Week of September 26th - October 2nd, 2005

Monday 9/26
Today I ran 70 minutes easy, feeling a little bit sore from the long run yesterday.
10 miles

Tuesday 9/27
7am – This morning I ran by myself a couple of times, in the morning and then in the afternoon. It was really hot out today. I ran maybe 30 minutes in the morning and then 40 minutes in the evening.
11 miles

Wednesday 9/28
7am – This morning I was feeling really tired due to lack of sleep, but I did a short workout on the track in my flats. I ran 8 x 200 in 30-31, with 40 seconds rest jog (jogged 200m). It was really hard basically because of the heat. Tonight I ran again for about 20 minutes to shake the legs out.
9 miles

Thursday 9/29
Today I ran 40 minutes twice from the house, running very easy.
12 miles

Friday 9/30
4pm – Today I ran the course for the IBM race coming up. So I ran about 40 minutes pretty easy, and then did some strides in my trainers in the parking lot.
7 miles

Saturday 10/1
Today I just went out for an easy 60 minute run from the house to Town Lake and back
10 miles

Sunday 10/2
RACE – IBM Uptown Classic, Austin, TX – 1st place 10km – 29:05
I ran a terrible race today tactically. I felt great through 5km, but it was way too fast in 13:54, and then I died with the bad heat and horrible humidity. My 4th mile was like 5:10 or so. That was stupid and it cost me the record (29:03) and the money that went with it. The only good thing about this was the fact that I went through 5km that fast and felt so good, which means I’m starting to get in great shape. Afterwards I cooled down about 25 minutes or so.
14 miles

Week Total – 73 miles