Whaaat? haha (6x800 H More 800 loop)

So I actually felt good throughout an entire workout today. That is the first time this summer that that has happened- but its pretty much par for the course(nice golf crossover obv) that it will be 4 or so weeks before you start to feel better- esp after months(yearsish) of inactivity. We did 1 mile wu then 6 x the 800 loop with 1:00 rest. I gave them 1:30 on the last two as Sean was tired- also his IT band was sore and we should have had him only do 4 or so but he didnt say anything about it until after and I stupidly forgot. Hopefully he should be ok if he takes it easy and stretches.

So it was me Tristan and Sean we each led 2 of them I did #2 and #6. We did more or less 317,311,316,315,319,305. It felt quite tolerable and pretty nice even though it was 90-92 but the loop is shady. What a difference 2 days makes even though it was only about 5-7 degrees cooler I felt much better. Good sign if I can just keep going.

Fadhili,Mica,Deron and Vivi did 3 sets of 4 times the steep hill and then a medium pace 800- Fadhili did 242 which is not bad def and Deron wasnt that far behind him like about 250. I told him he did that in an 800 race I think or he would have. He will be a solid JV guy in xc and then well find some good stufffor him to do in track def. Its nice when the kids that are hard workers get better obv.

Oh yesterday was a double 3 miles easy with Merritt in the am shes not too into running right now which is fine except she already signed up for Baltimore marathon whoops. But if she really not into it then she can blow it off obv.

I need to start hitting some longer runs if im going to do the half btw

Monday Loop workout-melting

Ran with Dylan(as well as Ryan and Lucy but they were separate). 1.25 wu down to HH thn the wo was 3x1 loop starting every 10 minutes. I already felt hot after the warmup heh. It was about 95-96 on the drive down so def warm. First loop 822,felt ok splashed a bit of water on myself, second loop I led in 819 feeling tired by last third of loop, took extra rest(about 2 or 3 minutes) and then ran the opposite way after Dylan started. Ended up almost making it to the halfway mark as he went a little slower(although thinking about it now I think I messed up I waited a minute? but I was thinking I waited two minutes- oh who knows lol. Btw my calves were cramping semi significantly after the second one and on the warmdown where obviously I got dropped.

Need to keep working on hydration. I feel like if I am able to lose the rest of the extra weight I have which is approx 10 pounds maybe I wont sweat quite as much? as its obv insulation. That could be not true though hopefully I will find out. Of course I have to cut down on sweets which is difficult. One thing at a time.

Also I would like to note that I have had more posts(3) than in all of 2015(2). Lol

July running

So this summer has been ok. I have had 4 weeks of averaging around 40 miles per week in July. I think it was 41,42,34,46. Doing some workouts twice a week with the team. Mainly Sean and Dylan although Hunter and Tristan have been around some as well. Standard stuff of good steady loops in the woods in various combinations weve done 3x1 loop and 2x1 1/2 loops pace around 8:20-8:30 per loop. Then running at Hannah More on Wednesdays last two weeks were 3x1600 on the 800 loop I did 632,627,620 I think that was a 2 minute rest then last week we did 12x400 start ev 2:00 to give them a little break from long intervals and I averaged about 90. I have the annoying minor breathing problem that I get in my chest and throat- this may be allergies or something with the hot weather its been off and on for like 2 weeks. Investigating. Also got a bit dehydrated as usual a few days ago as Im basically drenched in sweat after every run its getting a bit ridiculous lol.

Team is looking ok we'll see how things shape up(ha) in a few weeks when preseason starts. The twins have been away for basically the entire summer actually hopefully they could conceivably show up tomorrow although its supposed to be hot so they might wuss out heh. Joseph and Mckenzie are both kind of mia right now but hopefully when preseason starts theyll be ok. We shall see.

Also I signed up for Bachman valley 1/2 marathon which I have never done although I should have. The last time I ran a half marathon was ... ? Chances of actually starting the race ... ? Haha

Will try to hit average of 50/week in August. Will I be able to break a nice 0 for 7 or 8 in terms of running during the school year since starting at Franklin? The exciting saga continues in a couple weeks! Btw I think im good for 620 as a tempo pace right now which is not really awful. Once the team starts practice I will start wos on my own mostly and that is a good place to start.