01/17 – Sunday – Neighborhood – 8 miles – 80 minutes (core and roller, no right leg tightness, light tightness back of left knee)
01/18 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes (core and roller, no right leg tightness, light tightness back of left knee)
01/19 – Tuesday – Class (Ruth’s ladder) – 6.5 miles – 90 minutes (core and roller, medium to severe tightness left leg hamstring)
01/20 – Wednesday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes (core and roller, no tightness)
01/21 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 11 miles – 120 minutes (no core and no roller, no tightness, burning sensation at back of right ankle, took aleve, iced it, still burning afterwards, glad I’m off tomorrow)
01/22 – Friday – off (core and roller, right ankle burning has lessened)
01/23 – Saturday – Long Run (Town Lake from Rogue to MoPac and back, no Longhorn Dam, had two salt tabs before & breakfast, no tightness or burning – yeah!, tried hard to slow down, ran faster than MGP, ugh, pace 8:53 overall with stops) – 9 miles – 1:20
Weekly mileage: 44.5 miles
Shoe mileage: 98.4 miles
Category Archives: Weekly mileage
Running log week of 2010-01-10
01/10 – Sunday – Neighborhood – 8 miles – 80 minutes (core and roller, no tightness)
01/11 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes (core and roller, no tightness)
01/12 – Tuesday – Class (1 mile warm-up, 4 x 2000m @ 15K w/ 400m recovery, 1 mile cool-down) – 8.4 miles – 85 minutes (core and roller, light to medium tightness)
01/13 – Wednesday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes (core and roller, no tightness)
01/14 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 11 miles – 110 minutes (core and roller, no tightness, but light muscle pull on back of left knee up to hamstring – argh! I’m glad I have tomorrow off.)
01/15 – Friday – off (core and roller)
01/16 – Saturday – South Austin Ramble – 16.5 miles – 154 minutes (no core or roller, immediately felt muscle on back of left thigh, but no tightness – maybe because I was worrying about this newly developed ache, however, I ran with it trying to keep it loose, overall pace 9:20/mile – dunno if I did MGP for the last three miles but I tried throughout to be consistent.)
Weekly mileage: 53.9 miles
Shoe mileage: 53.9 miles
Running log week of 2010-01-03
01/03 – Sunday – Neighborhood – 8 miles – 90 minutes (core and roller, unknown tightness)
01/04 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes (core and roller, no tightness)
01/05 – Tuesday – Class – 8 miles – 80 minutes (no core or roller, light tightness)
01/06 – Wednesday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes (no core or roller, no tightness)
01/07 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 11 miles – 110 minutes (core and roller, light tightness, breathing deeply at start, very cold and windy, fighting wind on outbound – ugh!, running w/ wind on inbound – nice!)
01/08 – Friday – off
01/09 – Saturday – Long Run (2×8@MGP) – 18.76 miles – 2:53 (no core or roller, light tightness, breathing deeply at start, screwed up and cut off about 1.24 miles on return leg – ugh, [mgp outbound miles: 1 missed, 2 17:54, 3 9:00, 4 8:31, 5 8:34, 6 8:49, 7 9:03, 8 8:37; mgp inbound miles: 1 8:34, 2 8:44, 3 skipped ugh!, 4 short! 5:21, 5 9:10, 6 8:43, 7 8:51, 8 8:25] overall total pace 9:13 min/mile)
Weekly mileage: 57 miles
Shoe mileage: 410.0 miles
Running log week of 2009-12-27
- 12/27 – Sunday – Neighborhood – 8 miles – 80 minutes
- Morning: Core & Roller lower legs
- Run: right ankle slightly tight
- Breakfast: 1c Raisin Bran, 1c Fat Free Milk
- Lunch: Whole Food Chicken Teriyaki bowl (3/4c Chicken, 1c Rice), 2c Fresh Fruit
- Snack: 1 box Jr Mints, 2 Ales
- Dinner: 6oz Pork, 1c Mashed Potatoes, 3oz Cake w/ Frosting
- 12/28 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
- Morning: Core & Roller lower legs
- Run: right ankle tight, grrrr
- Breakfast: 1c Post Great Grains, 1c Fat Free Milk, 6 pecans
- Lunch: 1 Orange, 3 Clementines, 1 Pear, 1 Apple, 1/2 oz Cheddar Cheese
