2/8/06
Week-9 Wednesday
Workout: 10 min warmup, agilities, 5x1000m 3min rest, 5 miles easy stretches
3:22
3:20
3:21
3:30
3:18
Good workout today. I felt very strong during all of the 1000’s but the fourth one. I had to go poop pretty bad. They were done at 5k pace, so theoretically could’ve been pretty damn hard, but they weren’t. Besides the whole crap thing, I felt very strong and in control. All of them I postive splitted, though (36-118-240-321 was the average). OH man! That sleep last night was so great. Justa note, the post above was done THIS morning, not LAST morning…So LAST night 2/7/06 I got a lot of sleep and 2/8/06 I felt really good. I’m going to do it again tonight.
2/9/06
Week-9 Thursday
Workout: 1 mile warmup, 4.5miles easy/4.5miles SS
This workout was very hard… On the way out, I was chillen with our pack (about 3 guys). I mumbled somethin’ about them waiting up for me while I jumped into the porta potty. They ditched me. I was about 20-30 seconds behind them at least. So I ran by myself, my face into the sun, at a breakneck pace (for an 8 mile run) and caught up to them with 2 miles to go. I had cold sweats and goosebumps before the run was over. I need to hydrate better!
2/10/06
Week-9
Friday
Workout: 30 minutes easy, 1:00 with a shovel.
I took care of my track today. Filled in the potholes, and cleaned up the grass on the inside lane. Hard work! But I didn’t strain myself. Where everyone saw just a hole, I saw a lost dual meet. A twisted ankle. An MBL championship down the drain.
I forgot my running shoes. I can’t flipping believe i left them at home. I remembered my spikes, but at the meet I brought nothing to warm up in but a pair of socks. So I did. Sunday, I’m regretting not bringing my shoes. My right arch has flared up pretty good. God, it’s hard to keep a foot in icewater…
Good race, though. I was able to feel myself out. Between 500-700 meters I needed to make a bigger move than the one i did. I had it in me. Now I just have to pull it out of me come a week from now. I know what I’ll have to do to make it to finals at Simplot.
I didn’t do much of anything at all today. I sat 'round. Helped the guys out with their workout got splits. What I would have done today, had I not hurt my arch was this
1x800m 2mile pace
2x400m 2mile pace
2x200m 800m pace
2x100m 400m pace
Ivan did them all at a respectable pace. And I gave him all of his splits
Idaho was cold. Blessed blessed warm California! I don’t have to wrry about my spit freezing to my lips! I have a couple pictures of me and my frozen swim trunks. I left them on a rail after I got out of the hotsprings and they froze solid in about 60 seconds, like pieces of cardboard.
I had 3 800’s and a 400 to run in about 24 hours. OUch! 2:05,2:04, 55(in flats), and 2:… let’s not talk about my last 800m. Or maybe I should. I was anchoring hte 4x800. I had the most pathetic race of my life. I’ve only given up in a race like this in cross country. I once read an article in the paper by a pastor. He told an eloquent story about two wolves, one good one bad and that whichever one you feed is the one that’s going to be strongest. I think that there are a lot more than TWO wolves. I’ve got a whole horde of them. One for apathy, onfor courage, one for toughness, one for procrastination, one for enthusiasm, one for willpower. Etc. I need to starve my apathetic and cowardly wolves…
Good run today. I taped up my foot, just like I learned how to at Idaho State. It helped a lot. But I still had a tiny bit of trouble climbing the hills. The tape job helped a lot. The 100’s were done on a flat stretch, and with jog back recovery. I was able to keep good form, etc through the entire set of sprints.
I feel ya. I’ve got a pack that snap and growl most of the time. There’s a few who are on my side and keep the others away from my throat, but they’re often asleep. The one called Laziness likes to make like my pal, wagging his tail and licking my face, then next thing you know I have blood dripping from my side. Fear likes to stand in my path when I try to go anywhere. There’s one called Rationalization who always acts like the path he leads me on is right, even when it never ever is. There’s even one that comes around when I’m alone at 3 a.m., determined to sink his teeth deep into my brain and drag me to oblivion. The only thing that seems to get me though the forest is waking up Resolve and his littermate Focus and following the trail they lead for me, ignoring the others who are trying to get me lost in the deep dark woods.
2/23/06
Week-11 Thursday: Los Banos, San Benito, NMC Scrimmage
Workout: 20 min warmup, 4:59-1600m, 20 min cooldown
Before the dual, I had to go to a dentist’s appointment in Wattsonville, about 35 minutes away from it. Then, I drove over to the meet, warmed up immediately when I got there, and then raced whatever even was at the end of my warmup (The mile) and then cooled down and drove to my DeMolay meeting. UGh! SO much work…
I went very slow. I was completely relaxed the entire race, and I didn’t push any part of the race. I felt so good, that I probably could’ve gone for another mile at that pace.
I warmed up pretty well, and ran the first 800 just like I always do. Coach told me to get up on my forefoot so I did… and ran 10 seconds faster without much more effort. THe rest of the workout I hit pretty good splits and got a decent threshold/pacing workout in
