Yesterday ran 3.5 miles in the am with Patty. It was supposed to be 8 lol but i got there approx 40 min late so it was rapidly downgraded to finishing the end of his 11 mile run. Of course i could have easily kept going but... you know.
Then i didnt take a nap(watching olympics) or go to bed early(doing some iq tests because i was watching are you smarter than a fifth grader and this fat whale who was a member of mensa(one of my pet peeves-people who declare they are smarter than everyone else) came on so i of course had to google and do these tests. They had all these fill in the blank question it wasnt really an iq test- well sort of- like pattern recognition and recall from culture- like 24 H in a D was the example. My proudest one was getting 9 P in S A- in fact im not sure how i got that because i didnt know it obv. Lucky lol. Continuing I then did not go to sleep at all thanks to 2 mountain dews at the agoris birthday/graduation party. Since i havent had any mountain dew in aprox 5-10 years the double caffiene was obv a problemo.
So i watched a movie(16 blocks a not bad bruce willis movie) from 2-3 and then went to do the papers. Unfortunately THEN i was falling asleep and then crashed into the curb meh and popped the tire. So put on the spare and out 110 bucks grr.
Wow that was very detailed heh.
"On to the Theater!" I mean the workout. It was fair today better than Friday at least hahaha. 1.5 wu then 3x1600 starting ev 7:00 standard stuff- at least i can still do these semi-ok. Merritt,Ethan,Darin,Amanda and Allison were all running various parts of it. M,D,E were doing 400s and the 2 As were doing 200s. times for me 556,555-6,550. They were hitting 89-90 on the 400s. Darin was better than last week def at least so good. Merritt was good but the last two were hard she was gasping a bit. That was fast though def the fastest workout of that length since the surgery. Ethan looked good too good for him!
The only issue is that my heel was fairly sore after ugh it shouldnt be sore after a workout at that pace. ANd the knee as well. The track might bee the problem obv- but i like running on the track at least sometimes. idk ack. Next week im 100% going to measure an 800 loopo on the grass soccer field at mcd and run on that sometimes. that track is not that hard either. i want a new left leg.
also sierra is leaving tom which is sad i sent her a nice text.hmph.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
"that time was abysmal",7/22-7/28 recap
Quoting yourself in the title is the sign of a mind that is truly lost.Actually im just referencing batman begins. in case you cant tell i am significatnly sleepy due to no nap but rather several hours of olmypic watching. Right now im trying to not watch the results of the nighttime swimming that already happened. phelps wasnt too good in the trials so well see. The NBC coverage starts at 8 so im trying to wait until then. Of course theyll prob wait till 9 or something to show those races- if they do that im just gonna look at results.
ANYWAY, i did a "race" yesterday. It was "terrible" lol. Actually it was fairly fun and medium hard but sooooo slow haha. It was at Hammond HS and the course was quite good. And by good i mean hilly and trails in the woods with little stream crossings and logs etc- it was fun- reall y a perfect first race back- i believe its been about 10 months since i did a race yeesh- although i could have forgotten one. So started out after a solid 2 mile WU in about 5th place behind a pack of fairly good Hoco HSers i think- maybe young college idk? Ran along at at good rate the first 800 or so was just around a big field then we went into the woods. 1-2 more people passed me in the first mile and i started checking the watch and looking for the mile mark. 4:57(obv not),5:29(hm it should be here somewhere),6:04(oof there it is- haha). Of course it didnt get any faster from there as the second mile had one fairly serious hill in it and more importantly i was running as fast as a badly injured slug by this point. Another guy or two passed me in this mile which was covered in a scintillating 7:10. Obv i was unconcerned with the time at this point and was just looking for a way to get lost or something. Actually i was tired and moving slow but it wasnt horrible obv. The third mile proceeded along- i actually passed someone(who stopped to walk twice) and finished in 21:07. Obviously a fairly long way from 16s(or 17s) haha. Actually got through a 800 wd and then left wet footprints on the parking lot as i walked to the car barefoot because i was so drenched heh.
