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!)