Tuesday, November 23, 2010

OBJECTIVE
7 mi.

ACHIEVED
7.03 mi.@ 8:32

5:40 AM 72° 95% 1 mph

Unseasonably warm this morning. Just an easy recovery run. Stretching out and picking up a few miles.

PRE RUN
weight=163
water & cashews

POST RUN
water, multivitamin, glutamine & Kashi GoLean cereal w/skim milk

Monday, November 22, 2010

OBJECTIVE
dynamic stretch
warm-up
10x480m [target=1:52] w/400m active recoveries
cool-down

ACHIEVED
1.94 mi. WU
dynamic stretch
10x480m w/400m active recoveries
1:48/1:50/1:52/1:51/1:54/1:50/1:51/1:49/1:51/1:42
1.65 mi. CD

5:09 AM 67° 82% 2 mph

This turned out to be a good, solid workout. I wasn't at the absolute top of my game but I was still able to tough it out through a challenging speed routine on the Klein High track.

As usual, I started out feeling frisky which seems to universally translate into going too fast over the fast couple intervals. I settled in over the next two intervals then the effort suddenly seemed to catch up to me and everything became difficult. After Interval #5, I stopped to drink and gather myself. This helped a lot. It obviously cheats the workout somewhat because it allows for too much recovery time and doesn't force my body to recover while still moving. But it did allow me to get on top of the rest of my intervals. I didn't feel the impact immediately over Interval #6 as it felt a lot like #5. But by #7 and over the rest of the session, I felt much better than I did for #4-#6. Interesting that a similar phenomenon occurs for me over the course of races. I can usually start strong and finish strong which leaves the challenge somewhere over the middle third to quarter of the race.

I've mixed up my routine this week to take advantage of the Turkey Trot on Thursday. I'll be using that as a replacement for my scheduled 6-mile tempo run.

PRE RUN
weight=152
diet V8 splash

POST RUN
SlimFast, multivitamin & glutamine

Sunday, November 21, 2010

OBJECTIVE
8 mi.

ACHIEVED
8.14 mi.@ 8:24

5:22 AM 65° 90% 2 mph

This was supposed to be a 6-miler but since I missed yesterday's 8-miler I added 2 miles to today's run. Four miles into this one, I had to stop at Meyer Park for a restroom break. I've never had that happen before on a morning run from the house.

PRE RUN
nothing

POST RUN
water, multivitamin, glutamine, skim milk w/Hershey's chocolate & amazing grass green super food, & Kashi GoLean cereal w/skim milk