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November 27, 2005
End of Week
Wow, what a bad week for running. No excuse other than being a slacker. Not sure when I'll get back into the swing of it, but I now I'll come around. I'd like to be in decent shape at the start of the new year so I can go gear up for a marathon in the early summer.
Week Total: 16.5 miles YTD: 2176.5 miles
Sun: 0 miles
Sat: 7 miles, Central Park
Fri: 0 miles
Thurs: 0 miles
Wed: 9.5 miles, Green Lake
Tues: 0 miles
Mon: 0 miles
Posted by at 9:42 PM
November 21, 2005
End of Week
Miles this week: 41 miles, 2160 miles
Sun: 10 miles, NE 52nd FTB
Sat:8 miles, Central Park, 2 tempo miles
Fri: 8 miles, North 8 loops
Thurs: 0 miles
Wed: 8.5 miles, 400(93), 1600(6:02), 1400(5:08), 1200(4:20), 1000(3:29), 800(2:45)
Tues: 6.5 miles, Central Park
Mon: 0 miles
Posted by at 5:31 AM
November 16, 2005
Motivation Up?
So Lake Blvd in Kirkland is refered to as Central Park by me b/c
1) It sounds better (to me)
2) Its the most common place people in Kirkland to run
3) Its flat fast and has no stoplights
Unlike CP, it does have cars on the roadway, but the sidewalks are fairly wide and its not quite as crowded as CP. Also, there's a pretty great view of the lake looking west into downtown Seattle and a really good view of the sunset as well.
Wed: 8.5 miles, 400(93), 1600(6:02), 1400(5:08), 1200(4:20), 1000(3:29), 800(2:45)
Tues: 6.5 miles, Central Park
Mon: 0 miles
Posted by at 1:23 PM
November 13, 2005
Weekend Warrior
Shoot, I need new shoes again (up to 460 in this pair). I hate shoe shopping, especially the paying for them part.
Miles this week: 41.5 miles, YTD: 2119 miles
Sun: 15 miles, Gates Loop from home
Sat: 12 miles, Bridal Trails SP
Fri: 0 miles
Thur: 0 miles
Wed: 8 miles, 6x800 (2:38, 2:32, 2:31, 2:30, 2:29, 2:27)
Tues: 6.5 miles, Central Park
Mon: 0 miles
Posted by at 3:08 PM
November 6, 2005
White Knuckle driving
After a disappointing day at the races (none of my favorites ran well), I took my time getting home. First I got lost in Richland, which wasn't so bad because I got to drive through the Hanford Nuclear site, which I'd never done before. Then I finally found the road I was meant to be on in the first place. After about 45 minutes later, coming out of the Columbia River gorge, it started snowing. Not too bad, but enough to worry me since this was the lowest point on my drive home, which included going over one mountain pass and two tricky "hills". I called a friend to get some info and his reply was, "Is the pass still closed". Not exactly what I wanted to hear. Luckily it was open, but it was going to be a longer than expected drive. It became even longer about 30 minutes later, going up Indian John Hill. I lost control and starting spinning aimlessly down the highway at 40 mph. After a 70 to the left and a 630 to the right, I might have overcorrected, luckily came to a stop just off the roadway and without hitting anything. I was a lot more careful the last 95 miles of my trip, 60 miles of which was over the pass. I’m watching a report now talking about all the accidents on the pass last night and a rock slide that has closed the pass entirely.
So except for the 11 miles of running that I got in before the races yesterday it was a pretty poor day. Luckily, today is a new day, and the start of a new cross country year.
Miles this week: 46 miles, YTD: 2077.5 miles
Sun: 14 miles, Cougar Mountain
Sat: 12 miles, 7am w/ LWHS, 8 am w/MHS, 8:45 am w/ JG & BG
Fri: 6.5 miles, Pasco, 3.1 light tempo
Thurs: 0 miles
Wed: 0 miles
Tues: 7 miles, Central Park
Mon: 6.5 miles, Central Park
Posted by at 6:48 AM
November 2, 2005
Almost
I almost had it going again before last week and then nothing. Total meltdown training-wise. Anyway its not an injury type thing, just a motivation type thing. Too much work, too little focus, and a lot of travel. I'll be traveling again this week, but I'm hopeful for a better week of training. Well, actually I'm already ahead of last week :). Today will have to be another off day. Meetings all afternoon, plus grades are due by Friday so lots of finishing up on those. Plus I'm going on another road trip on Friday afternoon. Should be an interesting one with lots of snow on the pass. But that's why I bought an all wheel drive car.
PS - 100 mile weeks for Alison? I'll catch her, just wait 'til I start running 200 mile weeks! (but first I have to get back to 40)
Wed: 0 miles
Tues: 7 miles, Central Park
Mon: 6.5 miles, Central Park
Week Total: 10 miles, YTD: 2031.5
Now that's a lazy week!
Sun: 0 miles
Sat: 0 miles, 300 miles driving
Fri: 2 miles, race cheering
Thurs: 0 miles, 300 miles driving
Wed: 8 miles, track workout 5x800m (2:39, 2:36, 2:35, 2:32, 2:31) 1x1000m (3:07)
Tues: 0 miles
Mon: 0 miles
Posted by at 4:14 PM