Today ran w keenan 6ish miles at the l res trail. We basically resolved the fact that there is no dry river crossing unless the water is very low then it could be doable. Its prob best to just plosh thru the river and do the runs- thats what we used to do. My knee is doing fairly well- my left heel has actually been sore i think its from the comboination of running in unaltered new red shoes thrusday am w patty,race and then run the next am. Its getting better tho at least i should know how to mnanage that ive only had it for 10ish+ years heh.
So i thought i would try to do a little recap each week on here to make it a little easier to see larger blocks of time(and of course that means i will do it this week and then never again lol)
So this week was solid except for the stinky race(which i obv get a pass on- itll be a more accurate measure in 10 days for the 2 mile)
42 miles,8 runs, 1 workout- 10x1:00/2:00 jog,1 semi race 5kXC 21:07
Goal for next week- 40-45 miles,2 workouts(12x400 84,3-4x1600 6:00-6:05 +1 long run 8 miles)
ANYWAY, i did a "race" yesterday. It was "terrible" lol. Actually it was fairly fun and medium hard but sooooo slow haha. It was at Hammond HS and the course was quite good. And by good i mean hilly and trails in the woods with little stream crossings and logs etc- it was fun- reall y a perfect first race back- i believe its been about 10 months since i did a race yeesh- although i could have forgotten one. So started out after a solid 2 mile WU in about 5th place behind a pack of fairly good Hoco HSers i think- maybe young college idk? Ran along at at good rate the first 800 or so was just around a big field then we went into the woods. 1-2 more people passed me in the first mile and i started checking the watch and looking for the mile mark. 4:57(obv not),5:29(hm it should be here somewhere),6:04(oof there it is- haha). Of course it didnt get any faster from there as the second mile had one fairly serious hill in it and more importantly i was running as fast as a badly injured slug by this point. Another guy or two passed me in this mile which was covered in a scintillating 7:10. Obv i was unconcerned with the time at this point and was just looking for a way to get lost or something. Actually i was tired and moving slow but it wasnt horrible obv. The third mile proceeded along- i actually passed someone(who stopped to walk twice) and finished in 21:07. Obviously a fairly long way from 16s(or 17s) haha. Actually got through a 800 wd and then left wet footprints on the parking lot as i walked to the car barefoot because i was so drenched heh.
Today ran w keenan 6ish miles at the l res trail. We basically resolved the fact that there is no dry river crossing unless the water is very low then it could be doable. Its prob best to just plosh thru the river and do the runs- thats what we used to do. My knee is doing fairly well- my left heel has actually been sore i think its from the comboination of running in unaltered new red shoes thrusday am w patty,race and then run the next am. Its getting better tho at least i should know how to mnanage that ive only had it for 10ish+ years heh.
So i thought i would try to do a little recap each week on here to make it a little easier to see larger blocks of time(and of course that means i will do it this week and then never again lol)
So this week was solid except for the stinky race(which i obv get a pass on- itll be a more accurate measure in 10 days for the 2 mile)
42 miles,8 runs, 1 workout- 10x1:00/2:00 jog,1 semi race 5kXC 21:07
Goal for next week- 40-45 miles,2 workouts(12x400 84,3-4x1600 6:00-6:05 +1 long run 8 miles)
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
light wo w jeff and mer
SO wo today- i felt fairly good after yesterday which is good. Knee not too bad at all. We did 1 wu then 5-6x800 starting ev 5:00. Jeff was approx- 3:25,3:13,3:16,3:26,?,2:58. Merritt was approx 3:36,3:37,3:38,3:47 for the bigger loop,3:39-40. Jeff looked good the two-three slower ones helped him run faster on the others obv. Merritt looked good for three and then didnt feel good one the last two. It was def better than the 10 400s wo from a month ago so thats good- progress is good. 1 mile wd I felt good on the variety of paces from 6:00 pace up to 7:20 pace no worries really. Just keep drinking as much as possible- it was fairly nice today but its supposed to be quite hot tom.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
keep hydrating
Did a wo today. 10x1 min with 2 min jog. There was a bit of extra rest i think 90 seconds after the 8th one as we were going to the bathroom. it was ok obv hard to tell- i did a couple of them on the track and did like a 270 in the minute or something like that. It was quite humid and fairly hot- i was drenched by the end lol. so 1 wu then say 4+ miles in the 30 min of running(call it 4)- i did the first mile in just about 7 min but some of the rest was obv slower. then just under 3 miles wd with merritt afterwards. so 8 total which is good. Well see how my knee is tom i didnt ice it because ash came to hurdle and then sarah was vaulting. so well see what that does it doesnt seem to be that big of a deal sometimes idk. I think ill prob do the 3 mile xc race on friday even though it will prob be slow heh.
