The Renegade

Today was the first official track practice, so it was a little different. I jogged an 800 before and then after the whole team meeting and segregation of the event groups, we did a mile warmup with a standing warmup and stretches. The workout I did was 4x400m @ 79 w/ 400m jogs + 6x200m @ 39 w/ 200m jogs. It was really supposed to be 8 200s but when I started the workout I thought it was 4 200s, so I did those and was already feeling like crap and when I found out there were four more I decided to cut it at six. 

Splits:

400s- 79, 82, 80, 77

200s- 37, 40, 38, 36, 40, 38

The whole thing was done continuously, so I was never not moving. It really started to get tough once the 200s came around, especially after I had ran the 4th one all out and found out I still had some more. Afterwards I did a mile cooldown on the infield, which felt super long. Then 4 100m strides on the turf barefoot, and then hip drills, then weights. I went heavier than I ever have on the bench, so as I'm writing this (the next day) I'm feeling kind of sore. The weather was nasty today. It was snowing and just got worse throughout practice. 

Recovery run on the river trail, all the way to the end and then around the golf course and the fairgrounds. A little while after turning around I started to feel like crap, but that's kind of to be expected. I just took the ACT and I didn't get very hydrated. Strides afterwards. 

Tempo day. I just did a two mile tempo just to keep this week a little easier still. We ran to the normal spot, and after doing the regular warmups we started. I ran it in 12:41, so that was actually a little too fast, but I didn't feel like I was going way over my lactic threshold, at least not as much as the 3 mile last week. Then we ran back, did strides, and a got in a solid weight session. 

Recovery run down to Woodruff and then Golf Course loop. I actually didn't feel too bad, despite getting 5 hours of sleep last night and forgetting my water bottle. But I did sleep 13 hours the night before, so that must have had a late effect, seeing that I didn't feel too good yesterday. The run was followed by some barefoot strides, which felt good. Fartlek tomorrow on the cross-country course, so i'm actually excited about that. 

Workout on the XC course today. It was a fartlek, so 3 x 3min hard w/ 2 min easy and then going right into 3 x 2min hard w/ 1 min easy. I really enjoyed this, and it was good to have a workout the really gives you a break mentally. My blister was only bothering me a little bit and like always I couldn't feel any shin pain. When we got backs to the school I did some hip drills and lifting, but not as much today. Later after my brother's musical I took the band-aid off my foot and the top of the bister was ripped, so we'll see if I can run tomorrow, but that was probably good for it.

1 hour easy in a loop through the island and river heights. I actually felt pretty good and relaxed. I thought it was going to suck. The weather was amazing, like a typical spring evening. I was planning on stopping by woodruff to do some strides on my way back, but my stomach was bothering me so I ran straight home. I did a few pickups in the last half mile to replace them.