04/26 – Sunday – off
04/27 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
04/28 – Tuesday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
04/29 – Wednesday – Stationary Bike – 30 minutes
04/30 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
05/01 – Friday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
05/02 – Saturday – Town Lake – 10 miles – 1:31:29
Weekly mileage: 26 miles
04/19 – Sunday – Run from Hell – 12 miles – 2:07
04/20 – Monday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
04/21 – Tuesday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
04/22 – Wednesday – Stationary Bike – 30 minutes
04/23 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
04/24 – Friday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
04/25 – Saturday – Campus Loop 14 – 14 – 140 minutes
Weekly mileage: 50 miles
04/12 – Sunday – Town Lake Trail – 10 miles – 1:40 (est.)
04/13 – Monday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
04/14 – Tuesday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
04/15 – Wednesday – Stationary Bike – 30 minutes
04/16 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
04/17 – Friday – Stationary Bike – 30 minutes
04/18 – Saturday – Rocky Hill Ranch trail race (canceled due to thunder & lightening)
Weekly mileage: 28 miles
04/05 – Sunday – off
04/06 – Monday – Walnut Creek Trail w/ Celeste & Mark – 6 miles – 60 minutes
04/07 – Tuesday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
04/08 – Wednesday – Stationary Bike – 30 minutes
04/09 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
04/10 – Friday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
04/11 – Saturday – off
Weekly mileage: 22 miles
I’m trying to get prepared for my first trail race on April 18th, so I ran Town Lake Trail (TLT) yesterday morning on my new trail shoes that I had gotten in the mail on Friday. I tried to run on all the bumpy rocky surfaces to try them out. I noticed that I didn’t feel the rocks through the shoes as much as normal running shoes. This is a good thing. Either I felt good or the trail shoes are extra springy, but the last two miles I did in 8:07 and then 8:08 – zoom! I finished the 10 miles in 1:29:50. It’s been a while since I broke 1:30 doing the TLT. Near the end I noticed that I might be able to do it so I pushed hard at the end. It almost felt like a real race.
I received Trail running shoes by mail today from RoadRunnerSports.com. They are Brooks Cascadia 4. I plan on trying them out this weekend on Town Lake trail, and then at Walnut Creek Park on Monday night with Celeste. Finally on April 18 I’m doing Rocky Hill Ranch 25K near Smithville TX with Celeste. Wish me luck, I’ll need it for my first trail “race” (which I don’t plan on racing).