Im a Paulrus

Lol. There was another funny line today I thought of as a good post title but I forgot. Running for me has been fair I did a couple of 6s this week so far and a 3 where I didnt feel that good and a day off. So fair. Did I say it was fair? Hopefully not foul. Blah blah blah shakespeare etc.

ANYWAY I will try to keep it going in September obv. Goal is 180 miles for the month. Nothing crazy just solid running average 6 miles per day. Moderate workouts tempo and steady. Tempo pace hopefully 620. Steady pace around 640-645. Hopefully a workout Friday before practice and then a long run Sunday.

Team has been doing solid. Workout this week was 4x800+2x600+1x400 on 400 field. Hunter and Dylan and Sean had done that on Friday at Mcd(with 2x1000 to start) Times were all around 252-255 not bad on starting every 6 minutes. Good for the first workout- that was Tristan,Seon,Eli and Louie- twins a little bit behind- I can tell the twins apart a bit now btw. Girls had a nice group of 2+3 Mckenzie and Jari on the front 316 down to 314 consistent with Mackenzie doing most of it and Alina! getting through 5 400s and Emily doing some good 4s as well. Nice that the girl can run together a bit that will help obv. Sean/Hunter/Dylan did 8x2:00/3:00 jog.

Then we did 2 distance runs. Tomorrow is 4800m tempo I have thought about breaking it up I think I would rather not but well see. Plus some hill strides. Im thinking about it now I might have Hunter run by himself maybe otherwise the others might start too fast. I will consider heh.

And in keeping with the theme of the day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXqgwexRJ9w epic sax walrus!

Also the r on the current keyboard sticks and half the time doesnt registerrrr which is verrrrry agrrrrravating because I have to rrrrrrrrrrretype a larrrrrge majorrrrrrrity of the worrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrds. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.

Millibaby step

Or maybe baby millistep is more correct. Yesterday ran with Deron Jake C Briana and the Zachs up to Franklin Middle then back on the trails and back rtown rd. Had to stop repeatedly which as normal prob made me tireder and hotter lol but they needed to.

Then today ran at mcd practice(since Franklin cancelled school thanks to the absurd new heat policy) 1+ wu then 2x1000,2x800,2x600 on the soccer field all starting at the start of the course. Averaged approx 3 minutes rest.

3:44,3:54,3:04,3:04,2:21,2:28 felt ok def working obv then the last 600 I was def getting tired. Heel was a bit sore- obv first extended running at this pace in a long time plus my shoes are pretty beat up. Quad felt fine and knee was fine too- as the wos get a bit more painful these little aches go away lol.

I didnt warm up enough which just remember- need 2 miles and strides def haha- the first 200 felt like a sprint for sure lol. I was able to hit 40ish on the first 200 of a lot of the intervals but then slowed- that will happen ha.

Hunter and Dylan got there a little late due to confusion so they were doing the 1000s while the group was doing 800s etc. Dylan said 328,345,?,252,208,214,77,74 and Hunter was ahead of him. Sean was with me mostly a bit behind like 5ish seconds but he dusted me on the last 600 heh.

Dalton looked good I didnt see that much of him since we were in diff groups but it was approx 306,?,225,221,?,?,66,63. It is a little bit annoying that I could have done most of this workout at some point in the not that distant past grr(maybe not the 63 haha). Well at least 8 years ago which is a while. But those wos with TT on track or Darin in the same field were pretty fast and those were much more recent like 3-4 years ago(recentish lol).

Then had a big feast at IHOP after- oof haha. Hopefully we can get more people out tomorrow. We prob wont have school until at least Thursday so well see what happens with that.

Plan for Sunday is to do 8 or 9 at ncr and see how that is. If I want to do Bachman valley I need to at least be able to complete the distance- helpful- without killing myself. It will obv not be a race but just a run but for now im aiming to do it.

Treading water

The title of this post was of course appropriate on todays run. As I was drenched as always :-/ on a 35 minute easy run(with approx 5 stops) that was with the high level jv group. Last week was ok 28 miles obv not enough Im just trying to maybe stay in the 30s and 40s for the time being idk. AT least try to stay consistent.

My knee is fair and my quad is hm certainly not awful. Im worried about it a bit idk if its a stress reaction or just a sore muscle ive never had quite this soreness before. Plus now my ankle is swollen lol from some sort of bite I believe idk. Many of these ache and pains I wouldnt even have thought about at some point in the past but now im more of a baby perhaps. Also running 2-3 months a year doesnt help obv.

