Thursday

Strange. not a long run post meet day! I warmed up 25 minutes with Brennan and NINA!!!! And then we did 150xprogressing pace. They started out a little slow and finished a little fast. go figure. but the effort felt the same! Then I cooled down 35 minutes. Some more mileage!

the race

so i ran the mile yesterday and it was tons of fun! Pri paced me which helped a lot because I didn't really have to think about anything! Except we went out in an 80/81...oops. Then it slowed down, then picked back up, then slowed down. All in all, it was a 5:39. Same as last time Pri paced me. Except this time felt a lot easier. I felt really good the whole race. I just felt like I couldn't go fast. I was trying to sprint at the end and nothing was happening...hopefully speed phase will help with that!

Warm up was 15 minutes, cool down was 50. Good mileage :)

short run

39 minutes and 43 seconds. Solid run. 6 downhill strides.

back to school

unfortunately, we had school again today. Vacation was wonderful, but i suppose all nice things must end. Such as sleep. gahhhh...

anyways, today I warmed up 20 minutes keeping a close eye on Brennan to make sure she didn't collapse! Then we did 6x400 on the grass. They went 89.92, 91,91,91,94, 95. I'm not really sure what happened at the end there. Well, for the second to last one, i do, because we were starting when another group was ending and I basically had to stop dead because I almost ran into someone! The last one though...mehhhh, I suppose my legs were tired? they kind of hurt coming up that small hill by the fence!

Anyways, then I cooled down half an hour, so I'm estimating about 8 miles today? maybe? haha 45 minutes tomorrow, looking forward to it!

B run

Ouch. My legs are QUITE sore! I tried running slowly, but basically just ran what felt comfortable, which, according to mapmyrun, wasn't all that slow. Oh well, I fulfilled my mileage for the week! 58!

Anyways, as soon as I got outside, it started POURING and continued to do so for the remainder of the 78 minute run! I ran around Waban and then the Hardy-Sprague loop (RUNNING up the big hill of course!) and then around the brook path and such until 78 minutes was up. The I did 6 strides on my street, so they were probably pretty short, but my legs were dead!

felt like saturday?

I suppose because we had a workout...? Anyways, the workout was 12x200 with rest starting at 60 seconds, then 45, then 30, then 60, 45, 30, etc. After that we did 10xCorda Hill. Lots of hard running! I believe my splits went as follows:

36.98
37.?
36.55
36.65
37
37
37
37
38
38
40
38

at least, I think thats what they were...the middle kind of blurs! But if that is what happened (and I think it is) then the middle 800 was 2:28...which could be good...meaning I'm in that kind of shape...or bad...meaning I definitely DIDN'T run that on Wednesday...oh well...

(Brennan: as a disclaimer, yes, I do remember the decimals for the 36's because i was focusing on how far off my 37's I was...)

And then we did Corda Hill! I'm a rather strange person and hate the idea of hills but like them as a workout when we actually start them. So the hills didn't feel nearly as bad at the 200's. Especially with jog down rest!

Warm up was 17:30, cool down was about 15.

To get extra mileage, I did 3.75 miles around 5:30 this afternoon, that way I can just run a b run on Saturday and take Sunday completely off!

Thursday

longgggggg run! I had to run at night because we spent all day at middlebury and dartmouth. They were both nice schools, I definitely like middlebury better! Anyways, we got home at 6:20 and I still had a 98 minute run to do! So I did it! Ran down leafy and back, then down to elm bank and back - 12 miles! And I listened to music so as not to get bored, I ended up listening to the same two songs over and over and I think it helped the run go by faster!

Finished up with 6 "uphill" strides on my street - not sure how much of an uphill it really was!

wednesday

race v. NN. meh, bad time...2:35 but it felt like i couldnt go any faster...

22 warm up, 48 cool down, 4x400 after the race - not really sure where the 400 mark was, but they were all between 90 and 95.

Tuesday B-10

today was an ok day...I was REALLY tired, it was strange...

Anyways, Brennan and I did 68 minutes, and 8ish miles!

Marathon Monday!

Hopefully I will be racing the marathon someday! As it is, I did 86 minutes with 7 2 minute fartleks and 1 minute rest. It was awful because I didn't wait enough time after eating lunch, so I felt really nauseous the whole time. And then my legs were burning the rest of the way home. Ewwww.

saturday

Saturday was hills. We did straight up and down hills for once! I must say, it was quite a bit more boring! So 1/2 an hour on the hill, 15 minute warm up, 17 minute cool down. And then to finish up i did half an hour later on to get all the mileage for the week. 58!

Sorry!

As I know I have many fans (haha jokes) I would like to apologize for not posting! Here's what happened this week:

Monday:

B Run - 78 minutes plus uphill strides. Ran with Brennan and Rachel! Aqueduct and waban loop.

Tuesday:

Race day, but didn't race just to be safe. Instead I did 25 warm up, then 6x800, then 40 cool down. The 800's were awful - they were supposed to be 3:02, but it went 3:01, 3:07, 3:16, 3:20, 3:21, 3:19. And the rest was 1 minute for the first 4, then last two were getting painful so I stretched it to 1:30.

Wednesday:

Long Run - fun time with Brennan running in the rain! 98 minutes! 6 downhill strides.

Thursday:

Circuits! Actually they weren't too bad and it was nice and sunny out! Very enjoyable! The running in between was 800 (2:56), 600 (2:13), 400 (87), 800 (2:56). Fast. Oh well. I cooled down 36 minutes. (17 up)

Friday:

B run - 78 plus 6 flat strides. Two loops around waban.

hills!

