Monday: 4 miles (9:22), 4.4 miles (9:14). Still feeling some soreness in the right leg. Finally some cooler weather, but good running weather 45-49 degrees.
Tuesday: 7 miles (9:21), 4 miles (9:21). First run included 20 second pickups on each mile.
Wednesday: 4 miles (9:13), 4 miles (9:29). First run on the treadmill, second run was my favorite parking lot run at the Streets of Indian Lake. It is nicely lit up, so it works well for runs after sunset.
Thursday: 2 miles (9:47), 6.3 miles (8:08), 1 mile (10:25). 2 Mile Warmup at Drakes Creek Park and then off to the HHS Track. Plan was 3 x (2@7:45 + 90s jog). Usually I warm up and get faster towards the end, but I started to struggle on the last half mile of the second set and didn't hit the pace on the last 3 miles. The 6 tempo miles were 7:42, 7:40, 7:40, 7:49, 7:51, 7:49. But my heart rate was highest on the first set (163) and stayed under 160 on the last two miles. So I clearly didn't put in the effort to get the pace. Legs felt a bit heavy, but I should be able to push to a higher heart rate. I also added an additional 90 second jog between the 5th and 6th miles, which was not the original plan.
Friday: 3 miles (9:13), 2 miles (9:30). Short treadmill run during lunch, but went to run a second time and just didn't feel like running so stopped at 2 miles.
Saturday: 9 miles (10:09). The plan was to run Bongo to Bongo and add miles to get in a 20 mile run. But I am not used to running in these temperatures (32 at start), and my legs just felt stiff. After 4.5 miles, my fingers were frozen and I turned back and legs felt so heavy I couldn't even get under a 10 minute pace. I hope I have what it takes to get in 20 miles on the treadmill tomorrow.
Sunday: 20 miles (9:13). Nothing more frustrating than planning to get your long run in on Saturday and not completing it. Weather wasn't good in the morning, so I started with 13 miles on the Treadmill while watching Denzil Washington in "The Equalizer" and then went to Drakes Creek Park for 7 miles. The treadmill run was a progression from 6.3 mph to 7.0 mph and my legs were pretty tired by the time I got to DCP. So it was 9:30+ easy miles for the last 7. But I got the 20 miles.
Total Miles: 70.7 miles. First back to back 70 mile weeks since early June last summer. So that is a good sign. I really need to be hitting 70 mile weeks for the next 2 months, with maybe a couple exceptions for some half marathon racing.
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Sunday, January 22, 2017
January 16 - January 22 Training
Monday: 16 miles (9:16). Since I was traveling this past weekend, I did the long run today. I was planning on 18-20, but the right leg was feeling sore starting on mile 14. Hopefully just soreness from driving 600 miles over the weekend.
Tuesday: 3 miles (9:35), 5 miles (8:49). On the first run, quads felt sore and I felt pretty stiff from yesterday's long run. I was able to get a session on the Normatec leg recovery system between runs and felt much better on the second run, which included 25 second pickups each mile.
Wednesday: 2 miles (9:16), 7 miles (8:08), 1 mile (9:56), 3.1 miles (9:12). Started with a 2 mile warmup at Drakes Creek Park and then headed to the Hendersonville High School Track. Ran 3 miles at sub 8:00, 1/2 mile jog, 2 miles at sub 7:40, 1/2 mile jog, 1 mile at sub 7:15. The 6 tempo mile splits were 7:57, 7:51, 7:50, 7:33, 7:30, 7:08. Added a 3 mile shakeout run a couple hours later at the Streets of Indian Lake.
Thursday: 4 miles (9:13), 3 miles (9:13). Two treadmill runs since it was a steady rain all day. This afternoon my right leg started to hurt while walking as I push off on it. Hard to explain, like high up on the leg. It doesn't hurt while I ran, just walking.
Friday: 2 miles (9:30), 4 miles (8:16), miles (9:40). After a 2 mile warmup, ran 8 x (.15 miles @ sub 7:00 + .35 miles @ sub 9:00). Then a 2 mile cooldown. Right leg still hurting some and I could feel it on impact during the fast intervals.
Saturday: 3 miles (9:32), 5 miles (9:29). Woke up with my right leg feeling better, but in the afternoon it started to hurt again after driving to Franklin and back to get my car serviced.
