Patrick Cunningham

Mon, May 21, 2012

Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:00

Since I didn't need to go to 1st period because we have already taken the AP test, well most people have, I haven't! It sucks! I have to take it on friday because I was in Colorado! Anywase, jogged down to Highland and back. Easy peasy lemon squeezy run while pancakes were cooking!

Sun, May 20, 2012

Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:00

1st day of training for CROSS COUNTRY! 1.5 miles around sugarhouse to see how my knee is feeling. IT FELT GREAT!!! Average 6:40 pace

Tue, May 15, 2012

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00

Today is JV regions and I was planning on making it a fun day since it was the first day back running since I got back from Colorado, actually since Regions a week ago. So I did a half mile warming up with Gavin for high jump. We almost jumped over 5 feet 2 inches and for our first time doing it, it was a lot of fun. Then we decide to do the 400 and the 800. For the 400, I was in heat 1 which was the fast heat because I guess im fast at the 400. So I line up in lane 4 and the gun goes off and its a false start! Dang, so we line up again and were off again and its clean. I go around the 100 passing Sam Hafen and sticking with a kid on the outside of me. The fast heat goes out fast! Along the far stretch, lanes 1-3 catch up to me so we are all running in a line then going around the curve they got infront of me. Then the kid in lane 5 passes me. I totally died along the far curve. Then with 20 meters to go, Sam Hafen passes me even though I was kicking it in as hard as I could. The timers said I did a 61 but me and my dad timed it at a 56 so I am going with that! Then I did the 4x400. I was third, it went Sam Hafen, Gavin, me then Rich to kick us in. Sam got the baton to Gavin in 5th place, Gavin got it to me in 4th place then I got the baton to Rich in 3rd place and he held on the third place! I did at 400 in 58-59 so I know my other 400 was timed wrong:) Then Gavin, me and Caden all went over and did discus. I scratched on all 3 of my throws and Gavin threw 49 feet and Caden threw 45 feet! Wow were good at that!

Mon, May 14, 2012

Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00

Easy workout before JV regions tomorrow. Mile warm up, mile speed changes, mile cooldown.

Wed, May 09, 2012

Wed, 09 May 2012 06:00:00

Well here it comes, REGIONS! So I arrive at the track, do a half mile warm up with Caden and Gavin and then a half mile of J's to loosen up my legs. Then I go to my stuff, get a drink, put spikes on and head over to the bullpen. I was seeded 8 in heat 1 so I started on the first lane next to Gavin on my right and Caden on my left. Caden and I had a plan that we would go out at 75, 80, 80, 75 and get a 5:10, yea that did not work. The gun goes off and were off, I started out fast and about the 300 mark Caden and I are running shoulder to shoulder then going through the 400 were at 70 so we were already off pace. We stuck together for the 800 and we went through at 2:32 so we were on pace but slowing down fast. We went through the 1200 at 4:08 and we were still together. Then with 350 to go Caden gets away from me and I hear Natalie yelling at Gavin, I guess he worked his way up to us and caught up to us, he passed me with 50 meters to go and I couldn't kick. I think I ran a really well 1200 then I totally died. I was disappointed with my race but it was the fastest I have run the mile since March before I got injured. Then I did a mile cooldown and FLEW TO COLORADO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mon, May 07, 2012

Mon, 07 May 2012 06:00:00

Last workout before state. Did a mile warm up and a mile speed changes. Then the workout was 3 400s and 3 200s at 800 pace (70s and 35s). I felt good on all but the last 200 when I collapsed because my knee hurt so bad. My times went like this, 71, 70, 69, 33, 31, and collapse to the ground.

Sat, May 05, 2012

Sat, 05 May 2012 06:00:00

Today I was not planning on racing because I thought we arrived at the race to late so I assumed we missed the 1600 (which we did). So after Cheering on Kiley, Abigail and Tomy on their races Bill told me we are all going down to Provo High for the 800. So we warmed up running down to the high school which is a half mile, then we quickly got registered did one stride then they seeded us. I was in heat 2 in lane 2 because they only put 6 people in each heat so they could all start in their own lane. So I was in lane 2. Bill told me to get in a good position at the start. So the gun goes off and I got out hard. I was in first with Sam Hafen right behind me. We go through the 400 in 70 which is exactly what I needed. Then with 100 meters to go Sam out kicks me and a provo kid out kicked me! I had never been out kicked when I was kicking hard before! I PRd today and so did all of the boys who ran the 800 (except Tomy). Bill said at the 700 meter mark my form fell apart and that was when I was passed. So I need to work on my form at the end of races before region! Then we all jogged back to BYU to grab our money, cheer on Andy throwing the shot put then we jogged and got food. Overall I was glad I raced and everyone did amazing! Especially NATALIE WHO DID A 4:51.03 a new STATE RECORD! THIRD OVERALL!!!!!!

