Saturday, November 21, 2009

Saturday 11-21

Saturday

Group long run:

Ran 20 miles in 3 hours:18minute(9:50-10:00 avg total pace)
constant rain drizzle for most of the run
picked up pace last 4 miles, actually felt like I had some energy left.

Stretching, massage, feeling good, no problems, Staying positive and focused.

Friday 11-20

Friday

Day off, resting legs for saturday's long run

Stretching throughout the day

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Thursday 11-19

Thursday

Ran 3.5 miles-easy recovery pace.
Legs a bit fatigued-took it easy.

Core exc, push ups, stretching

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Wednesday 11-19

Wednesday

Ran ~ 8 miles
2 @ slow recovery pace
~ 6 @ 9:00 min pace tempo

Stretching

Tuesday 11-17

Tuesday

AM:
Ran 5 miles-easy recovery to medium pace
Stretching

Core exc, push ups, planks

Monday, November 16, 2009

Monday 11-16

Monday

AM:
Ran ~ 30 minutes -slow warm up
Ran with group 3x 1 mile of progressive hill intervals with 4 minute rest
( 9:00, 8:00, 7:49)
Core exc, push ups, stretching

PM:
3x 15-20 ( chest incline, obliques, biceps, triceps)
stretching

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Sunday 11-15

Sunday

75 minutes of yoga

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Saturday 11-14

Saturday

Long run with group:

Ran 12 miles in 1hour:56 minutes( 9:40 avg pace)
Started slow for 3 miles, picked up pace for remaining 9

Stretching

Feeling good, no problems, staying positive and focused on "big picture"

Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday 11-13

Friday

Ran 3 miles- 25:08, 8:22 avg total pace. Great effort. Cool morning helped.
extra stretching. Core exc and push ups at the park

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Thursday 11-12

Thursday

Felt a bit tired this morning, switching day off with friday.
Resting today, being safe and conservative

Wednesday 11-11

Wednesday

Ran 2 miles -slow warm up
Joined group for 6x800 m intervals( 3:45-4:00) with 3 minute rest between
Ran 2 miles-warm down

Core exc, stretching

tough one, did well though

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Tuesday 11-10

Tuesday

AM:
Ran 6 miles-easy to medium pace
Core exc, stretching

PM:
30 minutes of strenght training: 3x20 chest incline, bicep curls, triceps, obliques, lower abs

Monday 11-9

Monday

Ran 10minute slow warm up
Ran 3 miles of hill intervals with group

Core exc, stretching, biceps and triceps resistance bands

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sunday 11-8

Sunday

feeling good and light on my feet on my 34th birthday.

Walked 85 minutes-easy recovery form 18 mile run yesterday.

Stretch and recover more today

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Saturday 11-7

Saturday

Long Run with group:

Ran 18 mile sin 2hours:54 minutes(9:30-36 total avg. apce!, vey good)
Did a good job starting slow and picking up pace in middle miles
A bit warm in the last 5 miles, got tired, but held on ok with good form

massage helped too.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Friday 11-6

Friday


Day off

Thursday 11-5

Thursday

Ran 6 miles -easy to medium recovery pace
Stretching

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Wednesday 11-4

Wednesday
AM:
Ran ~ 2 miles for warm up-slow pace
Ran 2 x1 mile(7:52, 7:42) with 1 min rest between
5 min recovery
4x800(3:46,3:52,3:45,3:52) with 1 min rest between
Core exc, sit ups, planks, stretching, push ups, squats, lunges

tough workout, hard effort throughout

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Tuesday 11-3

Tuesday

AM:
Ran ~ 6 miles-easy recovery pace
1x30 oblique crunches and 1x30 push ups

PM:
2x30 crunches upper and lower
2x30 bicep and triceps with resist.bands
Stretching

Monday, November 2, 2009

Monday 11-2

Monday

AM:
Ran 1 mile-slow warm up
Ran 3.75 miles of continuous hill intervals in 30 minutes
Medium to hard effort on hphill and downhill, easy recovery between intervals
Core exc, planks, push ups, squats, lunges
Stretching

PM:
more core exc( 3 sets)

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Sunday 11-1

Sunday

Back to exercise:
Ran 10 miles( 96 minutes, picked up pace last 5 miles, 9:35, 9:40 pace)

lots of Stretching

shorter long run this week. going back up to 19 miles next saturday.

Saturday 10-31

Saturday

another day off for mental relaxation from exercise.