Week of whatever week it is this week

Monday - 6 on IF. Achilles a little sore, nothing major. I had to finish off the turkey so I ran from home late. I did turkey stew and pulled BBQ turkey. If I'm ever cannibalized I hope that I'm used as completely as that poor bird.

Tuesday - 8 sweet workout challenge with a little help from Owen. I slept through my alarm but a text from Tom woke me up. It said:
"2 miles 4:57, 4:57. 5 minutes rest. Good luck with that shit." Nark also rose to the challenge, unfortunately he slipped, fell and landed on a dick. I blame the altitude.

I ran 4:54 and 4:53- Owen ran the miles with me (he also ran a mile during my rest interval). Hopefully this advantage is offset by the "beers the night before multiplier." The workout isn't exactly scientific training, but it was loads of fun. When I was in good mileing shape I felt like when I hit 400 to go a clock would start ticking down and when it ran out I'd completely blow up. The trick was to finish the race before the clock ran out. I got the same feeling on both of the intervals-good thing I closed in a blazing 71 and 70. Great workout. I hope I can get Nark and Tom to try another challenge on Friday.

Wednesday - 8 in 62 minuets on a crazy greenbelt run. I knew I had to work late so I skipped out for a run on the greenbelt. Unfortunately I misjudged the daylight and at 6:00, after 10 minutes of running it was so dark I had to turn around. Then I saw lights bobbing towards me from some mtn bikers out for a night ride. They said they were going "all the way" so I latched on and said a prayer to the ankle god. I didn't know that by "all the way," they meant about 3.5 hours, rather than 5 miles to the end of main trail. They were pretty nice guys and they dropped me off on a freeway that I had to take back to my car. Really hammered the freeway part since it was dark and there was no shoulder, other than that I ran pretty slow. After not knowing where I was or if I was going to have to feel my way out of the woods, it was a lot easier to go back to work.

Thurs - 6 little run around the house with new shoes. Running in the Reebok Premier Road ($40 on eastbay). They've got a little post to them, but it didn't seem to bother me. Legs are pretty tired from the last two days and I'm a little tired from an uncharacteristically tough week at work.

Fri - 9 took a little nap after work and then did a slow 9 miles on the streets near me. I felt better than I expected.

Sat - (7/4) am 7 with Owen. Tired from a late night, but felt ok. pm 4 with Adam and Dave. A little tired. If I can get through a long run I'm going to take a really easy Monday.

Sun - 12 "long run" with Dave. I got that long run feeling despite the fact that we only ran 12 miles. The knee was pretty tight but it held up OK. Tired, but understandable at the end of a big jump this week.

week - 60 miles. I haven't run this much in a long time. Feeling pretty motivated by the weekly workout challenge. Very happy with the week.