Luke Beauchamp's training log

1k repeat workout at Lake Samammish State Park today. We alternated between two 1ks of the course, which now has an altered second loop, so we practiced the first and last 1k, as measured by my coach's wheely thing measurer that he uses for our home course. They were supposed to be hard, and the first 1k was 300m of sand, and the second one was really just flat and rough terrain so the opening 1ks were considerably slower than the closing ones. We ran each 1k then jogged to the start of the next. My first repeat was 3:12 on the hard one, then 2:58 on the easier one. My coach told me to slow down, so I thought like 5-6 seconds would do. I ran 3:16 for the next hard one and followed it up with 3:04 for the easier one. My next hard one I kinda got thrown off because the other guys must have been burning out and slowing down and got out of earshot quicker than usual so I thought I was speeding up. I came in at 3:18 so not that bad, but I was hoping to hold 3:16s but I know I was in control enough to do that. I then did another 3:04 for the easier 1k. My coach then pulled me out of the workout with the sophomores because I do 45 miles per week! That made me angry because he said we were doing 8, and I had another sub-3 cooking for #8. It doesn't make sense that he tells me it's a hard workout, and then makes me slow down my splits and then pulls me out early. I really feel like I didn't exert myself much but whatever. I warmed up by doing the Jamboree course, blackberry bushes and all, forwards. Then I cooled down by doing it backwards.

5 miles on the brogre trail easy. Race tomorrow. It's a brand new course and Andrew from Liberty will be doing a tempo so I guess I get the very first course record I've ever gotten. I will be running in flats because it's apparently not a spike-compatible course. It's also supposed to be rainy tomorrow and I've heard the course is really difficult. I'm pumped.

Very wonky 3 mile course today. Ran through some neighborhoods and some construction areas around Liberty's campus. I held a pretty consistent pace in my flats and it felt pretty good, although I briefly went off course early in the race, which probably added a few seconds. Cooled down 3 miles with Andrew. My warmup was 2 miles so I totaled 8.
 

It was dumping rain for the run today. Ran 5 with Carter. Real bad stomach issues I had to resolve. Then I ran 1 mile on the track until they closed it for a soccer game. I would have finished before it had I not had to receive my warmup gear with the other top 14s and 4th year seniors before my run. I then moved all of my stuff to my car and ran 2 of the most miserable miles I've done. I had to stop midway to resolve the stomach issue again. It felt really good to be done, though.

Ran the course plus a little. Fell behind on my posting so I'm posting this on Tuesday.

Long warmup and long cooldown. Salt Creek was alright this year, but I ran alone up front after 400 meters. Kept a consistent stride and effort and the only real disruption was when I went off course, which only cost me 4 or 5 seconds. Still, I think sub-15 was a possibility this year. Minor bummer but I was still 11 seconds faster than the year before. I am not going to enter next week because I have fallen behind on my entries and do not have a good recollection of the week. I am writing this on Sunday, September 27th. I felt a little crummy the morning of Salt Creek, and then really bad on the way home. I woke up feeling sick, and deduced by the end of that Sunday that I was developing a fever. It peaked at 102 degrees on Monday. My coach and parents didn't let me run on Monday. Felt a little better Tuesday, and went to school because I had tests I didn't want to have to make up. I ran that day as well. Decided to run the meet on Wednesday. Bad idea, felt awful, but I still ran 16:35 on a pretty hard course. It must have taken a lot out of me, because my Thursday run was one of my worst experiences ever. Friday we went to Portland and I ran the course and did build ups. I felt better but as I am typing this I am still coughing up mucus and expelling snot with great frequency, and my nightly sinus drainage on saturday is probably what killed my race. I got even worse stomach cramps than I did on Wednesday during the Danner race and it was a trainwreck. I ran horribly, 26 seconds behind where my coach and myself wanted me to be. Coincidentally, I got beat by Will, who I can usually be expected to be 20-25 seconds ahead of, so I know I could have run faster in this race. Bryce has also been sick and did not run too well. Matthew didn't run very well either. Raymond rolled his ankle and didn't race, so Dante ran, although he has been hurting, and ran #6 for us that day. Chris was #7 and needed help walking after the race. I'm not sure what part of his leg he hurt. Really the only people who ran well were Will and Joseph, who ran 15 seconds behind me that day. I am now 10 pounds under what I was a few weeks ago. Hopefully I can get back in action this week. I would like to run low-16s or sub-16 at Luther Burbank, a fairly difficult 5k course, on Wednesday and follow it up with a sub-15:40 at Twilight. Essentially, I'd just like to forget all about last week because I was clearly out of it and set myself up for a 15:30 performance at the state meet.