Eric Hatch's Blog

3 miles on the Moore League Finals course with strides around the Heartwell lake. Felt fatiged from the day before.

I had a good race a the Run Like it's Recess 5k. Just getting beach into it from being injured for about 5 days and missing Mt. Sac Invitational. For the first the first two miles I pushed the pace of the race too hard. Unfortunatly, I did not know the credentials of the runner right on my tail (Josphat Boit 2:12 marathoner) and when he sprinted away from me with one mile to go, I could not hang on. 16:39 was alright for an 85% effort.

Was sick today and could not run my workout.

Had an alright cutback interval workout today. Just two sets of 4 400s. First set was 76, 75, 75, 74. Felt a little fatigued from being sick the day before. Last set was 74, 73, 72, 69. Glad to get the workout, but I felt like I should've at least ran a 67 last 400.

Premeet was not the best today. I was very sleepy coming into it.

Moore League Finals was not a good day for me at all. Being sick on Monday did not help, and temperatures were at 92 degrees with an 8% humidity level. The first mile 5:13 went out slower than usual, but was okay for the weather. After that point my hamstring started to cramp up as compensation for my previous injury. My right leg could not extend all the way back, so I was forced to hobble run. Two miles 10:36 came, and I was already gassed I was cramping up, and my throat was dry from the heat. The last mile was painful, but I made it to the finish in a time that I was not proud of. Hopefully I can pull it together and run under 16:00 at Mt. Sac.

Recovery went well for me today, but as a team we were off. Colby and Gian spent most of the practice fighting, until Gian ended up leaving early. Many people were felling sick today.

The Whittier Run went well today. 10 miles felt good although I was stil a little sick.

The Signal Hill workout from today was somewhat dissapoining. I did not get as much sleep as a would of liked, so I was feeling fatigued from the start. The 3 mile tempo of 18:22 was alright, although I fell of pace from the front group. The next .85 loop was hard, because it was backwards. 4:51 was okay for how I was feeling. For mile repeats and 400s, I am hoping to average 5:15 for the miles, and 71 for the 400s.

The recovery run at LC park today felt great. 8 alley strides helped increase my turnover and recovering hip muscles.

I had one of my best workouts of the season today. The weather was at about 70 degrees, and we were running on the Chittick Field track, instead of Poly's dirt. The first mile repeat was one of the easiest miles that I have ran. The first lap went out fast at about 71, but I was not too phazed. 5:02 was a quick mile. The three 400s were 71, 73, 68. These felt fine, and I still had room left for 300s. The 300s were 50, 49, 50, 47. Although I sprinted too hard on the 2nd one, I kicked in strong to finish. Going for under 16:00 at Mt. Sac.