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Ugh
So a surprise coughing fit woke me out of a dead sleep, and now I cannot QUIT coughing. So I got up to refill my water bottle... legs feel pretty okay, despite the damage I did on them yesterday. My only soreness complaint is my right shoulder blade - it kind of feels like someone took their keys and stabbed them straight down into my supraspinatus.
So yesterday I ripped a new 1500m PR. After three years of hard work and a total change in emphasis as we developed my 10k this year, I finally ran something other than 5:29 for 1500m! Splits were 86, 2:56 (90), 4:25 (89), leaving a 61 (82-83 pace) for the last 300 - so I had a real nice kick at the end. I snuck into a slightly faster heat as the 13th seed. I was kind of worried because I knew the leaders in my heat were going to run in the 5:00-5:05 range and I thought that the whole race might go out really fast and that I might lose contact with the pack. The 12th seed was a 5:25 (I was seeded 5:28, so I actually came in ahead of my seed time). When the gun went off and I saw the #12 positioning herself in the middle of the pack, I stopped being so worried. She was going to come back to me. So I hung on, and I made contact with the pack although I was a good 6-8m back through 400 and 800, but around 1000 I started to gain and by 1200 I had passed that girl. I was gaining on the rest of the field at that point, so I pushed like crazy and got a huge boost on the straight away as I got my sights on a Hopkins girl. I needed another 100m to have gotten her, but it gave me enough of a boost to eke in a new PR.
I also did the 800 and I ran a really tough race there, too. I was supposed to go out fast my first 400, but I screwed it up and got out pretty slow, coming through 400 in ~80. I really held it together and ran a great second 400, and I ran a 2:40. The last 400 felt terrible, I was pushing SO hard, but I came up just short. I finished third in my heat - God, if I had realized how close to the leaders I was going to be, I REALLY would have been more aggressive at the start. I didn't even think I'd have to worry about leading... the number on my leg was a "7." Anyway, after the race my coach told me he was disappointed I didn't get out, and he really sent the message home by sending me an EMAIL about it! I was like, "Geez, I know I messed that one up, but really? You're being an asshole about it!" He can be a dick to people after races. That's why I do NOT hang around when I think I ran poorly, because I know that in about 24 hours, he'll regret saying it. I think he's just mad because he wanted me to rabbit for L. and drag her to a conference qualifier, and I fell about 1.3 seconds short - because I needed to get out and I didn't.
So I emailed him and offered to rabbit for L. as she tries to qualify on Wednesday. I don't really want to run another 1500m anyway - an open 800 would be fine ;)
I stopped coughing... back to bed for me.
So yesterday I ripped a new 1500m PR. After three years of hard work and a total change in emphasis as we developed my 10k this year, I finally ran something other than 5:29 for 1500m! Splits were 86, 2:56 (90), 4:25 (89), leaving a 61 (82-83 pace) for the last 300 - so I had a real nice kick at the end. I snuck into a slightly faster heat as the 13th seed. I was kind of worried because I knew the leaders in my heat were going to run in the 5:00-5:05 range and I thought that the whole race might go out really fast and that I might lose contact with the pack. The 12th seed was a 5:25 (I was seeded 5:28, so I actually came in ahead of my seed time). When the gun went off and I saw the #12 positioning herself in the middle of the pack, I stopped being so worried. She was going to come back to me. So I hung on, and I made contact with the pack although I was a good 6-8m back through 400 and 800, but around 1000 I started to gain and by 1200 I had passed that girl. I was gaining on the rest of the field at that point, so I pushed like crazy and got a huge boost on the straight away as I got my sights on a Hopkins girl. I needed another 100m to have gotten her, but it gave me enough of a boost to eke in a new PR.
I also did the 800 and I ran a really tough race there, too. I was supposed to go out fast my first 400, but I screwed it up and got out pretty slow, coming through 400 in ~80. I really held it together and ran a great second 400, and I ran a 2:40. The last 400 felt terrible, I was pushing SO hard, but I came up just short. I finished third in my heat - God, if I had realized how close to the leaders I was going to be, I REALLY would have been more aggressive at the start. I didn't even think I'd have to worry about leading... the number on my leg was a "7." Anyway, after the race my coach told me he was disappointed I didn't get out, and he really sent the message home by sending me an EMAIL about it! I was like, "Geez, I know I messed that one up, but really? You're being an asshole about it!" He can be a dick to people after races. That's why I do NOT hang around when I think I ran poorly, because I know that in about 24 hours, he'll regret saying it. I think he's just mad because he wanted me to rabbit for L. and drag her to a conference qualifier, and I fell about 1.3 seconds short - because I needed to get out and I didn't.
So I emailed him and offered to rabbit for L. as she tries to qualify on Wednesday. I don't really want to run another 1500m anyway - an open 800 would be fine ;)
I stopped coughing... back to bed for me.
Dan's usually very sensitive, and a lot of people have really flourished under his training. God knows I have. But making me cranky the day before the prospective students come to campus? Good move, coach. *eye roll*