Watt's Running

Distance     Time       Pace100m         20.9       -- 200m         41.9       -- 400m        1:27.6      -- 500m        1:54.2      -- 800m        3:12.3      -- 1000m       4:11.3      -- 1500m       6:35.9      -- Mile        7:06.4      -- 2000m       9:00.6      7:15.0 3000m      14:07.1      7:34.4 2M         15:09.9      7:34.9 4000m      19:17.3      7:45.6 3M         23:44        7:55 5000m      24:37        7:554M         32:12        8:03 8000m      40:35        8:09 5M         40:48        8:09 10K        51:08        8:13 15K      1:19:15        8:30 10M      1:25:41        8:34 20K      1:47:50        8:42 13.1M    1:53:48        8:42 15M      2:11:15        8:45 25K      2:16:59        8:49 30K      2:46:37        8:57 20M      3:00:12        9:01 25M      3:47:09        9:04 Marathon 4:00:00        9:10

From McMillan Running

10/11 – Sunday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
10/12 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
10/13 – Tuesday – Class (Steady Run) – 10 miles – 1:35
10/14 – Wednesday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
10/15 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 9 miles – 90 minutes
10/16 – Friday – off
10/17 – Saturday – Roguette – 14 miles – 2:03
Weekly mileage: 47 miles

I arrived on time, parked, and stretched inside. I still felt full from yesterday night’s dinner. We started out and headed up north on Comal. The night before I had planned the route, and I was considering doing the advanced group distance of 16 miles. This is something my coach and I had discussed on Tuesday. However at the beginning I was doubting I would do it. Although I didn’t start with Richard, who I’ve run with the past few weeks, I trailed behind him about 10 feet. For some reason my runner id tag on my shoe was making noise and bothering me. On the first water stop I fixed my id and let Richard go on ahead, but over time I caught up. I still wasn’t breathing comfortably. I couldn’t talk very much as we ran. I was probably pushing it a bit too much. In a group I’m either trying to stay up with someone or trying to catch up to someone. In a group setting I really just don’t run on my own. Sigh. I know this is a problem. I have to accept that I’m a solitary person as I am in life. So at the second water stop I told Richard I was heading further north toward the 16 mile turnaround. Richard continued straight on North Loop while I headed north on Grover. I knew from yesterday night’s planning session that I could turn at Payne and do a 14 mile long run. So that’s what I did. I was all by myself. I was listening to my iPod, and finally I was running comfortably – as our coach says I was running “easy”. Somewhere along there I had a Mocha Clif Shot w/ caffiene. I felt that kick in, and I was fine. The remainder of the long run was downhill back into Austin, and went by quickly while “Car Talk” yacked in my ear. I arrived back in 2:11 for about 14 miles or about a 9:21 pace. Now looking back I could probably have done 16. Maybe next week. But should I worry that I didn’t do any miles at MGP. I’ll save that for my week day runs for now.

I typically run in the morning. I don’t time myself I just run. I don’t eat beforehand either. I do listen to my iPod to keep myself entertained. It helps the miles go by. So after my discussion with my coach yesterday I was curious what my morning pace was. Well I completed 5 miles in 49:23. My miles were approximately: 10:46, 10:42, 9:24, 9:20, and 9:20. So I’m running a 10 minute/mile pace. I’m also warming up over time so my time drops down. Anyways I thought it would be faster. So I was disappointed. Sigh. Should I have been? I just don’t know. Well I’m not going to time myself again until I’m told to do so. I don’t need further downers

I sat online and watched my coach, Geezer [Finish: 3:06:05 Pace: 7:06], and my running friend, Sadie [Finish: 3:38:57 Pace: 8:22] and her husband [Finish: 3:11:50 Pace: 7:19], run the Portland marathon today. Excellent. It’ll be fun to hear all about it on their blogs. Lookin’ forward to it.

10/04 – Sunday – off
10/05 – Monday – Neighborhood – 7 miles – 70 minutes
10/06 – Tuesday – Class – 8 miles – 76 minutes
10/07 – Wednesday – Neighborhood – 5 miles – 49:23
10/08 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 8 miles – 80 minutes
10/09 – Friday – Stationary Bike (Raining) – 30 minutes
10/10 – Saturday – Crestview – 14 miles – 2:11
Weekly mileage: 42 miles

09/27 – Sunday – traveling
09/28 – Monday – traveling
09/29 – Tuesday – Pok Neighborhood – 8 miles – 80 minutes
09/30 – Wednesday – traveling
10/01 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
10/02 – Friday – Neighborhood – 8 miles – 80 minutes
10/03 – Saturday – Coach Mac Special – 12 miles – 120 minutes
Weekly mileage: 34 miles