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Wasatch Ragnar (Day 1)

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U of A

Member Since:

May 16, 2015

Gender:

Male

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Running Accomplishments:

Ran 200 miles in under a week(nov 2019) . Ran 226 miles in under a week twice in 17 days(oct 2023). Ran 250 miles in under a week(mar 2024)

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191.50
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8.00

Afternoon - Went to the park with mama G and lil sis, while they played I did a casual 2 miles around the park. Hot as the Eta Carinae out there though.

 

Evening - Drove out to U-hill and did a little over 4 miles uphill, and about 2 down. Shouldn't have ran up a mountain in shoes as light and thin as the MD500's, Every rock and pebble I stepped on was pure agony. Feet are hurting like a mother currently but oh well

New Balance 1400's Miles: 8.00
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8.00

Did an 8 mile run with Aaron in the desert. We called austin and mason up again, but they both flaked. That's fine by me, in the end they wont see me coming

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 8.00
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7.25

Was going to do a seven mile run in the morning with Aaron, but he overslept so I ran by myself. My legs were completely dead, it was a pretty slow and painful run. I'll pprobably just do the regular core tonight, and then try to convince Aaron to do an evening run tomorrow so I'll be well rested for the next workout so I can crush it.

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 7.25
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10.00

Met up with Aaron, and ran a little over 3 miles to U hill, 3 miles up it and 1 mile scaling down(something I recommend to anyone who wants to die painfully), and 3 miles back. Pretty intense run

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5.50

I started with a mile warmup and felt like crap. I hurt and wasn't really into the run. I decided to just do a short run, about 3.5 miles. I didn't really look at my watch, instead focusing on just keeping a steady pace with pretty large strides. Turns out I went quick. My mile splits were 6:20, 5:54, 6:01, and my last half mile was about a 5:30. It makes me happy that even though I've done about 7 miles every day this week, with a pretty difficult 10 mile run yesterday, that I can feel not well and still go pretty quickly. Super excited to start speed training in a few weeks and get that mile time down. #grindisreal

New Balance 1400's Miles: 3.50Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 2.00
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5.50

A.M. - Took the SAT, which was pretty terrible. I'll count it as a workout. 

 

P.M. - Did a mile warmup, 3.5 mile run, and mile cooldown, same as yesterday, only took it easier. I think the 6 hours of sitting in a room cramped up my legs. The first mile it felt like there was a hypodermic needle that was stabbed through my rear end(I thought of that during the run), So I pretty I did a pretty slow jog, and then sped it up to an easy pace. I drank way too much water after the 3.5 and I wanted to throw up during my cooldown, but then I saw my old AP English teacher who yelled at me to speed up, so I increased to a 6:00 pace which hurt my foot a bit.

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 5.50
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Total Distance
6.50

Did a 1.5 mile warmup at the track, 2 mile run around the surrounding neighborhood, followed by 2 sets of 8x100m strides at 4:00 pace. 1.5 mile cooldown, and then 30 minutes of crying because I locked my keys in my truck, so I had to wait half an hour to be picked up by my dad with a spare key, so shoutout to him.

New Balance 1400's Miles: 1.00Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 5.50
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9.50

A.M. - Aaron flaked out again, so I went to the park instead. I ran a little over a mile warm-up, then had some stomach cramps so I ran to the restroom, but some guy got there moments before me and wrecked it beyond repair, so shoutout to him. I was going to just drive home and use the restroom there and come back, but I saw the top two girls on our team, Emily and Alyssa, who asked me to finsih their run with them, so I ran about a mile with them. After that I sped up the pace and ran another couple miles alone before the cramps caused me to cut the run short.

 

P.M. - Mile warm-up at the track, there was someone I knew at the adjacent tennis courts who could see me so I went to quick and did a 5:40. After that about a 3.5 mile run. I averaged mid 6's for the first 2.5 miles, but then I got stomach pains and some mad shin splints so I slowed down considerably. After that I was going to do a 2 mile cooldown, but half a mile in I turned around because of cramps.

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 9.50
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8.50

A.M. - I went to the Rec Center and did some core, swam 1500 yards, and ran against the water currents for 10 minutes.

 

P.M. - I was going to do a long run at an easy pace, but my right hamstring got super tight and I cramped up(gotta stay hydrated) so I cut it short to an 8.5.

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 8.50
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10.00

6 mile run in the blistering afternoon. It was 70 degrees and overcast, but as I started my run these conditions dissipated. I haven't been all too motivated as of late, so I watched a few motivational running videos before I ran, which got me too eager for the beginning of the run. My splits were 5:55, 6:46, 6:55, 6:59, 6:43, and 6:09. After the third and fourth mile I needed to stop to stretch out my still tight hamstring, so that's why those splits are a bit slower. Still, not a terrible run. Core when I got home.

 

Another 4 miles later that night.

