May 2, 2015 Sprinting

Energy: 5

• 50m: 6

Not bad, just some short work, looking at my starts. 

May 14, 2014 Sprinting

• 100m: 6
• 50m: 4
• Total: 800m

Some pretty bad shin splints here.  No dodgeball tonight, Bruins are on and everyone's watching that. Wanted to get a good burn in anyway so I went with sprinting. Getting close to being where I want to on sprints.  Once I'm used to them again it's just a matter of the cut progressing to add speed. 

May 11, 2014 Sprinting

• 100m: 10
• 50m: 1
• Total: 1050m

Had horrid shin splints the last couple 100s...gotta watch that.  Still not quite where I want to be speed wise, but obviously I'm still 15 lbs. heavier than I am at my 'fighting' weight. 

September 25, 2013 Sprinting

• 100m: 2
• 50m: 4
• Total: 400m
• Broad Jumps: 9' 4", 9' 5", 9' 5", 9' 4"

F'ing left hamstring still has that weird tug/pressure in it. No idea why. Going to try taking next week off from sprinting, see if that helps.  It was pretty annoying today, and got worse after the first sprint.  The first 30m or so I'm fine, then after that it starts to hurt.  Oddly it doesn't hurt on broad jumps. Or anything else really, just sprinting for some reason. 

September 11, 2013 Sprinting / Broad Jumps

• 50m: 2
• 100m: 1
• 200m: 2
• 100m:2
• Total: 800m
• Broad Jumps: 9' 1.5", 9' 2.5", 9' 3.5", 9' 4.5"

My left hamstring was still a bit tight, couldn't hit top speeds again.  Kind of annoying.  Was taxed by the time I did broad jumps after fighting through the leg irritation.  Lacked explosiveness. 

September 4, 2013 Sprinting / Broad Jumps

• 50m: 1
• 100m: 2
• 200m: 1
• 50m: 1
• 100m:1
• Total: 600m
• Broad Jump: 9' 1", 9 '2", 9' 1"

My left hamstring was super tight this whole time and just would not loosen up.  It wasn't cramped, but it felt like it was about to.  I couldn't hit top speed at all, and it actually got worse as the session went along, so I cut it a few hundred meters short, and tried broad jumping. Couldn't get off the line evenly so I kept ending up landing diagonally and screwing up my distances.  I'm sure it'll be fine within a day or two though. 

August 28, 2013 Sprinting & Broad Jumps

• 50m: 1
• 100m: 13.97, 13.43 PR? PR!!
• 50m: 11
• 100m: 1
• Total: 900m
• Broad Jump: 9' 3", 9' 4", 10' 1.5" NEW PR!!  9' 3", 9' 4"

Well then...did a 50 for warmup, then decided to time myself. Didn't feel particularly fast on the 13.97, then the 13.43 felt pretty good. I thought my record was like 13.2 so I haven't been timing myself lately, because I didn't think I was that fast. Turns out my record was slower. I've probably been hitting it every week.  Did some 50s after; I want to focus on my acceleration.  Finished with broad jumping.  Was pretty tired, so I took a few minutes off after my 2nd attempt and then uncorked a new PR there too.  Was pretty much toast after that though. GREAT session

August 14, 2013

• 200m: 2
• 100m: 3
• 50m: 3
• Total: 850m
• Broad Jumps: 9' 1", 9' 2", 9' 2"

Really tired after the session yesterday.  May try lower body on M & Th, see if that helps sprinting.  Was exhausted; jumping didn't go well just too tired. 

October 24, 2012 Sprinting

• 100m: 7 (fastest: 14.43)
• 50m: 6
• Total: 1000m

Well that was enjoyable. Stretched, did a couple sprints, not completely balls out though.  Rested, then did a couple more balls out.  Was pretty much warmed up after that.  Did one where I really focused on the chopping motion of my arms while, I could actually hear the sound of them cutting into the wind, was kind of neat.  I kept my head down and tilted forward better as well, ran a 14.43. Still not great obviously, but I haven't been training for fastest speed on these for a while.  Still, shaved .4 off my time from last week.  My ultimate goal is once I get my form down better on these (keeping my head down better, running with a forward tilt, etc.).  Also I found out Harvard has an indoor track, may try using that if there's snow on the outdoor one this winter! 

October 17, 2012 Conditioning (Sprinting)

• 100m: 5 14.82 fastest
• 50m: 10 7.4 fastest
• total: 1000m

Didn't sprint last week, but I did bring my new stopwatch so I could time myself.   First 100m I ran took 15.57.  Not good.  I don't really warm-up though other than stretching some, so I gradually get fast as I go.  5th sprint I got 14.82, so I shaved 3/4 of a second off by that point.  Which is nice. I want sub 13 seconds though.  Air was really dry and cold, which you think would be nice for sprinting, but it's not.  Makes it harder to breathe really, at least for me.  Was actually somewhat gassed after the 5th 100, so I decided to do some 50s.  I'll be interested in seeing if next week I get faster. 

August 3, 2011 Conditioning: Sprinting

• 300m Sprint: 1
• 200m Sprint: 2
• 100m Sprint: 3
• 50 m Sprint: 4 
• Total: 1200m

WHOOOOOOOOOO! Hit my goal of 1200m in a session.  On the 300 I rounded the curve and thought I was dead, but figured what the heck, the last 100m of it was a straightaway so I did it.  The 2nd 200 that I ran was probably the most crushing experience I've had doing conditioning.  My body literally felt like it was shutting down.  Good thing I brought an extra bottle of water.  I also like the 50m sprints I do at the end, I feel like I can just go all out on them and not worry about blacking out.  GREAT session, AND I was done quicker than any of my previous ones.  Left my apartment at 8:30, was back by 9:30, and that's with a 10 minute walk each way.