Monthly Archives: January 2008

3M Half Marathon

Great weather. Great run. Finished in 1:49:55 (8:23/M pace). Near the end of the race (that is during the last two miles) I felt I could break 1:50 if I kept pushing, so I did, and I did. WOOHOO! I feel quite satisfied with this accomplishment today. The only negative is that I did it [...]

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Running log week of 2008-01-27

01/27 – Sunday – 3M Half Marathon – 13.1 miles – 1:49:5501/28 – Monday – Cross training (stationary bike) – 30 minutes01/29 – Tuesday – Downtown Town Lake w/ Cait – 5.8 miles – 1:10 & Class (400@MGP, 400@10K) – 3.5 miles – 60 minutes01/30 – Wednesday – Downtown North through UT w/ Cait – [...]

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Running log week of 2008-01-20

01/20 – Sunday – off01/21 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes01/22 – Tuesday – off – traveling to SF01/23 – Wednesday – on business trip in SF – 3.8 miles – 40 minutes01/24 – Thursday – on business trip in SF w/ Doreen – 3.8 miles – 40 minutes01/25 – Friday [...]

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Stiffness and Muscle Fatigue

We ran the last 22.2 miles of the AT&T Austin Marathon on Saturday morning. I went out ahead of the 4:30 group with Glenn. We were doing fine for many miles. I think we were doing about 9:45s and were just sailing along. I was taking Clif Shots and Electrotabs about every 50 minutes. But [...]

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Running log week of 2008-01-13

01/13 – Sunday – off01/14 – Monday – off (Dentist appt.)01/15 – Tuesday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes (missed class because I had an evening work conference call)01/16 – Wednesday – Cross-train – 30 minutes01/17 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 5 miles – 50 minutes01/18 – Friday – off01/19 – Saturday – [...]

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Running log week of 2008-01-06

01/06 – Sunday – ARA 30K – 18.6 miles – 3:3201/07 – Monday – Neightborhood – 3 miles – 35 minutes (approx.)01/08 – Tuesday – Class (10×200K @ 5K, diagonals) – 3.5 miles – 60 minutes (approx.)01/09 – Wednesday – Cross-train – 30 minutes01/10 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 2 miles – 20 minutes01/11 – [...]

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For 18.6 miles you too can get one of these

For 18.6 miles you too can get one of these.WOOHOO! I like medals. I like shiny medals. WOOHOO!
Today Chris L. and I ran the ARA 30K together. This is the fourth race in the Austin Distance Challenge. The weather was great (overcast and in the low 60s). Since this was a very hilly race we [...]

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Running log week of 2007-12-30

12/30 – Sunday – off12/31 – Monday – Neighborhood – 3 miles – 30 minutes (approx.)01/01 – Tuesday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes (approx.)01/02 – Wednesday – Class (Ruth’s Ladder) – 6.5 – 90 minutes (approx.)01/03 – Thursday – Cross-training (stationary bike) – 30 minutes01/04 – Friday – off01/05 – Saturday – [...]

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Ruth’s Ladder

For class this week we were to do Ruth’s Ladder. This is 600m @ 10K pace, 400m recovery, 400m @ 10K pace, 200m recovery, 300m @ 5K pace, 100m recovery, 200m @ 5K pace, 200 recovery, followed by 2 minutes rest, and then do it all over again for a total of three times.

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