Week of September 5th - 11th, 2005

Monday 9/5
Today I ran shoal creek easy. I was really tired because of the jetlag.
4 miles

Tuesday 9/6
This morning instead of doing a workout I ran for an hour around town. I ran on Shoal Creek and then added on a little.
9.5 miles

Wednesday 9/7
7am – This morning I joined the guys and ran on the Greenbelt for an hour, mostly with Raul. It was nice, and pretty cool out.
9.5 miles

Thursday 9/8
7am – This morning I ran a short but hard workout on the track. I put on my training flats and ran 1 mile in 4:34 (first 400 in 69), and then 1 min R jog, followed by 2 x 200m in 30 with 200m jog fast. Then jog 3 minutes, followed by 1 mile in 4:20 (last 400 in 61). I thought this wasn’t too bad considering I hadn’t done a stride in a week.
9 miles

Friday 9/9
Today I ran 15 minutes in the morning on my own and then 15 minutes in the evening with Barry.
4 miles

Saturday 9/10
I ran 15 minutes in the morning before getting on the plane and then 10 minutes with a few strides when I got to Providence.
4 miles

Sunday 9/11
RACE – Providence CVS 5k – 13:54 (5th)
I felt pretty good for the first 2.5 miles of this race and then I started to hurt pretty bad, I guess it’s because of a lack of base training that I couldn’t keep the pace. We were 8:50 at 2 miles and I thought I might contend. In any case I was pleased because I have never really run a competitive road race before, so this was a good start.
10 miles

Week Total – 50 miles