Love2Run

I think I must have cought a cold on the plane.  

First day of track practice.  I am on the middle distance team and will be running the 800m and sometimes 1500m.  There are 3 members in our group.  In comparison, there are 18 in the long distance group.  They run the 3000m and 5000m.   There is also about 15 girls in the sprinting group 100m to 400m.  That is an indication of where the Japanese place emphasis I think.

Today we had to weigh in.

I was 177 cm and 51 kg.  I think I might be the tallest on the team.

After weigh ins we ran a warm up, then ran 5K at 10K pace (my time was 19:10).

Ran a cool down.

It was cold, but nice and sunny today.

We did some weight lifting after and some core exercises.

Ran an easy warm up, then ran 10 x 400m steep hill sprints.  Walked down the hill between each.  Ended with an easy cool down run.

Warm up run.

10 x 200m sprints.  We practiced starting from starting blocks.

Cool down run.

We ran a very easy 3 miles today. 

Warm up run.

5 x (50m + 100m + 200m + 400m) sprinting.

Cool down run.

6 miles of easy running.

10 x 50 m sprints all out at the end.

My left achilles is hurting today.  Maybe it is all of the fast sprinting that is getting to it.  It is on the left side, the same side as I had my broken ankle.  Maybe the supporting muscles on that side are still weak so there is too much stress on the achilles.  

I enjoy being on the school team, but the most frustrating thing is not being in charge of my own training.  Sometimes I feel that the workouts are too much, and at other times I don't think they are enough.  I wish I had the option of being able to select my own training to fit how my body is feeling at the time.