800's of Death

Wednesday's post had me a little beat up from a full day Tuesday. Thankfully, even though Thursday was exactly the same I don't feel nearly as battered today. I think the three keys for me this spring are going to be 1) DRINK WATER 2) make sure I fuel properly before and after workouts and 3) get enough sleep. If I can nail those three things I think my body will be able to handle the workload.

Funny story. Wednesday, all I had was a track workout, no biggie right? Just 4x800's with a 400 recovery jog. Based off my 1500m time I was told I was supposed to be running 2:21 for these 800's! You've got to be joking!?? I ran the first one in 2:31, the other guys were about 10sec off to. Sooo... after talking with the coach and hearing the formula that was used to establish these paces (1500m time divided by 2 minus 2 sec) we figured that maybe 2:31 was about right for an 800. I struggled through the next three going 2:33, 2:32, 2:32. And it took everything I had. Tough workout but I'm just out of shape from not running all break right? This morning I wake up to find an email from the coach apologizing and telling me that I was in fact supposed to be running 2:42 for the 800's! That definitely would have made the workout a lot easier. But hey, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger right?

We've got some 200's this afternoon. Hopefully they won't be on any sort of :28 interval.

Back in the Game

The 2009 season has officialy begun. I had a great Christmast break. A full week of backpacking in Oklahoma followed by a week in Colorado for some skiing. I got back to Dallas at 3 am Sunday morning, slept a little, went to church, packed up and got to Tyler around 5:30 pm. From there I rushed off to a Track team dinner/meeting before making it back to my apartment to find out where the heck my 8 o'clock class was the next morning! Such is the life.

Track started Monday with a 1500 Time Trial. I wasn't sure what that was going to be like as I had run once in the last 3 weeks or so. It was not as bad as I expected and I went 4:47. Not fast by anyone's standards but for me it was ok.

Yesterday I definitely felt like I was a triathlete again. Here's a rundown of the day:
7am- wake up, eat 2 eggs.
8am- strength train for 1 hr, kind of sore from TT yesterday.
9:05am- quickly shower & eat a power bar before 9:30 class.
9:30-10:45am- Motor Development class
11am-12:30pm-Work on a small assignment for Motor Control & Learning, (different from Motor Development) make some quinoa, frozen veggies and chicken for lunch.
12:30-1:30pm- yoga
1:30-2pm- buy a couple text books
2-3:15pm- Motor Control and Learning Class
4pm-Easy 30min run
6-7pm- Teach spin class
7:15pm- Take off through the dark streets of Tyler to find the pool I will be swimming with
7:45-9pm- First swim practice with the Tyler Metro Aquatics
9:15pm-Bike home
10pm-Eat a BIG salad w/salmon, shower
11pm-G'night.

All-in-all it came out to be almost 6 hours of training. Thank goodness I haven't started working yet! The swim practice was fun, their all high school kids but not very fast as I'm starting out with the bronze group for now. I'll probably try to move up in a few weeks. I did fine except for kicking where they destroyed me, partly because my legs were trashed from the day and vastus medialis's were cramping on breastroke kick. Good day!

Today I'm definitely pretty sore and tight so I plan on attending 2 yoga classes sandwhiched on either side of track practice. Today is supposed to be a pretty easy day- 4x800 w/400 recovery jog. Thats the word on the street at least.

Less than 3 1/2 months to Collegiate Nationals!