Training Log Archive: ultra_amy

Warmed up with the team, was optimistic that I'd be ok to race...but after only a quick mile or so, I felt the tug in my leg...and knew that something was wrong and I was out for Jones. While I had a ton of fun cheering on my friends and teammates, it broke my heart to be on the sideline when I had been really looking forward to participating and helping my team.

I don't know what I did to my hamstring yesterday, but it sure hurts...I decided to rest up, and hope that I"m good to go for Jones tomorrow. Crossing my fingers, and stretching a ton.

Did a tempo workout with the girls at the track. Warmed up w/ Kelsey, then met up with everyone at the track. It was Rachael's workout, and she was on fire - I decided to pace Jess to a more reasonable tempo-type workout, doing 800s in 3:15 - 3:45 pace, with ~200m recovery. During the cooldown (outside, with Kelsey), I felt a pain in my leg, and I literally hobbled back to my car, hopeful that this isn't a bad injury...but we'll see.

We did the erg olympics 2.0 tonight...it was so much fun, and killer again! I don't recall it all, but know my times were faster on the 2nd round. I cracked 21 in the 100m sprint. I deserved a good beer at the end of this class.

Hill workout with Abby...this was a good intro to hill suffering (perhaps marking my registration for Mt. Washington?) - anyway, we warmed up a bit then did 4 repeats up 0.15 mile hill (84' gain?) - I think we averaged around 1:20, but we picked it up for the last interval; then did 4 repeats up 0.15 mile hill (81' gain?) - I think we averaged around 1:11, and again my last interval was fastest. Then, she punished me with 2 x 400m - 84, 83. This whole workout hurt, but it was great to remember how to make the legs burn on an uphill.

C • hills 2

Easy run w/ Kelsey around Northampton...it was icy at parts, but we just slowed down and enjoyed the miles. :)

Snow run w/ Brad at Mt. Norwottuck trails. Luckily, everything was packed down pretty good so there wasn't much uneven/unstable running. Had a great time!

For the last class, we did the erg olympics (for funsies!). Basically, Laura had us do a bunch of all-out efforts at different distances - so everything hurt so bad, but it was awesome! Did 100m (21.6, 21.0), 250m (54.0), 500m (1:53), 750m (2:40?), 1000m (3:52), and 100m at 16 spm (4:49). My legs wer burning at the end...it awe so much fun!!!

Tuesday Track workout. With Jones this weekend, we decided to do a true speed workout - repeat 400s. My goal was to keep them below 1:30 (6:00 pace)...and I was successful. The thought was to do the first half of hte workout just below 1:30s, then crank it down for the 2nd half...but with Kelsey B. leaving after only 8 intervals, we cranked it up after 4, so my #5-8 are the fastest...and then I tried to do what I could for the last 4 without her to chase. We did 1:29, 1:27, 1:28, 1:29, 1:24 (x4), 1:26 (x4). I felt good, but certainly it was a hard workout. I am pleased to have so much speed in the legs - hopefully I'm starting this year off fast!

C • Track workouts 3

Ran w/ Frank B. at Ashley Res...but we quickly got bored of the muddy loop, and explored a bit of the snowmobile trails. They were packed down pretty good, so there wasn't much annoying unstable running. But, between the snow running and Frank's company, it made a drizzly nasty winter day a fun outdoor expereince. :)

This was essentially a day off, but I did jump on the bike for a while just to move the legs...but they felt so sluggish that I decided to take that as a sign and not do anymore. I wanted to do more training last week, but things fell apart as I was feeling crappy for a good portion of the week - so I'll take it as it is.