Training Log Archive: Tyrannosaurus

The Sunday Run, this time only to second bench.

Approx. time and distance... Forgot to bring my watch so my mother brought it after the warmup :)

Sub-districts, at Fort Steliacoom. The race went pretty well. For the first mile, Sophie, Sophia, Hailie, Sam, and I were all running together (Brigette and Kelsey were out in front, probably 5 girls up), and it was fun hearing people's comments as they saw that the whole team was running by!

Sam and I ran together the whole race, and we kept a pretty constant pace. I was hoping to run under 20:00, but 3 seconds off isn't TOO much. 2 more weeks until State!

Cool down around the lake. The guys ate all but one doughnut. So we split half of that one doughnut among the varsity girls, and then a jv girl ate the other half because she didn't realize she was supposed to share it with all the other jv girls. Lesson learned: guard your doughnuts carefully.

DQ with the girls team.

Drug park. The guys did Jimi so we ran with them for the first half, then stopped and stretched at the park, and turned around.

At Ron Regis, headed up river. 4 miles out as a warmup, and I felt tight from the workout 2 days ago, so we (Sam, Siri, Sophie, Jacob) stopped to stretch. The workout today was a tempo run... gradually speed up for 3 miles of the way back, and the last mile should be close to race pace. We started out at a 7:15 pace on the way back, and ended at 6:20 pace. It was tiring, but good, and my legs had loosened up from our stretch break. Last mile was a slow cool down.

The good thing about running with the guys (JULIA) is that you're always entertained. Jacob decided to pick out a mysterious vegetable from the pile in a farm's driveway with a large "FREE" sign. And then proceeded to run our fast 3 miles (and 1 mile cool down) with a dark green, football-sized squash/gourd/vegetable tucked under one arm. Why? I don't know. He really wanted a squash/gourd thing I guess.

C • Guys 2

Played in the Powderpuff football game tonight and made it through without serious injuries! (XC coach will be very happy to hear that.) I did come away with a bruise on my quad and a swollen lip, but nothing to worry about. And we tied the other team (which was so stacked) 0-0!

Jimi with the team. Kelsey was pushing the pace for a little bit until I suggested slowing down since today's supposed to be an easier day.

2 mile warmup, then 2x ~800m uphill, 2x ~800m flat (target pace of 92s 400m), 2x ~400m (target pace 87-88s). Finished with 1.5 mile cool down.

Splits: 3:41, 3:39. 3:07, 3:09. 87, 87.

My legs were pretty tired during the warmup from the Sunday Run, so I was worried about how the workout would go, but it actually went really well. I was working hard and felt good.