More of a training week, as no racing this week and Stravos postponed Tuesday.
Monday: 7 Miles. Labor day trail/road mix with some Carolina and some Carter. Really was looking for to a trail run, but ended up disliking it as so much was road and it was tougher on my still tired legs. Was originally looking for eight, but completely ran out of desire and headed back for seven while the other two (Tom and Dad) continued on.
Tuesday: 5 Miles. I was extremely disappointed Stavros was postponed, but perhaps better this way as I didn't get much sleep that night and the conditions would be brutal for a beach race. I also wasn't sure if I had fully recovered from Saturday. I was excited to think we might do a track workout in the pouring rain (harder to breathe, but much more enjoyable), but unfortunately we did hills instead. 7xPark: It was awful. I was already not feeling great that day as I was tired, had a headache and felt weak when coming to practice. The wetness and heaviness of my clothes, the clothes sticking to me, the difficulty breathing and the lack of traction I had made this one hell. After the first one, I was probably much slower than the pace I should've been running and tried to run decently but felt awful the whole time. As a result, my team was much, much closer to me than usual and even closing the gap a little bit. Hill workouts are typically a little challenging but almost never brutal. This one was. Difficulty: 5/5.
Wednesday: 9 Miles. Typical high school distance run. Felt really weak for about 4 miles, but felt a little better in the second half. Felt hilly coming back, but didn't get that much elevation gain. Overall this was okay- I was happy with my pace and that I didn't take any breaks, but I wished I had felt a little better overall.
Thursday: 6 Miles. Another hill workout, this time Narragansett ave. I was actually a little happy we weren't doing track as originally planned (soccer game taking place). We had to do seven and I wasn't feeling great so I thought about taking a little easier than usual. I started off hard and actually felt good throughout, pushing it until the end. Happy with this one. Difficulty: 3/5.
Friday: 5 Miles. Super fun Bradford Preserve practice. So nice to have a change of venue from the track, hills and ugly roads nearby. Course jog and then we had to run it hard. I wasn't looking forward to the second part at all, but we ended up doing only the trail portion. I didn't love the course during the jog, but it was really fun during the hard run part. I broke away immediately, slowed down a little on the hill and started to feel crappy/run slow up until the field, but I started to feel better there and felt great on the return, pushing the pace. Ran 10:49 for trail portion. Difficulty: 3/5.
Saturday: 5 Miles. Wasn't looking to this hot and possibly hard track workout. Original plan was 3xMile, but since a football game was starting soon it was cut down to 2xMile and 2xNarragansett. A little grateful for the change but still not thrilled doing two hard miles on the hot track. My target time was 4:50 for each, 3-minute recovery. Felt really good starting, with (oddly) people right behind me (they were going way too fast; I wasn't) but was disappointed to hit the first 400 in 73 because I felt I was moving much faster than that and I'd have to pick it up, both effort and pace-wise. It wasn't fun after that. I started to pick it up, but wasn't feeling it anymore and was getting quite tired. I went through the 800 in 2:25, the 1200 in 3:47 but really ran out of energy at the end and finished in 4:51. Pretty good and not super hard but it was all about #2. I was supposed to get three minutes of recovery, but it felt like he started me really early while I was still recovering. Felt tired from the start and it was tough. I got through it okay even though I was incredibly and weak, but was off pace going through the 400 in 74 and the 1200 in 3:55. Felt terrible but finished in 4:58, not horrible but not super close to the target. Disapointed, but also turned out I got 2 mins recovery. Hills were a little hard because we just did track. Starting was super tiring and the first one was hard but felt much better the second time. Positions were completely changed up, as the track workout had different effects on different people. Difficulty: 5/5.
Sunday: 6 Miles. Woke up at 6, ready to head to surftown to watch and get a run in, but I found out that my alarm was way off for some reason and it was really 4:50. Went back to bed and then didn't wake up again until 8:20. It was really 7:10, but I was really upset at first as I had planned on running with a teammate at 6:30 there and now had no run in and no ride down. Almost decided not to go and (miserably) run from home but then realized I could quickly grab a few things and sprint down there. I left at 7:20 and got there at 7:28, just able to watch the start. Ran with freshman teammate Aaron with breaks to catch some of the action. I was disappointed with the race, both with the lack of fast times and the refreshments afterwards, but I was happy to get in a decent and easy recovery/shakeout run. The morning wasn't awful, but could've been better,
Weekly Total: 43 (stepped down from last week total)
YTD Total: 1,594 Miles
Dual meet tomorrow (9/12) at SK (CCMS), possibly the least important race of the season because of a complete lack of competition. Not nervous and very little pressure. Course record of 16:59 (5K) for that course, so that would be cool if I broke it.
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