AM: Went for an easy five miles this morning. I just went out 2.5 on Carterville, then back. Still sore in some spots from lifting.
PM: I'm still getting used to my eating schedule, and some days it's hard to time it so that I'm good by practice. I had a big lunch at around 12:30, and thought I'd be good by 3. Well, nope. I mainly felt it affect my on the second half of our workout. We warmed up to the intramural field, then did another four laps on the fields to get 3 warm up. Then our workout was 6X1000. We changed shoes, did some strides, and got started. The first one we all ran together, and it was a bit slower to ease into the workout. I hit 3:07 and was right in the pack. We had 60 sec recovery in between. Next one was a bit faster, and I stayed towards the front, behind the leaders. We ran together again, mainly to string out the two groups. I hit 3:01. After that we divided into the two groups. I was in the faster group, and I felt pretty good on this one, so I pushed it thinking I could hold them all at around that pace. Finished with the leaders in 2:58. From here, they got harder. Partially because the leaders picked it up, but mainly because I went too hard in the first half of the workout. Also, I could feel that Turkey and Ham footlong from Subway protesting in my stomach. Next one I had to push to stay with the back of the group, and in the second half I managed to move towards the middle of the pack and hit 3:06. Recovery, then the next one hurt even more. I was working hard just to stay on the guys. I knew that I'd gone too hard in the beginning. I finished at the back of the group, in 3:11. On the next one, I just gave it all I had since that was the last one, but I still only managed to finish at the back of the pack, in 3:11 again.
I have equally strong positive and negative feelings of this workout. First the bad. I didn't run this workout as smart as I should have. I got excited when I felt good at the beginning of the reps, and ran too fast, then consequently wasn't as consistent with my times as I could have been. That's a rookie mistake to make, and I'm mad at myself for being stupid in the workout. I guess what's cool about being a freshman again, is that the other guys almost expect that from me, so it was no big deal to them or Coach even.
But, on the bright side, I ran another hard workout with the fast group and survived! It's so great to be able to run with those guys, and being in that group makes it so easy to work really hard. Plus, my average for this workout was about 3:04, and looking back at the 8X1000 workout we did the first day of camp, just 2.5 weeks ago, I averaged about 3:20. So, camparatively, I have improved a ton. If I had run this workout smarter, my average may have been even lower than 3:04. I think it was good for me to get in a less-than-stellar workout in before Saturday, it gave me a reality check, and now I know that going out too hard in that race will be my demise. I'm going to rely more on my endurance, go out a conservatively hard, then work the second half and move up as much as I can.
After the workout, we did 4X100 meter strides in our spikes, focusing on arms and shoulders. Then we changed shoes, and I cooled down with a group that did three laps in the fields, then headed back to the locker room where I hit 10.
After we showered, changed, and went to lifting. We finished the last of our tests, and finally started doing some actually lifting. We did bar squats, box jumps, back extensions, then some yoga ball-hamstring curl things, then lunge presses, and finally some lateral pulls. Ugh, am I going to be sore. I hopped in the ice bath for 15 minutes after lifting. And so ends another workout day!
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