- Dinner: 6oz Homemade Lasagna, 1/2 glass wine, 2 slices Bread, 3oz Cake w/ Frosting
- 12/29 – Tuesday – Class – 8.5 miles – 85 minutes
- Breakfast: 1c Raisin Bran, 1c Whole Milk, 6 pecans
- Lunch: Turkey Sandwich, 3oz Chips, Hot Chocolate w/ Cream, 8 small Christmas Cookies
- Afternoon: Core & Roller lower legs
- Run: right ankle slightly tight, completed all required class work 3x2000m
- Dinner: 4oz Homemade Lasagna, 2c Homemade Lemonade, 1 clove of Califlower, Handful of Sugar Snap Peas, 12 small Christmas Cookies
- 12/30 – Wednesday – 6 miles – 60 minutes
- Morning: Core & Roller lower legs
- Run: right ankle ok, not tight
- Breakfast: 1c Raisin Bran, 1c Whole Milk, 6 pecans
- Lunch: 2 Clementines, 2 Oranges
- Dinner: 2 Shiner Bock beers, 1/2 rack baby back ribs – yummy, 1c beans, 1c potato salad, 1/2 piece of pecan pie
- 12/31 – Thursday – 11 miles – 110 minutes
- Morning: Core & Roller lower legs
- Run: right ankle ok, not tight, 1 Clif Shot Mocha w/ Caffeine
- Breakfast: 1c Raisin Bran, 1 1/2c Whole Milk, 12 pecans
- Lunch: Steak Fajita Burrito, Corn Chips
- Dinner: Steak and Cheese Fondue w/ Bread and Vegtables
- 01/01 – Friday – off
- Breakfast: 12 Christmas Cookies, 1 Pancake w/ Syrup
- Lunch at Bastrop Roadhouse: 1 Grilled Chicken Salad, 1 Snickers Milkshake, 2 Cokes
- Dinner: 2 pieces of Cheesecake, 1c Milk
- 01/02 – Saturday – Last 19ish Miles of Marathon – 19.7 miles – 3:10
- Breakfast: 1c Raisin Bran, 1c FF Milk, 6 pecans
- Run: right ankle tight, 1 Clif Shot Chocolate, 1 Clif Shot Mocha w/ Caffeine
- Lunch: 1qt Choco Milk for Recovery, 2c Orange Juice, 2 12oz Cokes
- Dinner: 1/2 Steak Burrito, 2 Port BBQ Ribs, 2c Port Fried Rice, 6oz Cake w/ Frosting, 2c FF Milk
Weekly mileage: 57.2 miles
Shoe mileage: 353.0 miles
Running log week of 2009-12-20
- 12/20 – Sunday – Neighborhood – 8 miles – 80 minutes
- 12/21 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
- 12/22 – Tuesday – Tempo Run – 7 miles – 70 minutes
- Morning: Core & Roller lower legs
- Run at class: right ankle tight, left ankle less tight
- Breakfast: 1c Special K Cinn Pecan, 1c Fat Free Milk, 2c Orange Juice
- Snack: 2 20oz water
- Lunch: 4oz Steak, 1oz Veggie Chips, 1 Apple, 1 Banana, 1 Orange, 1c Grapes, 1 clove Califlower, 1 handful Sugar Snap Peas, 2 4″ stick Celery, 4 Grape Tomatoes, 1/2oz Cheddar Cheese
- Dinner: 6 oz Chicken Teriyaki, 2c Rice, 2oz Cake w/ Frosting
- 12/23 – Wednesday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
- Morning: Core & Roller lower legs
- Run: Felt good, no tightness!
- Breakfast: 1c Special K Cinn Pecan, 1c Fat Free Milk, 3c Orange Juice
- Snack: 2 20oz Coke Zero
- Lunch: 3oz Steak, 1oz Veggie Chips, 1 Apple, 1 Banana, 1 Orange, 1c Grapes, 1 clove Califlower, 1 handful Sugar Snap Peas, 2 4″ stick Celery, 2 Grape Tomatoes, 1/2oz Cheddar Cheese
- Dinner: 3 oz Chicken Teriyaki, 1c Rice, 4oz Cake w/ Frosting
- 12/24 – Thursday – Neightborhood – 11 miles – 110 minutes
- Morning: Core & Roller lower legs
- Run: Felt good, sailing along, no tightness! midway: 2 scoops Carbo-Pro w/ water
- Breakfast: 1c Raisin Barn w/ 6 Pecan halves, 1c Fat Free Milk, 2c Orange Juice
- Snack: 2 20oz Coke Zero
- Lunch: 1oz Steak, 1 Apple, 4 Clementines, 1/2c Grapes, 1 clove Califlower, 1 handful Sugar Snap Peas, 1/2oz Cheddar Cheese
- Dinner: 6oz Chicken, 2c Stuffing, 1/2 Twice Baked Potato, 4oz Cake w/ Frosting, 2 Shiner Beers, 6 Christmas Cookies, 6 Pecan halves
- 12/25 – Friday – off
- Morning: No Core or Roller
- Run: off
- Breakfast: 1c Special K Cinn Pecan, 1c Fat Free Milk, 4 oz Sausage-egg casserole
- Lunch: Too much munching to even record
- Dinner: 3 Homemade Crap cakes, 2c Cold Slaw, 1 Shiner Beer, 2 2oz Scottish Shortbread, 1 Pecan Crescent
- 12/26 – Saturday – First 20 Miles of Marathon – 21.3 miles – 3:37
- Morning: Core & Roller lower legs
- Breakfast: 1c Special K Cinn Pecan, 1c Fat Free Milk
- Run: Tight, slow, sluggish, walked as needed. 2 scoops Carbo-Pro, 1 Clif Shot Choco, Choco Milk on way home
- Lunch: 3 Clementines, Mighty Fine Chopped Chili Dog, French Fries, and 16 oz Lemonade
