While Sarah snoozes in the haze of post-brunch euphoria, I thought I'd run down quickly what I've been doing the past two weeks running-wise. I'm more or less happy with how things went in February, and am hoping taking a very down week this week (aka: run if I feel like it, which I've done twice) will help cure all ills. Not being able to get on any soft surfaces for a couple of weeks in a row really doesn't feel good - my shins / plantar fascia / hips were all complaining really loudly.
Week beginning Feb 6th -
Sun: 8 mi, 58 mins - Would've done more but got out a little too late and didn't want to get hit by a car.
Mon: off
Tue: 6 mi warmup / cooldown (roughly)
5 sets of 3x400, 60R, 3 minutes between sets, @ 3k 5k 3k 5k 3k pace.
This went pretty well and I actually went a little faster than assigned on a few reps (supposed to hit 70's and 74's). With Murner, Foote, Chris, and Dan L.
9.5 total
Wed: 9.5 mi, 68 minutes - On the treadmill @ work, lifted.
Thu: 8.46 mi, 60 minutes - Treadmill.
Fri: 4 mi, 32 mins - Stupidly went outside. Fuck you newtonites! Shovel your damn sidewalks like decent civilized human beings. Or hire someone to do it for you. You can afford it.
Sat: 8 mi, 59 mins warmup / cooldown
Ran le mile @ Valentine's, ended up with a 4:24 (which is exactly what I was shooting for). I was a little worried that I was just going to run a 66 and my legs would explode - I've never really run the mile off just 3k work before. Every training program up until this year has always included a huge volume of mile race pace work even before I get to my first race. It's a little scary going into your favorite event and feeling totally unprepared, so I ran very conservatively. As soon as the gun went off, I just dropped to the back and chilled - I was seeded at 4:20 so the front of the group was going to be running 63-64's...at the beginning, anyhow.
It was definitely a different kind of experience, running from the back like that - and being very conservative. For one, I had absolutely no traffic to deal with. I was sitting about 2 meters behind everyone else in dead last, and no one was attempting to cuddle or make out with me on the track. Almost every other race I've run indoors, I've had to fend off would-be suitors from my lane. The other difference is that I wasn't really in as much pain as I normally would be at the 800 mark, so I was able to make more conscious race decisions rather than relying on furious animal instinct to get me to the line intact. Admittedly, my conscious race decision was "chill out, you don't want to blow up" and I waited till 400 left to pass some people, but I could've made the decision otherwise too. I feel like there were maybe a few seconds left out there from running too conservatively, but the consequences of going out too hard were great enough that I think it made good sense to play it how I did.
Anyhow, total for the week: 49 mi, 343 minutes.
Week beginning Feb 13 -
Sun: 10.25 mi, 77 mins - Around BC for a small eternity. I think this was the day I saw Archard and Sasha out there. My hamstrings were extremely blackened toast after the mile.
Mon: 9 mi, 65 minutes - With Stewbeef and Willycizzle around BC.
Tue: 45 mins warmup / cooldown
4x 600 60R 400 2.5R (35, 34 pace) 6x150 at the end
Was supposed to be 5, just suckin' hard. Foot hurt, so I did it in trainers, and was around 2 seconds off every 600 and 1 second off most of the 400's.
9 miles total
Wed: off
Thu: 6 mi, 45 mins - slow around the res, but nice day.
Fri: 6.5 mi warmup / cooldown
1.5ish miles of 6 x 1 minute on, 1 minute off
Felt godawful, started pouring during the cooldown.
Sat: 7.8 mi, 56 mins - still felt like trash.
50 miles, 366 minutes o'erall
The next day I finished off indoor with an 8:51 in the 3k at USATF-NE's, playing it exactly the opposite of my mile at Valentine's - went out a little too quick, wound up in no-man's-land, and was in ruinous agony from 600 to go. Still a respectable time, but I wish I had split it a little more intelligently than 2:52 / 2:58 / 3:01. Going out in 2:52 actually felt surprisingly good - I didn't feel that bad till maybe 1k or 800 to go, which is a far cry from my experience at Terrier where I didn't feel great from maybe 1400 meters onwards. I would've liked to run faster than my opener but I feel like I'm at least in better shape, which is all I really wanted headed towards outdoors. Huzzahhhh.
Now I'm going to go eat a clementine. Au revoir, pour maintenant.
Showing posts with label track. Show all posts
Showing posts with label track. Show all posts
Something Witty About Mileage
Monday, February 7, 2011
Hooray! A week of decent running despite the weather. Mostly my good fortune in getting in any kind of mileage arose from a combination of unwillingness to admit that running around the Res was lunacy...and the fact that my workplace has a treadmill.
Without much more ado about nothing:
Sun: 85 mins, 11.75 miles - around Newton with WillyCizzle.
Mon: 44 mins, 6 miles - cold windy putzfest around the Res.
Tue: 68 mins, 10.75 mi - uglytough workout with Dan L., Foote, and Avery.
1 mi - 2k - 1 mi - 1k - 1k, constant 2.5min rest.
Hit something like 5:05, 6:33, 5:04, 3:05, 3:03.
Wed: 60 mins, 8.34mi - on the treadmill at work, lifted.
Thu: 47 mins, 5.5 mi - Snowy res run.
Fri: 60 mins, 8.5 mi - treadmill.
Sat: 60 mins, 9.79 mi - 9 am workout with Dan L.
1 x mile, 4 x 400 - 2 sets. 4 mins after mile, 2 mins between 400's.
4:54, 68's for first set.
5:19 (ow), 68, 67, 65, 64 for second set.
tot: 60 miles, 428 minutes
Without much more ado about nothing:
Sun: 85 mins, 11.75 miles - around Newton with WillyCizzle.
Mon: 44 mins, 6 miles - cold windy putzfest around the Res.
Tue: 68 mins, 10.75 mi - uglytough workout with Dan L., Foote, and Avery.
