By admin | January 25, 2009
01/25 – Sunday – 3M Half Marathon – 13.1 miles – 14:7:2401/26 – Monday – off01/27 – Tuesday – Class – 5 miles – 60 minutes01/28 – Wednesday – Stationary Bike – 30 Minutes01/29 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 10 miles – 110 minutes01/30 – Friday – off01/31 – Saturday – Last 7 miles of [...]
By admin | January 25, 2009
I ran my little heart out today. The weather was a bit cool (started at 32 degrees F), but over time it warmed up a few degrees. I was warm throughout so it wasn’t an issue. I wanted to complete in under 1:50. The night before I prepared a pace band, but in the morning [...]
By admin | January 25, 2009
01/18 – Sunday – off01/19 – Monday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes01/20 – Tuesday – Class – 4.0 miles (8 x 200) – 60 minutes01/21 – Wednesday – Stationary Bike – 30 minutes01/22 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 10 miles – 110 minutes01/23 – Friday – off01/24 – Saturday – offWeekly mileage: [...]
By admin | January 21, 2009
In class I ran eight 200 meter diagonals at 5K pace, but actually I was running all out, that is, no 5K pace. If I really did 5K pace I should have completed 200m in 1 minute. “Diagonals” means I ran 200m on the track (first number) and then cut across the track back [...]
By admin | January 18, 2009
Yesterday I ran the last miles of the Austin Marathon. It was 22.5 miles and took 3:37 or 9:39/M. I felt strong for most of it. I again used chocolate-chip cookies as my fuel (as opposed to Clif Shots) and they seemed to work. I was able to eat them with delight and without gagging. [...]
By admin | January 18, 2009
01/11 – Sunday – RunTex Twenty – 20 miles – 3:02:2201/12 – Monday – Neighborhood – 5 miles – 50 minutes01/13 – Tuesday – Class – 3.5 miles (2 mile time trial @ 14:38) – 60 minutes01/14 – Wednesday – Stationary Bike – 30 minutes01/15 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 10 miles – 150 minutes01/16 [...]
By admin | January 14, 2009
Each year at the beginning of my running class we are required to run a two mile time trial. This typically sets our pace for future workouts. Then later in the course we run another time trial to see how much we’ve approved. So at the beginning of the year I ran 15:45 or about [...]
By admin | January 11, 2009
It’s not often I can set a PR especially these past three years, but today I did. My previous 20 miler was a disaster (ARA 20 Miler where I walked for several miles), so there was no place else to go but up. I completed the race in 3:02:20 for 9:07/M.
Mile 01 – [...]
By admin | January 5, 2009
01/04 – Sunday – off01/05 – Monday – Neighborhood – 5 miles – 50 minutes01/06 – Tuesday – Class – 5 miles – 60 minutes01/07 – Wednesday – Stationary Bike – 30 minutes01/08 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 10 miles – 150 minutes01/09 – Friday – off01/10 – Saturday – offWeekly mileage: 20 miles
By admin | January 3, 2009
I ran the first and last miles of the Austin Marathon today. Our training group, that is, the beginners, were supposed to run 16 miles, but I decided I needed to up it to 18 miles, that is, what the intermediates were supposed to run. So now you should be saying. Why are you running [...]