- Dinner: 4oz Chicken, 40 Saltine Crackers, 2c FF Milk, 3oz Cake w/ Frosting
Weekly mileage: 57.3 miles
Shoe mileage: 295.8 miles
Big Fire 16 miles w/ 8 at MPG
Argh! Ugh! $#*@^&%$! That’s how I felt about today’s run. I’m depressed. Here’s how it started. I got up at 5 AM without a problem. I even used my rollers on my lower legs. At Rogue I met a few groupmates before the run. We chatted about our individual MPG (marathon goal pace) and they were about the same as mine. I felt good that I would have a few people to run with. That’s good. We were in the back of the room, and by the time we exited and started up the hill we were at the back of the pack. Soon my groupmates were sailing along. And me. What about me? Well my right ankle was getting tighter and tighter. I was falling back. Then I had to walk. I lost sight of them. I tried to run again, but again had to walk. Both ankles were cramping. Everybody passed me. This crappy warm-up was the most depressing run I’ve had in ages. Why is this happening to me? Why can’t I be like the others who just bound along happy in their ability to move. Four miles of warm-up hell took 50 minutes, which should have been easy. I arrived exhausted at the water-stop and MPG start-point. Geezer and Ed B were there and I told them I was cramping. I need help understanding what’s causing this condition. HELP! HELP! HELP! I rested a minute. Nevertheless I headed out on my MPG run. Since I really wasn’t warmed-up I had to push myself to get started. It wasn’t an easy pace which it should have been. Luckily the miles went by, and my ankle had finally loosened up. Four miles up, and four miles back: 9:00, 9:10, 8:49, 8:48, 8:49, 9:03, 9:03, and 8:44. Unfortunately I was faster than my 9:10 MGP, and I while I was doing it I was worried that I couldn’t keep up this pace for 26.2. The way back took me 42 minutes which was better. So although I did what was requested I was shaken by the awful warm-up. Is this what’s going to happen to me on Marathon day going up South Congress. I’m terribly worried.
Running log week of 2009-12-13
12/13 – Sunday – Neighborhood – 8 miles – 80 minutes
12/14 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
12/15 – Tuesday – Tempo Run – 10 miles – 100 minutes
12/16 – Wednesday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
12/17 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 11 miles – 110 minutes
12/18 – Friday – off
12/19 – Saturday – Big Fire (8@MGP) – 16.6 miles – 163 minutes
Weekly mileage: 55.6 miles
Shoe mileage: 238.5 miles
Running log week of 2009-12-06
12/06 – Sunday – Decker – 13.1 + 4 mile warmup – 1:50:59
12/07 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
12/08 – Tuesday – Hill Repeats – 10.5 miles – 90 minutes
12/09 – Wednesday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
12/10 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 11 miles – 110 minutes
12/11 – Friday – off
12/12 – Saturday – Hills 2 Heaven – 22 miles – 240 minutes
Weekly mileage: 70.6 miles
Shoe mileage: 182.9 miles
Running log week of 2009-11-29
11/29 – Sunday – Lady Bird Lake (w/ Ed B & Kevin K) – 10 miles – 1:54
11/30 – Monday – Neighborhood – 4 miles – 40 minutes
12/01 – Tuesday – 2 mile time trial w/ warm-up & cool-down- 6 miles – 60 minutes
12/02 – Wednesday – Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
12/03 – Thursday – Neighborhood – 11 miles – 110 minutes
12/04 – Friday – off
12/05 – Saturday – Neighborhood – 8 miles – 80 minutes
Weekly mileage: 45 miles
Shoe mileage: 112.3 miles
Running log week of 2009-11-22
11/22 – Sunday – Traveling to Buffalo – off
11/23 – Monday – Buffalo Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
11/24 – Tuesday – Buffalo Walk – 2 miles – 30 minutes
11/25 – Wednesday – Buffalo Walk – 2 miles – 30 minutes
11/26 – Thursday – Buffalo Neighborhood – 6 miles – 60 minutes
11/27 – Friday – Buffalo Walk – 2 miles – 30 minutes
11/28 – Saturday – Traveling from Buffalo – off
Weekly mileage: 12 miles
Shoe mileage: 67.3 miles
