April Training Runs 2008

• April 1, Tuesday: 10.25 on Katy in 1:14:40 (new record for this run--as of lately in my new phase of training)
• April 2, Wednesday: 10.25 on Katy, 1:19:14 EZ pace the whole way--nice day and weather
• April 3, Thursday: Met Steve this afternoon around 4 pm, and we ran about 9 miles through south Columbia neighborhoods...It was misting on us the whole time, cloudy and gray and a bit cold...
• April 4, Friday: LR of 12.4 on Katy, EZ pace in 1:37:11 (7:51 avg. pace). Overcast, cold.
• April 5, Saturday: No Running--day off
• April 6, Sunday: 10.25 on Katy in 1:18:56. EZ run--beautiful day, ran without my shirt off and awwww, felt so good...I love the way it feels, the wind and the sunshine. Just awesome and lots of people out today too. Oh, I saw "Rocket Girl"--she always runs SO FAST--I have no idea who she is, but everytime I see her, she's like a rocket going by...
• April 7, Monday: 10.25 on Katy, first 3 miles fast: 6:37; 6:22; 6:06...then EZ...then burned last mile in 6:43 to finish in new record time of 1:14:24. Outran a girl on a bike--she kinda freaked out a bit! Very tiring day overall--tough in other ways...
• April 8, Tuesday: 10.25 on Katy, EZ in 1:20:13. Gray, overcast and wet (temp in the upper 40s?) Nasty conditions--not very much of a fun run at all...
• April 9, Wednesday: 8 miles with Steve (began at Hearnes, ran down to Katy, then 5 mile Tempo at 6:52 avg pace; then ran back to Hearnes)
• April 10, Thursday: 10.25 on Katy; totally EZ (felt very tired). Rained really hard last 3 miles of run...some thunder...a couple of nice little rainbows too. I got soaked. Temp was nice--around 70 (before the rain)...I've never seen the water so high next to the trail--almost over it...
• April 11, Friday: I think I ran 13, but it was hard to measure because portions of the Katy were flooded and I had to go on some access roads to loop around. My time: 1:34:58 for a good, brisk pace. Felt winded, like I was definitely pushing the pace, but it felt good. Nice motion in my legs.
• April 12, Saturday: No Running
• April 13, Sunday: 10.25 on Katy; 1:16:44 EZ
• April 14, Monday: 10.25 on Katy; 1:16:39 EZ (just felt out of sorts running even though it went well...)
• April 15, Tuesday: 12.4 EZ (did about 6.4 with Steve--he wasn't feeling too well). Weather was nice. We went through town. I had parked down on the Katy--ran to meet with Steve and then ran back when we were done.
• April 16, Wednesday: 10.25 on Katy, EZ in 1:16:23
• April 17, Thursday: 10 in town with Steve--met on Katy entrance and then ran into and through town. Kinda funny--he only wanted to run 6.4--but he chose the course and my GPS showed that we ended up doing 10. Oops! It was about 7:42 pace, EZ.
• April 18, Friday: No running--had funeral in Jeff City--busy day!
• April 19, Saturday: 12.4 on Katy in 1:27:09. First 5 hard in low 6:teens and 6:20s...Then backed off and ran mid-sevens; then burned last mile in 6:15. Felt pretty good overall. It was about 50 degrees and overcast--supposed to have been a nice day, but oh well!
• April 20, Sunday: 10.25 on Katy EZ in 1:18:06. Felt worn out from the tough run yesterday! Tons of people on the Katy--nice to see that--weather was perfect.
• April 21, Monday: 10.75 on Katy EZ in 1:22:29. Felt pretty good--perfect weather. I watched the Boston marathon this morning on TV--felt sad that I wasn't there--maybe next year??? Please Lord!
• April 22, Tuesday: 10.75 total (ran 7 with Steve through town) EZ pace...last 1.5 picked it up (6:30 pace)...felt great--very warm--I love it!
• April 23, Wednesday: 10.75 on Katy, HEZ, in 1:18 and some change...
• April 24, Thursday: Parked at Luther, ran to Bethel (4 miles); ran the Human Race course with Steve (5 miles); then ran back to Bethel--total of 12.75 miles MEZ (horrible blister on one of my right toes--so painful and so huge! I was grossing everyone out tonight with it!)
• April 25, Friday: No Running...
• April 26, Saturday: 11.30 around my house in 1:19:09. Good solid run--had a few stops, stomach felt queezy, but hit a 5:40 pace pretty solid for some of the downhills--held a 6:38ish pace coming up the long hill before my house...
• April 27, Sunday: No Running...
• April 28, Monday: Tried to do a Tempo on the Katy--first mile in 6:22; then 6:20--but my left calf was crampy/tight--so to avoid injury I bagged the Tempo run and turned it into an EZ 10K run...But I think I'm fighting the cold that my family has--felt dizzy and fatigued--just all out of sorts... :(
• April 29, Tuesday: 11 miles in 1:15:40 (6:50 pace). Felt solid--good make up run from yesterday--first real training run in a long time--thank you Jesus! It was a strong, good, consistent effort. I want to do one of these every week--but have an A-B-C method. We'll call this one the "A" to set the standard from which I can improve. I hit many miles in the 6:30s.
• April 30, Wednesday: 11 on Katy--just beautiful afternoon EZ run in 1:21:21. Wish this blister would heal--really got painful on me today in the heat...ouch! Otherwise, I felt great...