Monday, July 23, 2012
web,web and snake
So yesterday ran at the river rd trail and it was a flaashback to old school horsehead- even more so as i was covered in spiderwebs after about a mile. Went out 17 min and then came up on two horses so just turned around rather than forging by etc and scaring the horses. Added 6 min on at the end for a 5+ total. Then today did a light wo with the team(10x1 min/2min jog- which im going to do tomorrow also heh) and then did a mile at the end with some extra running. So total of hm 38 min plus a short mile so... say 5.5. I really need to run more which im def going to do tom.
Wo then run w merritt.it got a little confusing trying to get everyone there at the right time but everyone will be there obv.
Wo was good today merritt and jeff did 10 and everyone else did 6(sierra did 7) Sierra is doing quite well i wish i could get her to run in college. Merritt was nice and speedy on the 100s def. Ash did good and survived 18 min run and then did the 100s fine. darin looked tired until the last 100 lol. A lot of people didnt run very much last week.
Oh the second web means the shed is like something out of indiana jones there were two enormus spiders in there- both dead and about 50 other spiders- and about 1000000 ants. Then there was a snake in allisons garage but i didnt have to go get it out lol apparently it left on its own. It reminded me of when the snake crawled down into the washing machine and i had to get it out. heh it was cute.
Wo then run w merritt.it got a little confusing trying to get everyone there at the right time but everyone will be there obv.
Wo was good today merritt and jeff did 10 and everyone else did 6(sierra did 7) Sierra is doing quite well i wish i could get her to run in college. Merritt was nice and speedy on the 100s def. Ash did good and survived 18 min run and then did the 100s fine. darin looked tired until the last 100 lol. A lot of people didnt run very much last week.
Oh the second web means the shed is like something out of indiana jones there were two enormus spiders in there- both dead and about 50 other spiders- and about 1000000 ants. Then there was a snake in allisons garage but i didnt have to go get it out lol apparently it left on its own. It reminded me of when the snake crawled down into the washing machine and i had to get it out. heh it was cute.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Mission Valley Park
Ah so a very nice run today. I ran a super easy 20 minutes w matt on tuesday. Other than that i took mon and wed off and was feeling not so good and sluggish. Guess im semi addicted to running after all lol. Also our diet in SD consists of rotating meat,candy and soda so that is mostly tasty but also annoying. Also im not used to eating so much lol and ive cut back the last two days.
Anyway the run today was awesome. I climbed the 4-5 minute mountain and then went out to the power lines almost. I should have run once more here before this week but its all good ill run here more next time. I really should run by the bay at some point too. Of course the weather was fanfuckingtastic lol. I think i should prob move here heh. At least for the weather def no wonder its expensive to live here. Tomorrow run in the am.
Knee has gotten much better after light week but obv now sore again. Idk if i should tkae like 2 weeks off(which im not going to do anyway) cuz i feel like itll feel better and better and then feel exactly the same when i start again. Idk.
Anyway the run today was awesome. I climbed the 4-5 minute mountain and then went out to the power lines almost. I should have run once more here before this week but its all good ill run here more next time. I really should run by the bay at some point too. Of course the weather was fanfuckingtastic lol. I think i should prob move here heh. At least for the weather def no wonder its expensive to live here. Tomorrow run in the am.
