Connor Lane gave us some insight on his summers training, and was even kind enough to send his daily running log! Lane was NC#1 last season for 5K and fell to Jeremy Brown at the state meet. Lane is coming off of a break out season where he ran 14:59 coming off of a 15:45 PR from his sophomore season. Despite the success Lane had his season didn't end how he had hoped and he ended it with an injury. This kept him out of the indoor season, but he was able to bounce back and run 9:06 for 3200 and 4:12 in the 1600 in which he was the state leader. Now that he has proven that he is capable of being the star that he is, he knows the key is being smart with his training. He shares the idea behind Coach Mangum's training and what changes he will take as apposed to the 2015 summer. We will check back in with Lane in two weeks and see how things are going!
Monday, July 18
55 min/ 9 miles
First run up in the mountains at camp, ran up Hooker Falls for the first half then back down the second half of the run, always tough on the calves. Stayed as relaxed as possible knowing I had a tough week ahead.
Tuesday, July 19
4x 5 minutes track workout today/ 9 miles today
Splits: 5:30 mile pace, 5:17 mile pace, 5:06 mile pace, 4:51 mile pace
Coach Mangum always wants early workouts to be finished confident you could do another rep at the same intensity and relatively the same effort, and I finished the workout still feeling pretty relaxed. It felt really good to get a faster effort in for the first time this summer.
Wednesday, July 20
60 min/ 9 miles
Conservative effort today at Dupont Forest after the workout yesterday and a tough run upcoming tomorrow
Thursday, July 21
42:44 min/ 8 ½ miles
Tried to go after Thomas Graham's two loop record at Arboretum, the counselors and coaches told me it was 45 minutes so I just took it out from the beginning. Huge shoutout to Zack Langston for pacing me especially on the second lap. Went 21:02 on the first loop then 21:42 for the second one.
Got the record by about 2 minutes and averaged 5:01 pace for 8 ½ miles- super tough effort but I was happy that after 3 weeks of training and hardly any previous workouts I could run that pace for a sustained effort.
PM: Easy 3 miles to shakeout
Friday, July 22
35 min/ 5 miles
On campus before we left camp in the afternoon, easy run after yesterday.
Saturday, July 23
80 min/ 11.5 miles
Another slow run- this time on single track trails back in Umstead.
Sunday, July 24
Off Day
Week: 55 miles
Monday, July 25
50 min/ 7.75 miles
Normal consistent run, beginning to up the mileage on normal continuous runs. The goal is to hit the same mileage as last week on singles.
Tuesday, July 26
50 min/ 8.25
Fast run, hadn't picked up the pace at all since last week so felt like a good time to do it. Averaged a little above 6 minutes per mile but honestly felt relaxed for most of it.
Wednesday, July 27
60 min/ 9.5 miles
I generally try to keep the pace of moderate long and long runs around 6:30, so this was right on schedule
Thursday, July 28
50 min/ 8 miles
Little faster than normal but nothing too bad
Friday, July 29
50 min/ 8 miles
Normal run on single track trails
Saturday, July 30
80 min/ 12.75 miles
Averaged 6:30s so right where I want to be
Sunday, July 31
Off Day
Week: 54.25
