Matt Todd Running

Me, Connor, Thom, Sean, and Nathan went with all the JV kids on the bus to AF for the meet even though we weren't running. We just wanted to run back to Lehi from there so we went past Lone Peak for a total of 9 miles. We hit three different high schools in one run so I guess that's pretty sick. Average pace was a 6:51/mile and we only got called "faggots" by like three different cars so shout out to Lone Peak for their hospitality (sarcasm). Officially committed to do the mile at Alpha so I'd better ice tonight, me and Brady are gonna wreck.

Fun fact of the day: both Cambridge and Oxford university are older than the Aztec Empire.

went and watched my homies at the Alpha Invite today. got in 8 miles somewhere along the way, shout out to everyone who competed in the freezing cold and wind today. I just hope it's warmer tomorrow.

Fun fact of the day: Clown fish are fairly gender fluid and, while one may become male in a relationship, they can switch back to female after the death of their partner. really adds some new light to Finding Nemo eh? especially when the voice of Dory is a lesbian...

First time racing the mile for real in a long time. It was a decent race and technically a PR so I'll take it but I feel like I am in much better shape than that and will do a lot better next time. I was shooting for a 4:40 and was at 2:19 at the 800 so I was right on for the first half, after that though my hamstrings just got really tired and I couldn't quite keep my cadence up. I don't know, at least I officially qualified for BYU. After the race I had to leave to drive to Texas so I didn't get in very many miles. Shout out to Blake Bennion for winning my heat today!

Fun fact of the day: Jason "Derulo" is just a stage name, it's actually spelled "Desrouleaux"

AM: Ran 7 miles in Colorado Springs, It was really hilly and around 8000 feet elevation so that was fun. kept the pace around 6:55.

PM: 5 more miles at sea level in flat Sherman, Texas. Same pace.

Fun fact of the day: The LDS Conference center has 6000 lights in it and they all get changed out before each conference. Also, President Uchtdorf wears a different tie every session if you haven't noticed.

8 miles in the rain this morning. I wasn't pushing it super hard, but tried to keep up a decent distance pace. After 1 mile at a easy 7:10 or so my average for the rest was a 6:18/mile. I'm trying to gain at least ten pounds while I'm here because my grandma has hecka food, I'm already on my third breakfast.

Fun fact of the day: 15% of France's male population died during WWI.

Another low distance run today. I kept this pace somewhat easier today so I'll be fresh for a good speed workout tomorrow (like 6:40s). It was ridiculously hot this morning and I must have lost at least 5 pounds in water weight. I ran past the Sherman high school and successfully located their track so I'm in the clear. Shout out to the fish I just ate because it was delicious.

Fun fact of the day: the word "pentasyllabic" is, in fact, pentasyllabic. and I heard today that the Lego Movie never actually says the word "lego" once, I've never seen it but that seemed crazy.

I woke up really late this morning on account of my watching Anne of Green Gables until 1:00 AM with my family... uughhh smh @ myself. Anyway, It was, yet again, already hot and my calves were so tight my achilles tendons could almost function like guitar strings. I warmed up the 3.25 miles to the high school and got in a good long stretch on the track. I did a 600, 500, 400, and 300 at goal mile pace followed by a 300, 200, and 100 at goal 800 pace. my times were 1:47, 1:29, 1:09, 50, 47, 32, and 14. all of these were a lot slower than I was hoping for, especially since the workout was so short, but it was really hard to stay on pace all by myself. Add my fatigue and lack of motivation to that and I suppose it wasn't too bad. After the workout I just ran back, coming in at just over 8 miles.

Fun fact of the day: Mansa Musa (some african emperor dude in like 1200-1300 AD) was the richest man to have ever lived and could have literally purchased most countries in the world today with his estimated 400+ billion dollars. I suppose that's slightly more money than I currently have in my wallet.

