guess i wont talk about that. took me about 3 mile to really start moving and running solid but it was worth the run.

this week was a good week. i did my first workout and ready for the race this weekend.

Total Distance
6.50

felt really good. the tempo part felt really good as well.

Comments
From Holt on Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 22:23:11 from 97.126.204.25

Nice Mikey, NICE!

Total Distance
5.50

it was fun today. and on the way there we saw a sweet car insident. this car ran a red light to go onto the free way and then it saw this cop, that just happened to be there, and he slammed on his brakes and skidded like 5 feet..................... bussted. the cop even shot his tires out so he couldn't go anywhere.

Comments
From Devo on Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 00:44:59 from 71.38.251.1

more like 500!! and he drifted underneath the diesel! at gunpoint!

From Curls on Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 02:01:43 from 199.21.201.136

Then the cop capped him in the head but he continued to drive down the freeway...in reverse!

Race: cedar sensation (2.95 Miles) 00:17:01, Place overall: 7
Total Distance
10.50

a.m. felt good my left leg hurt last night but after rubbing it for a while it felt good. nice run although. race should be good today.

p.m. i didnt realize that is did a double today..... sweet!

well all day before the race i had horrible butterflies. i hate late races. on the warm up my right foot started to really hurt for some reason, and it never had before. i though maybe it was the new shoes, so i took them off and it felt better within 5 min. then i realized i tied my shoes too tight so that was a relief. felt good warming up and getting ready. but then since it took so dang long for them to start, i got kind of tired.

they shot the gun and the beginning was fine, a nice start and was keeping fine with devin for the first lap. then the cedar air hit me and i couldn't breath very well and i died off far on the second lap. then on the third, i got mad at myself for letting me fall behind so i pushed hard and got jarad and colton and stared casey down until the track, where i passed him. it was a pretty strong finish, but i would have broken 17 but i kind of stoped a few seconds before the finish line.

the cool down felt horrible cause i was sneezing and had a running nose really bad. but that happens every time i go to cedar so im not worried about it.

all in all, i want to get better and start moving up my milage so that i can get better, my goal this season is this catch up to devin and be able have him in sight the whole race. i going to push myself harder and be where i'm supposed to be.

Total Distance
4.85

well only did .75 in the morning because of the "tyson's terrible tradity" but from what i did it felt good.

afternoon was 4.1. first time in the heat running, started to get my energy drained near the end but it was a good barefoot run.

talk with tommy tonight........ im going to get him this year, and beyond. look out ground that i will be running on in the future, because im going to burn you up :)

Total Distance
6.00

i really only ran 6 but i wanted to be at the top of the milage board :) ill change it tomorrow.

today we did hill workout at firestation. the first 4 i did all of them at 30sec and the next four i did them all in one min. so i had a really consistent workout. felt really good. going to rub my legs with ice for a while though cause i have a few sore spots. good day though consitering i played basketball this morning at 6.

Comments
From Holt on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 16:05:20 from 204.113.55.41

That's Bush League Mikey, bush league!

From Holt on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 16:06:34 from 204.113.55.41

By the way, if you are playing basketball on your leg I don't ever want to hear another concern/worry/scare/thought/idea/mention or any other word about should you be doing FULL workouts and doubles!

SERIOUSLY!

Total Distance
5.00

easy 5 today. i was kind of tired from taking care of tyson all day, man what a job! :) but it was a very fun run, with his hot sister kaylee. She is a fun person to run with.

 

this week went over well. the race was about what i hoped to do and. i went up quite a bit in milage but i think i can handle all of it now pretty easily. next week im going to start doing pretty much the full level 2 workouts (with coaches permission).

Comments
From Lady Boyer on Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 00:26:58 from 71.213.63.109

yes tyson is a handfull :) aw michael your a sweet heart! i loved running with you too.

Total Distance
6.00

3 on my own 3 with jared. felt good, really hot. stopped at the spriklers twice. i've been icing my legs a lot the best week. but my legs still have been a little sore. hope i can do my race alright all by myself :)

Race: pine view time trial (2 Miles) 10:00:00, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
4.00

it was a quick two mile warm up with 2 mile race, then i rushed off to go pick up my brother to find the plane was 30min early *(. the race felt pretty strong, but im not sure because i have no idea what my time was. I got an easy lead at the beginning and held it throughout getting a strong first place... i ran it so fast that they didnt expect me. thats why i think they didnt get my time :)  oh well, i guess that wasn't the point. my legs felt really sore after but they loosened up by 6. felt good.

that really isn't my time, they just made me put one.

