D-Man

Ran a somewhat tough 12 miles with Jacki Hawthorn Park, Rose-Hulman, woodridge, etc.   Temp very cool 55 and breezy.  Legs are pretty tired.  Going to take it easy this week with an abbreviated workout Tuesday or Wednesday.

Tonight ran 5 mile Hasselburger loop at home easy in 36:43.  Last two miles in 14:15.  Pretty strong headwind still today.  A cold 45 degrees.  Legs a little dead from the last two days.  To be expected on a recovery day though.

Ran a somewhat tough 3.75 miles.  Pace was pretty quick, but just really tired from work today and from getting called in the middle of the night.  Ran sub 7 minute pace w/ first mile in 6:42, last mile in 6:19.  A very chilly 41 degrees.

Tonight ran a tough workout.  Ran a semiquick 3.5 miles at 6:30 pace, and felt pretty good.  Then at WW Jr. High track, was going to do a light 4x800m at goal pace.  Ended up doing the first one in 2:55, perfect, 5:50 pace, but legs burned really bad.  Didn't even breathe hard.  Went to do the second 800m and bailed just 100m in and called it a day.  Now legs have been twitching all evening and arches of my feet keep wanting to cramp up on me.  Sucks.  Work was very stressful today, got called at 3:45 this morning with problems from work and work continued downhill all day.  Gotta get some rest this week.  

Ran two miles tonight.  First mile in 6:55, second mile in 5:52.  Legs just still aren't there.  Did about 10 minutes on the Octane to warm up prior.  Temp really warm, 61 and sunny.  Weather is supposed to be perfect Saturday, sunny 48 and no wind.  Only got 4 hours of sleep again lastnight because of work...

Did not run tonight.  Drove up to Indy right after work, picked up our race packets and then ate Fazoli's.  First time in 4 months that I didn't miss a day.

Ran the Indianapolis Monumental Half Marathon today in 1:19:04 for 11th overall.  Most excellent race.  I was really worried going in as I've been exhausted all week from work.  Things really came together well for me.  The weather was perfect, and even though it was 50 degrees at the start, I shed my singlet and went without a shirt.  This was a last minute decision, so here I am putting my race bib on my shorts.  I hated to drop the singlet, it was a pricey one that I bought about 4 years ago.  My fastest half marathon in almost 10 years and 1 minute faster than three weeks ago.  Started out feeling a little sluggish as I needed to average 6:06 to beat my goal of breaking 1:20.

 Mile Splits

1 6:10  

2 12:15 (6:05)

3 18:19 (6:04)

4 24:24 (6:05)

5 30:24 (6:00) Started feeling good and picking off runners

6 36:21 (5:57)

7 42:27 (6:06)

8 48:33 (6:05)

9 missing

10 59:22 (10:49)  Not!!! Tim passes me and I try to hang with him.  17:31 for three mile stretch

11 1:06:04 (6:42) Not!!!  Must've been a little mishap on the markers

12 1:12:21 (6:17) Trying to pick up the legs at this point.  I remember thinking that I could possibly break 1:19 at this point.

13 1:18:28 (6:07)

F 1:19:04 (0:36) 

Unless I start feeling itchy to compete again soon, I'll be switching to "mileage mode" for a couple of months.

They've made a correction to the race results.  I actually finished 10th overall.  Woo Hoo!