Matt Todd Running

Ran 4 slow miles this morning with Stewart and his dog. A few hours later, when my side cramp went away, I ran 4 more at a faster pace. Splits for my second run are 7:31, 6:40, 6:04, and 5:50.

Ran just over eight with connor, stewart, collin and the twins this morning. We didn't really stop at all after the warm up so that was good. My side hurt throughout the run but I was able to push through. Splits: 7:12, 6:46, 6:40, 6:39, 6:35, 6:36, 6:33, 6:30.

9 miles with the squad this morning, started off painfully slow at nearly an 8 minute mile pace for the first four miles. we all obviously wanted to go a little bit faster so the next five ranged from 6:27 to 7:01. I felt a little bit tired, but it was good to get some miles in.

I ran after school today with the team which was weird, 8 miles total including some 150 meter build ups that we did at the end. Average pace was 6:38/mile

Speed workout today. I ran a 1 mile warmup, the 15x300 meters with an easy 800 in between every set of 3. I was trying to hit around a 4:25-4:35 mile pace on each 300 so my times ranged from 49 to 52. 1.5 mile cool down after.

Easy 8 mile recovery run from yesterday with Sean, Conner, and Strrt. My legs were a little bit sore but I'll take that as a good thing. Average pace was a slow 7:10/mile.

Ran with Team Pre today on a decent 4 mile tempo run. We did 2 miles to warm up at about a 7:00 mile pace before running 4 straight in 5:48, 5:47, 5:39, and 5:46. We finished up nine back to the school with a three mile cooldown. Total average pace was 6:37.

I ran 3 miles with the team and then split off because my stomach hurt so bad (I had eaten at chuck-a-rama for lunch). I still got in 7 miles even though I felt like I weighed a thousand pounds. Average pace was 6:59.

I was unable to make it to the Utah State indoor meet today so I had to run 10 miles by myself. I ran 4 miles to the school from my house and did a quick 800, 400, and 2x200 at around mile pace. the 800 was in 2:25, 400 in 1:08, and the 200s in about 30. I finished with 5 miles back on the trail. Average pace was 6:29.

I only ran a 0.5 mile warm-up today before going inside for weights. 9 miles in the rain afterwards. I thought the pace was really slow (over 7:00/mile)but my homies were all still tired from Utah State and we'll hopefully do more speed this week so it's okay.

We ran a speed workout as a team today. It was 6x800 with my times at 2:35, 2:35, 2:33, 2:32, 2:34, and 2:40. None of them were as fast as I was hoping for (2 mile goal pace), but the last one especially because my stomach really started hurting. After that we just finished up our miles. I didn't have my watch so I don't know what the pace was, I assume it was nothing record-breaking though.

First technical day of Track conditioning at school. We ran some pickups for 5,4,3,2, and 1 minute intervals with 3 minutes at recovery pace in between. I was leading, and tried to keep the pace around 5:30 for the fast parts but the recovery was pretty darn slow. We did two miles before and about four miles after to end up at a total of 10. The slow-paced recovery was killing me so I finished with a 6:02 last mile but the overall average was 6:47.

I felt absolutely terrible today for some reason. Had to cut the recovery run short, average pace: 7:05

We did a brief circuit workout with the team today before heading out to finish up our miles. My stomach still hurt a little bit but not as bad as yesterday so that's good. My average pace for the whole thing was 6:49/mile. Coach said we will start having a set pace for distance runs next week.

I felt ridiculously tired this morning for some reason and was barely able to make it out the door. I ran with Sean and Strrt this morning, The first few miles weren't very fast, and I felt sluggish (6:54, 6:52, 6:47). We decided to do a hill work out though and that woke me up. We ran up and down airport and did a grass loop for about 0.7 miles 5 times. Then I just ran back to the school for 8 total miles. Last 5: 6:22, 5:59, 5:58, 6:19, 6:29, Average pace was 6:27.

Just a standard distance run with strrt this morning. We ran 4.5 miles into AF and then turned around and went back. The first three miles were really slow, but once we warmed up a little things got faster, finishing at a 6:36 average pace. I still feel pretty sick but am glad that I could still have a good run. Splits were 7:19, 7:06, 6:54, 6:32, 6:30, 6:28, 6:17, 6:15, and 5:50.

