Week of November 21st-27th, 2005

Monday 11/21
3pm – this afternoon I ran 60 minutes pretty hard from the house to the IF fields and then back to the track. I did 6 x corner to corner strides in my spikes and then a 200 on the track in 27. Afterwards I ran back home another 10 minutes.
11 miles

Tuesday 11/22
4pm – This afternoon the weather was fantastic, maybe 75 degrees and hardly any wind. I ran to shoal creek and ran 20 x hills (28-29 seconds up, 45-50 seconds down) I was trying to run as hard up the hill as I could. I then ran back to the track where I ran 2 miles in 8:51 (4:28, 4:23) feeling really easy with no lactic feeling. Afterwards I did a few strides on the infield and cooled down for about 17 minutes
12 miles

Wednesday 11/23
4pm – this afternoon I ran 90 minutes from the house down to TL. I was cruising at maybe 6:10 pace the entire way, and I was feeling OK.
14 miles

Thursday 11/24
10am – this morning I ran 35 minutes before heading down to San Marcos for a great thanksgiving dinner. In the evening I ran another 35 minutes with Raul.
11 miles

Friday 11/25
4pm – This afternoon I ran to Town Lake and ran an 8 mile tempo. I ran 21:15 for the first 4 miles and then turned around and ran 20:45 for the second 4 miles. Then I ran to the track (14 minutes) and ran 4 x 400m in 62 with 200m jog R (50 seconds). Afterwards I cooled down 15 minutes. I felt pretty slow at the beginning of the workout, but I was feeling awesome by the end.
16 miles

Saturday 11/26
3pm – today I ran 70 minutes steady from the house to the central park area around central market and then to the IF fields. I then ran back to the house and looped around to make it 11 miles approximately. I felt pretty good, and it was beautiful out.
11 miles

Sunday 11/27
4pm – this afternoon I started the run off with Barry, but that guy is losing shape fast and couldn’t hold on to 6:10 pace on TL, so I dropped him and started running 5:50’s by 30 minutes into the run and pretty much kept that pace all the way to 90 minutes, and it felt really easy, although there was a huge wind that picked up near the end of the run.
15 miles

Week Total - 90 miles

Week of November 14th - 20th, 2005

Monday 11/14
10am – I ran 60 minutes from the house to the IF fields and ran two laps and then ran home, but added on 10 minutes when I got there because I felt good.
6pm – I ran 25 minutes with Barry. We went up to the house and dropped off some forms to our new landlady (hopefully).
13 miles

Tuesday 11/15
7am – This morning I ran 20 x hills at Morris Williams with the MD guys. We run about 200m up a hill and jog down. I lapped them almost 4 times, since they were crawling on the recovery down the hill. When I got back to the track I ran 9:15 for two miles in my flats. I felt very strong, and ended with a 20 minute cool down to finish off.
15 miles

Wednesday 11/16
4pm – This afternoon it was actually kind of cold out, maybe in the 50’s and a stiff cold wind. I ran 90 minutes easy from the house around town lake and then cut short across the pedestrian bridge. I added on about a mile when I got back along the warmup loop.
14 miles

Thursday 11/17
11am – this morning I ran 40 minutes to IF and back after class.
9pm – tonight I ran 40 minutes again around campus
12 miles

Friday 11/18
7am – I ran a workout on my own this morning at Zilker Park. Tom helped me out bigtime by mapping the course for me. I ran a 28 minute warmup and then 10 x 1km in 3:00 with 90 secs jog rest. The first one felt really slow in 3:08 (trying to get the course down), but by the end I was hitting 3 minutes right on the button. The last one was 2:57. It was tough to run fast out there today, maybe it would be faster if I had spikes on. In the evening I ran 20 minutes just to shake out the legs.
16 miles

Saturday 11/19
10am – I went down to Runtex and traded for a pair of Elite 2’s, they are sweet shoes, and then I drove to the Greenbelt and ran 50 minutes, but in the old shoes. In the evening I broke out the new shoes and ran 30 minutes with Barry.
12.5 miles

Sunday 11/20
9am – This morning I ran 2 hours from the house. I ran down to Town Lake and then all around the loop, averaging about 6:15. Then I added on a little bit along the northeast end of TL and then ran home. My legs felt a little tight from the Greenbelt yesterday.
19 miles

Week Total – 101.5 miles (my first 100+ mile week!)

