14 weeks to go

Well, I had the best intentions.  It was 20 weeks to go.  I thought I could use Brad Hudson's "Run Faster" schedule, to get back in shape and give 3:15 a scare.  Life and not really caring has derailed that dream.  I've basically just run and not all that much.  My only emphasis has been increasing my long run (up to 15 now) so that I can ramp up and get some 20 milers in.  I've had a slight strain with my right lower leg (lateral side -- calf or one of those stabilizer muscles), for the last couple of weeks, so I ran/walked Sun - Sat this week.  Here's the tally

• week of 5/27 - 55 miles - 9, 7/2, 6, 10.2, 6, 8.8, 5.4, 9.9
• week of 6/4 - 44 miles - 4.7, 7.9, 2, 0.7, 8.6, 6.5, 13.6
• week of 6/11 - 49 miles - 0, 10, 6.4, 8, 7.7, 6.1/1.6, 2.9, 13.6
• week of 6/18 - 42 miles - 8, 1.1, 7.6, 8, 1.4/3 (before and after swim meet), 13.6
• week of 6/25 - 32 miles - 0 (no sleep), 7.5, 7.1, 8.2, 0 (6:30am flight), 0 (swim meet/tired, sore) , 9.1 (run/walk) -- work travel this week
• week of 7/2 - 50 miles - 8.3 (r/w), 8 (r/w), 8.8 (r/w), 0,  8.1 (r/w), 2.2 (swim meet), 15 on mill

All running quite slow except  6/26.  miles were 9:05, 7:57/153, 7:32/160, 8:01/155, 7:26/166, 8:01/163, 7:29/170, 10:29.  This was on a track.  Wx was pretty good.  It was 70 deg and dry (in desert).

Where to go from  here?  I need to stop skipping days, but I'm just not motivated and am able to rationalize a tweaked muscle into an off day or use a family activity (read: swimming) as an excuse.  15 miles is enough for the long run for now.  I could try and add a mid-week medium long run or add some intensity.  Ah, maybe I'll just shoot for finishing.

week of 21 May - 20 weeks to go

20 weeks to go today (5/27) until the marathon.  A lackluster week of running to start, but I had a renewed focus after commiting myself to run 42.195km.

 - Mo - nada, strangely sore
 - Tu - 5.6 @10:00 on TM
 - We - nada, no sleep
 - Th - 7.9 usual out and back, 9:18 pace
 - Fr am - 7.6 on TM, 78' weight loss level 7
 - Fr pm - 2.0 @ 10:00 on TM
 - Sa - 7.6 on TM, 78' weight loss level 7
 - Su am - 9.1 @ 9:48 at Burke Lake, 76deg and humid
 - Su pm - 3.0 @ 10:00 on TM
Total: 42.9 mile

I doubled on Friday and Sunday, which is always awesome.  I had planned to do 3 laps (13.8 miles) but stopped at two because my legs were sore and I didn't want to start this adventure injured.  I made up for it with 3 in the afternoon.  43 isn't good, but not bad with two days off.  I'll do better this week.

I'm still mulling over how to go about training.  I had hoped to have a plan before today, but... oh, well.  Here's a list of things I think are important:  weekly mileage, weight.  That's about it.  There's a long list of semi-important stuff I can't decide between -- long runs, hills, moderate runs, marathon pace runs, tempo, intervals, drills, strides, core, ...

Mount Desert Island Marathon - 14 October 2012

 20 weeks from Sunday, I'll be running the Desert Island Marathon in Bar Harbor, Maine.  The last marathon I ran was Boston in 2009.  Frankly, I've gotten a bit lazy.  I chased the sub-40 10k for a while and I sort of got there last Spring when I ran a downhill, wind-at-my back 39:35.  That was good enough I guess, because I haven't run that much since then.

I signed up for a Fall marathon, but it was local and easy to bail on.  This suckers in Maine.  We're talking hotels and airline tickets.  Plus a friend of mine is going.  Fear and same -- my greatest motivators.

I'm also planning to get back on the blogging horse, so I have to write down my weekly mileage.

Here's my mileage by the months since I last posted (July 2, 2011!).

