3/31

Meet day! A WIN AGAINST BRAINTREE!!! So awesome.

The weather today was quite interesting! Anyways, ran a 400 in 58.2 seconds...which I'll take for early in the season. Will aim for 56 by the end of the season. Not much to say now since I have to be somewhere soon. Next Race I'll focus on form for the latter half of the race. I did work on increasing stride frequency during the last 125m or so today.

Did 4x400 at 85-84-82-80 pace afterwards with Dan accompanied by Dan and Caroline.

Punch Buggy Status: 3-5

3/29

Circuits! Today felt SO MUCH BETTER than last week. The exercises actually felt right. The grass was a nice surface to stride on and the sun was out and it was a blast. Loved it.

Punch Buggy Status: 3-5

3/28

Well not much happened today--did a 15 min warm up, only got 2 1000 m repeats on the track (though it was nice that I could pace by myself-- 3:40 and 3:39 respectively) I did miss the company of everyone else. Such good weather too! I heard Carlijn also joined track so that's a plus to our MD group.

Punch Buggy Status: 3-4 (I even saw TWO today...where is Joseph when you need him)

3/26

Hill drills at Elm Bank! Sunny and windy weather. Did about 30 minutes and some on the hill. Felt the workout as more of a cardio than strength (though I may feel it in the morning). I do need to work on aerobic fitness in addition to muscle strength. Overall felt good, had over 1 hour of running total today too.

Punch Buggy Status: 3-4

3/25

Happy Friday! Today's weather was BEAUTIFUL though cold when it was windy. We did canadians today including the power drills. We managed the set as Coach Chisum was busy but it worked out pretty well. Had about 28 total warm up + cooldown. Maybe a bit sore tomorrow from frog jumps..

Punch Buggy Status: 3-4

3/24

Today was a lot of mileage! I liked it. We had 35 min ish warm up + 5 x 1000 repeats with 30-45 seconds rest! It was quite intense. I felt quite tired from the 3rd onwards. The paces were quite consistent actually going from 3:50, 3:48, 3:47, 3:48, and 3:49. Thankfully I had joseph to run with and keep me going--the last 400m on the final 3 1000s were brutal. Finished with 15 min cooldown. Ran with Sarah Nina and Joseph as a whole for most of the day. Got one punch buggy too!!

Punch Buggy Status: 3-4

3/23

B+ run. 62 minutes today on an extended waban loop. Kind of chilly but no precipitation! went with a relatively larger group today! Ben Griswold, Ben Scammel, Brendan Chu, and Joseph accompanied me on our run! Purposefully avoided hills as we'll be getting plenty of strength these days. Muscles felt less sore after the run!! Finished with 5 downhill strides by the aqueduct.