Tempo run this morning after a 1.5 mile warm up. I went 5:20, 6:20, and 5:18. I was supposed to have a slower one in between, but they all still should have been faster. It is really hard to keep a pace when I'm all by my self, but on the plus side, a 16:59 3 mile was faster than I ran at state this year in cross country. really goes to show how terribly most of my xc races went. After that I just finished with 4.5 slow miles, I think the heat makes me really sluggish so I'll try to wake up earlier tomorrow.

Shout out to Kallie Bunnell for being super hot. Also shout out to all my homies racing at Arcadia this weekend. good luck to you all!

Fun fact of the day: If you were to divide the exact length of a river by the straight line distance it covers, the ratio would be approximately pi. That is to say, the average of this ratio in all rivers in the world, mathematically speaking, should equal 3.14. Cool fact, still hate math though.

I LOVE ELEVATION!!! I felt so awful, sluggish, and tired all week at sea level but coming back up through Colorado Springs felt wonderful. I don't know what it is but I'm always happier with less oxygen for some reason, or maybe it was just the Texas humidity that killed me. Anyway, today was just a recovery low distance run so pretty easy, kept the pace around 6:50. 

Shout out to my boy Connor for slaying his Arcadia 2 mile. He ran like a 9:27 so hit him up if you're a babe. Also shout out to my grandparents' wonderful hospitality and whatnot this week.

Fun Fact of the Day: some japanese guy named Tsotomu Yamaguchi survived the bombing of Hiroshima only to be hit with another nuclear bomb when he went home to Nagasaki. He survived both and lived to be 93... just in case you thought you had a rough week.

Hey this is the first time ever that I've actually trained over spring break so that's cool. Hill workout today. I was again by myself even though I'm back in good ol' Lehi. ran 2 miles to warm up over to killers hill before doing 2x(15, 20, 25) second uphill sprints and one set of 20, 25, and 30. It was pretty much all out and fairly continuous so I felt good with it. After that I just did 6 more miles at a slow pace to finish up. 

Shout out to the 3000 miles I've driven over the past few days and to Smiths for sponsoring my bathroom break today. Also shout out to @Definition Dallen for getting a sick two mile PR. 

Fun Fact of the Day: There's a McDonald's in Arizona that has turquoise arches and it's the only one in the whole world that isn't golden.

Skipped 4th period to go running today... rebellious I know. Me, Connor, and Strrt ran 9 miles at a fairly normal pace. I was at 6:33/mile and felt pretty good. After that, Team Pre ft. my boy Quinn rolled up to the 3 on 3 tournament and balled it up for 2 games #ComeAtMePaulRyan. shout out to Bady for killing it and scoring like 18 points. I'll call it cross training.

Fun fact of the day: the high five was most likely invented by Louisville basketball player Derek Smith in 1978, your accomplishments are irrelevant.

Sick hill workout today. ran 6x60 second sprints uphill, I felt good and stayed up pretty close with Connor. I only got like 7 miles though but played some hardcore ball after too. I might run more tomorrow, but I did a leg workout too so I feel fairly accomplished.

Fun Fact of the Day: The state of Massachusettes didn't officially recognize the illegitimacy of and apologize for the Salem Witch Trials until 2008.

10 mile distance run today after our basketball game. kept it at a slowish steady recovery pace (6:46 avg) and ran out into AF. 

Fun fact of the day: I told this to ol' Strrt today, but the color purple is not in the rainbow. purple light is only possible with a combination of wavelength and can't be created with a prism. When Isaac Newton first coined the term "Roy G Biv" the "violet" that he was refering to was actually a more bluish color than in today's crayon boxes. Your childhood is a lie.

7 at school, 3 later that night. both were slow.

10 mile distance run out almost to lone peak and back before prom. since I'm writing this after, Prom was amazing and shout out to my hot date Athens for coming along. ps we smooched.

Distance run today at a 6:41 Average, I was mostly just with Connor and Brady. still kind of "hungover" from Prom. Shout out to everyone who ran the Boston Marathon today.

Fun fact of the day: there is no tower in London officially named Big Ben. It is actually named Elizabeth's tower and even the bell is technically the Great Bell. However, the bell's nickname is big ben and we have since applied that nickname to the whole tower. 

