Guess who's coming back to Boston next year? Pretty awesome news :) London is beefing up their marathon as well, and a cool Runner's World chat with Mary Wittenberg.
As usual, have fallen massively behind. I last left off on the week of Dallas, so tried to piece together my workouts since then.
Wednesday (Dec 2) - 8 easy. Did with Crystal on the trail, and wasn't too bad. As usual, picked it up coming home but got through it ok. Average low 8's
Thursday (Dec 3) - Scheduled 6 with form drills, but I feel like I missed it for some reason.
Friday (Dec 4) - Scheduled off/traveled to Dallas for the White Rock Marathon weekend! Ken was running the full, Pat and Crystal the 1/2, and I was running the 5K for fun and pacing Ken the last 10K or so. Got in late, relaxed in our hotel, I had to get up early for my race.
Saturday (Dec 5) - Mayor's Race 5K - 19:02, 1st Place! Woke up early with the group, headed to Fair Park where the race was held. Nice morning, pretty warm and sunny. Warmed up 1 mile with Pat and got a quick tour of the course, which just looped all around the Park. Lined up up front, and went out with a small group. Was third after a quick first mile (5:43), and slowly worked my way up. The purpose of this race was to get in a decent workout and not overly kill myself, so just sat on the leaders for a while. Coming down early on the last mile, made a move but the leader covered it. Had made a mental note during warmup to kick when the finish line balloons were in sight (roughly 1/3 mile to go) and opened up a pretty big gap. The former leader tried to cover, but it was too late and I cruised in for the win. Did 1-2 mile cooldown with Crystal afterwards, relaxed the rest of the day around downtown Dallas which was just erfect weather - 70's. Total mileage - 5-6 miles: 5K splits were: 5:43, 6:14, 6:15. See picture above, one of the coolest pictures ever taken of me!
Sunday (Dec 6) - 7 miles on the White Rock Marathon Course. Got to play spectator for everyone, and jump in with Ken at the end. We didn't see Pat, but he was busy taking care of business and killed it on a great weather day (30-40's, sunny) and ran 1:55:32 PR!!!! Crystal also ran an amazing race (1:26:36) on tired legs for 3rd overall female - just an amazing racing year for her! She looked good when we saw her, and had some hamstring issues but battled it through. Ken, unfortunately, had some issues, but worked hard to finish a tough race. Proud that he gutted it out when he could have quit, and we had fun the last 10K just yucking it up and enjoying the scenary. Congrats to all on a great race! 34 miles for the week, not bad but certainly not good.
Monday (Dec 7) - 4 miles, 8:30ish pace. Off to Parsippany, NJ for a work conference! Made it in to the cold, dreary, east coast, and battled the evil treadmill in the hotel gym that had no air circulation.
Tuesday (Dec 8) - 8 miles, drills. Conference all day, started a treadmill run around 9 p.m. but gave up a mile into it because it was so hot. Strapped on some running clothes, got moving down the road. Was dark and a really creepy road with abandoned buildings, and was getting a bit freaked out since it looked like a setting for a Stephen King novel. Battled some stomach issues, had to stop in some weird dinner to use the bathroom and got a lot of nervous looks since I was dressed head to toe in black. Finally got out of there, almost had a panic attack with the scenary, messed up intersections, and the 55-60 mph cars whizzing by and just high tailed it back to the hotel. Hit 5:29 on that last mile, which is just ridiculous. Did drills outside, and finished my run on the treadmill with 2 at marathon pace.
Wednesday (Dec 9) - 8 miles. Refused to go outside again, suffered on the treadmill. Thank goodness there was some good college basketball on.
Thursday (Dec 10) - 0! Travel day - made it back late, decided to switch it up with my Friday day off since I wasn't working.
Friday (Dec 11) - 7 miles, drills, strides. Absolutely gorgeous day to be off. Ran on the trail to Pat's place and did 4 with him, then ran back home and did drills and strides on my neighborhood road. Nice to get that out of the way earlier in the day.
