Jhammond Running

Intervals today 8x400, one of my best workouts it was 55 outside and it felt hot but I kept pushing it 82,75,76,77,76,79,80,77,

1 mile cool down on track

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4 Mile slow recovery, we had fun and took it easy but got recovered. We had to do strides after, my leg was killing me but I did them anyway, talked to my coach and we decided I just needed to ice it. Did a long stretch, rolled out, and iced. Felt good for a while but woke me up in the night, don't know what's wrong. I have a meet tomorrow. 

This was our first meet of the season. I had done a hill circuit the past Friday and nailed it, then 76-77 solid intervals Monday, and recovery on Tuesday my legs were killing me. Discovered it was a shin splint. Raced anyways since the coach I talked to said it wouldn't hurt me to race on it. I was also got to do a 4x400 but my coach had me not do it which I think was good.

Did a mile warm up, race was a mile, and a mile cool down. Then lots of stretching and icing. Still got a PR in the mile though, 5:48, compared to 5:55 at simplot games just two weeks before.28 seconds less will be the goal for the season.

In XT now because of my injuries. Did bike for a while today, felt really good. Not feeling much pain at all.

Did our hill circuit today. Pace was probably too slow, everyone had track class and did it then or they had to do time trials, or some ditched too. So it was hard to pace not being with anyone else. However it felt good until the end walking down the hills and then running back to our school, that really killed. Did a long stretch and iced. Hopefully it will get better.

We were supposed to do and LSD but I took the day off. My shin and ankle and knee is killing me. Decided to rest today and Sunday so I will hopefully do better in intervals on Monday. Not very excited for intervals however since when I am with my team I'm always way too competitive and so I will usually go out too fast then not be able to finish.

Nothing today, like I said on Saturday. However this week my attitude will be getting my time down not worrying about others. Hopefully it will go well. There are only 4 kids my age faster than me on my team, and it gets to me everyday that I run with them. One of them ran a 5:09 this week and I did 5:48, yes this drives me crazy,really hoping I can crush their times sometime soon. It really gets me down when there the same age but they are faster than me, I work just as hard, I should be that fast too right???  Shoutout to 2 kids from my team for going to NBNI. Both did amazing in the 2 mile and it was so cool to watch them.

Wow. How do I even start off with the workout I had today? It was terrible. I had drank a ton of water yesterday and hydrated properly, and did the same today but I felt so dehydrated. It was not a good day to start, when I went to warm up the track was blazing hot, and it only got worse from there. We were doing 6-8x400, The first four went well, I was in pain but I was ok, then we had a break, then I did my 5th and it was slow like 80 second slow, and I was done. My coach wasn't there so I didn't really force myself to do anymore, but on top of that my shin and knee and thigh were hurting so bad. So yeah today was terrible, 5 intervals 80,79,73,76,80. Last weeks intervals were so good and today sucked so that was a huge let down. Overall terrible day

Did XT today, didn't have time to go to the pool so I just biked.

We had a fartlek today, I tried to do that, but got out and didn't have any energy and my leg was hurting a little too. So instead of doing the paces we were supposed to be I ended up at a very slow recovery pace. Overall it was a bad day.

Didn't do any running today with my injury or any XT. Took it easy and took a break.

Took today off too. Needed a break for studying and also needed to rest my injury.

Nothing today either, my injury is mostly gone.

So we have a pineview meet coming up and I didn't make the list, I guess the thing is that soe of the kids that are just a bit faster than me that are going miss a lot of practices and stuff and I never miss practice so to be honest I'm not very happy, not that I would have even had time to go, just seeing someone elses name over mine kinda sucks, it makes me feel like times are the only thing to the coaches not anything else. I have a meet this Wednesday but other than that nothing, so hopefully it goes well, intervals are tomorrow I hope they go well too.

Recovery run today and strides. Took it pretty easy. Davis District Championships tomorrow, I really hope I do well in my 4x800.

40 minute fartlek today. Felt only about medium.

30 minute recovery run. Was actually about 20 and it was pretty slow.

800 intervals today. 2:56, 2:56, 3:04. Decided I wasn't doing anymore since I had a really bad stomach  bug and this was just the start of it. Then I did one last 400, 76 seconds. A cool down around the field.

I got a stomach bug I am not ure what it was but I got it and was super sick, on top of that it was my birthday and so I didn't run today.

Still super sick with the stomach flu. No running for me today.

Still have stomach bug. No running today.

