Thatcher's Running Blog

I ran nine miles with Neal tonight. It was nice because it actually warmed up a little bit. I felt good. 

I ran 6.5 pretty easy with Neal today. We sorta made up a new loop. We went on ninth, down past the graveyard, and past the train tracks onto University. It was a pretty good loop, something new. We then did some strides on the grass. 

I ran the 1500 today. I was hoping to get anywhere from 4:00 to 4:10. Which would have been a pr equivalent. 

I warmed up about 2.5 miles and stretched. The weather was not good, 36 with a light snow. There were about twenty two guys in the race, and I was seeded 12th. I got a good start, and was in sixth or seventh place through the first 400. I came through at 65. I was passed by two guys on the backstretch. I should have tried to keep up with that front group, but I thought I went out too fast. I went through eight hundred meters at 2:12-2:13. I was still in pretty good position, but not feeling great. Neal caught me on this lap with five hundred meters to go. My third 400 was 70, and I was slowing down. The last 400 meters of the race I did in 73. I don't know what happened, it was just really, really slow.

So my converted time for a 1600 was about 4:35. This is eight seconds off my pr. I know I am faster than last year, I think it was just inexperience. I wasn't used to running a  mile, and I may have gone out too fast for the conditions. The funny thing is, I wasn''t very tired, and I'm not even sore the next day. I think I can push it a lot harder, and will try again next weekend.

I cooled down 2.5 miles with Neal.

I didn't run today. It was snowy and I didn't really have the motivation to go out and run by myself. 

I ran with Neal after class today. I warmed up two slow miles before I met Neal just to get more mileage in. We then went out on University towards UVU for three miles, and came back. I then added 2.25 more on up to Neal's dorm and back. I felt really good today. The weather was nice, and the run felt really easy. My average pace for the whole run was 6:27. If you take off the first two slower miles, then the pace was 6:18. My total distance for the run was 10.25. 

Today I did a workout with Neal. I did 400, 800, 1200, 1200, 800. My times were 63, 2:17, 3:35, 3:45, 2:14. I was having breathing trouble and had to run and get my inhaler, so I skipped the 1600. I was feeling pretty tired, I think I pushed it too hard on Monday. I was with Neal on the 400 and felt pretty good, but I had some trouble breathing. The 800 felt pretty good. I felt all right on the first 1200, but was really struggling on the second 1200. I was just going to do the first four hundred of the 800, but was feeling pretty good. I went out too fast, at 65-66, but still finished with a good time. Neal finished at 2:12. 

I was planning on doing ten miles, but my shin was hurting a lot. I cut the run short to be safe. My average pace was 7:00 and it was very windy. 

I ran with Neal tonight. We did 4.5 miles at a 6:30 pace. My shin felt fine when I started, but it hurt quite a lot when I finished. I just need to be careful and ice it. I think at this point I will run through it unless it becomes really bad, because I'll only be running for six more weeks anyway. After our run I did some strides and two 200s. My times were 29 and 28. 

I was planning on running, but I was hurting too much. I went in the morning for a mile, but had to turn around. I didn't have time to run later because I had a funeral all day and then had to take a test. 

This will be the short description. I might do more later. 

I put down my seed time as 4:05, and I got put in the fast heat. This was a mistake, and I was way behind. I was in last and came through at 63 and 2:08-2:09. This was too fast, and I wasn't able to finish strong. My last 400 was 72. I think I could have done better in the other heat going out in 66 and 2:12. 

I ran with Neal this afternoon. It was really nice outside, and I had a good run. I was really tired because I didn't get much sleep, but I felt good the last several miles. I did 8.5 at 6:19 pace, and it felt really easy. I only pushed the last mile and did it in 5:30. I felt really strong and amazing. I may or may not do any hard workouts this week due to time constraints. I have finals this week. 

I'm counting these as fast miles today because they were faster than normal. I'm not doing any interval work this week, so I decided to take my runs a little harder this week. Neal and I decided we would push it a little this run. We averaged 6:06 pace for seven miles. It was actually pretty easy. We pushed it a little bit, but it wasn't as hard as I would have expected it to be. Our splits were 6:19, 6:25, 6:06, 6:08, 5:52, 6:03, 5:46. We did push the last four hundred meters to finish strong. I did one mile after at 7:00. 

The weather was bad, but I enjoyed it. It was really rainy but not too cold. I came back and I was soaked and muddy. It was one of those runs that really make you enjoy running. 

I wasn't going to run today because of the slush and snow, but it stopped snowing around 4:30, so I decided to go for a run with Neal. My legs were fine, but I felt pretty sick to my stomach. Even though I felt sick, we averaged 6:20, with our last three miles in 18:14. 

Ran for the first time in five days today. I was busy with finals last week, and then I developed a cold. I was in Boston today with my family, my parents were running Boston today. My sister and I did four miles, probably 7:30 pace or a little slower. It was easy, but I can tell I'm still not completely over my cold. We then went and watched the finish of the Boston Marathon, and it was pretty excited, but really crowded. 

I ran on the treadmill in Boston today. It was raining outside. I did my first two miles in 15 minutes, my second two in 12 minutes. My miles were 7:45, 7:15, 6:30, 5:30. I just kept increasing the speed. I realized that the treadmill went up to fourteen miles per hour, so I finished with a 64 second last lap. It felt good. 

I didn't have time to run today, I moved out from BYU, went to the temple, and lots of other stuff. I was gone all day. 

I did six miles today with Ben and Shalaya. Our average pace was 6:45. I pushed it with Ben the last ten minutes, and that was under six minute pace. I sprinted in the last 400 and felt really strong. 

I didn't run again today. I was sorta lazy. My hamstring and ankle were sore, but I just didn't get out today. 

I ran with Skyline today. I warmed up two miles. I did 800, 800, 600, 600, 400, 200, 200. I was 3-4 seconds ahead of Morgan and Kevin on the eights, at 2:17-18. They actually felt pretty easy. On the 600s, I was just ahead of them at 1:39 and 1:40. After that I felt really bad. I think I was really dehydrated. I just did one 400 at 66(supposed to be three 400s), with Morgan, and two 200s at 29(supposed to be 3 200s). I felt horrible after, but it was a decent workout. I didn't cool down because I felt so sick, and I think I'm feeling sore now. 

I ran with Skyline today. We went down through the pit and up Brookburn. We went at about 7:00 pace.

I did 200's with Skyline today. They were with Ben, Morgan, Isaac, and Kevin. We did twelve. The first eight the five of us were right together. The time were 30, 30, 29, 29, 29, 29, 29, 29, 28, 28, 28, 28. They kept getting harder, but they weren't too bad until the last two. I was able to stay with Kevin and Isaac halfway through the last two intervals, but I couldn't pick it up anymore after that. It was a good workout. 

I ran with Isaac today. We were both pretty sore from the 200's the day before, so it was pretty slow. We also stopped at Brett's house and played some basketball with him and Derek which was fun. I did 4.5 miles.