Saturday (Dec 12) - 14 miles, 7:30-7:40 pace average. Cold and rainy outside, waited till early afternoon to get out there and battled it out on our G.C. trail long loop with Crystal. Came back into the wind and rain, and was pretty miserable. At that point, we picked it up and hit 5 miles or so around marathon pace. Felt pretty good till around mile 10, when my legs were getting really tired. Slowed it down the last couple miles which helped, but my legs felt like complete garbage at the end. Kudos to Mike and the other crazies that battled it out on the St. Louis Track Club Frostbite Series. Absolutely crappy conditions (rain, wind, cold), and Mike ran a pretty solid race.
Sunday (Dec 13) - 0! The snow and 30-50 mph gusts made it almost impossible to run outside. Plus, legs were dead, exhausted from a full week of work travel and running, and my couch's gravitational pull/vortex won. 41 miles this week. Getting better, I guess.
Monday (Dec 14) - 7 miles, no idea the pace. Crappy conditions, started with my 3 mile G.C. loop but the sidewalks were covered in snow. Ended up going to the trail, which had some snow but was light. Had a Forrest Gump moment since the trees were blocking out all the wind, and was a pretty, starry night. Just a very nice, peaceful setting. Criused home, stretched out massively afterwards since my legs were sore.
Tuesday (Dec 15) - 0! Was ready to run and was on the couch texting with Crystal since she was bailing out on our tempo run. Made the mistake of laying down while I texted her, and Franklin was purring next to me all cuddly and next thing I knew it was 2 hours later! Pretty angry at myself, just poor discipline.
Wednesday (Dec 16) - 7 total, 3 tempo at 6:28, 6;19, 6:19. Crystal had mapped out a 1 mile loop in her parent's neighborhood, located conveniently about 2 miles away. Jogged up there, roads were slick and had some slight precipitation. Started the tempo into a pretty stiff wind, and half the roads were covered in slush. Was just a rough run, and my hip flexors weren't firing at all not to mention traction was a bit of an issue. Felt like I was looking 1/4 of a stride at certain points. Anyways, battled through it - highlight was passing the guy riding his bike/walking his dog 3 separate times. He did a double take each time, but he gets credit for me surging through because I was not a happy camper out there. Cooled down on the way home, roads were starting to become a mess at that point, and barely made it back before it was getting really nasty. Took a hard spill on the sidewalk later that night walking to check on my car, which means no run outside for a while.
Tonight, hope to get in the scheduled 8, probably via treadmill!
As usual, have fallen massively behind. I last left off on the week of Dallas, so tried to piece together my workouts since then.
Wednesday (Dec 2) - 8 easy. Did with Crystal on the trail, and wasn't too bad. As usual, picked it up coming home but got through it ok. Average low 8's
Thursday (Dec 3) - Scheduled 6 with form drills, but I feel like I missed it for some reason.
Friday (Dec 4) - Scheduled off/traveled to Dallas for the White Rock Marathon weekend! Ken was running the full, Pat and Crystal the 1/2, and I was running the 5K for fun and pacing Ken the last 10K or so. Got in late, relaxed in our hotel, I had to get up early for my race.
Saturday (Dec 5) - Mayor's Race 5K - 19:02, 1st Place! Woke up early with the group, headed to Fair Park where the race was held. Nice morning, pretty warm and sunny. Warmed up 1 mile with Pat and got a quick tour of the course, which just looped all around the Park. Lined up up front, and went out with a small group. Was third after a quick first mile (5:43), and slowly worked my way up. The purpose of this race was to get in a decent workout and not overly kill myself, so just sat on the leaders for a while. Coming down early on the last mile, made a move but the leader covered it. Had made a mental note during warmup to kick when the finish line balloons were in sight (roughly 1/3 mile to go) and opened up a pretty big gap. The former leader tried to cover, but it was too late and I cruised in for the win. Did 1-2 mile cooldown with Crystal afterwards, relaxed the rest of the day around downtown Dallas which was just erfect weather - 70's. Total mileage - 5-6 miles: 5K splits were: 5:43, 6:14, 6:15. See picture above, one of the coolest pictures ever taken of me!
Sunday (Dec 6) - 7 miles on the White Rock Marathon Course. Got to play spectator for everyone, and jump in with Ken at the end. We didn't see Pat, but he was busy taking care of business and killed it on a great weather day (30-40's, sunny) and ran 1:55:32 PR!!!! Crystal also ran an amazing race (1:26:36) on tired legs for 3rd overall female - just an amazing racing year for her! She looked good when we saw her, and had some hamstring issues but battled it through. Ken, unfortunately, had some issues, but worked hard to finish a tough race. Proud that he gutted it out when he could have quit, and we had fun the last 10K just yucking it up and enjoying the scenary. Congrats to all on a great race! 34 miles for the week, not bad but certainly not good.