1 mi - 2k - 1 mi - 1k - 1k, constant 2.5min rest.
Hit something like 5:05, 6:33, 5:04, 3:05, 3:03.
Wed: 60 mins, 8.34mi - on the treadmill at work, lifted.
Thu: 47 mins, 5.5 mi - Snowy res run.
Fri: 60 mins, 8.5 mi - treadmill.
Sat: 60 mins, 9.79 mi - 9 am workout with Dan L.
1 x mile, 4 x 400 - 2 sets. 4 mins after mile, 2 mins between 400's.
4:54, 68's for first set.
5:19 (ow), 68, 67, 65, 64 for second set.
tot: 60 miles, 428 minutes
MPW
Saturday, December 11, 2010
It took about two weeks for my hip problem to fade enough to actually run with some amount of consistency, so the two weeks previous to this one were not great. On the order of 30 milesish not great. But here I am, now atop the monstrous mileage heights of 50 a week, and feeling good (or at least better).
I had a sneaking suspicion that given the kind of trouble I was having running workouts that I might have needed to throw the towel in entirely. I am supremely glad that this is not the case. I'm looking forward to a long winter of freezing warmups and 3k pace intervals with Mr. McCann hammering away with me.
Here's what went down this week.
Sun: off
Mon: 61 mins / 8.5 mi
Cleveland Res.
Tue: 56 mins / 7.75 mi
Cleveland Res.
Wed: 7 miles warmup & cooldown
10 x 400 70R mostly 69's and 70's, one 68
9.5 mi total
Reggie was kinda busy, but at least there weren't masters runners jogging 5 lanes wide.
Thu: 59 mins / 7.75 mi
Cleveland Res.
extremely cold, wish I had a beard still.
Fri: 6 miles warmup & cooldown
8 x 600 1:45R 1:45-1:46 the whole way with Steveo. Reggie was empty after the meet, which was MUY awesome.
Saturday: 8.5 mi / 61 mins
Went up to Cold Spring with Will, almost punted a small dog. We also discussed that our preferred family car is one of these.
total: 51 miles, 363 minutes
I had a sneaking suspicion that given the kind of trouble I was having running workouts that I might have needed to throw the towel in entirely. I am supremely glad that this is not the case. I'm looking forward to a long winter of freezing warmups and 3k pace intervals with Mr. McCann hammering away with me.
Here's what went down this week.
Sun: off
Mon: 61 mins / 8.5 mi
Cleveland Res.
Tue: 56 mins / 7.75 mi
Cleveland Res.
Wed: 7 miles warmup & cooldown
10 x 400 70R mostly 69's and 70's, one 68
9.5 mi total
Reggie was kinda busy, but at least there weren't masters runners jogging 5 lanes wide.
Thu: 59 mins / 7.75 mi
Cleveland Res.
extremely cold, wish I had a beard still.
Fri: 6 miles warmup & cooldown
8 x 600 1:45R 1:45-1:46 the whole way with Steveo. Reggie was empty after the meet, which was MUY awesome.
Saturday: 8.5 mi / 61 mins
Went up to Cold Spring with Will, almost punted a small dog. We also discussed that our preferred family car is one of these.
total: 51 miles, 363 minutes
In The Books
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Another year of running has passed from ardent toil into luxurious lethargy. It's been a good one - in fact, I don't believe I've ever not been happy with a season when it comes to a close. There's always more to be accomplished but that is not any reason to turn down the opportunity to rejoice in what was done. My coach in college said something along the same lines, with a good deal more succinctness: "Be happy, but not content."
I didn't have any wildly astonishing breakthrough races this year, just a series of Bubka-esque infinitesimal improvements. I did have a few serious clunkers - the 4:35 mile during indoors was pretty breathtakingly bad. I'm still not sure what was up with that, but it didn't prove to be a pattern, so no worries. I also managed to run a pretty lackluster 3k coming off the flu, and a handful of mediocre 800s.
I also dropped my mile PR by 5 seconds, and my 1500m PR by .05 seconds. Heyo!
It's a little strange how the activities of our lives can provide the structure to our years that are not seen or felt by our peers not involved in those same activities. Certainly for students, up until graduation, there is a natural ebb and flow to the year; that summer marks the end and fall the beginning. Running tends to follow that same schedule, merely because it is convenient to piggyback upon the collegiate races and line up with the summer championships.
But it's also invisible to the people I work with, my family (somewhat), and just the everyday person on the street. My year has just ended. My labor is done - I reaped what I sowed. What cycle are they in the midst of, what unseen endeavor has just ended? It could be something as mundane as the NBA finals just finishing, or far more. I don't doubt the possibility of the latter. It's often that we are so taken with who we are and our place in the scheme of the world that we disregard the chance of another's importance. It's probably necessary to our survival (once upon a time, physical...and now just emotional and mental) to put ourselves foremost.
At the same time that it is necessary to have some time off to rejuvenate both my will to kick other pasty guys' asses in a combined physiological and mental prowess wankfest, I also have almost no idea what to do with myself when I just yank the one run a day out of my schedule. Usually that marks the height (in my mind) of my productivity during the day. You're actually out there just...improving yourself. I'm not sure that can be said for too many other things I do during my day, but maybe I'm being a bit too hard on said other things.
Right now all I've seriously considered doing for the next two weeks or so is:
* changing the oil in the RX-8 (I should do that after I finish this...)
* getting the unholy dent in it estimated / fixed
* taking said vehicle to lime rock or another track to try my hand at autocross (why not?)
* reading all the books in my towering stack
* picking up some new jams
* resumption of any & all wildly unrealistic creative endeavors
* complaining about how my ceiling fan does not work while I sip on lemonade and ponder future aerobic conquests
And so I am off to engage in that final bullet item.