Comments
From Vis on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 22:22:45 from 209.33.208.138

I totally didn't expect you. That's it.

Total Distance
6.00

felt really hot and tired, but expected. stridders felt WONDERFUL.

Total Distance
10.00

am. 3 in morning. liked it a lot, but isn't the same without corey kimzey :)

 

pm. did thousands. my times were 2:59, 2:59, 3:01, and...... 3:08. so everything went fine until that dumb last one, but i made good effort today.

after i steched and iced my legs. my legs felt terrible today. they are very sore and hurt all over. need to get that foam roller soon.

Total Distance
6.50

ran 6 with a 15 min tempo. felt really good. didn't even really feel like a tempo, but the jog back was really hard.... dont like those cool downs........ im really tired, need some sleep

Total Distance
6.25

not too bad, got kind of hot by the end. still need sleep :)

Total Distance
8.00

poop was all that was in my pants..... oh and sweat. the tempo felt good but hot, and the cool down was terrible. my stumic felt bad today.

Total Distance
8.50

5 1000. my stumic felt like poo again but my legs were strong. the first couple felt alright, but i wasn't really in it mentaly, but the 4 and 5 i started thinking about each one individually. and i did well and felt good.

warm up and cool down was hot. we stayed a long time at the running store because we were hot, saw some cute people by hearts. then went lifting. nice but sick day as well. hope i can get over this soon.

Total Distance
7.00

am- 3 it was nice, and COOL.

pm. 2.5 warm up 1.5 work out i knew this was going to be a bad day when i spent half of 4th period in a bad place. then practice...... i felt alright through the warm up, but on the first mile tempo i started to kind of puke in my mouth... then on the next one i knew i had to get to the bathroom. came home and napped as long as i could but it's really hard to nap here cause my sister's and spencer kept coming in for some reason.  

Comments
From Holt on Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 17:06:36 from 204.113.55.41

You are doing great - get that stomach calmed down and you are ready to really roll this weekend... I am talking, up with Devin!

Total Distance
8.50

am. 3-morning felt good.

pm- 5.5 starting to get over my stumic flu. i still had to go really bad when i came home but i think it's almost over... it's been really hard for me to eat and drink a lot of things, im just never hungry which is not good cause then it will make me tired. hope it will pass soon

Race: SUU MEET (3 Miles) 00:16:27, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
7.00

... i'm not really sure what to think about this race.. it was fun to win my first shirt, but my time i relize.... stunk like a skunk. it was about as fast as my last year time. it kind of made me sad but nothin i can do but try to do better.

ok the race, well i felt really good the whole time until about 5min before it started, then i started to get tired :) , but then we started and running got me awake again. i dragged back a little at the start, and sort of got blocked off, but i made my way through and slowly moved my way up. i felt good and just went a solid pace the whole time. and my thoughts really were nothing... and thats the way to do it, not think. at the end i started to gain on tommy, but i just couldn't quite grasp him and i died off him a little by the end... but im not too worried. it was a really good race but a sad time... we really did pretty good running together there.

Comments
From Holt on Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 17:19:03 from 71.213.91.113

I don't know why you guys are all so stuck on time... how many times do I have to tell you - track is for times; cross is for place and effort. So shut up about it and go break another stick!

Mike, seriously, you ran very well. This should be a good confidence booster.

From Vis on Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 19:54:03 from 208.88.8.22

Mike, be happy. To run 2nd and score some major points for the team is something to be excited about. Think of how strong you felt and the way you coming back into your own. Onward and upward.

Total Distance
9.50

am. 3 felt good

pm. 6.5 was really tired from the heat, and my shin hurt a little, but i felt good overall and the stridders were fun, as well as the ice baath. gonna nail 1000's tomorrow

Comments
From Vis on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 21:56:45 from 208.88.8.22

Way to finish on a positive not because you are going to nail 1000s tomorrow. I might even remember to time you.

