High School Training/Racing Thread 5-7-5/13

Not quite post season yet, districts on Friday/Saturday this week.

Mon - 1.5 WU/CD with 2x4x300 cut downs w/ 60 sec rest and 3:00 set rest avg @ 53 - 50.5 - 50.5 - 47.5

Tues - 5 mi easy

Wed - 1 mi easy 1 mi stride straights 1 mi easy on track

Thurs - 8.5 mi run, supposed to be moderate, ended up a progression run from being so fresh @ 6:45 avg and last 3 miles @ 5:55 pace

Fri - 3 easy

Sat - 7 mi with huge rolling hills charging uphills and rest was easy pace

Sun - Off

Total - about 30

Hoping to at the very least break 5 at districts, really looking for a sub 4:55 and not really state as that’s a 4:30 for my district. Also have the 4x400 and as the 1600 is Friday and 4x400 is Saturday I’ll be fresh for it for the first time and I think I can split a 55 ish if all goes well and if I do that, there is a very very small chance we can go to state (other guys are 55-56-52 and all never ran fresh, so hopefully we go 55-53-54-51) so we will see how that goes. Good luck to everyone else! Also, if anyone has looked at my training, what do you think I can hit for 1600? Thanks!

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6 miles on weekdays 10 Saturday off Sunday. 40 total on the week. Nothing interesting to report. Increasing by 5 miles each week until 70 this July. Taking rest weeks by feel.

Lifting a little bit, tying to make some gains for the pool. If I get too heavy (unlikely as running is killing all my gains), I'll try to lose it when the season starts.

Summer break in two weeks!!

kid from PA wrote:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8803731

So everyone here should be in the postseason, which is obviously dope because it's win (or get close) or go home. My season has extended as a training partner and because my coach (who is, to answer DR68, one of my school's former greats) has said I'm not even peaking because he thought my season would go longer and not end because of some dumb rule. Anyways, I ran my best workout of the season this week (good and bad I guess, I'm only really coming into form). I'll put my full stuff up shortly.

Good luck to all competing this week!

Sorry I forgot to post last week, just completely slipped my mind.

Monday: workout, legs felt so heavy and drained

1 mile easy

2 sets of:

2x200 @32 w/ 200 jog, 800 @2:15 w/ 900 jog, 300 @46-47 w/800 jog

Tuesday: 6 miles easy @7:30 legs felt a little better

Wednesday: went to trainer to get my hip worked on, had a bunch of knots in there.

Supposed to be a workout day, but my coach had me cut the workout after the first 2 reps of 600. Cut the run at 30 minutes

Thursday: 5 miles @ 6:40

legs feeling much better, went to the trainer again before the run to get worked on. Didn't want to go this fast but it just came naturally, Didn't even know I was going that fast until after the run

Friday: 5 miles @6:50, still getting hip worked on. 6x80 striders after the run

Legs felt great, slightly better pace, definitely easy but I want to make sure I'm keeping it slower

Saturday: 12 miles easy, @7:25. Legs feel great

Ran trails with the boys for the first 6 then got on the roads.

Sunday: off, left hamstring a little sore and my hip got tight and a little sore again

kid from PA wrote:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8803731

So everyone here should be in the postseason, which is obviously dope because it's win (or get close) or go home. My season has extended as a training partner and because my coach (who is, to answer DR68, one of my school's former greats) has said I'm not even peaking because he thought my season would go longer and not end because of some dumb rule. Anyways, I ran my best workout of the season this week (good and bad I guess, I'm only really coming into form). I'll put my full stuff up shortly.

Good luck to all competing this week!

Ah so your not on active rest yet. Is the rule your talking about the maximum of 3 runners per school per event?

DistanceRunner68 wrote:

kid from PA wrote:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8803731

So everyone here should be in the postseason, which is obviously dope because it's win (or get close) or go home. My season has extended as a training partner and because my coach (who is, to answer DR68, one of my school's former greats) has said I'm not even peaking because he thought my season would go longer and not end because of some dumb rule. Anyways, I ran my best workout of the season this week (good and bad I guess, I'm only really coming into form). I'll put my full stuff up shortly.

Good luck to all competing this week!

