Because this week did not include a long run, I had to run extra again! But Brennan and I did a surprisingly good job keeping up, especially due to our 85 and 70 minute runs on race days! Anyways, to get up to 401 today, I needed 29 minutes. So that's what I did - I ran 29 minutes around Wellesley College. It was FREEZING out! My face was very cold!! My legs didn't feel too bad, just tired. I stretched after!
Morning heart rate: 13
Sunday, January 23, 2011
saturday - relay meet
I came very close to not going to this meet, but then decided to postpone SAT's and run instead :) I think I made a good choice, I was definitely not ready to take that test!
Anyways, I ran the 4x800 with Jessie, Eva and Carlijn. We got to Reggie at like 8:35, and had to warm up and get our spikes checked right away because the 4x8 was the first event! It was a tad stressful! We managed to get in 15 minutes, and then had to go back to the gym. We were seeded 3rd, but still had to take off our sweats and everything with everyone else, meaning we had about 1/2 an hour of standing around in tank tops and shorts. I don't think that helped ...
I was the first leg, and went out in 17 high, then 35 for the first 100. I tried to slow a tad so I could keep the pace, but slowed down too much and went to a 38. I didn't realize I was going that slow though because I still hit my first 400 split, which was supposed to be a 72/3. I tried maintaining that pace, and hit a 39 low, so I did pretty much maintain the pace, only it wasn't the right pace. I came back in 39 as well for a 2:33. Not too happy about that. But Chisum said it looked like I had a lot left, or that I didn't push hard enough, and I didn't. I have to learn to push myself past that threshold, I think thats my biggest problem right now.
Anyways, we got 4th, which was good! We got medals and qualified the class meet! I can't wait to run at the class meet and (hopefully) qualify for all states!
I cooled down for 53 minutes, bringing the total to 70 for the day. My legs were VERY sore afterwards, but thankfully, my knee was not bothering me too much, I could hardly feel it while racing!
Anyways, I ran the 4x800 with Jessie, Eva and Carlijn. We got to Reggie at like 8:35, and had to warm up and get our spikes checked right away because the 4x8 was the first event! It was a tad stressful! We managed to get in 15 minutes, and then had to go back to the gym. We were seeded 3rd, but still had to take off our sweats and everything with everyone else, meaning we had about 1/2 an hour of standing around in tank tops and shorts. I don't think that helped ...
I was the first leg, and went out in 17 high, then 35 for the first 100. I tried to slow a tad so I could keep the pace, but slowed down too much and went to a 38. I didn't realize I was going that slow though because I still hit my first 400 split, which was supposed to be a 72/3. I tried maintaining that pace, and hit a 39 low, so I did pretty much maintain the pace, only it wasn't the right pace. I came back in 39 as well for a 2:33. Not too happy about that. But Chisum said it looked like I had a lot left, or that I didn't push hard enough, and I didn't. I have to learn to push myself past that threshold, I think thats my biggest problem right now.
Anyways, we got 4th, which was good! We got medals and qualified the class meet! I can't wait to run at the class meet and (hopefully) qualify for all states!
I cooled down for 53 minutes, bringing the total to 70 for the day. My legs were VERY sore afterwards, but thankfully, my knee was not bothering me too much, I could hardly feel it while racing!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Another Snow Day!
Today I woke up and my father came running in to tell me I had a snow day! What fun! Of course, this, however, meant no practice... Because there was no practice, I ended up meeting Brennan at Tutto Italiano around 11ish to do our B Run! We ran for 65 minutes down Weston Road and around those back roads. They were actually pretty well plowed! We wore our yak trax and stylish hats to keep out the snow. Speaking of snow, it was strangely sunny and snowing at the same time! We also experienced quite a few white outs from trees!
At the end of the run, I was able to do 6 strides on Cottage Street because it had been plowed pretty well. However, I do not think they were all a full 100 meters. My legs were pretty sore today too - I think because I did not stretch enough after the race yesterday. I actually couldn't really stretch that much because my knee was in quite a lot of pain. Its feeling better today, but its still sore, and then I tripped on the ice and fell on it again...oh well!
I forgot my morning pulse again - Oops!
At the end of the run, I was able to do 6 strides on Cottage Street because it had been plowed pretty well. However, I do not think they were all a full 100 meters. My legs were pretty sore today too - I think because I did not stretch enough after the race yesterday. I actually couldn't really stretch that much because my knee was in quite a lot of pain. Its feeling better today, but its still sore, and then I tripped on the ice and fell on it again...oh well!
I forgot my morning pulse again - Oops!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Thursday - Race Day
It seems like I'm at Reggie waaaaaaaay too often! It never seems like a full week in between meets! Anyways, I ran the 1000 today, and what a race it was!
To start at the beginning, I warmed up for 15 minutes with Carlijn and Taylor outside. It took a while for them to get us on the track, and its always stressful watching everyone race before us!
Anyways, I wasn't very stressed going into it. I was planning on trying to run 39-40's and get sub 3:20. It didn't work out. After 100 meters, (which was a bit fast) I tripped over Carlijn and rolled into the infield! I was a bit stunned at first, and sat there for a second or so. I was also confused whether or not I was DQ'd / should continue running. But I got back up anyways and tried to catch up! I feel like I did a pretty good job. Although my splits were still slow - the two I heard were 41's. Ehh. But ultimately, I ran a 3:25.07. Not the PR I was hoping for, but I did qualify, by like .2 seconds! And hopefully I could have run faster without falling! I'm gonna say that little incident both wasted time and slowed me down a bit! Nothing wrong with a few excuses :)
Then I cooled down for about 66 minutes to get some extra mileage. So total time was apx. 85 minutes! wooohoooo! long run! My knee hurt while I was running. There's two rug burns, and its a tad swollen, and feels like a bruise. I iced twice when I got home. Hopefully it'll all be fine by Saturday!