Total Distance
9.00

today was the best i have felt running that i have ever felt before. i dont know if that is a bad thing or not because does that mean im tapering or reaching my peak too fast? but every one i ran felt good and better. i like 1000 much better than those crusiers we are doing on friday. hope my races can say up and fast throughout this season :)

Comments
From Curls on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 01:14:07 from 199.21.201.136

Keep the positive jive going! It's nice to hear!

Total Distance
7.50

am..... didnt quite get there

pm we got this workout pretty dang good but i didnt feel as good after, my legs are just tired but i think morning pratices will help with that, plus we just did two workouts in a row that were hard. but i felt good other than my mouth was dry.

 

Total Distance
7.00

am.3 nice to shake out the legs.

pm.4 tired from yesterday still. my legs are really sore and tired right now. take an ice bath tonight and foam them a bit :)

Comments
From Tyson Boyer on Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 00:48:02 from 71.213.74.178

don't forget the inflection on the word bath.

From Holt on Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 17:15:52 from 204.113.55.41

I thought Tyson said - infection in the bath. And I though, appropriate!

Mikey your doing great. Quit thinking and run!

From Michael on Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 22:34:29 from 75.169.211.190

do you want to fight?

Total Distance
11.25

am 3

pm 8.25- didnt really like it during it but i felt like it was nice after. its not too bad of a workout.

Total Distance
8.00

am/pm 8.

Total Distance
8.00

am- today i ran 8 with 18:30 min tempo at 6 min pace. it was fun and i felt really good. then we got back to my house and me and jared played ping pong for a while.

pm. 0 last day that i dont run a double

Total Distance
11.25

am 3 loved it :)

pm. well this workout was one of the worst i have ever done. it was a lot harder to judge the speed we should go because we didn't know when we were half way or where to push it more  (at least that is what i think) but it wasn't terrible. ill get a good workout on friday......

Total Distance
6.00

did my workout in the morning. really jelous of the girls.. cause it felt so nice. wish i could do it more

Comments
From miasian on Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 21:33:59 from 24.40.88.205

thats right, be jelous!

Total Distance
9.00

am: 3 nice....... with a nice ride up :)

pm: 6, 5 then 4 200's. my shins hurt a lot today but i'm taking a hwuge ice bath today.

Comments
From Holt on Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 01:51:45 from 71.213.89.19

Glad you are hitting the ice. Still have to take care of those things like crazy. Keep me updated on their progress/regression.

Race: Pre region (3.05 Miles) 00:17:45, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 6
Total Distance
10.00

am: 3

pm: 3 warm up 3 race 1 cool. well the warm up felt really nice, then the beginning of the race felt nice. i felt really good. but my mistake :) was part of the race that i ran hard in........ i ran it like it was 1000's. i didn't really push myself but it was a nice race to get used to region. highlight was Tim being a goold while he was out sprinting me at the end. but next weeks race is what is really important and im going to rock there and race hard.

Total Distance
11.75

am 3. fine

pm. 8.75. to start off, i started about 6 seconds after everyone and it took me about a lap to catch back up :) but after that i felt pretty good. i tried hard this workout to work on my mental attitude. i missed the A standard by like 20 sec's so i wasn't very close but that just means ill improve even more next time.

Total Distance
12.50

am: 3 nice, pretty fast pace.

pm: 9.5. it was a lot easier than i had thought it would be because we were getting colton to run in the pack. good to have a good easy workout to have. going to pump this weekend.

Comments
From Holt on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 21:24:44 from 64.255.86.182

running great this week - both workouts you looked real solid.

From Michael on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 22:01:36 from 75.169.202.123

execpt for michigan's :)

Total Distance
9.50

am 3

pm: 6.5 felt really tired today... im kind of sick but im going to bed early tonight after i study for coaches class. 200's were pretty fun, we did then at the hospital on a nice down hill slope :)

Total Distance
9.50

am3

pm 6.5 felt really sick today which is bad news for tomorrow... but i guess i will have to just get as much sleep as possible and relax my body

Race: provo bulldog inv. (2.9 Miles) 00:16:27, Place overall: 16, Place in age division: 16
Total Distance
11.25

am: 3

midday: 2.75

race: 5.5

well i felt really good before the race and was exited for the girls doing so good. and for that i started a little too fast which didn't help the rest of the race. i was behind devin and jared the whole race and never caught them.i've learned to take the beginning a little easier, (but not much) and to push harder the most when your tired. next week i will but much better.