Ah so your not on active rest yet. Is the rule your talking about the maximum of 3 runners per school per event?

Yeah, there was some discussion that the WPIAL wouldn't enforce it, but the state did.

kid from PA wrote:

DistanceRunner68 wrote:

Ah so your not on active rest yet. Is the rule your talking about the maximum of 3 runners per school per event?

Yeah, there was some discussion that the WPIAL wouldn't enforce it, but the state did.

*Sigh* just another stupid rule that takes away a deserving athlete's opportunity.. *even bigger sigh*

Districts have no say about number of athletes from a school who can run in the District meet. State says 3 runners/jumpers/throwers may participate from each school in an event. Some call it the Glen Mills rule due to some of the events in the 90s having a huge number of GM kids.

PAFan wrote:

Districts have no say about number of athletes from a school who can run in the District meet. State says 3 runners/jumpers/throwers may participate from each school in an event. Some call it the Glen Mills rule due to some of the events in the 90s having a huge number of GM kids.

It's highly unfortunate that the state doesn't look at changing this rule. Same idea with private schools not being in there own league.

Wish things like this would get looked at.

Congrats on your state qualifying run out there at WPIALs.

DistanceRunner68 wrote:

PAFan wrote:

Districts have no say about number of athletes from a school who can run in the District meet. State says 3 runners/jumpers/throwers may participate from each school in an event. Some call it the Glen Mills rule due to some of the events in the 90s having a huge number of GM kids.

It's highly unfortunate that the state doesn't look at changing this rule. Same idea with private schools not being in there own league.

Wish things like this would get looked at.

Agreed. I'm not really sure why the rule exists, I don't see much of an issue with one school being a throwing powerhouse (GM) and dominating states because of it.

DR68, congrats on a massive run! You looked really good out there, I didn't get to talk to you afterwards but that was impressive!

As for me, I'm now starting active rest. Had a really good workout Tuesday, but there isn't much of a point to continuing so that was it.

PAFan wrote:

Congrats on your state qualifying run out there at WPIALs.

Kid from PA wrote:

Agreed. I'm not really sure why the rule exists, I don't see much of an issue with one school being a throwing powerhouse (GM) and dominating states because of it.

DR68, congrats on a massive run! You looked really good out there, I didn't get to talk to you afterwards but that was impressive!

As for me, I'm now starting active rest. Had a really good workout Tuesday, but there isn't much of a point to continuing so that was it.

Thanks guys! I really appreciate it, felt good for the first mile then got a side stitch.and just tried.ro.grind through it. Very happy with the PR and SQS/place!

Kid from PA- Good luck with the active rest, just prep yourself for the build up for XC! It was good seeing you before the race (wish you had been running the race beforee though). Sorry I didn't get to catch you after the race, parents wanted to get going afterwards lol

Just got done with the first day of districts, ran a 4:48 1600 for 5th, dropped my PR by 12 seconds! I got some track spikes (rather than xc), had a taper, and great competition and after bein seeded 10th, I finally had the race i needed. Anyways, im pretty stoked about that, but i also have a 4x400 tomorrow and if we are very lucky, we could qualify for state, but most likely not, but i want to see my fresh 400 speed, so we’ll see how that goes. Good luck to anyone who is still racing soon!

NWARunner wrote:

Just got done with the first day of districts, ran a 4:48 1600 for 5th, dropped my PR by 12 seconds! I got some track spikes (rather than xc), had a taper, and great competition and after bein seeded 10th, I finally had the race i needed. Anyways, im pretty stoked about that, but i also have a 4x400 tomorrow and if we are very lucky, we could qualify for state, but most likely not, but i want to see my fresh 400 speed, so we’ll see how that goes. Good luck to anyone who is still racing soon!

Congrats on the huge PR man!! Doesn't it feel great knowing that all that work you out in pays off in the end? Best of luck to you and your 4x4 team! Leave it all out there man!

Thanks! My team didnt really take it seriously so we didnt do so good, but i hit 55.5 - 56, so pretty good for me. And yes, it does feel great, haha. Something interesting, there were so many DQs, i was 3 seconds away from qualifying for state, so that feels even better.