Week of May 21st – May 27th, 2007

Monday 5/21
AM – 30 minutes Easy from the house to the urban trails and back
PM – 46 minutes from the track, then some drills and 8 x hard strides on the grass
11 miles

Tuesday 5/22
This morning I ran 60 minutes from the house to the track. Saw a big ass fox in the woods, kind of cool. The track was busy with some kind of meet going on, so we drove up to a local high school track. 6 x 300 (43.5, 44.6, 43.8, 43.9, 44.4, 43.2) with 65-70” recovery. Felt pretty good today, although a little tight from the strides yesterday. 12 minutes easy to end.
11.5 miles

Wednesday 5/23
AM- 45 minutes from the house to the urban trails and back, very easy run, but legs felt dead. Massage afterwards.
PM – after coming back from Sedona I went for an easy 25 minute run.
9 miles

Thursday 5/24
AM – 15 minutes before driving down to Phoenix for flight to Oregon
PM – 15 minutes in Eugene
4 miles

Friday 5/25
PM – 25 minutes from the track to Pre’s trail and back. 2 x 200m, 2 x 150.
4 miles

Saturday 5/26
RACE – Road to Eugene – 5000m – 13:35.68
40 minute run with Gillis, then 4 x 20 second strides
11 miles

Sunday 5/27
80 minutes from the hotel to Pre’s trail and then two loops and the back to the hotel
My left ankle/lower calf felt very tight, but ran through it
12.5 miles

Week Total – 63 miles