Recovery

Today was speed at the oval. I liked leaving right after school instead of staying for the track warm up and drills, because then we could get home sooner. We did 2 miles of warm up outside and came inside, did 1 lap, then 4 laps speed changes. We then did a timed mile, and I was supposed to hit no slower than a 6:10. I hit a 6:05, right where I was supposed to be. We did 2 laps recovery, then got onto our 10 200s. Each one was a 200 hard and 200 recovery, so basically 10 laps of J's. I fell behind at first, but I progressively got faster. We did 7 laps of cool down in lane 3 to be at 10 miles for the day. Then we all drove home and Natalie and I went to Gavin's game.

Today I didn't go to practice right after school because in last period (chemistry) we were playing with Nickel Sulfide, which I'm allergic to. Let's just say I wasn't in the best condition to run. I went home and finished my homework, then later went to the gym to do the workout. I did a mile on the dreadmill, but 1, it was boring, and 2, the indoor air and recovery from the nickel were not mixing well. I went to the weight room and did some leg curls, and above each knee I had a really painful knot. I stopped that to do some squats and arm swings and other stuff. I also massaged them out before doing the leg curls again. The knots weren't as tight, but they were still pretty bad. I went back to the dreadmill, and after a mile I had to stop. I really need a foam roller, my knees are killing me. I also need to stay away from nickel and stop running around inside.

Today we did the outside lap around the school for the whole team warm up. We did our dynamics and some baton drills before splitting. Distance ran up 9th south, over to Sunnyside, did a lap around the track, up to Sunnyside park, a lap around the park, and down to the track again. I ran with Kiley, Sarah B, and Sarah S. We did 1 lap at Sunnyside park and when we got to the track we did a mile speed changes. We weren't sure where the others had gone... But when they got back we stretched THEN did what was supposed to be a mile speed changes. I guess we did 2 miles of speed changes. Then we did 2 sets of 300s with instant 100 recovery. In between the 2 sets we did 2 laps recovery. After the last set, I did 2 laps with Kiley  and the Sarahs before running back down to the school. It was an okay workout, but today everyone felt exhausted (not sure why, I couldn't really keep my eyes open).

Today we did our track warm up and drills, that's 2 vertical laps, and drills with lots of strides. For a run we ran along 13th east to 21st south, down to 9th east, and over to Fairmont park for some strides. There was a big tent set up there, and we decided we were going to get a big tent like that for track, complete with sleeping bags, yoga mats, a kitchen, walls, and a doorbell. I think we should get a circus tent, or a teepee. Anyways, after strides we ran on 9th east from Fairmont to 8th south, up a block, to 9th south, up a block, to 8th south, up a block, and back to 9th south. Once we hit 6 at the bottom of the hill on 11th east, we walked up. I had some delicious Spaghetti Factory for dinner because of our meet tomorrow!

I did mile warm up and mile speed changes while the track was opened for warm up. I was in the 6th out of 7 heats, going from slowest to fastest. I don't really remember much of the race since I'm blogging a day late, but I was pretty satisfied with my time and effort. As I was about to go cool down, my cousin called me and asked if I wanted to go to Ab's drive through, and I just couldn't say no....

When we got to the oval today, I went on a 2 mile shakeout run with the team. When we got back I went to the bull pen for the 800 and was in heat 4 of 5, slowest to fastest. I got a pretty good start considering I was in the back. I'm not sure what my first split was, but I got a 2:37. My goal was 1:17 each lap and get a 2:34, but I PR'd so I'm happy with it. I did a 2 mile cool down and then went to the Nike Outlet on Jordan Landing for a team shopping spree. When we got back to the oval, the other 3200 girls were in the bull pen and the officials were calling us into our heats. I was in heat 2 of 2 with Natalie and Sarah S. While the first heat was running, we got to use the track for warm up. Since my spikes were having their spikes put in them, I got to run a warm up with a couple of lengths on the track... in my socks! Plus I had been running around the bull pen. Once I got my spikes on I did a couple of strides before the start. I got to start on the front line, and I got a pretty good start, and I felt alright about it, but then I remembered that it was 7 laps. I was supposed to break 12 today, but my mile split was 6:05 and my final time was 12:19. That's a PR by about 25 seconds on a track (One second... on a downhill 5k) but I despise the 3200 and never ever want to run it again because it is the worst race ever invented and should go die. I was in a really bad mood, so I went for a 6 mile cool down around the neighborhood. Then I went home, and since my parents finally decided to call a plumber I can shower in my bathroom for the first time since October! That felt gooooood.