Today Travis, Clint and I did a 15 mile LR in Houston. We had just driven back from Weimar (where they are from) and we were coming in to Houston to see my parents and get a good few meals in.
We did a route I used to do when i lived in houston that starts at memorial park, goes down memorial drive to Allan parkway, then back down memorial drive to memorial park again and you finish there after a lap and a half around the park. Memorial is a three mile loop and Allan parkway is 4.5.
I felt like crap on this run though, probably because of all the driving we had done over the weekend and a little bit because the tempo run we did the day before.
We went 6:50 pace though which is a solid pace.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
10 mile tempo run
Boy oh boy I crushed the hell out of this workout.
We met at Forest Hills, which is a neighborhood we run most of our twempo runs in town. It's a two mile loop with the first mile being mostly down hill and the second being mostly uphill.
Jesse said for ke to run 5:50 for 8miles and if i felt good to run 10. I never planned on running 8 though.
I split 5:58, 5:48 (11:46), 5:42(17:29), 5:36(23:05), missed the 5mile split but it was a 5:34 average for this loop, 6miles at 34:13, 5:34 (39:48), 5:34 (45:23), 5:38 (51:02), 5:27 (56:29). 5:39 pace for the run.
I just got into a zone out there, for a while it was even effortless to run this fast. I think I could run another minute faster next time we do this workout. I'm in phenominal shape. Next week we start doing quicker workouts so I know I'm going to be running super fast here in a few weeks if all goes right. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Patrick ran well too, he ran 57:04 (2mintue PR for him).
We met at Forest Hills, which is a neighborhood we run most of our twempo runs in town. It's a two mile loop with the first mile being mostly down hill and the second being mostly uphill.
Jesse said for ke to run 5:50 for 8miles and if i felt good to run 10. I never planned on running 8 though.
I split 5:58, 5:48 (11:46), 5:42(17:29), 5:36(23:05), missed the 5mile split but it was a 5:34 average for this loop, 6miles at 34:13, 5:34 (39:48), 5:34 (45:23), 5:38 (51:02), 5:27 (56:29). 5:39 pace for the run.
I just got into a zone out there, for a while it was even effortless to run this fast. I think I could run another minute faster next time we do this workout. I'm in phenominal shape. Next week we start doing quicker workouts so I know I'm going to be running super fast here in a few weeks if all goes right. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Patrick ran well too, he ran 57:04 (2mintue PR for him).
9/17 easy runs
Morning: We met at the field house and after coach talked to us I ran 8miles in 54:03. I started off feeling awful again, running 7:12 and 7:06 for the first two miles. I got really fustrated that I was running this slow so I picked it up. I ended up running 6:38-6:42 for almost ever mile after that. I'm not sure why, but it definitly feels better to me when i run 6:35-45 on my easy runs versus running just under 7 minutes.
I can't talk as easily, but i don't run to talk so who cares. All I care about is feeling good. So I think I'm going to experiment with this a little bit more and see how it goes.
I can't talk as easily, but i don't run to talk so who cares. All I care about is feeling good. So I think I'm going to experiment with this a little bit more and see how it goes.
9/16 Mileage run at the state park.
Today we met in the park to do some mileage running. I did 12 miles and finally for once I did not feel too bad. It was really dark at the begining so I ran pretty slow the first 4miles. I picked it up though the second half of the run and still ran 7:14 pace in the park, which really isn't too bad. Running 7:14 pace probably comes out to 6:55's on an easier surface.
28 miles for the week so far.
28 miles for the week so far.
9/15 6X1600 at threshold with 8X120m hill repeats
Today we met at the intermural field to run our mile repeats. It has been raining for two days and the field is soaked. I'm starting to show signs of getting sick so this really is not going to help my situation here. Nonethless, I did it, but I struggled.
Patrick and I ran together again and we split 5:44, 5:36, 5:35, 5:34, 5:32, and I split 5:26 on my last one (Pat 5:21).
The fields are hard to run on because theres a couple parts where the grass is really thick and theres some small hills so the times are always a little slower.
It was a good workout, considering how bad I've been feeling lately. I was breathing pretty heavily when i was done with the mile repeats. They weren't suppose to be that hard. I ended up just cruising through the hills because I was exausted.
Patrick and I ran together again and we split 5:44, 5:36, 5:35, 5:34, 5:32, and I split 5:26 on my last one (Pat 5:21).
The fields are hard to run on because theres a couple parts where the grass is really thick and theres some small hills so the times are always a little slower.
It was a good workout, considering how bad I've been feeling lately. I was breathing pretty heavily when i was done with the mile repeats. They weren't suppose to be that hard. I ended up just cruising through the hills because I was exausted.
9/14 easy run
I ran six easy miles this morning in 40:57 (6:49 pace). It did not feel all that great, but after all it is a high mileage week.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
15mile LR
Today the team met at the state park and ran a Long run. This 15miler concluded a 77 mile week for me, which is decent considering my goal was to hit 80. If I knew the meet was going to be cancelled Saturday, I would have ran more than 4 miles on friday and got it. No big deal though, I got close enough. I was feeling pretty tired on this run too though. It took me 1 hour 49minutes to complete. Tomorrow will be easy though so hopefully I will start feeling better.
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