Friday, May 13, 2016

Thursday

Meet Prep
6 miles total
5 in Boost4

Ran by myself in the morning. Ran Asylum and then did 4x200 strides. Felt pretty crappy still, and the strides were rough, hopefully feel better tomorrow.



Shakeout
1.5 miles in Boost4

Ran once we got to the hotel in at Princeton. Just did a short shakeout and felt pretty good actually, hopefully that will be the case tomorrow.

Wednesday

Training Run
6 miles in Boost4

Ran with Stu, Paul, and Adam for 4 miles and then added on 2 miles. Felt crappy still. Done with exams and everything so my brain and body is basically screwed.

Tuesday

Workout
9.5 miles total
6 miles in Boost5

Did the workout in the morning by myself after my first exam of the day. Workout was pretty chill, only did 2 sets of hot and cold 400s. First set was 8 laps and second set was 6 laps. Averaged 70s for the hots and hit dead on 90 for all of the colds. Felt a lot better than I thought I would today so I'm happy about it. Hopefully will keep feeling good the rest of the week.

Monday

Training Run
7 miles in Boost4

Ran Van Dyke 4 with most of the guys (IC4A guys) and then added on when I got back. Felt super crappy today. Legs, body and head were all dead. Only two more finals and a workout til I'm basically done.

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Totals

*Race Week*

7 days/8 sessions

Total: 59 miles

Boost4: 17.5 miles ==> 186 miles

Boost5: 25.5 miles ==> 150.5 miles

Sunday (A10's Day2)

Easy Run
2.5 miles in Boost4

Ran after the cookout that was after the meet was over. Was the slowest run I can think of that I have done in my life. But also was very painful.


We won the meet today!!!!! WOOOOO!!!!! Super hype day!!! Finally broke the curse!!!! Awesome day, everyone competed really really well. Was an awesome way to finish the year, even though IC4A's is in a week.

Saturday (A10's Day1)

Meet Day!!!!!!!!

Shakeout
1.5 miles in Boost5

Ran around 3 pm with Adam from the track. Felt really crappy, got a little bit of a cramp and just didn't feel good at all. Got some subway afterwards and drank a ton of water to try and help me feel ready to go.


RACE
12.5 miles total
6 in Boost5

Ran the 10k. Warm-up felt pretty crappy still. Better than the shakeout but not how I wanted to feel. Got all warmed up and ready to go, decided to run in Takumi flats because they felt great and I hadn't touched my spikes all outdoor. Strides didn't feel too great either but I knew what I had to do. Race got off at 7:15 just as planned. Started out the first lap in dead last, like usual. Adam had gotten out though and it looked like the pack was trying to go with so I got up to the front, which is when they decided to let Adam go. Adam lead the whole first half with a 10 meter gap on the chase pack. I stayed in about 4th-5th of the chase pack the whole time, right in my comfortable spot. Went through 5k in 15:30's which is when we started to catch Adam. Once we got close people got excited and started picking it up to 72s, which hurt a little but I still felt relaxed and ready. Slowed back down to 73s after a couple laps and my legs started feeling really good again. Felt like I was just floating and not even trying which was awesome. Stayed on the pack for a while. Got to 2k left and the pack had started to break up a bit but there were about 10 of us that were in the lead pack, I sat right in 4th. A mile to go a Davidson kid made a move, I was not ready. I had started feeling pretty tired at this point so this move hurt me a little bit. The move spread the pack out a lot but the kid slowed back down and we caught him. At this point we had about a 1000 to go, Davidson kid in front, St. Loius kid in 2nd and me sitting on his shoulder. Was trying to decide when to go but because of how I felt I decided to wait til 400. Came back around to 600 to go and I had moved to 2nd so I said screw it and just went for it. I took the lead and created a small gap, lead until 400 to go when Brewster blew by me. I wanted to catch him but decided to just see if he would come back (honestly didn't knew it was Brewster when I was running). Stayed in second until the end, couldn't catch him for my life, and I ran a 62 last lap, he ran 57. I ran sub 30 last 200 because I was scared someone was coming up on me but nobody really was, I had made a good enough gap that they couldn't do anything about it. Ran sub 15 the last 5k and finished in 30:29, so I got a huge PR as well. Was so hype!!!! great race, my best one to the day. Poor Adam had died off and didn't score. So happy about the race though. Got some huge points for the team. Cool down was nice and slow. Poor adam was told that he was in the 5k tomorrow.

Friday

Meet Prep
7 miles total
6 in Boost5

Ran DOB 6 with Flynn and Brent and Stu. Figured I shouldn't do a meet prep run that's shorter than my race. Felt kinda crappy, pace felt a little too fast for my liking but was doable. Did the strides on the outdoor track even though it was wet. Strides hurt a little bit but was okay. Hopefully will feel great by tomorrow. Weather was wet and chilly today, never above 55.

Thursday

Training Run
7 miles in Boost4

Ran with the mid d and steeple guys. They were going 5 so I had to add on a bit at the end. Felt a little bit better today but not 100%. Should be feeling fine by Saturday.

Wednesday

Workout
10.5 miles total
6 in Boost5

Had maybe the last workout of the year today. Did 4 lane 8's, a K, 4 lane 8's, and then 4 200's. Was a fine workout. Felt kinda crappy though. Felt like I was capable of doing what I needed to for the times but I didn't feel like I had much after that. Although, on the 200's I felt fast, hit 29 on the first one and 28's on the last 3, those were the easiest thing of the whole workout. The lane 8's were weird, felt like we were trying way to hard just to hit 72's. Then on the K we were hitting the same pace and it felt like we were jogging. The K we hit 2:58, right on the plan. Good final workout before A10's this weekend.

Tuesday

Training Run
8 miles in Boost4

Ran with the older guys. Did DOB 6 and then added on at the track. Had a pretty big chance of storms today so we kept it short incase it started raining  and storming. Weather wasn't too bad though, about 62ish and humid.