1/8

Quite a fulfilling saturday. 6x400 at mile pace / 85-90% ish. Did mostly 73s to 74s generally..one 76 was a messup. It felt pretty fast! The footing was much better than thursday over vacation--the snow was a small smooth layer that didn't bog you down. Corda hill was mostly clean too--the 10 hard stride/sprints felt good though they felt like strength phase all over again. I'll rename this hill "Heating Curve Hill" or something later. 15 up 15 down with a trusty MD squad.

Waking Pulse: 14

Punch Buggy Status: 7-13

1/7

Nice weather--not too cold for the B run that lasted about 48 minutes + 8 strides at the end. The ice made the trails a bit difficult. The rest was all fine though. Strides felt fast! Ran with Chris Bennett and Will!

Punch Buggy Score: Chris got one at Olin College... 7-13

Waking Pulse: Forgot

1/6

Race Day! Kind of an up and down race. It felt nice to be going relatively fast--I also ran more aggressively than normal, though it still wasn't aggressive enough! I think that might've helped with the 4th lap and the final kick. That's what I will concentrate on next time. The start of the race and the form felt better though. Sigh. Still Must break three minutes. On the bright side, got in over 40 minutes of mileage today with warm up + cool down together with our fun MD squad + John Williamson.

Waking Pulse: 13

Punch Buggy Score: 7-12 Always plenty during Reggie Days =)

1/5

ABSOLUTELY PUMPED for the race tomorrow. I think I can FLY in that 1k hopefully!

Today was a nice set of sprint drills minus the power drills on the math carpet--good to sharpen the form before race day. Everything felt good--balls of the feet, run tall, and arms are all things to focus on tomorrow. Shall be a big day!

Waking Pulse: Woke up scared of being late so it was pretty high.

Punch Buggy Score: 5-10

1/4

B+ run today: Went for 76 minutes and 6 strides. Longest run of the season. Weather was good! Terrain was rough though--had to abandon Waban and most trails because of the ice. We did part of Waban and then pond and then some trails and then some road near the dump and finally back home. Good to have a more relaxing run after the workout yesterday.

Chris got a yellow punch buggy...

Punch Buggy Score: 5-10

Waking Pulse: 13

1/3

12 up 16 down. Went to Babson for a wonderful and exhausting speed workout: 4x(200,300,400) at 800 1k and mile pace respectively. Worked on arms more--felt pretty tired by the 3rd set. pacing was pretty consistent and accurate--32s, 53s and 73-74s for the most part. I am looking forward to tomorrow's B run though! Getting psyched for the 1k on thursday!

Punch Buggy Status: 5-9

Waking Pulse: 13-14

1/2

Fartleks with Chris! 2x5min, 2x3 min and 3x1 min at hard tempo. Felt faster than flows--even in the terrible conditions. Had to run on the sidewalk mostly--brook path was a bad choice. The weather got better as we ran--the sun came out, the rain lessened. Pretty tiring by the end but everything felt fine.

Punch Buggy Status: 5-9...how did Chris get TWO during fartleks?!?!

Waking Pulse: Woke up late.