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December 21, 2006
First Half of My Run
I did not think I was up for a run right after school today but I had to meet an athlete even if I did not feel 100% ready to workout. The athlete I met is the best sprinter in VT and has made it to NE's since her freshmen year. She is now a senior. She asked if I would workout with her a few times a week over the winter. I was flattered and could not say no. She runs a 200 in about 27 seconds. We did a half-mile warm up and then did many drills. It is obvious I am not a sprinter and I am not coordinated when I do these exercises next to someone who has explosive power as this athlete does. The drills really warmed me up and I noticed it more than I do in the summer when you already feel warm. After the drills, we did 7 x 150 with a 50-meter walk recovery. It was her first time running on the track so I suggested a tempo effort for her. She ran with me at 20 second pace per 100. On the last 100 of the 150, I told her to pick it up without going all out and see what she could do. She ran 15 seconds for the last 100 and made it look easy. I was impressed because it was at the end of doing 1200 meters of faster running. We then did a half-mile cool down and some stretching. I have about 15 minutes before my next run. I am meeting Jen for a run and hopefully we will run about 7-8 miles, we will see. Tonight Mark and I have to go back to school to do some grading. I am not looking forward to it but at least I will have some company and after tomorrow, I will be on vacation for a week.
I have been listening to the updates on the snowstorms in Colorado and wondering when Vermont is going to get some snow. I cannot believe I actually want snow but I do. I love this temperate weather for running but if it is going to be cold, it would be nice to have some snow to do some snowshoe running and skiing. I heard one Mother in Bolder say that tonight she was going to teach her children to make a snow cave. She has been waiting until there was enough snow to be able to do this activity. I think that would be so much fun. One of my favorite activities in the snow when I was a child was to make long tunnels out of snow that would run up and down the driveway. I loved crawling in them and playing secret games. It has been a long time since I have made any igloos or caves but the story reminded me of it.
Tomorrow I am going to go to Burlington after school to run with my friend Beth. We were thinking about doing two hours again but we decided to make it ten, which I think is just fine as we ran hard last week. Next week we can go for two hours again. I may also have a group of people to run with on Saturday as well in Richmond.
p.s. I just ran 50 minutes with Jen, perhaps we ran about 6.5 miles. I was overdressed. I wore a fleece jacket. I just really wanted to feel warm. I did and then I was cold. I could have run longer but I am scheduled for an early a.m. workout tomorrow at the gym and an afternoon 10 mile run so I am happy with the distance. Mark and I are about to go to the Beez Knees for dinner! Good Local food with a coffee home atmosphere (because it is a coffee house). They have a great tofu burrito that has our names written all over it. On Saturday Mark and I are both going to do the group run in Richmond at 9. It should be fun. It will be a whole new group of people to run with.
Posted by mary at December 21, 2006 4:15 PM