I didn't have any wildly astonishing breakthrough races this year, just a series of Bubka-esque infinitesimal improvements. I did have a few serious clunkers - the 4:35 mile during indoors was pretty breathtakingly bad. I'm still not sure what was up with that, but it didn't prove to be a pattern, so no worries. I also managed to run a pretty lackluster 3k coming off the flu, and a handful of mediocre 800s.
I also dropped my mile PR by 5 seconds, and my 1500m PR by .05 seconds. Heyo!
It's a little strange how the activities of our lives can provide the structure to our years that are not seen or felt by our peers not involved in those same activities. Certainly for students, up until graduation, there is a natural ebb and flow to the year; that summer marks the end and fall the beginning. Running tends to follow that same schedule, merely because it is convenient to piggyback upon the collegiate races and line up with the summer championships.
But it's also invisible to the people I work with, my family (somewhat), and just the everyday person on the street. My year has just ended. My labor is done - I reaped what I sowed. What cycle are they in the midst of, what unseen endeavor has just ended? It could be something as mundane as the NBA finals just finishing, or far more. I don't doubt the possibility of the latter. It's often that we are so taken with who we are and our place in the scheme of the world that we disregard the chance of another's importance. It's probably necessary to our survival (once upon a time, physical...and now just emotional and mental) to put ourselves foremost.
At the same time that it is necessary to have some time off to rejuvenate both my will to kick other pasty guys' asses in a combined physiological and mental prowess wankfest, I also have almost no idea what to do with myself when I just yank the one run a day out of my schedule. Usually that marks the height (in my mind) of my productivity during the day. You're actually out there just...improving yourself. I'm not sure that can be said for too many other things I do during my day, but maybe I'm being a bit too hard on said other things.
Right now all I've seriously considered doing for the next two weeks or so is:
* changing the oil in the RX-8 (I should do that after I finish this...)
* getting the unholy dent in it estimated / fixed
* taking said vehicle to lime rock or another track to try my hand at autocross (why not?)
* reading all the books in my towering stack
* picking up some new jams
* resumption of any & all wildly unrealistic creative endeavors
* complaining about how my ceiling fan does not work while I sip on lemonade and ponder future aerobic conquests
And so I am off to engage in that final bullet item.
Windy MPW
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
A really nice week with some solid workouts gradually devolved into windy and rainy at the end. Boooo. I went to Icahn Stadium on Saturday to run the NYC Qualifying Challenge - didn't miss my race this time (probably solely due to Chris bringing it up every other workout this year - I owe him thanks) but it wasn't exactly a time to write home about. It's not a huge deal in the big scheme of things; I just would have liked to have a better idea of where I am currently at race-wise, as well as a confidence boost going into our 'home meets.'
After the meet I drove down to Millstone, NJ and watched Arnold Schwarzenegger cover himself in mud. What a quality film.
Sun: 57 mins, 8 mi
Mon: 32 mins, 5 mi
Tue: 48 mins, 6 mi warmup / cooldown
2k 1200 1200 400, 5R
6:31 3:30 3:28 57
surprisingly good workout. i usually loathe the 1200's but managed to actually hit the paces for once.
Wed: off
Thu: 48 mins, 6 mi warmup / cooldown
300 3R 4x150 250j 300
43, didn't time the 150's, 41
we actually had a huge crew for thursday. colin, brendan, paul, chris, tim, steve, and myself. 7 middle distance runners! what is the world coming to.
Fri: 49 mins, 7 mi
Sat: 35 min, 5 mi warmup / cooldown
4:07.00 at Icahn, 64 / 66 / 67 / 50.
tot: 43 miles, 302 minutes
After the meet I drove down to Millstone, NJ and watched Arnold Schwarzenegger cover himself in mud. What a quality film.
Sun: 57 mins, 8 mi
Mon: 32 mins, 5 mi
Tue: 48 mins, 6 mi warmup / cooldown
2k 1200 1200 400, 5R
6:31 3:30 3:28 57
surprisingly good workout. i usually loathe the 1200's but managed to actually hit the paces for once.
Wed: off
Thu: 48 mins, 6 mi warmup / cooldown
300 3R 4x150 250j 300
43, didn't time the 150's, 41
we actually had a huge crew for thursday. colin, brendan, paul, chris, tim, steve, and myself. 7 middle distance runners! what is the world coming to.
Fri: 49 mins, 7 mi
Sat: 35 min, 5 mi warmup / cooldown
4:07.00 at Icahn, 64 / 66 / 67 / 50.
tot: 43 miles, 302 minutes
Weak MPW
Sunday, May 2, 2010
A pretty lame week, mileage wise - the practices and race went pretty well, but that was all the running I did. I can't figure out if it was allergies or something else, but I felt like a piece of pizza that has been frozen and microwaved 3 times looks. Congested, muscle pain, sore throat - usually an indication I am about to get run over by the Mack truck that is influenza. So I basically didn't run on non-practice days, hoping to recover enough to be able to get on the track and do workouts - they're kind of more important this time of year anyhow. I'm not sure that this is normally what you should do when you get sick, but thankfully this illness wasn't severe enough that my lack of common sense did any real harm.
Sun: Brown Springtime Invite
7 mi warmup / cooldown w Alliette and Foote
1500m - 4:02.xx. 65 / 2:10 / 3:15-6 w 47-46 close
Good race! Cold and rainy, but this is a pretty spanking solid time for this early in the season, especially off a slower pace through 800m.
Mon: off
Tue: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
5x1200 60R - another cold and crappy day that improved as the workout went on. Managed to actually stick to the pace despite weather - all 3:50's.
Wed: off (still feeling awful)
Thurs: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3x200 2x300 3x200
with Steve and Colin...can't think if anyone else was there.
Fri: still off (wtf, body)
Saturday: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3x200 2x300 500 2x300 3x200 600
90R throughout except 10 minutes before the 600.
31, 31, 31, 46, 46, 1:18, 47, 47, 31, 31, 30, 1:26
REALLY GOOD
REALLY HOT
PICTURES WERE TAKEN
tot: 33 miles, 241 mins
I'm planning on getting back on the ball this week. One week down won't kill me this late in the game, considering my collegiate endeavors at the end of the season were mostly off of practices and biking for recovery days.
