Training Log Archive: Tyrannosaurus

Armchair Orienteering! I went over my dad's and my sister's courses from the Saturday meet at Lincoln Park with them, saw what they did, thought about what I would have done, and saw what some other people did on RouteGadget.

C • EXCELLENT. 1

We had another successful meet at districts. The team won by 62 points. I had a good race and missed my PR by just .24 seconds. It was somewhat of a hilly course, with three short, steep hills.

I decided to run with Carlyn; she goes out at a faster pace than I normally do. We pushed each other and stayed right together for the first half (I followed her up the hills), but then I pulled ahead a little bit. No one was right with me for the first part of the last mile, and I slowed down because of it. I knew the group behind me was gaining on me, so I decided to go with the first person who passed me. I did, and was able to quickly pass her back.

Our warm up was 2 miles, and our cool down was another 2 miles. However, watching the boys' race meant running another mile, and it was more of a sprint than an addition to the cool down!

"Mini-Q - park", short and easy to rest before districts.

Long run. I ran with Kelsey, and we took it pretty easy but had a good time.

Essentially the same workout as last Wednesday: Lake Kathleen with short intervals in the forest halfway through the run. Much less muddy and slippery than last week! We started from the opposite side this time, after stretching and 4 buildups. Each set was going hard for a steeper hill, then resting on a more gradual downhill, and then turning around and going hard on the gradual hill, then resting for the steeper downhill on the other side. We only did 3.5 sets and then finished the run.

Run with the team to the Jimi Hendrix memorial.

2 mile warm up before an interval workout: two 800m intervals with slight hill at start, 5 minutes rest, three 400m intervals with slight hill at start, three 400m intervals flat. About a 2 mile cool down as well.