The College Dropout

Sat, May 23, 2020

Sat, 23 May 2020 06:00:00

morning: 10min bike to shakeout before i time trial

afternoon: mile time trial! wanted to see where my fitness was at following my abandoning of my sport lol. got to cedar high's track with brady around 3:00pm. it was super windy, as it always is in cedar. warmed up, did strides, and started. got out in about 1:10, a bit too fast for where i'm at but it's hard not to be antsy when you know you're trying to go all out. 800 in 2:30, slowed down quite a bit haha. 1200 in 3:45, then finished for 4:55. felt spent! it's crazy that i used to be able to hold that pace for races much longer than a mile, now it's all out for a mile haha. either way, i'm so glad to be training agian. now i have a benchmark time to base my future training off of. back at it!

followed the time trial with 4x200m finishes, 33 33 33 32. felt smooth despite going all out 5 minutes earlier.

Fri, May 22, 2020

Fri, 22 May 2020 06:00:00

decided to do a time trial this weekend; taking it easy leading up to it haha. 2 miles easy, 7:40 avg, followed by a 10min bike, avg HR 116

Thu, May 21, 2020

Thu, 21 May 2020 06:00:00

ran 6.3 after work, 6:53 avg. sub 7 average pace is starting to feel easy again! got held up trying to cross main street because of the high school grad parade. kinda fun to watch them celebrate their graduation socially distanced. can't believe i graduated highschool 4 years ago. and college 4 weeks ago! getting old. followed that with a 20min bike, avg HR 124.

Wed, May 20, 2020

Wed, 20 May 2020 06:00:00

5.4 mile run at night, 7:06 avg. felt good to run at night again. followed that with a 20min bike, avg HR 125. love it

Tue, May 19, 2020

Tue, 19 May 2020 06:00:00

20min bike, avg HR 98. taking this week a little easier

Mon, May 18, 2020

Mon, 18 May 2020 06:00:00

morning: 20min bike, avg HR 101

evening: 4 miles easy, 7:33 avg

Sun, May 17, 2020

Sun, 17 May 2020 06:00:00

rest

Sat, May 16, 2020

Sat, 16 May 2020 06:00:00

morning: 25min bike sesh, avg HR 106

7 total, did my first workout on the track since being a runner again. warmed up, strides and drills, then did 2x800m with 800m jog rest, hit 2:30, 2:28, then 3x(2x150m), 30sec between reps and 12min between sets. my friend brady, who's a 400/800 guy, wanted to do a sprint workout so i joined him for funsies. threw in the 800s so i could feel like i was actually doing something lol. felt good! cooled down a half mile

Fri, May 15, 2020

Fri, 15 May 2020 06:00:00

ran 6.66 miles lol 7:47 average. can't remember when or where, as i'm blogging this a week later haha

Thu, May 14, 2020

Thu, 14 May 2020 06:00:00

morning: shakeout on grass loops, 2.3 miles. 8:15 avg. felt hard, need to focus on recovery.

evening: felt a little better after getting some food and a 9 hour work shift in me. drove over to southview, ran the trail, saw a huge rattlesnake, then when i finished the trail loop, i did 4x30sec hill reps, jog back to the start for recovery. 5.5 miles total, 8:53 avg. i love and miss running single track trails like that with a big group of people. felt good!

Wed, May 13, 2020

Wed, 13 May 2020 06:00:00

taking today off of running just in case. i figure i don't really have to push it hard day after day, so why would i?

played pickleball with brady, got the heart rate up and it's always good cross training

Tue, May 12, 2020

Tue, 12 May 2020 06:00:00

had the day off of work so i decided to dedicate a few hours to training.

morning: started with a 4 mile shakeout, 7:59 avg on grass loops. felt good!

followed that with a hard 20min bike sesh, made sure to get the heart rate up and work the quads and posterior chain.

followed the bike sesh with another shakeout, 3.4 on park loop, 7:17 avg.

good day for training! the grinder in me is coming back.

