BTW this is my second track season, i am 19, live in New Zealand, used to be a cyclist so still getting the hang of this running thing, and just finished the road racing season on saturday. My pbs are as follows:
Flying 100m-11:62 last monday.
9.2km (road)-32:30 on saturday at national road relays.
800m-only raced two, a year ago, 2:11 followed by 2:05 a week later. should easily be under two minute by now.
1500m-likewise only ran a couple, done 4:35 on grass at the start of the year, probably sub 4:20 now.
3km-would be low 9 minutes by now, did a very easy 9:45 just the two weeks ago, this is on a slow road course with lots of headwind.
400m-very close to 50 flat.
As you can see i am very short of race experience, especially on the track.
Today i was pretty sore when i woke up, everything hurt from National Road Relays on Saturday. So I did about 20 minutes of stretching, static and slow dynamic, followed by a 30 minute massage, focussing mainly on the back and hamstrings. then had a 30 minute sauna in the afternoon. Everything still hurts but I will see how I feel tommorow before I decide what to do for training, but probably pilates and an easy weights session or a swim. Mike suggested taking this week off running and I think that i would be a good idea. My left shin is a bit fragile, possibly shin splints.
Felt really good when i woke up this morning. This morning at the gym did bench press, incline bench press and shoulder press, 3 sets of 8 reps each. Never done incline bench so i was a little nervous about it and i probably need to keep working on shoulder flexibilty.
This afternoon had a sauna for 30 minutes, still taking this week really really easy. Sauna was 103 degrees celcius though which made it a bit hard to handle!!! Left shin didnt feel too bad today.
Quite sore when i woke up this morning (an hour ago). Back hurts, legs are stiff, i think I am still feeling the road race from Saturday. I was planning on doing a track race this weekend, a 600m, but decided to wait till next weekend before starting the races. Kinda REALLY need a bit of a break to let the body recover. Probably just do a weights session and stretching today, if possible a swim. Just see how it goes, we have exams coming up and i probably should start studying lol.
Found my back too sore to do weights so a few mates and i are going to go to the pool later this arvo, for a swim followed by a spa to relax a bit. See how I feel tonight, might be able to do the weights then.
Swam this arvo, 500m in 7:55, pounded out the last 100m fairly hard. Then had a spa for 30 minutes. Felt pretty good. Enjoying this week break, im going to be amping on saturday to run again.
My goal for the summer is to go sub 1:58. The more that I train the more i realise exactly how hard this will be. We have our national cahmpionships in March 2007 and I would like to do well there, possibly make the final if I can go closer to 1:56.
