2/9

Not much to say today. 5:08...gah CAME SO CLOSE. Went through first 6 laps pretty much on pace--fairly aggressive in my opinion too! Last two laps killed me =/ DARNNNN! That 5 minute mile still eludes me.

On the bright side, the 4x200 was REALLY FUN and we came within 3 seconds of qualifying. I even ran a 25-high 26 low ish split. That's a record! Maybe if we worked on handoffs and if that freaking other team didn't block my 200m during their DQ'd handoff I might've ran 24-25. That'd be interesting!

EVEN BRIGHTER was the fact that so many people qualified and ran excellent races today! Sarah and Carlijn ran like 3:14 and 3:15, Nina qualified with 5:51, nate levin PRd with a 1:32, nick and kevin ran 37 and 38 300ms...The 4x4 qualified, James ran a 4:32, John qualified with a 4:43 ish....and countless other successes! What a day!

Punch Buggy Status: 15-17. Looks like Chris wins.

2/8

Alas the indoor season is coming to a close! I'm excited for the BSC meet tomorrow--my chance to break 5 in the mile in an awesome meet. Today's drills went by smoothly, warming up and cooling down with danny for the most part. The weather was quite windy and somewhat cold as a result. The rain made all the streets worse--so we ran on the road for most of it. I believe we had about 17 up and 22 down.

Punch Buggy Status: 15 (+1 and +2 from past two practices when chris was absent...sigh) - 17

2/7

Today was progression 200s! And Chris Lu was there! The first 3 were actually fast--attempting to do them by effort produced some odd times. After that adjustment, the rest of them were all int he 35 range, which was fairly consistent and felt proper. Footing on twitchell was pretty decent actually, minus a few large puddles here and there. Much better than the rest of wellesley though. 17 up 16 down.

Punch Buggy Status: 15 - 17

2/6

So today we drove over to Comm Ave (first time for me!) for our fartlek run. The weather was absolutely beautiful, with only a little wind to complement the gorgeous sun and blue sky. The icy and slushy roads however, were kind of problematic--but Comm Ave's side road was in a much better condition than the state of most of wellesley.

For the fartleks I ran with Danny, which was very fun. We had 20 up, 12 30 on 30 off and 22 ish back for a 55 minute total run. Very nice. Got one green punch buggy too, but sadly chris wasn't there =(. We did have a lovely brugher's snack afterwards!

Punch Buggy Status: 15 (+1) - 17

2/4

2:58.16. Met my 2nd Indoor Goal (sub-3 in the 1000). One more to go!

This race was interesting in that having it on a Friday Night was a new experience for me. With all the snow days and breaks beforehand I was not sure how well this race would go. I probably could have ran faster somewhere...

If you look at Jessie's blog post not too long ago, she references a quotation about time:

"Because Father said clocks slay time. He said time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life" (85).

I had this quotation in mind during the 1200m relay split as well--I took off my watch for both races (1200m and 1000m) and told myself to ignore splits and go like a race. Race aggressively and race to win. While I'm sure there was room for more aggressiveness, the results were more impressive than if I had raced with a watch constantly focusing on pace. Perhaps those numbers are a good start, but perhaps I might race better without them. Of course if my splits were awful, then I have to readjust and make it more even and smooth. But otherwise, I think making time come to life during a race is much more exciting!

13 up 17 down...not much room to warm up late at night in roxbury

Punch Buggy Status: 15-17

2/3

First of all, this may have been my last workout with Chris Lu FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE (or at least a while) so therefore I dedicate this post to him. I hope he does outdoor, but if that is not possible for whatever reason I am grateful for his company and all his help and encouragement this season. I don't think I would have had as much fun without him. THANK YOU CHRIS LU!

Today the drills went by smoothly, with a 25 up and 25 down (extra mileage!). The sun made the trees sparkle because of all the ice--it was quite beautiful to watch!

Punch Buggy Status: 15-17 (Got ANOTHER one today! Maybe too late to win it though...)

1/31

Fartleks today! This time 16 x 30/30. Felt even better than last time, though perhaps this is what peak phase is supposed to be like OR we weren't going fast enough...though we were going pretty fast. Got 52 minutes total going towards Pond through Wellesley College.

Punch Buggy Status: 14! - 17 got a green one today!