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Ran 1 mile for a warm up to make sure my achilles was okay.  Felt no pain, so ran 2 miles in 14:15.  Then finished up with 1 mile very relaxed.  Felt really good running today.  We got our schedule for track today.  I am a little excited.

Also did some skipping rope.  The way we did the skipping rope was like running in place while skipping the rope.  We did it as fast as we could for 1 minute, then 30 seconds rest.  We did that 4 times.  I was surprised how tired I got.

Did pretty much the same workout today as yesterday.

Started off with an easy mile to get my achilles warmed up and ready to go.

Then ran 2 miles in 13:55.  Felt a lot easier and much better than yesterday.  

Finished off with an easy mile.

I think I will continue doing this for the rest of this week and see how things go, an then next week will start adding in some faster stuff.

I am not really sure how to train for the 800m and 1500 m.  There are three of us on the team that are going run those distances.  The distance coaches are working with the long distance people, and we are under the direction of the sprinting coaches, but they have pretty much left us on our own.  

The same workout again.

1 mile slow to warm up.

2 miles in 13:07.  I have been trying to run the two miles a little faster everyday.  I have already come down more than a minute from Monday.  I don't know how much I will be able to bring my time down without having to change gears and speed things up.  Right now I have been staying in a comfort zone.

Finished off with 1 mile slow.

Same workout again.

1 mile warm up.

2 miles in 12:43 (was able to run it a little faster again today).  I think that is going to be the limit without having to change gears.  

1 mile cool down.

Did some rope skipping later.

I have really been thinking about how to train for running the 800m and 1500m.  None of the three of us really knows what to do.  We have not been getting much guidance from our coaches.  We are under the direction of the sprinting coaches, but they just tell us to go for a long run.  It seems to me that since 1500m is the longest we will be running, doing long distance runs is not going to be that helpful.  It seems to me that we need to be doing more fast stuff.  

1 mile warm up.

2 miles in 13:01. ( A little slower than yesterday.  It was raining hard during the run, so that might have been the reason for the slower time, plus I was not too excited to be out running in the rain.  It was warm though, about 14C.)

1 mile cool down.

I have been looking at our track meet schedule.  We have some small meets, then we have some qualifying meets for qualifying in the Prefectural Championship meet.  Those who do well in the Prefectural Championship meet move on to the Regional Championship meet, and those who do well there get to run in the National Championship meet.

In looking at last years time, the top eight times ranged from:

Prefectural Championship Meet (Kanagawa Prefecture)

800m:   2:13.77 to 2:15.71

1500m: 4:26.90 to 4:34.22

Region Championship Meet (Kanto Region)

800m:   2:09.91 to 2:20.09

1500m: 4:24.42 to 4:28.83

National Championship Meet

800m:   2:07.98 to 2:13.11

1500m: 4:17.17 to 4:20.72

Those are the times I have to aim at.  I think I might have a good chance of making it to the Prefecture meet.  After that I am not sure.

The first qualifying meet will be on April 13, and then another meet on April 20, 21.  I need to get ready by then.