Comments
From Vis on Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 15:42:21 from 208.88.8.22

You're running well right now, and it sounds like you are still learning. Things will be great as the season progresses.

Total Distance
5.00

worst run...

Total Distance
10.75

am: 3

pm: 7.75. it was good but i got really dehydrated by the end.

Comments
From Holt on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:11:32 from 204.113.55.41

That was nice little extra comment of you to add!

From Vis on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:22:45 from 204.113.55.59

Megan funny, Mike, megan funny.

Total Distance
12.00

am- 3, my right knee really hurt this morning....

pm- 9. well other than my knee hurt again and i threw up a little this was a good workout. we hid pretty solid times, a little slower than last week but with a shorter recovery on each.

when i got home i took an ice bath for 30 by accident because i was reading my english book. but it was hard for me to walk on my right leg because of my knee :(

Total Distance
3.50

pm- 3.5...... dumb

Total Distance
3.50

felt after the run, but not in the morning

 

Race: Nebo (3 Miles) 00:16:32, Place overall: 30, Place in age division: 30
Total Distance
6.00

good warm up, my knee didnt hurt at all during the race, so i was glad about that. But i didn't push it again. i need to stop being afraid of pain. it was a fun overnight trip. im glad we are able to do these. Thanks coaches for organizing this and making it fun.

Total Distance
6.00

bad. after yesterdays race my knee really hurt so i stetch and rolled and foamed rolled for about 35 min, hoping it would feel better for saturday.... it didnt. when i went at a fast pace  my knee would give out every 10 steps or so and that hurt. after the  third 200 it gave out all the way and i fell in the grass, so i decided to stop and strech some more. then i ran 3 miles with the varsity to the jv race. and it gave out again at mile 1.5 so i slowed it down a lot....hope it starts to get better.

Total Distance
0.50

ugh.... hope i can get to a doctor soon or something. i miss running. and it stinks not knowing what it is.

Comments
From PVHS on Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 18:17:33 from 204.113.55.41

rest and recover - positive attitude~!

Total Distance
2.00

first day back. not too good but a lot of it was soreness from not running... if that makes any sense. but i still need to work on my knee a lot so i am able to run at region and state.

 

Total Distance
4.75

was running four but half way i remembered i needed to get taped, so i ran three and it didnt feel very good. limped a little, then after i got taped i ran 1 miles then did 6 stridders. it felt a lot better after getting it taped..... a lot better! so i could run with good form but when i went to sprint it still wasn't very good. but through time it will be better. (saw tommy's mom at big 5)

Total Distance
4.50

felt really good this morning... the best i've felt acually, but this workout made it feel one of the worst it ever has, but i'm sure that it will be better throughout this week, just need to take it slow

Total Distance
5.00

Good run knee didnt hurt during it at all.

Total Distance
9.00

2 warm and cool 3 mile cruises. today was a good day as well. i was a little sick  but my leg still didnt hurt until i was done running but thats ok cause i take care of it and it gets better and better. i wasn't able to stay up with tyson and casey the last two, but i will for the race....

Total Distance
6.00

5 and stidders

felt good. i can run straight pretty easy but sharp turns,steep up and down, and sprinting is harder.

I'm pumped for tomorrow. I'm getting top 5 for sure then with one more hard week of training i'll be completly back for a top 5 at state!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Race: Region 9 (3.05 Miles) 00:17:10, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 9
Total Distance
8.50

we warmed up a lot.. too much really but thats alright.                                                      

i felt really confident at the beginning of the race and hoped my thoughts would stay positive. When we started the race it was a good pace, prolly a tad slow, but fine. then the whole first lap i was just thinking of rolling my legs over and over pushing hard. by the second lap i was starting to move up again and on that part everyone slows down i pushed the hardest. then the third lap was the worst. i started to think bad and i was just trying to stay in the position i was in. then the last 200 meters i didnt have enough left to sprint and i got outsprinted. which is really bad because now Frida beat me place wise by one place.

goals for this week is to get back and be number 3 on our team right behind Devo. I'm ready to RACE at state.  

