Jeeesus, that's amazing. PRACTICE TOMORROW psyched, 2-mile timed repeats. I ran 5 this morning...I haven't had a 5-or-less day in almost 3 weeks.

Damn dude. You're mileage must've been crazy this Summer, I didn't even make 100. Props

300 exactly as of this morning, I did it in 8 1/2 weeks instead of the 10 that everyone else had. I have a good shot to make varsity XC this year if none of the freshmen can beat me.

I think you will man, you've worked incredibly hard.



We ran that 3 mile course again today and I dropped 40 seconds. Got 16:15. No one has broken 16 in 3 years I want to so bad lol

Shit, you'll do it for sure, times always drop in a meet. Anyway, varsity may have just gone out the window as someone I thought was doing soccer is now doing XC, and he's a lot better than me. Now I have to beat someone whose PR is 50 seconds lower than mine. Practice today was a timed 2-mile, we were specifically told not to race or go really hard so I got 13:50, then ran 5 when I got home to get some miles in. In conclusion, genetics>work, annoyingly enough,

L, it's NOT about the distances you run. Trust me. It's about the speed you can do them in. You should focus more on killing yourself to get a better pace (what I've been doing) than worrying about the quantity of miles you've ran.



6 400s, all under 70

I know I need a lot more speed work, it's just that I want to mix in long runs, and yesterday I just didn't want to see a 2 for the day. 10 today (coach's idea, not mine) in 86 something, first time doing 10 under 90.

I can't even run 1 400 under 70, that's really good.

I'm sure you can dude, have you ever timed a 400 only doing one? There's a girl on my team who ran a 60 flat..

Nah, never done just 1. Jeez, 60 flat is amazing. Somewhat related, http://ma.milesplit.mobi/athletes/937559-camille-blackman she goes to my school and is absolutely insane.

Can't wait to get running again, this cold weather is hard on my knees and ankles. I have to say, you guys^ are pretty good

Omg... she's insane

800, 1200, 1600, 1200 today, 400 jog after each. Mock meet on Friday, should be a decent indication of what to aim for in races.

Damn that sounds easy. We did a 1200 hard, 1200 easy and repeated the process for 1 hour. I did 14. I lost a little bit of myself today.

It was pretty easy, the coach is generally agreed to not know what he's talking about but nobody wants to say anything to him. I'm debating doing extra of whatever he tells us to. Your workouts are just crazy, no wonder you're so good.

You should dude. Sometimes they're crazy, other times they're an average workout. Our coach has been coaching for like... idk 40 years or somesing

Sometimes I think ours has too, only he's from the Don't Push Too Hard, Hydrate, And Stretch school of running. Good for marathon completion but not much else, in my opinion.

I'm doing a half marathon on the 25th:)

That's awesome, my aunt wants me to do one with her but I'm waiting till after XC season. 6 today, knee screwed up again.

3 mile course again, got 16:45.. didn't beat my time because I have infected shit on my feet and blisters on my heels that I just went to the doc for.

5 MILE REPEATS. Sucked so bad. Ran them in 4:52, 5:05, 5:12, 5:24 and 5:11 in that order.

Jesus, you've gotten amazing. I think I could do the 5:24...anyway, 10 1/2 yesterday and today we were on the XC course, 30 seconds sprint and 1 minute fast jog for half an hour.
You ever read or heard of the book Once A Runner? I read it this summer, it's awesome.

Nah what's it about?

Basically, there's a kid going to college in Florida and he runs the mile, he's really really good (at the beginning he's run a 4:00.3). So he gets into this meet against the best miler in the world, but gets kicked off the team for something he didn't do, so he drops out of school, breaks up with his girlfriend, lives in the woods and just runs all day. It's an amazing book, see if you can get a copy somewhere.
Congrats on making the paper, that's really cool.

I started running again the other day since I stopped once I got my job, and it made me so sore. I don't think my knee is ever going to go back to the way it was so it looks like I won't be playing basketball this year or track. Our stupid school doesn't let you on any team other than varsity once you hit 11th grade. They think if you're not good enough to be on the team by then, then they don't want to waste JV team space on you.

That's just dumb, I can't think of a single reason for them to do that...I guess it makes you want to get better but it's kind of a bad way to make kids practice.
7 yesterday, 56:15 (PR). First meet the 13th.