Anyway did a hill wo at mcd on Tuesday- it was pretty good- 3xpasture,3xgravel,3xcorcoran then 3x200 I didnt do the downhill sanborns to save my knee. I ran behind Will and Charlie with the two kids Alexi and Isiah- a good positive group. It would actually be fun to race them with Franklin they would prob get 1-2 but then we would have a ton of people potentially in front of will or charlie.

Team doing well the tempo was pretty solid 2x1.5 on 800 loop yesterday. Of course I finally got the notebook today(I had bought one earlier on time but it was wide ruled- blech!) and it took me 10 days to get another one lol- so not much has been recorded over the first 10+ days ugh. The main issue is to get Joseph going which will hopefully not be too difficult it should be ok hopefully. JV boys are looking ok Deron doing good and Jake is trying to get started and there is a new guy Dan from Reservoir who will be good. Girls are doing better than ever Mckenzie getting back into it pretty quickly then Mackenzie and Emily D are both going to be pretty good as expected and Briana is good just dont have her run too much first season. Jari finally showed up today and jogged 3 miles with Iulia and Emily this is apparently her recovery week.

Approx mile paces from yesterday(as I said 2x1.5 on 800 loop- rest still a little long but with 9 minute segements not as big of a deal)
Hunter 6:05
Dylan 6:20
Seon 6:20
Eli     6:30
Louie 6:30
Sean  6:40-45?
Tristan- achilles sore from shoes(I believe he did 1 mile in 630ish)
Joseph - 3 mile jog

Mckenzie 655/735
Mackenzie low 8s- she didnt feel good
Briana 8s and one 16 in 745ish
Emily - ran with Mackenzie on second half of wo- continue this def

Tomorrow will prob be screwed up since Franklin now gets off school every time its sunny. Im supposed to go to mcd at 830 so have to play it by ear. Its a long workout which is fine. Hopefully theyll give some warning about the school.

Taken behind the woodshed aka 9 mile run @ Loch Raven

So yesterday ran with TT at Loch Raven(the standard old starting point at Dulaney Valley and Seminary. Went out and did the 4 miles over to Loch Raven Rd(or whatever its called) then crossed over and did a little 1+ mile loop down by the reservoir and came back. My legs were pretty much shot after about 7 miles or so the last 10-15 minutes were a struggle- a slow trot lol. Ended up at 82 minutes for the run which was probably a little more than 9 miles. Not really moving along heh. The main concern was that my abs were a little bit sore after this- long and significantly hilly run- later after nap and the next day it felt better but still there a little bit. My knee was sore a little during but also felt better today.

Then today ran with Jari at Mcd just the eay run down course to HH then 1 loop and back up Farm Rd plus one lap- a short 5(really I say 4.75) Shewas saying her achilles was sore keep an eye on that def.

Prac starts in 2 days.

Two distance runs and possible??? races for fall

Yesterday ran with Jari 4 miles easy at L Res a nice recovery day. Then today ran by myself at mcd- down course to HH 2 loops and back up farm rd plus a lap 48:15. Felt fairly stiff at the beginning and still kind of sluggish until almost the end. Have had 3 easy days in a row hmph but still slowly getting back into it.

Had I think 34 miles on 6 runs this week. A bit short of what I wanted but if you add two runs then im right there. So stay on top of consistency. Next week preseason starts so I will be running on my own more. Do the best I can to keep it going and really increase. We'll see heh.

I was looking at some races for the fall while watching first night of swimming finals.

8/12 Howard County 5k
8/21 NCR 10k
9/5 Labor Day 5k Liberty HS
9/10 Stevenson 8k XC
9/25 Bachman Valley half marathon(I already signed up for this)
10/23 5k XC Mcrrc derwood
11/6 Gerrys race 8k xc
11/13 Dustin Bauer 3.05m xc

Hopefully I will do more than 0 of these lol.

Thursday distance run

Ran yesterday with Hunter at Mcd. Felt stiff for first couple of miles then semi tired for a few miles. Did course to HH 1 1/2 loops then out and across the front of campusup Farm rd. It was 42 min back to track then ran 14 minutes on the football field which I felt much better on. So easy 56 min for 7 miles- good.

Also jogged a mile in the morning while Zach R was doing 200s which helped on Tuesday so I tried it again. The pm run was pretty good even after 2 wos in 3 days so good.

