12x400 too fast start ev 2:15(plus 2x1:00) feeling marginally better

Today was ok but i went too fast and screwed it up a little bit. Its hard to run such a slow pace during mcd practice when they are practicing the 4x1 because i subconsciously(and consciously) feel stupid plodding along at 92 sec pace so invariably you start out too fast(theme lol) but whatever. Also it was significantly windy which is obv fine- maybe 1 sec/400 or something like that. So it was 88,86,87,88,87,88,88,89, then i took one extra minute,88,88,extra minute,86,83. So they were consistent- good thing. Too fast bad thing. Too hard also- not horrible obv but my legs were just heavy def. This was accpetable basically the nice thing i was tempted to do 8 or so but just took a little extra and continued. The extra rest made it easier but it also made me wnt to stop haha.

Yesterday was a fine run w darin and michael. Luckily we went early I wasnt sure if we should wait as they both texted but the rain at 930 was def better than the snow/sleet at 3. So that was a good 5.

Saturday I did a nice 6 with Jamie at UMD before ashs meet. We ran around lake titicaca or whatever the actual name is. heard some good guffawing from a group packed onto the gazebo on the lake lol. I was gasping for breath on the first mile but eventually felt better. The pace was prob in the 730? range. Who knows but it was fairly good. Also the 2 straight! semi fast(sub 830 pace) runs are another reason my legs are tired today.

Im also already getting a bit used to not stuffing myself at every meal until i burst. I had 2 cookies tonight instead of 4 for instance. Actually im eating less and it still seems like a lot so hopefully i can drop 10ish pounds in 3 months or something like that. Of course then ill go to my moms house and weigh myself and ill be like 168 or something and then be in a rage lol.

League meet tom at Catonsville. Looks like the weather is finally!! moving into the acceptable range. Oh ash did a 58.7 which wasnt bad at all for not much training. hopefully well have some good performances tom. And more importantly Saturday.

6x400 at rec,low mileage re^(x+1)dux,new goal(2015)----> Section F

So what does all that gobbledygook in the title mean?? I will translate for the less uninformed(haha theres a little double negative for the loyal listeners out there). 6x400 at rec was a workout i did yesterday- i alternated with imani and aliya who did a 250 and 6 150s. I thought i was going to die actually it was fairly hard. depressingly enough the times were 77,75,77,78,78,78 on about a 3:00 rest or so. encouragingly the rec is much slower than running outdoor which i obv already know so its alllllll good. or at least allllll ok. my mileage has stayed solidly and consistently far too low- like getting over 30 mpw is a glass ceiling that even the most intrepid trailblazer in business or social norms would have trouble breaking through. Sorry about that last sentence the "norms" word doesnt really work i was trying to think of something else but then i gave up. Le mot mal as it were. <---- 10000="" 2015.="" 2="" 3="" 5000.="" a="" about="" am="" an="" and="" another="" april="" as="" come="" compete="" continue="" could="" ending="" entries="" even="" f="" for="" goal="" gone="" have="" how="" i="" if="" in="" is="" its="" juste="" late="" ll="" mal="" men="" mid="" more="" my="" next="" not="" now="" obv.="" of="" opposite="" p="" pedantic="" perusing="" piffle="" posthaste.="" prob="" problem="" ps.="" raleigh="" really="" relays="" running-="" section="" sections="" see="" smorgasbord.="" smorgasbord="" so="" some="" that="" the="" this="" to="" tried="" um="" up="" veritable="" was="" we="" what="" will="" with="" women.="" year="">
Anyway also we had a dual meet today vs hereford and Parkville(i knew i could get another). Some highlights were Darin winning the mile in 455,Nandu falling at the end of the 200, Merritt ran an acceptable 1301,Ricky hit some big jumps for a newbie(or noob as some would say- not me though) with 18'8 and 38'x and overall we did an acceptable job at a chilly meet. Im off to UMD this saturday and then meets tuesday and saturday next week.

3x(600-400-200)- an actual non tempo wo!/Its always (more than one) something oiy

This week has been ok. Monday off due to snow. Tues ran a wo with Merritt that was def good for her- mile in 6:37 for her (i got dropped in 648 as the pace was supposed to be 720 lol) also i didnt feel great def. I took my long pants off after first one and felt better. SO then 635 after a 3 min rest i think i cant remember. Then rest and two 800s in 310 and 311. Quite good. Then she did 6 400s and 4 200s on thursday in around 85-86(first one 82) starting every 3:00. Getting back into it.

Anyway did that Tues then prob a distance run wed i think it was 4 miles with em. Then yesterday 3 miles with em at h more- really racking up the miles lol.

Today I did the aforementioned wo. It was start at 4:30/8:00/11:00 and so on with 200 jog. It was pretty good a bit faster than planned the 400 pace was supposed to be 86. It was 2:06/84/40./2:05/82/40./1:58/77/39. I felt a bit better through the wo esp the last 600 felt quite good! at least for the first 400 lol then harder. 1 Mile wd. This wo was pretty good just a nice start. Keep this up.

