1/29

Not too chilly today. 12x100 windsprints on washington street with 100 jog after each one. The intensity was quite high--definitely something I haven't done all season. I think it's good practice for kicking, which I desperately need to work on. Also concentrated on form a bit including arms. The 4x200 that followed with 30 sec rest felt good effort wise--perhaps doing the 100 sprints earlier helped. Got 17 up and 26 down!

Punch Buggy Status: 13-17

1/28

Lovely 55-60 min ish so Run--good mileage WITH a 15 minute tempo piece in the middle. Snow and slush made it difficult and probably slowed it down a bit, but effort was consistent. Overall the weather was quite nice. Felt a lot like a cross country race all over again. Good to have the mileage too!

Punch Buggy Status: 13-17

1/26

10am practice today with no school! Weather was quite warm compared to a few days ago, despite it being only slightly above freezing. I ran with Nina to the high school for a nice 25 minute up. 2 Sets of drills went by smoothly, though the pounding on the cement wasn't too good for the knees. Ended with 16 down or so.

Punch Buggy Status: 13-16

1/25

Fartleks! 16x30sec on off. Total 62 minutes. It was so nice to have some mileage in nice weather for once! Haven't done a B run in forever. The snow made fartleking a little harder than usual--a 85% effort would be much slower than 85% pace, so to speak. We stayed on the roads as much as possible, such as route 16, wellesley college, and 135. Was very fun.

Punch Buggy Status: 13-16

1/24

Wow SO COLD TODAY!! Ai. Glad to have brought all those gloves and layers. 16 up, 12x200 along washington street at goal 800 pace. Most of the times were consistent; going one way was faster than going back though because of the ice. Thus the times were 31-32 one way and 32-33 the way back. Felt quite good--speed phase is working! My stomach felt terrible on the cooldown though (because of the cold I think I got a stomach ache) so thus I cut it short outside and did the rest of it inside. I hope my stomach can handle the cold of the fartleks tomorrow!

Punch Buggy Status: 13-16

1/22

Race! Relay meet. This is one of my favorite meets each year. Both girls and boys 4x800 teams did quite well, placing in top 6 and qualifying. Freshman 4x4 broke 4 minutes as well. I ran the DMR--the 1200m leg in 3:39. That was probably one of my best races this year as well as one of the most fun. If i can put that same effort into the Mile, I think breaking 5 is possible. We almost came in 1st in our heat as well!

17 up 27 down.

Punch Buggy Status: 13-16

1/21

Snow day! Running today was interesting. I just wanted to get rid of lactic acid or anything bad in my legs before the meet tomorrow...I had it at just 25 minutes or so. Mileage will be going back up next week. Conditions were iffy at best, with some sidewalks not even plowed yet. Everything felt good though.

Punch Buggy Status: 13-16