Cheston's Running Blog

12 easy miles.  First day of the ramp down for Logan.

12.4 miles for the day. Slept in a little this morning. Got lucky with an overcast, not too hot.

Speed work today. Just 4 miles of 1 mile repeats today. I'm liking this ramping down stuff.

Warm up of 3 miles.

First speed mile @ 5:31

Mile 2 @ 5:24

Mile 3 @ 5:19

Mile 4 @ 5:14

Cool down.

Finished the workour as always with weights, push and pull ups and the heavy bag.

A good workout. Maybe I'll try my luck at catfishing today.

Legs a little tired and sore today. Most likely from yesterdays speed with a combination of last weeks 90 miles.

It was an easy day. Nice and slow. Finished the last couple of miles around 6:30's.

A good 12 mile run this morning. 

Warm up followed by a 6 mile tempo.  Very happy with the results.  Pushing a hill the first couple, finished with an average time  of 5:55 per mile.

The last three I really wanted to get my pace under a 6 minute time, so I ran a 5:53, 5:58 and a 5:14.

The last mile a truck pulled along side of me and said, " Is someone in trouble" no I responded, "then why are you running so fast". 

"How old are you, and do you have a girlfriend"?  I responded by saying I am 33 and am married.  The girl in the passengers side said, "but do you have a girlfriend". 

I couldn't remember Bill's phone number to save my life.  Sorry Bill, she looked like she was looking for love.

As they left he said "Dude your hauling A_ _ !!,"  "Keep it up".

It's little experience like that, that make one feel better about their performance.  I believe I've got my speed back and confidence.  I'm getting exited for Logan.

Vomero 270 miles.

10 easy miles this morning. Pretty sore starting out, I'm sure from the speed of yesterday. After about 4 miles I loosened up and it felt pretty smooth.

I caught myself wanting to push the pace a little the last 3. I had to remind myself to stick to the game plan and that the speed was already done for the week.

12 easy miles this morning. Took about 4 1/2 miles to warm up. After that, I felt pretty good. The last three was a pretty good pace, nothing too fast.

Glad to be done for the week. I'm going to back off another 20 miles for next week. The body is still tired from last weeks 90 and this weeks 70. I don't want to get to the starting line over trained.