Also I got a big splinter yesterday from the round wood table at my moms house. I got some of it out yest and the rest luckily today. It wasnt bothering me today then after prac it started to so i pushed the rest out. My hand is about 95% better btw which is nice. What will happen next i wonder haha.

Back to running related pains heh my foot was a little bit sore after the wo.

This could start to be a good 5k wo if I could maybe add a set and start to cu down the rest.

County relays tomorrow hopefully will go well. At least weather looks good.

2x2400 3:00 rest or I'm just carrying my weight vest under my skin! Also hand swollen

Did wo yesterday(Sunday). Obv then it snowed today- standard pattern. My hand and wrist are swollen and semi- painful but def getting better- that obv happened once before and then my shoulder before. Its not that bad though- maybe a bite? idk. Anyway i was afraid it would be a prob for the wo but it wasnt. 2 mile wu then the wo- Merritt ran alternating 800s and Em ran alternating 400s so that was fun. First one was 3:10/3:04(6:14 obv)/3:06 for 9:20 then 3:10 rest then start at 12:30 with 3:05/3:01(6:06)/3:00 for 9:06. nice math! lol. This was the first one where I actually felt like it was a real tempoish type run so thats good. The hardest part was prob the last 2 laps of the first one. My feet felt ok which is also good. 1 Mile wd. Merritt ran 4 800s all between 306-308 she was working hard but thats fine. Well see. Em was runnin 90-92 generally whatever the group ran. Nyjari was also there for an easy run.

Also weve been semi? comically talking about how now since im a small land whale that is actually a good thing. If i can get some training in at a higher weight and then eventually slowly lose the weight i will be even stronger than ever! Haha maybe it will work! Anything to not stop cramming massive quantities of sweets down my voracious gullet. I think i need a couple more stomachs like a cow. Or maybe a manatee!

Today I will prob continue my snow laziness. Hopefully by the end of the week it will be dry enough to do a wo on the grass.

3x1600 start at 7:30

Well this week of running has been a big dud lol. I did a fairly good wo on Sunday which has already been recorded and then took 4 days off in a row heh. At least i should be rested. Just cold/semi-busy/tired etc etc etc. Hmph. Ive been reduced to the status of weekend warrior apparently. So yesterday rna w Merritt in some soggy fields and track. Then didnt take a nap today- obv went to prac at 10 so i was sleepy for a bit going into the wo at 3. But of course guzzled a bit of pepsi meh(which i was obv going to cut down on) and went down to mcd. Darin and Nandu did a wo with Andrew and Mikey was there along w a few other notables. Em ran every other lap w me she did good. So they were 6:06,6:04,5:59. It was too hard but not awfully so obv. Also btw the weather was glorious like 57 degrees with some mod wind but who cares obv. I need to try and see next week if the 93s feel much easy(of course im still supposed to be at 94- hmph) Whats the point of doing a tempo or esp CI wo if you dont do it too fast- I mean really! Heh. I think my motto should be live and dont learn. Or since were into the insanity continuing that may be related to that as well. The boys did 8x400 in approx 69 for pretty much all of them then dropped a 59 on the last one. rest was fairly long start ev 3:00 but no worries. They handled it pretty well. Merritt did 10 or 11 300s in the morning at franklin. Mostly around 66 or so i was trying to time and monitor the psrinters as well. Oh also Nyjeri ran 58.6/2:23 so far this weekend- nice. Try for mid 30s in mileage next week- my heel is a bit sore but not terrible. I kind of wish we were running tom afternoon rather than tom am but i was the one who set it up so its my own fault. poop. Also another good thing is DAYLIGHT SAVINGS hooray! I saw a stupid article in the good old cc times today about how dst was bad- idiocy! Now i will look at the 10 day forecast and either be ecstatic or enraged depending on what the nearly 100% inaccurate forecast is for 9 days from now heh.

6x800 1:00 rest

Got the Sunday workout in before the snow tomorrow. All i need for now is basically one day per week even 5-10 degrees below normal lol. Which is pretty much all we are getting so that is a good thing. 2 WU with Darin and Merritt. Darin did 5 800s and Merritt did 8 200s to test her knee. So they were 3:07,3:02,3:01,2:58,2:58,2:55. Not bad obviously too fast this month is supposed to be 94 pace. It wasnt overly hard the first one was actually prob the toughest. Pulse was around 170? after not really meaningful/accurate. It wasnt really that tough though and I was at a little over 2 steps/breath so that means I can still get my heart rate up pretty high. If i get my weight back down to a tolerable level then I should be able to do these wos faster obv. Of course my eating is constant especially sugar and candy so that will be a challenge but just take your time and go down. It will be fine when the weather finally breaks. One more week and we will be close even mid to high 40s is ok. The next few days will be tough obv but just keep grinding.