Meeting with Mrs. Gray

So today I met with Mrs. Gray and What I really need to do for next week is research. I need to look up a bunch of training plans and we will work together to compile a complete workout calendar to follow.

Good news though, my foot is feeling somewhat better, so hopefully I can go for a light run tomorrow.

We met for class today, and I got someone's journal who trained for a triathlon and I need to read I've and score it.

Have done some research already on training plans, here is one: kind of hard to tell but all the training times are in minutes. I will try to get a better image of it tomorrow.

11 mi lakefront run

I forgot to update yesterday, but on Friday we did a "triathlon" for crew, 2x(5k bike, 3k rowing machine, 1.2 mile run) and I was tired from that, so I took yesterday as my rest day instead of today.
I cannot wait for spring, I keep over-dressing because I see snow outside, so I assume it'll be very cold, but like today it was moderately warm out. Taking Mr. Heurich's advice, I tried the app Strava run on my iphone, running with mapmyrun. Which do you prefer? Which should I use?
MapMyRun:


Find more Run in Ithaca, NY
Strava Run:

Not sure if you can tell from above, but I drove to stewart park, and upon returning to my car I found this: some of the best recovery food, a whey protein cherrybundi, a clifbar and a lot of water.

Unfortunately, not all is good news. The run was going well until about 10 miles in, when i noticed that my foot was hurting. I didn't think much of it, but it began to hurt more until about a half mile form my car, I had to stop running because the pain was just terrible. In fact, it still hurts. My mom thinks it is a stress fracture, but I sure hope that it isn't. The painful part is next to the arch, on my right foot, where the foot hits the ground. Every time I put pressure on it, there is a steady pain that makes me get off of it as fast as possible. Not fun. If it still is acting like this, I need to see a doctor.

Crew Scavenger Hunt

Today at crew we did a scavenger hunt. It was a fun sprint race around town with an oar, up some hills and at each station we had to do a piece of a body circuit (ex planks, or pushups) and then run to the next place. It took 41 minutes in total, and my team won, and made me carry the oar around. Then we played handball which was more sprinting. Tomorrow sounds like a nice cross-training day of a "triathlon" with sprints, short bike rides, and pieces on the rowing machine.
This weekend I am doing a 12-13 mile run. I really need to figure out a god route, there really isn't a good one that i know of anywhere, without doubling back which i want to avoid.

After CRASH Bs

So on Sunday the 19th, I participated in the CRASH B Sprints, which involves a rowing piece comparable to that of running a mile for competition. So I had to take yesterday off as a recovery day. Today I played an intense game of hand-ball for 2 hours, on a tennis court, which pretty much entailed me sprinting from one end to the other repeatedly. I have been coming down with a cold for about a week now, so I am going to take it easy for the rest of today, and tomorrow go skiing and run for about a half hour.

Half hour run

Last night I went on a half hour run, nothing really exciting, through Cornell and I ended with 5 laps of the track in about 10 mins. That means that the run was at about an 8 min mile right?
I have been reading some of the books that I got out of the library in running, so far they have been talking about general fitness and nutrition which I already know about from crew.
Things like before a workout one should do dynamic stretching (not holding a stretch) and a warmup and after a workout one should cool down and do a held stretch. The main stretch that I am having trouble with is I need a good hamstring stretch, I guess I will look into that tonight.

10 mile run

Yesterday after school I went for a ten mile run. It was a beautiful day, sunny and moderately warm(40f). I didn't take my phone, but it was a moderately slow run but felt good maybe a nine minute mile. Afterwards I ate a clif bar and had some chocolate milk and water. However it was about 6, I had crew at 7:30 so I couldn't eat a full meal. At crew we did a body circuit and then went for a half hour run. THAT run hurt I was runnin slowly and my legs were burning. So I am taking a few days off to stretch and let my legs recover, as they are still greatly sore today.

I just read over Wes's blog; at http://homemadeputter.blogspot.com/, all about making his own putter. I think this is a really cool project that will leave Wes with a great reminder and some great life-skills. However I wonder at the feasibility of making your own putter, it seems like a lot of design work for a product that may be substantially harder to use compared to a store-bought one.
I have also been reading Joey's blog at http://wiseoilpc.blogspot.com/, and i find his project really confusing. I don;t really know much about how computers work on the inside, but I understand some of the outcomes he is talking about and it wounds really cool. My main caution for his blog though, is to make sure to explain everything from overclocking to why he isn't using a standard fish-tank.

Its been awhile wince i have checked in. So I have been running about half an hour each day before school then going to crew after school. Today i was planning a 10 mile run around my neighborhood, but it got really cold last night, and its like sleeting outside now. I got all dressed for a cold weather run, but while walking dwn my driveway to the road, I nearly slipped and fell, so I made a decision; I am forgoing my run today for my own safety, because if I can't keep my footing cars will be losing traction. I can't go for the run tomorrow, because I am going to canada for my EDD project, but I will run on Monday after school.

I forgot to check in, but on Friday for crew, I did a 3.4 mile run with an average of 8:54 min/mile, which is over my target by about 1 min/mile. But what was really important is that Drew Tennant helped me with my form some, he suggested that I run more on the balls of my feet. He says that this is a more natural way to run, because although it means I have to pick my feet up higher on each stride, there is less of an impact on my knees and the rest of my body, as the little bones and muscles in the feet take the jolt. However this also strains the calves much more than I am used to.
Then on Saturday, my calves were still sore so I took my rest day, and planned my route for today. I also looked up which marathon I was going to run, and I basically narrowed it down to two based on proximity and dates to the Vermont Marathon, May 27, and the Lake Placid Marathon, June 10th. I would prefer to do the Lake Placid one because it would allow me to go to all of the races and practices of the crew season, whereas the Vermont Marathon would interfere with the Pittsford Regatta. So if I can do my final presentation after the 10th of June, I will do the Lake Placid Marathon.
So today I ran the below 8.61 mile run. This had an average time of 10 min/mile, and that should give you a hint. It was slow and pretty miserable, I overdressed so I was sweating hard on the climbs, which there were more than I was expecting, and once I had stripped some of the layers, I became chilled and the run was just miserable. Before I had some water, about 20 oz and at mile 4 I had a cliff bar and another 20-24 oz of water. Afterwards I drank a glass of chocolate milk and a Cherribundi, and now i am feeling pretty great.

First two week plan.

So I have been doing some training already, but not a substantial amount. Yesterday I ran 2.5 miles, about two hours after eating a pound of wings from Wing Over Ithaca, terrible cramp and for a miserable run. After school today or tomorrow I am going to establish a weekly meeting time with mrs. Gray, my mentor but I have roughly planned out my next two weeks. These distances are approximations.
Sat 2/4: 8mi in about 1hr15m
Sun: rest, and research
Mon: 4 mi on the track to feel out an 8min mile
Tues: 2x20 min hard, fast, hill run
Wed: 4 mi heading up 34 from the high school
Thurs: farmers market run 3 mi from high school
Friday: gun hill and Kline run 45 mins
Sat: 10 mi run 1hr30min target
Sun: off and research emphasis on nutrition
Mon: 3 mi from my house; hilly
Tues: 2x20 mins hard fast cross-training
Wed: 4 mi from my house up bald hill
Thurs: Aldis run: half mile longer than farmers market run, from the high school
Friday: hour long steady state cross training.
Sat: 10 mi run unknown location, where is a good ten mile route?
Sun: rest and research.