Thatcher's Running Blog

Today I did a track workout. I was planning on doing 1000, 800, 600, 400, 200, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000. I started by warming up a mile. The first 1000 was 3:02. It felt okay, but not great. The 800 was 2:25, and it didn't feel good. I was at 69 at the first 400, and the second 400 felt horrible. The 600 was 1:44. This one felt okay, but I was struggling the last 200. On the four hundred I was hurting  lot, but still managed a 65. The first 200 was hard, and it was a 31. The second 200 was better, 29. The next 400 was worse, 68. After that, I just felt really bad. I had a headache, and was really lightheaded. The 600 was 1:50. I could barely finish. The 800 was the worst one. I came through the 400 at 72, and was hoping to finish in 68, but I fell apart. The last 200 was really slow, at least 40 seconds. I got a really bad sideache, and couldn't breathe. I called it quits after that one, considering I could barely move.

This was not a good workout. I only hit my goal times on the first 1000, 400, and the second 200. I still had a stomach-ache, like on Saturday, before my race. The only other thing I can think of is dehydration. I fasted yesterday, and I got a really bad headache the second interval into the workout. I'm taking it easy the next two days, and then on Thursday, I'm doing a Tempo run in Provo. (I'm moving to Provo on Wednesday.)

I went on a pretty easy seven mile run today. I averaged about 7:25 pace. I went out on Wasatch Blvd. My body felt good, but I had another stomach ache. After, I did eight striders.

I'm going to Provo today, so I ran with Skyline for the last time today. We did the Brookburn Loop. It felt good. We finished it in 27:57, and it's four miles. It felt pretty easy. We pushed it a little bit at the end to finish. Morgan and I sprinted the last 75 meters, and I kept up with him for once. I warmed up a mile to the school, and cooled down a mile. After, I did six striders.

I was planning on doing a tempo run today, but my alarm didn't go off! Or at least I didn't hear it. So I got up at seven fifteen and just did a run around campus. I felt great. I wasn't even pushing it, and I averaged 6:47 pace for 5.5 miles. On my way back, I ran by the track and did a couple of laps on it. I did a 35 second 200 and some striders. It all felt good. 

I later ran to the gym and back to lift weights.

This morning I was going to do my tempo run, but I didn't wake up early enough to get it done. I ran 2.5 miles.

I later went out and did my tempo run. I tried to find a good spot on the Provo River Parkway, but the spot I went to wasn't very good. I remembered it from Cross Country camp, but it was more uphill than I remembered. It was at the base of the canyon. I decided to do a three mile tempo run. I started out pretty hard, but then settled into the pace after about 200 meters. My first mile was about 5:27. It wasn't too hard, but it was more uphill than I thought. The second mile was about 5:33. I turned around half-way. I pushed it more the last mile, and it was about 5:10. I'm not sure on the splits, because my garmin had a bad signal, so I had to use the markers. But the total was about 16:10-16:15 for three miles. This run was pretty good, but I felt pretty bad. I was tired and didn't really feel up to it. But for feeling bad, it was about as fast as my last one.

I ran from my  dorm to the Provo River Parkway. It was an easy run. I kept the pace at 7:30. I saw a lot of runners, and it wasn't too hot outside.