OBJECTIVE
20 mi. easy
ACHIEVED
19.53 mi.@ 8:18/mi.
6:39 AM 63° 91% 2 mph
Had a good run this morning with Laurie, Steph, Stacey, Josh, and Randy. The weather was great. I wasn't sure about going out for 20 miles today but felt great over the first 13 miles. From there, I was laboring. My cardio was fine but I had muscle fatigue. It was good to get out and cover this distance.
Thought more about the Phoenix marathon in January and I'm thinking I'll just register and train hard for it. If it works for me to go out for it then I'll go. If not then I'll just skip it and run my next marathon later in the Spring.
PRE RUN
water & oatmeal w/1% milk
POST RUN
2 SlimFast
Later, chocolate milk & GrapeNuts w/1% milk
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Training Interruptus
OBJECTIVE
4 mi. easy
ACHIEVED
4.03 mi.@ 7:59/mi.
6:54 AM 52° 100% 0 mph
Well, it's now been 27 days since the marathon. I've been floundering around with my running "just enjoying" not being in an intense training cycle. While rolling out for 4 miles this morning, I loosely decided that I would begin training for the Phoenix marathon. The marathon is January 18. I'm not sure I'll actually run the marathon due to the holidays and my January work schedule. But I'm going to target this as my Boston qualifier so everything is going to be geared to coming in under 3:20. If I don't end up actually running Phoenix then I'll recalibrate and look for another marathon in April or May.
Today's run was good. It was fast and I felt good. The temperature was near-perfect.
Steph's group has a 20-miler scheduled for tomorrow and I'm planning to go the distance with them. That should be interesting since my weekly mileage has really been down since the marathon.
PRE RUN
nothing
POST RUN
weight = 155#
water, multivitamin, low-fat granola w/1% milk
4 mi. easy
ACHIEVED
4.03 mi.@ 7:59/mi.
6:54 AM 52° 100% 0 mph
Well, it's now been 27 days since the marathon. I've been floundering around with my running "just enjoying" not being in an intense training cycle. While rolling out for 4 miles this morning, I loosely decided that I would begin training for the Phoenix marathon. The marathon is January 18. I'm not sure I'll actually run the marathon due to the holidays and my January work schedule. But I'm going to target this as my Boston qualifier so everything is going to be geared to coming in under 3:20. If I don't end up actually running Phoenix then I'll recalibrate and look for another marathon in April or May.
Today's run was good. It was fast and I felt good. The temperature was near-perfect.
Steph's group has a 20-miler scheduled for tomorrow and I'm planning to go the distance with them. That should be interesting since my weekly mileage has really been down since the marathon.
PRE RUN
nothing
POST RUN
weight = 155#
water, multivitamin, low-fat granola w/1% milk
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Keep Running ... Don't Stop
OBJECTIVE
3 mi. easy
ACHIEVED
5.13 mi.@ 8:05/mi.
6:38 AM 39° 70% 4 mph
The plan was just to roll out for an easy 3 miles but I was feeling so good that I just kept going. I wasn't familiar with the area so a just started running along the roads. It was very cool so I wore sleeves, gloves and my stocking cap. The temperature felt fantastic shortly after I got going. The pace was lively as I cruised down a long, quiet street. The area was a bit warehouse-y/industrial. I hit a dead end about 1.4 miles in. My cumulative pace to that point was around 8:15/mile. I knew that I would be short if I just went straight back and finished so on the way back I found another street to turn down. I did a little out-and-back along this street which added about 3/4 mile. On the way back I was feeling so good that instead of turning down the finishing street, I just kept going straight until I hit another dead end. This added about 1.1 mile. I finally headed back. When I crossed my starting position, I only had 4.6 miles and figured I may as well make it an even 5 so I continued up the short street and ran around a large parking lot and back. I ended with 5.13 miles.
This may have been the easiest 5 miles I've ever run. I just wanted to stay out on the road as long as I could. I felt great physically cruising in the predawn air.
PRE RUN
orange juice, wheat toast & oatmeal w/granola & brown sugar
POST RUN
orange juice, Raisin Bran w/skim milk
3 mi. easy
ACHIEVED
5.13 mi.@ 8:05/mi.
6:38 AM 39° 70% 4 mph
The plan was just to roll out for an easy 3 miles but I was feeling so good that I just kept going. I wasn't familiar with the area so a just started running along the roads. It was very cool so I wore sleeves, gloves and my stocking cap. The temperature felt fantastic shortly after I got going. The pace was lively as I cruised down a long, quiet street. The area was a bit warehouse-y/industrial. I hit a dead end about 1.4 miles in. My cumulative pace to that point was around 8:15/mile. I knew that I would be short if I just went straight back and finished so on the way back I found another street to turn down. I did a little out-and-back along this street which added about 3/4 mile. On the way back I was feeling so good that instead of turning down the finishing street, I just kept going straight until I hit another dead end. This added about 1.1 mile. I finally headed back. When I crossed my starting position, I only had 4.6 miles and figured I may as well make it an even 5 so I continued up the short street and ran around a large parking lot and back. I ended with 5.13 miles.
This may have been the easiest 5 miles I've ever run. I just wanted to stay out on the road as long as I could. I felt great physically cruising in the predawn air.
PRE RUN
orange juice, wheat toast & oatmeal w/granola & brown sugar
POST RUN
orange juice, Raisin Bran w/skim milk
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