Happy Easter to all! No running today. BUT, I am starting new goals and I know I can acheive them through doing all I know that I need to do. So starting this week, I am looking at running with the most positive attitude I can. Sure I am destine to have some bad days but I am atleast trying to be better that's better than all of you who aren't. I am doing MY BEST, forget the team in this aspect, I get too competitive for my own good. I AM however going to start encouraging my team mates more and bein happy for them and their success instead of booing them and putting them down, when really deep down I am just jealous and sad that I am not as fast as them . Some of you reading this may think I am a bad person, or runner. But I am trying and I am making goalz. Not just quitting or being a bad team mate. I'm doing this for me, and my team. I know I and my team can be better, even though my team may not be very nice to me, I will still encourage them and treat them how I would want to be treated and maybe they will be able to recipricate as well. I am going to be doing strength training as well, and trying to eat better and hydrate, and on top of that I want to do more research and studying of running so I can understand more, and be able to help my team mates that are even a little bit slower than me and try to get them to reach their full potential. Here it goes, April may be a good month, atleast I hope, like I said, I will have bad days, I already know that, but I am testing this out and seeing where I can go. PR's and happiness ahead.:) Happy Easter! Hope everyone who reads this has a great running week ahead! 

1/2 mile warmup, 8x400 intervals 83,81,81,81,79,81,81,73. 1/2 mile cool down, and long stretch. Today went absolutely great, no core or weights today because I did them yesterday. Super excited to recover tomorrow.

Recovery run 25 minutes at a good pace, then accelartions on the track afterwords and a long stretch. 

We were supposed to have a meet today but it got canceled due to bad weather. So instead we did pacework, we did a 400m warmup, 400m @ mile pace, 600m @ mile pace, 1000 of on and off 200's @ mile pace, and 2 200m's @ 800 pace. I was on time for a 5:25 mile and I did 31/38 on my 800m pacework. Then we all did 1 mile cool down, we didn't get in a lot of mileage but it was very wet and rainy so we took it easy. 

Recovery today, went nice and slow and it felt good. Did a long stretch after.

3 miles on the bike today, I didn't feel like running so I did a little bit of XT and it felt really good.

Did and LSD with a friend on my team in the morning. It was an hour and it was super fun and felt super good. Can't wait for next week.

Well it has been a good week. I've been positive and happy everyday with a couple of downs here and there but 95 percent of the time was great which is better than ever! I had good solid workouts everyday this week. When we do intervals I go in the second group and am usually leading the pack, I actually was in front the whole time last Monday so that was good. It makes me feel like a great runner and so positive. It was a really great week. This week we have a meet on Wendesday, I think I'm doing the 800m, not my favorite race but I understand I need to do it to get more speed for my mile to get my time down, and I actually am glad my coach told me that because I needed to hear it, I have been on a strand of PR's in the mile 5:55 to 5:48 to 5:35.. and I need to start working on the speed to continue getting PR's because if I don't like my coach said I will probably be super mad. He might put me in the 3200m though, sometimes I doubt I could even do it, but I know I can it's just 2 miles it should be nothing more than a mile and a mile. So I think it may be cool to try it and start getting my time down on that as well. Then we also have our WX Invite on Friday, I don't know if I am competing since I have driving group from 4-5:30 that day and we also have certain amounts of spaces, I assume if I am racing it will be in a relay which would still be cool. I'm going to get some new running shoes soon, I talked with one of the fastest kids in the U.S. and they have been so helpful and positive for me to talk to!!! So thanks to that person, you probably know who it is. I have driving everyday this week.. so somedays I will be running on my own which will be sad but I will do good. Overall I am so excited!!! This week can be so great. The main goal this week is to push out the doubts on race days. I am faster than a kid named nathan and a couple other kids in intervals and in practice, I actually did better than a kid named Caden last week,  but they beat me in races... Why?? Im trying to figure it out, I think I dont push hard enough and tell myself I can't go faster or I won't finish and stuff like that.. even when I know I have the training and stamina to do it. So that's the goal this week is to do better racing! It will be a process but it starts tomorrow. I am so pumped for this week! Oh and hey mile I'm going to get a 5:15 in you or better this year! I wont settle with 5:20. Shoutout to the Arcadia runners also.. so amazing to watch the fastest of the fast and see them compete and learn new racing strategies. My team went there too which is so cool! Everyone who reads this have a great week and push out all your doubts!

I had driving group so I didn't get in a mile warmup like I would have liked to and so my coach had me going straight into dynamic. Then 5x400 75,79,75,76,80. Then 2x200. 35,36. On pace right where I need to be for the day which was awesome. .75 mile cool down with a team mate. It was hard to pace perfectly today becuase everyone had already had class and so there were like 10 kids doing after school intervals 5 girls, 2 other boys my pace and a couple of others behind me. It felt great though, and if I keep that 80 seconds on the 1600 it will e 5:25. Oh and I am also in the mile on Wednesday... Yeah I'm scared. I want that pr again. Also did abs later in the night and a long stretch.