July - 162 (37 mpw)
August - 152 (34 mpw)
September - 203 (47 mpw)
October - 190 (44 mpw)
November - 162 (38 mpw)
December - 218 (49 mpw)
January - 182 (41 mpw)
February 182 (44 mpw)
March 163 (37 mpw)
April - 155 (36 mpw)
May - 136 (thru 5/24 -- 40 mpw)

Compare this to the 60 mpw I *averaged* over 2008.  Also I notice a trend with my good races.  I ran 232 miles in March of 2011 before running 1:06:17 at Cherry Blossom and 283 in March 2010 before running 1:05:55.  I didn't make it in the lottery for Cherry Blossom, which I think killed some of my motivation.

The last race I ran was a 20:41 5k on New Year's Eve.  I did manage 2nd in my age group (the strange M36-40???), but didn't stick around to find out.

The race is in early Fall, so I'll have to get in some mileage this summer.  Here we go...

last bazillion weeks

What I've been doing. The last 3 weeks are a virtual guess as I got in the habit of not wearing my garmin and then not writing down the time or distance.

Big picture is the last couple of months I've been doing the lunge matrix before and after at least half my runs. I was doing pilates regularly (10 minutes with Denise Austen DVD) in May but have been off the wagon this month.

In June I started to follow coach squires SWEP book alpha phase level 11, but have blown it the last couple of week. At the same time I've slowly introduce and now run a good bit in zero drop Saucony shoes (Hattoris). During this time, I've also been concentrating on minimizing ground contact time by not allowing myself to rest in the stance phase (basically increasing turnover) and constantly working. I'm a bit sore with these changes and have dropped mileage while I build up.

week of 4 April

Mo - jog 2 miles @ 9:30 [recovery from Cherry Blossom]
Tu - 7 easy @ 9:12 on treadmill
We - 9 easy @ 9:15 on treadmill
Th - 6.2 easy @ 8:30 in neighborhood -- always want to run faster outside
Fr - 10 @ 8:51 on treadmill including 6 x 5' at 7:30/3 deg incline w/ 5' at 10:00/0 deg include rest
Sa - 6.2 @ 8:31 in neighborhood
Su - 9.1 @ 8:05 on lake trail including 6x1' pickups at maybe HM pace over last 30 minutes (roughly every 5 minutes)

Week - 49.6
Week comments: Been doing pilates 10' core routine from Denise Austen pilates DVD 3-4x /week for past month or so, but never logged it.

Week of 11 April

Mo - 7.92 @ 8:44
Tu - 6.2 @ 9:20
We - treadmill 8.0 @ 9:30
Th - treadmill 8.0 @ 9:30 including 6x1' at 9mph (6:40) with 2:40 rest at 6mph (10:00)
Fr - 6.15 0:55:05 8:57 138 (69%)
Sa - rest
Su - wup 0.23 miles (porta john outprioritized my warmup), Pike's Peek 10k in 39:35!
Week - 42.8
Week comments: My faster-than-normal easy pace running the previous week, combined with residual fatigue from Cherry Blossom, and running a bit too fast hard on my friday workout left me pretty sore early in the week, so I took it easy.

Week of 18 April

Mo - 2 mile jog -- more sore from 10k than 10 miler
Tu - 6 @9:25 on treadmill
We - 7.9 @ 8:39 - still easy
Th - 3 @ 10:00 on treadmill -- hamstrings sore, too much, too soon on Wed
Fr - 7.9 @ 8:51
Sa - 5.9 @ 9:02
Su - 10.3 @ 8:36 including 4x1' @ about HM effort w/ 3' rest -- moderate effort with temp @79 degrees!
Week - 43 miles
Week comments: Sore this week and didn't push it. I've been playing it by ear race-to-race for a while and consequently not getting in much mileage, but I seemed to race myself into shape. Not sure how long I can keep this peak this way though.

