Havent posted here in a while.
Juniors:
Went well. Had a crappy time trial. A 1:38. Racing was good. Won the 1500m B superfinal. Set a lot of PBs. Won the 1000m B final with a time of 1:36.3. 46.7 500.
North Americans:
Wasnt as good as I would have liked. Ice was slow. 1500 B superfinal: 2:33.2.

Long track starts soon.

Monday

Hours of Sleep: 8
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Peanut Butter sand, chips, graps, cookies, water
Dinner: Potatoes, turkey, stuffing, squash, water
Evening: egg, cheese
Ice was fairly easy. Felt good. RPE: 6

Saturday

Hours of Sleep: 7
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Peanut butter sandwhich, english muffin, chips, vitamin water
Dinner: Ziti and Meatballs
Evening: Pizza and cereal
Went to the gym today. Did core and one plyos drill. Active rest this week.
RPE: 5

Friday

Hours of Sleep: 7
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Peanut butter sandwhich, chips, granola bar, apple, water
Dinner: Chicken, potatoes, carrots
Evening: English muffin, eggs.
Spun on bike today. RPE: 3

Thurday

Hours of Sleep: 6
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Penut Butter sandwhich, chips, apple, granola bar, water
Dinner: Steak, onions, broccoli, carrots, water
Evening: Eggs, granola bar, crackers
Ice felt good tonight. Not as well as last night. Tired.
RPE: 7

Wednesday

Hrs of Sleep: 7
Breakfast: cereal
Lunch: Sandwhich, grapes, chips, granola bar, water
Dinner: Stew
Evening: Granola bar
Skated late tonight. Felt very good. Leaning in well while making good pressure taking two crossovers into the turn. Had some fairly good lap times.
RPE: 7

Tuesday

Hours of Sleep: 7.5
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Turkey, lettuce and cheese sandwhich. Grapes, chips, granola bar.
Dinner: Hamburger, broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, onions.
Evening: Nuts, English Muffin.
Ice was hard tonight. The short rest made what seemed like an easy workout very hard. Hit most of the times. RPE: 7.5

Monday, AmCup II

Hours of Sleep: 7
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Penut Butter Sandwhich, goldfish, grapes, granola bar, water
Dinner: Spagetti with meatballs
Evening: Granola bar, cereal, english muffin
Off Day today
Day 1 of AmCup II:
-Made 1500 A final with a time of 2:38
-Finished 5th in Final with a time of 2:38
-Made C final with a time of :47.84
-Finished 4th in Final with a time of :47.83
Day 2:
-Fell in 1000 heat.
-E final. First out of 2 with a TT time of 1:38
-Made B Super Final for 1500.
-Finish 1st with a time of 2:34

Felt uncomfortable and unrelaxed most of the meet. Felt very good in Super Final.

Thursday

Hours of Sleep: 7
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Corn Beef sandwhich, grapes, apple, granola bar, cookies, water
Dinner: Pasta and meatballs
Evening: Peanut butter sandwhich, two granola bars, cereal
Workout felt very good today. Very consistent lap times. Couple 9.9's on crappy ice. Skates feel great since Paul rocked and bent them. Leave tomorrow for AmCup 2. Group 2.
RPE: 6.5

Wednesday

Hours of Sleep: 7.5
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Tunafish sandwhich, grapes, chips, water
Dinner: Turkey ham, corn, beans, cider
Evening: Granola bar, water
Spun on the bike today for 35 minutes. Easy. RPE:3

Tuesday

Hours of Sleep:8
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Tunafish, grapes, apple, chips, granola bar, water
Dinner: Turkey sausage, potatoes, carrots, water, pie
Evening: Pie, Egg, Milk
Skating was good today. Felt comfortable. Paul put a new bend in my blades, felt very good.
RPE: 7

Monday

Hours of Sleep: 8
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Roast beef and cheese sandwich, chips, apple, grapes, granola bar, water
Dinner: Viel Stew, pie, water
Evening: Pie, chips, egg, cider
Skating in Troy tonight was technically hard. Lots of track changes. A few speed changes. Fell on the 4 laps inside track. I got to far back on my blades and the ice broke.
Felt good. RPE: 6

Sunday

Hours of Sleep: 8.5
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Eggs and nuts
Dinner: Viel stew, bread, pie
Didnt do anything today. I have had a headache for most of the afternoon. Skating tomorrow.

Saturday

Hours of Sleep: 8.5
Breakfast: Cereal, Egg and Cheese sandwhich
Lunch: Cottage cheese, chips, granola bar
Dinner: Turkey and Cheese Sandwhich, bread, pie
Weights were pretty hard today. Did 4 reps of 145 lbs. on the back squat. Went for an easy fun in the afternoon. Off day tomorrow.

Friday

Hours of Sleep: 10
Breakfast: Cereal
Lunch: Nuts, orange juice
Dinner: Shrimp and Broccoli with spagetti, grape juice
Evening: Cereal
Sprint runs 3x thru went well today. First time we have done them in a while. Hamstring pulled a little on the hill sprints. I stretched before, but not enough. Weights and a ride or a run tomorrow.

First Post!

Last weekend I went to my first meet of the year in Rochester. I did very well, getting personal bests in all of my races. I placed third overall. I felt very comfortable and strong, not completely wasted at the end of the races.