Mon, May 11, 2020

Mon, 11 May 2020 06:00:00

morning: 18 minute spin followed by some core before work

evening: 7 miles, ran from my house on park loop, 6:52 avg. felt good. went for a few segments on strava but just missed them. i'll be back

Sun, May 10, 2020

Sun, 10 May 2020 06:00:00

rest day, doing mothers day stuff

Sat, May 09, 2020

Sat, 09 May 2020 06:00:00

rest day

Fri, May 08, 2020

Fri, 08 May 2020 06:00:00

morning: did a 30min bike sesh on my trainer, avg HR of 111, max HR of 136. i want to gain more benefit from these bike sessions, so i'm gonna try to go harder to get my avg HR up, without being too tired to run

evening: easy 2.25. didn't feel like more

Thu, May 07, 2020

Thu, 07 May 2020 06:00:00

ran main street loop from my place, 6:46 avg. felt really good! i think i like running in the evening after work more than waking up early for it. glad i have the choice

Wed, May 06, 2020

Wed, 06 May 2020 06:00:00

took today off because i didn't wanna push it after my first 10 mile day in over a year.

Tue, May 05, 2020

Tue, 05 May 2020 06:00:00

morning: did a 10min spin on the trainer, then 5 miles in the morning. 2.5 with aaron and my friend Kiyena who runs for washington state. felt good.

evening: ran southview with nate and kiyena, 5 total. super nice to hit the trails again! crazy to have done a 10 mile day. haven't done that in ages.

Mon, May 04, 2020

Mon, 04 May 2020 06:00:00

ran 6 total after work; did 11x1min pickups with 2min recov jog in between. kept the pace around 4:50-5:15. felt really good! gotta take advantage of the days you feel good.

Sat, May 02, 2020

Sat, 02 May 2020 06:00:00

woke up, did a 10min warmup on my indoor trainer, then went out and ran 5.25 easy, 7:13 avg. felt pretty hard to be honest. i think the reason i was able to train at such high volumes and intensities when i was on the team at SUU was because i was able to have access to the caf for free; i could burn 4,000 calories throughout the day, but replenish as much or more calories at the caf for free. there's no way i eat nearly that much now; i really gotta figure out a way to eat a lot and track my calories so i can recover.

Fri, May 01, 2020

Fri, 01 May 2020 06:00:00

ran 3.5 after work with brady from my place. felt pretty good! also got an indoor trainer so i can do bike sessions, stoked about that

Thu, Apr 30, 2020

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 06:00:00

ran 5.6 easy before moving to my new place. moving is so exhausting lol i've now lived in 7 different places in cedar. can't wait to settle down. also i'm having a bit of an existential crisis about getting older, anyone on the blog who's in their mid to late 20's wanna help me with that? i'm only 22 but i'm kinda struggling with the whole concept of not being able to do certain things due to age

Wed, Apr 29, 2020

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 06:00:00

figured since i didn't have work today i'd make it a true rest day and not run lol

Tue, Apr 28, 2020

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 06:00:00

morning: ran 3 easy, classic warmup loop to grass loops

evening: ran with jose again, cedar high's track. i ran barefoot on the infield, felt super good. 3.5 total.

Mon, Apr 27, 2020

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 06:00:00

gonna start doing 2-a-day's again! first morning shakeout of my mileage campaign. 3 easy, warmup loop to grass loops, 7:37 avg. gonna run with my buddy Jose from the tennis team after work. good stuff

after work me and jose ran from my place to cedar high's track, and i did 4x400m with a lap jog in between, hit 67 (forgot how to pace myself in workouts lol) 72, 71, 71. felt good going fast again! 3.5 total.

Sun, Apr 26, 2020

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 06:00:00

ran 2.6 easy, shuffle pace grass loops. 8:26 avg. love it

Sat, Apr 25, 2020

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 06:00:00

ran 5 total, threw in some 30sec pickups with 1min recovery jog. felt really smooth at 4:55 ish pace! really wanna do a time trial soon. also threw in some hill strides for form on grass loops. good stuff

Fri, Apr 24, 2020

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:00:00

ran 4.5 easy, went up dikes and came down near cassie's old apartment. kept it easy, 7:30 avg. felt really good! the fitness is coming together nicely, and i'm getting better at holding back and not feeling the need to run 6:xx pace all the time.

Thu, Apr 23, 2020

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 06:00:00

ran 3.2 miles on park loop when i got home from scofield. it was hotter than usual in cedar, and i PERISHED. still hit a good clip, 6:38 avg.