Week of 25 April

Mo - 6 @ 9:26 treadmill
Tu - 7.9 @ 8:41
We - 7.8 @ 7:54 including 5 x 1k @10k with 300m jog rest. 70 degrees and 65 dp. 3:58, 3:55, 3:58, 3:58, 4:08. Felt too hard on the 2nd to last so ran the last relaxed w/o looking at watch. 4:00/k is not 10k pace when 70 degrees!
Th - 7 @ 9:26 treadmill
Fr - 9 @ 8:49
Sa - 6 @ 9:45 treadmill
Su - 10 @ 8:30 including last 2.5 at ~7:40 pace
Week - 52.6

Week of 2 May

Mo - 6 @ ~9:30
Tu - 8.5 including 7 x 1 @ 6:40 with 3:00 rest
We - 6 @ ~9:30 ???? (think I did this and didn't write it down)
Th - 6.1 @ 8:43
Fr - rest
Sa - 6' wup, 10k in 40:20, 2' cdn
Su - 9 on trail

Week: 42.6
Week comments: 10k was strange. Pretty calm wind and a super flat course, but the race started a little late (~7:45) and it was 59 degrees and full sun on exposed airfield at 8am which is a little warm for my Swedish blood. There were no mile markers until mile 5, so I went by the garmin. I was about 6:23 at 1st mile and then slowed to 6:27 overall by mile 5 (6:26 is 40-minute pace). There was a big gap in front of me so I was running alone and having to yell to volunteers to find out which way to go as they were turned around directing the 5k runners who started 10 minutes later. One pointed me the wrong way and I had to turn around when they yelled after me -- only lost ~5 seconds though -- but it was around mile 5. I hit the lap button at mile 5 finally (the first with a mile marker) and saw ~6:45 pace -- which I hadn't done that. I was shocked though when the clock said 39:44 when I crossed. I quick look at the watch showed 40:20 though and that's how it ended up in the results.

Week of 9 May

Mo -6
Tu - 8.6
We - 7
Th - 8.6
Fr - 10.4
Sa - 3.5
Su - 12.3
Week - 56.4
Week comments: Went to all easy this week to get my volume up a little.

Week of 16 May

Mo - 6 @ 10:00 TM
Tu - 8 @ 9:15 TM
We - 7 @ 9:39
Th - 6 @ 9:56
Fr - 0
Sa - 5.44 @ 8:38 springfield loop
Su - 9.7 @ 9:38 TM
Week - 42.1

Week of 23 May

Mo - Rest -- up too late working
Tu - 7.40
We - 4.50
Th - Rest -- dog kept me up all night; turned out the poor thing had a scratched cornea
Fr - 8.00
Sa - 6
Su - 6 -- didn't get usual long run b/c of daughter's soccer tournament
Week - 31.9
Week comment: Least mileage since I was hurt last fall and least non-hurt, non-marathon-recovery, mileage in maybe 5 years.

Week of 30 May

Mo - 8.2 @ 9:05 TM
Tu - 6 mi at 10:00 alternating incline every mile -- 2 deg, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0
We - 6 @ 9:33 TM
Th - Rest? (didn't record anything for this day)
Fr - 6.14 @ 8:47 nbrhd loops
Sa - 7.23 @ 8:42 springfield loop
Su - 11.74 @ 8:42 fartlek SR to Burke lake -- 1' 1' 2' 1' 1' 2' pickups every 5'
Week - 45.3
Week comments: started doing alpha phase level 11 of http://www.speedwithendurance.com/ book on Sunday

Week of 6 June

Mo - 5 @ 9:42 TM
Tu - 7.9 @ 9:02 carleigh
We - 7.49 @ 9:12 dam out and back including 6x1' hills and 4 8'' hill sprints by dam
Th - 7.86 @ 8:56 carleigh
Fr - 10 @ 9:46 on treadmill
Sa - 3.72 @ 9:53 nbhrd -- first 0.5 in new hattoris
Su - 12 @ 9:28 -- 70 minutes + 1', 1', '2, 1', 1', 2' pickups at 7:03 (8.5 mph) every 5 minutes. 1st mile in Horratis. Rest in Frees.
Week - 54.0
Week comment: continued alpha phase of S.W.E.P. Trying new zero-drop shoes

Week of 13 June

Mo - 4 @ 9:26 ft belvoir afternoon
Tu - 8.07 @ 8:40 at belvoir (no watch, time a guess)
We - 7.9 @ 8:11 carleigh
Th - 7.85 @ 8:56 carleigh
Fr - ??
Sa - 3??
Su - 12.44 @ 8:54 to and around burke including including 1' 1' 2' 1' 1' 2' ever 5' pickups
Week - 43.3
Week comment: never wrote anything down for Fr and Sa but think I ran one or both. Put 3 for Sa (before swim meet). Wore hattoris during this week (I think on Fr and Sa) but not sure how much

