Training Log Archive: Tyrannosaurus

The XC Sub-district meet went really well. As a team we won by 51 points, and individually I had an 8 second PR.

Carlyn was a little sick, so she ran with me. We stayed right next to each other for about the first 4k, and then she fell behind just a little bit. After the first mile, we were in 7th and 8th, so we were able to pass people throughout the race.

We ran 2 miles for a warm up and again for a cool down.

Easy "DQ-park" road run with the XC team.

I missed XC practice, so I ran by myself in the evening. I had to wait until 7pm until all the rain stopped, and by that point it was pretty dark! Would have been good practice for the Vampire O'... I did run with paper in my hand (too dark to be able to read a map) to get used to running while holding something.

I'm not sure how many miles I went, but I was going at a pretty good pace for 2.5 laps around neighborhood, so probably 3+ miles.

We ran Lake Kathleen and halfway, we did intervals in the forest. They were pretty short, but very muddy and slippery! One set consisted of going hard on a gradual hill, then resting for the steeper downhill on the other side, and then turning around and going hard for the steeper hill, then resting on the more gradual downhill. Each interval was about the same distance. We did 6 sets, and then continued on our way.

"Jimmy" long run with the XC team.

Interval workout with XC team. Ran about 2 miles for warm up, then ran three sets of three 400m intervals. The first set had a hill at the start, and we tried to keep a steady effort throughout. The second set had the same hill, and we tried to maintain a steady pace (felt fast on the uphill, and then settled in). The third set was flat the whole way. The cool down was about 1 mile.