Coach Cota makes everybody on varsity keep a log, in a notebook, every
day. I keep mine in the notebook like I'm supposed to and then I type it up
here, because I figure if Pre had had a home page he would have put his
workouts on it. (He probably would have put his opinions on it too. I'm
keeping mine mostly to the front page.)
| DAY |
WHAT I DID |
MILES |
| MON 8/16 | First official practice! 32 guys out, which is the most ever. Coach Cota gave his speech about how cross-country is won in August. 5 miles easy. | 5 |
| TUE 8/17 | 6 miles easy plus 6 strides on the football field. | 6 |
| WED 8/18 | 4 x 1 mile on the bike path, about 5:45 each. Hot. Erik threw up after the third one but finished the fourth. Respect. | 7 |
| THU 8/19 | 7 easy. | 7 |
| FRI 8/20 | 4 easy. Team pasta dinner at Erik's house. I had four plates. A personal record. | 4 |
| SAT 8/21 | Long run, 9 miles. Started at 7 a.m. before it got hot. It got hot anyway. | 9 |
| SUN 8/22 | Off. Watched Without Limits for maybe the tenth time. | - |
| WEEK 1 TOTAL: 38 MILES |
| MON 8/23 | THE HILL. First time this season. 8 times up. Coach stood at the top with his clipboard and said "nice" exactly once. | 6 |
| TUE 8/24 | 6 easy. Legs dead from The Hill. | 6 |
| WED 8/25 | Tempo run, 4 miles at about 5:55 pace. Felt strong. | 6 |
| THU 8/26 | 6 easy with Justin and Mark. Talked about Munich the whole way. They are sick of hearing about Munich. | 6 |
| FRI 8/27 | 3 easy plus strides. | 4 |
| SAT 8/28 | Two-mile time trial on the track: 10:48. Second on the team behind Mark. | 5 |
| SUN 8/29 | Long run, 8 miles. | 8 |
| WEEK 2 TOTAL: 41 MILES |
| MON 8/30 | First day of school. Junior year. Practice after: 5 easy. | 5 |
| TUE 8/31 | 6 x 800 on the track, 2:35 to 2:38. | 7 |
| WED 9/1 | 6 easy. | 6 |
| THU 9/2 | 5 easy plus strides. Coach gave us the race plan for Saturday: go out controlled. | 5 |
| FRI 9/3 | 3 mile shakeout. | 3 |
| SAT 9/4 | RACE: Season Opener Invitational. 17:28, 14th. Did NOT go out controlled. Went out in 5:12 and died. See my front page. Lesson learned. Mostly. | 6 |
| WEEK 3 TOTAL: 32 MILES |
| MON 9/6 | Labor Day, no school. 8 miles with Justin and Mark, real easy, and we stopped for doughnuts after. Coach doesn't need to know that. | 8 |
| TUE 9/7 | THE HILL, 10 times. Coach said it was for Saturday. I think it was for going out in 5:12. | 7 |
| WED 9/8 | 5 easy. | 5 |
| THU 9/9 | RACE: dual meet at home. 17:10, 5th overall, 2nd on our team. We won the meet. | 6 |
| FRI 9/10 | 3 easy. | 3 |
| SAT 9/11 | RACE: Hilltop Invitational. 17:19, 22nd. The name is not a joke. Big hill twice. I'm glad we do The Hill now. | 6 |
| SUN 9/12 | 7 easy. Sore. | 7 |
| WEEK 4 TOTAL: 42 MILES |
| MON 9/13 | 5 x 1000 meters, about 3:15 each. | 7 |
| TUE 9/14 | 6 easy. | 6 |
| WED 9/15 | 4 easy plus strides. | 5 |
| THU 9/16 | RACE: tri-meet, away. 16:58!!! FIRST TIME UNDER 17! 4th place. Ran even and moved up the last mile. Coach shook my hand. | 6 |
| FRI 9/17 | 3 easy, still smiling. | 3 |
| SAT 9/18 | Long run, 10 miles. Longest run of my life. Mark says it doesn't count because we walked up the last hill. We walked for like ten seconds. | 10 |
| SUN 9/19 | Off. | - |
| WEEK 5 TOTAL: 37 MILES |
| MON 9/20 | THE HILL, 12 times. New record for The Hill. Not a good record. | 8 |
| TUE 9/21 | 6 easy. | 6 |
| WED 9/22 | 3 x 1 mile at 5:20. Hardest workout of the year so far. | 7 |
| THU 9/23 | RACE: dual meet, away. 16:54, 3rd. Another PR. We won again. | 6 |
| FRI 9/24 | 3 mile shakeout. Pasta at Mark's house. Only three plates, because of tomorrow. | 3 |
| SAT 9/25 | RACE: Harvest Invitational. 16:41, 9th of 187, a MEDAL. Led the first two miles. Coach Cota's face when I went by him at the mile in first place was worth all of it. Full story on the front page. | 6 |
| WEEK 6 TOTAL: 36 MILES |
To the guys on our team who read this: yes, I wrote about the doughnuts.
No, I'm not taking it down.
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