Later, I biked just over six miles with some friends. It was easy enough, but I'll call it cross training.

Super slow 9 mile "prep" day for our speed workout tomorrow. For some reason it was really hard to breathe, hopefully I feel better soon. I forgot my watch so I don't really know what the pace was other than it was over 7:00/mile and felt slower than I should be going.

Speed workout after a 1 mile warmup. We did a 400, 600, and 200 at indoor goal mile pace and then did it again with only 30 seconds of rest in between each. My times were almost exactly the same for both sets at 67, 1:52, and 30. The 600s were slow and the 200s were fast, but all together it was a good workout. After that, we just had to finish up our miles; I kept a decent 6:44 pace for the whole thing. I am looking forward to being able to breath in the future though. Shout out to my boy @connorballer for beating me on the 600s today.

Just a standard distance run today: mile warm up at the school before running to the Timpanogos Temple and back. I was feeling pretty good, I could actually breath today so that was nice. We were supposed to keep a slow pace around 7:00/mile to "recover" from our fairly easy speed workout yesterday, It ended up being slightly faster (6:46 avg) but I didn't feel like we were pushing the pace at all. Hopefully tomorrow we can speed things up a little bit.

Just ten slow miles today to get in some distance without being too tired for BYU tomorrow. I did some strides and a few 200s, but other than that, my pace was a 7:10/mile average. I'm just running the 800 tomorrow and am not too worried about my time, but still hope to do my best.

got there late and didn't have time to warm up at all. I just put on my spikes, stretched a little bit, and got in my heat to run. subsequently, it took a few laps for my body to wake up and by then the race was over. On the plus side, It will be easy to pr this saturday and it wasn't too terrible for my first 800 in two years. Also, I didn't finish my miles because I was lazy so that's too bad.

Standard distance run today, which means we tried to stay in our new pace range (6:10-6:45) the whole time. It wasn't too hard at all and I had a 6:17/mile average for the whole thing. We cruised on the last 3 especially, doing them in 17:49. It was a pretty good run, did some squats after just for fun.

Speed workout today was 5x500m at indoor 800 meter goal pace. This sounded really fast and somewhat impossible to me, and evidently it was as a result of severe stomach pain throughout the workout. I tried to hit 63 at the 400 meter mark and then hold it until the end; however, I ended up running a 64, 63, 65, 68, and 65 and felt like I was about to die the entire time. Coach told me to start keeping a log of what I eat, and I'll talk to my doctor about it when I go in for a physical next week. I have had fairly regular stomach pain since I started running, but it isn't usually as bad as it was today. I was literally no longer capable of running after the workout, so I just went home and finished up my miles at around nine o'clock when I was feeling better. splits for my night run were 6:58, 6:41, 6:47, 6:37, and 6:33.

I didn't have my watch today so I have no idea what pace we were going. Pretty sure it was over 7:00/mile (it was supposed to be) but I know that the last few were probably a little bit too fast. Connor's blog says 7:08 so I'll go with that, basically it was just an easy recovery day. My legs were really tired, and my stomach hurt a little bit, but overall it wasn't too bad.

Resting HR this morning was 54

Short circuit workout today, we didn't really have to do much though because I'll be racing the 800 and 3200 on saturday at the olympic oval. Afterwards, I just did a slow distance run with Stewart and Michael. Average pace for the whole thing was 6:54.

Resting HR this morning was 53 BPM

Only got 7 miles in today because I had to go to work, did a few strides and 200s to get ready for tomorrow. I feel pretty sore but will ice tonight.

Raced at the oval today; I was pretty tired from the week and not expecting much from my races, but it turned out fairly well. I ran the 800 in 2:11, which is technically a PR but I am confident I can do better in two weeks at the distance challenge (goal is 2:08). I also ran the 3200 in around 10:30 but really wasn't quite feeling it today and hope to be in the sub-10 range once I can discipline myself to give a full effort. If nothing else, both races were good training and I was able to get in over 11 miles with various warm-ups and cool-downs as well. I'm looking forward to running the mile when I feel up to it!

Shout out to my boy Sean for pulling out a 2:02 today and congrats to Connor on his 9:51. Also Josh Ward gained some major respect on his ridiculous mile and two mile preformances. Checkout strrt and connor's insta for pics of team pre looking hot af...