Training log and goals of an HS runner

hsxcgirl wrote:

I have a question ; no offense and don't hate me but what's your religion, like what do you pracitce? (soorry if I sound rude :( aha. also I hope the state your city's in gets better! And thanks I hope my problems with running get better too. Have you guys started school?

That's not rude, to me, at all haha. I'm LDS or Mormon, whichever you know it by. And yeah, we started school on Auguest 30th, which seems to be a lot later than some places, haha.

im catholic so yeah:) anyways and I searched up yours cause I'm not familiar with it but anyways..., i get what you mean and school starting late ahahahaha my school doesn't start til this Monday cause of Construction at school and I've been snapchatting all week ahah and running and stupid exercises for shin splints.

hsxcgirl wrote:

im catholic so yeah:) anyways and I searched up yours cause I'm not familiar with it but anyways..., i get what you mean and school starting late ahahahaha my school doesn't start til this Monday cause of Construction at school and I've been snapchatting all week ahah and running and stupid exercises for shin splints.

Geez, you're lucky! I've been taking 4 AP classes and my two other periods I've been studying for 3 AP tests, so this year is gonna be pretty busy. Do you still have sports practices?

Hey everyone, so my school let us have indoor practice today! The air quality is still pretty rough so yeah.

I did 1 hour on the treadmill for 8.4 mi @ 7:10 with sort of a workout. I warmed up for 2 mi @ 7:51 (8:12, 7:30 for 15:42). My workout was then a few minutes @ 6:00 with 3 min at 7:30 for cool down. I did 4x3 min, 1x5 min, and 1x1 min with a 12 min cool down at 7:30. This might have been the hardest workout of my life since the "recovery" was so fast and it was inside ( you would not believe how much sweat there was!) overall there was 3 mi of 6:00 pace work on the treadmill with 15 min active (hard) recovery.

Just curious, how well do you guys think I could race a 5k or 3 mi off my training so far? ( my first race is a 2.5 mi this weekend, a 3 mi next weekend and a 5k the next weekend). Thanks for keeping this thread active, I love reading it!

1. I like how you're still exercising even though your city is in tough conditions, and i like the treadmill workout

2. besides snaphchatting ahah i am getting ready too for schoo, I am in AP science, english, math (i am a year ahead) and social studies.

3. ^ we have the same # of ap classes lol

4. well one guy that i have a 'thing' with lmao ahaha has footall practice still and my other friend has hockey practice because the school tryouts are soon.

5. Where do you live; like in the us or where? ahaha and im jw'ering by the way so i know were everyone lives.

6. I ran a mile race this afternoon and I ran 5;08 despite knee problems; my coach will probably kill me but oh well.

7. I have a race I'm going to next Saturday and its 6K cross country any idea's how fast I ran.

For your races 3 miles probably 17:30-17:50 and 5K around there to maybe 18:10 at the most good luck at it and keep us posted!

Ugh this thread is literally the worst.

Thanks! And I'm just in Washington, haha. Also, I don't mean to be rude, but you are crazy fast for a girl! Like, I'm sure you could train with the guys on my team except for a few with the workouts. I'm hooding for mid 17s next weekend and hopefully an equivalent this weekend in the 2.5 mi. Good luck with the 6k!

ahah, no offense taken and yeah wouldnt it be crazy if we all met eachother in person also yeah just pace yourself and you'll deinetly get in the mid 17s maybe by the end of the season you'll get in the 16s!

If i need any help in school work , can i ask you for help in the worst case scenario considering this is letsrun haha. and yeah if i dont hear back good luck with the race.

lmao why? wdym west coaster

Do you live in Washington too? It really would be crazy if we met, haha. Also, you should email me your Snapchat! It's on my username on the first page of this thread. And you could totally ask for help, haha

I just moved back to Canada, my dad works in the military. I actually lived in Washington when I was 6, and I lived IN Maryland and Virginia right after. hahah, yeah I'll email you my snapchat, I actually may be coming to Washington during Thanksgiving ahha.

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I ran a timed trial last night and got 18:37, pop_v2.2.1 your stretches really helped me better than the doctors.

Side note; got into modelling !!!! haha

sweet, Hsxcgirl!

So today, the smoke still limiting us to indoors, I did 30 min on the elliptical (almost 4 mi however it counts it) and then we switched with the girls and I had to go on a stationary bike with moderate intensity. It was a fairly easy day, but I have massiveeeeee knots in my quads and I have to work them out before Saturday because it hurts to walk normal and I think part of it is because of the treadmill and also on Tuesday I was put in weights for school and had to do a bunch of squats and thankfully I could switch classes, but it definitely affected my legs. Anyways, I'm sure I'll be fine on Saturday and the smoke from all the fires is supposed to go away with a change of wind tomorrow, so we'll see!

hsxcgirl wrote:

updates emial done, my name is in the subject

I ran a timed trial last night and got 18:37, pop_v2.2.1 your stretches really helped me better than the doctors.

Side note; got into modelling !!!! haha

Yes, if course they did. Don't take this an an opportunity to run more.

You probably need much more rolling out all the way to your shoulders. Your back has a distant relationship with running. You probably have some use patterns slowing you down.

Get some more mobility and strength in your upper body and your times will drop a bit if you aren't getting stale.

Hey everyone, so last night while I was on a date with my girlfriend, I got a text that said our meet was canceled! So we had an 800 workout today:

2 mi warm up at about 6:40 (felt really good)

6x800 with 1 - 3 min rest (changed based off which training group was starting and forgetting to start in time)

@ 2:49, 2:41, 2:34 then a little longer break, 2:41, 2:41, 2:41

Then basically a walk pace jog for 2 miles cool down

Overall it felt really good, the 2:34 almost made me puke, but we were supposed to drop 5 - 10 seconds every 800 for the first three and I accidentally went 5 seconds too fast on the first one (supposed to go goal race pace for 2.5 mi which was sub 14:30 for me) and I really surprised myself with how evenly I ran the 400/800 of each 800, negative splitting on all of the second set! Overall it was really great! I would've rather raced, but I'm sure this workout will help a bunch, especially since we've been stuck inside since Tuesday.

I hope everyone else is doing well too!

Glad to hear that everyone's training is going well. I did a similar 800's workout last week, averaging about 2:32-2:33 on 3 min. rest.

Racing season has also started for me! A week ago, I ran 17 low for 5k. Yesterday, on a very fast course, I broke 17 for the first time, running 16:43. Looking forward to the season ahead, hopefully sub 16:30.

You guys are quite the crowd, haha. Obviously I can't control you on the thread, but I'd appreciate serious responses. Anyways, glad to hear that coloradorunner! I'm really hoping I'm in the mid 17:30s range for 5k right now because next week I have a 3 mi and I hope to go 16:59, a minute PR from last year that I think I can hit. Good luck everyone!

sorry, ill keep the reposnses serious! i'm sorry i hope we didnt make you mad aha!

it's all good, haha