Sun: Brown Springtime Invite
7 mi warmup / cooldown w Alliette and Foote
1500m - 4:02.xx. 65 / 2:10 / 3:15-6 w 47-46 close
Good race! Cold and rainy, but this is a pretty spanking solid time for this early in the season, especially off a slower pace through 800m.
Mon: off
Tue: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
5x1200 60R - another cold and crappy day that improved as the workout went on. Managed to actually stick to the pace despite weather - all 3:50's.
Wed: off (still feeling awful)
Thurs: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3x200 2x300 3x200
with Steve and Colin...can't think if anyone else was there.
Fri: still off (wtf, body)
Saturday: 6 mi warmup / cooldown
3x200 2x300 500 2x300 3x200 600
90R throughout except 10 minutes before the 600.
31, 31, 31, 46, 46, 1:18, 47, 47, 31, 31, 30, 1:26
REALLY GOOD
REALLY HOT
PICTURES WERE TAKEN
tot: 33 miles, 241 mins
I'm planning on getting back on the ball this week. One week down won't kill me this late in the game, considering my collegiate endeavors at the end of the season were mostly off of practices and biking for recovery days.
Double MPW
Sunday, April 25, 2010
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!
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
MPW
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sun: 1h46m, 14.5 miles with Will at Battle Road
Mon: 41m, 5.75 miles
Tue: 44 min, 6 mile warmup
8x800 w 2R. 2:24, 2:24, 2:24, 2:24, 2:27, 2:25, 2:29, 2:30
Things got a little...messy at the end. Not super-thrilled with the last two, but at least it was a fairly hard effort. Got dropped.
Wed: Off.
Thu: 44 min, 6 mile warmup
8x150, 250 jog. Felt like I was on some super-awesome JUICE for a few of them - when you really are moving fast, at least for me, you get kind of airborne.
Fri: 53 min, 7.5 miles
Sat: 30 min, 4.25 mile warmup
16 x 30 second at Heartbreak. Pretty terrible - windy and didn't feel great.
377 minutes, 55 miles
Mon: 41m, 5.75 miles
Tue: 44 min, 6 mile warmup
8x800 w 2R. 2:24, 2:24, 2:24, 2:24, 2:27, 2:25, 2:29, 2:30
Things got a little...messy at the end. Not super-thrilled with the last two, but at least it was a fairly hard effort. Got dropped.
Wed: Off.
Thu: 44 min, 6 mile warmup
8x150, 250 jog. Felt like I was on some super-awesome JUICE for a few of them - when you really are moving fast, at least for me, you get kind of airborne.
Fri: 53 min, 7.5 miles
Sat: 30 min, 4.25 mile warmup
16 x 30 second at Heartbreak. Pretty terrible - windy and didn't feel great.
377 minutes, 55 miles
MPW
Sunday, March 14, 2010
A good week to start, but ending badly with a fever and tons of rain.
Sun - 8.5 mi, 1h5m. At Williamstown - left the college campus after playing squash and just went any way that looked good. Unfortunately for me, 'any way' ended up being up a mile long uphill. I must have looked a sad sack of pale slow male.
Mon - 5 mi, 36m. Didn't feel like doing much.
Tue - 6 mi, 45m warmup / cooldown.
8x400 90R. Felt astoundingly good. 65, 64, 63, 63, 62, 62, 63, 61. Almost orgasmically so.
Wed - 9 mi, 67m.
Thu - 6 mi, 45m warmup / cooldown.
10x200 1R - mostly 30-31, a few 28-27 at the end. Not too bad.
Then Friday I felt like trash, slept a bunch to hopes that it was just an off-feeling day, and woke up Saturday with a fever. Not great today either but no fever - hope to be going again tomorrow.
So that is a rather shameful 37 miles for the week. I guess I can't be a winner all the time.
Sun - 8.5 mi, 1h5m. At Williamstown - left the college campus after playing squash and just went any way that looked good. Unfortunately for me, 'any way' ended up being up a mile long uphill. I must have looked a sad sack of pale slow male.
Mon - 5 mi, 36m. Didn't feel like doing much.
Tue - 6 mi, 45m warmup / cooldown.
8x400 90R. Felt astoundingly good. 65, 64, 63, 63, 62, 62, 63, 61. Almost orgasmically so.
Wed - 9 mi, 67m.
Thu - 6 mi, 45m warmup / cooldown.
10x200 1R - mostly 30-31, a few 28-27 at the end. Not too bad.
Then Friday I felt like trash, slept a bunch to hopes that it was just an off-feeling day, and woke up Saturday with a fever. Not great today either but no fever - hope to be going again tomorrow.
So that is a rather shameful 37 miles for the week. I guess I can't be a winner all the time.
MPW
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Sun: 14 mi / 1h43mins
Mon: 6 mi warmup
2k 12 12 4 (constant 4 minutes rest)
6:34, 3:36, 3:34, 59 w Chris
Tues: 6.75 mi / 51 mins
Wed: 6 mi warmup
11x200 1R
30, 29, 30, 29, 29
29, 29, 29
28, 28
26
(probably the best instance of 11x2 I've run yet - hoping it means something good that I can run 26es at this juncture of the season)
Thu: 9 mi / 1h7mins
Friday: 5 mi / 38 mins
Saturday: 6.5 mi / 49 mins warmup
mile at Tufts, 65 / 65 / 67 / 68 for a 4:25
Felt okay - a little bit of a struggle too early though. I also didn't ever really pick it up to close, which was stupid.
total: 59.1 miles / 435 minutes
Mon: 6 mi warmup
2k 12 12 4 (constant 4 minutes rest)
6:34, 3:36, 3:34, 59 w Chris
Tues: 6.75 mi / 51 mins
Wed: 6 mi warmup
11x200 1R
30, 29, 30, 29, 29
29, 29, 29
28, 28
26
(probably the best instance of 11x2 I've run yet - hoping it means something good that I can run 26es at this juncture of the season)
Thu: 9 mi / 1h7mins
Friday: 5 mi / 38 mins
Saturday: 6.5 mi / 49 mins warmup
mile at Tufts, 65 / 65 / 67 / 68 for a 4:25
Felt okay - a little bit of a struggle too early though. I also didn't ever really pick it up to close, which was stupid.
total: 59.1 miles / 435 minutes
MPW
Saturday, January 30, 2010
A slightly better week than the last two.
