Your Week in Training Oct 3 - 9

Day	miles	type
Mon	08	easy	49°F
Tue	--		Not a good time to take three days off. But it's prudent. So I do so.
Wed	--		Proprioception, strength and core work each day.
Thu	--
Fri	14		67°F Back on the trail again.
Sat	--
Sun	20	race	60°F 5 up, Army Ten Miler (ATM) 72:09 (7:13/mile), 5 down.
Week	42
YTD	1,763

Perfect weather for the ATM ... imperfect training. But, given the hand I've been dealt, stepping back when necessary [and suffering a consequent loss of aerobic fitness] is the right thing to do.

And since we had perfect weather here ... Nick had it at Steamtown too ... just sayin'

And Steamtown's results aren't on their website, last I checked, but I hope Nick checks in soon.

Getting over my cold this week

M - rest
T 6
W 6.5
R 9.5
F 1 (with jogging stroller then realized 20 mph winds and stroller don't mix)
S 10.5
Sun 10.5

44 week, 1598 year.

Not training for anything right now, just trying to maintain whatever base I can for the next event.

Week 12 of training for Philly:

Tuesday: Easy 7 miles (9:04/mile)
Wednesday: 8 miles with 1 x 16 min and 1 x 8 min. both intervals between HM and 10k pace
Friday: 20 miles with 9 at or below MP (around 7:40-7:45/mile)
Sunday: 8 easy miles (8:52/mile)

Total 43 miles....not a bad week considering I missed a day or running due to other commitments.

M - 5 am; 4 pm
T - 8 x 800. 11 miles total
W - 15
Th - 12. At this point I was thinking I would go for 90 this week. By 3 pm at work I had pain shooting/radiating down my right shin bone.
F - Off
S - Off
S - 17. R calf was tight and bunching during run. But got through it and realize I need to pay attention to the little things more. Not the big mileage

Mon 11
Tue 10
Wed 11
Thurs 12
Fri 0
Sat 11
Sun 15.5

I've shuffled my running days around, so this schedule looks a little weird. Still, it's the move I've run since the Eugene Marathon back in May. I'm starting to build the long trail miles in preparation for Tecumseh in December.

Mon: Hilly trail: 13.1 miles
Tue: Rest
Wed: Rest
Thu: 6 miles easy
Fri: 4 miles hilly
Sat: Rest
Sun: 8 miles easy

Week: 31.1

Mark B wrote:I've shuffled my running days around, so this schedule looks a little weird. Still, it's the move I've run since the Eugene Marathon back in May. I'm starting to build the long trail miles in preparation for Tecumseh in December.

Mon: Hilly trail: 13.1 miles
Tue: Rest
Wed: Rest
Thu: 6 miles easy
Fri: 4 miles hilly
Sat: Rest
Sun: 8 miles easy

Week: 31.1

What weird? You are just lazy, Mark.

Another solid week for Jerry:

Mon: 3
Tue: 12 with mile 5 -7 @6:03, 5:58, 5:59. I've never tempo'd at this pace at this kind of mileage. I see break through in my training. Feel free to congratulate me!

Wed: 12
Thu: 8
Fri: 12
Sat: 20
Sun: 10

Weekly: 77

Jerry wrote:

Mark B wrote:I've shuffled my running days around, so this schedule looks a little weird. Still, it's the move I've run since the Eugene Marathon back in May. I'm starting to build the long trail miles in preparation for Tecumseh in December.

Mon: Hilly trail: 13.1 miles
Tue: Rest
Wed: Rest
Thu: 6 miles easy
Fri: 4 miles hilly
Sat: Rest
Sun: 8 miles easy

Week: 31.1

What weird? You are just lazy, Mark.

Shh! Don't let the word out, Jerry. It might start a new fad.

Definition for proprioception:
Web definitions:
the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts.

Supposed to be the last week of taper. Made a last minute decision to not run CHicago so I added a ten mile run on Saturday. Now I'll do the last week of taper again.

Mon - 6 miles easy
Tue - 7 miles with 4 at pace to pace - 10
Wed - 6.1 miles easy
Thu - 5 miles easy
Fri - Rest
Sat - 10 miles easy
Sun - 12 miles with 2 x 3 at roughly a little under pace

Week - 46 miles
YTD - 2,153 miles

M-3mi @8:07 pace
Tu-rest
W-4.09mi @7:37 pace
Th-rest
Fr-rest
Sa-2.03mi @7:19 pace
Su- 26.2 mi Chicago Marathon 3:14:41 PR


Weekly-35mi YTD-1328

Mark, it's already caught on over here.

2 runs and a bike ride this week.

I almost feel human again and actually... wait for it... WANT to run.

Mike MacLellan wrote:Mark, it's already caught on over here.

2 runs and a bike ride this week.

I almost feel human again and actually... wait for it... WANT to run.

good to hear, Mike. Just take it easy getting back into it.

Tue - road, 5 miles, 46 min
Thu - road (in the morning, even), 4.5 miles, 42 minutes.
Fri - TM, 5 miles, 44 min
Sat - road, 5 miles in the rain, 44 min
Sun - road, 7 miles in the driving rain, 1:02:00

Total - 26.5 miles (21.5 on the road) in a needed step back week. I don't know whose weather we got, but it certainly wasn't Florida weather. 9 inches of rain over the weekend without a single lightning bolt or thunderclap. Weird, but it felt good.

M: 3 easy

T: 5 easy

W: 3 easy

Th: 0

Fr: 0

Sa: Heartland 50 mile completed in 10:22 or 23

Su: 0

Week: 61

YTD: 1844