Week of November 7th - 13th, 2005

Monday 11/7
10am – this morning I ran 50 minutes from the house to the IF fields and did two laps and came home.
7pm – This evening I ran 30 minutes with Barry at a fast pace and did a couple of strides
13 miles

Tuesday 11/8
7am – This morning I worked out with the guys. We ran a 4 mile tempo run on TL in 20:30 (5:05, 5:10, 5:10, 5:05), and then ran back to the track and ran 3 x 600m in 1:33-1:35 with 200m R jog. I felt very good!
10.5 miles

Wednesday 11/9
5pm – Tonight I ran 90 minutes at a decent pace with Barry on the bike. It was really nice out, perfect weather, maybe 70 degrees. I ran from the house to Town Lake and then to Stratford (crazy hills) and then scenic (moderate hills). I felt pretty good, although my legs tightened up a little after all the hillwork.
14 miles

Thursday 11/10
11am – 40 min from the house to the cemetery and a few loops and back
4pm – another 40 minutes, but much harder, with Barry, did a loop of the intramural fields and back
12.5 miles

Friday 11/11
4pm – today was a pretty tough workout. I ran from the house down to TL and ran 2 x 4 miles tempo with 2 min R (20:49, 20:38). Then, I ran back to the track for 2 x 1000m, but there was a soccer game on, so I ran down to the intramural track and ran 2 x 3 minutes hard with 2 minutes R jog. By this time I was feeling really glycogen depleted and hypoglycemic, so I only ran 10 minutes cooldown back to the house.
16 miles

Saturday 11/12
9am – This morning we drove to Waco again to watch the SC Regional meet. Before the race I ran 40 minutes, most of the way with Tom, Eric, and Ryan. When I got back to Austin I went 30 minutes easy with Barry.
11 miles

Sunday 11/13
8am – This morning I ran 2 hours from 0.0. Vig wanted me to take it easy, but I found it really hard to go slower than 5:50-6:00 pace. It was a great run, most of it with Poncho and Middleton, and then I ran the last 20 minutes on my own. My left big toe was bothering me for the first hour or so and then it went away. I iced it and took some advil in the evening.
20 miles

Week Total – 97 miles (lifetime high!)

Week of October 31st - November 6th, 2005

Monday 10/31
Today I ran 70 minutes at a good clip and then ran 4 x 30 seconds really hard. I felt great.
12 miles

Tuesday 11/1
I had an exam this morning so I was pretty stressed out about that, so I skipped the workout (I really don’t want to start working out again just yet), and I ran 70 minutes in the evening.
11 miles

Wednesday 11/2
Today I ran a hard run with Barry on the bike. We started at the house and then ran up Mt. Bonnell to Scenic, and then back via Enfield road. Barry ran over a corpse of an armadillo and blew a tire, so I had to go get him after the run. I ran 80 minutes at a very good clip.
13 miles

Thursday 11/3
Today I was supposed to run 40 minutes twice, but I was feeling really sick, so I just shuffled 40 minutes in the morning and then stayed in the house all day, and slept a lot.
5 miles

Friday 11/4
Today I was pretty sick and so I just sat around the house all day. I didn’t run.
0 miles

Saturday 11/5
Tonight I ran 60 minutes from the house to Town Lake with Barry. I felt pretty good, and the sickness is definitely gone. It was a good idea to take yesterday off.
9 miles

Sunday 11/6
7pm - Tonight I ran on my own from the house to Town Lake and then to scenic. I was feeling really good so I kept going around Hyde Park for a while, until I reached 90 minutes.
14.5 miles

Week Total – 64.5 miles (low because of sickness)

Week of October 24th - 30th, 2005

Monday 10/24
Today I ran 50 minutes easy and then did some circuits with the guys at the track.
8 miles

Tuesday 10/25
I ran 40 minutes in the morning and then another 40 minutes in the evening
12 miles

Wednesday 10/26
I ran 50 minutes in the morning and then another 40 minutes in the evening
13 miles

Thursday 10/27
Today I ran with Andrew in the afternoon, but I didn’t feel great (hypoglycemic), so I only ran 50 and then ran another 30 minutes in the evening and felt much better.
12 miles

Friday 10/28
8am – Today at the BIG 12 meet I ran 2 x 4k (5 min R) with Andrew on the race course. We ran in flats and were running about 3:05 per km. I was gapping him a little. It was a tough course to run on, and maybe flats weren’t the best, but it was a good effort. Afterwards I cooled down about 20 minutes and then ran around watching the races.
12 miles

Saturday 10/29
Today I took the day off, since the rest of the month is going to be crazy training wise
0 miles

Sunday 10/30
Today I ran 80 minutes with Barry on the bike. I felt great, but probably because of the day off yesterday.
13 miles

Week Total – 70 miles