Sun: 6 mi warmup / cooldown, 1 terrible mile in 4:35
Mon: 7 mi
Tue: 8.25 mi
Wed: 7.75 mi
8x300 3R w/ Chris and Steve - felt pretty good, overall. Wish I could drop a few 41's right now but ain't happenin. 44's at the beginning, then down to 43's.
Thu: 8 mi
Fri: 6.25 mi
Sat: 8.5 mi warmup / cooldown, 1 okay 800 in 1:58.8
tot 53 and change
A lot of good races by everyone else today, though - Avery and the JC Experience beginning their 5k travails quite well, Big T-Unit pops a 1:53 low in the 800m, Chris with a 2:32 1000m. I'm planning on running the mile at Valentine's - maybe this time I will keep my trap shut and just run the damn thing, haha.
Sun: 6 mi warmup / cooldown, 1 terrible mile in 4:35
Mon: 7 mi
Tue: 8.25 mi
Wed: 7.75 mi
8x300 3R w/ Chris and Steve - felt pretty good, overall. Wish I could drop a few 41's right now but ain't happenin. 44's at the beginning, then down to 43's.
Thu: 8 mi
Fri: 6.25 mi
Sat: 8.5 mi warmup / cooldown, 1 okay 800 in 1:58.8
tot 53 and change
A lot of good races by everyone else today, though - Avery and the JC Experience beginning their 5k travails quite well, Big T-Unit pops a 1:53 low in the 800m, Chris with a 2:32 1000m. I'm planning on running the mile at Valentine's - maybe this time I will keep my trap shut and just run the damn thing, haha.
Something About Horses
Thursday, January 21, 2010
I am currently expelling all sorts of green matter from my throat after my first real race this track season. I am never too thrilled to make the reacquaintance of track hack, but this is an especially unwieldy case of it. It has effectively stripped me of all the enjoyment of running this week, and that definitely takes quite a bit of doing.
As of today it's settled down a bit, so I hope that tomorrow at work my cubicle-neighbor Teresa doesn't give me the horrified-mother look. Most of my coworkers are of the child-rearing age, so sometimes I feel more like the...young nephew, or something, more than a peer. In some ways that's more or less correct - they do have a lot more job experience (both particular to this job and any computer science job) and life experience. It's also nice to know that there are benevolent people looking out for you.
Still, being at Reggie with Chris, Steve, Tim, Jeff, and Kevin remains the truest feeling of 'home' that I get here in Massachusetts. It is only peered by running along Battle Road or Cutler Park in perfect weather, or laying comatose on the Bentley track after doing fast 400's.
Hopefully, next week will be a little more sane in terms of getting out there and not feeling like trash.
In other news, a band name was chosen this past Monday! If you see me out in public, from now on I'd like you to say "Oh, hey, there goes one half of the musical supergroup Wild Pale Stallions! Why, it's Philip. He's absolutely ravishing."
Also musically, Will introduced me to Pure Reason Revolution, which has been pretty much the only thing I've listened to all week. Hopefully I won't wear it out! This is the one that is currently stuck in my head (Goshen's Remains): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHW8bsHB0w
I'm going to go sip on this hot lemonade and ruminate on important matters. Au revoir.
As of today it's settled down a bit, so I hope that tomorrow at work my cubicle-neighbor Teresa doesn't give me the horrified-mother look. Most of my coworkers are of the child-rearing age, so sometimes I feel more like the...young nephew, or something, more than a peer. In some ways that's more or less correct - they do have a lot more job experience (both particular to this job and any computer science job) and life experience. It's also nice to know that there are benevolent people looking out for you.
Still, being at Reggie with Chris, Steve, Tim, Jeff, and Kevin remains the truest feeling of 'home' that I get here in Massachusetts. It is only peered by running along Battle Road or Cutler Park in perfect weather, or laying comatose on the Bentley track after doing fast 400's.
Hopefully, next week will be a little more sane in terms of getting out there and not feeling like trash.
In other news, a band name was chosen this past Monday! If you see me out in public, from now on I'd like you to say "Oh, hey, there goes one half of the musical supergroup Wild Pale Stallions! Why, it's Philip. He's absolutely ravishing."
Also musically, Will introduced me to Pure Reason Revolution, which has been pretty much the only thing I've listened to all week. Hopefully I won't wear it out! This is the one that is currently stuck in my head (Goshen's Remains): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHW8bsHB0w
I'm going to go sip on this hot lemonade and ruminate on important matters. Au revoir.
Illness and Whatnot
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
So boy howdy, that was a fun couple of weeks.
Three weeks ago! I was running well and did mid 50's in mileage that week after taking Saturday off.
Two weeks ago! The flu ran me over like a Maglev train to a stationary bovine. I got in about 12, with a poor showing in the 3k, a workout, and like...3 other miles.
One week ago! I resumed normal-ish running styles and ran maybe 30 miles (starting Tuesday) and two workouts.
This week! I returned to Boston and my beloved but filthy apartment, as well as practicing at Reggie.
Today! I went running outside in what weather.com told me felt like -6 degrees, and my lengthy mustache-icepop-thing can attest to that. It was mostly composed of frozen snot rockets, and that was not so cool to have gradually thaw on your face.
Onward!
