5/28

Fin.

Last track meet of my high school career. What a fabulous race to end the year on-- a 4x4 that had all individuals PRing and running competitively in the heat. Not raining, not too hot, not too windy. I will reserve my words for a more conclusive blog post later (towards graduation day perhaps) but it is so much a bittersweet moment. I am eternally grateful to Wellesley high School, Coach Chisum, and the middle distance group and the track team as a whole.

Punch Buggy Status: 17-15

VICTORYYY!

5/27

Last track practice! A bit bittersweet. Like the rest of senior year. Today was VERY hot so we ended up running through sprinklers and going to Truly's! Lemon Sorbet is delicious.

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5/26

Not many blog posts left! Today was a quick workout--11 up then 8x30/30 on off fartleks with the rest of the way a cool down. Just short of 30 min total for a run. It was really warm and humid but the run and workout felt good--I felt nice being able to keep up and run as a group.

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5/25

A nice Finish the 400 workout today--the first time I've ever done it! Possibly a 39.9 300m (maybe 40 VERY low)--and a 15 to follow that. What a party. 15 up and down. Very warm and sunny today!

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5/24

FUN WORKOUT. 3x200 at very fast. 28 30 30 (first one was a tad fast...) All was good. Tapering week is pretty chill.

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5/23

Mile with 50 sprint 50 jog. Very smooth and intense (but only briefly). Ran with Joseph for the whole thing--solid 8:04 mile time. Weather was mild, no rain thankfully. Not humid!

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5/21

So since I've been getting over a cold this entire week and I woke up feeling not too fabulous today, I didn't have high expectations for this tough workout.

Then the workout came. A nice slow warm up and then strides and drills. 600m in a solid 1:33 (29-31-33 splits) and then a 34 after that. Wow I wish I could run 2:07! 28.4 and 28.9 for the 2x200 that followed. Solid day! Everyone did quite well today. I wish I could be this satisfied with a race! 1:33 is a 4 second PR.

And GREAT final CFAW Performance tonight as well!

Punch Buggy Status: 17-14

5/20

It was sunny today! For the first time in a week. I loved it. It happened during our run too-which was even more awesome. Listening with Ben Griswold to Dan James and Chandler (and Ryan) talk about their next year video running plans was quite enjoyable.

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5/18

Normally I would be somewhat satisfied with a race. Normally waiting 5 hours to race in the cold rain would be kind of annoying. Today was a fun BSC meet--an interesting environment that is somewhere between a dual meet and a large state meet like Twilight. I enjoyed partying with the track team on the bleachers and I came away with a 57.4 4x4 split with Dan O'Neill, Dan Wilkins (who ran his last race today! I will sincerely miss him) and Ryan Chan. My first PR ever in this season.

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5/17

A nice 27 brook path through town loop in the light rain. Enjoyable!

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5/16

An interesting 150m buildups (8 of them actually). Was quite hard on the muscles but not cardio wise. Hamstrings will hopefully be good tomorrow. I think 16 up and 25 ish down. Solid day. Didn't even rain to hard!

Punch Buggy Status: 17-14 (got TWO today!)

5/14

Today was an interesting workout--1k (3:35) and then 9x200 with 45 sec rest at 31.5-32mid for all of them! I was quite happy to have completed all of them at the proper pace--I think the road flats helped. Also having Joseph and Dan and company to run with and draft off of was nice--we could share the work that way. 15 up and down. Tiring Day!

Punch Buggy Status: 15-14

5/13

Today I ran less than what I would have liked, but it was the annual Dan Wilkins jump the brook day. Which he did with astounding success. What beautiful weather for a run! 5 flat strides on the grass to follow.

Punch Buggy Status: 15-14

5/12

Nice drills + 4x400 at 800 opening goal / 2 mile cruise (200m for each). I think next time I need to go faster on the first 200s--32 mid is not exactly ideal (more like 31 high or 32 point).

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5/11

A Nice 58 minute Waban + linden loop with Andrew. Very relaxing as a post AP stat run! 4 flat strides to follow.

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5/10

AP French Conquered!

Track meet today! Not a great 800 but I'm happy with 3/4ths of the race for the most part so I'll work on the kick and the speed. Im glad we went out in 32. And 600m was 1:37ish so that's on pace. A little windy and chilly today. Good performances all around!

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5/9

AP Physics C exam today sooo got to practice a little late...

Did a nice smooth 33 minutes + 5 downhill strides. Wellesley Loop was a nice reflective run. I made sure to run on my toes for the strides, as tomorrow's 62-66 will require that =)

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5/7

Twilight Invitational!!

This is by far one of the most fun meets of the year! SO MANY AWESOME RUNNERS AND PERFORMANCES. From James' 4:30 mile to Dan+ Joseph 2:07 and 2:06...so impressive. I will get that! I promise. 2:13-2:14 today--just need to go out harder!

Punch Buggy Status: 13-12

5/6

Well, a lovely day for a short warm up and cool down plus an easy set of drills. Awesome weather. Matt White came back to visit!

Twilight Tomorrow!

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5/5

Cinqo De Mayo! Don't know how to spell that.

Anyways today was an interesting 4 (4x200) workout. It was a great show of teamwork as Mid distance worked together in pacing and drafting and all that--we even did lanes for the faster repeats! Weather was very erratic...rain then sun then rain and sun again. We had to do our workout quickly because of the middle school track meet (where Elsey ran a 5:18 mile...). Overall I felt the workout was not as bad as the 12x200 at 800 goal pace (especially because we had more rest for this one) and I think it was a good exercise in pacing. 42-43 for two mile, 37 for mile, 32 for 800, and 27 high for 400.

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5/4

A very wet day. Lots of singing during our waban + some run. Ran with Joseph, Ben, Nick, Sarah, Carlijn, and Teddy for the most part. Ended with 60ish minutes and 6 strides on the track. Twilight Meet this Saturday!

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5/3

Though I did not PR today, I was rather pleased with my races (double 4x4 split and 800m) and I was amazed by some other performances! A 2:11 800m and a 58.3 400m are within a few tenths of a second of my actual PRs so I'll take these times for now. The 800m was an exceptionally fun race to run and I wish I had beat that milton guy...I remembered him from the 1k when I lost to him by 6 seconds. And today it was like .2...GAH. Ah well.

Punch Buggy Status: 12-11

5/2

B-10 run on the lovely blue arrow trail with a group of rambunctious freshmen. It was very musical as we sang pretty much the entire way while maintaining a steady pace. Lovely run! Big 800 tomorrow against Milton.

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