High school training thread #279817

I’ll be back in the US today around 2:30 so I’ll be back to updating the log this week.

week in review

monday 50. Felt fine

tuesday 14x400 in 67.5. Rest of varsiy did 18. Did 12 good ones

wednesday 45

thursday 30+strides

Friday 800 leg in 2:06. Got tripped. Didn't feel too explosive or good at all. Very Very long drive

Saturday 3200 10:08. right in the morning, just went for the county qualifier. went out too fast, 3rd quarter sucked

sunday easy 40.

Been tired. Have 400s today, dual meet wednesday, 800/1600 on friday/saturday. Hopefully I race myself back into shape. I think i'm more just tired than out of shape due to time zone stuff. Sleep has been weird. I still think the season will be pretty good at the end but I went from 100% running a fast mile on saturday to 50/50.

Your Tuesday 400 workout points at a good 1600 shot. As long as you weren't dying for the 10:08 I'd be hopeful.

Ok here we go again

Monday: 5x800+ alactic sprints. 800s on the roads were around 2:27. Went well. Sprints went well but got right near the end

Tuesday: 40.

Wednesday: tempo 2 mile plus 1.5 mile at around 86 per lap. Very very easy

Thursday: 30 half barefoot+ strides

Friday: 800. Poor conditions. Pretty rainy out, and a little chilly. Track has some puddles on it as we race. I get boxed in throug 200 and we go out slow like 31ish. Make a move up into 4th in the next 200 but I had to swing wide a little and didn’t want to be too aggressive. Third 200 as I’m about to position myself to make a move I get bumped, lose a little momentum and get caught behind a guy slowing up. Still had a really good last 120, and even in kinda tough race circumstances I came second to my teammate the 4:18 miler by only like .2 seconds. Confidence booster. Timed at 2:02.1.

Saturday. Mile cancelled because of poor weather. Will be doing a. Mile next Friday. Did an easy 30

Sunday: 60. Kinda quick around 6:40 pace. 20x400 tomorrow

I wasn’t. In hindsight looking at how much better I’ve felt recently I think that was more due to poor sleep travel and a race the day before hand more than anything. If I can hold onto my teammate who ran 4:18 a few weeks ago during the 400s I expect to break 4:20

first half of the week

Monday 17x400. got progresively windier, until it was pretty serious. started out maybe a tad quick at 67's with a little bit of wind. Slowed down to 70's as the wind got worse. Also my allergies had started to pick up for the first time this spring, so i'll deal with that later. Was number two guy for most of the workout. did a 120 and a 100m sprint at the end.

Tuesday Easy run + paced some freshman sprinters to 5:45 for the mile

Wednesday 50. Top guy had skipped a lot of runs recently, like saturday sunday and tuesday, so he felt the need to hammer. Allergies were annoying at the end of the run.

Thursday 30+ strides

going for sub 4:24 today. I am the top seeded kid in my race and i'm pretty confident I should win, so i'll have to push it. 4x8 tomorrow. My coach thinks if i'm in a fast race I could break 4:20, but this won't be that.

update plz

Well…

Friday sucked. Rainy, very old track, no competition, not even any splits. Ran 4:38 but I closed in 61. I haven’t run a mile in so long I kinda forgot how it felt. Solo’d it after 300. Spent all day (until 11) waiting for a 4x4 for a county qualifier that didn’t end up happening. My upper shin started hurting

Saturday: leadoff 800 in 2:00.2. Got pushed and stumbled a bit, definitely in sub 2 shape. Ran 4x4 first leg in 54.8. Still pain, but then realized it was patellar

Sunday: did lots of unintended cross training (lugging a dinghy boat around and paddling it) and 2 miles slow

Monday: 42 minutes normal. Patella bruised up a bit but I iced after I ran and I think I will be fine for tomorrow.

we are starting our speed work up around 3 weeks out from states. Idk if I’ll get another potential fast mile, but Ive been running 2 flat without ever really breaking 32 in a 200. I have pretty good leg speed so once that starts I expect to hit some really nice prs. Also I may get a 4x mile in so scratch what I said before.

I remember high school now.

OP: Run a road 5K a week after states, K?

bet

Not the best week

monday 45

Tuesday 5x800 had some hamstring tightness and skipped one

wednesday good quick long run

thursday easy

friday Man… 2x (600+200) with 30 seconds between the 6 and 2 and 5 minutes between the 2 and the next 6. Ran 1:34, 27. Ok great. Go through in 64/65 for the next one and blow up for the next 200. Ran like 1:45. Closed in 28. Ouch.

Saturday I took the day off. Back was (is) real tight which relates to major hip injury I don’t know if I mentioned but it wasn’t running related.

Sunday 30+ strides+ rowing dinghy which I think helped my back.

monday 30. Mile tomorrow. I have 4:18 teammate and another 4:18 guy in it so it will be fast. Just hoping for a good result

Used heat tonight, I think the back is doing better. This summer is like to spend some time strengthening hip flexors back hamstrings, just the stuff that keeps you going.