Three weeks ago! I was running well and did mid 50's in mileage that week after taking Saturday off.
Two weeks ago! The flu ran me over like a Maglev train to a stationary bovine. I got in about 12, with a poor showing in the 3k, a workout, and like...3 other miles.
One week ago! I resumed normal-ish running styles and ran maybe 30 miles (starting Tuesday) and two workouts.
This week! I returned to Boston and my beloved but filthy apartment, as well as practicing at Reggie.
Today! I went running outside in what weather.com told me felt like -6 degrees, and my lengthy mustache-icepop-thing can attest to that. It was mostly composed of frozen snot rockets, and that was not so cool to have gradually thaw on your face.
Onward!
MPW
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Wheehaw. With this update comes the first week of indoor track, which I have awaited eagerly...well, since outdoor track ended last June. I think I can already tell that I'm in better shape than last year - the cross country workouts and races indicated that but I always feel a little iffy until I actually can see some real, concrete numbers from workouts I've done previously.
Plus, track is my thing. For me, anyhow, I feel that it's a little more...(weird adjective choice ahead) intimate than cross country? You're all working out on the same 200 meter track, you can see everything that everyone is doing, and you can basically immediately spot the people that are having a good day and the people that are having a bad day. During cross country...well, you lose a little bit of ground somewhere on the mile and a half long loop around the Res - it's possible no one saw it or knew about it but you.
It's also a lot easier to encourage the people having a bad day in track, and it lets you get to know them a little better (especially since we break into separate groups for mid distance and distance).
From what I can tell of our current mid distance group, it looks like it's going to be an even better year. Mr. McCann, of course, returns in good shape and always is ready to blast a workout into the stratosphere. Jeff "Tri Guy" also seems like he's going to be able to push the pace on the workouts. Sadly, we are lacking Kevin and Old Man Otto, but much to my surprise I saw Paterno out and about yesterday. Steve (http://sasrunning.livejournal.com) is our other newcomer along with Jeff, and I for one am glad to have someone to share bad sexual innuendo with. Big Tim - dare I say, T-Unitzzz? - rounds out the bunch. It looks like he might be a little down and out with his groin right now but I'm hoping that comes around. We also lose Mr. Juiliano to the western half of the US but it sounds like Tony, our resident Canadian, may be making the switch to mid distance when he rejoins us post-finals.
Without further ado, our first week at it:
Sun: 8.5 mi, 63:00
Mon: 9 mi, 64:28
Tues: First workout. 6 mi wu and cd, then 16x200 1R. Soloing it - first two at 32, then 31's and 30's from there out. It felt a little sluggish, unsurprisingly.
Weds: 8.25 mi, 63:51
Thurs: 5.25 mi, 38:19 (feeling like trash, cut it short)
Fri: 6 mi wu / cd, then 8 x 600 1:45 R. 1:47, 1:47, 1:48, 1:47, 1:47, 1:46, 1:45, 1:42. The whole crew: Tim, Chris, Steve, Jeff - were present and it went pretty well. Felt pretty good overall even when it started to get a bit faster.
Sat: 8.5 mi / 61:59 (kind of wanted to do longer but I was freezing)
total: 57.5 mi
Plus, track is my thing. For me, anyhow, I feel that it's a little more...(weird adjective choice ahead) intimate than cross country? You're all working out on the same 200 meter track, you can see everything that everyone is doing, and you can basically immediately spot the people that are having a good day and the people that are having a bad day. During cross country...well, you lose a little bit of ground somewhere on the mile and a half long loop around the Res - it's possible no one saw it or knew about it but you.
It's also a lot easier to encourage the people having a bad day in track, and it lets you get to know them a little better (especially since we break into separate groups for mid distance and distance).
From what I can tell of our current mid distance group, it looks like it's going to be an even better year. Mr. McCann, of course, returns in good shape and always is ready to blast a workout into the stratosphere. Jeff "Tri Guy" also seems like he's going to be able to push the pace on the workouts. Sadly, we are lacking Kevin and Old Man Otto, but much to my surprise I saw Paterno out and about yesterday. Steve (http://sasrunning.livejournal.com) is our other newcomer along with Jeff, and I for one am glad to have someone to share bad sexual innuendo with. Big Tim - dare I say, T-Unitzzz? - rounds out the bunch. It looks like he might be a little down and out with his groin right now but I'm hoping that comes around. We also lose Mr. Juiliano to the western half of the US but it sounds like Tony, our resident Canadian, may be making the switch to mid distance when he rejoins us post-finals.
Without further ado, our first week at it:
Sun: 8.5 mi, 63:00
Mon: 9 mi, 64:28
Tues: First workout. 6 mi wu and cd, then 16x200 1R. Soloing it - first two at 32, then 31's and 30's from there out. It felt a little sluggish, unsurprisingly.
Weds: 8.25 mi, 63:51
Thurs: 5.25 mi, 38:19 (feeling like trash, cut it short)
Fri: 6 mi wu / cd, then 8 x 600 1:45 R. 1:47, 1:47, 1:48, 1:47, 1:47, 1:46, 1:45, 1:42. The whole crew: Tim, Chris, Steve, Jeff - were present and it went pretty well. Felt pretty good overall even when it started to get a bit faster.
Sat: 8.5 mi / 61:59 (kind of wanted to do longer but I was freezing)
total: 57.5 mi
Activision, Pt 2 and Otherness
Monday, November 16, 2009
Well, my Activision idea seems to be paying off - it's up roughly $1.30 per share (from $10.40 to $11.72) and if I just jumped ship now I'd get about a 5% return. I think I may hold off, though - as all the good news from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 promises just to push it up further.
