"Eternally in joy for a day's training on earth." ~Blaise Pascal

Monday, October 31, 2005

November 2005 Training Runs

  • Sun., Oct. 30: 13.1 mi. @ 6:46 pace in a.m.
  • Mon., Oct. 31: 8 mi. TEZ (Treadmill Easy) in a.m.; 8 mi. EZ in p.m. (ran my 8 mi. route through Columbia--cold and rainy run but felt solid)
  • Tues., Nov. 1: 9 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 10 mi. over lunch break at 6:29 avg. pace
  • Wed., Nov. 2: 5 mi. TEZ in early a.m; Track Workout (24 minutes at Interval Pace) total = 11 miles in a.m.
  • Thurs., Nov. 3: 10 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 9 mi. EZ in p.m. on Katy
  • Fri., Nov. 4: 14 mi. EZ LR
  • Sat., Nov. 5: Day Off
  • Total: 97 miles

  • Sun., Nov. 6: 10 mi. Medium EZ in p.m.
  • Mon., Nov. 7: 9 mi. EZ
  • Tues., Nov. 8: Day Off
  • Wed., Nov. 9: 7 miles EZ on Track with 14 X 100 meter strides
  • Thurs., Nov. 10: Day Off
  • Fri., Nov. 11: 4 mi. TEZ
  • Sat., Nov. 12: Mtn. Home Marathon, 2:58:26
  • Total: 56.2 miles

  • Sun., Nov. 13: Day Off
  • Mon., Nov. 14: 2 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 2 mi. TEZ in p.m.
  • Tues., Nov. 15: 3 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 1 mi. TEZ in p.m.
  • Wed., Nov. 16: 5 mi. TEZ in a.m.
  • Thur., Nov. 17: Day Off
  • Fri., Nov. 18: 8 mi. with 4 mi. @ Tempo (6:25 pace)
  • Sat., Nov. 19: Day Off
  • Total: 21 miles

  • Sun. Nov. 20: 7 mi. Medium EZ in a.m. (6:55 pace)
  • Mon., Nov. 21: 8 mi. EZ on Katy Trail in a.m.
  • Tues., Nov. 22: Day Off
  • Wed., Nov. 23: 9 mi. EZ with Matt
  • Thurs. Nov. 24: 9 mi. EZ (6:57 pace)
  • Fri., Nov. 25: 9 mi. EZ in a.m. with Matt; 4 mi. MEZ in p.m. on Treadmill
  • Sat., Nov. 26: Day Off
  • Total: 46 miles

  • Sun. Nov. 27: 13.1 mi. in a.m. @ 6:48 pace
  • Mon., Nov. 28: 13.1 mi. over lunch EZ pace
  • Tues., Nov. 29: 4 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 8 mi. EZ in p.m. @ 6:50 pace
  • Wed., Nov. 30: 8 mi. EZ in a.m.
  • Thurs., Dec. 1: 4 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 11 mi. EZ on Katy Trail in p.m.
  • Fri., Dec. 2: 16 mi. EZ in a.m.
  • Sat., Dec. 3: Day Off
  • Total: 77 miles

Friday, October 07, 2005

October 2005 Training Runs

  • Sun., Oct. 2: 4 mi. TEZ (treadmill easy) in a.m.; 4 mi. TEZ in p.m.
  • Mon., Oct. 3: 13.1 mi. EZ in p.m.
  • Tues., Oct. 4: 8 mi. EZ in a.m.; 8 mi. EZ in p.m.
  • Wed., Oct. 5: 8 mi. EZ in a.m.
  • Thurs., Oct. 6: 16 mi. medium-effort EZ (6:30 pace) in a.m. (very cold!!! and I was in Kansas City for a doctorate class and forgot my cold gear! Brrrr!)
  • Fri., Oct. 7: 8 mi. EZ in a.m. (still in KC--still freezing--used socks for gloves)
  • Sat., Oct. 8: "Endangered Species" 10K Race--took 2nd overall; 1st in age-group with a time of 36:58 (5:58 pace) (did about 1 mile in warmup & cool down); good job to my new friend "Magnus" (the 'Flying Finn') for taking first with a time of 32:40
  • Total: 76 miles

  • Sun., Oct. 9: 5 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 7 mi. medium effort @ 6:20 pace in p.m.
  • Mon., Oct. 10: 8 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 10 mi. EZ @ 7:06 pace in p.m.
  • Tues., Oct. 11: 8 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 7 mi. EZ in p.m.
  • Wed., Oct. 12: Track Workout--intervals (6 X 2 minutes with 1 minute recovery; 8 X 1 minute with 30 second recovery; 8 X 30 seconds with 15 second recovery) total for day including warm up and cool down: 12 miles
  • Thurs., Oct. 13: 8 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 8 mi. TEZ in p.m.
  • Fri., Oct. 14: Long Run of 18 miles @ 7:00 pace
  • Sat., Oct. 15: Day Off (wedding in Union Star--congrats to Natalie & Chris!)
  • Total: 91 miles

  • Sun., Oct. 16: 13.1 mi. @ 6:29 pace in a.m.; 5 mi. TEZ in p.m.
  • Mon., Oct. 17: 8 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 4 mi. Tempo @ 6:07 pace then 6 mi. EZ
  • Tues., Oct. 18: 8 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 10 mi. TEZ in p.m.
  • Wed., Oct. 19: 10 mi. Track Workout--Intervals (fun! more like ouch...); 6 mi. EZ in p.m.
  • Thurs., Oct. 20: 8 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 6 mi. hill workout on Treadmill
  • Fri., Oct. 21: LR of 16 miles--first 8 miles @ 7:15 pace then last 8 miles at 6:38 pace
  • Sat., Oct. 22: only 1 mi. TEZ (just wanted to relieve some stress) but took the day off
  • Sun., Oct. 23: no running today--walked a million miles cleaning up the University of Missouri's parking lots around the football stadium for our youth group's fundraiser
  • Total: 101 miles

  • Mon., Oct. 24: 14 mi. in a.m. @ 6:57 pace; 6 mi. TEZ in p.m.
  • Tues., Oct. 25: 8 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 8 mi. EZ in p.m. on Katy Trail
  • Wed., Oct. 26: 8 mi. Fartlek with Matt in a.m. on Katy Trail; 8 mi. EZ on Katy in p.m. (nice to meet you Ryan!)
  • Thurs., Oct. 27: 10 mi. TEZ in a.m.; 9 mi. EZ on Katy Trail in p.m.
  • Fri., Oct. 28: 21 mi. LR at 7:07 avg. pace (good running the first 10 with you Matt)
  • Sat., Oct. 29: Day Off
  • Total: 92 miles