Week of October 3rd - 9th, 2005

Monday 10/3
Today I ran 50 minutes around Shoal Creek with an add-on. I definitely could feel that there wasn’t something right with my stomach, so that’s why I stopped a little short.
7 miles

Tuesday 10/4
I could not run today because of food poisoning. My stomach felt horrible.
0 miles

Wednesday 10/5
8pm – Tonight I tried to run 30 minutes easy with Barry, but I felt bloated and my stomach felt terrible. I had to stop a few times because of the shooting pain to my gut area. It may have been the worst run I have ever done.
3 miles

Thursday 10/6
Today was totally lost to travel. I had to catch a flight a 7am, and no time to get up and run. I had the most horrible GI problems ever on the plane. It was almost disastrous a few times. I have never gone to the bathroom so much in my life. I felt terrible.
0 miles

Friday 10/7
With the time difference and the travel to Japan, today was almost lost. When we got to the hotel in Izumo we ran maybe 25 minutes easy since we were crazy jetlagged. It felt good to shake the legs out.
3 miles

Saturday 10/8
8pm – Tonight I was able to get an easy workout in on the roads around the hotel. I ran about 20 minutes to warm up, and then ran 4 x 30 seconds hard with 30 seconds rest. I ran this in my trainers. I then ran 20 minutes to cool down. I’m a little worried because I haven’t worked out all week and this was a pretty pathetic attempt before the race on Monday.
6 miles

Sunday 10/9
10am – This morning before lunch we went for a little run along the river. I ran about 25 minutes and did some strides and some drills. I then stretched a bunch before going out to the special garden and tea house and then to the noodle place for lunch.
4 miles

Week Total – 23 miles