Monday (Dec 7) - 4 miles, 8:30ish pace. Off to Parsippany, NJ for a work conference! Made it in to the cold, dreary, east coast, and battled the evil treadmill in the hotel gym that had no air circulation.
Tuesday (Dec 8) - 8 miles, drills. Conference all day, started a treadmill run around 9 p.m. but gave up a mile into it because it was so hot. Strapped on some running clothes, got moving down the road. Was dark and a really creepy road with abandoned buildings, and was getting a bit freaked out since it looked like a setting for a Stephen King novel. Battled some stomach issues, had to stop in some weird dinner to use the bathroom and got a lot of nervous looks since I was dressed head to toe in black. Finally got out of there, almost had a panic attack with the scenary, messed up intersections, and the 55-60 mph cars whizzing by and just high tailed it back to the hotel. Hit 5:29 on that last mile, which is just ridiculous. Did drills outside, and finished my run on the treadmill with 2 at marathon pace.
Wednesday (Dec 9) - 8 miles. Refused to go outside again, suffered on the treadmill. Thank goodness there was some good college basketball on.
Thursday (Dec 10) - 0! Travel day - made it back late, decided to switch it up with my Friday day off since I wasn't working.
Friday (Dec 11) - 7 miles, drills, strides. Absolutely gorgeous day to be off. Ran on the trail to Pat's place and did 4 with him, then ran back home and did drills and strides on my neighborhood road. Nice to get that out of the way earlier in the day.
Saturday (Dec 12) - 14 miles, 7:30-7:40 pace average. Cold and rainy outside, waited till early afternoon to get out there and battled it out on our G.C. trail long loop with Crystal. Came back into the wind and rain, and was pretty miserable. At that point, we picked it up and hit 5 miles or so around marathon pace. Felt pretty good till around mile 10, when my legs were getting really tired. Slowed it down the last couple miles which helped, but my legs felt like complete garbage at the end. Kudos to Mike and the other crazies that battled it out on the St. Louis Track Club Frostbite Series. Absolutely crappy conditions (rain, wind, cold), and Mike ran a pretty solid race.
Sunday (Dec 13) - 0! The snow and 30-50 mph gusts made it almost impossible to run outside. Plus, legs were dead, exhausted from a full week of work travel and running, and my couch's gravitational pull/vortex won. 41 miles this week. Getting better, I guess.
Monday (Dec 14) - 7 miles, no idea the pace. Crappy conditions, started with my 3 mile G.C. loop but the sidewalks were covered in snow. Ended up going to the trail, which had some snow but was light. Had a Forrest Gump moment since the trees were blocking out all the wind, and was a pretty, starry night. Just a very nice, peaceful setting. Criused home, stretched out massively afterwards since my legs were sore.
Tuesday (Dec 15) - 0! Was ready to run and was on the couch texting with Crystal since she was bailing out on our tempo run. Made the mistake of laying down while I texted her, and Franklin was purring next to me all cuddly and next thing I knew it was 2 hours later! Pretty angry at myself, just poor discipline.
Wednesday (Dec 16) - 7 total, 3 tempo at 6:28, 6;19, 6:19. Crystal had mapped out a 1 mile loop in her parent's neighborhood, located conveniently about 2 miles away. Jogged up there, roads were slick and had some slight precipitation. Started the tempo into a pretty stiff wind, and half the roads were covered in slush. Was just a rough run, and my hip flexors weren't firing at all not to mention traction was a bit of an issue. Felt like I was looking 1/4 of a stride at certain points. Anyways, battled through it - highlight was passing the guy riding his bike/walking his dog 3 separate times. He did a double take each time, but he gets credit for me surging through because I was not a happy camper out there. Cooled down on the way home, roads were starting to become a mess at that point, and barely made it back before it was getting really nasty. Took a hard spill on the sidewalk later that night walking to check on my car, which means no run outside for a while.
Tonight, hope to get in the scheduled 8, probably via treadmill!
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