Well preseason is basically done and it was solid. Not amazing or anything but we made some progress. Im thinking of the wos from this week- Monday was 4-4-8-12-8-4-4 in the rain, Wed was steady run on the course, today was 3-4x(3x300/100jog) with 2-3 minutes between sets.We didnt write anything down today i might go back and do that later. Lets see monday and friday were good wednesday not so great. Mainly they are just about all aerobically underdeveloped obv which is standard so the long continuous things are going to be tougher right now. Also remember the course is slow as crap- its important to know that obv.
Todays best performance was clearly Rachel. She is looking fit and ripped- she was hitting 66-68 on some of them- she is still not used to running that pace so was kind of alternating one or two fast with one slower in each set- but she was close with the boys on some of them. Excellent. The boys group was looking solid(really a lot of this this week) working together nicely today they were conservative at the beginning like 72-74 then most of them were in the 64-67 range which really is fine like what 6:00 pace or a little under. Like I said not amazing but good. Also Merritt did 10x1:00/2:00 jog early in the am she had to go to the doctor during prac time- it was good(i actaully ran this-wow! lol). She only did 2 miles on the course on wednesday which made her mad heh which is fine. Also Martin is looking good in spots he has to put it together consistently though- i think i thought the same thing last year at this time.
Amie and Ethan and Allison ran very well on Monday. I dont feel like writing in all the times theyre in the notebook except Allison was super consistent like 1:59-2:00 for the first 4 then dropping down like 58,58,55,49 very good. The boys group was good as well- Oscar,Jeff and Keenan are establishing a solid front presence.
As I said Wednesday was not great but theyll get better(obv).
My week was not good for 3 days and has gotten better at least in terms ofhow i feel. The last two-three days ahve been fine. It took me a while for my abs to recover form saturdays death march. Take your time a little bit i dont want any more regressions. I will be rested going into this weekend which is good- the wo today was light pickups and felt ok esp for the am. Tomorrow easy 4-5 or something then race(idk how fast i will go- its mainly a good fitness indicator). It should be fun!
And saving the best for last Ash put on an effortless looking show last night 8x200 walk across and start every 3:00. The times arent amazing 36,34,34,34,33,34,33,30 until you think about the fact that its prob 1-2 sec slower than the track and she had trainers on. And she had to go around the fence which costs time. The main thing is that she is looking sooooo smooth and fast when she runs- I dont think ive seen a girl run like that in practice- esp on grass by herself. No predictions except that she is really getting it now- hopefully things will go well- I think they could.
Mileage idk its not great this week ill put it in tom.
Btw that is a bold statement. However it might be true. I mean thinking back Anna E,Kacie,Chanel(lol in prac),Amanda K,Sydney,you know who looks super smooth like that is Lakin. Madeline has run farther faster obv but she was more powering along and working hard. Anna R but not to that extent prob. I'm reminded of the quote from Running w the Buffalos that the random old guy said about Goucher after the home meet "She is something else- she runs like an antelope"
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