Week of 20 June

Mo - 3.5 @ 9:26
Tu - 7.0 @ 8:56 springfield loop + 6 x strides at school
We - 6 @ 9:10
Th - 2.16 @ 8:59 nbhr loop + 6 x strides. Short b/c of early meeting. hattoris
Fr - early meeting
Sa - 5.0 @ 8:34 nbhrd - first 3.2 in hattoris
Su - 8.96 @ 8:14
Week - 32.7
Week comment: bah. run beginning of Mo and We in hattoris I think. The non-garmin stuff is kinda a guess. Suppose I should write it down at the time. Anyway, I increased the mileage on the hattoris. The two laps around I concentrated on minimizing ground contact time and always working to pick up the puppies and put them down as fast as I could. (I had read this article.

Week of 27 June

Mo - 6 @ 9:00
Tu - 6 @ 9:00
We - 6 @ 9:00
Th - 6 @ 9:00
Fr - 8 @ 8:55
Sa - 7 @ 8:50 -- middle 4 at 7 mph (8:34)
Su - 7.9 @ 9:07 -- carleigh easy in frees. Last .75 in bare feet b/c getting blister between toes
Week - 46.9
Week comment: work hattoris for entire runs on Fr and Sa and much of runs earlier in week. The 6 per day on Mo - Th is a total guess. I think I ran every day but can't remember how much. 6 is close enough I guess. I ran faster than normal all week continuing to try and not be lazy and minimizing ground contact. A bit sore and took it easy in old shoes (frees) on Sunday.

racing season is over

94 degrees yesterday and no chance of a decent race anytime soon, so I'll declare the sub-40 by 40 chase over.

I managed to run 39:35 at Pike's Peek downhill with a tailwind, so I guess I can declare victory on the sub-40 by 40? We'll have to put an asterisk.

I made another attempt on a loop course at the Manassas Airport 10k, but only ran 40:20. It was low 60s by the end and totally sunny, which is sadly way too warm for me. I also lost about 5 seconds when a volunteer sent me the wrong way right around mile 5. I was actually on schedule at mile 5 but gave up 20 seconds in the last mile. I ended up winning M40-44 despite being 39 because it was a tri club and they use your birthday at the end of the year. Finished 7th OA.

When I get a chance, I'll cut and paste my logs here. Suffice it to say that I've totally slacked off the last couple of weeks and only managed 32 miles last week.

week of 28 March

Mo - treadmill easy 5.7 @ 9:39
Tu - threshold - 8.5 including 3 x 1600 w/500 rest in 6:20, 2:48, 6:31, 2:50, 6:20 (10k, 10M, 10k pace)
We - treadmill easy 6 @ 9:20
Th - rest
Fr - treadmill easy 5 @ 9:30 with 6 short "strides" (punch 10 mph on mill)
Sa - rest
Su - 0.9 wup, Cherry Blossom 10 miler in 1:06:17, 0.5 cooldown

Week - 36.6

Sharp taper this week out of Hudson's half marathon plan. I thought it worked very well. Got home at 12:30am on Fr and 11:30pm on Sat because of children's activities and got up at 4:50am on Sunday, so had a splitting headache all day Saturday and until right before the race (miracle of adrenaline). Legs felt good warming up before the race.

Cherry Blossom

I had a pretty good race, but didn't get the desired PR (65:55/6:35 pace), so that ends my streak of 10M PRs at Cherry Blossom.

