The Renegade

Okay run today for coming on to my third week of consistent solid training. I went out about 2 with Mark near my house and then realised I was feeling to sluggish for that pace so I turned around and ran the river trail (I started feeling better there) before going back to the school. When I got to the track I did 2x200m in ~31.5 and 32. Then another half mile on the infield without shoes on.

6x600m today. We got in a half mile warmup, which wasn't quite enough, but oh well. After some drills we started. I pretty much ran the whole workout with Davis on my heels. There it is:        

6x600m w/ 200m jog in a 1:30 rest. 

2:13, 2:14, 2:06, 2:12, 2:13, 2:00

I didn't really feel like I was exerting myself. 1.5 miles after with a mile of strides, then weight room and another mile on the treadmill.

1 mile before our run. We started going up canyon road and then decided to run the Shoreline trail. That started a little over 3 miles in. It was pretty tough and slow going up the big hills and then when it started to level off my need for a restroom did the opposite. Luckily we found a port-a-potty and that made running feel a lot easier. We then ran through campus and on the road by the temple to get back to the school. 2x200m in 34 and 31, with another 400 after to round it off. That left me pretty exhausted and I have a 3 mile tempo tomorrow, so hopefully that goes okay.

One thing I can say is, today I learned my lesson. Half a mile wzarmup before practice, and then we ran to the tempo where I did a 3 miler. I ran it 20:24, which I know is way slower than it should be with the shape that I'm in. That really taught me not to go so long on recovery days, or else it isn't a recovery day anymore and it takes away from the quality of my workout. I would have felt alot better if I had just run about 8 miles the day before. We jogged back and I did a an extra miles worth of strides and jogging in between. Then hip drills.

Good recovery day. I didn't get to go as long as I would have since I had to do Driver's Ed stuff after school, but I think it was good that I didn't. I felt alot better than I expected after yesterday. I didn't feel amazing but good compared to what I expected to feel like based on how I felt all day at school. I just calculated the pace and it came out as a 7:53 but that's cool, it's been one of those weeks, and recovery runs are supposed to be slow anyways. I basically did the same loop as last Monday through River Heights, and the dirt road was in perfect condition compared to last time. I tried to hit as much grass and dirt as possible. Later I found out I could have got in 15 more minutes of running or at least strides before I had to go but oh well. Tomorrow 200m repeats in place of super long Saturday. I geuss i already had that on wednesday anyways.

I'd say today was an okay way to end my training week. Mark, Coach Strand and I met for 8x200m @ ~800m pace w/ a 200m jog in a 1:30 rest. That's what I did. They went another two. Here were my times:

35.6,     37.0,     34.1,     34.2,     32.7,     35.9,     34.9,     30.9

On numbers 4 and 6 I ran on the infield and just started a few feet back from the line because I was feeling slightly inflamed in the lower legs. That workout went by pretty fast. Definitley a more anaroebic workout, like the hills almost, but I think the hill workout is more fun to do. After that Mark and Coach ran a mile with me and left for a trail run (I would have joined them if I wasn't so close to my mileage goal) and then ran another mile and a half in a loop downtown. My breathing was really low and I felt like I could go farther, but I decided that I shouldn't increase my mileage yet just to be safe. The sun came out when I was coolibng down and it was pretty warm. Nice day other than the wind.