Comments
From Holt on Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 13:31:28 from 204.113.55.41

It was a good positive step. Now you can trust yourself and really go after it at State - we need you at 3rd!

Total Distance
5.50

bad run cause my knee, but only cause i raced hard yesterday. it will be better before state

Total Distance
6.50

much much better than yesterday. felt really good but still hurts to walk after i run for about 4 hours

Total Distance
9.50

2 warm and cool then 200, 200, 300, 400, 400, 300, 200, 100. felt alright. couldn't sprint very well because of my knee but it still feels alright.

Total Distance
3.00

felt good. only had time for three because i was working on the farm all day. then had to go to a thing with my cousin. but got my farlicks that felt pretty good.

Total Distance
6.00

2 warm and cool. 5 200's. felt alight. very exicited to run well wednesday. going all out leaving nothing for later.

Total Distance
4.00

3 on grass with stidders

Total Distance
9.00

state

am: 3

pm: 6

Total Distance
11.50

am 3

pm 8. horrible first day.... horrible

 

Total Distance
9.75

am 3

pm 6? better than yesterday but still not very fresh, my legs are very stiff all the time.

Total Distance
9.50

am 3

pm: 6.5 going back up to those 60 mile weeks.. hope i can handle it fine. today felt good. legs still a little stiff.

Total Distance
12.50

am: 3 kind of stinky

pm: 2 warm and cool then 2 800's, 4 400's, and 2 200's on a slight uphill road. legs aren't very fresh the past 3 months. today was alright, did good on the longer ones but the 200's are hard because i haven't been able to move my legs very fast lately... just consistant.

Total Distance
10.00

am:3 felt alright

pm: 2 warm and cool with 2 mile repeats of an indian run. Felt very easy and it was the fastest we had ever done it too. at about 5:45 mile pace average. hope my legs hold up.

Total Distance
6.00

kind of a good run. felt alright

Total Distance
12.00

am:3 

pm:9 still feel gross in my legs. i don't know why my legs have never been fresh anymore

Total Distance
12.50

am: 3

pm: 10.5

2 warm and cool, 4 800's, then 4 200's

Big milage this week! legs still feel crappy. trying everything i can do by streching every second, icing 4 times a week, and rolling 6 days a week. hope all this will help them so i can do swell this weekend.

Total Distance
9.50

am:3

Pm: 6.5

5 with stidders felt nice.

Total Distance
13.50

am 3

pm: 2 warm and cool. then 800, 1000, 1200, 1200, 1000, 800, 3 400's.

felt pretty good. best all week, yet my legs still cant move at a fast turnover to sprint.

Total Distance
8.00

am: 3

Pm: 5

race on saturday so took an easy. good mental run

Race: Pre- foot locker (3.1 Miles) 00:17:30, Place overall: 22, Place in age division: 22
Total Distance
7.00

woke up and warmed up 3 miles. good warm up, first time i raced in the snow.

first lap felt good. i kind of held back a little too much. second lap i picked it up a lot and started to catch up to where i should be. then maintained it the rest of the race never speeding up again. but at the end i didn't sprint at all. i tried but my legs just wont do it. It was one of my best races this year although i still think i can run much faster. just need to make my legs feel fresher

Total Distance
13.00

am: 3

pm: 9 easy 4 200's

nice run. one of my fav's. took me about 4 miles to warm up but after that i felt good. 200's felt nice as well. need to work on my turn over

Total Distance
12.50

am: 3

pm 2 warm and cool. 800 1000 1200 1000 800 3 400's.

work out felt pretty easy, helps me know im getting better. dang potholes in the 400's are killers.

 

Total Distance
9.50

am: 3

pm 5 grass miles 1 mile stridders. felt a little tired

Race: Pine View Time Trial #2 (2 Miles) 00:10:45, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
11.00

am: 3

pm: 2 warm and cool. 2 mile  then 3 400's

race felt fine. went way to slow though. it only felt like i was running 1200's repeat pace. I am very exited for next week. i feel very confident that i will do well and stay with the top couple packs.

Comments
From Colton on Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 21:22:37 from 97.117.30.144

Hey Micheal, its Colton, I just wanted to let you know that you ahve improved alot and I think is cool that I get to run with you.