Knee has gotten much better after light week but obv now sore again. Idk if i should tkae like 2 weeks off(which im not going to do anyway) cuz i feel like itll feel better and better and then feel exactly the same when i start again. Idk.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
break in weather
Itscooled off a fair amount which is niceesp for the people on the team. I havent been bothered really at all cuz im not running enough for it to make a diff and hydrating fairlywell. I didnt even look to see when the last post was but this is the week so far:
Sun ran by myself after droppingoffthecar at the garage. out to river rd trail then up forsythe and back to house. it was Super humid i was drenched during and after the run lol. 5.5 total felt ok
Mon ran at mcd- we did approx 3.5 mile loop then did 2 laps w darin then 2 laps w ash and then 7 200s w ash in approx 41 down to 39 then the last one in 35. Felt ok was def tireder than i should have been for sure meh. but no worries just keep plugging away
Today was at h more. Ran w keenan first 1 wu then 1 min runs semi fast we started on a 2 min break for the first one then went to a 1 minute break- we did this for 15 min total with a stop in the middle to let the tohers know what was going on. Then 3 miles easy w merritt sarah m ethan. Keenan was a bit tired on the 3 miles he still has a ways to go but hes working at it. I wish some of theen could run on their own cuz a lot fo people are running like 3 days a week which is obv better than nothing but not enough obv. Merritt looked a lot better today which was encouraging well see how tom goes. The cooler weather will prob help her recover. Ethan was still a little bit tired although at the end he looked a bit better.
My knee is kind of stable right now which is good in that its runnable generally and bad because it doesnt seem to get better and im not running more than 6 miles per day generally which is obv not enough. Be patient obv also my feet were a bit sore the last couple days i think i should try the heel inserts. At least it keeps the insoles from sliding out the back if nothing else lol.
Sun ran by myself after droppingoffthecar at the garage. out to river rd trail then up forsythe and back to house. it was Super humid i was drenched during and after the run lol. 5.5 total felt ok
Mon ran at mcd- we did approx 3.5 mile loop then did 2 laps w darin then 2 laps w ash and then 7 200s w ash in approx 41 down to 39 then the last one in 35. Felt ok was def tireder than i should have been for sure meh. but no worries just keep plugging away
Today was at h more. Ran w keenan first 1 wu then 1 min runs semi fast we started on a 2 min break for the first one then went to a 1 minute break- we did this for 15 min total with a stop in the middle to let the tohers know what was going on. Then 3 miles easy w merritt sarah m ethan. Keenan was a bit tired on the 3 miles he still has a ways to go but hes working at it. I wish some of theen could run on their own cuz a lot fo people are running like 3 days a week which is obv better than nothing but not enough obv. Merritt looked a lot better today which was encouraging well see how tom goes. The cooler weather will prob help her recover. Ethan was still a little bit tired although at the end he looked a bit better.
My knee is kind of stable right now which is good in that its runnable generally and bad because it doesnt seem to get better and im not running more than 6 miles per day generally which is obv not enough. Be patient obv also my feet were a bit sore the last couple days i think i should try the heel inserts. At least it keeps the insoles from sliding out the back if nothing else lol.
Friday, July 6, 2012
raf os keew ko
This is the best i have title wise right now haha. Still quite hot. yest did 1 wu then 16x300 at variable speed with franklin group of keenan darin merritt ethan and on my own for 3 of them. Times anywhere from 1:00 to 1:22 lol fairly big range. Mostly with keenan in around 112-114. This was on the 400 field obv. Today ran w merritt at l res trails out to second river crossing and back that is def 4 miles not 5 which is fine just trying to remember. So down to the lake and back would be about 5.5+. Merritt feeling tired and ethan was tired yest. people get worn down a little from constant 95-100 degree temps. ive done a pretty good job of staying hydrated also not running super much makes it easier obv.
i had 20 in 3 days so add 5.5 and 4. Id like to run again tonight but i dont really feel like it im sleepy. my sleep has been crappy this week btw. Also need to get the san diego trip issues resolved asap i need to talk to the new manger linda who has been awol for like a week ugh. well see. Tomorrow running w anna and patty then potentially again w ash in the afternoon depending on heat. also she hurt her back falling down the steps meh. i am hot and clammy from cleeaning the house i will shower and then evaluate running this pm.
Knee feeling ok i think i left my knee strap at other house hmph hopefully its still there otherwise ill prob get a new one.