Fri, May 04, 2012

Fri, 04 May 2012 06:00:00

1 mile warm up jogging over to Highlands Track. Timed mile in 5:42, 2 laps of speed changes of the 20-30-40-50% speed recovery on the recovery part then a half mile cooldown.

Thu, May 03, 2012

Thu, 03 May 2012 06:00:00

Crazy track day and I did 2 miles at the track, WHITE TEAM WON!!!!!!!!

Then I met up with Larry later that night to do a workout. I ran down to sugarhouse park, 2 laps of speed changes, timed 400 with Larry in 95 seconds, 2 more laps speed changes but on the recovery I was supposed to go 30%, 40%, 50% and then 60% and that was pretty hard. Then I cooled down with larry in his 800, I was supposed to bring him through under 4 minutes and we went through in 3:40, then I did a lap with larry and ran home. My knee was hurting a lot through this but I need to push until regions! I am going to beat Caden and be under 5:20!

PS CONGRATULATIONS TO NATALIE SHIELDS FOR BEATING THE 3200 METER STATE RECORD TODAY AT BYU. The previous record was 10:24 and NATALIE DID 10:22

Wed, May 02, 2012

Wed, 02 May 2012 06:00:00

Half mile warm up, then stretching then I lined up for the boys 400. I was in Heat 2 again with Gavin. I wanted to win my race again but I didn't. When the gun went off, I started out slower than I usually do so that way I don't die on the final stretch like I usually do. Going past the first turn I was in 4th place but I was on the inside lane so I was expecting to catch the other people. But I was going around the curve the same speed as them. So going down the final curve they got there in front of my and I came in 4th place:( with a time of 60 seconds flat, so my placing was off and my time was slower! Then I did a lap with Gavin then we lined up for the 800. My goal for the 800 was to break 2:40 and not be totally wiped out with that time. I start out kind of fast, with a 78 second first lap in a group with Gavin and Sam Hafen. Along the final stretch Gavin and Sam both out kicked my but I had a time of 2:36 so I stayed consistent between both laps and I was not tired at all after that. Then I did another lap before the 4x400. Dakota went first, then me, then Caden then Sam. Dakota got us out into 2nd place and I held on gaining some ground on the first place team, I gained about 20 of the 50 meters. Then Caden and Sam just stayed that distance. Overall that race was good and our team went pretty slow, but we weren't last!

Tue, May 01, 2012

Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00

Track warm up, jogged down to 1300 east, I made it to I think its 4th south then I turned around because my knee was killling me. Then I did 2 300s and my times were 50 and 48. I was aiming for 60 so I went a bit fast. Going fast didn't hurt them at all but then jogging around killed them. 2 laps cooldown with the sprinters.

Mon, Apr 30, 2012

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:00:00

Track warm up, stretching, 3 laps warm up, 3 laps speed changes then speed. 200x 400x 400x200x200x200. My times went 34, 80, 73, 33, 32, 31. Felt really good but by the end my knee was killing me!

Sun, Apr 29, 2012

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:00:00

Ran up to 1700 south and back with my knee brace on. It hurt pretty bad.

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:00:00

5 Days of running in a row (sort of)! Today we started with the 2 laps warm up and I ran with Ben Pearson and I got to catch up with my cousin. By this time my knee was absolutely killing me. So then I stretched and found out the workout. It was a mile warm up, mile speed changes and mile cooldown. I made it 2 laps of the warm up then had to drop out because of the pain:( Then I did my arm swings, calf raises, planks and hamstring weight things while everybody was finishing.