From Holt on Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 15:46:23 from 97.126.205.177

Hey Mike its Coach...

just wanted you to know that Colton has improved a lot and is going to push you and Casey for a #1 spot next year. I'm stoked for what we can accomplish and think you're going to do to great (both next year and to finish off this year) - especially as you learn to TRUST YOURSELF TO REALLY GO CRAZY! and use the physical ability you have and the your training to just push yourself beyond the limits you place on yourself.

Total Distance
8.50

am 3

pm 5.5

felt nice

Total Distance
6.00

6 with devin. it was a pretty fun run through the desert/ mountain/ road. i really enjoyed it

Total Distance
7.00

am: DONE SON

pm: 3 wave hills, 3 200's, 3 100's. 2 some what warm 2 cool

the wave hills really hurt my left leg on the down hill part. today wasn't the greatest because my legs arn't moving very fast for sprinting. just need to keep nailing it for success this weekend.

Comments
From Jp :) on Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 21:19:05 from 71.213.60.6

You were on the "need a comment" thing.. because apparently no one likes you. So.. here you go. Loner no more. (:

Total Distance
6.50

easy run.... broke coaches record with 7 straight stridder wins!

Total Distance
6.50

2 warm and cool.... 3 sets of 1 600, 3 100's. felt nice and easy. went a little fast on the first 600 though.

So after the cool down i go to my car and the back tire had a flat tire :( so i call my dad and he tells me where everything is, then me and jarad went to work up jacking up the car undoing the screws and taking off the flat tire. then getting the spare tire i pick it up and feel that it is kind of flat. so i ask jarad and coach and they both agree that is would be fine...................... they were wrong. but we found out it was after we had already screwed it in and jacked down the car. so after we realized it wouldn't work the ellsworths offered to go the the tire store and pick up the free one that we get.

so me and ryan take off the spare  and wait for 15 min till my dad comes with the tire (he came after and went to the store to pick it up) we put it on and it finally works (bumping my head and funny bone in the process of this). then i go to pick up my ice chest and i lift it up and the handle breaks off....  #@ $ %&..... so finally every thing is fine and we head home. but part way through i smell something weird and the car wont excelerate very well. so after i dropped off frida i go to the back and try to figure out what is wrong... and it smells nasty. but i cant figure out what is wrong. then rachel states 'hey is your brake on?' Looking i see that i had left my emergency break on from changing the tire. All in all at least i finished the apush reading guide 3 days early.

Comments
From Vis on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 20:59:14 from 208.88.8.22

What an engaging read. You've got a real future, Michael Finch.

From Jp :) on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 22:02:53 from 71.213.60.248

Basically, this just made my life. Maybe you should just go to bed early today.

Total Distance
4.00

am: 4, nice to run in the morning

Total Distance
7.00

am: 3 liked this run a lot

pm: 3 miles on the course and 1 mile stridders

Race: NXN Southwest Regionals (3.1 Miles) 00:16:18, Place overall: 45, Place in age division: 25
Total Distance
6.50

so after staying up some of the night with food poisoning or whatever you call it, we went to the race. during the warm up i felt very good and confident. all positive thoughts and knew i could run hard.

the beginning was bad because i was so far back in our line, so i had to push my way through everyone and near the top of the first k i was in pretty good position. i started to settle throughout this next k, which was my biggest mistake through the race, then after some kid tripped another kid i got some surge and started passing people again. My first mile was 5:05, then second was 10:27.  Coming around the lake i was running with the AF's 6th and 7th runners and the 6th guy started to pull ahead, so i went with him and on the last straight tried to keep right with him. the last 100 meters there was a pack of about 6 people and i fell behind all of them but one..... the 7th AF guy. so i need to work on my kick, and i still need to learn to the next level of running through the pain, cause i still feel i can go faster if i pushed past it. I finished 2nd on our team, and Team finished 8th overall, (we were ranked to get 25)

Good week, Good Race. Now look forward to the Race in California

Comments
From Vis on Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 23:24:37 from 208.88.8.22

Congratulations on the great race. I'm very happy for you.

From Jake K on Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 18:03:36 from 155.100.226.53

Hey Mike - I'm like a week behind on things, but I just wanted to say nice job and way to step up and run as #2 guy for the team.

