Monthly Archives: August 2006

“Mount Bonnell” long run

By admin | August 26, 2006

I woke at 4 AM. We started at 5 AM from Barton Springs pool. I tried to run slow and steady keeping my heart rate down. We ran to the top of Mount Bonnell and then over to the back side, then again on the return. I completed about 17 miles in 3:10 – quite [...]

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Short trail long run

By admin | August 20, 2006

Today was a trail run. This is a recovery week so the run was only 60 minutes. We ran the Barton Creek Greenbelt starting at Spyglass Hill. There were so many people on the trail that several times we had to walk. We ran out and back about 2.5 miles. On the way back I [...]

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“Strup” long run

By admin | August 12, 2006

Well I did it. We were starting an hour earlier. I went to bed at 9 PM and woke at 3:30 AM before my alarm and laid there until 3:55 when I got up. We started at 5 AM. I finished 18 miles in 3:07:25 or about 10:25/M. I didn’t push it and tried to [...]

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“LAB” long run

By admin | August 6, 2006

The LAB long run where LAB means laboratory was today. It’s a 3.5 mile loop. There were cones every 1/2 mile. We were to run the first loop as warmup, and the next three at MGP, then end with 2 miles of recovery. We started at 6AM. Here are my 1/2 mile splits. At MGP, [...]

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Tomorrow’s long run

By admin | August 5, 2006

Tomorrow is the LAB long run. This means that I’ve got to run 2 miles warm up and 14 miles at MGP. The question is what is my MGP. I’m always trying for 8:30/M, but I think tomorrow I’ll just have to see how it goes. With the heat I assume I’ll not make 8:30M [...]

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Austin High School straights and curves

By admin | August 4, 2006

Class was over at Austin High School’s track. We ran over from RunTex about 1 1/2 miles. We had to run 2 miles of straights and curves. This means we run the 100 yard straight at our 10K pace (or fast), then the 100 yard curve at a recovery pace (or slow) for a total [...]

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