Sunday: 2 miles (9:41), 5 miles (8:22), 3.1 miles (9:43). The training plan called for 20 miles today, but with my sore right leg, I didn't think that was a good idea. So I thought I would run fewer, but try to get some quality miles in. So I started with a 2 miles warmup at Drakes Creek Park and then went over to the HHS Track and ran 2@8:00, 1/2@jog, 1@8:00, 1/4@jog, 1@8:00, 1/4@jog and then back to DCP for the cooldown. I could tell this was tougher than running the fast miles on Wednesday. The first mile at the track was about the same pace as Wednesday, but my heart rate was 8 beats higher on the first mile. The body is just not the same every day.
Total Miles: 70.2 miles. Still managed to reach 70 miles with the reduced run on Sunday since I had done a long run on Monday. Volume should stay in the 70-80 mile range until London except for some weeks with some half marathon races.
Tuesday: 3 miles (9:35), 5 miles (8:49). On the first run, quads felt sore and I felt pretty stiff from yesterday's long run. I was able to get a session on the Normatec leg recovery system between runs and felt much better on the second run, which included 25 second pickups each mile.
Wednesday: 2 miles (9:16), 7 miles (8:08), 1 mile (9:56), 3.1 miles (9:12). Started with a 2 mile warmup at Drakes Creek Park and then headed to the Hendersonville High School Track. Ran 3 miles at sub 8:00, 1/2 mile jog, 2 miles at sub 7:40, 1/2 mile jog, 1 mile at sub 7:15. The 6 tempo mile splits were 7:57, 7:51, 7:50, 7:33, 7:30, 7:08. Added a 3 mile shakeout run a couple hours later at the Streets of Indian Lake.
Thursday: 4 miles (9:13), 3 miles (9:13). Two treadmill runs since it was a steady rain all day. This afternoon my right leg started to hurt while walking as I push off on it. Hard to explain, like high up on the leg. It doesn't hurt while I ran, just walking.
Friday: 2 miles (9:30), 4 miles (8:16), miles (9:40). After a 2 mile warmup, ran 8 x (.15 miles @ sub 7:00 + .35 miles @ sub 9:00). Then a 2 mile cooldown. Right leg still hurting some and I could feel it on impact during the fast intervals.
Saturday: 3 miles (9:32), 5 miles (9:29). Woke up with my right leg feeling better, but in the afternoon it started to hurt again after driving to Franklin and back to get my car serviced.
Sunday: 2 miles (9:41), 5 miles (8:22), 3.1 miles (9:43). The training plan called for 20 miles today, but with my sore right leg, I didn't think that was a good idea. So I thought I would run fewer, but try to get some quality miles in. So I started with a 2 miles warmup at Drakes Creek Park and then went over to the HHS Track and ran 2@8:00, 1/2@jog, 1@8:00, 1/4@jog, 1@8:00, 1/4@jog and then back to DCP for the cooldown. I could tell this was tougher than running the fast miles on Wednesday. The first mile at the track was about the same pace as Wednesday, but my heart rate was 8 beats higher on the first mile. The body is just not the same every day.
Total Miles: 70.2 miles. Still managed to reach 70 miles with the reduced run on Sunday since I had done a long run on Monday. Volume should stay in the 70-80 mile range until London except for some weeks with some half marathon races.
Monday, January 16, 2017
January 9 - January 16 Training
Monday: 5 miles (8:49), 4 miles (8:44). Finally outside after 6 days on the treadmill. 43 degrees felt pretty good.
Tuesday: 2 miles (8:56), 5 miles (8:11), 1 Mile (8:57). 2 Mile warmup and then over to the HHS Track. 4 x (1 mile @ 7:40 + 400m jog), 1 Mile Cooldown. Mile splits were 7:40, 7:38, 7:33, 7:33. They were tougher than I expected. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, but I moved it up since I will be traveling this weekend and want to move up the workouts. I could be feeling the effects of running everything sub 9 this past week making it harder to hit the workouts.
Wednesday: 8 miles (9:07). After pushing a bit on the first mile to get sub 9, I decided to not keep up the streak of having every mile sub 9. The body needed some easier running, which wasn't sub 9, but was pretty close. I was also into a pretty stiff wind on some of those miles.
