Distance runners; We can do it longer.

Today track workouts started. They wasted our time for an hour and a half and it was 4:00 by the time we got around to a run. I've been feeling a little sick lately so I decided to take it easy. But when your running with the rest of the guys on the team, 6:40 pace feels like your taking a day off if you bother to look at how far ahead everyone is. Since I didn't know if we were planning on doing some interval type work tomorrow, and being sick, I didn't go berserk and average 6:20 with the rest of the guys, but it turns out Rexus doesn't have any intervals planned until Wednesday so I suppose this was an alright day to go a little crazy on. 

An "Easy" 7 with the team. My watch had me averaging 6:30 pace for the entire run, and I was still a minute behind the lead guys on the way back and out. We've been running way too fast in our workouts. It wasn't exactly a hard workout, but I've never been able to keep my easy runs below 6:40 before. Intervals tomorrow. And the day after that I refuse to run faster then 7 minute pace.

Did 12x400 with the team today. It was actually easier then what I've been doing by myself in the off season because although I was running my intervals a few seconds faster, I wasn't going interval-recovery jog-interval-recovery jog. I actually had 10-20 seconds of rest between each recovery jog, which made it much easier. 

It was still a good workout though and I am definitely looking forward to getting some good sleep tonight and an easy run tomorrow.

An easy 6 (duh) with the team. I feel wiped out after such a hard week. Hopefully I can will myself to take it easier then what the rest of the front group guys consider an "easy" run. They all want to run 6:30's and faster day after day. I know none of us are actually in that kind of shape, but I'm not going to tell any of them otherwise. They wouldn't believe me that it's actually better to keep it easier except on the hard workout days anyways. 

Okay, back to studying for my math quiz. 

An easy-ish run to the library and back. All this running on pavement is giving me mild shin splints in my right shin so I'll probably be icing tonight. 

I forgot to add that I ran 2 in weights today. Easy running just so I could stretch out the muscles.

Met with the team for a 10 mile run today. I was actually planning on going pretty fast for the whole thing and Justin and Anthony were there to help me push myself. It felt really good, although it was a tough workout, and the last 5 miles were 6:14 or faster, three of them under 6:05. Monday were having a 1000 meter time trial, although I think it would be better if we did speedwork. 

2 out and 2 back along the canal. Legs are still really tired from the hard 10 miler yesterday. Hopefully they're a bit more fresh for tomorrow's 1000 meter time trial.

In unrelated to running news but more of highlights in my life news, I was rear ended by an old lady at an intersection today. She was going about 40 miles an hour and it shot me, my mom, and my brother all the way across the intersection. Luckily, other then a cut on my forehead from hitting my head on the steering wheel, nobody was hurt. At least now I can say I've been in a pretty bad car accident before.

Ran a 1000 meter time trial today. I didn't go into the time trial with much expectations because it was definitely more of a speed distance but, with the 10 mph breeze, I think I ran decently with a time of 2:50. I really think we could have done a more productive workout today but right now the workouts aren't up to me. Unless I want to do extra ;)

I'm pretty sure I did 6 today. Hard to remember xD

Had to run a 45 second run all out for stupid testing. I was actually like 90 meters short of 400 but I don't feel like doing the math :P

Felt really tired and sore today. All those days before have finally caught up to me. Meet on Saturday. 

Hm, three in the rain. 

I doubled up in the 1600 and the 3200 at an early season jamboree yesterday and I think it went pretty well. 

 The first race of the meet was the 3200. I started off fairly slow and ran pretty even splits for the first mile. I think I ran that first one in 5:07. After that kids started falling back while I was able to hold my pace. I passed a couple of kids with three laps to go and started working my way up to a group of three runners, one of which was wearing our arch-nemesis' high school's jersey, Southridge :P I caught up to the group of three kids and passed two of them. Actually I passed all three, but the Southridge runner wasn't finished yet. He passed me with 350 to go, but that didn't last very long. I had way more in me then he did and I kicked passed him with 300 to go and never looked back. Usually my races involve me going out with the lead pack then slowly dying. But this race I ran nearly even splits, 5:07 and 5:09, and I even had a kick at the end, which, not gonna lie, felt really good. PR because that's the first time I've ran the 3200 on the track.

Two and a half hours later was the mile. There were three heats in the mile, and that was the cause of a bit of controversy because the fast runners were split up between all three heats. By some unspoken agreement, the fast guys decided to run in the third heat, regardless of what heat they were assigned originally. I really didn't care too much because I was doubling up anyways, and I had been focusing on the 3200. So I ran in the second heat, the one they put me in. Turns out, the second heat is filled with a bunch of kids that can barely break 5 minutes. I realized a minute before they fired the gun that that was my heat lining up on the line so I ripped off my sweats and set up in the second row of the waterfall start. I started off REALLY slow. I think my first lap was a 75. After that it was all fun and games. I started passing up kids left and right. Well, mostly on the right because we were running on a track. It was ridiculous how slowly these kids were running and by the straightaway on the third lap I had caught up to the leaders. By now I wasn't even breathing that hard and my legs felt good. So I passed up the leader with about 450 to go because he was dying like a fish without water, but mostly because I wanted to hear the crowd cheer. It was such and easy pace for the first three laps that I pretty much kicked the last 400. It was really awesome to win one for once, and even better, it was easy enough that I could just enjoy it. Final time 4:54. Would have been a  PR for sure if I had been running fresh.   

Went to the park and ran 6x600 with the team. I was not ready for this kind of stuff, at least the legs weren't because I could still feel them from Saturday's double. Planning on jogging tomorrows run, whatever it may be.  

Did a step down kind of speedwork today. 4x400 4x300 and 4x200 with a one minute rest inbetween intervals and a three minute rest inbetween transfers to another distance. I strongly despise this kind of pure speed speedwork, just for the record.

Whoops, switched Wednesday and Tuesday again. Easy 7 to the highway. 

Two laps around the library and back.