2/28

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL! Yay! Break is over.

So, first day back = time to rebuild base! 30 minutes on ellipitical (to get warmed up nice and easy) and + 22 minutes outside with sarah who needed to finish her run to the precise minute. Solid 52 minutes overall.

Running again felt great though unusually tiring--what else would I expect though? haha. Im glad to be on the road back to track--one last season to make it count! The elliptical is SO BORING though the fitness center community consists of nice people like kitae rachel chandler and dan.

To End the Season

Seeing as vacation has begun in earnest and I now take my 1 week respite from running, it's definitely an appropriate time to speak.

First and foremost, I will miss everyone with whom this was my last chance to run. This means (potentially) Chris Lu, Danny, Coach Kelley, and all those other people who I will not see in outdoor. Fortunately I will be running with some of them before graduation and college. I think this season, although somewhat unspectacular from the sub-5minute standpoint (or even varsity points--I got less than last year), was definitely a fun one. Snow days did end up interfering with part of it. Nonetheless, I did get to race at BSC for the first time (even though I was supposed to be in it both seasons last year) and I definitely felt a little bit stronger and faster than last year. I met a lot of my goals: 25ish in the 200, 57ish in the 400, sub 3 (2:58.16!) in the 1000, and a 3:39 in the 1200m. Though the mile goal still eludes me, I still have one more season. Recharge and drive ahead!

This week break will probably be dedicated to resting and homework--a bit IRP sound and the fury paper to do by Monday. It's snowing right now too--I didn't think it would before spring. Kind of a calming sight. It's sad that there's only 1 season left. Bittersweet. But to be honest, the season never ends. Running lasts forever.

Final Punch Buggy Status: 15-17. You win Chris Lu. =)

"No Day But Today" - Rent

2/19

Today was the end of indoor season--more importantly it was the DII Championships, which is an exciting meet to be in and watch! A lot of impressive performances today...I remember John's 1 mile with a beautiful negative split 4:38--he even went out the first 400m in last place. Smart race. 1000 and mile for girls were quite good too. The 4x4 girls got 1st...which seems to happen whenever they race. James ran a 4:31 mile and got 6th! boys 4x8 team ran in the fast heat with a mis-seeded time and didn't do poorly. I had fun the 4x400 too--we didn't come in last and no one in our heat qualified soo it's okay.

Farewell Indoor Season! Break time

2/18

Thankfully the headache went away! Now it's just some coughing and congestion. Preparing for the 4x400 tomorrow. Today was a nice 16 minute run with 4 strides--again, even nicer weather than yesterday! Sadly tomorrow will not be so wonderful supposedly. Last indoor race for a while tomorrow!!

2/17

So today's post is one day late because I had such a huge headache after coming home last night that I fell asleep immediately and barely finished my hw. The workout itself was not bad at all--just a 15 up 15 down thing + 5 x 200 at 1k pace. The splits were 34-34-34-34-33 (all mids), probably the best I could have hoped for. The weather was perfect too! Just a lot of puddles from the snow melting.

2/16

Today was actually my last math meet as a highschooler, which is kind of sad =( It was fun nonetheless despite the low scores! I am sad to go.

So instead of the miracle mile, I did go to the math meet. I did a 30 min b run instead (due to time constraints of blue block). I was debating doing something fast but during the first 15 min my stomach felt awful because I was running so soon after lunch. Fortunately it seems the run helped me digest as the last 10 min felt much better and more relaxed. The weather was GORGEOUS and sunny! somewhere in the low 40s. Perfect.

Post Season Punch Buggy Status: 0-1

2/15

Today was a nice moderate workout with speed intensity. 8x150 progression from 1 mile to 800 to all out. With the small group we had, the workout was quite fun. The everso useful hamstring stretch at the end really helped me loosen up too because at the beginning during the warm up, I was SO TIGHT.

14 up 20 down =)