Training Log Archive: lonerunner

I went to the track and warmed up 800m, then ran 12x300m with 60seconds rest between each one. My splits were: 52, 52, 56, 53, 53, 52, 53, 53, 54, 56, 53, 53. Then i ran 100m in 13sec. and a 200m in 31sec. Then i ran 10sets of stair, and warmed down with a half mile. My calves were really sore when i finished.

Blue Day 2 - Splits

Event: West Point A-Meet
 

Sprint - Splits

I'm A little tired from the weekend, but i felt good running quarters today. I warmed up 2.5mi with the rest of the team, then i ran 2 hill sprints, and one indian file running drill, and after that we worked on handing off the baton. Then the rest of the team (except for erin) went home and i jogged another mile with my dog. I then went back to the field and ran 6x400m; my splits were 80, 79, 79, 79, 79, 68. The field was REALLY muddy and i was covered by the time i was done. i streched and went home. the end.

I was really tired and out of it when i stepped up to the finish line, and i think that was part of the reason i made the huge mistake on control 5. I started off just running to one and finding it more by chance then by reading my map, then i looked at my leg to number two and saw that it was going to be following the trail and stream until i got to the hill where the contol was, so i was planning on reading ahead and planning my routes for at least the next 7 contols. Nope, diden't happen, i looked at the leg from 2 to 3, groaned to myself and spent the entire time just trying to figure out how to get to control 3. I lost focus just before reaching control 2, and had to search for a minute to find it, then on the way to three i knew i had to go slow and spike it, but i ended up going too low and in my flustered state i went back to the stream and had to attack the area again. this time going higher up. At this point i was beginning to get annoyed at my inability to focus and tried to clear my head on my way to control 4, which i managed to spike.
Control 5: i started humming the back street boys, and it all went down-hill from there. I made a 7min. mistake by running too far on a trail. However, after that i pounded to 6 and caught up with erin, and we hit the rest of the controls basically at the same time for the rest of the course, often choosing different routes (which we compared afterwards) and making almost no mistakes. I felt really tired after control 6, and felt myself slowing down and chugging into the finish. considering how i lost my focus, i was really happy with my time; it could have been alot worse if i haden't seen the boulder with "time square" written on it.

red day2 - Splits

Event: HVO A-Meet
 

Felt good, but couldn't focus very well in the beginning of the course, however, as i got to the middle of the course things started clicking and i spiked the next few controls (until 13, where i ran right past the control and spent the next 3min trying to find it, and then heading out in the wrong direction to 14. i felt really tired when i finished

Red, Day 1 - Splits

I set out 6 controls for tommorows Tallman meet. It felt good to jog out in the woods, but i don't have a lot of time to train this week as my senior project is approching and i have a lot of work to do.

Went to the outdoor track and warmed up 3 laps. then ran 6x200m with 40seconds rest, my splits were: 36, 34, 32, 32, 34, 32. THen i ran 8x400m with 60seconds rest, my splits were 76, 75, 76, 77, 76, 78, 75, 77. I warmed down a mile.
Note to myself: i need new shoes, because i keep getting blisters from the ones i have now.

I'm setting courses for a local event next weekend, so i made up courses and went out today and field checked and marked all the locations. just jogged the courses, so no intense running.

Easter Sunday - no running

Warmed up with a 6:40 mile. then did 12 x 400m workout at 80 second pace with 60 seconds rest. Splits 81, 78, 81,81,80,80, 80, 80, 80, 79, 79, 78. Erin and I switched the lead every other one. I felt good and diden't even feel it until the ninth quarter. I warmed down by jogging a mile. I am going to do this same workout every week, but drop two seconds off each quarter, every time i run it.

I ran my old cross country course with my dog, it felt really easy.

lazy (no just kidding) i was kept busy doing other things.

Felt really tired today, but was freshened by my jog with my dog. I need to get alot more sleep if i am going to start training seriously.

Tired and sore, and too busy visiting colleges.

I felt really sluggish and tired at the start of the Green-ISVM course today, but I tried a new strategy of map reading that really helped me on the course today. going from 2-3 i had a slow but clear passage, so i read ahead and planned out my routes for the next 7 controls, and then after i had punched 3, i had a long field leg to number 4, so i looked at the rest of the course and then reviewed and memorized all the controls after 4. This really helped me in the later stages of the race, because i could feel myself losing focus and getting really tired, but i diden't make any big mistakes because i knew where i was going. Becuase i memorized the last 4 controls, i could really pick it up after 13 and give everything i had into the finish. I was really surprised at my time when i finished, because i thought i was going alot slower today than yesterday, but i guess that today i had better route choices. I loved the bagpiper at the finish chute, i think we should have one at every A-meet.

C • planning ahead 2

green VarsityM2 - Splits