Today I was running in the 1600 of the distance medley (1200, 400, 800, 1600). I warmed up jogging about a mile and then I did about a mile with strides. The race went well. I ran a 6:06 which was slower than yesterday, but I was alone the whole time and didn't have anyone pushing me. My splits were more even today. I ran a 1:22, 1:35, 1:37, 1:29. I felt better about this race because I didn't let my third lap get too slow. Then I was running in a 4x800. I ran about a 2:50. I was the second leg and me and a girl from Judge started at the same time. She stayed with me for the first 500 meters, but with 300 to go I started to pick it up and she didn't stay with me. Then with 100 meters to go I kicked which is a first. I need to work more on my kick because I was outkicked in all my races but the 4x800. Overall the meet was good, I just need to improve my times.
This afternoon I went for a run. I ran on the track. I ran two miles warm-up. 8:30 then 7:26. Then I did 2x300 walking 100 meters in between (54, 53). These felt good I was trying to focus on switching into a faster gear on these. Then I did 10x100 walking about 40-50 meters in between. I did these in about 14-15 seconds. After the 5th one my right hip started hurting but I pushed through it. Then I did a mile cooldown in 7:36. The total time for the whole workout was 27:45. It was a good workout to end the week with. | 