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Thursday Apr 19, 2012 #
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Job interview tomorrow. Laidback has gone awol with some wounded warriors, and the MC is at The Important Track Meet. I was planning to go swimming tonight, but I don't think it's going to happen. Needing to get ready for the interview, studying up on a couple of programs I haven't looked at in 9 months.
MC called earlier today. He decided at the last track meet to run the 1600. Hasn't trained for it all year. He's been training with me instead of the school program. He ran a 5:00 mile, which is not bad considering lack of base, and basically speed work. We trained for a 4:50 which was a rather lofty goal, given we only had 15 days together.
He ran a 4:49. He called and said "Mum, I just did what you said to do."
This is awesome. It supports that the training philosophies actually do work. To get it so bang on shows that all that pace training helped. It's likely not enough to progress - we don't know as as of 5pm, the finals hadn't been run. He was in a slower heat, which he won. He hadn't run the 800 either - was starving and tired. I'm not so sure this is a good combination. It will be what it is. At least he be happy with the one result and show that the work paid off.
The biggest thing - "Mum I just did what you said to do." Gold to a mum of a teenager.
Added: 7:41pm - he just called to say he'd run a 2:05. Which curiously is exactly the time I'd trained him for. Something in these training methods :) Either that or we got lucky with a double fluke co-incidence
MC called earlier today. He decided at the last track meet to run the 1600. Hasn't trained for it all year. He's been training with me instead of the school program. He ran a 5:00 mile, which is not bad considering lack of base, and basically speed work. We trained for a 4:50 which was a rather lofty goal, given we only had 15 days together.
He ran a 4:49. He called and said "Mum, I just did what you said to do."
This is awesome. It supports that the training philosophies actually do work. To get it so bang on shows that all that pace training helped. It's likely not enough to progress - we don't know as as of 5pm, the finals hadn't been run. He was in a slower heat, which he won. He hadn't run the 800 either - was starving and tired. I'm not so sure this is a good combination. It will be what it is. At least he be happy with the one result and show that the work paid off.
The biggest thing - "Mum I just did what you said to do." Gold to a mum of a teenager.
Added: 7:41pm - he just called to say he'd run a 2:05. Which curiously is exactly the time I'd trained him for. Something in these training methods :) Either that or we got lucky with a double fluke co-incidence
Tuesday Apr 17, 2012 #
swimming laps 1:10:00 [3] 1.6 mi (43:45 / mi)
one of the coaches was helping me with flip turns tonight. He had some neat tricks using pull buoys.
Still don't have it.
Hmmm, 4 repeats of
200 with pull buoy
200 with kickboard and fins
200 with fins
Still don't have it.
Hmmm, 4 repeats of
200 with pull buoy
200 with kickboard and fins
200 with fins
Sunday Apr 15, 2012 #
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Inertia. Sat was a legit day off. Sunday was inertia and the lovely effects of no-sleep which just has to be hormone and age related.
Took MC to the track today. He's been having terrible trouble with side stitches. First time, I thought it might be his lack of an adequate base. Or not eating within the right time for speedwork.
Today, he had a double stitch just jogging on his warmup. He wasn't dehydrated, although it is getting hotter and we have to watch fluids. Not food related; he'd eaten three hours previously. I wonder if it's low electrolytes.
We went up to the store to get some "gu" as he was getting hungry. No gu, but a bottle of honey seemed to do the trick. Can you imagine what other parents must have thought in the supermarket parking lot as I'm encouraging my teenagers to swig back on a bottle of honey.
Back to the track. I asked him to intake breath on the opposite stride, which oddly enough, seemed to work. He managed to pull out some nice 400s, one of which he had that beautiful kenyan giselle form that I haven't seen in a while. So the workout wasn't a complete write off, but I did have to deal with a significantly surly teen for a bit.
Then we went to the beach, which is about 500m from the track. Nice.
Took MC to the track today. He's been having terrible trouble with side stitches. First time, I thought it might be his lack of an adequate base. Or not eating within the right time for speedwork.
Today, he had a double stitch just jogging on his warmup. He wasn't dehydrated, although it is getting hotter and we have to watch fluids. Not food related; he'd eaten three hours previously. I wonder if it's low electrolytes.
We went up to the store to get some "gu" as he was getting hungry. No gu, but a bottle of honey seemed to do the trick. Can you imagine what other parents must have thought in the supermarket parking lot as I'm encouraging my teenagers to swig back on a bottle of honey.
Back to the track. I asked him to intake breath on the opposite stride, which oddly enough, seemed to work. He managed to pull out some nice 400s, one of which he had that beautiful kenyan giselle form that I haven't seen in a while. So the workout wasn't a complete write off, but I did have to deal with a significantly surly teen for a bit.
Then we went to the beach, which is about 500m from the track. Nice.