In other news, I stumbled upon a biographical short film about recently deceased throws coach, Pál Németh. He was the former coach of Krisztian Pars, the silver medalist in the hammer throw from the Beijing Olympics. You can find it here: http://www.sosagnes.hu/play02-en.html
Life in the world of New Balance Boston is going well - I ran at New England's two...weeks ago? Yes, two weeks, and ended up turning in a PR for 10k (not like my 10k PR was anything but laughable in the first place) with a 34:18. I came through 8k in 27:20, so a good 44 seconds faster than two weeks before - I feel like I've got a pretty decent indoor season ahead of me. I've got some numbers in my head that I'd like to see, but I'm going to keep those to myself.
A friend of mine from north of the border and I have also been working on some music. I don't think we're quite ready to unleash it on the world, but I do believe we have some rocking jams in store for y'all. Think In Flames has sex with The Watchmen and the Tea Party while gently nuzzling Bal-Sagoth and Crematory on the side.
After a long day of presenting my ASP.NET code to the powers that be at my place of employment, this is all I have energy to write! So shoo, away with ye, go develop aerobically or whatnot.
In other news, I stumbled upon a biographical short film about recently deceased throws coach, Pál Németh. He was the former coach of Krisztian Pars, the silver medalist in the hammer throw from the Beijing Olympics. You can find it here: http://www.sosagnes.hu/play02-en.html
Life in the world of New Balance Boston is going well - I ran at New England's two...weeks ago? Yes, two weeks, and ended up turning in a PR for 10k (not like my 10k PR was anything but laughable in the first place) with a 34:18. I came through 8k in 27:20, so a good 44 seconds faster than two weeks before - I feel like I've got a pretty decent indoor season ahead of me. I've got some numbers in my head that I'd like to see, but I'm going to keep those to myself.
A friend of mine from north of the border and I have also been working on some music. I don't think we're quite ready to unleash it on the world, but I do believe we have some rocking jams in store for y'all. Think In Flames has sex with The Watchmen and the Tea Party while gently nuzzling Bal-Sagoth and Crematory on the side.
After a long day of presenting my ASP.NET code to the powers that be at my place of employment, this is all I have energy to write! So shoo, away with ye, go develop aerobically or whatnot.
MPW
Sunday, October 18, 2009
This week, this is what my calves and quadriceps were up to - I was just along for the ride:
sun oct 11 - 7.25 mi
mon oct 12 - 8 mi
tues oct 13 - 12.1 mi
weds oct 14 - off
thurs oct 15 - 8 mi
fri oct 16 - 8 mi
sat oct 17 - 12 mi
I think that adds up to something like 55 miles.
I took Weds off because I'm kind of reworking my way up after dropping down to lower numbers - plantar
fasciitis is pretty dumb. I've basically taken to running only at Cutler Park and the Cleveland Reservoir to combat my lower extremity woes.
Workouts were on Tuesday and Saturday - both actually went surprisingly well, considering they were both long as hell.
Tuesday was - 20 minutes tempo with 4 minutes rest, 4 x 1 minute on, 1 minute off, 4 minutes rest, then 5 minutes @ 5k pace. It was around the perpetually temperate Reservoir and I managed to both freeze and sweat profusely (in the neon orange jacket that Kevin loves so much). Tempo went okay - it always feels a little...awkward, I guess - going at that pace for me. Fell off the back a little bit at the end but I'm okay with that.
Saturday was a delectable 6 x 4 minutes on, 3 minutes off at Lincoln. I can't say that I'm a huge fan of the longer rest workouts, because it seems like I have a tendency to falter on them a lot more than on the 5 x 5 minute on, 1 minute off workout (for example). I imagine it's just because this workout is 39 minutes long - whereas the other is just 29. Your heart rate is elevated for longer - and you're probably going faster. Paterno showed up - it's always good to see a man of his age getting out and about.
Post-workout, I went to Donelan's and had the most delicious dutch chocolate muffin the world has ever seen. It was a quality day - blue skies and bad techno accompanied me home, to a shower and then driving to New Haven.
Damn it's good to be working out again! I will admit - I get a little lazy in the summer when it's just me doing my thing on Comm Ave all the time. Something about the heat gets to me too...anyhow, it would have likely been a much more craptastic summer without Will to heckle me about running in the mornings and going really stupidly long on Sundays. And working out wouldn't be as much fun, either, without Chris - because he destroys every workout and I can't help but try and keep up. The fact that he's in good shape will mean that I get in better shape too. It's just one big clusterfuck of symbiosis. Hooray life! Hooray track!
sun oct 11 - 7.25 mi
mon oct 12 - 8 mi
tues oct 13 - 12.1 mi
weds oct 14 - off
thurs oct 15 - 8 mi
fri oct 16 - 8 mi
sat oct 17 - 12 mi
I think that adds up to something like 55 miles.
I took Weds off because I'm kind of reworking my way up after dropping down to lower numbers - plantar
fasciitis is pretty dumb. I've basically taken to running only at Cutler Park and the Cleveland Reservoir to combat my lower extremity woes.
Workouts were on Tuesday and Saturday - both actually went surprisingly well, considering they were both long as hell.
Tuesday was - 20 minutes tempo with 4 minutes rest, 4 x 1 minute on, 1 minute off, 4 minutes rest, then 5 minutes @ 5k pace. It was around the perpetually temperate Reservoir and I managed to both freeze and sweat profusely (in the neon orange jacket that Kevin loves so much). Tempo went okay - it always feels a little...awkward, I guess - going at that pace for me. Fell off the back a little bit at the end but I'm okay with that.
Saturday was a delectable 6 x 4 minutes on, 3 minutes off at Lincoln. I can't say that I'm a huge fan of the longer rest workouts, because it seems like I have a tendency to falter on them a lot more than on the 5 x 5 minute on, 1 minute off workout (for example). I imagine it's just because this workout is 39 minutes long - whereas the other is just 29. Your heart rate is elevated for longer - and you're probably going faster. Paterno showed up - it's always good to see a man of his age getting out and about.
Post-workout, I went to Donelan's and had the most delicious dutch chocolate muffin the world has ever seen. It was a quality day - blue skies and bad techno accompanied me home, to a shower and then driving to New Haven.
