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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
9/25 Islander Splash
Today we got up and did a 4mile easy shake out before we left for Corpus Christi for the Islander splash Invitational. This meet is on our confrence course so we went to this meet to see what the course was like.
Our game plan was to go out 5:20 or a little faster and to move up in the race. We wanted to feel good at 2 miles and then pass people those last three miles.
I came through the mile 5:13, a great first mile, nice and easy. The second mile was extremely hilly and it was 5:25 and I felt good still. Once I started the second loop around those two miles though, I started feeling it and by 3.5 miles I was running on fumes. However, I was doing a hell of a job passing runners.
With 250m to go, we went around a tree to head for the finish line and my memory went blank. I had lost conscience. In the shoot after it was over, I regained conscience for a second and realized i needed assistance to stand up. As soon as people helped me up i passed back out.
I woke up in a chair with trainers and runners all around me.
I could not stand up, I tried 4 times before I finally did and started walking. I sat back down in the chair to drink gatorade, but I ended up throwing it up 4-5 times in that chair. I felt like I was drunk because i was saying a lot of weird things and asking the same questions over and over such as "What place did I get?" "What was my time?" "Did I finish?"
One thing I was completely in control of that I did was I shouted across the field to my teammates to come over to me. "Sam Houston!!!" with my arm waving to come over.
Over they came and I began crying. I told them that I pushed myself to this point for them because I loved them and this sport more than anything. I also said that we would win confrence before we graduate, while thatd be though, I think they were taking what I was saying to heart. I think it motivated them to a certain degree, I hope it did, that was the whole purpose. I spilled my heart and emotions to them.
I finished 16th/78 runners and with a 5mile time of 27:06. I'm not real happy with it but considering how dehydrated and tired I was, I'll take it. Got to try for low 26's for confrence in order to do well. Top 20 or better.
11 miles for day
Our game plan was to go out 5:20 or a little faster and to move up in the race. We wanted to feel good at 2 miles and then pass people those last three miles.
I came through the mile 5:13, a great first mile, nice and easy. The second mile was extremely hilly and it was 5:25 and I felt good still. Once I started the second loop around those two miles though, I started feeling it and by 3.5 miles I was running on fumes. However, I was doing a hell of a job passing runners.
With 250m to go, we went around a tree to head for the finish line and my memory went blank. I had lost conscience. In the shoot after it was over, I regained conscience for a second and realized i needed assistance to stand up. As soon as people helped me up i passed back out.
I woke up in a chair with trainers and runners all around me.
I could not stand up, I tried 4 times before I finally did and started walking. I sat back down in the chair to drink gatorade, but I ended up throwing it up 4-5 times in that chair. I felt like I was drunk because i was saying a lot of weird things and asking the same questions over and over such as "What place did I get?" "What was my time?" "Did I finish?"
One thing I was completely in control of that I did was I shouted across the field to my teammates to come over to me. "Sam Houston!!!" with my arm waving to come over.
Over they came and I began crying. I told them that I pushed myself to this point for them because I loved them and this sport more than anything. I also said that we would win confrence before we graduate, while thatd be though, I think they were taking what I was saying to heart. I think it motivated them to a certain degree, I hope it did, that was the whole purpose. I spilled my heart and emotions to them.
I finished 16th/78 runners and with a 5mile time of 27:06. I'm not real happy with it but considering how dehydrated and tired I was, I'll take it. Got to try for low 26's for confrence in order to do well. Top 20 or better.
11 miles for day
Friday, September 25, 2009
9/24 6 easy
We had afternoon practice at the state park. Travis and i ran 3 miles out and back at 6:52 pace, which is good for the park. It felt good, just in time for our second meet.
9/23 The first VO2 Workout
Today we had our first VO2 max workout out: 2X1200m, 2X1600m, and 3X800m. I ran pretty well for most the workout. I went 3:59, 3:57, 5:26, 5:23, 2:37, 2:40, 2:37. Keep in mind we did these on our intermural fields and it was quite wet running on them, not to mention one always runs a little slower on these fields.
The mileage totaled 8. Hopefully these times will get faster as we adapt to running on these fields.
The mileage totaled 8. Hopefully these times will get faster as we adapt to running on these fields.
9/22 10 miles easy
We were suppose to have a workout this morning, but it was storming so coach told us to run some mileage on our own today. So I ran 5 miles out and back on a country road off FM 2821.
I felt like crap for about 3 miles, my legs were dead. As I got further into the run, I started to feel better. I ended up running 1:08:00 for the run so it turned out to be a solid run.
I felt like crap for about 3 miles, my legs were dead. As I got further into the run, I started to feel better. I ended up running 1:08:00 for the run so it turned out to be a solid run.
9/21 OFF
Today all we did was some cross-traing. I did the eliptical 15 minutes and walked 15 minutes. It was easy and it felt good.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
9/20 10miles moderate
Today Clint and I drove out to the state park and ran on the feeder road of I-45 towards New Waverly. There is never any cars on this feeder and if there are you can see and hear them way before they get there.
We did 5miles out and back. It was after-dark outside so we could not see that good. Our first mile was awful, 7:19. I knew we needed to work our way down and that we did. We went 6:58, 6:51, 6:48, 6:40, turned around 6:31, 6:22, 6:27, 6:16, 6:03. It turned out to be a decent moderate run after all. Good way to cap off the 80 mile week.
We did 5miles out and back. It was after-dark outside so we could not see that good. Our first mile was awful, 7:19. I knew we needed to work our way down and that we did. We went 6:58, 6:51, 6:48, 6:40, turned around 6:31, 6:22, 6:27, 6:16, 6:03. It turned out to be a decent moderate run after all. Good way to cap off the 80 mile week.
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