Krasnayafleur's training #2

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still feel like shit, back at school now. I am supposed to take today off and yesterday was supposed to be a pretty easy jump rope workout. I didn’t do that and was going to do it today- i can probably do it just hopping in my room so maybe i’ll do that if i can stop coughing.

Lots on my mind… i’ll be glad to train tommorow to get my mind off things. We have a meet on saturday- will be interesting to see if all this time off really hurts or really helps me, or if it has no effect either way which is probably the most likely.

I was offered an extremely lucrative job, and thinking about it is occupying a decent bit of concentration. Think of my nude modeling job and take it to the next level… the cons might outweigh the pros here, but given the right situation it could be alright.

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…lucrative doesn’t always=good.
Think----Bigger Picture.
DOPR.

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I don’t know… maybe being sick is making me foggy and i’m not thinking clearly. Or maybe I am, for once. I am considering it.

My shin feels better at least. I have a very personal practice tommorow w/my field coach- I’ll be alone or maybe have one other person with me, so the attention should be nice.

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you model nude? :slight_smile:

seriously though. im not sure how much ‘to the next level’ it is, but listen to dirty old pro runner.

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If you do take it - and ask urself is it worth it - make sure u know whoever is involved is safe/ reliable - don’t go alone if possible and make sure someone knows where you’re going and with whom - if u can’t meet these criteria don’t even think about it.

G’luck etc

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still thinking about it… of course i’d be really careful, i just have to think it over a bit.

still sick- the semester started today so it’s back to the routine of classes and a huge workload every night.

As far as track, I didn’t have to do too much today. My coach was worried about my shin, so he had me do some limited HJ stuff: a couple runthroughs and 4 jumps. After watching film of my early jumps I can see that I tend to come in with a lot of speed then basically stop and pop. I have gradually been switching over to a better and more technically sound style of approach, carrying speed through the curve until the end and actually lowering on the penultimate and today things actually started to come together for some really good jumps. My coach said I could probably jump higher right now doing it my old way, but in the long run I will jump much higher doing it right. I trust him on this.

Also did some quick hurdling just to touch up:
-2x4h down and in for quickness
-1x1, 1x2, 2x3 hurdles at normal height, still in about 8 inches
Even though I was sick and a little sluggish, these felt pretty comfortable.

Lifts: our coach didn’t have a chance to write us a new program, so he had us do the upper and lower lifts from last week, cutting from 8 sets to 4. We won’t lift tommorow before the meet, as we have done in the past.

-mid-grip bench fast and light: 4x3 @30k, 1x42.5, 1x45
-sternum chins: 4x1 @bodyweight, 2x1 w/2.5k plate
-power cleans 4x3 @35k, 1x37.5, 1x42.5
-full back squats (light enough to explode up into almost a jump): 4x3@37.5, 1x45, 1x55

Iced my shin, even though it wasn’t hurting.

I FINALLY got one good piece of news from track, which is that right now I am ranked #2 in new england in the pentathlon. This is encouraging because if I get back closer to where I should be, I can pick up a 5/10ths in hurdles, 3 inches in HJ, 2 ft in LJ, 3 ft in shot, and 12 seconds in the 800. If I could improve even by a smaller margin than that, I would have a very good chance at winning. That would be a pretty sweet end to a really difficult season.

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Had morning practice today- very short and easy:
-full WU, sprint drills
-3x full LJ approach on the track to get consistent steps
-multi-throw series w/light shots

no lift today, will probably go to the trainer later for ice and stim. Tommorow I am doing hurdles, HJ, LJ, and possibly a 4x4. I am still pretty sick- I feel a little less groggy (this could be all the caffeine) but I sound a lot worse. I couldn’t sleep last night because I couldn’t breathe, which sucked.

right now I am selling my books and other posessions in order to buy the school books I need for this semester… kind of depressing and I am still pretty far short :frowning: why are they so damned expensive??

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What do you mean the next level? Are you referring to porn? :wink:

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sounded like porn without cameras… sounds like a bad move.

