Week of Oct. 25th-31st, 2004

Week of October 25th – 31st, 2004

Monday 10/25
9am – ran 55 minutes from the house. I ran to shoal creek all the way down to Town Lake and then back, and then added on in the park next door. The knee hurt like hell for the first 20 minutes and then warmed up slightly for the rest of the run. I started to run pretty fast, maybe 6 min pace for the middle 40 minutes. After the run I used Rainbolt’s anti-inflammatory cream on my knee three times, and did some stretching. I am hoping that this will not stop me from running tomorrow. No strides today as planned.
9.5 miles

Tuesday 10/26
7am – ran a workout with team. Warmup to Morris-Williams GC, some strides, and then 1000m over hilly loop in 3:00, 40 sec R
200m in 29 sec, 2:30 min R
1000m tempo over flat at about 3:00 pace, 40 sec R
200m in 30 sec, 2:30 min R
1000m in 2:47 sec over hilly loop (got dropped in last 50m), 40 sec R
200m in 31 sec
30 minute cooldown, last 15 minutes on the grass inside the track
10 miles

Wednesday 10/27
1pm – ran 85 minutes from 0.0 to the greenbelt and back. Very muddy, and fell once, but was ok. Talked with Ray Flynn today, he painted a very bleak picture today for me in terms of sponsorships. It sucks man!
13 miles

Thursday 10/28
8am – 60 minutes around the east side and around the cemetery with Ben and Barry, pretty easy pace. Only got 4 hours sleep because of grading. Got on the plane to Philly
9 miles

Friday 10/29
9am – VanCordlant Park. There to watch Heps but did a workout before hand. Ran 18 minutes for warmup, followed by an 8 mile tempo run. Barry and I ran 2 loops of the 5k course including the back hills, and then one loop of the 3k loop, including cemetery hill. First 5k was 16:50, second 5k was 15:50, so the total was around 42 minutes for just under 8 miles. Felt good and strong for first time.
13 miles

Saturday 10/30
11am- ran 95 minutes with Barry in the woods at Cornell, very slow going through the trails, and there were lots of hidden rocks and roots sticking out from under the leaves on the trail. Legs felt tired, but it was ok.
14 miles

Sunday 10/31
9am- ran 45 minutes with Barry around Cornell. Very tired from the party the night before and we only had time to run 45 minutes to get in the car and drive back to Philly for the flight home. Once I got to Austin I was way too tired to run again.
6 miles

Week Total – 75 miles