Week of May 23rd - May 29th, 2005

Monday 5/23
7am- I ran 60 minutes with Barry from the house. We ran to Morris Williams GC and ran one loop and a half and then ran home. The last few minutes I felt some pain in my foot, but it went away. Probably from too much running on the pavement, I need to keep on the soft stuff. In the evening I went to practice with the team and ran 10 minutes after doing drills, followed by 5 hard corner to corner strides on the grass. Barry and I then did hurdles and medballs.
10 miles

Tuesday 5/24
8pm- I ran a 20-minute warmup, followed by 4x1000m with 3 min jog rest. 2:56, 2:56, 2:54, 2:47. The last one I just wanted to open up and see what happened. It felt hard but good. I then cooled down on the grass for 20 minutes. Granny died today; need to go to Ireland this weekend.
9 miles

Wednesday 5/25
11am- I was able to get 30 minutes in before packing and quickly catching a flight to Toronto and then to Dublin overnight.
4 miles

Thursday 5/26
OFF

Friday 5/27
40 minute run, strides on the track at UCD

Saturday 5/28
OFF – My Granny’s funeral was today

Sunday 5/29
OFF – foot not feeling so great.

Week of May 16th - 22nd, 2005

Monday 5/16
6pm- I ran 60 minutes with Ben and Barry from the house to Town Lake. It was really nice out. We did some hard strides on the infield of the track afterwards.
9 miles

Tuesday 5/17
6pm- I went to practice today and ran 60 minutes with the team, but Barry, Ben and I dropped them after a few miles. We were running pretty hard, maybe 6:10’s on TL, and then we came back to the track where I put on some flats and ran 2x300 in 42 flat. It felt all-out but it felt great to open up again. We cooled down for 5-6 minutes easy on the infield afterwards.
11 miles

Wednesday 5/18
6pm- A bunch of us drove down to Barton Springs and ran on the greenbelt for 70 minutes pretty hard. We were rolling most of the way, and I picked it up to probably 5:10’s or faster for the last 5 minutes.
11 miles

Thursday 5/19
6pm- I went to practice today with the team. I ended up running 45 minutes pretty easy on Shoal Creek from the track and then doing some drills.
6.5 miles

Friday 5/20
8pm- My first real workout so far this spring… I ran a 20 minute easy warmup, then 3 miles tempo on the track under the lights in 14:57, mile splits 5:02, 5:02, 4:53. I felt pretty fat and overweight, but it felt ok. I jogged 3-4 minutes and then ran 2x300 in 45, 43 with about 4 minutes jog R. I cooled down with Nichol for 20 minutes easy.
9 miles

Saturday 5/21
11am- I ran an easy 60 minutes in the ridiculous heat today. I am not going to do this again, it was painfully hard. Felt ok, but a little tight from yesterday, so not a bad idea to take it easy today. I picked it up the last 15 minutes though, once I loosened up a lot. I will now run early in the morning
8.5 miles

Sunday 5/22
7:30am- I ran 80 minutes with the team from 0.0. We started off pretty easy but then dropped to near 6 minute pace on mile 4. Once we turned around after the bridge we started rolling 5:50s for a few miles until I turned back earlier with Kevin at 70 minutes, and then breezed back the last 10 minutes. It felt hard and my legs felt flat, but I hung in there well. It was really hot out, even at that time of day.
13 miles

Week Total – 68 miles

Week of May 9th - 15th, 2005

Monday 5/9
8pm- I ran 60 minutes on Town Lake from the 0.0. I ran pretty hard, it was dark, but running 6:15’s or so. My legs are feeling tired, need a new pair of shoes.
9.5 miles

Tuesday 5/10
6pm- I showed up to practice today for the first time in ages. It was a good feeling. I did all the warmup stuff, and then ran 60 minutes from the track to TL on my own since the guys were doing a workout. Once on TL I was running 6:05-6:10, legs still feel tired and inflexible. I have to work on this. Did some hurdle drills and lunges afterwards.
9.5 miles

Wednesday 5/11
6pm- Again today I went to practice. I did the drills and then drove down to 0.0 and met Flo 20 minutes into his run. We then ran Greenbelt which was really refreshing. It was a very good effort today. I do need to lose a few pounds though. I’m getting on a diet.
9 miles

Thursday 5/12
12pm- I ran 35 minutes today with Flo again. We ran a shoal creek loop. My foot was hurting. I really think it wasn’t the bone though, I think it’s the new shoes even though they are elites. I will take tomorrow off to be sure and cautious
5 miles

Friday 5/13
OFF
0 miles

Saturday 5/14
12pm- I decided to put my orthotics back in the elites, like I did last year. It was a great run with Barry and Flo from 0.0 to the Greenbelt for 63 minutes total. Even the last mile was 5:50. I felt great and there was no foot pain at all.
9 miles

Sunday 5/15
12pm- I will have to stop running so late in the day. It’s getting way too hot for this. I need to get up early. Anyway, I ran 70 minutes from the house down to Town Lake and did the small loop and back. I was averaging about 5:55-6 flat on town lake for the mile splits and I was feeling really good. I think I will increase the Sunday run by 10-15 minutes per week.
11 miles

Week Total – 53 miles

Week of May 2nd - 8th, 2005

Monday 5/2
9pm- I ran 43 minutes today with Rainbolt on the IF fields. It was a perfect temperature out and felt really nice, even cold. The weather has been perfect running weather here the last few weeks, even though it’s supposed to be getting hot.
6 miles

Tuesday 5/3
5pm- I ran 46 minutes on the IF fields. I’m really starting to get sick of this place. I need to find some other grassy areas to run on, that or get back to Greenbelt etc… Felt good though.
6.5 miles

Wednesday 5/4
1pm – I ran 50 minutes with Rainbolt on the IF fields again. I think this will be my last day here for a while. I felt good, and started rolling the last 20 minutes.
7.5 miles

Thursday 5/5
10pm – I had a really long day today getting my car registered, and really didn’t have time to run. I was going to make this my day off, but decided to squeeze in a 25 minute run in the dark at IF, and put in 3 hard strides near the end.
3.5 miles

Friday 5/6
11am – I ran 50 minutes from 0.0 on TL. I ran a short loop over the I35 bridge and then back to 0.0, where I had to add on an extra mile. I felt tired, and the legs didn’t feel so good; maybe because it was getting pretty hot and the sun was beaming down on me. I was still running pretty fast though 6:10-15’s.
7.5 miles

Saturday 5/7
9pm – ran 8 miles on Town Lake on my own. I didn’t wear a watch because I couldn’t find it. I ran pretty hard, but obviously no idea of the pace.
8 miles

Sunday 5/8
11am – I ran 60 minutes today on Town Lake. My legs were really tight and tired from last night, but I struggled through it (felt like the end of a long run), and the last 20 minutes were especially bad. But, I think I was still running 6:15’s or so.
9.5 miles

Week Total – 48.5 miles