Adam's Running

Ran down to AF and back with the loop by my house for extra. I haven't raced Mike head to head this year but at Alpha this week we are in racing in the mile and two mile. The field is looking fast for the two mile especially and I think if everything goes well I could go 9:45.

Today we had a workout and it was the absolute worst weather for it. The workout was 400, 30 sec rest, 800, 100m jog and a 300. We would do two sets of those with about 4 minutes of recovery inbetween sets. It was hailing/snowing/raining so hard and the wind on the backstretch was brutal, so we came through the first 400 at 67. The 800 I did in 2:23, and the 300 in 48. In the four minutes of recovery I ran back to the school and got some gloves. The second set I really pushed the 400 and got a 65 which I figure would at least be a 62 in good conditions. 30 seconds rest is nothing and by the time we started the 8 it felt like we had never stopped running, and it was absolutely terrible. Mike and I ran 2:24, but it was the hardest 2;24 I will evr run. We did the last 300 and I ran 46. Afterwards we cooled down.

Easy before Alpha tomorrow.

Today was the first day of the Alpha Invite. They went fast to slow in heats, so my race endedd up being the very first one and I had to start warming up as soon as I got there. They lined us up and I was outside of lane 8. They had some trouble starting us out, and had to fire the gun four times. When the gun finally went off I tried to get out fast, and I ended up throwing a lot of elbows battling with the Hillcrest guys in that first 200. We came through the first lap in 70, then I settled in with the walker twins from Bingham, Dakota from East, and one of the Hillcrest guys. It was pretty physical the whole way, and everytime I would try to pass on the inside I would get a couple elbows and almost get thrown off the track. The splits from there on out were just a blur. I came through the mile in 4:50, Which was a little fast and this is where Mike really dropped off. The next four laps were just brutal. I just tried to stick with that little pack through to the end, but with 400 to go the walkers from Bingham took off and with 200 to go Dakota and the Hillcrest guy both got me. I ended up running 9:52, which is a PR and overall I am very happy with this race. Afterwards I did some extra mileage to keep warm.

The mile was on the second day of the meet, and I came into knowing that I am in shape to run low 4:30's. We ended up getting very little warmup because the lady at the bullpen didn't show up for a long time. I was in the second heat today so I got to watch the fast race which was fun. They lined us up in alleys, and I was in the first one. The gun went off aand I made sure to get a good start. I tucked into second place behind Mike coming around that first bend, but he slowed down to let the AF guys take the pace. They controlled the pace from there on out and our pacing was pretty bad. We came through the first lap in 65, and the next one in 70. On the third lap Mike took the lead on the backstretch, but we still came through slow in 3:26. On the next lap my legs just gave up. I could really feel the two mile in them from yesterday and when the lead pack started really pushing from 300 out I just couldn't get my legs to move fast enough. I ended up getting beat by a couple of guys that I don't think I have ever lost to, but I guesss every race can't be a good one. It was a PR, but I know that with fresh legs, no wind, and good pacing I can run under 4:30.

Today Mike, Cole, and I met up at Legacy to run Hogs Hollow. It as kind of cold biking up there, but once we started running it felt fine. On the hardest part of the trail where the uphill is the worst I was feeling awesome so I took off and did that section faster than I ever have before. On the way down, in the most secluded part of the trail we found a random car who had tried driving down it. Some idiots had thought thye could drive down but had ended up getting stuck in the med in one of the giant ruts. The window was shattered, but when we tried to unlock it the alarm started going off so we took off. All ina ll a very solid run.