Luke Beauchamp's training log

Cruised 6x1000 at Lake Sammamish. 1st, second, and third were all around 3:09-3:10. Ran the first 1k easily faster than when I tried to run it during the last workout, which is a good sign. 4th 1k I got lost and Matthew showed me the way to go during cooldown. For that one I just went at my normal pace for 3 minutes and ten seconds. The fifth 1k was the last 1k of the course. I felt like ramping it up a bit and the ground for that one was a lot friendlier than that of the other regions. I came through at 2:54, which is very fast for me. I was very surprised when I ran 2:59 earlier in the season, so this was good. My 6th repeat was another run-through of that sandy first 1k. Obviously my fifth took a toll on my energy, but I kept it controlled and ran 3:11. Overall a satisfying workout.
 

Felt very off today. Probably allergies as my airways felt restricted, my sinuses inflamed, and a couch to boot. Ran 3 easy miles. Hopefully my racing is unaffected tomorrow and I can get in a dope time at Marymoor. I'm hopeful that I will feel better.

Turns out that my issues yesterday ended up having an impact. I still felt the allergic flare-up today and the drainage really messed with my stomach. Additionally, due to my lack of school today, I woke up way late and my breakfast ended up being two hours before my pre race lunch, which ended half an hour later than is customary. My race as a result was sloppy. My legs felt tight and weak and my stomach was an absolute mess. My effort level, however, was good and I can be happy with that. I think I made the best of my situation. The gap between me and my teammates wasn't even that much smaller than it usually is. Also, if on Tuesday I could've chosen any race out of all of my races for the rest of the season for me to lay an egg, I would've chosen this one in a heartbeat. It's not something to kick myself over and was well out of my control. All I need to do now is just prepare to blow the field apart at KingCo Championships next Saturday. Also I need to work on my kick. It doesn't matter right now, but I need one for Districts and State.

7 miles at a fairly rigorous training pace today. Ankle got a slight ache for a few steps close to 6 miles in. Went away then came back so I stopped immediately and massaged it. Not dealing with that ever again. Not the first time this has happened this season and it hasn't resulted in anything so that's fine. I feel way better than yesterday, but my mom measured and I have an elevated temperature, which was probably higher yesterday as well. I'm glad it was short-lived and probably won't have anywhere near as big of an effect on me as my last sickness. Maybe 400 repeats tomorrow for rhythm. Should be interesting to see if I'm anywhere close to full capacity.

Really wasn't thinking I would run hard today, but coach surprised me as I thought it would be 400 repeats and it ended up being a 20 minute tempo run. He gave everyone goal paces that he deemed equivalent for runners a little, sometimes a lot, faster than their PRs. For example, Matthew (16:09) and Joseph (16:18) got the suggested pace for a 16:00 5k runner. Coach told me to run at 5:22 mile pace, which he said was the suggested tempo pace for a 15:25 5k runner. Most people ended up falling off of their paces. However, I got off pace in the wrong direction and ended up hitting splits slightly faster than the suggested ones and ran 5:19 mile pace the entire time. I felt in control, consistent, and relaxed, which isn't to say it was easy. It just felt like what a tempo run should be. Unfortunately, the rest of our varsity couldn't hit the paces assigned to them. My workout on Monday made me happy and seemed like an indicator of big development, but I was disappointed that allergies prevented me from seeing that in play on Wednesday. This is the best workout I've had in a very long time, especially considering the way it felt. Now I'm actually really looking forward to the races I will run in the next month and I can't wait to see what I do.
 

Easy 8 miles today with Matthew, Carter, Bryce, and Raymond. I realized today that back in track season (when I was in fantastic shape and not injured) I held a pace 2.25 seconds per lap slower than what I did yesterday for the same workout and struggled hard to get it. That amount of time adds up over 20 minutes. I think Alex and I may have even fallen off the pace. Now that I think about it Bryce and Raymond maybe weren't too far away from their assigned pace yesterday. It's real nice to see Bryce back and running like a champ. Watched the middle school meet, and Jakob Picciotto's little brother won. Jakob's really trying to get him to go to Interlake, but he's thinking Bellevue right now. Also a good race from 6th grader mini Joseph Rodgers.