New Balance 1400's Miles: 6.00Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 4.00
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8.00

Fun fact; There are three people who'll be in my division next year that can run both a sub 4:20 and sub 9:20. And two others that can run a su 1:55. This has nothing to do with my run today, all I've done so far is core, but that's still pretty crazy. I guess it's time to update my goals

Alright my actual run was a 6 mile easy run from the high school to the temple and back. I averaged around a high 6:50 for the first 3 miles with a light drizzle surrounding me, and then it transformed from a Snoop Dog to Snoop Lion type of thing. Point is, it started thundering and pouring down in an extremely cold fashion. The second half of the run my clothes were soaked and heavy, so the pace slowed. I took my shirt, gloves, and shorts off afterward(I was wearing spandex) and did a 2 mile hard core, feeling like a straight G.

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4.50

Easy day. I met up with aaron, who wasn't feeling too hot(I wasnt either), we did an 8 warmup and a four mile run at a really easy pace. I'd do another run tonight, but I have the ACT and wanna remain fresh for that.

New Balance 1400's Miles: 4.50
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8.00

I met up with Aaron and Christian at McCoy and we ran 8 mile on the steepest and most difficult bike trail. It hurt, but Aaron and I got to slow down every couple of miles for Christian to catch up(he's been at some camp and hadn't run for two weeks). The 5th and 6th mile Aaron and I managed somewhere between 5:40 and 5:50, which was good. Excited to run a Ragnar in 6 days!

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 8.00
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7.00

Today was suppose to be an easy day. The plan was around 4 miles at a slow pace. Well a mile and a half into the run, I got some stomach pains, so I had to run 2 miles off the original path to go to the park for their bathrooms. I sped up the pace way too much as I came back to the high school, getting sub 6's for a little over a mile, which didn't feel too great. After that some hill repeats followed by strides, and I saw my coach so we had a talk. 

New Balance 1400's Miles: 7.00
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6.00

Should have cut yesterday short. Every mile after I hit my third mile I had to stop to stretch out my left leg. It felt like my foot and lower leg were asleep, they had that tingly feeling you get when you lose feeling, but every time my foot hit the ground it hurt pretty bad. I had awful stomach cramps as well. Slowest run since I hit the sand dunes in May. I think I'm going to take tomorrow pretty easy, only run a couple miles and cross train. I think the pains were caused by my warm-up. I was going at a solid 6:40 pace the first half, but then some poser tries to race me, so I speed up pretty quickly to match him(by warm-up standards). He dies out after about 20 seconds, but I keep the pace up until I finish a mile going that quickly. The pace was 4:52. After that I ran a pentagon-type of path from the rec center to Walgreens, to Walmart, to @Collin_Coolbeans house, to Aaron's house and back to the rec.

Hit a new record for my longest plank with a little over 4 and a half minutes. I couldn't even get 3 full minutes after track season ended. More core after that

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 6.00
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10.00

I ran a little over a mile warm-up in the afternoon, and did a tempo 3.5 mile run. I was aiming around 6:15 because that's what I'm aiming for my pace in the Ragnar. It was really windy, which made it harder to run, so I sped up a bit. I came in at a 5:57 pace for the run. Same cooldown as the warmu. 6 miles added up.

After my run I went home, took an ice bath, and went to a ragnar meeting with my team. Afterwards Mason, Austin, and Jordan decided to do their run for the day, so we called up Brendon and I decided to go with them as well. I was hurting from the run prior, but I still managed to match their pace, which they actually found pretty hard apparently. Added up to be a little over 4 miles. We watched Macfarland USA after the run until midnight(Brendon and I had to go find a Blu Ray player), so no core bcause I'm going to Salt Lake to get some new kicks.

New Balance 1400's Miles: 10.00
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5.00

The Grindle clan traveled to Salt Lake so we could buy me some stuff for the camp XC USA that I'm going to soon, so not a lot of time to run, I planned on doing four easy miles in the heat. I started having stomach problems though, so I didn't run and my family left the hotel for dinner. Whilst they ate I decided to go downstairs to the gym and run on the treadmill. Mile warm-up, and a Ragnar four mile tempo run. 3.5 miles at 6:35 pace on a slight uphill, then I sped it up to a 5:40 for .25, then 5:00 for .25. Shout out to my boy Zacharius and lady Emily for making blogs!

New Balance 1400's Miles: 5.00
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2.25

Easy shakeout run @ 6:20 pace

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Race: Wasatch Ragnar (Day 1) (7 Miles) 00:52:21, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 7
Total Distance
8.00

First day of Ragnar, which was intense. I did a mile warm-up, and then did some stretches since I started the relay. Different groups were assigned different times, and there weren't too many menacing groups, save a bulky group of Ultra runners and Syracuse high school. The race started, and I got myself out in to a pretty large lead. I think my first split was a high 5:50, which was stupid since it was uphill. After that I hit the switchbacks and had a struggle, including falling down one, which sucked. I slowed down until mile 3, but I had such a lead that no one could catch me. After that I passed my van, who cheered for me, and kept going. It turns out it was 104 degrees that day, the hottest day of the summer. I can't handle heat. I was struggling for my run, and managed to average around a 7:30 and hand off to Mason. The Ultra runner almost got me, but I had a better finish and got a few seconds on him. Mason had a good run, Jordan a bad, Christian an alright one, Aaron a really good one, and Austin a good one too. Everyone in the van was saying how great Aaron was, so I got pumped for my next run.

