Easy run. Would have gone longer, but I needed to be back in the house by 6:00, and I squandered the hours from 3:00 to 5:00 on tea and reading. Definitely a lack of mental energy today in contrast with the excess physical energy and good feeling legs. Cold temps again today (-5F) and willing myself through 2+ hours of slow, poor-traction running yesterday found me needing a mental recovery day. Disappointed in myself to have blown the opportunity to get another 30 minutes in this morning, though I have to remind myself it is a long road to travel yet...
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Ni!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
2:20:00 :: 20.2 miles
Long run. Pucker up, Mother Nature...it's that time of year again. Warmer today--no wind and +11F, which made for a decent run. One big negative, and something I have to adjust my mindset to, is the change in pace. Due to the massive loss of traction,I'm dropping 10-15 seconds per mile at the same effort/HR. Nothing really to be done about it, as I am already wearing some traction aids. All those are able to do is prevent the really nasty 'leg flying out behind' slippage and provide some security on hidden icy patches. A 1/8 inch spike just can't compete with dry asphalt.
Legs felt really good after the run and throughout the day. No recovery routine today, either.
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Legs felt really good after the run and throughout the day. No recovery routine today, either.
Ohana 1
231 miles
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
1:25:00 :: 12 miles
Easy run. Absolutely brutal. Conditions were very poor ater six inches of snow last night and a huge cold front that dropped temps from the low 30s to -10F overnight. The running was fantastic--legs felt great, HR was low--but I was so cold. My hands and forearms were nearly numb. This, even with an extra jacket on top. I must just need to build up the tolerance again.
Good run, looking forward to a long run tomorrow.
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Good run, looking forward to a long run tomorrow.
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Monday, November 26, 2007
1:15:00 :: 12.2 miles
Moderate pace run. Felt good after cutting back a bit yesterday. First mile was 6:40, so I decided to go for a strong 10 miler and see how it went. This is day ten of mileage with almost nothing faster than 6:45 pace, so it was about time for a change of pace. Just under 60 minutes for 10 miles, then an easy ten minutes to finish the run. Good run. Took an ice bath and recovery drink after. Good run--fun, too. =)
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Sunday, November 25, 2007
1:10:00 :: 10.1 miles
Saturday, November 24, 2007
2:10:00 :: 18.8 miles (10.2 / 8.6)
Friday, November 23, 2007
2:17:00 :: 20.1 miles (9.1 / 11)
Thursday, November 22, 2007
1:30:00 :: 13.3 miles
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
2:00:00 :: 17.3 miles
Easy run. This one was pretty tough after 1:35. No problem with the legs, just overwhelmingly tired. Didn't sleep enough again last night. Need to get to bed before 8:30 if I'm going to be getting up at 3:30. Did recovery routine the last two days, and it seems to be working out well--no soreness, legs feel good the next day.
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
1:45:00 :: 15.5 miles
Easy run. Felt a little bit of that familiar base training fatigue today. The kind of tired that makes you feel like laying down in the road and going to sleep, but that you can easily run forever through with a bit of concentration. Legs felt great again, so it was probably from a lack of sleep over the past couple of days. Either way, it was good to feel again. Cheers!
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Ohana 1
168 miles
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Monday, November 19, 2007
1:33:00 :: 13.5 miles
Sunday, November 18, 2007
1:30: 00 :: 13.1 miles
Saturday, November 17, 2007
2:00:00 :: 17.1 miles
Friday, November 16, 2007
39:50 :: 6.2 miles
Thursday, November 15, 2007
40:12 :: 5.7 miles
Easy run. Took the past three days off of running (biking or nothing), but I started feeling like I needed to run to keep the habit tuned. Waking up and drinking tea for two hours before going to work is only a nice break for a day or two tops.
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Ohana 1
116 miles
Sunday, November 11, 2007
28:31 :: Veteran's Day 8K XC
NEW! Pictures from the race
8k XC race. First place, course record (or, a new World Record for this race! as the director put it). Good race, happy to be done racing this season and looking forward to training for a spring marathon. Race report and pics in the next day or two...
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
8k XC race. First place, course record (or, a new World Record for this race! as the director put it). Good race, happy to be done racing this season and looking forward to training for a spring marathon. Race report and pics in the next day or two...
Run Two | Weather | Supplemental | Nutrition | Sleep | Injury
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Charts, Etc. *STICKY*
Running Log
Google Docs has come a long way. Now the time functions on the spreadsheet appear to be accurate, so I'm going to try to keep the log updated in a spreadsheet (for charts, analysis, etc.) as well as in words on the blog.
For now, I'm going to leave this sticky (the chart will update regularly) at the top of the page--just a warning for those of you who don't use bloglines or RSS feeds.
42:02 :: 6 miles
Friday, November 09, 2007
52:45 :: 8 miles
Thursday, November 08, 2007
30:00 :: 4.2 miles
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