Oh medium big news is that im feeling kind of unmotivated to run rockville this year. i dont know it would be bad to have the streak come to an end- its really my only active streak of any kind but im not really feeling it. might do a 3 mile xc race the next week instead. esp if i end up actually staying in sd the whole time id have to fly back and then run that night which might be a little extreme even for me. as always (oiy) we'll see.
i had 20 in 3 days so add 5.5 and 4. Id like to run again tonight but i dont really feel like it im sleepy. my sleep has been crappy this week btw. Also need to get the san diego trip issues resolved asap i need to talk to the new manger linda who has been awol for like a week ugh. well see. Tomorrow running w anna and patty then potentially again w ash in the afternoon depending on heat. also she hurt her back falling down the steps meh. i am hot and clammy from cleeaning the house i will shower and then evaluate running this pm.
Knee feeling ok i think i left my knee strap at other house hmph hopefully its still there otherwise ill prob get a new one.
Oh medium big news is that im feeling kind of unmotivated to run rockville this year. i dont know it would be bad to have the streak come to an end- its really my only active streak of any kind but im not really feeling it. might do a 3 mile xc race the next week instead. esp if i end up actually staying in sd the whole time id have to fly back and then run that night which might be a little extreme even for me. as always (oiy) we'll see.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
ok week so far
took sunday off. Then ran 6 miles on monday i cant quite remember what it was. it was at mcd w the group- 4 miles then 1.5 miles in just over 10 min then 4x200. 38,38,39,37. The 37 was hard which is annoying hmph. My knee was a bit sore after this which is also aggravating since its not even really a wo. it seems to be very slowly getting better.
tuesday am i ran with tt last run with him for quite a while hes going to italy for a year. 3 miles barefoot haha i wasnt sure if i put my shoes in the car and didnt check and obv i hadnt. no biggie we ran on the grass and its nice to actually be able to do that- amazing really. Tues pm was run at h more at least i got there a little early and ran 6 min extra- need to get that up to 10-20 min soon. Anna was there but she ran on her own- her foot is bothering her also not the plantar but her seismoid only for like 2 weeks though but hopefully get rid of that. Need to make ssure she is eating well.
today was nice run at trail w merritt. out to monkton and back it was semi hot but not terrible when we finished. Also very annoyingly something happened to the river bank so you cant easily get into the water its like a cliff now. Ughhhh theres a little trail that goes down to the left that offers some access which will do in the future. i didnt get in today cuz it took a little while to find and by then i didnt feel like it. We have to make sure she is not dehydrated! My knee was prety much fine today. Some kind of wo tomorrow i think we will do continuous 300s(and by we i mean franklin) i will prob do that obv but go before and do something else. 1.5 wu, if they do 12 300s w 100 jog thats 3 then before that i could do hm 16-12-8-4 at like 6 min pace. that is a fair amount obv but that is pretty good i think. try to get the timing right obv if theres too much stnading around in between its not ideal obv.
So 20 miles in 4 days with 4 runs and one day off. Fair- i want 44 mpw for july. Im also keeping it on the written day calendar cuz its easier to see all in one place there.
tuesday am i ran with tt last run with him for quite a while hes going to italy for a year. 3 miles barefoot haha i wasnt sure if i put my shoes in the car and didnt check and obv i hadnt. no biggie we ran on the grass and its nice to actually be able to do that- amazing really. Tues pm was run at h more at least i got there a little early and ran 6 min extra- need to get that up to 10-20 min soon. Anna was there but she ran on her own- her foot is bothering her also not the plantar but her seismoid only for like 2 weeks though but hopefully get rid of that. Need to make ssure she is eating well.
today was nice run at trail w merritt. out to monkton and back it was semi hot but not terrible when we finished. Also very annoyingly something happened to the river bank so you cant easily get into the water its like a cliff now. Ughhhh theres a little trail that goes down to the left that offers some access which will do in the future. i didnt get in today cuz it took a little while to find and by then i didnt feel like it. We have to make sure she is not dehydrated! My knee was prety much fine today. Some kind of wo tomorrow i think we will do continuous 300s(and by we i mean franklin) i will prob do that obv but go before and do something else. 1.5 wu, if they do 12 300s w 100 jog thats 3 then before that i could do hm 16-12-8-4 at like 6 min pace. that is a fair amount obv but that is pretty good i think. try to get the timing right obv if theres too much stnading around in between its not ideal obv.
So 20 miles in 4 days with 4 runs and one day off. Fair- i want 44 mpw for july. Im also keeping it on the written day calendar cuz its easier to see all in one place there.
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