Love2Run

AM: 10 miles easy.

PM: 8 miles easy. I didn't think I was going to get this run in. After my morning run we had some really violent weather. Heavy winds and rain. But it stopped before my run.

AM: Warm up run. 2 x 5000m fast. Cool down run to get my morning 10 miles.

This workout felt really good. In fact, I have been very pleased with how my running has been going recently. I think I am in the best condition I have ever been in, and it FEELS GOOD.

PM: 8 miles easy.

AM: 10 miles very easy.

PM: 8 miles at a moderate pace.

AM: 15 miles easy with 200 m sprint at the end of each mile. I have been doing 200m sprinting at the end of each mile during my long runs for the past few weeks, and it seems to really be helping.

PM: Easy 6 miles.

AM: 6 easy miles between rainstorms.

AM: 10 miles at a good pace.

PM: 8 miles easy.

AM: Ran an easy warm up run. Then ran a 5K time trial resulting in a new PR, which made me very happy. Cool down run to get 10 miles.

PM: Very easy 8 miles.

AM: Very, very slow and easy 10 miles. Yesterday's time trial took more out of me than I thought. At the start of the run, I thought I would never finish it, but after about 6 miles my body started loosening up a bit.

PM: Easy 8 miles. Felt much better than this morning's run.

AM: 10 easy miles. Still tired from the other day.

PM: 8 easy miles.

AM: 10 miles of fartlek.

PM: 8 easy miles

AM: This morning was my long run for the week. Did 15 miles with 200m sprints at the end of each mile.

PM: Very easy 6 miles

This is end of a very good week of running. I have reached the maximum distance that I have been working toward. Now I will try to very gradually increase quality of my workouts.

AM: 6 miles easy

AM: 10 miles hard. I really pushed it this morning. I wanted to finish before it started raining.

PM: 8 easy miles. Started raining hard and I got drenched.

AM: 10 easy miles. I concentrated on my running form during this run. Usually when I do my easy runs, I like to concentrated on my form.

PM: Easy 8 miles.

AM: Fun 10 miles easy in the rain. Actually the rain felt really good this morning.

PM: Very humid 8 miles.

AM: 10 miles at a fast pace.

PM: 8 miles at a moderate pace.

AM 10 miles easy. It didn't cool down much during the night, so it was hot and humid for my run. I probably didn't take in enough fluids before the run, and I felt a little dehydrated at the end. I need to be more careful in the future.

PM: Easy 8 miles. Felt much better during this run than during the morning run.

AM: Got a late start on my run this morning. It was raining so hard early in the morning I was afraid I was going to have to cancel my long run, but it stopped. Ran 15 miles easy with 200m sprints at the end of each mile.

PM: Ran late in the evening because of rain. Ran 6 easy miles in misty rain.

AM: 6 easy miles in the heat (29C) and humidity (94%).

AM: 10 easy miles

PM: 8 easy miles.

For the internship that I am doing, I must select a topic from a list of possible choices of a technical problem to work on. I must come up with some possible solutions to the problem and select an optimum solution and develop a plan to carry out the solution. I must then give a presentation to my supervisor. It sounds really exciting. I have narrowed down my choices for a topic to two. The deadline for submitting the topic is this week, so I must make a decision.

Engineering is really an exciting field. I am loving it.

AM: Ran a short warm up. Then ran an 800m time trial. My time was 2:15.26.

Not as good as I had hoped for. In last years high school rankings in Japan, that would have put me at 172nd place. To break into the top 100, I need to get that down to 2:14.26. Only one second. There is only one second difference between the 100th place ranking and the 172nd place ranking in last years rankings.

Then I ran 15 x 400m sprints, and finished off with a cool down run to get 10 miles.

PM: Ran a very easy 8 miles.

AM: Very sore from yesterday's workout. Did a very easy 10 miles. Felt like I was running in slow motion.

PM: Easy 8 miles

AM: 10 miles of fartlek

PM: 8 miles easy

AM: Easy 10 miles. There were more people out running this morning. It is a National Holiday. The set this day as a holiday last year. This would have been the opening day of the 2020 Olympics. The Olympics are supposed to start next year on this day, but I wonder if it will really happen.

PM: Easy 8 miles.

AM: Long run of 15 miles with 200m sprints at the end of each mile.

PM: 6 easy miles.

End of another GREAT week!

AM: 6 easy miles

AM: Warm up run. 3 x (200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m). Cool down run to get 10 miles.

PM: 8 easy miles

AM: 10 easy miles.

PM: 8 easy miles.

AM: Warm up run. 20 x 400m sprints. Cool down run to get 10 miles.

PM: Easy 8 miles.

AM: 10 easy miles. I run the same course everyday. I am thinking I should change courses every once in a while, but I enjoy this course.

PM: 8 easy miles.

AM: 10 miles at a good steady pace.

PM: 8 easy miles.