Training Log Archive: Tyrannosaurus

Very sore from my races, so I wasn't much help to my team in this intramural broomball game. We lost 5-2, but it was against real hockey players, so they were much more comfortable on the ice.

Warming up! Super nervous for my first race in forever. I kept jumping, then flinching when the gun went off.

I don't remember my splits for this, but they started out too fast, slowed down considerably, then probably picked back up with my kick at the end. I passed 4 girls on my kick, so I should have pushed myself harder earlier.

That being said, this was my first race in a long long time, so I'm satisfied with it. I have something to work towards.

Cooling down with Dylan after he came to watch me race

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Short lil warm upppp

800m race. I think this race went better than the 1600m. I was a lot less nervous since I had one race under my belt already. I'm not entirely sure what my time was, but I think close to 2:42.

Final cool down

Final intramural soccer game. Tied 0-0, and it was a really good game. We didn't play frantically at all (which we often do).

Shake out run along the southwest corridor park.

This week has been super busy with classes starting to wrap things up before midterms. I have two midterms next week too, so I probably won't have any more time next week :(

Ending the week by enjoying the afternoon sunshine with some pick up football and soccer at the field a few blocks away

Intramural soccer game, tough loss, 2-1.

The workout was supposed to be 3x or 4x mile repeats, but when the option was offered for a 2x 800m, 4x 400m, 2x 800m, I opted for that. The shorter, speedier stuff will be more helpful for my race on Saturday.

Unfortunately, I did a poor job of pacing myself through the workout. I had to take a break before the last 400, so I chose to cut the last two 800's down to one 800 and some strides. But in my 800 I absolutely hit a wall not quite 500m in. I stopped there because there was no point to continuing through at such a slow pace and dying while doing it. After a few recovery laps, I did 2 laps of strides on the straightaways.

Splits:
800m - 3:01, 3:01
400m - 84, 86, 89, 85
800m attempt - 1:49 at speed

Takeaways:
1. Although I'm not super duper slow, I can't sustain these paces for that long. I think it would have been better to go for 3:05 800's and 88 400's. Having a race under my belt will help give me a better idea of what times to shoot for in my intervals.
2. I need to make sure I'm getting the right amount of food. My eating schedule has been somewhat all over the place, and I definitely did not get enough sustenance today before the workout.
3. I need to keep an eye on my L hip. It's been hurting since Sunday's broomball game. Although I don't think it's anything serious, the workout definitely aggravated it, so it'd be smart to pay attention to it.

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Running back to my building

Intramural flag football game. I exceeded my own expectations! I scored my team's first touchdown, intercepted a throw that would have resulted in a touchdown for the other team (and blocked another one!), got flags off of 2 people, and accidentally bodied my own teammate to the ground. Fun times all around, and pretty low key since I was only on the field half the time.