Quick workout

Yesterday, I did get myself to the indoor track.  Ran 3 sets of 4 150s.  They were tough, but felt pretty good!  But lab took too long so I got there late and didnt make it to lifting.  Today was packed, no time for a workout.  Happy to say that I have the highest grade on my p chem test in my class, but it was only a 75... got the weekend to get that up!  Also, had a nice meeting at J lab, really excited to get started on my project next tuesday!  Gonna be a chill rainy weekend.  Games are even starting to be canceled because of the storms we r supposed to get.  Theres a really good chance our car wash for SAO wont get to happen.  Not good, should be an interesting weekend!

Ooops falling behind!

Sorry to anyone out there who actually pays attention to this!  I have been slacking on keeping it updated.  My workouts have not really been much or all that regular the past few days so its hard.  Last thursday, i did a nice 4 mile run.  Stoppped for just a sec at the half way point.  It was really hot so I was thankful for the rain.  Afterwards I headed inside for some lifting. Front squats and hang cleans, overall it went really well.  Friday was a busy day with 5 hours of class then a meeting at Jlab.  So I did not get a workout in.  Marissa and I had fun this weekend shopping and doing lots of homework.  It has been good to spend time with her lately!  Monday, I did the same run as thursday, this time no stops.  I was really happy with myself!  It was much cooler so that made it easier.  Just did some auxillary lower body stuff, got a lovely blister on my foot right now... Tuesday, I was back at the gym hanging with little kids.  They know me now and give me hugs and stuff, they are so cute!!!  Wednesday I wasnt feeling real well so I just did some abs and pushups in my room and called it a day.  It was nice seeing the mens soccer team kick butt though!  Today I am hoping to get  a workout in after lab.  Got a big P chem test tomorrow so we will see...

I have definitely realized this semester that there are things in my life more important than track.  While I want to be all I can be, I am not going to kill myself over workouts this semester.  Doing well in my classes, getting my service hours in and becoming involved in research are much more important right now.  I want to continue getting stronger and ready for the season, but I am not going to kill myself this semester to do it.  If that means working out a little less than others, then thats just how it goes.  However, I will be ready to rock come November!  Just doing a little priority work right now...

fast week!

It has been a challenge this week getting in work outs when I don't have to be at practice!  Monday I was able to get in a nice lower body lift.  However, trying to run afterwards was nearly impossible!  But I did get at least some level of workout in!  Tuesday, my work out time lost to volunteer time.  At least I spent 2 hours moving around with kids.

Today (wednesday), I did a much better job.  After some work in the lab, I headed out to the track.  Because of my crazy week, I chose to do the running workout that is scheduled for tomorrow today.  It was 3 sets of 3 200s.  It was actually incredibly hard!  I got through the whole thing, but was wiped out by the end.  I know I was running slow, but I have got to get my base back.  After my run, I headed back in to ratcliffe for a nice upper body lift and quick abs.  Today was a pretty good day.  Cannot believe that it is Thursday already!!  This week went so fast!!!

All done with Fall Camp!

Had a really nice practice yesterday!  Learned our new pole vault warm up, lots of med ball work and handstands, its super fun!!  We even got to jump a little bit.  Things went much better than Thusday!  After practice we went to the weight room!  I was a little disappointed in my maxes... Only 5 at 180 for back squats, put my max about 5 pounds lower than before.  The same happened for hang cleans, 5 at 105.  After some great interviews for SAO, some of us headed out to the soccer game.  Convientely, it started really late so we only missed the first 15 mins!  It was an incredibly intense game against VA Weslyan, should not have been as close as it was!  But a nice goal in the first half of overtime gave us the win!

This morning, we had practice at 9.  I wasn't real happy about getting up...  We took our "test,"  we had to write out a description of our main event.  Then after a warm up he videoed us doing an acceleration and a short approach.  Practice only took two hours, but then we spent another 2 hours getting all the mats out under the stadium for storage.  It was terrible! Took forever!  Did get to ride in the back of a flat bed truck though, that was fun!

Finally, good luck to the CNU men's soccer team in the game tonight!  Wish I could be there!  Know they will be awesome!

Almost there!

Today was Thursday, finally.  It went much better than originally expected!  I got really lucky and woke up on my own at 5:15, how I have no idea.  My cell phone decided to lose its mind and delete all of my alarms!  But somehow I still made it to practice by 6!  That is way too early for practice!  It was incredibly excited though.  I got to do a whole bunch of short approach work!  Actually left the ground and everything!  I was definitely rusty, and my hands are sore, but it was wonderful! I am really looking forward to getting the season going and seeing what I can get done this year!  After my very busy day of class and lab, I headed back to the weight room for bench testing.  I was super happy to max and 5 reps of 135, the equivalent of a 152 lbs single rep max!  It actually went up despite my failure end of summer!  After we finished up, we did a nice ab routine.  Then I headed back for a nice quick dinner, and off to our last event of recruitment!  I am really looking forward to interviews tomorrow!  The 3 girls who have been coming are really amazing!  Tomorrow is finally Friday!  I am so looking forward to being done with this crazy week!

Oh hey this is also my 100th post!! crazy!

More Craziness

I need to do less, my life is too busy!  This is nuts!  Yesterday was nearly a 20 hour day for me!  And I had about and hour and a half of down time!  Today has been nearly as ridiculous!  Practice was good.  Warmed up, did some more general jumping drills then headed to the weight room.  Today was front squat and hang clean maxing.  I was concerned cause my lifting schedule has not been what it should be lately.  I was quite surprised that my front squat max only went down 5 pounds and my hang cleans remained the same.  So that is looking good for the rest of the week!  I can't wait for this week to be over.  It has been really hard and I am really looking forward to a break.

Fall Camp

So this is pretty much the craziest week of my life!!!  Not only is it our first full week of classes, it is fall camp for track and recruitment for SAO!!  So much going on!  The first two days of fall camp have gone well.  Yesterday we spent 2 hours going through our warm up which ususally takes barely 30 mins!!  It was painfully slow!!  Its great to be back with the team!  The freshman are really great!  After our ridiculous warm up we did some med ball work.  Today I was up bright and early for 6 am practice because I had volunteering this afternoon during practice.  Getting up that early was tough, but since it was me and the throwers I got to do the warm up at real speed :)  Then I spent some time on acceleration drills.  Finished up the morning with abs and a nice set of push ups!  While getting up was terrible, it was really nice to have my workout all done before my day even began.

Overall, this week has been good.  After a very lazy weekend getting back into the swing of things is hard.  But life seems to be going pretty well.  Classes are good.  Working at the gym today was nuts!  Some how they were a teacher short so I ended up teaching a class all by myself.  They are really nice, it is def different from aerials, more team, less classes, but it went really well.  My voice is now completely gone though! Looking forward to the rest of the week!

Back in the swing of things

This has been a crazy week!  Tuesday morning before I came back to CNU, Kelsey and I ran for about 45 mins.  I got lost so I have no idea how far I went.  Wednesday I managed to get out of bed and go for a 20 min run before class.  Thursday afternoon my lab ended earlier than anticipated so I went out to the track to get in a sprinting work out.  I ran 3 sets of 150,100, 50.  Friday was crazy and I didnt make it out.  I am trying to establish a good routine but it has been really hard with the hurricane break and all.  But hopefully it will get better soon.  Next week we have fall camp so I will have to do stuff, which is good.  Hopefully after that I will be better about working out.  It will be great to be back with the team again!  Last night it was great to watch the CNU men's soccer team win a nice 5-0 victory over Catholic University of America.  Looking foreward to watching them play again tonight!