Tuesday: mile kinda sucked. Legs weren’t there, fitness is. Also a little sick. 4:32

Wednesday: 45

Thursday: 30+ strides

Friday: 400 in 53 low! Was supposed to run 4x8 after but someone got hurt and we couldn’t get a replacement ran another 4 in 54 flat. Also did 120,100,80m sprints

Saturday: 30+ cross training

Sunday: relaxed 55+ hurdle drills

Monday: 5x800 felt kinda sick again. 8s on the road averaging 2:30

Tuesday: 35. 90 degrees out

wednesday: 28+ strides.

800 tomorrow and probably 4x8 the day after for state quals. If I don’t get in we’ll tomorrow I may not make 4x8. I feel good as of now, and feel like the legs finally came along. Considering 2 flat in a race that went out in 59, I think I could run like 1:58 low as I will be in a competitive heat and there’s only 8 kids in my race.

8 in 1:58 high. Had a great kick, should've ran faste because i got elbowed and pushed back 120m in.

4x8. First leg in 2 flat. Nice kick again, handed off in first. Got out in 60 :/ We were heavy favorites to win, and uhh, everyone else dropped the ball. 4:15/ 1:56 kid runs 1:59, 2 flat kid runs 2:01 (solid race for him, these guys ran the 8 the day before with me) but our 1:57/4:18 kid doubling after steeple runs 2:06. We were through 3/4 of the race in 6 flat or 6:01, with a small lead. We finish 7 seconds back in 8:07. Idk if i mentioned but this is state quals. So this is the conclusion of my spring season. Idk what happened 2 days ago, but I was definitely expecting states for 4x8. I have the oppertunity for a last chance race, but honestly i'm just trying to put this behind me. I will probably take 10 days off or so(today being day 1), and do easy runs (with some doubles) until july 1st, just trying to build mileage. Ill still be doing strides, and I'm getting a free gym membership with some friends to do some strength work (step ups, lunges, front squats, dips, pullups). Season recap, I was thrown off a bit with my trip, and I certainly never raced up to my potential, but I did suprise myself a bit with my potential, as these track seasons have been the first time I've been healthy in forever. This summer, it's gonna be a lot of easy mileage, some doubles 2/3 times a week, tempos, cruise intervals/cv/ hills and fartleks, with two of the workouts each week once we get going on july 1st. Despite the crap season I am a darkhorse for county champ in xc, (major competition is 4:18 kid but he hasn't ever really trained much over the summer and is probably best suited in races under 3k, and a 10th-11th grader who has poor coaching, but legit talent).

During this riveting period of usatf trials I come back with the only thing more exciting. Highschool summer training!

my first run was on the 16th:28 minutes of running on trails/beach. Felt sloppy till halfway through.
17th:14 miles on the bike, a little swimming, and 30 minutes barefoot+ strides.

18th: 40 minutes. (felt very good for the last 2 days)+ maybe 5 miles on the bike. Ran another 20 barefoot in the afternoon.

19th was cross training.

20th: 30 minutes at an easy pace (felt stiff and crappy) 20 minutes with 1 on 4 off. Felt great after the pickups! Something I will continue to experiment with. Did a lot of biking this day I think? Just wrote +X on my training schedule.

21st: 15 barefoot plus 20 on the roads. 6 miles on the bike.

22nd: 60 minutes. Felt great! Really nice pickup in the last 15 minutes on a big uphill. +5 miles on the bike

23rd: crunched it a bit because of work. Only got 23 in.

24th. 30 easy mostly in the trails, 25 and 4 hard uphill strides in the afternoon.

feels good to really reset, and just work aerobically. Very excited for xc. Been doing 8 minute abs every day, plus some strength work.

End of week mileage is at 37 without a run on Sunday.

June 25th: 6.5 miles in 44 minutes

June 26th: 8.8 miles in 60

June 27th: 4.7 miles in 34

June 28th: 51 minutes

June 29th: 68 minutes (sick at the end)

June 30th: 30 barefoot

July 1st: 2 mile warmup, 2.5 miles LT in the trails, 1 mile cool down. Felt good.

July 2nd: 40

July 3rd 20 minutes (got sick again? idk what was up but like from 5-13 minutes in i felt like i was gonna puke and it got really bad. Ran a little more after some walking)

July 4th: 30 half barefoot

July 5th: 2 mile warm up, 2x1mile hard on the roads with 3 minute rest, averaged 5:25. 1 mile cool down+ 25 minutes in the afternoon.

going for 65+ tomorrow and planning on doubling friday after doing some cv stuff.

I started listening to him when I was in HS

It’s been a minute

I’m fit. Definitely fit. a little while ago I did 4.5 miles on the track at 5:40 pretty relaxed. I’m healthy too. Decided to take this as my “Off” week. Still ran a decent bit but kept it very unstructured. Next week I will have track camp and then my xc season will begin with official team practices. My coach has me as the favorite to be number 1 xc guy this year which is cool. I will be better about updating for camp and beyond that