Thatcher's Running Blog

Today was a pretty hard day. I was planning on running a 10 miler, but when dad came by to give me water, I went with him because I had something at 10:00. So I got 5.7 in the morning. Later, I got 6 on the treadmill in 39:40.

In the morning me, morg, and coach did 27:00 at a pretty easy pace. (Around 7:30) It felt easy and good; there was no pain.

After school we had two 1.5 mile intervals at Liberty Park. They felt good.The first one me and Morgan started out at about 5:23 for the mile and then a little faster the last 800 to end at 7:57. I felt tired, but not too bad. The first mile was pretty smooth, it was the last 800 where it started hurting(a little). Morgan finished up right with me. The second one, i started out and could tell Morgan was hurting, but he got up with me and stayed for about a half mile. After that, I could tell I needed to push it, so I started pulling away from him. I felt good the first one, so I started pushing earlier. I came through the mile at about 5:18. I then pushed it really hard and kicked in the last 800 at 2:31! This felt really good and easy for how fast it was. Morgan finished up at about 8:20, I was at 7:49. Brett and John did well, about 9:20 or so, they will both break five I think.

A pretty good run, at about 7:00 pace. We started on the way out with Morgan, Shalaya, Ben Isaac at a pretty slow pace. I started picking it up with 2 to go, and we lost Isaac. Morgan and Ben finished pretty close to me and Shalaya a little bit back.

Really easy morning run around 3.5

After school we had 10 400's. Coach wanted us at 75 (2 mile pace) with two minutes rest. (We actually did two minutes rest) So we started out, and it was pretty easy. 71, 72, 72, 71, 70, 70, 69, 68, 66, 63. They felt pretty easy until two left or so. I felt pretty good so I pushed it on the last several. The last one I tried my hardest on the last 200 and did a 31. There was a pretty hard cross wind on the workout, and it felt good.

We did a 5.4 mile run with warm up and cool down, at about 6:55 pace.

In the morning we did a short run, not very fast, it felt good.

After school we had heartbreak intervals. We did 1000, 800, 600, 400, 400, 200, 200. For the 1000 I was right with Morgan, the 800 right ahead of Morgan, 600 right behind Morgan, 400 a few seconds behind Morgan, 400 right behind Morgan, 200's pretty much with Morgan. I didn't feel good today, but I was able to stay with Morgan for the most part and i did pretty well.

10 miles at about a 6:40 pace. I felt all right, but pretty tired from yesterday and the mileage I ran this week. It was all right though.

1 mile warm-up

800, 800, 800, 400, 400, 400, 200, 200, 200.

400 jog between first three, 200 between last five.

1 mile cool-down

My first 800 was 2:20, second 2:21, third 2:21. They got harder each time but I was with Morgan. (Maybe a step behind him on the last one.) Our first 400 was 69 and my second was 63 (coach had us pace Steve in his 800) Steve ran a 64 and like a 68 second 400 about 2:13- 2:14 just for comparison. He apparently wasn't feeling well today. So that's why it was so fast. Morgan did a 67. On the last four Morgan did a 64 and I did a 67. On the 200's I wasn't feeling well, i did two 30's. Morgan did like 29, and Brett and John beat me on the first, i beat them on the second.

It was a pretty fast workout, but I didn't feel very good. Morgan and I were pretty close together, next time hopefully I feel better, because when I feel better, I've been beating Morgan.

The morning run felt good 3.5 in 27:00, easy with Morg, Coach, Shalaya, Sean, Ian.

Today was pretty easy, not sure on the mileage. We ran through the pit, probably 7:30's.

Today was the first outdoor meet of the season. I ran the 1600 and 3200. In the 1600, I started out in a pack of five people for about the first 200, with Kyle out in front. I passed the other guys and was a little behind Kyle a lap in. On the second lap, I pulled closer to him, and on the third lap I was right with him on the backstretch, and pulled in front of him before 1000 meters. I then picked it up a little and pushed it the last lap and won by (2-3 seconds?). The results aren't up yet. It felt good, but my last lap wasn't very good, but good enough for the win.

In the 3200 I started out trying for a 10:00. I was at 5:05 for the mile, but slowed down from there. I finished at 10:22 which was okay for an hour after the mile. I was quite a bit ahead of Garret and Reid, though Garret did gain on me on the second mile after I had built a good lead.

In the morning me Coach, Morgan and Shalaya ran four miles at about a 7:30 pace. We started out pretty slow and Sean stayed with us for most of it. I felt good after it and not too tired.

After school I was planning on doing four or five miles. We had fun, ran slow for the first 1 or 2 and Morgan turned around, but Steve was running with us and I decided now was a good time to go with him. We did a 5:38 third mile, which was about a half mile downhill. Then we did 6:09, 6:23, 6:10, 6:11. it wasn't too hard, until the last mile. it felt good and I was glad I pushed it. My left hamstring is a little sore, I might back off tomorrow.

This race wasn't very good. I started out at a good pace but got a side-ache the last mile.

This morning, me, coach, shalaya, and ethan ran about 3.5 miles. It felt good, and we ran it pretty easy.

After school I had a workout all alone. I say that, because Morgan, Ben, and Isaac were all gone so the closest to me was Brett and no one was even close to pushing me. That was fine, because I was still able to push hard. The workout was 800 600 400 200 200 400 600 800. Coach said to try for goal mile race pace. I did 2:18 1:44 68 30 28 67 1:43 2:13. This workout was very hard, but very good. I started out, and it felt good, but I was getting tired near the second half. The 67 started out at a 32, but I knew I had to save something for the last two intervals. On the 600, I kept it on pace, but didn't really have much left on the last kick. On the 800 I really pushed it, and came through the 400 at 67. On the last lap I really pushed it and ran the last 200 in 32. The last interval was very good and I finished very strong.

Ran with coach, shalaya, and for most of it, sean. It was easy, about 7:30 pace.

In the morning we ran around the school a few laps, and paced some Sean on his workout. It felt good.

After school I had 1.5 miles two times. I didn't feel that great, and hardly anyone was there. Here are my splits.

They were both at 7:42. 5:08 pace. Last time I did this it was 7:57 and 7:49 I think. and those were at Liberty Park. My last 800 on both was under 2:30. these were both great times, especially considering how I didn't even feel very good. After Monday's workout coach said I'm ready for 4:30 and after today's he said I'm ready for 9:50.

This morning I ran 6.6 miles at about a 7:00 pace. I felt pretty good while running it, but was tired.

Later, I ran 4 miles on the treadmill, tired.

I ran five pretty fast miles in Venice! On a road by a canal. It was way fun!

This week was on the cruise. I'm not sure what I did every day, but I did a couple hard longer runs, and several runs in the morning. I did two workouts. (all on the treadmill) One was 1000, 800, 600, 400, 400, 400. The other was 400 8 times. The 400's were 66 I think. One run was in the low 6:00 range for 7.5 miles. Overall this week was pretty easy, but I got some good workouts in.

Not sure on the distance, but I know it was a little over 10 miles. I ran 69:30. I ran with the group for a while, and everyone fell off but Steve and Morgan. Steve turned around, and Morgan and I continued for about five minutes. We then picked it up going back, but it was windy, so it wasn't much faster. The last eight minutes I lost Morgan, he finished up maybe a minute behind me. It felt good, and Morgan looked strong also.