Thursday: 2 miles (9:33), 5 miles (9:47), 1 mile (9:29), 3 miles (9:13). 2 mile warmup at Drakes Creek Park followed by 16 x (400m@sub 1:50 + 100m slow walk) at the HHS Track with a 1 mile cooldown. Added a 3 mile shakeout run on the treadmill after a leg session with the Normatec. I felt pretty weak on the warmup, so I wasn't expecting to do well at the track. Most of the 400m's were in the 1:40-1:45 range with a few above it and the last one at 1:38. So I did better than I was expecting.
Friday: 6 miles (9:08). Easy miles at Drakes Creek Park. New heart rate monitor. First time I ran with a HR monitor in a long time. Avg. HR was 143, max 151. Garmin gave me an initial VO2 max of 44 and predicts a 3:45 marathon for me. We'll see how that improves now that I am exactly 100 days to the London Marathon.
Saturday: 3 miles (9:13). Short treadmill run before driving to Kingsport, TN, to visit family.
Sunday: 4 miles (9:21). Ran on the golf course golf cart path at the Kingsport Marriott resort. Pushing the long run to Monday to due the family visit this weekend. Drove back late Sunday afternoon.
Total Miles: 48 miles. Low mileage due to travelling and no long run. But on Sunday, my run streak reached 2 years. Time to start year 3 on Monday.
Tuesday: 2 miles (8:56), 5 miles (8:11), 1 Mile (8:57). 2 Mile warmup and then over to the HHS Track. 4 x (1 mile @ 7:40 + 400m jog), 1 Mile Cooldown. Mile splits were 7:40, 7:38, 7:33, 7:33. They were tougher than I expected. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, but I moved it up since I will be traveling this weekend and want to move up the workouts. I could be feeling the effects of running everything sub 9 this past week making it harder to hit the workouts.
Wednesday: 8 miles (9:07). After pushing a bit on the first mile to get sub 9, I decided to not keep up the streak of having every mile sub 9. The body needed some easier running, which wasn't sub 9, but was pretty close. I was also into a pretty stiff wind on some of those miles.
Thursday: 2 miles (9:33), 5 miles (9:47), 1 mile (9:29), 3 miles (9:13). 2 mile warmup at Drakes Creek Park followed by 16 x (400m@sub 1:50 + 100m slow walk) at the HHS Track with a 1 mile cooldown. Added a 3 mile shakeout run on the treadmill after a leg session with the Normatec. I felt pretty weak on the warmup, so I wasn't expecting to do well at the track. Most of the 400m's were in the 1:40-1:45 range with a few above it and the last one at 1:38. So I did better than I was expecting.
Friday: 6 miles (9:08). Easy miles at Drakes Creek Park. New heart rate monitor. First time I ran with a HR monitor in a long time. Avg. HR was 143, max 151. Garmin gave me an initial VO2 max of 44 and predicts a 3:45 marathon for me. We'll see how that improves now that I am exactly 100 days to the London Marathon.
Saturday: 3 miles (9:13). Short treadmill run before driving to Kingsport, TN, to visit family.
Sunday: 4 miles (9:21). Ran on the golf course golf cart path at the Kingsport Marriott resort. Pushing the long run to Monday to due the family visit this weekend. Drove back late Sunday afternoon.
Total Miles: 48 miles. Low mileage due to travelling and no long run. But on Sunday, my run streak reached 2 years. Time to start year 3 on Monday.
Sunday, January 8, 2017
January 2 - January 8 Training
Monday: 7 miles (8:39), 3 miles (8:44). Felt good to get home after driving from Birmingham on Monday morning. A nice 7 mile run at Drakes Creek Park felt good in the afternoon. Added the 3 miles at the Monday Brixx run. Good start for the week with 10 miles @ 8:40.
Tuesday: 6 miles (8:53). Easy treadmill run. It looks like a treadmill week looking at the weather forecast.
Wednesday: 6 miles (8:39). Was planning on running 8@8:20, but such a late start with workers at the house putting down new hardwood floors.
Thursday: 4 miles (8:57). Late run as the workers stayed to finish up the hardwood floors.
Friday: 7 miles (8:57).
