It was colder today than any place should ever be unless that place is a freezer full of ice cream. Because it was so cold, Coach had to adjust our workout so we wouldn't pull all our muscles and die. So after a 20 minute "warm up" (read: 20 minute shuffle down 8th East, during which our main goal was to keep our fingers from falling off), Sydney, Megan, and I ended up heading down to the XC course for some fartlek/interval sort of things. When we got to the course, we did 7 light strides in an attempt to loosen up as much as possible (ha). Then we did our intervals around the 500 loop. We were supposed to have the same pace throughout (:19 per 100m) We did 3 laps of 200 on, 100 off, which was fine. Then we bumped it up to 300 on, 200 off, and at that point, my breathing went out of control. I blame it partially on the fact that my lungs had turned into small glaciers and partially on the fact that I still haven't done a whole lot of speed work this season. So Coach Spence had me stop at 200m on those loops. Then they kicked it up to 2x500 and for the first one, Coach had me wait at the 300 m mark and do the last 200 m with them. When we finished that one, he told me I could totally do 300 m with them, so I ran out to the 200 m mark and finished the last 300 with them. It felt good, although it was slightly discouraging that I couldn't do the whole thing. Afterward, Coach told us we needed to get out of the cold, so we ran up to the training room and did our cool down on the bikes. Legs afterward.
My hamstring sorta hurt today, although it may have been because my muscles were tight. Other than that and the bitterly insufferable cold, it was a good workout.
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