Thatcher's Running Blog

1 mile warm-up

800, 800, 800, 400, 400, 400, 200, 200, 200.

400 jog between first three, 200 between last five.

1 mile cool-down

My first 800 was 2:20, second 2:21, third 2:21. They got harder each time but I was with Morgan. (Maybe a step behind him on the last one.) Our first 400 was 69 and my second was 63 (coach had us pace Steve in his 800) Steve ran a 64 and like a 68 second 400 about 2:13- 2:14 just for comparison. He apparently wasn't feeling well today. So that's why it was so fast. Morgan did a 67. On the last four Morgan did a 64 and I did a 67. On the 200's I wasn't feeling well, i did two 30's. Morgan did like 29, and Brett and John beat me on the first, i beat them on the second.

It was a pretty fast workout, but I didn't feel very good. Morgan and I were pretty close together, next time hopefully I feel better, because when I feel better, I've been beating Morgan.

The morning run felt good 3.5 in 27:00, easy with Morg, Coach, Shalaya, Sean, Ian.

Today was pretty easy, not sure on the mileage. We ran through the pit, probably 7:30's.

Today was the first outdoor meet of the season. I ran the 1600 and 3200. In the 1600, I started out in a pack of five people for about the first 200, with Kyle out in front. I passed the other guys and was a little behind Kyle a lap in. On the second lap, I pulled closer to him, and on the third lap I was right with him on the backstretch, and pulled in front of him before 1000 meters. I then picked it up a little and pushed it the last lap and won by (2-3 seconds?). The results aren't up yet. It felt good, but my last lap wasn't very good, but good enough for the win.

In the 3200 I started out trying for a 10:00. I was at 5:05 for the mile, but slowed down from there. I finished at 10:22 which was okay for an hour after the mile. I was quite a bit ahead of Garret and Reid, though Garret did gain on me on the second mile after I had built a good lead.

In the morning me Coach, Morgan and Shalaya ran four miles at about a 7:30 pace. We started out pretty slow and Sean stayed with us for most of it. I felt good after it and not too tired.

After school I was planning on doing four or five miles. We had fun, ran slow for the first 1 or 2 and Morgan turned around, but Steve was running with us and I decided now was a good time to go with him. We did a 5:38 third mile, which was about a half mile downhill. Then we did 6:09, 6:23, 6:10, 6:11. it wasn't too hard, until the last mile. it felt good and I was glad I pushed it. My left hamstring is a little sore, I might back off tomorrow.

This race wasn't very good. I started out at a good pace but got a side-ache the last mile.