Okay, maybe I'm starting to feel better. It's amazing how being sick can slow down your fitness. Today I felt like I had some legs. Hopefully, my lungs will be next and then my mind... I ran 2 miles cool down with the East High team. They needed a speed workout today because they're going to St. George this Friday for the Pineview Invite. It was a good workout for some and those that are not as fit with a good base struggled the most. I even had athletes come to me halfway through the warm up with excuses for cutting the warm up short. I try to explain warming up is an important part of the workout as well as the cool down. Our warm up is 4 laps slow followed by 4 laps of speed changes ( fast on the straights and jog slow on the curves) the first straight is about 65% and each one you pick it up a little until your last one which should be about 90%. Follow this with a slow recovery lap the opposite direction on the track. Then they get some water change their shoes if they have spikes, and some light stretching. This can take about ten minutes but I try to hurry it along.
The speed workout was 4 X 1200 with 1 lap jog and about 90 seconds recovery. The JV runners did 4 X 800 with the same recovery. Times were based on the race times from Fridays Mile or Two mile race at the dual meet. 2 mile cool down slow, usual loop up to Sunnyside park, over to the U. down to 1300 E and back to the track.
Now back to my run, I ran a backwards loop of Salt lake City Marathon. Started at home and went North on Holladay Blvd and up to 23rd East and 3900 S. West on 39th to VanWinkle(700 E). followed the course back around and up 6200 S. to Holladay Blvd and home. When I got about a half mile from home I looked at my Garmin it read Lost satelite. It was froze @ 12.65 miles I ran the rest of the way and it kept cutting out I don't know why. I don't think I had a low battery. When I downloaded it it showed a straight line from Holladay Blvd. to my house where I turned it off. My avg HR 153 Max 170. Felt relaxed enough to push at times.
Oh yeah, tonight when I was crossing VanWinkle and 1300E. The light started to change as I approached the intersection it was red before I even got barely got into the intersection when a car going North came flying through the red light it was dark and I only saw it in the last second had to make a quick move to avoid being hit. Just reminder for me and everyone we need to be careful out there. You never know what a driver is doing.
Some might have seen it on the News, Friday night late a car accident at 2100 S and 1300 E. a driver on his cell phone ran a red light and hit a car with three girls. Killing the girl driving, she was a East High School student. 17 years old, chose to graduate early, a track runner and a good friend to many. It is a great loss. She will be missed. One of her favorite meets was The Pineview invite this weekend. East has decided to dedicate this meet in her memory. Take time to smile at someone today, give someone an extra hug, make an unexpected call to an old friend. Run and feel the wind we have a lot to be thankful for...
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