New Balance 1400's Miles: 8.00
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Race: Wasatch Ragnar (Day 2) (10.46 Miles) 01:07:09, Place overall: 21, Place in age division: 16
Total Distance
12.00

No sleep before my 2 AM run. I forgot a sleeping bag, so I just layed down outside and developed hypothermia. Eventually Austin and I broke into a wrestling room and rested there, which was sick. I was woken up at 1:30 and told that the swimmers who made up the second half of our team were going super slow, so we'd have to go without the slap bracelet. I did a quick warm-up, a few stretches, and took off into the night. The first 2 miles I didn't see anyone, just myself under the moonlight, until I saw the flashing light of a runner down yonder. I caught the light, only to discover another, and keep going. I had a good pace an finished my 4.5 mile race at a 6:34 pace. Mason had cramps and had to walk a few times but still did well, Jordan did pretty good, Christian did good, Aaron killed, and Austin did great.

My final leg was supposed to be at nine. It was still pretty hot, and the sleep withdrawls and all that were starting to hit me. I was ready at nine, but the swimmers didn't do good(they somehow blamed us for the group slowing down, even though they were averaging ten minute miles). They actually showed up at 11, so I was standing in the heat, ready to run for two hours, which wasn't great on my muscles. When Carly finally handed off to me I took off and caught a few people in the first minute. I think I got 13 by the end of mile 1, and I stopped counting at 60. It was a hilly run, but I still managed my fastest pace in the Ragnar, a 6:19. It was a little over a 5 mile run. The rest on the runners did well, swim team didn't, and the latter party were quite crass with us at the finish line. I realized a few things during that race, one is I hate swimmers. On the bright side, Mason and I got Aubrey Argyle's number, along with the rest of the Davis Varsity Girls, so props to us. Overall a great learning experience. Next year Mason and I are getting some faster people and kicking out the swimmers, and we plan to win it.

New Balance 1400's Miles: 12.00
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4.50

A former teammate, Morgan, flew in from Oregon so we did a run and caught up afterwards over breakfast. She's recovering from an injury, so the pace was slow. Afterwards breakfast with the two of us along with aaron, Emily, brendon, and a few others. After that Aaron and I hit some tennis balls at the baseball fields.

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4.00

I'm in Colorado, so I did a short 4 mile run. My legs were hurting from the 7 hour car ride, and that along with the heat and humidity of Denver made for a difficult run. 3 miles barely under 7:00, and then my last mile sped up to a 5:17 pace. Core that night, where I managed to hold a plank for a little over 9 minutes, probably due to taking a week of easy core rather than strenuous. After that I hit 4:30 for a plank, my previous PR.

New Balance 1400's Miles: 4.00
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6.00

Mile on the treadmill, I was getting hip pains so I biked 3 miles at high resistance before getting back on. after that about 5 miles at 6:45 pace at 10% incline. Last half mile sped up to what the treadmill said to be a 4:37 pace, but it felt way too easy. 

New Balance 1400's Miles: 6.00
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7.00

In Georgia now. Three miles in the Atlanta heat right after dinner at gramma griddle's house, but the humidity and stomach cramps made me finish earlier than I wanted to.

4 miles on the treadmill when we got to the hotel.

New Balance 1400's Miles: 7.00
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6.50

Not sure how long I actually ran, but 6.5 seems somewhat accurate. I left my watch at a crackerbarrel on the way to our hotel(we're in Mississippi now), but it felt really quick. Much better than yesterday. I suspect 6:30 pace, but you never know.

New Balance 1400's Miles: 6.50
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4.50

I hate this hotel were staying at. In all actuality it's beautiful and I love the surrounding beach, but we're staying on the tenth floor. Which means you see a building that looks like a mile away whilst in the hotel, but once you start running towards it you realize it's way far away. I ran at 2, The humidity sucked, and I was glistening by the end of it. I considered jumping in the ocean, but thought "nah". I'll measure the real distance later, but for now I'll call it 4.5. I really wish I hadn't lost my watch, every run I've gone on has felt really quick. Currently throbbing pains engulf my shins, so I'll hydrate and see how I feel this afternoon. another 7 miles tonight if I feel well didn't happen, I got Achilles pains

 

Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 4.50
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Didn't run because of yesterday's pains, but I did get in a sauna, which was a new experience but not relaxing. I felt like I was in a vegetable steamer

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9.50

A.M. - 5 mile tempo run focusing on long strides. 

P.M. - 4.5 miles. At the beginning I started thinking about state XC and who I'd need to beat to win as a team and I went out too fast. I'm thinking 5:20. After that my right calf started to cramp up so I cut the run short(i was thinking 7-8 miles). My leg still really hurts, I'm going to ice soon. Core later that night.

 

New Balance 1400's Miles: 9.50
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0.00

Major Achilles pains after my second run yesterday, so I decided to just bike instead. 13.1 miles in 52 minutes at the highest resistance(level 20), so barely under 4:00 pace. Lifted for a bit afterwards. Achilles feels better but too much is on the line to risk anything. Core that night.

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191.50
New Balance 1400's Miles: 98.00Nike Pegasus 30 Miles: 78.75
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