Hey kids, today was a recovery. And by recovery I mean going really slow and closing my eyes the whole time. There was a massive windstorm that blew dust and particles all over, I just got done washing my eyes since they really hurt. So me and my group decided to do a short lil run while other went all the way to NSL Post Office... haha suckers. We did Griffins Loop Unextended and reversed, you may think I'm funny for wanting less mileage but trust me if you were out there you would agree with me. So that was 15 minutes, then 4 strides at mile pace. Then I rolled out and did a long stretch and went to driving group. Crazy day.. oh and I got this cool ribbon for PB'ing in my 1600 so that encouraged me to work harder. We have a MEET tomorrow and I am very excited... I want that PR. It's right in my hands!!! But...... it's going to be either A.) Very COLD or B.) Very SNOWY!!! Yes three meets in a row with bad weather.:( But let's hope we can race and I can kill it and get that 5:20 and scare my coach by going so fast. Oh... one last thing for today, I am in the two mile on Friday at our invite. When coach told me I was like freaking out, why would I ever run  in an invite I'm not that fast.. he told me I could stay with the colemans.. can I really??? I think I don't want to do it because I will be last from our school and that will suck and make me sad... Any opinions? Thanks. Have fun racing tomorrow or just running

We were supposed to have a meet today but then it snowed and it got canceled. Our coaches say it's resechduled for tomorrow but it's honestly been snowing all day so I think that it might not happen.. who knows. Anyways recovery today outside it was freezing and then strides on the snow filled track. I am supposed to be in the mile tomorrow but I have driving groups I can't miss since it's freeway day tomorrow, anyways I have to probably run in the 800m tomorrow and then the 2 mile on Friday. So we will see, if I do race tomorrow, hopefully it will go well.

Meet canceled again. Did 600, 200 on,off,on @ mile pace. Then 2x200 @ 800m pace. Then mile cool down. 2 mile tomorrow.

2 mile race today. All I can say for it is that I finished and will for sure be working on it more in the future. Our invite we hosted was awesome though.

Short little shakeout run today. Not as long as it should have been but atleast I got a run in.

Warmup, dynamic, then we did 7x400 intervals, 83,81,79,81,79,76,75. The intervals went super well all was on time and I felt super good about them. Then a nice cool down and a long stretch. It was a great day for some running:)

Nice on pace and comfortable recovery run today. I had my driving test first which I passed, then I went on a run by myself after and it felt great. Then did some strides and a long stretch. I have a meet tomorrow and I will run the 1600, and the 4x400. On  Thursday we host a JR. High meet and I am a flag official for the relays, you bet I will be very strict and make those little kids feel scared like I do when I race.. sorry but someone has to be mean. Also I really want to be the gun shooter/starter.. does anyone else think thats the best possible thing?? I do. Anyways we are going to get 5:35 or better tomorrow I hope!!! I will let you know.

Mile race today, only with one other school though so not tons of competition. Seriously it was like at WX in the mile I was in, like 4 highland kids it was pretty awesome to see how lucky I am to be on such a great team that is so big and dominating. However my mile.. wow I was shooting for 5:25 and that was no where close. I was really mad but even though I had a bad race I took a lot away from it. My coach first of all made me realize good races don't always happen, also he let me know I need to be more competitive and that I got out too slow. Then what I learned is DONT RUN WITH A WATCH IN A RACE!!!!!!!! You may think your going to PR, but your not. I let so many people go by it was pathetic so please, if your reading this, don't run with a watch!

Then I did a 4x400 which was freaking awesome and I think I did really good! I don't know my time yet but I will post it once I find out. Then a lot of cool down and stuff.
 

We hosted a Jr. High meet today,  and I helped out all night with that, I LOVE HELPING! It's so much fun in my opinion. But I didn't run today. My coach told me to do jsut 10 minutes but yes I was that lazy and tired that I didn't so shame on me. 

I didn't run today guys... I had to go to my brothers baseball game. If I would have gone back to school after lunch and practiced then I wouldn't have had a ride home so I didn't go. Bad excuse I know but yeah it just happens. I need a car.

