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A good day to die hard

April 7, 2016 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

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So we get into the locker room I'm in my uniform, we're bumping to music and I'm heading out to the bus and I hear the meet is cancelled. It sucked but in the long run it was probably a good thing. Yes I did want to get in a racing atmosphere but the workout we did was defintely better because it was harder then what we would've done if we went to the race. We started off with a progressive warmup into fall creek the normal 5-5-5. I was actually feeling pretty good even though I only ate 2:15 in advance because I was expecting to have the meet. I was cramping at first but maybe I can start eating closer to my runs because it wasn't all that bad and I felt like I had more energy. I just let my arms do their own thing today. And surprisingly it worked I just tried to not think about them and my natural form just allows them to go right into place now I just gotta let them do their own thing on an everyday basis. We got back to the track and did 6 50m strides 2 easy 2 medium and 2 hard we spiked up and then did 6 more strides and then headed to the 200 mark. I was ready to go. Today I decided to wear just spandex and they were really comfortable and just made me feel fast. I like being a traditional guy with the short shorts but I might keep going back and forth depending on my distances of races. Anyways the workout today Weishaar would only tell us one part of the workout at a time so we would not hold anything back which was smart. This workout also worked out very well because we were all in the racing state of mind so Weishaar took advantage of that. The first part was a 600 all out. I've never ran a 600 so I was just gonna have to wing it pace wise. Weishaar staggered it so the fastest would chase everyone else and so we would hypothetically end up all together. I actually liked this because it gave me something to aim for. Everyone started and then I waited 6 seconds and chased the pack ahead of me. I took it out controlled but built as the 600 went on. It was tempting to just go hard after the guys and catch up from the start but I knew I had to be patient. I really started going at 300 where I started gaining on hunter. I was breathing hard but it was my normal breathing for events between 200-600. I passed hunter at 200 and then tried. To keep the momentum going around the turn. I passed Silas at 150 then Neil at 100. Then me and Guidi finished right next to eachother. Guidi really killed this workout. He's gonna be a very solid 800 runner. I believe he will break 2:05 by the end of the season. I can't remember where Ian was in that pack but he looked good. He was coming up with some excuse like his stomach hurt but I told him to suck it up and just not to think about it and it won't effect him. Excuses can get in your head and really mess you up on runs you just gotta trust your body. He said during the workout he wasn't thinking about his stomach at all and felt really good. My time for the 600 is still debated. I started 6 seconds behind Silas and he finished in 1:33 and I was like 10 meters ahead of him which is like 2.5 seconds but Neil hit 1:30 and I started 6 seconds ahead of him and finished a second ahead of him. So that's in between 1:23-1:24. Either way I felt very strong. That time would be around top 7-10 at indoor states. After that we jogged for 8 mins or about 2.5 laps and then ran a 300 at 800 pace. I hit a 41 which really hurt especially after that 300. My butt was what was killing I just wasn't used to that speed work. Then we walked 100m and did a 200m at the same pace. I held back a little on this but not much cause I was really hurting. Then we were able to jog for 8 mins we did about the same amount of distance as last time. Then we did our third part of the workout it was 3 200's at 800 pace but they were much quicker with a 30 second standing recovery. These ones hurt also but I managed to get progressively quicker and finish my workout out really hard. The first 200 felt really good for some reason then the last 2 were a struggle because of the minimal recovery time. After that we did a good 15-16 min cool down and headed back in where me and Silas stretched. Me and Silas just talked about our shape right now and what paces we believe we can go right now. Even though I have been doing less mileage than cross I feel like I am in very good shape. I have gone a lot harder in the workouts than in cross. It's not like I tried to take it easy in workouts during cross it's just that I have been able to push myself more during this season for some reason. Not to toot my own horn but I've been killing it in the past workouts ever since I started doing them at my own pace. My aerobic and anaerobic fitness is great because both types of workout have been very good so far. Me and coach talked about getting together a sub 8 4x8 team which is defintely possible. I also think Silas could be a part of that because he is a lot faster than he thinks he is. Hitting those sub 30s were a start but he's getting there. I'm excited to actually race sometime soon to see where I'm actually at but this workout was a great indicator.