Matt Todd Running

distance run today, ran over kind of by my house on the trail. most of it was fairly easy paced on account of our speed workout tomorrow but I was feeling good the last few miles and sped up a little bit. Splits were 6:17, 6:41, 6:45, 6:46, 7:01, 6:44, 6:31, 6:38, 6:28, and 5:55. Average pace was 6:36, Me and Strrt biked inside for 10 minutes after as well. I've been feeling really good the past few days, which is quite a contrast to how horrible I felt the last few weeks. I'm looking forward to running the 4x800 and the 3200 at Pine View this weekend and know I can get PRs in both. 

Oh and shout out to my boy Roger Bannister on his like 86th birthday or something. Happy Birthday to Mo Farah as well, you guys are str8 inspirational.

Short speed work out during the meet today. Jamie wouldn't let people who were running at Pine View compete today so that we could stay fresh and what not. Me and my boy connor warmed up 3 miles and did 4x600 at our goal 2 mile pace for saturday. Mine were a little fast, but I did 72, 71, 72, 70, 71, and 70. I'm shooting for low 10:00s and possibly under 10 if I have a great race. (5.5 more miles post-workout)

Shout out to my hero Nathan Allen for being the only Lehi guy running the two mile today and for hitting his goal with a 11:17. ps he's a babe so hhu. Also shout out to Casey Clinger for dropping a 4:30 something second mile after warming up with a 4:57.

10 Mo Miles today at a nice, easy distance pace. I think it was around a 6:53/mile average or something. we ran up to the temple in AF and looped back past the fish park and AF Jr High. We might do some pickups tomorrow just to get ready for Saturday, but will most likely drop it down a little in miles for the rest of the week. I'm getting pretty excited for my first two mile in a while, it should be sick!

Shout out to my uncle Jake for slaying his a capella concert today at BYU, and to Zayn something-or-other for breaking the hearts of white girls everywhere and giving 1D the double bird... my respect to both.

Today me and Connor did six 30 second pickups at a pretty quick pace as part of our distance run but, other than that it was just eight easy miles. Took an ice bath after. 

Thought maybe I could provide my loyal fans with a daily fun fact to keep them happy. Sooo... today I would like to inform you that the color orange was so named in english not after the fruit, but the tree it grows on. before all this, the fruit was called an "apple of the orange tree" and the color was called "yellow-red." mindblowing stuff...

basically just chilled in St. George today with all my homies. I got hecka tan, flirted with Lucy Biles a little bit, watched fast people run, and ended up participating in a 4x800 myself as well. Got in around 6 miles somewhere along the way, did pre-meet sprints, and just hung out. see my report for tomorrow for sick deets on my two mile.

Shout out to Garek for running a frickin 4:19 and to Holt for saying hi to me and connor. Shout out to Audun (dang fast wasatch sprinter/hurdler) for being basically the hottest babe I have ever seen in the entirity of my mortal existance.

Started off today waking up at like 6:00, AKA too frickin early, to go run my two mile. Plus, I only got to eat oatmeal even though there was a bounteous continental breakfast to partake of. Anyway, I was in the second heat seeded 5th. However, I was allowed to still warm up with the upper-class first heat members like Connor, Sean, and Garek so that was kind of them. I warmed up two miles, did some drills, watched my boys kill it in their race, and then got my turn eventually.

I started off in around 5th place for the first lap before realizing that I was feeling a lot more capable than the other members of my heat, getting into first by lap 3. At this point, the coach of one of the guys I just passed yelled (referring to me), "He's holding you back, get out in front!" I found this fairly offensive and proceeded to destroy him in the next few laps so pursuit was no longer a feasible option to him. My first mile was 5:01 and my second was a 5:08. I ended up winning my heat by a decent margin and PRd by nearly 20 seconds.

The best part is that this occured with hardly any stomach pain, for the first time in living memory, thanks to an inspired Thom and his nasty ginger chew thingys. I know I can still improve a lot and I hope to get sub-10 next time, but I am thankful for this breakthrough.

Shout out to my boy connor for blazing a 9:38 and nearly qualifying for state. Also love to my homies Sarah and Garek for killing those 9 minute paced cool downs with us and to Garek for helping the squad check out Parowan babes. Huge shout out to all the bloggers at Pine View that I was able to see and talk to for putting on a sick meet. and p.s, Connor lost to Kaysha Love in an arm-wrestle so we'll be hitting the gym this week.