Breanna's Running Blog

Today I went for an easy run to keep my legs loose. I decided to wear the garmin just for fun to see what my heart rate was. I ran 4 miles, starting from my house. I ran up to wasatch and then out on wasatch a little bit and then back home. My average heart rate was 174 and my max heart rate was 186. This run has alot of hills so I averaged 9:28 per mile, with a total time of 37:52. It was really windy, but other than that the weather was good.

After my run, we went up to Ogden to certify the 30k. We had some problems and by the time we were half-way through it was dark, cold, and rainy, and we didn't know where to go so we went home and are going to try it tomorrow. I ended up biking like 25 miles, and I didn't get home till 12:30.

Today we did a speed workout on the track.We warmed up 4 laps slow and then 4 laps of speed changes and one lap slow. Then we did 2x1000, 2x800, 2x600. My recovery was an 800 jog in between on each repeat, but only one lap on the 600's.These were my times:

1000- 3:49

1000- 4:01

800- 3:15

800- 3:17

600- 2:26

600- 2:36

The workout felt good, but my legs got really tired towards the end, so I just tried to keep pushing through it. The wind was blowing really hard and was in our face more of the time then at our backs for the second 1000, and the second 600. Then for our cooldown we did 4 laps slow.

After the workout we had to go certify the 30k so I ended up biking like 20 miles and I didn't get home till 12:30.

AM- This morning we went on a run from the track up through the u's campus and then up to eleventh avenue, across to the cemetary, and then back to the track. It was 5.25 miles. When we got back to the track we did 10x100 meter strides. My legs were really tired, and I only got about 4 1/2 hours of sleep. My time was 49:34.

PM- We jogged one lap around the track, and then this afternoon we ran up to the dog park. Did 10 strides and then ran back to the track. It was 4.5 miles. It was a good run, but my legs were still really tired. My time was 38:39. It was really hot, but other than that  a good run.

AM- We just went for an easy run this morning to loosen up our legs for the meet this afternoon. We ran from the track to einsteins, had bagels, and then ran back to the track. It was 2.25 miles and took me 22:51.

PM- We had a track meet today, and it was very frustrating. We did all three distance events because the meet was supposed to be more of a workout. The mile was first and I did about a mile of jogging with some strides in it. Then for the mile I was really focused to run hard but it didn't happen. My splits were:

1:21-This was good, but I had planned to go out with the leaders and they were already 10 meters or more ahead of me, but I still should have been able to get a good time with this first split

1:35- I slowed down way to much on this lap, a few more people passed me

1:38- I didn't slow much down from my second lap, but I should have picked it up to make up for lost time

1:39- Obviously, I didn't really kick, because my last lap was my slowest, I need to work on a kick because so far mine is non-existent

My final time was 6:15. Then we had just a little bit of time before the 800 so, I did a little bit of jogging and then we had the race. This wasn't very good either because my 800 in the mile was faster than my actual 800. My splits were:

1:28- I went out way too slow!

1:33- Again, I didn't have a kick

Finally we had the 3200. I didn't do much warming up for this, just a little bit of jogging. At the starting line everyone on the team was planning on just running together and talking, but as soon as the gun went off the plan went out the door ( we're all too competitive). The 3200 wasn't so bad, but I should have run faster. Here are my splits:

1:36

1:39

1:42

1:44

1:41

1:44

1:43

1:34

In this race I did okay, after the second lap I tried to do pick-up's on all the straight aways, and in the last lap I picked it up which was good, but I still need to work on a kick.

All in all the meet was frustrating. I think some factors could have been all the miles I put on the bike, also I have either really bad allergies or a cold, but I still should be running faster.

AM- This morning we went for an easy 5.25 miles. We ran the same route that we ran on Monday. We are trying to cut back a bit, so we can race well in Tooele. It took me 54:05. When we got back to the track we did 10x100 meter strides, just thinking about form. It felt good today, the weather was perfect.

Today was a nice easy run. We jogged one mile on the track, then we did this thing to see how long we could run at a full out sprint without slowing down twice. The first time I only made it about 70 meters and the second time I made it about 90 meters. We did this to help us know when we should start our full out kick in races. Then we did 9x100 meter strides focusing on form, and a mile of easy jogging.

I was disappointed with my meet today. I ran the 3200 and the 1600. The 3200 I was really ready for mentally. I had been planning on running the 1600 beforehand and then just doing what I could in the 3200, but they were in the opposite order. My 3200 was more or less a tempo run. I ran a 14:09. Really slow. In the mile I was planning on going out a little bit slower so I wouldn't die so much. I was supposed to go out at 85 but it turned out to be a 88. Then the next to laps I did okay. I ran 1:33 in both of them and on the last lap I didn't kick so I ended up with a 1:36. I ran a 6:10 so I won't be doing the mile at BYU but at least now I can focus on just the 3200, and try to do well at that. I have been sick for a few days so that probably played a factor. Now I just need to get fresh legs, healthy, and focused for BYU.