GOING THE DISTANCE

3pm-  Easy three and striders today.  The run was great, we did the sandberg pond route.  but my left plantar started hurting way bad in the striders so i stopped.

3pm-  Today was my second time doing repeats on the track.  This time i did 3 1000's instead of 2.  It was cool to see that it was a bit easier so i am already improving in just one weed, i just need to stay healthy.  My goal was 3:30 and my times were 3:30, 3:32, and 3:28.  After did weights.

3pm-  Today we ran 5 miles on the icehouse trail.  I think it was called that.  Going up the hill was hard.

3pm-  Today was the big tempo run today.  I just had a 1 mile tempo in the middle of 5 miles.  For everybody else it was pretty rough AT pace for 30 mins.  I ran with them till they took off on their tempo.  At 2 miles I started.  I was shooting for 6:00 minutes but i started to fast and got 5:40.  On the way back from the river my leg started going all numb.  I thought it was my tendonitis strap thing so i adjusted it a billion times.  But then I realized it was my awesome zebra wrap that was too tight.  So I took it off.

5:30pm-  My bones were achin and the the earth was shakin, so I ran in the pool.  I did inter vals of 1 min go, 1 rest, 2 go, 2 rest, 3 go, 3 rest, 4 go, 4 rest, 2 super hard, 2 rest, 2 super hard, 2 rest, 1 super duper hard, 1 rest.  And I warmed up and cooled down slowly for 5 minutes.  My legs are pretty sore so it was a good workout.

3pm-  Today was real windy which made it a bit cold.  We went an easy three around sportmans and around harts and by the one church.  We made a loop around there and along the way we were giving flyers for a race to business.  Me and Paul stopped in the bank and we also got popcorn from the free popcorn friday.  After we did striders and my plantars felt alright this time.

3pm-  Today was the time trial.  The weather was great nice and sunny and not very cold.  This race was fun.  It was interesting, I havent run a 800 in like 4 years.  I had no time to base a goal off since i missed both the mile time trials and the cosmin test.  But I had guessed I could probly break 2:20.  So i guess i got my goal.  It was fun to get some track racing action and im ready for more.  Warmed up 1.5 to harts and back, and cooled down 1 mile of pizza hut.  After we did striders which were ok but on the last one my plantar hurt a bit.  My mom found a new taping that is on my foot and helps my shins and it worked great.

3pm-  Today the tempo was changed from wednesday so I wasnt mentally prepared for any thing like that.  My body was feeling battered so I just went 6 miles down to the river and back to the high school.

3pm- Had a really good run today into washington fields.  My mom told me to change my steps per minute, to make it faster.  It helped a ton.  I had none pain in my knee and none in my tibias.  Hopefully this is a big step towards staying injury free.  The whole team ended up with our shirts off so we must be doin things right.  I stretched with a few guys really good after for bout 30 minutes.

3pm-  Todays workout was 8*200m at our 800 race pace.  My pace was 34.5 and I hit it pretty good.  A couple I got in the 33's and a couple in the 35's but overall I was on pace.  My body felt good in my bones and muscles.  They werent too hard besides the last one was a bit of a push.  Weights were real good cuz I was abel to do squats and deadlift.  All I did was put on my knee band and it didnt hurt so that was good to find out. 

3pm-  Tough trail run today.  We did prospector trail.  Nice and fun but some tough hills and quick pace.  My body felt pretty good like my shins and knees.

8:30am- i met up with jake at his house and we ran 4 miles around washington fields.  we met up with paul at jakes house at 9 and we did our hills on the hills next to jakes house.  Me and paul did 2*400m and 4*200m.  I stayed with paul good on the 400s and like 1 second or less behind on the 200s.  it was fun. 

3pm-  track practice today was 4*1000m (the rest of the 800 persons did 2*300m).  These were good, i was successful at hitting my times.  I was supposed ta be 3:34 and my times were 3:35, 3:34, 3:33, 3:31.  Ryan was supposed to get 3:33 so we stayed basically together.  These were fun cuz they arent all out, you just try to hit a time.  It's like a hard challenge which is fun, but not killer just hard.  And my knee hurt really bad so I only cooled down .5 mile.

3pm-  Easy 4 miles on dogpound loop.  My shins hurt.  This evening I went and got some asics gt1000 so i hope they help.

3pm-  We had 12 200m repeats.  All my times were good close to 34.5 seconds which was my goal.  They were 33.1, 35.9, 35.1, 33.8, 34.6, 34.7, 34.1, 34.5, 34.7, 34.5, 33.7, 34.1 so thats pretty good i guess.  it was fun this is my favorite workout.

3pm-  Today was 3 easy miles and then striders.  Between the 3 and striders, we the team did our second vertical test.  I got 23.  Last time i got 24, but everybody got less.  I dont think any one got higher.

3pm-  3 easy miles to the green springs clubhouse and back.  After we did decathlon stuff.

6pm-  4 miles in the morning in the morning with fartleks. It was hard.

3pm-  3 miles easy, hotnails.  After we did decathlon stuff. 

6am-  This morning we did the kosmin thing.  and i got 755 meters for 2 minutes.  right ahead of jason.  He is a good person for me to have a goal to stay with.  

3pm-  Today was the decathlon.  In the high jump i got 4 feet.  Its too hard i sucked.  I got 19 feet and 4 inches on the shot put, and 13.52 on 100 meters and 27.43 on the 200 meters.  It was legit.  After i got 1.5 in, not 3 porque my knee had taken a real beating and it hurt. 

6am-  3 miles kinda quick, i fell behind.

3pm-  more decathlon.  today was the long jump, 300m hurdles, and discus.  I really stink at the jumping events.  like the high jump, i did bad and got 12'1".  not that i cant jump, i just am bad at the timing and form and stuff.  I did good on the hurdles, 49.03.  and pretty good on the discus too, 70 feet.  I would like to throw the discus. after did 2 miles.