4x1000 grass/200 jog

Ran at Hannah More with mainly Hunter and Tristan(Miles Fadhili and Wynton did part of it for conditioning). 4x1k on 400 field with 200 jog. 358,354,351,351 with the 200 jog in around 1:02 average. Felt ok not amazing not bad. nothing really hurt excessivly which is unusual heh. My knee was a little better than it has been after this wo. We'll see how it is tomorrow. This was not bad on the track it would be close to 345s which is good for where I am now. 5.5 miles total I only have about 17 miles so far this week. Blech I will hit a long run Saturday and at least one double which should help bump it up a bit. Still prob short of 40 hmph. But the main thing is to stay consistent. Nice dinner with Zach, Reedy, Lou and Brian at buffalo wild wings some good track blabber

easy 6 at mcd

Ran by myself- some light rain. Also they fixed the bridge at the 1.5 mile mark of the course so it wont flood anymore which is nice. Anyway ran down on course then 2 loops in HH in about 1920 which felt ok. Not as good as yesterday but fine. Then had a nice internal debate whether to go up farm rd or not which obv led to me going up farm rd lol. did a lap on track for 4740 total not bad.

Watched a youtube video(which obv i do incessantly now on various topics) by a cardiologist on the dangers of marathon training leading to hardened heart and a fib etc. The problem is he of course all of the lamest pop culture running points(born to run lol- im surprised dean karnazes wasnt thrown in there too) and also said to swim/crosstrain etc(i suppose in moderation) but advocated high intensity interval training which doesnt make a whole lot of sense or they def need to explore it more. Why would repeatedly spiking your HR to like 180-200 be better than prolonged 140-160. And of course youre going to have more toporin(i forget the spelling its a heart attack by product basically) after running a marathon its a greater than normal stress on the heart. The problem is potentially a lot of people dont train properly and more importantly race properly. Interesting anyway

Anyway I dont do this for my health I know it is def detrimental sometimes lol. If there nor more posts it means I dropped dead lol- although it could also mean training went into the crapper again for a while. Will try to avoid both of those outcomes at least for a while heh.

This day got posted out of order for some reason btw. I think this was last Saturday. That will be quite meaningless when I read this again 2 years from now(or never) but whatever.

2+ loops in HH et al/ Piney Grove o+b 44:00

Ha! You probably thought it was going to be another year until I posted again. Fooled you! Since I am talking to a non-existent person or possibly a disembodied spirit I will not carry on with that particular brand of nonsense and instead will get straight to the point.

Of course that should be a cue to ramble inanely for another paragraph or so but actually I should have gone to bed approx 90 minutes ago so I will actually get to the point.

Anyway I did a light workout with Dylan last Friday he did 8x2:00/2:00 jog and I did 8x1:00/3:00 jog since I had already done 2 wos that week and there was a long run the next day. It went fine it felt a little quicker which is the point. My knee was semi sore afterward. And then we did the run at NCR the next day I felt ok after getting warmed up but it was still sore and then sore later in the day. I went back with Sean- his IT band has been a little sore although is hopefully getting better(it was good yesterday).

So last week was 36 or 38 miles I forget in 6 days. Not 40 but ok.

Then I took Sunday off to rest my knee- also my quad was oddly sore inside for a couple days so rest that. Do I have a brain now??!? Nah lol.

Monday we did 2 wu then 2 loops in HH + out and keep going until we got to 20 minutes. I led the first loop(this was with Hunter and Ryan)- first loop 8:07 Hunter said it was the best shape Ive been in since hes been here. Yay- also prob accurate unless a year ago heh. Then the second loop I tired a bit it was 12:25 at 1 1/2 loops and I actually forgot to look at the two loops prob about 16:40 which was the goal- so we went out and I finished up right by the fence entrance by the little hill going to the horse fields(blast furnace) for future reference.

I got some more cramping in my calves and also in my left hip flexor. I assumed that was hopefully cramp(to be new zealandish) and it seems to have been because it was fine today.

Today I jogged a bout a mile and a half at Franklin in the am with Naomi and Zach who is home for a week nice! I wont count that as mileage but I think it helps loosen me up obv. Then a nap and I ran at the church. Just out and back up Piney Grove rd to the stop sign and back. 23 min out and 21 min back. Felt very good just trying not to go too fast which is a good sign. Knee a little sore. This run is def not more than 6 miles although I think Ive claimed it as much as 7 in the past lol. Unless I was REALLY feeling good lol.

Tomorrow 4x1k/200 jog. Only one week to go until preseason.