AM: 4 miles, speed workout later.

PM: 1 mile warmup then 3 sets of 3x200 at current 800 pace, goal pace, and then whatever is left for the last set. I went (30, 31, 30), (29, 29, 28), and (29, 29, 30). then we just finished up miles. It felt pretty good and I was really tired at the end, plus they were all on or faster than pace. I wantted to take a picture of my watch when it said 1.00 miles and 3:59 but I had to keep going #ComeAtMeGrantFisher. Realistically though, I am shooting for a 2:05 for my 800 this Saturday.

Fun Fact of the Day: out of the 100-200 Billion humans that anthropologists estimate to have lived on this planet, it is also estimated that half of them have died from Malaria. This makes mosquitos, by far, the greatest human predator during our species' existance. Sooo... I'm down for revenge if anyone wants to genocide some mosquitos with me.

Ran around PG with the homies today. We saw some old substitute teacher guy running too so that was dope. Me, Connor, Brady, and strrt all jumped in the 4x100 relay and ran a 51.9, obviously we aren't sprinters because that's just like a pretty good 400 time. It was fun though. We then finished up our miles at a slow pace. PG was kind of wack, but I only got unnecessarily flipped off once. Shout out to those eggs I just ate because they were delicious.

Fun fact of the day: I heard lots of sick facts today so first off I would like to inform you that the largest distributor of toys in the world is McDonalds. Likewise, the largest tire manufacturer is Lego. Also Elvis is a natural blonde, let me know if I blew your minds.

Today we ran up to Smiths and then looped it back to the high school for just over 10 miles. Average pace was a 7:04/mile. Afterwards me and strrt went to the legacy center for a "drink break" (I was just "Thirsty") but I was unable to find what I was looking for.

Fun Fact of the Day: It only took Sia 14 minutes to write "diamonds" for Rihanna, I don't find that suprising at all.

Pre-meet then distance run.

Ran the 800 today, it was terrible. I was around 2:11 to 2:12 and don't really know how that happened. looks like I'll be sticking with the mile at BYU.

Distance run, I think my average pace was around 6:40/mile. we were going pretty slow for most of it but sped up a lot on the way back. Last mile in 5:45, so not too good for a "recovery" run. Ice bathed after at the Spring of Living Waters, it's back on now so that's dope. Shout out to Mama Hinckley for always killing that post-run snack game, she's seriously the best.

Fun Fact of the Day: I found out that Singapore means "Lion City" even though no indigenous Lions have ever existed there. Other misnomers: Peanuts aren't actually nuts but legumes, coconuts are actually drupes, kosher salt isn't really kosher, and Avogadro didn't really find Avogadro's constant (6.02x10^23) it was just named after him later. Check out the video "Misnomers" by Vsauce for more sick and somewhat useless facts...

Speed workout today. we did 2x(200,800,400,200,200) at mile pace for BYU. I didn't have my watch but my first set was 31, 2:19, 67, 31, 31. I went around the same speed for the second I think, which is faster than my goal mile pace, but it felt pretty good. After that, we just supported our homies at the JV meet, slayed hecka babes, downed a whole gallon of chocolate milk, and got turnt/sunburnt. Twas a good day. Shout out to Brady for providing a bounteous post-icebath meal for me and connor.

Fun fact of the day: 14 squirrels were arrested and detained in Iran for espionage in 2007, also Katy Perry's cat is named "kitty purry"

Slow distance run today with the homies ft. Brad. It was super hot and I felt pretty drained but we survived. After we did a few 150 meter buildups.

Fun fact of the Day: The drug lord Pablo Escobar stated that he spent as much as $2,500 a month on rubber bands just to hold the money together. #fatstacks #goals

Distance run today with a few downhill strides. Me and Thom just ran down the hill at the cemetary, Ice bath after with all the homies. ps I totally nailed a trampoline backflip shot in a gnarly game of horse.

Fun Fact of the Day: Russia classified beer as food until 2013 so basically all of their "foodies" are just secretly alcoholics.