Running Blog

1.5 mile warm up. 10x100 @ 16 seconds, 3x200 @ 33 seconds.

Holy Hannah. I have never been so miserable after a workout. I don't think it actually was all because of the workout; I think today was a yucky day anyway. The 100s were fine and felt good and same with the first 200, but then the lactic built up and the second two 200s were like :35ish. At this point, I was so dizzy and pukey and ouchy that I couldn't even walk without everything going all fuzzy and weird, so I would sit down and drink some water, then get up and walk a few steps, then sit down again. Coach Spence had me lay down and put my legs up against the wall to drain the lactic, but they hurt so bad I couldn't even stretch them out and I ended up just laying down in a heap at the base of the wall. I laid there for so long, some guy came up and asked if I was dead. I told him yes. He told me his name was Dan and that I probably wouldn't die. And that was the end of our interaction. After like 15 minutes of laying there and wallowing in misery, I staggered to my feet and walked home in this gross cold drizzly fog and my hair got all frizzy and my life just sucks. But Coach Spence told me he's glad I'm coming out for track and I have a lot of potential. So yippee for potential. If I ever decide to walk again, anyway.

40 minutes easy with Heather. I am a bit sore from yesterday (even my arms. That's how long it's been since I did any kind of speed). Full core after. It was a good day, even though I was originally planning on XT-ing for today. I'll do that tomorrow.

40 minutes on the stationary bike in the mezzanine. I supposedly biked 7.9 miles, but I didn't actually go anywhere, so that could be BS. 6x100 m strides in the Laub afterward. They'd taken down the oval so I just did them straight up the middle of the field.

In other, more terrifying news, Coach Spence called me today and asked if I wanted to run the mile at Boise this weekend. My brain was all like "h-e-double-hockey-sticks no, you disgusting human being. Do you think I am race-ready at this point in time? If so, you have much more confidence in me than I do." But in real life I just sort of laughed nervously and said "..I don't know.. sure?" So.. I'm racing this weekend. Pray for me.

25 minute warm up with Heather, Sydney, & Megan. Wasn't much of a warm up though because it was freezing and I was colder when I got back than when I started. Fun thing though, we passed Corey running the opposite way. He said "hi JP!" and I said "hey Corey!" and that was it. Then we got back & had a freaking workout. I was like "..uh.. did you know we're racing this weekend?" But whatever. We did 6x100 at :16ish and then we were supposed to have 4x200 at :32. But halfway through the 200s I had a mild emotional breakdown about the meet this weekend and Coach moved me to the miler group, so I ended up doing 2x100 at :18 and 4x200 at :36. So, overall, my whole workout was (6x100, 2x200, 2x100, 4x200). Then legs and 7 min core.

During my little freak-out though, I told Coach I wasn't sure if I was ready and he told me not to worry. He said he wanted me to come up to the meet & be with the team, and if I ran or not was up to me. He said I have up until I step on the line to back out. I don't plan on backing out based on my nerves, because that's super lame, but if I get there and the times seem too out-of-reach I might wait til the next meet to run. I don't know. This is the kind of thing that makes me question if I started track again simply because I hate my life.

Easy 40 minutes with the team except for the DMR girls. It was fun to watch them. Afterward we all lay down on the floor and put our legs against the wall to drain the lactic. 

Ed Jacoby Invitational. 20 minute warm up, light drills, 4x100m strides, RACE, 15 minute cool down.

Well.. it was definitely my first race back. That's the only detail from the actual race that I think is needed. I still don't know my time because I looked it up online and they have the wrong time for me somehow. It's weird, because they have me 7 places higher up than I should be and there's no one on the list with my actual time, so I didn't get switched with anyone or anything. They just put the wrong time. But hey. I'll take it. It's a lot faster than my actual time. 

This race was a huge learning experience for me-- I've never raced indoor on a track like that. It's 200m and like all wooden and on stilts or something. It's very noisy. Also, after the first 3 laps, all my pacing went out the window and I was kind of just running. I was pretty discouraged after I finished, but now I just want to get back out and try again. I want to try pacing better and sticking with girls. Our next meet is this coming Saturday and it's at the same track. I hope Coach Spence lets me run the mile again at this one, because I know I can do better. Today was rough for a variety of reasons. Mostly because just getting on the starting line was a huge accomplishment for me. My race day nerves have always been bad, but this meet was ridiculous. I was terrified the whole weekend, and after Coach gave me the option of backing out, it was especially difficult to want to get out there. But I did it and that was good. Also, my entire right leg was ouchy and I'm not sure why. And, after one of the worst night's sleeps I've ever had, I woke up sick this morning-- sore throat, bad headache, etc. I guarantee a lot of it was mental because I was so so nervous. So I want to try again in better conditions and see what I can do.