Mon - 5 miles- assed out from the long run.
Thurs - 4 at night after I got back from beautiful Athens, TX
Sat - 12 long shoal creek with dave. Pretty brisk pace, felt great...then again, I should, I ran dick the last few days.
Sun - 21-22 at Georgetown Lake. Owen, Joe, Dave and I explored some new trails which were too slow for anything faster than 8-9 minute pace. After close to 1:45 on the trails we hammered out 6 miles at 6 minute pace, then I added on 20 minutes to make it at least 21. I felt really good hammering through 2:20 with Owen and Joe but I started eating a dick when I was by myself and I tried to go back on the trail for the last 3 miles. Good run, but I'll need at least 3 days to recover.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Traveling To Midland Crap Week
Mon - 7 recovery run after tough long run.
Wed - 4 with one mile in 5:30 and one in 5:00. I didn't have too much time and I was just really drained from traveling.
Sat - 10 with Dave and Barry. Didn't feel like I'd just taken a few days off. Even having gone out the night before, I still expected to feel better.
Sun - 19 long run with Joe and Owen. After hammering the hilly Mt Bonell with the guys we backed off and ran on town lake finishing with 10 minutes around 5:30 pace on the track then another 10 barefoot. I didn't feel very good my left hamstring got really tight and my foot has been pretty sore. I felt really out of sorts until we picked it up on the track. I've got an easy day or two with my name on it.
Week - tough traveling. I think if I could have gotten in one more run and a tempo I'd have been happy. I'm going to Athens this week, so I'm going to try to get a tempo in. I'm going to try to lobby Owen, Joe and hopefully Dave for a destination long run.
Wed - 4 with one mile in 5:30 and one in 5:00. I didn't have too much time and I was just really drained from traveling.
Sat - 10 with Dave and Barry. Didn't feel like I'd just taken a few days off. Even having gone out the night before, I still expected to feel better.
Sun - 19 long run with Joe and Owen. After hammering the hilly Mt Bonell with the guys we backed off and ran on town lake finishing with 10 minutes around 5:30 pace on the track then another 10 barefoot. I didn't feel very good my left hamstring got really tight and my foot has been pretty sore. I felt really out of sorts until we picked it up on the track. I've got an easy day or two with my name on it.
Week - tough traveling. I think if I could have gotten in one more run and a tempo I'd have been happy. I'm going to Athens this week, so I'm going to try to get a tempo in. I'm going to try to lobby Owen, Joe and hopefully Dave for a destination long run.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Week of 1/6
Monday - 7 miles around the house. Went from feeling really like death yesterday to feeling totally flat today. I took off from work early and it was great to go for a run during the middle of the day. Feel like a real load though.
Tuesday - 7 around the house feeling a lot better. High points included the following exchange with some punks:
Them: Hey, I'll give you 5 bucks if you suck my dick
Me: What about those guys; your friends look like they suck dick
--Unfortunately it didn't end there--
Them: OK, 6 bucks
Then I had to take a dump (thanks Mexico) and couldn't make it to my favorite Starbucks dumping location and I had to crap in a drainage ditch. Tough juice. But a good easy run.
Wednesday - 11 on the greenbelt with Owen. We headed out around 4:55 but by the time we turned around we were racing to get home before it was too dark to run. And by "racing" I mean talking about speeding up while running 7 minute pace. My back has been killing me, but after a rough first mile things felt ok. I think it's just a case of me sleeping on it funny, but I've still had to do stiff robot moves all day. Back notwithstanding, felt good going for a relaxed 11 miles, which is a good sign.
Thursday - 10 quasi tempo run on town lake. Hauled ass after work to get out, but by the 2nd mile of the tempo it was too dark to see my watch and a little after 4 miles it was a little too dark for anything quick. I wanted to run 6 miles at 5:40 pace, but even coming two miles short it was an OK introduction to tempos. With more daylight in the coming weeks, I should be able to do more soon.
I did the same plyos I did last week about 9 miles into the run. They didn't seem to take nearly as much out of my legs this time. It's worth mentioning (although I'm ignoring it) that my left foot has been sore for a few days.
Fri - no running - we went out right after work. If this wasn't a training log, I'd have a good story.
Sat - 4 painful 4 miles to run down and get my car. Tough juice.
Sun - 16 with the Texas guys. Slow first few miles then settled in around 6 minute pace. Cranked the last 3 in 5:40, 5:48, 5:25. I fell off on the last mile but I managed to get back on it. I was in a little over my head, but it was good 'get tough' training. I've got the freedom to take a little longer to recover if I need it.
Week 55 in 6 runs. I've got mixed feelings about the week - one big night out essentially killed 2 days of running. I did get in a good long run, some plyos and tried a tempo. I'm not sure where to take my training at this point. I think running 7 days a week is going to be tough- I've essentially been trying to get my milage up for a month and it hasn't happened. Maybe I'd be better off staying around 60 and trying to start working in some quality.
Tuesday - 7 around the house feeling a lot better. High points included the following exchange with some punks:
Them: Hey, I'll give you 5 bucks if you suck my dick
Me: What about those guys; your friends look like they suck dick
--Unfortunately it didn't end there--
Them: OK, 6 bucks
Then I had to take a dump (thanks Mexico) and couldn't make it to my favorite Starbucks dumping location and I had to crap in a drainage ditch. Tough juice. But a good easy run.
Wednesday - 11 on the greenbelt with Owen. We headed out around 4:55 but by the time we turned around we were racing to get home before it was too dark to run. And by "racing" I mean talking about speeding up while running 7 minute pace. My back has been killing me, but after a rough first mile things felt ok. I think it's just a case of me sleeping on it funny, but I've still had to do stiff robot moves all day. Back notwithstanding, felt good going for a relaxed 11 miles, which is a good sign.
Thursday - 10 quasi tempo run on town lake. Hauled ass after work to get out, but by the 2nd mile of the tempo it was too dark to see my watch and a little after 4 miles it was a little too dark for anything quick. I wanted to run 6 miles at 5:40 pace, but even coming two miles short it was an OK introduction to tempos. With more daylight in the coming weeks, I should be able to do more soon.
I did the same plyos I did last week about 9 miles into the run. They didn't seem to take nearly as much out of my legs this time. It's worth mentioning (although I'm ignoring it) that my left foot has been sore for a few days.
Fri - no running - we went out right after work. If this wasn't a training log, I'd have a good story.
Sat - 4 painful 4 miles to run down and get my car. Tough juice.
Sun - 16 with the Texas guys. Slow first few miles then settled in around 6 minute pace. Cranked the last 3 in 5:40, 5:48, 5:25. I fell off on the last mile but I managed to get back on it. I was in a little over my head, but it was good 'get tough' training. I've got the freedom to take a little longer to recover if I need it.
Week 55 in 6 runs. I've got mixed feelings about the week - one big night out essentially killed 2 days of running. I did get in a good long run, some plyos and tried a tempo. I'm not sure where to take my training at this point. I think running 7 days a week is going to be tough- I've essentially been trying to get my milage up for a month and it hasn't happened. Maybe I'd be better off staying around 60 and trying to start working in some quality.
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