Matt Todd Running

Easy low distance today, 8 miles with the team at a 6:49 average in the rain.

"Dream mile-and-a-half" tomorrow that I've gotta stay fresh for. It's basically a 1.5 mile race with a 300 ft elevation gain and a decent sized hill at the end. It's been a while since someone died so we're probably past due. Hopefully if I don't come back alive I at least get a decent time.

I'm pleased to announce that I have commited to run for BYU on a huge scholarship... Just kidding, although that would be pretty sick. On a side note I am going there though. Shout out to everyone else who got accepted on Friday.

I'm looking forward to some good things coming this month and am super pumped for outdoor. Shout out to Aubrey Argyle for following me on instagram and not twitter... jerk. JK d8 my boy connor.

AM: No school so I ran 4 easy miles (7:06) in the morning with Stewart and Sean before hitting up IHOP for free pancake day. 

PM: 1 mile warm up followed by the 1.5 mile hill race that I mentioned yesterday. I lead the pack the whole way before connor wrecked me at the end. I finished in 8:59 which is around 20 seconds slower than my best, but considering the weather and a fair amount of pancake in my stomach it wasn't to shabby. I ran back to the school in  8:50ish and did another half mile cool down with Sami. Finished it off with 15 minutes of biking and some lifting (aka bench).

I signed up for the AF Half the other day so turn up on June 27th if you're trying to race me or something. Shout out to all of the poor juniors who had to take the ACT today.

Shout out to coach for getting a fast running blog!!!! hit her up @coachjamie.fastrunningblog.com

Pretty standard distance run today. Slowish pace most of the way.

Speed workout today after a mile warm up. We had 5x500 meters at goal 800 meter pace. It was somewhat impossibly unrealistic but it pushed us to shoot for fast times even though we rarely hit them. My 400 splits for each one were 63, 64, 66, 65, and 68. I was way dead at the end and even though the tmes were closer to goal mile pace I still feel good about it. After that, we just finished up around 8 miles and watched the teachers get wrecked in our seniors vs teachers basketball game. More speed to come tomorrow and Saturday.

Me, connor, and brady ran a two mile warm up today before running another mile to the cemetary for whistle hills. we did 3x(15, 20, 25 seconds) all out up the hillwith no rest other than the run back down. It was much less than we've done in the past but I was able to push myself really hard and ended up fairly exhausted by the end. After that, I just ran about 4 more miles with Strrt, Sean, and Thom.

Shout out to Annie for taking me to Morp tonight! I still don't know quite what's going down but am ready to get hecka turnt and go ham at the dance.

More speed tomorrow... 

Crazy workout this morning with the whole team. we did 20x400 meters in sets of five getting progressively faster. first five were around 78-80 seconds, 2nd set was 73-75, 3rd set were all in 70, and the last five were about 67. The last set was supposed to be goal mile pace and I was trying to hit 66 for a 4:24 but I was really tired and couldn't quite get it. After that I just ran two more miles at around a 7:00/mile pace and pounded some french toast with my boys.

Shout out to the Hinkleys and all the other parents who cooked us breakfast, and huge shout out to my brothers Darin and Tyler who got their mission calls yesterday. Hopefully I'll get mine next week. Happy national cereal day!

I ran six miles this morning with Strrt at a 7:20 average mile pace, keeping things slow and easy for our first meet tomorrow. Later we had to go to practice and do some strides and 200s and such = 3 more miles total. Also climbed a mountain with my GF kallie bunnel so that was cool. I'll be running the 800 and the 4x400 tomorrow. I don't really know what to expect from the 800 but hopefully I can PR even though it's just a dual meet; and the 4x400 is kind of just for fun. I'm looking forward to racing my first mile at Davis next week.

Shout out to my boy Conner Mantz for being super righteous and choosing to serve a mission even though he's fast as heck. Ghana will be sick.

