WED 12/10 - Track Night

Warm ups are getting a little better I think! I no longer start running and want to rest/stretch after 1/2 a mile :)

We did a similar exercise as last week. 2 laps, quick rest, repeat... than 1.5 laps, quick rest, repeat.

On a scale of 1-10 we are supposed to run at about a 6. Faster than we normally run our Saturday runs, but not a sprint where you can't keep a steady pace for all the laps. The second 2 lap run I started out a bit faster and decided to just see how that would work out... after the first lap I was like "this is kinda hard"... but I knew I had to keep my pace for the second lap. I did (yes, woo hoo), but sadly I have no idea what my time was. Our coach had like 5 things going on and quoted me 5:40 for my first lap and 6:20 for my second and as I ran a 3:10 lap last week (slow and steady pace) I KNEW it was way faster than that. Oh well.

I talked with one of the coaches about my knees feeling a little sore, not in pain, but I wanted to be sure there wasn't anything I should be doing or not doing and what to look out for so I don't find myself with an injury. After he confirmed that they just felt sore, he said, "to be honest, your body is probably in a bit of shock" - I said, "oh you have no idea!". So yeah, my body is sore and just freaking out, haha... and I just need to make sure the soreness doesn't get worse or turn into any kind of pain.