To start at the beginning, I warmed up for 15 minutes with Carlijn and Taylor outside. It took a while for them to get us on the track, and its always stressful watching everyone race before us!
Anyways, I wasn't very stressed going into it. I was planning on trying to run 39-40's and get sub 3:20. It didn't work out. After 100 meters, (which was a bit fast) I tripped over Carlijn and rolled into the infield! I was a bit stunned at first, and sat there for a second or so. I was also confused whether or not I was DQ'd / should continue running. But I got back up anyways and tried to catch up! I feel like I did a pretty good job. Although my splits were still slow - the two I heard were 41's. Ehh. But ultimately, I ran a 3:25.07. Not the PR I was hoping for, but I did qualify, by like .2 seconds! And hopefully I could have run faster without falling! I'm gonna say that little incident both wasted time and slowed me down a bit! Nothing wrong with a few excuses :)
Then I cooled down for about 66 minutes to get some extra mileage. So total time was apx. 85 minutes! wooohoooo! long run! My knee hurt while I was running. There's two rug burns, and its a tad swollen, and feels like a bruise. I iced twice when I got home. Hopefully it'll all be fine by Saturday!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Wednesday
We had practice today! But they were drills and since it was so yucky out, and freezing rain was pouring from the sky, we decided to run completely inside. So we started out with 17.5 minutes running through the hallways up and down and up and down, and actually maintained a pretty good pace! Then we met in the lower art wing for drills. We did A, B, and C skips, and High knees, butt kicks, triple ups, drum majors (all that 2x) and 6 strides. Everything was feeling good, and I felt like my form was controlled and tight. Although I did feel a bit of the effects of the pounding, my legs just feel a bit weighed down, but I stretched out! We then cooled down for another 17.5 minutes inside, bringing it to 35 for the day. We were supposed to do 50 (according to the plan we made at the beginning of the week), but seeing as we were just running inside and there's a race tomorrow and running on the hard floors didn't feel so good, we'll just add it onto sunday's run, or a cool down at some other time!
forgot morning heart rate
forgot morning heart rate
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Tuesday- YUCK
It is GROSS out today! Actually, disgusting! So practice was canceled because all after school stuff was canceled. I ended up going to BSC with my mother and brother. We all went on the treadmills, and it must have been quite a sight...
After 5 minutes Brennan showed up, so she kept me company after my family abandoned me - for some reason they didn't want to work out for the whole 65 minutes :) I struggled a bit trying to read, and having my book swept off the treadmill... Brennan and I spent most of the time watching strange music videos and dance-running, which also must have been quite the sight! In all, I did 65 minutes, and then 6 strides for 20 seconds each at 10mph. The total run was done at 7 mph.
Morning hr - 11/12
After 5 minutes Brennan showed up, so she kept me company after my family abandoned me - for some reason they didn't want to work out for the whole 65 minutes :) I struggled a bit trying to read, and having my book swept off the treadmill... Brennan and I spent most of the time watching strange music videos and dance-running, which also must have been quite the sight! In all, I did 65 minutes, and then 6 strides for 20 seconds each at 10mph. The total run was done at 7 mph.
Morning hr - 11/12
Monday
I forgot to write yesterday, but here's what we did!
Brennan, Nina and I warmed up with 18 minutes, and it was FREEZING outside again! BRRRR! Then we all met on Washington for the workout. It was 4x200 at mile pace, (38,39,39,39) then 4x200 at 800 goal pace (36,37,38,37) then 4x200 at 400 pace (33,34,33,34). These were all really hard to pace because there were no 100 meter markers. And the rest was always iffy because there was so much traffic! Too many trackies on Washington Street! And then the last set of 200s was a bit of a struggle, I think my legs were still a tad tired from Saturday, and I was aiming for 32s, but couldn't get it.
We cooled down for 21 minutes
Mileage has the potential to be a bit low this week, so we added a little extra today, and I was going to go for more in the afternoon, but then calculated what the mileage should come out to be, and we would only be 34 minutes shy of last week by Sunday, so Brennan and I decided we would just do that on Sunday rather than double up on a day.
Brennan, Nina and I warmed up with 18 minutes, and it was FREEZING outside again! BRRRR! Then we all met on Washington for the workout. It was 4x200 at mile pace, (38,39,39,39) then 4x200 at 800 goal pace (36,37,38,37) then 4x200 at 400 pace (33,34,33,34). These were all really hard to pace because there were no 100 meter markers. And the rest was always iffy because there was so much traffic! Too many trackies on Washington Street! And then the last set of 200s was a bit of a struggle, I think my legs were still a tad tired from Saturday, and I was aiming for 32s, but couldn't get it.
We cooled down for 21 minutes
Mileage has the potential to be a bit low this week, so we added a little extra today, and I was going to go for more in the afternoon, but then calculated what the mileage should come out to be, and we would only be 34 minutes shy of last week by Sunday, so Brennan and I decided we would just do that on Sunday rather than double up on a day.
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