First outdoor meet today!! It was just a dual meet and didn't really matter that much so there was no stress. I was hecka sore though and really didn't want to do anything other than watch, but I decided to do the 800 anyway. I was kind of in the back for the first lap, even though it was a 61 or 62. second lap everyone slowed way down so I passed a bunch of chumps on the outside. came in at a 2:09 and, although I am never satisfied, I was happy that I could PR with such low expectations. Shout out to @Adam_Jensen for beating me by half a second. and bigger shout out to my boy Sean for celebrating his first place with some quality time by the trash can.

I also ended up jogging the 3200 just for fun because there were only like 4 people running it. I'll call it a two mile tempo even though it was slower than tempo pace (11:51). Shout out to my boy Ry-ry for winning it in 10:12, he was our only varsity guy racing it. Did a 4x400 immediately after and went way slow, made up my miles somewhere in between.

Oh and, side note, I think I also got third or fourth in shot put as well...

Worst run of my life. that is all.

3x(400,800,400) at mile and two mile pace. finished up distance after. kept it low because of ankle pain

New shoes, longish run today. Average pace 6:51.

went rappelling today in Hanksville, wasn't able to do much.

Didn't run today because Sabbath. but huge shout to my idol Grant Fisher for killing it in the mile at New Balance even if he tripped a little bit. Also shout out to Jared Ward for killing the LA Marathon in 2:12. Oh and my condolences to that Lady who got totally wrecked in the 400 finals at New Balance...

1 mile of speed changes then standard distance run for 8 miles total. Average pace was 6:34. took an ice bath after with my boy Sean to be fresh for Davis.

Ran past the Jr. High again on our way back and got yelled at by more 12 year olds so that's always fun. Sean flipped them off though so it's all good. shout out to connor I guess because he's sitting next to me right now.

Another terrible run today. did some sprints in the park and then tried my best to not run into oncoming traffic to end the pain for the rest of the eight miles. Davis tomorrow.

Ran the mile and 800 in the meet today but felt so terrible that I'll just call it a speed workout. my mile was like 4:57 or something (AKA around 2 mile pace). I apologize if my posts are depressing but I've felt really sick off and on the past few weeks. at least I got in some decent distance.

9 mile distance run today. AP 6:47, felt better but not great. Got my mission call this morning though! I'm pretty excited to see where I'll be spending the next two years of my life and I will include it in tomorrow's post if you fellers are too. 

Shout out to Garek for running with us yesterday, and congrats to connor on the new PR. come tailgate party with us for Conner Mantz's world XC Championship this weekend if you want.

crazy tempo run today. we ran 2 miles for a warm up and then did 6 miles of tempo alternating fast and faster. my splits were 5:27, 6:24, 5:23, 6:21, 5:31, and 6:28. Then just one more mile back to the high school in about 6:50.

Opened my LDS mission call today for the Canada Calgary Mission. Shout out to the brethren for being super inspired and such.

Long run today even though coach didn't really want me to. tried to keep the pace fairly relaxed and just ran to the front door of Lone Peak High and back at a Average pace of 6:58/mile.

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. 

distance run today, average pace stayed around 6:40/mile.

speed workout today. It wasn't too hard, but would've been a lot easier if I hadn't eaten a gigantic hamburger less than two hours before. we did 6x400m (2:30 rest inbetween, mile pace), easy 800, 4x200 (60 seconds rest, 800 pace). I went 68, 68, 68, 68, 68, 67, and 32, 31, 31, 29 for my times. which I was fairly happy with. I will be running the mile with my boy brady on friday at the Alpha invite. I don't really know what to expect but I'm shooting for 4:39. I slowly finished my miles alone at night when my stomach stopped hurting with a 7:31, 7:18, 7:00, 6:50, and 6:34 for my last five.

Fun fact of the day: If you had a perfectly symetrical standard, wooden pencil with a perfectly sharpened tip (one atom thick) it would be physically impossible to balance on its end even in perfect conditions. Meaning, even in a vacuum conainer at absolute zero in a stable environment, the pencil would still fall due to quantum field jiggling or something like that. Idk but my mind was blown.