Training Log Archive: billh

E run to Moss track and back. return trip and two laps around the infield grass of track barefoot. I'm doing a report for my evolutionary medicine class on barefoot running so this is somewhat of a lab experiment. felt pretty good. for some reason my right footstrike is markedly different than my left. just won't do the toe-heel-toe forefoot strike well in shoes. but I tell you, 10 minutes of barefoot running on chip-n-seal definitely taught that foot how to strike with minimum impact. might be the quickest running lesson ever. and no injuries! in fact, it felt good as a cooldown run, might keep that was part of the R workout routine.

JD R workout I was supposed to do yesterday but needed the sleep to recover from vacation and time change. skipped the Hub ride this morning to sleep in some more. sleep . . . good.

FINALLy got to the track after gathering all my crap from the four winds.

the prescription from JD . . .

4x600m: 2:25, 2:25, 2:23, 2:24
4x200m: 43.15, 40.20, 39.81, 38.25

man, those 600m were tough, I was pretty much done at 400m. technically, I'm not supposed to do any R repetitions over 2:00, so should really have shortened those to 500. no training benefit to that system over 2:00. but I toughed out the last 100m anyway. just to learn how to suffer over that distance.

have to admit, I went all out on that last 200m, against the advice of JD. 38 appears to be my physical limit at this weight. now begins the long grind of body fat loss. it's tough carrying around 20 lb extra body fat. I imagine myself lugging around two 10 lb steel plates, strapping them to my body and trying to run 200m fast. it's not gonna happen. I'm convinced the way forward is weight loss. legs feel great. I'm amazed I can run "fast" nearly all out at this weight and not hurt myself. a testimony to the progression of the JD phases, in spite of interruption due to illness.

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barefoot E run back from track.

E to metto

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E jog home from metrolink . . . jus workin out the kinks ... . . setup for the big ol R workout tomorrow am . . .

another jog around the Rose Bowl, this time counter-clockwise, woo hoo, on the trail outside the paved road around the golf course since the road was packed with motor vehicles and a peleton of about 50 cyclists, crazy there.

E warmup cooldown at the Gale Devers Track, the famous alum of Sweetwater HS in San Diego burbs, nice eight lane rubberized track with astroturf infield.

Billy and I alternated reps; he had a 3x (400, 200, 400) workout and I did a 16x200 R workout. . . full 2R rest

16x200m: 46, 47, 44, 44, 42, 44, 43, 43, 43, 43, 43, 42, 44, 43, 43, 40

felt good, just tedious doing so many reps. right achilles still tight. still too heavy but have to wait till get home to work on that, food just too good out here to pass up.

billy's 400m were in the range of 62-67, 200m around 30-33 sec, so he was cooking. good to see the boy "do good", nice stride. encouraged me by saying some of the JV team runs their 200m at my time, hah, that is not a compliment to the JV squad!

two more schools to visit Mon and Tue, more meet the coaches. he also has an opportunity to observe a practice Tue

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