Full drills with Megan (Coach told us we did them perfectly, which was a relief because when we finished and walked over, he was in the middle of lecturing the conference group on how we need to focus on doing drills correctly) then 30 minute easy run down 8th. We talked a little bit more than the last time, so that was a good sign that we're getting more comfortable with each other. Sydney, Heather, and Brooke are all kinda hit-or-miss when it comes to practice due to injuries and class conflicts, so Megan and I are going to be doing a lot of running with just the two of us.
After the run we had 6xstrides and Coach said my form was looking a lot better- he only had to tell me to focus on my arms once. Then he said he had "something special in store for us." My thoughts went immediately to hot fudge sundaes, because I can't think of anything more special than that, but alas. He meant anaerobic circuits. I hated them. Well.. actually, for the most part, they weren't that bad. We had to do 20 seconds of burpees, 20 seconds of high knees, 20 seconds of something that I forgot what they're called, 20 seconds of grasshoppers. Then we did 5 single-leg squats on each leg, 5 pike planks, 5 other kind of planks, and 5 other other kind of planks. All the planks were done on these giant exercise balls that seemed a little unsafe to me (mostly because I kept crashing to the floor). Then we had to do the 20 second things all over again. THEN. This is where I hated it. We did 5 more pike planks, then 5 pendulums. Turns out, I am completely incapable of performing this exercise. It took me years to get 5 because I fell off the stupid ball every half-pendulum. It took me so long that Megan moved on to the next exercise and once Coach got sick of watching me fall, he told me to just go get a drink because Megan was done with the set. Then we had a burnout set where we did normal planks (except not THAT normal because we still had to do them on the dumb ball) for a long time, then switched to a push up plank thing for a shorter time, then did 45 seconds of high knees progression. Then we had to do an 8 minute set of core, and Coach told me to make sure I did a plank set during it because I suck at everything. Those weren't his exact words, but I could see it in his eyes.
So yes. Also on Wednesday I have to meet with the sprint coach so she can help me with my technique on lifting because I also suck at that.
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