Training Log Archive: vandessa

activation, 19min wu, dynamic wu, strides in spikes
FFO 800 - 2:10.76 (sb), 1st
~13min cd

this was blah. my legs were feeling pretty trashed. training/running hasn't been that hard lately, it must be all the driving as well as jumping back into 8 hour days on my feet. not the worst thing in the world, but always takes some adjusting when first starting out (my rotations this winter were *technically* full time but were much easier than what i'm doing now).

race itself was meh, i knew i'd probably end up leading wire-to-wire. i saw 65s on the clock before i hit the 400 split, which was surprising because i was pretty confident it wasn't that slow; turns out others are insisting the clock was slow so maybe my pacing instincts aren't as off as i thought they were haha. i definitely had a fleeting desire to drop out, thinking i probably couldn't dip under 2:10 if that first lap was so slow; i decided to keep going only because i figured i need to get the race effort in. felt super flat and unresponsive the whole way through. was honestly surprised to see another 2:10. disappointed that it wasn't a pb, i figure i'll need a 2:09 or under to get into the fast Q heat at nats. time to obsess over entries until the deadline HAHA. trying to put a plan into motion to ensure i'll be fresher heading into ottawa, there's some kind of time in there i just need to get into a good RAAACE

drove straight from work back to yeg. got into town some time between 8:30-9pm, kicked up my feet and lied around for a while, did a bit of stretching, then finally decided to shake out my legs before we ran out of daylight haha. legs were feeling super shitty.

opted for a shake out today, wasn't feeling up for more

activation, 21min wu, dynamic wu, 3x50m in spikes
5x200 @ FFF in spikes
some SS, was supposed to be 4min SS, 1min jog, 4min of 30/30.. my watch split somewhere halfway through but it wasn't much longer than 9min
200, 300, 200 @ 800 effort (spikes)
15min cd

33.9, 33.7, 33.6, 33.5, 33.3
31.4, 46.7, 32.2

this was ok, wasn't feeling awesome but the times were faster than they felt haha so I think that's good? this week is my first stretch of working full time on my feet in a long time so it'll probably take about another week before I feel normal again. had no plan heading into this, was just feeling it out.

2nd run in Calgary. feeling pretty shitty, my commute is about 50min but closer to an hour if traffic is bad :( :(

first yog in Calgary, UGH

runlAB long run before hitting the road to Calgary :(