Monday: 4 Miles
Track workout. Ran with the rest of the 4x800 team for this one. 4x400 w/2 mins recovery w/descending splits (68/66/64/60). I sat back and let Sam and John Walker do the pace, but they screwed it up a little. The first two were perfect, but the next two were off (68/66/62/62). I thought these were a little tiring, but mostly comfortably. Strangely enough the next set, 4x200 @30s w/60s recovery was extremely tiring and while I hit the splits, I was exhausted after every one. I paced in the front for these. Difficulty: 3/5
Tuesday: 5 Miles
Really just did not feel good after the workout and trying to run my normal, comfortable pace was a struggle. Much heavier than usual and it being really windy only made it worse. Have been getting into the habit of running faster last miles, but just couldn't today.
Wednesday: 5 Miles
Another workout, but once again back to working out alone. 3x400 at 59s w/2-3 min break. I don't really remember this one well, but the 400s were definitely tough. I think my splits were 59/59/61. I can't remember the rest of the workout, but I'm guessing it was 4x200 as usual. Difficulty: 4/5.
Thursday: 5 Miles
Mini-workout. 3x200 @30s each w/60s recovery. Much smoother than usual having them at the beginning. All-out 300 which I hit a PR of 40.5s and I was satisfied with that. Difficulty: 2/5
Friday: 4 Miles
Weather outside was absolutely horrible (cold rain and extremely fast winds), so we all had to run inside. My options were either gym or treadmill and while both sounded terrible, I split the difference and ran 15 minutes on each. Felt mostly smooth.
Saturday: 6 Miles
New England Championships. We got there super early, but being the first event there wasn't a lot of time to warm-up. After waiting in lots of crowded bathroom and some terrible warm-ups that included running back and forth on a 75m stretch of track and running around a small section of an extremely crowded gym, we awaited the final orders. We were called to be in the fast heat, one of the slowest team to make it which was surprising but I was excited. They kept us in the gym for a while but we soon made our way over to the track. We watched the winner of the slow heat run a fast 8:08 (the runner-up was 8:30) and awaited our race.
Jon Turano led us off and was slightly in last the whole before Sam ran a very strong leg and passed a couple guys. John Walker ran strong as usual and put us a few positions ahead as well. I got the baton. My coach told me I went out in a 55 at States and that I need to go out in 59, but I found the first part very hard believe especially as I tried hard to relax in the first lap. I didn't attempt to catch up to the next runner (who happened to be the NE XC champion Drew Thompson) in the first and stayed a few strides behind. This didn't feel tiring, but didn't really feel that good either. I made a slight move lap 2 to move up a little and in lap 3 really pushed it passing a runner. The burn of the final lap felt much better this time, but I was feeling a little and think I held back a bit. I came right up on two guys at the end but wasn't able to get them. We crossed in 13th place in 8:13.29 (both team directly ahead also ran 8:13). I ended up running 2:01 and running the smartest/most even split in any 800 with a 59/62. It was a PR, but just barely. I was a little disappointed because I was expecting to run 2:00 and this was my last chance to run fast. Our individual splits were- 2:04/2:03/2:02/2:01.
Sunday: 0. Day off. Starting a one-two week break.
Weekly Total: 29 Miles
YTD Total: 266 Miles
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