Track and Field Blogs - JJ Cahill

Today I ran 7 miles on the roads today. It was kind of a hilly run. I pushed the last 3 miles and pushing each of those miles a little harder. more »

Today im taking off. more »

Today I did a 1.5 mile warm up on the Health Quest Track. Then I did a 3 mile Fartleck Run on the tredmill. 1/4 mile at 6:52 mile pace, 1/4 at 5:42 pace, 1/4 at 6:52 pace, 1/4 at 5:42 pace, 1/4 at 5:22 pace, 1/4 at 6:52 pace, 1/4 at 5:22 pace, 1/4 at 6:52 pace, 1/4 at 5:00 pace/ 1/4 at 6:52 pace, 1/4 at 5:00 pace, half a mile cool down. more »

I only ran 3 miles. I felt bad and sick. I think the run I did yesterday was too much. Hope I have a better day tomorrow. more »

Today at Health Quest I did my first winter workout.: 1 mile warm up 2 mile fartleck, quater mile at 7:32 pace then a quater mile at 5:42 Half a mile easy at 7:32 pace A 5:10 mile Quater mile easy at 8min pace 800m in 2:25 1200m Cool Down Total: 6 miles more »

Ran 5.5 miles on the HQ track around 7:00-6:45 pace then .5mile on tredmill it was real warm with all the people on the tredmill so I called it a day. So, 6miles total. more »

Just go to Justin's blog about our run more »

Today I ran 5 miles at a medium pace on the roads with Justin. It was kind of hilly both up and down hills. I felt pretty good. Next week I will try to run a full week. I will be easying back into running. I will only do 35 miles next week with a long run of 7 miles. more »

Today Justin and I went to Health Quest. I ran a medium pace 3.5 mile run. I lifted and did some plyos afterwards. more »

Today after a 4 day break from running was my first run since MOCs. I did 4.5 miles around 7:20-30 pace and pushed the last half mile uphill. I felt heavy and my breathing wasn't great but I know in a few more days of easy running I'll be alright. This is how I felt after taking 5 days off in the summer from a foot injury. You feel bad the first day of runnig and maybe the next but it gets better after awhile. I'm just taking it easy and work my way up to 40 miles a week… more »

After a 13 week season and 13 weeks and a whole track season, winter training season, xc, summer, track again and winter I will be taking my first vacation from running! For one in over a year and a half. I will be taking 4-8 days off starting today. I will do some wight room and plyometric stuff and then go back into running easy mileage for 2-3 weeks and then introduce a little LT and some speed work to. more »

Yesterday I took completly off. Today we raced MOC @Holmdel Park. The team placed 12th out of 20 with a New School Record of a 5 man avg. of 17:32. I ran A PB with a time of 17:19. 16 secs. faster than last week. I want to thank Dave for all the hard work he put in over the past year and a half. I want to thank the team for all the support and the guys who came?today. I also want to say congrats to the other Varstiy guys who ran today and Emma Giantisco who ran her… more »

Today I ran 4 miles medium pace and 2 strides. Geting ready for MOCs. Some of us Varsity guys went to get pizza afterwards. more »

Did not go to school but went to practice and went in the weight room. I think I'm going take off till the race. I'm just so worn down. more »

Ran 4 miles with Karal and then went into the wight room. I need to continue doing a some wight/drills and plyos. more »

Today was the Top 14 meeting. It went real well and I hope everyone is more hype on running year round. I realy think the Freshmen Class is doing a great job and if they keep training those 5 Freshmen will be a MOC wining team and a powerhouse at NXN (Nike Team Nationals) Today I did 5 miles with some of the Varsity guys avg. around 7:14 per mile and the last 1200m was done on the track with strides on the home strech, and done at a good pace. Then I did some wight room work afterwards. more »

Today I did not run I just hung out with friends and thought about yesterday Race. Getting 2nd place to Haddonfield one of the top teams in the nation is somthing the be proud of. We are now ranked #24 in the State accourding the the Results for NJ runner under XBoys Merged so that all good. more »

Today we got 2place at the Grp.2 State Meet and are going to race in MOC's next Sat. I place 23rd with a time of 17:35 more »

Yesterday I did a nice slow 3 mile run Today was pre race day and we did 3 miles and strides. Now all we can do is wait. more »

Today we did a work out: 1 mile warm up 200m-35sec 1000m-3:03 800m-2:20 600m-1:44 400m-61sec 200m- 34sec 2 mile cool down Total miles- 5 miles more »

Yesterday we did our 7 mile Hill Run felt real good and Today I did 4 mile tempo, 6:40,6:10,5:50,5:35 and a 2 mile cool down with some JV guys after their Time Trial. more »

Today is an off day after the CJ Grp.2 Race. Nice Win! more »

We did it won the blue trophy! We had an tight race with Red Bank wining by one point. We placed 6,7,11,13,17. Today was a good day. more »

Yesterday was the pre race day we did 3 miles slow striding the last 150m then watch the JV 2 mile Time Trial. Today is going to be a good race. more »

Today we went down to Thompson park and ran 4 miles on there. We av. a little under 6:50 per mile and then did some strides on the finish. more »

Today we did a good speed workout, hear are my splits. 1 mile warm up/ 200m- 31sec, rec45sec/400m-66sec.rec.1min,600m-1:47,rec.1:30min,800m-2:24rec.2:30min,600m-1:46rec.rec.1:30min,400m-63sec,rec.1min,200m-26sec./2.5 mile cool down/ 4x100m strides. Today was a good Day. more »

Today I did a 5 mile Tempo run with my first mile 6:30 which was my sowlest and than I finish in 5:27 for my last mile which was my fastest. Then I did a 1400m run while pacing a runner ( droped out at the 1400m mark ) I was going 5:08 pace. 6 miles Total. The 1 mile TT went real well for the JV guys! Amazing! more »

Today we Did a mile warm up then 4x800m. I went 2:26,2:28,2:32,2:28 and I tried one moe 800m and drop out after the first lap , 73sec. Then I did a 2 mile cool down geting 5.5 miles for the day. I felt good and my hamstrings were ok. I just felt a little sick that whole day. more »

Today I am taking off, hamstrings are still hurting. more »

Does Anybody have the video of Joe Rosa's CR at Holmdel park? Thanks more »

Today is the post race day of Skyland Conf. Dave, Justin, Karal and I ran 6 miles on the roads. It was a good progression run. Justin and I had 6:13 and 5:53 for your last two miles. We hit sub 7 for 5 of our 6 miles. We went over the week and we are going to do 2 good workouts. I still think we can make MOCs. "When the going gets tough, get tougher" The NYC marathon is tommorow, i wont be going but will watch it on TV. more »

Today was the skyland conf race. We placed 5th losing to Ridge, Bridgewater, Hillsborough, and sadly North. I paced 24th with a time of 17:19. I was muddy today. I thik we should of touch on speed more in the year by doing more strides and 200's/300's and killer drills. You learn somthing new everyday as Mike Pual said. Next, Sat is the CJ Grp. 2 race. We need to step up the game. The Frosh team did amazing Avg. 12:30 per man I belive! more »

This past week I been geting ready for the Skyland Conf race. Last week I got one great workout doing 1200m around 3:57. And I got one Ok workout doing some 400's,1200's,1000's and 800's. This week I joged The Skyland Conf course, I did not race Monday and just did a 7 mile run. and the rest of the week i did some medium pace runs working on Turn Over. I did some 200's and 400's this week. I need to get out fast Tommorow and stay strong. Put on surges around the turns and buttoms of the hills. I'm… more »