Ever tried. ever failed. No Matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail Better.

I saw the quote on Wawrinka's arm since he had lost 35 grand slams in a row before finally beating Nadal in the australian open. Awesome! Obviously it applies to many people in sport and me specifically. Ran in the 1600 at PG on Saturday. I had done a workout at the rec center on wednesday of 600-400-200-400(it was supposed to be more but i was timing the team wo obv so it got cut down) it was 156/78/38?/76. Not bad. I then proceeded to take thrusday off and run 2.5-3 miles on friday with team.

So went down to PG. Had nice chat with doug mock he seems to remember me being better than i was haha. He also kicked the crap out of me and ran 446 good job. He had some amusing things to say like not being embarrassed to tell people he ran 8 miles at 9 min pace once a week lol. Also as often happens he was asking me what his 1600 time was worth for the mile and so on. Its wierd when people who are better than you ask about workouts and timing and so on that has happened before. I pretty much would never ask anyone about workouts for myself first of all who knows better about me than me I mean if someone has a good idea obv you can use it but its odd that people dont think they know better. Also its fun to try and figure it out for yourself like what to do thats part of the challenge obv. 

Anyway after my stinky performance maybe i need to ask someone for advice lol. Maybe but more likely is that running 3 5 miles runs per week even if one of them is a workout is probably not the best preparation lol. I seem to think that running less than ever is the way to stay fit- I feel like theres some kind of fallacy in there but I cant quite seem to make it out lol. 

The biggest news was that to paraphrase Dennis Green I was who they thought we were or some such. Which means that the biggest choice of the day was whether to go in the masters heat or the open heat. I chose bravely but poorly and went in the open heat(which is good). I told Felix the rec track coach my predicament and decision on the line and his response(after the obligatory "What are you doing here?") was "It's your funeral!" Lol. Sadly this meant I was in last place after a lap and then 400 in 71. I passed 1-2 poor abandoned souls and came through in 2:32. Btw this race was quite similar to my last mile effort in May except for the fact that I ran 11 seconds slower lol. SO the second 800 was approx 252 although it felt like I was running about 202. Actually I did a pretty good job of competing which is good. I was sick and quite out of shape so you cant expect miracles(well you can but dont be disappointed when they dont happen haha). So 524 which is a little slower than what i wanted but not too bad. Ugh. At least i didnt finish last- although another amusing feature of the race was that right after being lapped with a lap to go the three GTC women passed me and in my befuddled state I thought they were also lapping me and running in the range of 430-440 which caused me to exclaim "Good job ladies!" However after the fact I figured it out hopefully it didnt sound condescending or anything like that haha- not really that amazing of a job to pass a staggering 520s runner heh.

My heel was sore after(not horribly so i did a 10 min jog) but then the subsequent 4 hours of the rest of the meet def didnt help I was limping a fair amount by the end. Interestingly it felt better after a 30 min nap in the middle of the meet but then started to hurt a lot more by the end when i was putting more weight on it. Not shocking obv.

So i took off yesterday(heel) and today(snow and sick). Yeah training!! lol but seriously its amusing how impossible it is for me to be discouraged by anything in running. Just keep looking on to the next goal.

Once i feel better just start running more consistently. I have determined that Im going to buy a treadmill- definitely by next winter and possibly now although its not that necessary instantly this winter is starting to wind down Praise the Lord! But next winter def def. If you need to do say 10-11 runs/week or something like that its one thing to man up and do 4-6 of them in the freezing and wet sweaty conditions but having to do all of them there is too much for me.  Plus ive had fine success running on tmilll in past. 

The good goal for the mile(at the philadelphia meet in may or over the summer) is obv to rebreak the 5:00 barrier- Fun!

crack! and gtown prep

Well the cold weather has broken me for the week. Also im sick heh- not too bad though. Also im not worried about it. Havent missed a workout yet. I think ill try the workout for this week at the end of the week when it (hopefully gets into the mid 30s) or maybe we'll break the mythical 40 degree barrier. I think ill be fine once it gets a little warmer and i get better.

went to gtown prep today and it went pretty well. ethan and merritt were tired from thursday i think in longer races- also both are undertrained for sick/snow reasons. boys were good 4x2 fair brian isnt that fast yet we need to work on it which i think we can make a lot of progress so we lost the heat cuz hes slow. SPrint med had a good run nandu was too slow in 400 like 54 then 23/24 and darin hit a 158 for the first time on anchor to get us back into second. Mcd won with mikey running 158 as well but josh woods led off with 51 so that was pretty much it heh.

then 4x4 we couldnt quite catch bowie but we hit a 3:33.40 which is #2 in state- in state meet we'll prob have to put in warren rather than paul. we could potentially score quite well in state- 4x2,4x4,500,800,need 300 and possibly hurdles and possibly shotput- maybe 50 points that would be if things went well. we looked good today anyway.

ok shower and bed i have limited sleep right now ugh heh.

Also Liv has gotten the hang of the new pole def. 12' at league meet then 12'6" at counties then 12' again today. nice!

morning run just before snow

Actually got out and did a run before the snow. 4 miles at mcd felt ok of course sweaty in 28 degrees bleh. At least i saved the good underarmor for the freezing time to come. Not too much time left in winter! In a month it will be warmer.

