Afternoon:
Essentially wandered around Pasadena/Alhambra for an hour on the bike. On the way back, I saw Dennis hobbling along so we went to Nathan's house. Unfortunately I had SRS BSNS (dinner) to attend to, so I couldn't stay to catch up with Nathan, although I would have liked to.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
06/10/2009
Afternoon:
Did some sort of modifed Huntington today where I started at lacy, went to San Marino/Sierra Madre, then did normal Huntington back on Los Robles up to Oak Grove, then going back down to lacy and meeting the team again and running back. Took about 55 minutes (a little longer than I expected, but oh well), which according to this works out to a little over 7:30 pace. My achilles feels a lot better than it had before, but there's a little bit of swelling. I'll be on the bike tomorrow so hopefully it won't get any worse.
I don't like this season at all. I realized a short while ago that I don't do XC for the running part. Yes, I train, and I race, but I am nowhere near good enough to do it just for the winning (and by extension, the running). I like XC because it gives me time to not worry about school, to be with friends, and to push myself hard when I know I have to. Being injured for so long has completely destroyed most of those. I still don't really worry about school when I'm in the trainers or on the bike or hobbling along the north field, but my school worries are replaced by injury worries. Also, except for a few of my injured teammates (I'm looking at you, G), I don't really get a chance to be with the rest of the team. I don't even have to explain the 3rd one (who tries to go hard when they're injured? Certainly not me...). I know I'll have to work on breaking out of this line of thinking as much as if not more than I have to get back in shape.
Did some sort of modifed Huntington today where I started at lacy, went to San Marino/Sierra Madre, then did normal Huntington back on Los Robles up to Oak Grove, then going back down to lacy and meeting the team again and running back. Took about 55 minutes (a little longer than I expected, but oh well), which according to this works out to a little over 7:30 pace. My achilles feels a lot better than it had before, but there's a little bit of swelling. I'll be on the bike tomorrow so hopefully it won't get any worse.
I don't like this season at all. I realized a short while ago that I don't do XC for the running part. Yes, I train, and I race, but I am nowhere near good enough to do it just for the winning (and by extension, the running). I like XC because it gives me time to not worry about school, to be with friends, and to push myself hard when I know I have to. Being injured for so long has completely destroyed most of those. I still don't really worry about school when I'm in the trainers or on the bike or hobbling along the north field, but my school worries are replaced by injury worries. Also, except for a few of my injured teammates (I'm looking at you, G), I don't really get a chance to be with the rest of the team. I don't even have to explain the 3rd one (who tries to go hard when they're injured? Certainly not me...). I know I'll have to work on breaking out of this line of thinking as much as if not more than I have to get back in shape.
Monday, October 5, 2009
05/10/2009
Afternoon:
Did a "hard"ish workout with Ian. Could really tell I was out of shape, but oh well. At least it doesn't feel like I'm injured anymore (knock on wood). Here is approximately what happened:
15 min warmup
4 x (1 lap on, 1 lap off @ North Field)
4 lap cooldown.
Took about 40 minutes; Ian had the HR monitor going so I should be getting some interesting stats soon.
Did a "hard"ish workout with Ian. Could really tell I was out of shape, but oh well. At least it doesn't feel like I'm injured anymore (knock on wood). Here is approximately what happened:
15 min warmup
4 x (1 lap on, 1 lap off @ North Field)
4 lap cooldown.
Took about 40 minutes; Ian had the HR monitor going so I should be getting some interesting stats soon.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
04/10/2009
Afternoon:
Felt a lot better today. Got a full 9 hrs of sleep last night, and I just feel a lot better in general. Did 30ish minutes on the North Field with Ian, Jasper, and Julian, then did 4 strides and lifted in the gym. Achilles does not hurt at all! However I am terribly out of shape and that is what I'm going to devote the next 2 weeks to. At least it's La Mirada so I don't care too much if I get a slow time...
Felt a lot better today. Got a full 9 hrs of sleep last night, and I just feel a lot better in general. Did 30ish minutes on the North Field with Ian, Jasper, and Julian, then did 4 strides and lifted in the gym. Achilles does not hurt at all! However I am terribly out of shape and that is what I'm going to devote the next 2 weeks to. At least it's La Mirada so I don't care too much if I get a slow time...