Wellll. You see I was going to run today, but then I thought I might go to the Davis Invite, then I didn't, and then it rained like crazy so yeah I just didn't run at all. Sorry Coach

Intervals today. Yee-ha. I had to do them after school since I don't have class, but it's really hard since there isn't that many people, and we went in two groups for a little bit, and this kid named Spencer was leading our second group and well I dind't like it a lot since I kinda like to lead my second group when I run, it makes me feel fast so I do better, but I still did SO GOOD in my opinion today. The times were 79,75,73,79,,77,75. Then a cool down and long stretch. I talked to coach today, he said they were a bit too fast for this point in the season, and said be a bit more conservitive next week to not overdo it. I think maybe I went faster because of taking a break the end of last week. Anyways race on Wednesday, and I talked to coach about it and he will for sure be watching me closely now, so I need do well!!!

Did a recovery today, I have been sick so it was hard breathing and my side was killing so I decided to turn back a bit early, then I did strides and a long stretch.

Awesome race today. I have been feeling a bit under this week, but I pulled through! I had a little snack about 2 hours before my race and I am glad I did, then at about 4:50 I was behind so I went and did and 5 min warm up, then I went and did dynamic and raced. My coach and I had been talking this week and he said I need to try more in races and put myself out there and see where I can go if I want the PR's. So I did, and I have been beating this kid in intervals every time lately and I have been mad that he has beat me in races, so I beat him in my 800m. My last time was 2:35 and today was 2:26! Then I went a did a 5 minute jog, came back and did dynamic again, then did a 4x400, and I was in the same order with the same kid, and he got a pretty decent 80m ahead and then a Kearns kid got ahead of us also, and when I took over the baton, I went out and blew past both of them, I feel like I really turned the jets on, and we ended up getting 3rd!. It was probably the best track meet of my life! So much fun! My coach was very happy with me, after that I did a mile cool down and a long stretch. It was awesome.

We were hosting a Jr. High meet today so we weren't having an official team workout only for those going to BYU. So basically no one worked out today except me and the others going to BYU, but I have release time 4th hour, so I went out on a recovery by myself it was really fun and relaxing. Then I came back and did a long stretch, and helped with the meet the whole night and then our coach bought us pizza!!! It was really good, and then I also got my warm ups! They got done so fast it was awesome!

1000m in and out a little too fast, 600 in/out too fast but better, 200's too fast but they felt good. 10 minute cool down, stretch. It was a good run.

Nice 40 minute LSD today all by myself. It fellt good but it might have been a little fast.

5x400 intervals today, times were all over not what I wanted at all. I always lead my group and this annoying kid kept coming up on the side of me and I was like laughing, like kid I beat you in races and always in practices and he is so jealous of me so he sprints at the end to try and win, and of course me being me I speed up cuz he's not getting past me and then we end up way to fast... I'm going to start running with the first group.

Then a nice cool down and stretch

30 minutes today. 15 out were recovery, then coming back medium. Then and long stretch.

Recovery today. It was super rainy so I decided to just do 15 minutes. Then strides after and a long stretch.

Region today. Ran in the unseeded mile. I know I didn't PR, but it was still a good strong race.

Coach told us to take it nice and easy today and just do a small run. So me and a few others did apple loop. It was a really fun relaxing run.

I was going to run today but then I decided against it because it has been raining all day so I will do the workout tomorrow. Shout out to Garek B. He goes to East and is in my region and crushed it in the 3200, 1600, and 800. That kid has got speed. It's unreal.

Speed workout. Mile warmup, 1000 in and out, 800, 600, 2 200's. All on pace and I was running by myself. Mile cool down.

Mile Warmup, Raced in 1600m and got 2nd, could have been faster but it was super windy and I was in a big gap by myself. Then did a mile to cool down and warm up. Came back and did 2 mile. Got a PR from 12:47 to 12:35 and I was ranked pretty high, it felt good but tiring after a mile already. That's ok I need the expierence. Was also working by myself in this race. Then went and did a mile cool down. Great Way to end the season!!!

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Shout out to Josh Collins in the mile, Casey Clinger and Mckay Johns 2 SOPHOMORES that won 5A, and to Garek from East he was the highest placing Jr in the 4a 1600, after he just crushed it at region too.

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Supposed to run today but had to many finals and homework.

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Too much homework and a final! But set goals for XC and am excited for what I can do.

Nice recovery today after school. Felt good, but I am ready to get back in shape! I felt a little tired after. Too much candy and unhealthy meals and hardly and sleep for a week made me feel it today. Going to start on a health kick tomorrow

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I took a way too long break but I was like what the heck, it usually does me better to break longer them come back in. Honestly I have been thinking about quitting running. I'm just not having fun, and realizing I'm not going to be that good since I don't have much experience in high school and won't get a scolarship and really continue with a team makes me want to quit. I'm not saying I am quitting, just thinking about it... IDK. What do you guys think?