Luke Beauchamp's training log

2 Mile Warmup and long cooldown today. 5x1k on the course. Legs tightened up the very first one, but we had higher rest. Nevertheless, I could've done with a little more mobility. Ground was also a little to unfriendly for us to be running in trainers, and the sharp turns were a little risky. I ran 3:05, 3:05, 3:17 (Long section for everyone), 3:11 (I'm not familiar with this section of the new course so I accidentally elongated it), and finished with 2:55 (Short section for everyone). Honestly based on today and last week I think I'm getting better at trying harder when I feel like crap and it's resulting in better performance. I'm not always going to feel good so this is an important skill. However, I wish I had developed this skill a little more before Portland.

6 miles Blueberry, .5 on the track, and 1 to the stoplight and back for 7.5 total. Leg strength exercises may be partially why my legs feel like bricks but I'm taking it easy on those for maybe 2 days before KingCo just to be sure. Not going to dial back the training noticeably for now.

Ran a 8x400 workout in trainers with 60 seconds rest at a pace that I could groove in. I did 4 66s and 4 67s. It could have been 5 66s but I don't know. It didn't really feel difficult until the last 100 of the last interval, but the last one was 66 flat anyway so I never slowed at all. I think this is very good news because I had to struggle to hit this pace with a ton more recovery (lap slow jog, which takes probably 2:30) during last year's track season at my peak. I think that maybe I could, at full effort, consistently hit 66s at the very least and probably dip into 65s with this workout in trainers if coach told me to go at it full effort. It was far from easy today but I definitely had some gas left in the tank.

5 miles today easy and then 4x200 on the track. I went pretty fast but coach told me not to time myself.

3 miles followed by 3x200 on the track. Why 3 I'm not quite sure, but I went pretty fast. Once again, they weren't timed, so all I know is how I felt.

Woke up and was generally unhappy about having to race at 11:30. Unfortunately, I'll have to race around the same time for both districts and state, so I will use KingCo and Districts to learn. Ran a 1 mile shakeout run in the morn like 8 minutes after I emerged from my lair. Proceeded home to eat breakfast of rice mixed with egg, sausage, and miniscule bits of bacon. After eating, I promptly returned to my lair and reengaged slumber mode for almost an hour. This was a bad idea. Apparently sleeping inhibits digestion, plus I was kinda tired when I awoke again. Nevertheless, I shook it off as we were waiting to warm up at the meet by not lying down, walking the course, and stretching out. Warmed up with the team, course was pretty soggy. My fingers started getting numb from the cold so I decided to wear gloves for the first race this season. First mile was 4:57 courtesy of Will taking it out hard. Tom sat right on us while I kept trying to get up even with Will, who kept speeding up. I then took the reigns at like 1.1ish miles and Will disengaged soon after. I could've done with better legs today, but then again I've been doing random hard stuff all week so I'll probably feel better when I dial it back. However, despite feeling a little sluggish today, I made it happen. Tom stayed with me after I took the lead the first time, and moved slightly ahead of me. I took it back at the sand and pushed it across there because the sand is usually difficult for people, but once again he took the lead from me. I noticed after one corner he rounded soon after his pace slowed so I took the lead a third time as we were fast approaching the 4k mark. This time I made separation. I got 8 seconds on him in the last 1k. I've definitely learned to fight harder through the ick should it arise on race day. Also, kudos to Tom for improvement, we came through the 2 mile split for the 5k today at 10:11, but when he ran the same 2 mile for the 2 mile Jamboree he was 10:18. Most of my teammates ran slow times today, but Joseph and Raymond really stepped it up. We won pretty handily. Excited for next week. Finished with a 1 mile cool down. Don't know why I cooled down cause I then did a 5 mile training run at 6:55s.