Basically I went out too fast and died. But I felt so good early on! 6:38, 6:30, 6:24, 13:05 (4&5), 6:34, 6:35, 6:40, 6:49, 6:58. 1:06:17, so missed it by 23 seconds. After mile 9, I was exactly on pace and only had to run one more 6:35 to PR, but I was headed in the wrong direction. I didn't feel like I was redlining, but I suddenly just didn't have any pop in my stride. I put in a surge after the mile marker, but looked at my garmin a minute later and was still only 6:45 pace. Knowing I wasn't going to make it, I probably backed off a hair in the last mile although keeping under 7 minutes was some motivation. I have to kick myself for that 6:24 2nd mile, but it certainly felt good at the time :-) A smarter race and I might have PR'd. Overall it was a good race though and I'm in near-PR shape, so I stand a good chance at getting the sub-40 10k I'm after.

week of 21 March

Mo - 4 easy @10:00 on treadmill
Tu - 7.9 easy @ 8:49
We - 12 easy @ 9:48 on treadmill
Th - 6 easy @ 9:46 on treadmill
Fr - 9.4 @ 8:48 including 6 x 90sec hills (progressing 10k effort to probably 800m effort)
Sa - 6 easy @9:38 on treadmill 0:57:49 9:38
Su - 11.4 easy @ 8:54
Week - 56.8

Signed up for two more races:

Pike's Peek 10k - 17 April
Manassas Runway 10k - 7 May

Piece of Cake 10k - 41:01

Elevation profile/Pace chart pretty much tell the story. I also started to dog it a bit as the HR graph reveals in the second half as I knew I didn't have a shot. Average pace was 6:36. I'll need 6:35 for 10 miles to PR at Cherry Blossom. Surprisingly, I'm going to say that's "not crazy." It's a flat course and I'm better at 10 miles than 10k. I find it easier to be sub-threshold and hang on the last few miles than continuously try to keep myself above threshold.

week of 14 March

Mo - easy 6.00 0:58:00 9:40
Tue - easy 6.82 1:03:10. Aborted workout after 200 meters. Butt sore from last Friday workout and Sunday long run
Wed - easy 9.00 on treadmill 1:27:17 9:42
Th - easy 6.09 out and back 0:55:13 9:04 136 (68%)
Fr - easy 7.91 1:12:40 9:11. No workout. Not up to it and race on Sunday.
Sat - all day soccer event and race on Sunday made enough excuses
Sun - warmup 1.56 0:15:47 10:06, Piece of Cake 10k in 41:01 (hilly race), cooldown 0.76 0:07:25 9:43

This Week 44.45 6:40:33 9:01

week of 6 March

• Mo - tmill 6.00 0:57:00 9:30
• Tu - track 8.98 1:10:47 7:53 - speed endurance 4 x 1600 @10k w/500 jog in 6:18 (3:09/3:09), 6:18 (3:09/3:09), 6:19 (3:07/3:12), 6:21 (3:09/3:12). jog ~3min
• We - tmill easy 12.00 1:56:01 9:40
• Th - tmill easy 6.00 0:58:20 9:43
• Fr - track 8.89 1:08:53 7:45 - threshold 3 x 2400 @10-mile w/400m jog in 9:52, 9:45, 9:52 with rests of 2:21, 2:22. 9:50 = 6:35 pace. Last interval had start hard rate of 142 and max 180, so good recovery and pretty low hr. Didn't feel that hard.
• Sa - tmill easy 6.00 0:56:50 9:28
• Su - burke lake 3 lapper easy 13.68 2:01:36 8:53

This Week 61.55 9:09:27 8:56

Good week. First 60-mile week since November and the most mpw since last June. Track stuff indicates a decent shot at PRing at Cherry Blossom (65:55). Running a 10k on 20 March, but course looks like it will be hilly, so not sure sub-40 is possible there. Not enough 10ks around here!

Week of 28 Feb -- Disney sucks

Mo - 6.20 on Disney concrete and brick
Tu - fartlek w/6x 2' faster than 10k w/2' rest. First 5 on cart path before Disney folk kicked me off 8.00 1:05:00 8:08
We - 10 .00 1:30:00 9:00
Th - 6.60 1:00:00 9:05
Fr -6.20 1:00:00 9:41
Sa - home mill 6.00 0:59:10 9:52
Su - mill 12.00 1:54:51 9:34
This Week 55.00 8:29:01 9:15

Went to a conference at a Disney hotel. Kicked me off the nice 2.5-mile golf cart path because they were "worried I'd be hit by a ball" at 6:30 in the morning when the grass was being mowed. Instead I weaved in and out between pool furniture and trying to avoid being run over by those small service trucks on the designated Disney path that's about a whole 0.5 miles long and covered in the hardest substance known -- disney concrete.