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lol. strip clubs maybe?.. I think we skipped one level here. I think porn is the next level after striping.

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chris has it right…

by no means a definite move on my part yet… there are some practicalities that would make it difficult, but it’s not altogether unappealing. I guess it’s an option if I decide to go that way. I don’t know… I’m not a trashy kind of girl, but for some reason that stuff has never really bothered me. If I had gone to school in the city I would go for stripping, but there isn’t much of that here in the mountains…

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I dont think you should get into that lifestyle.

I’d be TERRIFIED of catching AIDS. Not only that but drug use/abuse is rampant etc. I think it is self destructive all the way around.

You are too smart, educated and talented for that.

Stripping “can” be crazy enough (lots of drugs etc) but porn is very dangerous

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All I got to say is do you. Im just not so sure why you’d want everyone knowing that unless you want our support in buying your films. If you feel that youve got “talent” or what it takes to be a star then more power to you. Otherwise that kind of stuff is best kept on the DL IMHO. :confused: :o

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LJ was a little better than it has been so far, but everything else fell between mediocre and bad.

don’t really want to analyze it, there is no point :frowning:

i am still sick- i haven’t been able to sleep for two nights because i can’t breathe, and today i lost my voice entirely and i can’t speak. it’s actually kind of funny. i hope it’s ok to mix pseudofed and alcohol…

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today is an off-day- just as well since I have hundreds of pages to read. I drank moderately last night so that I could fall asleep and it worked like a charm- I slept for 10 or 11 hours and woke up in a much better mood. I don’t feel sick anymore but I have lost my voice entirely and have to whisper everything… very tiresome!

I was going through old papers and crap at my house and came across tons of stuff from UPenn. They sent me recruitment letter after letter and big packets of info and personal letters from the coach and for some reason I DIDN’T RESPOND… ivy league, D1 and they actually recruited me actively! What was I thinking? god knows

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She’s not working a corner. Porn stars are tested now.

Too smart to get paid for having sex? :smiley:

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hey, it is work like anything else… sort of. The situation I am confronted with now is fairly daunting- my class conflicted with my job for all of january so I was making no money, and I had to sell books and things to buy my books for this semester, so I am pretty well cleaned out. My biggest concern actually is food- the dining hall is open at very specific times and you can only go once each meal, and can only take out one piece of fruit… they are strict on this. I need to eat more than that so sometimes I can sneak out PB&J under my shirt, but I will be more comfortable when I can buy good food again. I am tutoring again- low-paying but better than nothing.

Anyway, workout was independent today:

-mobility jog, dynamic flex, sprint drills, dynamic hurdle mobility
-multithrow series w/heavy shot
-accel series, mostly hop and go variations, none more than 10m
-jav tech series
-1x400: this was not in our workout but I was suffering a massive guilt trip about not running one on saturday

straight to a quick lift:
-full back squats 5x2 explosive: 2x44k, 47.5, 50, 52.5, 57.5, paired with:
-tuck jumps 5x6. 5min between sets… more than necessary.
-glute/ham raises 1x6 @bodyweght, 2x6 add 5k

Saw my head coach in the weight room, who asked me when I would get fast and run in the 8’s again. Yessssssssss

Iced shin, and ice+stim for knee. Settling in now for 400-500+ pages of reading :eek:

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do what you have to do and who cares what anyone else says or thinks. think of it as good stress relief.

as for the dining hall…when i was in college i used go for breakfast and lunch and stay for 2 hours and eat twice. in between eating i would study. just a thought.

also, any possibility of getting student loans (or more student loans)?

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Exactly what I was going to say. LOANS.
The guys I live with took out 1000-2000 dollar loans for the semester for money for food, books, and whatever.

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I would rather not saddle myself with debt before I absolutely must. The school has already given me massive grants to cover just about all of my tuition and they give a little bit of money to help with books… although the $60 voucher is laughable when my books cost more like $600 this semester.

I smuggled cereal and milk out of the dining hall for my study break… I think I should be getting some kind of paycheck in two weeks, I can probably make it that far. My coaches would probably help me but I am too proud to ask.