High-Octane

Here's the details:

I met a guy (Gene Johnson) at the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day in Gruene. He is my age and ran a little ways behind me in the race. After the race he came and asked the usual questions and we compared running notes. Come to find out he is a seasoned marathoner and actually ran Boston last year. He took my phone number with the intent to call and coordinate a run with me. Saturday evening he called and I accepted his invitation to come to New Braunfels and run a long run with him. His goal was 18 miles at about the same pace as me. I was planning to run 20 but said 18 would be good.

I met up with him at 6:30. It was plenty warm and humid. We exchanged plesantries and then took off. I think his running style is very even paced where mine is typically more like running fartleks. :-) The course was very hilly, for me, with several elevation changes of 100, 200, 300 feet. I had to walk some of the hills while he just plodded along up all the hills. He stoped three times for water and restroom breaks but I would contine to run circles while I waited on him. (This is where I gained and additional mile.) We did stop at a convienence store but I didn't stop my watch but run in, got some water and continued running circles outside (8:42 mile) while he bought and drank some gatorade.

All in all the run was okay. I didn't feel great from start to finish but based on the course and training level I'm pretty pleased. 

Hopefully Gene will ask me to come run again with him. :-)

9 miles - Small Loop + Smallville. 42 degrees (nice). No watch but between easy and marathon pace. (About 70 minutes)

I Just Ran

This felt good! (except for the foot)

Really felt strong on this run. As you can see I really picked up the pace for the last 3 miles...not like I could do that for long but it was good to have the energy and strength to know that I could do it. 

Slow and not enjoyable.

Out and back run up Old Lehmann Rd. Haven't run this in a while as it has a 300 ft. elevation gain going out. Managed 4 miles at marathon pace but it was cheating on the downhill miles. I said I wouldn't complain any more but I'm going to complain...my foot is really bothering me. (sorry, had to get that out)

No Heat Monitor, 52 Degrees, 56% Dewpoint, 80% Humidity. Should have been a nice day to run but really not enjoyable. 

4 Easy with some upper body weight in between each mile at the gym.

Nothing special...just running.

Decided to get it this morning... 

Walk, Jog, Run - Some spurts down at the 5:00 pace.

I'm running a 5K tomorrw with Callie (she is coming home for the weekend :-). Not sure if I'm going to actually run it or just go along with her. I'm probably in 19:30 condition but not sure if I'm ready to try and break 19:00...we'll see.

Today was just a shake out run.

For the Love of Go 5K

This was not really a target race. Just jumped in because Callie came home and wanted to run it. Couldn't really decide if I wanted to attempt a PR or just run for fun. Running 50+ miles this week with no real speed training hasn't really set me up for a PR.

I warmed up for 2 miles @ a 8:15 pace and got back to the start about a minute after the race had started. I decided to wait for everyone to start so I was the last across the start line. :-) started out at a comfortable pace but not really pushing it, still deciding how hard I wanted to run. After about a half mile I picked it up a little. Some rolling hills kept it from being really easy so I just settled into a hard but comfortable speed. After the second mile I decided to hurt a little so I started to pick up the pace. It was actually kinda fun passing almost everyone in the race. (I think there were over 250 runners.)

Ended up 2nd overall and 1st in my age. Was announced as a "Boston Qualifier". :-)

6:38

6:35

6:16

19:43 total

(Forgot to stop my watch at the end so not sure of the exact distance. )

No running since the race on Saturday. I had a pretty bad cold that morning and it's only gotten worse. Hopefully I can start running again tomorrow.

Gym - 2 Miles TM @ 8:00, 2 Miles TM @ 7:45, 1 Mile TM @ 7:30, Upper Body Weights inbetween runs.

Hopefully I'm back on track for training now. Great running weather this morning so I went a little longer than planned. Mile 4 was the nasty hill and the last three miles I picked up the pace to very hard effort at the end.

7 miles easy at 9:15 pace. For some reason my fpot was swollen up and very uncomfortable today... :-(