Saturday, October 3, 2009
03/10/2009
Morning (Pomona Regional Preview Meet):
Did Not Run... I thought the freshmen did pretty well for us in this meet, but when Travis is not sick and I'm not injured/out of shape this course should be fun... if I can make it.
Afternoon:
Didn't want to do stationary bike so I rode the actual bike around. It was weird not having access to statistics like HR and RPM. I actually prefer high resistance low RPM on the real bike more than low resistance high RPM as I do on the stationary. I guess I like to feel like I'm going fast. Anyways, despite the change of scenery, I still was mentally and physically drained today. I'd hoped to avoid at least the mental part of it by not using the stationary but to be honest I still felt like crap. I can't really say how fast I was going but on a per-effort basis I think it was about right (I felt like my heart was going nuts on the hard parts just like with running).
~15 min warmup down San Pasqual
10 on, 2 off
8 on, 2 off
6 on, 2 off
4 on, 2 off
2 on, 2 off
~15 minute cooldown down Del Mar
There's actually a pretty fun place to do "laps" although they'd be a little long if running; Madre->San Pasqual->Rosemead->California.
Did Not Run... I thought the freshmen did pretty well for us in this meet, but when Travis is not sick and I'm not injured/out of shape this course should be fun... if I can make it.
Afternoon:
Didn't want to do stationary bike so I rode the actual bike around. It was weird not having access to statistics like HR and RPM. I actually prefer high resistance low RPM on the real bike more than low resistance high RPM as I do on the stationary. I guess I like to feel like I'm going fast. Anyways, despite the change of scenery, I still was mentally and physically drained today. I'd hoped to avoid at least the mental part of it by not using the stationary but to be honest I still felt like crap. I can't really say how fast I was going but on a per-effort basis I think it was about right (I felt like my heart was going nuts on the hard parts just like with running).
~15 min warmup down San Pasqual
10 on, 2 off
8 on, 2 off
6 on, 2 off
4 on, 2 off
2 on, 2 off
~15 minute cooldown down Del Mar
There's actually a pretty fun place to do "laps" although they'd be a little long if running; Madre->San Pasqual->Rosemead->California.
02/10/2009
Afternoon:
Ran pre race with the guys today. Felt okay on the run but still out of shape... However the gym was a different story. I felt sapped so I didn't do as many lifts and things as I would have liked. Hopefully I'll just need a good day of recovery (Saturday or Sunday).
Ran pre race with the guys today. Felt okay on the run but still out of shape... However the gym was a different story. I felt sapped so I didn't do as many lifts and things as I would have liked. Hopefully I'll just need a good day of recovery (Saturday or Sunday).
Thursday, October 1, 2009
01/10/2009
Afternoon:
Did some biking. I think my body is actually starting to adapt to the bike as I couldn't get my HR past 180 or so. Did a hard workout:
15 minute warmup -> 3 x (3 on, 3 medium, 3 on, 2 off) -> 10 minute cooldown
Averaged around 115 RPM, 160 HR for easy/off, 125 RPM, 170 HR for the first hard section, 120 RPM, 170 HR for the medium section, and 130 RPM, 180 HR for the second hard section. On the last 3 minute thing I gunned it at 150 RPM but surprising my HR held approximately constant at 185ish. Increasing resistance only made me go slower and actually drop heartrate so I put it back to normal. Went 21.02 pseudomiles.
Did some biking. I think my body is actually starting to adapt to the bike as I couldn't get my HR past 180 or so. Did a hard workout:
15 minute warmup -> 3 x (3 on, 3 medium, 3 on, 2 off) -> 10 minute cooldown
Averaged around 115 RPM, 160 HR for easy/off, 125 RPM, 170 HR for the first hard section, 120 RPM, 170 HR for the medium section, and 130 RPM, 180 HR for the second hard section. On the last 3 minute thing I gunned it at 150 RPM but surprising my HR held approximately constant at 185ish. Increasing resistance only made me go slower and actually drop heartrate so I put it back to normal. Went 21.02 pseudomiles.
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