I lost to Lydia Olivere! She is the new Zach Dietz haha(or not haha- which is more haha)<-- mental probs.

So went up to the Penn Distance Festival again with Nandu and Darin(I know first pete and now repeat haha). Decided within last two days to prob run and signed up(seed time 5:18). Felt ok in warmup- i actually broke the 20 second barrier 3 times for 100s before the race lol. So started out fairly conservatively and stayed patient for the first 600 or so- and still ran 72/2:32. The good news is that I could remember the year before and I felt pretty awful at 800 in 230 and this year I felt pretty good at 232. Unfortunately these good feelings did not help me run faster lol. The third lap came through in approx 356ish(i think i saw 355 on clock). Then lots of people kicked past me in the last 100. The first was a kid that was approx 4'4. Then halfway down the straightaway Lydia and another small/young person blasted by like Secretariat at Belmont- and yes i know that simile is not entirely accurate thank you.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfCMtaNiMDM Now im distracted. OK now pre is on so lets wrap this up. The time ended up being 520 which is a little slower than last year(so what) but i felt better during/after. So looking forward have to do some good 40 mpw in June and do one or two xc 5ks for howardd county and maybe hashawha. Go Lydia! heh maybe next year i can win the third matchup.

Yummy medicine!

So im going to have a big dose of medicine tomorrow. 5 years of sloth and gluttony(well not quite as much gluttony) might come home to roost. Time to start shedding some skin like a big fat lizard haha. I did 1200-800-800-800 with Merritt it was very windy we were basically running just over 6 min pace. The wo was fine a little tough but the annoying thing is that my right heel was sore. I think its because my shoes are basically really done but i altered a new pair just now so that might hopefully help. Just a good fun hard effort tomorrow.

Today we had Meade Stampede which went quite well- lots of PRs and lots of medals. We ended up losing the girls by 2 points grrr to Annapolis but no worries people were happy etc. Darin ran 1:59.high/2:00 in SMR then came back with a 1:59.50 in open 8 for a commanding win- the times will come he won by 3+ seconds.Then came bakc 30 min later with a 50.3 in the 4x4. Nandu hit 51.4/2:02.9 PR and came back for a close second then 52.0 in 4x4. We just need to put it all together in a fast 8 too bad missed a chance for big PR but there will be several more def. They are running great in the 400 for sure. The field events were quite good as well. Some good results from young sprinters too. good meet- next Thursday is the next opportunity and then on to Penn. Supposed to be nice and warm for a couple more days then cold again lol meh.

5x(1:00/2:00 jog/2:00/2:00 jog) aka I am a new superhero- The Rationalizer!

Today rolled down to McD after prac- beautiful 65 degree day btw hooray!! Did 1.5 mile wu down the course. Then decided to do the aforementioned wo(it was a choice between that and two laps steady in the woods). The first set was a bit sluggish(good) went into the woods and did 2 loops in apporx 906 and around 855 it was just about exactly 1800 for the 2 loops which is perfectly fine. I was a little bit tired by the end of the fourth set which was back up the little blast furnace hill coming up from the river. I was then grumpy to discover that the whole last one min would be up the farm rd hill area hmph. But obv it was fine. So the wo ended up being 33 min as i wussed out of the last jog and then managed to figure out a way that i didnt need to do a warmdown so i just walked back 200m lol. But it was 6 total which is fine for now. I think ill prob do a wo on friday but i might stay on the grass field and do 4 loops just because its kind of boring to do the woods for a wo two times in 3 days. Also that loop is slightly more than 1k so it will just be a case of running steady loops and comparing times. I was def excited going down today to do the wo which is a good sign. My ankle is a little sore btw not bad but a little annoying- i was thinking of doing a morning run tom but i dont think i will.

The meet was fine on tuesday nothing earth shattering but some solid runs- darin 50.7 nandu 52.0 in 400 some fairly good action in field events. nandu also had a fun come from behind win in the 4x4. Saturday still looking good although some of the girls cant go. ugh. its hard to be fully motivated when people arent really that into and dont care that much but the fine thing is that plenty of the people do so its all good.

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.