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