Damn it's good to be working out again! I will admit - I get a little lazy in the summer when it's just me doing my thing on Comm Ave all the time. Something about the heat gets to me too...anyhow, it would have likely been a much more craptastic summer without Will to heckle me about running in the mornings and going really stupidly long on Sundays. And working out wouldn't be as much fun, either, without Chris - because he destroys every workout and I can't help but try and keep up. The fact that he's in good shape will mean that I get in better shape too. It's just one big clusterfuck of symbiosis. Hooray life! Hooray track!
Gay for Gay in 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Okay, here goes. The World Championships in Berlin are quickly approaching and I am unafraid to make my predictions of the eventual (men's) champions, as biased as they may be. Some, I admit, are a product of my own fallacious thinking. Now, I'm not really qualified to make judgments about all the field events - I just don't follow them closely enough. But here's who I'm looking at for gold:
100m - Tyson Gay
200m - Tyson Gay
400m - Jeremy Wariner
800m - Gary Reed
1500m - Asbel Kiprop
5000m - Devastator Lagat
10000m - Devastator Bekele
Marathon - Deriba Merga
3000m sc - Bouabdellah Tahri
110hh - Dayron Robles
400mh - Bershawn Jackson
HJ - Jesse Williams
LJ - Dwight Phillips
TJ - Phillips Idowu
PV - Renaud Lavenellie
SP - Reese Hoffa
DT - Gerard Kanter
JT - Andreas Thorkildsen
HT - Kriztian Pars
Dec - Trey Hardee
I'll give a quick breakdown of my distance picks here, and why I went with them:
100m and 200m - Tyson Gay
He's got the #1 times in the world in the 100 and 200. Bad weather my ass Mr. Bolt! He just plan ran faster than you this year. Yea, yea, Bolt ran WR's in both events - but he also got in a car accident and has publicly said he's not in as-good shape.
400m - Jeremy Wariner
Another slightly off-the-wall choice. Wariner was well beaten all last year at 400m by Merritt, but it also seems like they are much closer this year. Plus...Wariner just seems filled with quiet rage at his loss. He will triumph this year! More likely than anything, his reunion with Clyde Hart will probably help matters against Merritt.
800m - Gary Reed
What can I say? Reed has shown some good form this year, and a lot of others have not - Borza and Kaki might yet surprise me, but if Reed is in it off the curve, my money is on him. Unless Symmonds is next to him.
1500m - Asbel Kiprop
I don't think I can say much about Asbel Kiprop that hasn't been said before. He's an insane talent - has thwomped the world's best at the age of 19. He will likely soon be the Olympic gold medalist from Beijing, if Ramzi's appeals run out. I think you'd be a little foolish to bet against him.
5000m - Bernard Lagat
I honestly think Bernie G is the man to beat when it comes to the 5000m this year. It's really quite the task to run away from Lagat - you can do it (ala Bekele this year at 3k) but you're going to have a hell of a time of it. It probably requires rabbits, to be honest. And there won't be any rabbits at the WCs. That leaves you, alone, facing the fury of the Lagat tornado.
10000m - Kenenisa Bekele
I don't think I even need a reason to pick Bekele at 10000m.
Oh, and while I'm talking about running...
HOLY FUCK ALAN WEBB IS GOING TO TRAIN UNDER SALAZAR! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
The better article by USA Today can be found here: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-08-06-webb-coaching-change_N.htm
100m - Tyson Gay
200m - Tyson Gay
400m - Jeremy Wariner
800m - Gary Reed
1500m - Asbel Kiprop
5000m - Devastator Lagat
10000m - Devastator Bekele
Marathon - Deriba Merga
3000m sc - Bouabdellah Tahri
110hh - Dayron Robles
400mh - Bershawn Jackson
HJ - Jesse Williams
LJ - Dwight Phillips
TJ - Phillips Idowu
PV - Renaud Lavenellie
SP - Reese Hoffa
DT - Gerard Kanter
JT - Andreas Thorkildsen
HT - Kriztian Pars
Dec - Trey Hardee
I'll give a quick breakdown of my distance picks here, and why I went with them:
100m and 200m - Tyson Gay
He's got the #1 times in the world in the 100 and 200. Bad weather my ass Mr. Bolt! He just plan ran faster than you this year. Yea, yea, Bolt ran WR's in both events - but he also got in a car accident and has publicly said he's not in as-good shape.
400m - Jeremy Wariner
Another slightly off-the-wall choice. Wariner was well beaten all last year at 400m by Merritt, but it also seems like they are much closer this year. Plus...Wariner just seems filled with quiet rage at his loss. He will triumph this year! More likely than anything, his reunion with Clyde Hart will probably help matters against Merritt.
800m - Gary Reed
What can I say? Reed has shown some good form this year, and a lot of others have not - Borza and Kaki might yet surprise me, but if Reed is in it off the curve, my money is on him. Unless Symmonds is next to him.
1500m - Asbel Kiprop
I don't think I can say much about Asbel Kiprop that hasn't been said before. He's an insane talent - has thwomped the world's best at the age of 19. He will likely soon be the Olympic gold medalist from Beijing, if Ramzi's appeals run out. I think you'd be a little foolish to bet against him.
5000m - Bernard Lagat
I honestly think Bernie G is the man to beat when it comes to the 5000m this year. It's really quite the task to run away from Lagat - you can do it (ala Bekele this year at 3k) but you're going to have a hell of a time of it. It probably requires rabbits, to be honest. And there won't be any rabbits at the WCs. That leaves you, alone, facing the fury of the Lagat tornado.
10000m - Kenenisa Bekele
I don't think I even need a reason to pick Bekele at 10000m.
Oh, and while I'm talking about running...
HOLY FUCK ALAN WEBB IS GOING TO TRAIN UNDER SALAZAR! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
The better article by USA Today can be found here: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-08-06-webb-coaching-change_N.htm
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)