10.31.2010

Heartland Conference Championships... THIS week!!

Monday, November 1st
[morning HR: 46]
AM:
*20' warm up.
*4 x 200m (200m jog recovery), (800m jog recovery), 2M tempo, (800m jog recovery), 4 x 200m (200m jog recovery).
*10' cool down.
*Mucho's strength & core workout.
where- Jackson Middle School track
times- 38, 38, 36, 36, 11:41, 36, 36, 35, 35
comments- good workout. loved how short it was. the 2oo's felt very controlled and the 2M actually felt very relaxed up until the last 800m. pleased with the workout this morning. felt nice and light and strong during my cool down- a nice change from the heavy/ dead legs i've been dealing with lately. also a huge blessing to be able to practice with tabb again---- makes an incredible difference!
---ice bath!!---
PM:
*15' stationary bike, 15' elliptical.

Tuesday, November 2nd
[morning HR: 50]
AM:
*60' elliptical.
(major stomach pains in the morning and storms mid-day kept me from getting to the pool)
PM:
*30' aquajog.

Wednesday, November 3rd
[morning HR: 47]
AM:
*6M naturally progressing.
where- Fish Creek Trail
comments- felt good this morning aside from tight calves (probably from wearing spikes for 5 miles on monday!). the cold weather and rain definitely provided for some good distractions and a nice "wake-up" call! :) no strides this morning on accident... totally forgot about them for some reason?!
PM:
*Jay Johnson back routine.
*strength & core workout.

Thursday, November 4th
[morning HR: 47]
AM:
*core workout.
*60' aqua jog w/ 5 x 5' hard, 2' hard, 30" hard (1' recovery between each).
PM:
off- traveling to Wichita, Kansas!

Friday, November 5th
[morning HR: 49]
AM:
resting... going to be extra fresh for the race this week!
(definitely did NOT sleep well last night. ended up on the fold-out couch for my bed and couldn't fall asleep until 2AM when i finally turned on my zune. bummer!)
PM:
*6k course run in 29:09... LOVE LOVE LOVE this course!!!
*4 x strides.

Saturday, November 6th
[morning HR: 47]
*9' easy, drills, 9' easy, leg swings, 1' easy, 2' uptempo, 3' easy, 3 x strides.
*Conference Championships- 6k race.
*23' cool down.
where- wichita, ks... great course, but several deceiving hills.
total time/ avg pace- 22:18/ 5:58
comments- definitely not the time i was hoping for, but still a good experience. got the chance to practice going out fast (first mile was the most downhill & had the least wind, but came through at 5:36) and had tabb to work with up until the last 800m. the wind/ hill on the last 800 knocked it out of me, but she held strong! a bid upset that i didn't run as competitively as i should've as there was no competition for nearly a minute behind me, but i'll just have to move on and trust the work we've done. got to be ready to throw it all on the line in two weeks...

Sunday, November 7th
[morning HR: 46]
*light core workout.
*3 x 45" pedestal routine.

mileage for the week: 27.
cross training mileage for the week (10'=1M): 18.
total number of runs: 4.

10.25.2010

One last week of training before the week of Conference.

Monday, October 25th
[morning HR: 50]
Rest day.

Tuesday, October 26th
[morning HR: 49]
AM:
*2M warm up
*4M alt mile workout between race pace and tempo
*2M cool down
where- mountain view college
total time/ avg pace- 24:16/ 6:04
mile times- 5:54, 6:34, 5:48, 5:59
comments- lots of lessons learned today. definitely need more cold weather workouts- my chest is not used to it. also, i need to learn to run HARD from the start, but to follow the workout plan. i had a good workout today, but it was not what it was supposed to be. the plan was: 5:45, 6:45, 5:45, 6:45. obviously didn't happen. also, i should mention that i stopped for about 30-45" before the final mile. i needed it... not sure if it was just all mental or if it was physical too. maybe next time i'll go somewhere a little more flat and predictable so i can practice feeling these paces.
PM:

*Mucho's strength and core routine

*30' stationary bike

Wednesday, October 27th
[morning HR: 49]
AM:
*50' run on grass at Mountain View Community College
*4 x strides
*2 x 60" pedestal routine
PM:
*core workout
*30' aqua jog

Thursday, October 28th
[morning HR: 51]
*Jay Johnson back routine
*60' aqua jog with 40' steady + 10 x 30" sprint, 30" recovery

Friday, October 29th
[morning HR: 50]
*20' warm up
*4 miles of alt 800m (race pace & tempo pace)
*11' cool down
where-Jackson Middle School track
total time/avg pace- 25:10/ 6:17
800m splits- 2:51, 3:20, 2:54, 3:30, 2:49, ?, 2:54, ?
comments- i don't remember jake calling my splits for the last 2 "tempo" 800's, but i believe the 3:30 was definitely the slowest. not terribly pumped about the workout, but i will take the positives from it and leave it at that. got in 4M worth of work at a decent pace, got in another workout in the cold weather. got in 2M at race pace without any truly significant recoveries. leaving it there- staying positive. now is not the time to start getting too critical!
PM:
*30' stationary bike
*core workout

Saturday, October 30th
[morning HR: ??]
AM:
*7M run at white rock lake
total time/avg pace- 54:30/ 7:46
*4 x strides
PM:
*Mucho's strength and core workout
*Jay Johnson's myrtl routine

Sunday, October 31st
[morning HR: 52]
Rest day.

Mileage for the week: 29 miles.
Mileage of x-training (10'=1M): 15 miles.
Number of runs: 4.