Training Log Archive: A.Child

Dad got the Lidar data for the county. Made a 1:7500 with 3m contours then drew a line. It was actualy really good. The woods were roughin a few paces but the map (for the most part) was dead on! I did well and never really got off the line.

I'm pretty sure that the max HR is wrong... I was only running up a little hill. I'm thinking mor malfunctions...oh well!. I felt slow running and my hip hurt a bit, but nothing to prohibit me. I just ran 3 laps around the new 5k course at catamount but i'm pretty sure (my dad and I agree) that it was more than 5k... It was the perfect temperature, though, which was very nice.

Nothing like a good old strength workout to wake you up for the SATs!

I should log 4hours at zone 5 for the SAT... but I've decided against it because it's not physical training or a race. It is the mental equivalent of a race, though. Is there a section in AP for technical training? Only kidding, i do hate the SATs though. After the first break, I was very sure that I would not be going to college, after the math sections, though, i felt much better! :)

C • SATs 3

Medium hills today. 4 min each, not quite as steep, though. I ran 4 min on the first then 4:30 on the next 2 thinking I would do the last one for 3 min (keeping my total of 20 min) but as I was jogging back down to start the fifth hill, I decided not to cheat myself out of the last 4 min. Just to ensure that, I ran the hardest one yet! haha I was running them based on time, not distance. 5x4min hard for 20 total was the goal, ended up with 21 hard... Oh no!

1600 on the track. It was the perfect temperature too. A little windy but that was tolerable. I'm very glad I subbed 5:30 too

C • TT 1

I noticed I was caughing and sneezing more than normal today... I know the tree buds are starting to come out (if that means pollen..) but I don't have any alergies... to my knowledge anywya.

A slower run than I would have liked... but oh well. I felt like I was going faster, and I know that distance isn't perfectly accurate, either. The high heartrate is very odd as well, maybe another malfunction?? I brought a map (again) but I didn't read it as much as I should have. I'm learning I'm reluctant to read a map that isn't off that particular area...

Coach's training. The workout was a three way compromise between my dad, Coach Jeff, and Alexi (crazy russian...). My dad wanted me to run intervals and Jeff wanted me to run at my threshold pace. I ended up doing 900m (don't ask why) intervals at 6:30 pace with 30 seconds in between. That satisfied my dad and Jeff. For Alexi, I stared (read) my map a few times during each interval.

Interval trimes:
1) 3:25
2) 3:20
3) 3:23
4) 3:29
5) 3:33
6) 3:30

So i definately slowed down... It was hard, though. Harder than I expected. It also happened to be pouring. Ok, it wasn't that bad, but certainly wet. I'm not sure if that helped or hindered, though...

As far as the map reading goes, I felt I was reading the map well. I tested myself by moving the map around. I was still able to get general details (hills, large spurs and reentrants, water features, trails, etc.) but nothing specific unless I slowed my pace down a little bit.

C • Coaches 3

Drove to the Mud Pond map (which i made) and ran on the trails there. I decided to take a map along, so naturally I grabbed my Pawtuckawa WHNO map because it's impossible to read even with a microscope. It was good while I was running. The trail was narrow and windy so I didn't have long to look at my map before I had to dodge a tree. I was able to read a lot better than I thought, but that may be because it was on trails. It was really hot so I ended up leaving a few lbs out in the woods. It's ok, though. I've had enough water that I think my net weight change is positive.