week starting 4/11 -
Sun: off
Mon: 8.25 mi / 60 minutes
Tue: 8 mi warmup / cooldown / recov
6x800 2:30R - 2:20, 2:25, 2:22, 2:21, 2:21, 2:17
with kevin and colin. fuckin RAD!
Wed: 9 mi / 63 minutes
Thu: 6 warmup
6x200 60R - 29, 29, 29, 28, 28, 26
Fri: 5.25 mi / 37 minutes
Sat: 7 miles warmup / cooldown
1500 @ Northeastern 4:05.xx - 63 / 2:08 / 3:16 / 4:05
cold, wet. decent opener though - first half of the race was good, would have liked to race better in the second half.
49 miles / 339 minutes
week starting 4/18 -
Sun: 13 mi / 90 minutes
Mon: off
Tue: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
8x400 60R
66, 64, 67, 65, 64, 65, 64, 64
w/ Colin, Kevin, and Tim. another good one.
Wed: 10 mi / 71 minutes with Will in the morning
Thu: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3x200 4x150 60R throughout
32, 31, 30, 19, 19, 19, 18
Fri: 9 mi / 61 minutes
Sat: 3.25 mi / 24 minutes - yes, i realize it's lame to only do as much as you need to get to 50 miles, but i was feeling a little trashy.
50 miles / 366 minutes
In general, the past three or four weeks have felt really, really good. I haven't had really any practices where I felt like mud, the weather has been mostly decent (compared to March) and I'm doing workouts where I feel comfortable at paces I haven't ever really run before.
In short, I am en fuego!
Eddy Lee
Friday, April 16, 2010
So Eddy Lee broke 4 minutes in the 1500m today.
Letsrun.com can probably explain better than I can:
http://www.letsrun.com/2010/eddylee0416.php
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=2270504
But the long and short of it, to me - a college kid posts on a message board that he wants to break 4 minutes for the 1500m - not the fastest time in the world by a long shot, but not necessarily easy. He says he won't stop until he does. One year passes and he gets a little closer but still quite a ways off - not necessarily doing the smartest training in the world, but he's on a college team. It's difficult to succeed under the best of circumstances when, well, you're not the most talented runner in the world - I empathize with him on that count. And his coaching is not necessarily the best, nor is college always the most ideal environment to be running fast.
I hopped onto the thread during my senior year's indoor season, because I was looking to do the same thing. I eventually ended up breaking 4 - not that year, but the next one. After, of course, moving to Boston, joining NBB, changing homes and jobs and cars and lives. And when I did, two of the people from that thread were at the meet, cheering. It kind of brought it full-circle for me - something I'd failed to accomplish in college was finally finished, and some of the people who knew what went into it were there to see it.
It's kind of the ultimate feel-good story - "Local boy does good." Except, as in almost all cases in real life, the 'doing good' is a lengthy process of years. Eddy Lee - whom I have never met in person - managed to take the really difficult task of actually doing what you say you will and made it happen. I'm always impressed by that. It's more about the dedication to the goal through tough places and long weeks than it being an Olympic quality time.
Eddy Lee - the running everyman! Through the rough California weather, the coaching, the illness, the altitude, the nay-sayers, the injuries, and everything else - you have persevered. You said you wouldn't give up, so you didn't.
AMEN!
Letsrun.com can probably explain better than I can:
http://www.letsrun.com/2010/eddylee0416.php
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=2270504
But the long and short of it, to me - a college kid posts on a message board that he wants to break 4 minutes for the 1500m - not the fastest time in the world by a long shot, but not necessarily easy. He says he won't stop until he does. One year passes and he gets a little closer but still quite a ways off - not necessarily doing the smartest training in the world, but he's on a college team. It's difficult to succeed under the best of circumstances when, well, you're not the most talented runner in the world - I empathize with him on that count. And his coaching is not necessarily the best, nor is college always the most ideal environment to be running fast.
I hopped onto the thread during my senior year's indoor season, because I was looking to do the same thing. I eventually ended up breaking 4 - not that year, but the next one. After, of course, moving to Boston, joining NBB, changing homes and jobs and cars and lives. And when I did, two of the people from that thread were at the meet, cheering. It kind of brought it full-circle for me - something I'd failed to accomplish in college was finally finished, and some of the people who knew what went into it were there to see it.
It's kind of the ultimate feel-good story - "Local boy does good." Except, as in almost all cases in real life, the 'doing good' is a lengthy process of years. Eddy Lee - whom I have never met in person - managed to take the really difficult task of actually doing what you say you will and made it happen. I'm always impressed by that. It's more about the dedication to the goal through tough places and long weeks than it being an Olympic quality time.
