The Renegade

So I got really lucky today. Becouse me and a few other people are fast enough to go to region but too slow to go to state we got a super easy workout. Here it is:

800m warmup + 2x (400m F-pace w/ full recoveries + 800m cooldown

So now I have at  ton of energy, and with another easy day tomorrow, this tapering that we're doing is really going to give us non-state qualifiers a potential to get a hopefully nice PR . I know I'm ready too on thursday.

This is nice, it's just getting easier as we continue to taper. Basically teh same as yeseterday, but a little slower:

800m warmup + 2x (400m R-pace w/ full recoveries) + 800m cool down

I actuall quite enjoyed those 400s . I was supposed to hit about 1:18, I just found out. I ran them in 1:20 and 1:18. So it was actually the first one that I was off on. I did'nt even look at my watch on either, so that's pretty good. 

I've got even more energy now that I want to get out of my system, but I'll save it for region and be smart. Just one 400 tomorrow, but I might practice a couple starts for the 2 mile because we've only done mile starts before.

Region got postponed for today because of the weather, and they're moving it all to tommorrow. That's fine because my race wasn't today anyways, but then again tomorrow the 32 will be one of the last races, so I'll probably miss my orchestra concert.  I'll go anyways, but that's kind of frustrating.  

I ran three laps in seventh to help Hayden with his workout, (he hit his times later every time), then at practice coach had us do an 800m warmup, then just 400m at F-pace, and Keith and I just did a 400m cool down. It was slightly rainy and overcast, but it wasn't that bad, I think they still could have pulled off a meet today.

So the title of this entry says that it was just the 3200, but that wasn't even the highlight of my day.

In the 4x800 relay, my team placed 1st, which we were actually really excited about. The order went Luke, Damon, Me, then Keith. At the end of Luke's leg, we were in second. Them Damon put us into first by quite a bit. When I was waiting for him to pass it off, the Sky View guys who were in second were telling their 3rd leg runner that he had to go fast to beat me. I received the baton pretty well and then as soon as I started, I knew that I felt good. At around the 200m mark, the Sky View runner caught up to me and passed me. I expected that he was just really fast at the 800 and he was going to keep that speed but I stayed on his shoulder and passed him shortly after. Then I passed it off to Keith, he raced really well, and we won! Too bad there's no 4x800 at state!

The 3200 didn't go as well as I wanted it to. I finished in dead last place, but it was technically my first varsity track race, so I don't feel too bad about it. As soon as the race started, the main pack started to separate from me and a Mountain Crest runner. I tried to hang on too him, and I did for the entire first mile. Then he eventually broke away, although my memory of him doing so is clouded. In I think lap 6, it got pretty tough mentally because I was getting lapped by the faster people. I tried to stay strong though, and kind of focused on keeping my form solid. In the last 200, my legs were really burning, but I made sure that I sped up quite a bit. I PR'd, but I was't completely satisfied with my time. The 4x800 was over two hours before then, but maybe I would've gotten a better time if I had'nt done that. Oh well, there's another chance at JV region.

First I ran a mile in seventh hour just because I felt like it. Then I found out that there was no practice, but a couple of people still showed up, so we went and did a short hill workout. (2x400m hills R-pace w/ down hill cooldowns) I was going to do more sets, but the rest of our group was'nt very motivated. The weather was actually really nice outside when we started our run, but before we went back it started to rain and thunder. By the time we got to thwe school it was pouring buckets. I'm glad we brought our stuff in in time.

Today I had a really good run. I just felt great the whole time and did'nt get tired, which is pretty much teh opposite from last Saturday's run, which was actually less than half the distance. I listened to the radio, maybe that helped me somewhat. The only bad thing that happened was after about half a mile, I got a nose bleed, which I could luckily get to stop. I ended up going all the all the way to the tip of the island area up Sumac Dr. past Riverside Elementary( which I had never heard of before) In the last half mileI got a small side ache, but that's just 1/16 of an otherwise really enjoyable, easy run. I'm glad I got the mileage too, I just hope it was'nt too much for Tuesday, on which I've decided I'm running the two mile again because I'm frustrated with not PRing as much as I wanted too.