Going to that "next level" of pain is so hard to do. You always feel like you have an extra gear in 5K races, but its tough to bring it out. I still don't feel like I have it mastered at all. I always finish shorter races feeling like there is something in the tank. If you figure it out, let me know! :-)

Good luck in California this week!

Total Distance
7.50

5 wavehills at the middle school with some other milage.

felt good, my legs are starting to feel much better

Total Distance
9.00

2.5 warm and 2 cool

Michigan: 2 sets of 1 800, 1 2400, then finish with a 400.  Felt very easy the first set, then after the second 800 my legs started to burn, but recovered easiley at the 1200. then on the 400 i didn't get as fast because i stink at sprinting, but it felt faily easy. it was a good workout.

Total Distance
6.00

nice easy easy pace today. stop part way through and tried different stretches and drill. felt good

Total Distance
5.00

5 with a 2 mile tempo.

felt very nice, except it was up hill the whole tempo part, but i was still able to get it around 6:30 pace.

Total Distance
2.50

had no time at all on friday- saturday. We went from one thing to the next, i was very sad. but on saturday we were able to get home by about 11:40, and my mom said i could run till midnight, so this was all i could do. did a lot of fartleks though and will train good and hard this week to be ready for california. I'm goin' all in for this baby!!

Total Distance
5.50

5 easy with about 1 mile of fartleks, at 5 min pace exactly.

felt very nice, and easy. I am very ready for cali this weekend.

Total Distance
5.25

easy 4.5 with 3 200's hard.

felt very good again. my 200's were very bad though, not at all consistant.

Total Distance
4.75

run with 5 wave hills. felt really good but my left ankle hurt a lot.

Total Distance
3.00

3 after we got to california. very nice run, felt execelent and very exited for footlocker.

Total Distance
4.00

3 with stridders. felt very good and looked at all the spots on the course that i would want to run saturday.

Race: Footlocker West Boys Junior race (3.1 Miles) 00:16:40, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
7.00

Warm uped 2.5 and talked up the race with casey. streched and did some stridders and pumped up for the race. 

The gun went off and i took off about 25 at the beginning. After going around the little dirt loop twice i got up to 10th, still feeling super good and fresh. Then on the switch backs i passed 5 or so people and reached the top pack at the top of the hills. Coming down i ran right behind the leader and drafted off him. then right before the second hill i took off. It seemed that on the hills i would do much better than the other kids and get a good lead, then on the down hills they would catch back up. then coming around the mountain to the third hill i kind of relaxed a lot because no one was around me. All of a sudden the second place guy caught up to me and gained a lot of ground on the huge down hill. Then going around the the dirt tail and onto the track i slowed down a bit so he could pass me, because then he doesnt try as hard as he would if he were behind me, then out kicked him the last 100 meters. After the race finished i still felt so good and exited that i felt i could do it again 5 min later :)

After i raced i ran with devo and tyson about 1.5 miles for their warm-up.

This was a good week of running and racing. I'm kind of sad that XC is over because i'm finally starting to feel good.... But all the better for track!

Comments
From Jake K on Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 13:29:35 from 155.100.226.53

Great race to cap off the season. Keep the momentum rolling into track!

From Holt on Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 17:23:36 from 204.113.55.41

Loved the smile in the race!

From JamesH on Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 19:24:47 from 209.33.214.26

Great job Mr. Finch!!!!

From Vis on Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 19:47:07 from 208.88.8.22

Great race. Keep the essence flowing.

From Kelso on Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 19:52:31 from 168.103.185.29

Finchy!!! :) you did SOOO amazing at Footlocker! Congrats on taking first in your race! That's so incredible. You're an inspiration to everyone on our team and I'm sure many other people as well! :)

Total Distance
9.00

did 9 miles this week but put it on the wrong week

Total Distance
3.00

ran close to the high school and back home. nice run but a little quick (6:15). didn't even notice the pace. but good to be back.

Total Distance
4.00

ran with devin, cause casey ditched him this morning. One of the funniest runs i've been on, we went up to the top of the mountain by mavrick, out of breath fast but solid run.

Total Distance
3.00

double churches. nice fast pace.

Total Distance
798.60
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