Eddy Lee - the running everyman! Through the rough California weather, the coaching, the illness, the altitude, the nay-sayers, the injuries, and everything else - you have persevered. You said you wouldn't give up, so you didn't.
AMEN!
MPW
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Pretty solid week. I'm not looking to do really anything besides keep it steady at 50 a week - no reason to go down, and no real reason to go up, either. My history with injury is well-defined enough that I'm willing to lounge at this mileage and just ride my fitness (or lack thereof) till the season's end.
Sun: 71 mins, 10 mi with Will at Battle Road
Mon: 60 mins, 8.25 mi
Tue: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3 x (3 x 300 90R) 5R
48, 48, 48, 46, 46, 47, 42, 44, 43
Good, once we got movin' - Kevin, Steve, Colin, and I.
Wed: 53 mins, 8.25 mi
Tried Steve's "SLAY EVERY RUN WITH FIRE" routine. Felt okay, but not likely to repeat. Probably going too slow for his mucho cajones, anyhow.
Thurs: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3x200 40R (4R) 2x300 60R (4R) 3x200 40R
29, 29, 29, 43, 44, 28, 29, 28
w/ Steve and Colin - solid, but windy.
Fri: off
Sat: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3 x (600 30R 200) 4R between sets
1:36, 29
1:37, 29
1:37, 29
w/ Steve, Tim. Cold and windy! Felt pretty okay considering those 600's were mile pace, and that's about my least favorite pace to run a 600 at.
tot: 49 miles (ugh), 372 mins
Sun: 71 mins, 10 mi with Will at Battle Road
Mon: 60 mins, 8.25 mi
Tue: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3 x (3 x 300 90R) 5R
48, 48, 48, 46, 46, 47, 42, 44, 43
Good, once we got movin' - Kevin, Steve, Colin, and I.
Wed: 53 mins, 8.25 mi
Tried Steve's "SLAY EVERY RUN WITH FIRE" routine. Felt okay, but not likely to repeat. Probably going too slow for his mucho cajones, anyhow.
Thurs: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3x200 40R (4R) 2x300 60R (4R) 3x200 40R
29, 29, 29, 43, 44, 28, 29, 28
w/ Steve and Colin - solid, but windy.
Fri: off
Sat: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3 x (600 30R 200) 4R between sets
1:36, 29
1:37, 29
1:37, 29
w/ Steve, Tim. Cold and windy! Felt pretty okay considering those 600's were mile pace, and that's about my least favorite pace to run a 600 at.
tot: 49 miles (ugh), 372 mins
MPW
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Pretty good week. The sun is shining! The birds are singing! My beard is gone! Clearly the three are correlated. I think I'm also pretty far ahead of where I was last year in workouts - the 500, 300, 200 workout last year around this time was significantly slower (also, significantly tougher-feeling). Today's felt really good - maybe a sign that I should have worked on the 500 a little harder, but c'est la vie.
Sun: 68 mins, 10 mi with Will at Wellesley.
Mon: Off.
Tue: 6 mi warmup
6x600 eq rest - 1:44, 1:43, 1:43, 1:43, 1:44, 1:44. This was pretty tough. Everyone else looked good and I was barely hanging on.
Wed: 58 min, 8.25 mi
Thu: First outdoor practice! I may have too quickly changed to t-shirts - it gets pretty cold at night - but who cares.
6 mi warmup
6x200 90R - 29, 29, 29, 28, 28, 28. Felt easy (as it should).
Fri: 52 mins, 7.25 mi
Sat: 6 mi warmup
4x 500 (300j) 300 (200j) 200 (500j)
1:20, 47, 32
1:22, 48, 32
1:22, 48, 31
1:21, 47, 30
Solid! Amazing weather. My newly-bald head is slightly sunburnt. I want to try and run all 7 days next week - work will be a little less wild and that'll help, energy-wise.
51 miles, 377 minutes
Sun: 68 mins, 10 mi with Will at Wellesley.
Mon: Off.
Tue: 6 mi warmup
6x600 eq rest - 1:44, 1:43, 1:43, 1:43, 1:44, 1:44. This was pretty tough. Everyone else looked good and I was barely hanging on.
Wed: 58 min, 8.25 mi
Thu: First outdoor practice! I may have too quickly changed to t-shirts - it gets pretty cold at night - but who cares.
6 mi warmup
6x200 90R - 29, 29, 29, 28, 28, 28. Felt easy (as it should).
Fri: 52 mins, 7.25 mi
Sat: 6 mi warmup
4x 500 (300j) 300 (200j) 200 (500j)
1:20, 47, 32
1:22, 48, 32
1:22, 48, 31
1:21, 47, 30
Solid! Amazing weather. My newly-bald head is slightly sunburnt. I want to try and run all 7 days next week - work will be a little less wild and that'll help, energy-wise.
51 miles, 377 minutes
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