Sucks that I'm still sick Saturdalies

Ugh, I've been fighting this cold for like 2 weeks now and it hasn't really gotten any better. I think I'm going to go soon to the doctor to see if it's not bacterial or whatever. (Two of my friend's are on anti-biotics because they're sick)

Anyway, 3000m race today.

Post em!

Its my birthday, I"m 17 today = ]
but I think I'm going to do an easy five

runner_dude, good luck in your race!
and liz, happy birthday!! Nothing better to celebrate it than a nice run!
As for me, I can do nothing except the bikes and such. Today I rode the elliptical for 30 minutes and the bike for 20 more. Before that I did core work. It was a good workout.

Hard 7 miles @ 8:00 pace. Hard head wind on the way back but still managed a 7:35 last mile.

liz <3's running wrote:Its my birthday, I"m 17 today = ]
but I think I'm going to do an easy five

happy birthday

Still sick so nothing. I cant swallow, and when I try I feel like i'm going to choke on my own throat (if that makes sense) bummer. Cons of living in a big family: everyone gets sick eventually.

liz <3's running wrote:Its my birthday, I"m 17 today = ]
but I think I'm going to do an easy five

i turned 17 today too!!! haha that's sweet happy bday.

i was supposed to do 9 miles today and off tomorrow but it is FREEZING today and not that cold tomorrow so i'm switching the two haha. so daily = rest.
and i ran a big PR in the 800 (in DMR) yesterday,s o i'm happy

i'm in vermont. for some reason no one in my family wanted to ski today. so far i've gone hiking in snowshoes. later i'll probably run on the treadmill.

happy birthday liz and rlk! and good job on your 800 too

rlk_117 wrote:

liz <3's running wrote:Its my birthday, I"m 17 today = ]
but I think I'm going to do an easy five

i turned 17 today too!!! haha that's sweet happy bday.

i was supposed to do 9 miles today and off tomorrow but it is FREEZING today and not that cold tomorrow so i'm switching the two haha. so daily = rest.
and i ran a big PR in the 800 (in DMR) yesterday,s o i'm happy

haha thats funny, happy birthday to you too = ]

Happy birthday! My birthday was last wed. and I turned 17 too, lol. My birthday sucked though. Anyway, went shopping all day. But I went and worked out with my trainer before I left. Now I am going to work and hopefully run 800m x 6 but I'll have to do it on a treadmill because it will be too dark when I get home from work.

rlk_117 wrote:

liz <3's running wrote:Its my birthday, I"m 17 today = ]
but I think I'm going to do an easy five

i turned 17 today too!!!

happy birthday to both of you!!
i hope you have wonderful days!


today: finally able to run outside!! it's 22 degrees today instead of the -25 with -47 windchill like it's been this past week and a half!!
6 miles; snowing
core and pushups

Ugh, just got back from work and my legs are killing me. I'm too tired to run right now, and running on the treadmill would probably hurt my hip and probably wont work with 800x6. Anyway, I feel fat and lazy for not running today....oh well. I'll run that much harder tomorrow.

Pinthin wrote:

liz <3's running wrote:Its my birthday, I"m 17 today = ]
but I think I'm going to do an easy five

happy birthday

Still sick so nothing. I cant swallow, and when I try I feel like i'm going to choke on my own throat (if that makes sense) bummer. Cons of living in a big family: everyone gets sick eventually.

HAHAHAHAHAH!!! I know exactly what you mean! Except I have a pretty good immune system, so I dont get it as often as everyone else does in my family.

SAC swim meet
I think I only have 2 swim meets left, a week or so of rest, then I can start indoor! I'm excited

So, it turns out the meet is tomorrow I got to the track and only one guy was there doing some stretches. I asked him "Where is everyone? Isn't the meet starting in like 5 minutes?!" after which he told me it was tomorrow. So I just did my warm up and then did some stretching and called it a day.

Indoor meet for the past two days.
Friday: lead off of the 4x800...coughed up blood afterwords due to the extremely dry air, that was fun.
Saturday: 500 & 4x400
100m into the 400 I felt(and heard) my quad pop, lots of pain, kept my position though because I couldn't let my teammates down, ran like 54, handed off, took two steps off the track and collapsed. Have had someone assist me walking everywhere since. Now, that was fun.
Great start to the weekend huh?

I'm not going to get into a lot of detail but be glad you're not sick in a situation someone else I know is in.

spartanrunner wrote:100m into the 400 I felt(and heard) my quad pop, lots of pain, kept my position though because I couldn't let my teammates down, ran like 54, handed off, took two steps off the track and collapsed. Have had someone assist me walking everywhere since. Now, that was fun.
Great start to the weekend huh?

ouch, that sucks. feel better!

spartanrunner wrote:Indoor meet for the past two days.
Friday: lead off of the 4x800...coughed up blood afterwords due to the extremely dry air, that was fun.
Saturday: 500 & 4x400
100m into the 400 I felt(and heard) my quad pop, lots of pain, kept my position though because I couldn't let my teammates down, ran like 54, handed off, took two steps off the track and collapsed. Have had someone assist me walking everywhere since. Now, that was fun.
Great start to the weekend huh?

That couldn't have been that bad of an injury. I've seen sprinters in 4 x 200s get hurt like that and they lose about 4 seconds for a 200. Unless you're a sub 50 400m runner it couldn't have been that bad. What are your PRs anyway?

[quote="FinishingKick"]

That couldn't have been that bad of an injury. I've seen sprinters in 4 x 200s get hurt like that and they lose about 4 seconds for a 200. Unless you're a sub 50 400m runner it couldn't have been that bad. What are your PRs anyway?

Okay, you gotta understand the situation before saying "it couldn't have been that bad", because believe me, it hurts like hell. First off, I hate letting people down. Second, my team and I had been waiting since 8:00 in the morning...we didn't get to race until 5:30. There was no way I was going to drop out of that race, otherwise we would have just wasted our time. Also, when you have to be carried off of the track, I'd say it was pretty serious. Don't get me wrong, I understand your skepticism, because quite frankly I don't know how I held on, but I don't appreciate being told I wasn't injured.

My PR in the 400 is 50.5

meet today

2:04 4x8 split (8:18 as a team)
1:08 in the 500 pretty much national qualifier
52 in the 4x4 (3:32 as a team)

[quote="spartanrunner"]

FinishingKick wrote:

That couldn't have been that bad of an injury. I've seen sprinters in 4 x 200s get hurt like that and they lose about 4 seconds for a 200. Unless you're a sub 50 400m runner it couldn't have been that bad. What are your PRs anyway?

Okay, you gotta understand the situation before saying "it couldn't have been that bad", because believe me, it hurts like hell. First off, I hate letting people down. Second, my team and I had been waiting since 8:00 in the morning...we didn't get to race until 5:30. There was no way I was going to drop out of that race, otherwise we would have just wasted our time. Also, when you have to be carried off of the track, I'd say it was pretty serious. Don't get me wrong, I understand your skepticism, because quite frankly I don't know how I held on, but I don't appreciate being told I wasn't injured.

My PR in the 400 is 50.5

Your PR in the 400 is very good. I didn't say you weren't hurting, but that you couldn't have been hindered all that much because then you would have been hobbling, whether you wanted to or not. But yeah, I can see you losing 4 seconds in 300m now.