Saturday: 9 miles (8:28), 6 miles (8:57). First run was a 9 mile progression on the treadmill from 6.7 mph (8:57) to 7.5 mph (8:00). Easy second run.
Sunday: 12 miles (8:57), 3 miles (8:57). Had planned on doing a long run 17-19, but felt pretty tired after the 12 easy miles, probably from the effects of running 15 miles on Saturday. Added an easy 3 miler late afternoon to make it back to back 15 mile days.
Total Miles: 63 miles. A decent week with 63 miles. Every mile was sub 9:00, which I'm not sure I have ever done in the past. If I did, it would have been 2-3 years ago. Probably shouldn't run them all sub 9:00, but that was my plan for this week (not the coach's plan).
Tuesday: 6 miles (8:53). Easy treadmill run. It looks like a treadmill week looking at the weather forecast.
Wednesday: 6 miles (8:39). Was planning on running 8@8:20, but such a late start with workers at the house putting down new hardwood floors.
Thursday: 4 miles (8:57). Late run as the workers stayed to finish up the hardwood floors.
Friday: 7 miles (8:57).
Saturday: 9 miles (8:28), 6 miles (8:57). First run was a 9 mile progression on the treadmill from 6.7 mph (8:57) to 7.5 mph (8:00). Easy second run.
Sunday: 12 miles (8:57), 3 miles (8:57). Had planned on doing a long run 17-19, but felt pretty tired after the 12 easy miles, probably from the effects of running 15 miles on Saturday. Added an easy 3 miler late afternoon to make it back to back 15 mile days.
Total Miles: 63 miles. A decent week with 63 miles. Every mile was sub 9:00, which I'm not sure I have ever done in the past. If I did, it would have been 2-3 years ago. Probably shouldn't run them all sub 9:00, but that was my plan for this week (not the coach's plan).
Monday, January 2, 2017
December 26 - January 1 Training
Monday: 2 miles (9:13). Quick 2 mile Treadmill run before starting the drive to Florida. Made it to Valdosta, GA, on Monday night after very heavy traffic around Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Tuesday: 5.5 miles (9:36), 4.5 miles (9:37). After making it to the Windsor Hills Resort outside of Orlando, I managed a couple slow runs. Not used to running with temps in the low 80's. Sore legs from driving.
Wednesday: 3.3 miles (9:42). Tough running after a full day at Universal Studios Orlando.
Thursday: 4.5 miles (9:23). Struggling to motivate to run while on vacation.
Friday: 7 miles (8:31). Had some cooler weather in Orlando, so I was able to run at a little faster pace.
Saturday: 2.5 miles (9:42). Long, long day at Disney World and I had pretty tired legs when I got
back. I ran to keep the streak alive.
Sunday: 2 miles (9:22). First drove from Orlando to Ft. Walton Beach to drop off our nieces and Carmen's Mom and then drove to Birmingham. 11.5 hours in the car, but running two miles on the treadmill felt good. I was pretty drained after driving the last 120 miles in a steady downpour of rain!
Total Miles: 31.3 miles. A low volume week due to being on vacation and a lot of driving. Normal training resumes on January 2nd.
Tuesday: 5.5 miles (9:36), 4.5 miles (9:37). After making it to the Windsor Hills Resort outside of Orlando, I managed a couple slow runs. Not used to running with temps in the low 80's. Sore legs from driving.
Wednesday: 3.3 miles (9:42). Tough running after a full day at Universal Studios Orlando.
Thursday: 4.5 miles (9:23). Struggling to motivate to run while on vacation.
Friday: 7 miles (8:31). Had some cooler weather in Orlando, so I was able to run at a little faster pace.
Saturday: 2.5 miles (9:42). Long, long day at Disney World and I had pretty tired legs when I got
back. I ran to keep the streak alive.
Sunday: 2 miles (9:22). First drove from Orlando to Ft. Walton Beach to drop off our nieces and Carmen's Mom and then drove to Birmingham. 11.5 hours in the car, but running two miles on the treadmill felt good. I was pretty drained after driving the last 120 miles in a steady downpour of rain!
Total Miles: 31.3 miles. A low volume week due to being on vacation and a lot of driving. Normal training resumes on January 2nd.
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