Training Log Archive: billh

warmup/ cooldown, 3 laps of it barefoot, drills

JD Phase 2 Week 2 R workout:

2x200m (2R): 41, 40
4x400m (5R): 1:30, 1:26, 1:29, 1:30

felt terrible, fat, jiggly, sluggish . . . bad. but that 1:26 lifted my spirits and made me think, "maybe this thing is possible". it was one of those reps where I look at my watch and go "Whaaaaaat", how did that happen? I've been on a steady diet of 200s, so for the 400s, I knew I would tie up the second half, so planned on going out the first 200 thinking "fast but smooth", just keep a good tempo somewhat over my regular 200 stand-alone pace. then burn out the final 200 of the rep. really, each of those, I tied up badly in the final 100 and just had to concentrate on lifting my legs, felt so heavy.

well with the STL senior games on the horizon, exactly four weeks from today, and in the current calendar month, maybe my mind will finally get off its butt and start eating right. it certainly would feel more comfortable running without all the fat jiggling around. geesh. come-ON, bill, get your frickin act together.

C • fast! 2

tried to run sub-10 proper E pace but got a little sluggish after mile 3 . . . couple breaks for stretching but turned off timer.

happy that I'm able to keep weekly mileage > 30M, that is progress.

mini-strength session: one set of 6 reps plus an extrra back squat

back squat: 155 lbs
front press: 72 lbs
cleans: 140 lbs

too rainy for Hub ride, took a proper E run in the light rain, very refreshing . . . will do same pace for a proper L run tomorrow, maybe 5M . . .

mini strength workout, empty bar warmup, one set of following 6 reps

back squat: 150 lbs
bench press: 120 lbs
DL: 140 lbs

E run (mostly) to metrolink

warmup Moss, two laps barefoot

10x200m R workout on 2R rest . . .

46, 44, 42, 41, 41, 42, 40, 42, 41, 41

the last five were done after the Hixson kids were on the track for the 1M end of year run, amazing what the presence of junior high kids and their taunting glares will do, brought back memories of "anything unusual" will be ridiculed, and I was certainly unusual, haha. old man running in Lane 6, watch out. I think I could have taken most of them in the 200. only two kids out of about 30 really raced the mile, the rest even walked some of it in 10:xx. ! surprised I could run that fast given how sluggish and fat I feel, I was expecting to run 50s. I guess that is good.

C • Way to go! So much of it i... 7

walk/ jog back from metrolink, lovely evening.

jogged all the way at sub-E pace with stops at Blackburn Pavillion and drills, dynamics . . . this type of running is pretty tough for me mentally but I think it is helping. we'll see how the R workout goes tomorrow, something like 10x200m R

terrible meet for billy . . . just a comedy of errors . . . first of all, he and Lucas almost miss the start of the 4x8 while they casually walk to the lou . . . get back to the start line barely in time, fortunately, they are running 3rd and 4th leg. still, they PR by one second, and win, but against JV squads from the other schools, no real competition.

the meet schedule was all off . . . no one knew the order or start times. fortunately, we found a parent of the home team with a schedule and learned that billy's 1600 was a half hour earlier than expected so we had to go and hunt him down on the cooldown run from the 4x8. so he rushes back just as they are lining up, but in the rush to put on his spikes, he dislodged the dressing on his blister, which made the blister about twice as bad by the end of the race, putting the rest of season in real jeopardy, right when he could be putting the finishing touches on his fitness for sectionals in 3 weeks, instead he has to heal a blister. argh.

the 1600 was just a terrible erratic race. 1:06, 1:15, 1:17, 1:06, just looked terrible on the third lap, let the JV guy from Seckman get a half lap ahead, then inexplicably found some juice at the 200m mark and blew by the poor kid 5 meters from the finish. terrible! still only one sec off his PR of 4:40.

teens!

jogged most of the way . . . track meet this afternoon if weather permits, another 4x8 and a 1600 . . . big teams sending their Varsity B.

more jog than walk home from metro. think I want to keep this double on non Q days, and extend the jogging portion and increase pace. will have to see how it affects my R workout on Thu. plus, had to stop and pet the cute little corgi dog at Blackburn, what a nice doggie. owner was using the water fountain so had to wait anyway.

ps--track meet rescheduled for tomorrow