6x800 1:00 rest

Did a couple runs with merritt and emily on saturday and sunday. Merritt is better which is nice. Also most of the team people(boys) who is was worried about getting sick seem to have gotten better at least mostly. It is 95+% likely that counties will be postponed to thursday which is ok we did a light workout of 150s today. The 800 boys still need to get stronger def. We can work on that the next few weeks and then into march. Fun wos heh.

I did a wo before the snow comes- supposed to be cold this week too after the snow. Good news is that were moving past the halfway point of winter which is exciting obviously. 10 days until february and then it starts to warm up obv yay!

So anyway 6 800s with 1:00 break. It was supposed to be 308 pace. Pretty much every time the first 400 was 89-90 so too fast and then i would just relax a little bit. Effort was certainly acceptable. I have two more weeks of 4800m and then go up to like 5600. Times 3:06.4,3:05.7,3:04.7,3:02.8,3:03.1,3:00.2 recording the tenths here to promote greater accuracy in the future. For next week its 3 1600s with 1:30 break. The good thing about slowly bumping up the distance is that it keeps more of the run at the proper pace u dont get the first fast lap after the rest every time. It was fine overall though i just need to run more than 20 miles per week lol. My weeks so far this year have been 27,14,16. Ugh. 14 should be a good day not a week lol. So not a bad wo considering the main thing is that it wasnt that hard def and my foot was a little sore after standing around w jeff and lisa watching the mcdonogh workout rather than doing ANY cooldown guh. Btw i misspelled ugh there but i like guh as well. switch it up a little as well. Also my ab didnt hurt and doesnt so far well see tom.

So need to get up early and do a morning run before the snow tom. Then tough it out wednesday hopefully and possibly do a workout at the comm center?!?! later like friday. that could be a big mistake though idk- but what the heck i havent learned from many other running mistakes over the first 30 years haha.

Also IF i run at the PG open meet the big question is should i run in the open(yes probably) or the masters(blech). The open is more competitive- hopefully lol- but i could prob run a more even pace in the masters. Therefore i will definitely do the open obv lol. Actually all you have to do is treat it like an actual real race like track 5000 or workout rather than just being an idiot. The only problem is especially when you are in lousy shape its more fun to be an idiot even if it makes it worse in the end obv. Sigh ill prob try to be smart rather than amusing myself(and everyone else). What a long post btw!

Two wos,no other runs

So two runs out of 4 days this week. Both workouts. Sunday i did the 10 400s with emily. It was fine and felt good. Pace was 92-94 starting every 2:30 for all of them then she took the 9th one and i picked it up for fun and ran an 83 which also felt fine. then 93 again for the last one. 6 miles total.

No run monday. Then yesterday did a steady run- it was supposed to be in the woods but it was too muddy so i did it on the track. 2 mile wu then 2.5 miles in 16:49. Truly blazing along but that was right what i wanted. Didnt feel nearly as good as sunday.

Ive been tired a lot due to my crappy sleeping. Then ill get 4.5 hours plus 2 hours and it seems like a lot meh. Need to do better. Bedtime at 9 tonight!

Counties next Tuesday. Boys have a chance to win it well see.

Three days off lol, Excited

So i havent run for three days. Rested!! Haha. Im excited because im doing a workout today. Its a burner alright. 10 400s in 94 starting every 2:30. I have determined that i really need to try and be competitive again because A its nice to try to do well and B its nice to be depending on myself for good results. At least I know what is going on and how i am feeling and also I am probably more consistent than other people. The only question is whether i am fast or not haha- consistent slowness is not a goal. Hopefuly also not a relaity heh. I wrote up a good 5+ month buildup because it will prob take a while to get better. Luckily I will spare anyone reading that but its the standard stuff obv- just starting at even slower pace. I mean it has been a long time since i did any consistent good training(but as always- not THAT long lol). I wonder what will happen!

two more runs

Yesterday ran at the community center due to significant freezing conditions. Did 1+ mile wu then 2x800 randomly while the group was doing drills. 254 and 254. They were fairly hard heh/ugh but obv much slower in there than outside. Then timed for a while and jogged a half mile. Lets call it 3 lol at least i ran a bit extra today to make up for it.

Today was 40 min call it 4.5 it was prob a little more with Emily in the evening around the neighborhoods. A balmy 27ish degrees it was still fairly cold which makes me glad i didnt run yesterday lol. Possible workout Friday although now it says rain/snow we shall see. Definite workout Sunday at least. Remember 40 is not cold at least to people who arent babies hmph.

Darin did 5x150 yesterday. They have a short workout of 4x200 and 2x400 tomorrow. Merritt slowly getting better I have to get her to run moderate on Friday- a difficult task. It would be good to practice the first mile of the two mile for monday and then kick a little. Hopefully by monday back at full power. Also have to get Darin to think about dominating the 800 at a big meet for the first time because he is ready and also two of the main people will have run the mile shortly beforehand.

Friday will mainly be interesting to see what Paul and Daquan will do in the 4x8. Long sprinters stepping up we will see how it goes- at least they have sufficient speed and its only two minutes+.