Thursday, December 31, 2009

Thursday 12/31

Thursday

Ran easy 4 miles. felt a bit tired. will monitor energy level and adjust next few days.

may need more rest and recovery runs.

Wednesday 12/30

Wednesday

Ran 1 mile warm up
Ran 6 miles-threshold pace(9:10 avg)
Ran 1 mile warm down

stretching throughout day

Tuesday 12/29

Tuesday

Easy day, few sets of abs, planks, push ups

Monday 12/28

Monday

Ran 6 miles @ 9:05 total pace.

Core exc, squats, stretching

Sunday 12/27

Sunday

Strength training: chest, abs, biceps, tricpes
eliptical trainer: 30 minutes

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Saturday 12/26

Saturday

Group long run:
Ran 21.25 miles in 3 hours:30 minutes( 9:50-10:00 total pace)
Felt good , strong and focused throughout run. Actually picked up pace and ran stronger the last 6-8 miles. No problems. This is the third and last long run over 20 miles.
Stretching

Getting an afternoon massage.
Starting tapering tomorrow . Marathon on 1/17/10

"Good things are coming my way" and "The best is yet to come"

Friday 12/25

Friday

Day off. Few core exc. resting legs for 21 miler on Saturday.

Thursday 12/24

Thursday

Ran 6 miles-easy medium pace
core exc, push ups, stretching

Wednesday 12/23

Wednseday

Ran 2 miles- slow warm up
Ran 4x1 mile with 1 min rst( avg. 8:00-8:05 min pace.)
Ran 2 mile warm down
core exc, planks, push ups, squats and lunges

Tuesday 12/22

Tuesday

Ran 60 minutes -easy recovery pace
core exc, push ups, stretching

Monday 12-21

Monday

ran 10 min warm up
ran 30 min of hill intervals with group
ran 10 min warm down

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Sunday 12-20

Sunday

75 minute of yoga

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Saturday 12-19

Saturday
Group long run:

Ran 17 miles ( 2 hour:50 min, 10:00 min overall pace, about 6 miles were between 9:30-9:50 pace)

stretching
massage

Friday, December 18, 2009

Friday 12-18

Friday

Finally weighing under 200 pounds. Current weight at 198 pounds.
82 pounds lost since 5-5-08
waistline: comfortable 34

Ran easy 30 minutes-recovery

Thursday 12-17

Thursday

allergies were bad, needed to rest.

Wednesday 12-16

Wednesday

Ran 2.25 mile-slow warm up
Intervals with group:
2 miles (16:35)
5 min rest
1 mile(7:42)
3min rest
800 meters (3:38)

2.5 mile-slow warm down

Tuesday 12-15

Tuesday

Ran 6 miles, negative slpit( 2nd 3 miles), total pace 9:05

Core exc, push ups, stretching

Monday 12-14

Monday
30 minutes of hill intervals with group

2.5 mile warm down

core exc, stretching

Sunday 12-13

Sunday
75 minutes of yoga

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Saturday 12-12

Saturday
Group Long Run:

Ran 13 miles in 2:17, slowed down , 2 more longer long runs coming up this month
Stretching

massage session late morning after breakfast/recovery

Friday 12-11

Friday

Ran 60 minutes easy recovery-med pace
Cor eexc, stretching, biceps resist bandx 30, 30 push ups

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Thursday 12-10

Thursday

Mental day off.

Wednesday 12-9

Wednesday
AM:
Group workout

Ran 6 miles @ 9:05-9:10 avg pace( 55 minutes)

Warm down 1 mile

Core exc, stretching, push ups

PM:
60 minutes of yoga- lots of core and leg balance poses

Tuesday 12-8

Tuesday

Legs feeling better

AM:
Ran 6 miles- easy to medium effort
Stretching@ park

PM:
2x 30 bicep resist.bands, 2x 30 psuh ups
2 setx obliques, crunches, lower abs

Monday 12-7

Monday

still recovering, took it easy during workout
Ran 1mile easy warm up--very slow

Ran 3 miles of hill intervals --very slow and easy effort but continuous

Ran 1mile warm down, slow easy effort

Extra stretching, core exc, push ups

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Sunday 12-6

Sunday

Group Long Run:

Ran 21 miles @ 10:05-10:25 avg pace. Slower than the 20 miler two weeks ago. Might have gone a bit fast in the middle miles, maybe legs were tired from thursday, not sure, still a good effort, not worried about it.

Stretching throughout the day.

Saturday 12-5

Saturday

Group long run postponed to sunday due to icy roads in the morning

Friday 12-4

Friday

Snow in Houston! Took the day off

Thursday 12-3

Thursday

Ran 9 miles @ 9:05-9:15 pace range

Great effort
Stretching

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Wednesday 12-2

Wednesday

8 mile progressive run
startign at ~10:00 pace and ending with 8:00 pace per mile
overall: 8 miles in 69 min( avg pace 8:37)

great effort, felt good, cold morning

obliques, lower abs, crunches
Stretching throughout the day

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Monday 11-30

Monday

Ran 3 miles @ tempo 9:05 pace
Stretching and core exc

Sunday 11-29

Sunday

2 sets of core exc and push ups

traveling back to Houston

Saturday 11-28

Saturday

Ran 12 miles in 1 hour 59 minutes(9:54-10:00 total pace)

Stretching

Friday 11-26

Friday

Ran 5 miles in San Francisco

core exc, push ups, Stretching

Thursday 11-25

Thursday

3 sets of core exc, push ups

traveling for thanksgiving

Wednesday 11-25

Wednesday

Ran 6 miles-easy medium pace
stretching

Tuesday 11-24

Tuesday

Ran 5 miles-easy recovery pace

Monday 11-23

Monday

Ran ~ 5 miles including 3 miles of hill intervals with group
core exc, stretching

Sunday 22

Sunday
75 minutes of yoga