So hills felt great today! Well, I didn't feel so great, but my knees did! I didn't feel a thing! I warmed up 15 minutes with Ashley and Caroline, then did 30 minutes on the hills doing the longer loop with James and Kevin. I felt really slow and basically exhausted - maybe the heat? I'm not sure, and I believe my form broke down a bit, but there was no pain! And I finished my first workout in a week and a half! Then I cooled down 15 minutes! Also, it was beautiful today! Shorts and t-shirt! yayyyy!!!!

45 minutes

I felt good again today! My right calf (the one with the knee) felt a tad tight, but not too bad. I "switched up terrain" by running 1/2 way around Waban and jumping over the rock wall onto Pond to try a hill. It felt fine! Although it was not a very relaxing run however, I couldn't stop paying attention to my knee. My obsessive tendencies aren't really helping me there. Anyways, I got the 45 done! Can I do the hills tomorrow please??? :)

I LOVE CHIROPRACTERS!

Now matter how strange the method, I suppose it worked! I ran for 30 minutes today with no pain! It was quite a boring run around the fields so Chisum could watch me - feedback: I was running tentatively at first, then more relaxed. Annoyingly, my legs were really sore and felt tight - fine after stretching -maybe from not being used for 2 days? Hopefully I can just run relaxed tomorrow, I'm gonna shoot for 45. Small steps, but getting better!!

Morning Heart Rate - 12

knee

currently on a haitus...not too happy about it...hopefully i'll be back tomorrow!





also - I've discovered that without running after school, I have absolutely NO motivation to do homework, i basically got zero done.....sweet.

.....

Although I have resolved my issues with my hamstring, I have moved onto a fight with my right knee. Which is surprising because my right side is usually very nice to me and doesn't get hurt. Anyways, I went for a 50 minute run today with Brennan, planning to talk to Chisum about the knee and then continue. It was bearable for those 50 minutes, although not completely pain free. Sometimes it would go away though. And I wonder if sometimes I was hyperfocusing on it. Anyways, Chisum wasn't around when I got to the highschool and I tried to run again but it hurt, so I stopped. Which really annoyed me because I didn't even get 1/2 my run in today. And I'm freakin' out.

So then I had a couple of break downs, called my mother, who told me to go see patty, and went to see patty. She thinks it might be an it band issue, but not really because its bothering me in my calf, so she doesn't really know...she told be to ice massage and elevate every hour, so I did that three times. I iced with two ice cubes each time, then elevated against the wall for 10 minutes. I also stretched and used the foam roller. Yet it hurts more now than before (as in, when I got home 4 hours ago). Great. Needless to say, I have not gotten much homework done, but tomorrow's a 1/2 day, so it doesn't really matter too much.

more issues

well, the good news is that my hamstring feels swell. The problem is that my other knee is acting up. It was this really weird feeling for most of the run (which was both indoors and outdoors thanks to the thunder, and 1/2 the time was spent looking for a nickel...) anyways, so I felt it a little then, and then as soon as I dropped Brennan off, it flared up I guess and was this like shooting pain and really hurt. I tried to run a few times and couldn't, and was about to give up, but tried one more time, and it felt like the pain turned into tightness and just travelled down my calf and out my foot, and didn't come back for the rest of teh 36 minutes. But then it did come back for hill strides, so I only did 1 1/2, and it kinda hurt to walk back to school. But I think its just extreme tightness manifesting itself in my knee/tendons, so I heated and rolled and iced and drugged it (ibuprofen!) and now it doesn't hurt. It better be better by tomorrow because i REALLY want to run the two mile tomorrow! Eve and I decided to go for 12:16. yayyyy!!!

grrrrr

I am currently in a fight with my hamstring. It got kinda strained yesterday and still isn't being nice. I iced a ton today and took advil and kept it wrapped, and it felt ok on the warm up (15 minutes). As soon as I started on the hill though, it pulled me back. I think it was the combo of speed and uphilledness. Anyways, I went for a 1/2 hour jog and came back to pick up Brennan. Then we cooled down for 23 minutes. I was very very annoyed (and still am) at my hamstring. And now I'm icing it, and I'm not allowed to run tomorrow. I got in 7.8 miles today (total of 68 minutes running) so i'm missing a little under 6 miles. Which is torturing me mentally, but I guess I'll have to deal.

morning heart rate: 13

so its been awhile...

i haven't really had much time to write, so I'll just go over the gist of what happened this week:

Wednesday:

Long run - 93 minutes. This ended up being 11ish miles. I spent 20 minutes of it waiting for Brennan to get finished talking to Chisum and thus running around the school circle a lot a lot of times. Then we went to Waban and found a fun new path. And then we did 6 downhill strides.

Thursday:

Race day - it was reallllyyyy cold out. I wore like 5 layers total! And then it started snowing...arghhhh, my first race in the snow! We warmed up too early and I had to run around a ton and do tons of strides to keep warm. I ended up doing like 35 minutes warm up. As for the race, it was freezing! I wore my gloves and earwarmers! I went out in 35 high and then 73/74, and finished in 2:34.9. It felt pretty good, although very very cold! And then after I did 4 400's on the aqueduct, which ended up being 87, 86,86low and 83. Then I cooled down for another 31 minutes. In total, it was probably about 8 miles ish.

Friday:

Drills. And Snow. And double. So I woke up this morning and ran 35 minutes - supposed to meet Brennan but she conveniently overslept! So that was like 4 miles. And then for drills we warmed up 15 and then did all the drills in the math hallway. During strides, I strained my hamstring, and it was a tad painful. Cooling down felt ok - we did 25 minutes and I could feel my hamstring, and it felt like it was shorter than usual, so it was pulling, but not like a sharp pain. I iced it a lot, so like 3 times, and wrapped it in an ace bandage, so its feeling a bit better, we'll see in the morning.