Thu, Apr 26, 2012

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:00:00

4 Days of running in a row!! Today for practice, we started with the usual 2 laps warm up, then stretching. Then for drills we did the 6 laps of jogging 100 meters around the curve, then doing high knees-butt kicks- power skips- lunges- and grape vine both ways for 50 meters, then stride out the other 50 meters, jog around the far curve and then go up and down all of the stairs then repeat for 6 laps. I did the first one and it hurt my knee so I stopped and stretched and I did the 3rd and the 5th one. I started and did me 3 laps with Chris, Caden and Gavin. Then the workout was 4 200s passing a baton for the 4x800 on Saturday. I was Partnered up with Caden and he started so I went over to the 200 mark and got the baton about 10 meters 20 meters behind chris and I caught up to chris and outkicked him. Then on the Second one I started with the baton and since I finished 3rd, I started 3rd and I got out fast and immediately got ahead of chris by about 10 meters and passed the baton to Caden pretty well. Then for the third one my hamstrings all of the sudden got really tired but Caden got the baton to me in 5th place right behind Tomy so I caught up to Chris and we passed Gabriella and I outkicked Chris again. Then on the Last one I started in 4th place next to chris, then I started out slower than usual then I had to catch back up to chris, I got about 5 up to him then I passed the Baton to Caden really well. Then I keeled over DEAD! I don't know why this workout killed me, maybe because I did the 200s really fast but I was exhausted. Then I went to peer court.

Wed, Apr 25, 2012

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:00:00

3 Days of running in a row! Today I got to race for the first time in about two and a half weeks! So I decided to do the 400 and see how that feels then I will see where I am after that. So I warmed up with Dakota, Sam, and Gavin for the 400 and we did about a half mile warm up, then we stretched and did strides before our races. I was in heat 2 because I was assuming I was going to be slower than I actually was. So they called my heat up and I was in lane 5 and Gavin was in heat 2. They lined us up and shot the LOUD gun and were off. I got out pretty fast because I didn't know how fast to go out in a 400 but after the 100 I immediately took the lead! IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So going through the 200 me legs were getting tired but I told myself "Patrick, you are winning the race, do not give up now!" So I kept going and with 100 meters to go my legs felt like lead but I was still in the lead. Then I heard some one coming up in lane 4, it was some Highland kid that ran the mile with Caden. I held him off until the last 5 meters of the race! I have to admit, winning that race for the 395 meters that I did was freaking amazing! Then I did 2 laps cooldown. I decided not to do the 800 because my knee was hurting when I finished the 400. Oh, by the way, my 400 time was 58 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I decided to do the 4x400 team with Neff starting us, then me, then Chris, the Sam Hafen. Neff got us out pretty good, we were in second place behind the Other East team. Caden was their second runner as was I to my team so I was not going to let Caden beat me again. So I went out fast just as I did in the 400 but they were about 40 meters ahead of my team. Along the far end of the track, I could see Caden coming closer but I knew my race was coming to an end so I kicked really hard and I got about 10 meters from him then I couldn't pass him. I don't know if physically I could have gone those few strides faster to pass him or mentally I didn't want to die and loose it for my team, but I didn't pass Caden. I did make up 30 yards on him in about 200 meters! My 400 time for that was 62 or 63ish, my mom didn't know when to start the stop watch. But then I did a lap cooldown and called it a day because my knee was hurting, this is the 3rd time I have run this week, and regions is in 2 weeks and I can not afford to re-injure myself this close to regions! I came home and iced my knee a bit then went to bed.

Tue, Apr 24, 2012

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:00

2 days of running I got to do in a row! We started with the 2 laps war up, stretching, sat out of drills, then we did 3 laps warm up, and a mile of speed changes. Then we found out the workout was 12 400s and I was supposed to do as many as I could. My times for the first set of 4, we did 3 sets of 4 400s. So my times for the first set were supposed to be 83, 81, 80 and 79. I actually hit 80, 80, 76, 79 so I went faster than I was supposed to and I felt pretty good! Then we took a lap the opposite way as a recovery and started the next set. I was in a group with Abigail and Gavin but Gavin had to leave and Abigail fell behind so I was hitting my times alone. My times for this set was supposed to be 84, 82, 80, 79 and I hit 84, 82, 80, 79 so I was right where I needed to be for this set, then I took another lap recovery and by this point my knee had been hurting a lot so I did another lap and called it a day. I iced my knee, did arm swings, and calf raises when everyone was still finishing.

Mon, Apr 23, 2012

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:00:00

Today I got to run at practice. We did the usual 2 laps warm up, stretching then drills but again I sat out of drills because they hurt my knee a lot. Then the workout was 12 hills on the cement hill over by the soccer fields. I was in a group with Caden and Gavin and I won all of the hills we did except on the second to last one Bill put me in Tomy, Natalie, and Chris' group and I got second in that heat. Then I went on the Gimp run where Me, Caden, Abigail, Sarah S., and Gavin all ran over to ninth south, up to Stephies house, over to Bonneville elementary to stalk the lacrosse players, over to Sarahs Grandmas house, ran through the sprinklers, back on to 1900 east, over to 9th south, and down to the track. It was a fun run that it felt nice to be back running again.