Had a terrible cold all week and legs were so beat up by the surface, so I just did 6 easy instead of the workout on Friday.

Forgot my garmin, so times are with my analog Seiko and distances are a guess.

Week of 21 January

Mo - President's day. Easy 6 at Burke lake on day off
Tu - 9 on mill with hill reps, 6 x 2' @ 6 deg/8mph with 2' @ 6mph/0 deg rest
We - 12 easy on mill
Th - 6 easy on mill
Fr - 7.9 threshold outside: 2 wup, 4 in 7:14, 6:40, 6:49, 6:35 over hills, 1.9 cdn
Sa - 11.8 pretty easy at Burke Lake
Su - 6 easy on hotel mill
This Week - 58.73 8:57:10 9:09

Week of 14 February

Mo - easy + Magill drills 4.25 0:41:36 9:47
Tu - track 8.23 - 200-400-800-200-400-800-400 @ 10k, w/400 rest
We - easy 9.88 1:27:01 8:49 142 (71%)
Th - TM Easy 6.00 0:58:30 9:45
Fr - easy 3.91 @ 9:29 -- found new trail, not really runnable
Sa - 0.7 wup, 10k race in 41:01 -- crazy windy (24 gusting to 43)
Su - TM Easy 6.00 @ 9:45
This Week 45.26 6:37:38 8:47

Tuesday's workout
200-400-800-200-400-800-400 @ 10k, w/400 rest
4:00/k would be 48/96/3:12

Started too slow, ended too fast
49, 101, 3:15, 47, 95, 3:09, 94
Rests between 2:07 and 2:13

Pretty windy, but felt pretty easy. Max HR was 176 (on last 800).

By George 10k

http://www.runningfreeonline.com/Profile/Activity/ActivityId/483804/UserName/greg

41:00 for 10k this morning. The race was on Hains Point which is a peninsula separating the Potomac and Anacostia rivers, which is super flat and super fast... except when it's windy.

.. High Wind Warning remains in effect until 9 PM EST this
evening...
... Wind Advisory has expired...

The Wind Advisory is no longer in effect. A High Wind Warning
remains in effect until 9 PM EST this evening.


* Timing... 5 am to 9 PM... with the strongest winds between 10 am
and 5 PM.

* Winds... northwest 20 to 30 mph. Wind gusts up to 60 mph.

* Impacts... be prepared for power outages... and downed trees and
large branches. Ensure loose objects on your property are
secured or brought inside.

The wind was absurb. Double out and back course -- down Anacostia side, up Potomac side and back for 5k and do it again for 10k. I was running with these two girls and when we turned up the potomac side, it's like someone hit them in the stomach with a cannonball they shot back so fast. One time I was glad to have a few extra pounds. It was even worse the second time around. Laugh out loud wind guest ground you to a halt and you had to lean to the left just to stay upright.

Despite the 41:00, I think this was a pretty good race for me. I had more power in the last mile and ran a 20:24/20:36 splits (based on 5k turnaound cone). Splits were (in km)

Time Split time Distance Split pace Avg. HR
03:55 3:55 1.00 3:56 224 (112%)
07:55 3:59 2.00 4:00 237 (119%)
12:06 4:10 3.00 4:11 206 (103%)
16:00 3:54 4.00 3:54 181 (91%)
20:04 4:03 5.00 4:03 189 (95%)
24:04 4:00 6.00 4:00 185 (93%)
28:02 3:57 7.00 3:58 181 (91%)
32:19 4:17 8.00 4:17 181 (91%)
36:16 3:57 9.00 3:57 181 (90%)
40:29 4:12 10.00 4:12 181 (90%)
41:00 0:30 10.13 3:50 181 (91%)

HRM goofed up for the first few k, but you can see the wind after that 3:54/181 followed by 4:03/189. My HR was quite low for the end of a 10k (181 versus 188-190), so I may have dogged it a bit after I wasn't going to get sub-40. The good news is that my training seems to be going well. I honestly think if today were calm I'd have clicked off some pretty easy sub-4:00 k's in the beginning and made it at least very close.

week of 7 February

7 6.05 mi - 0:56:19

8 8 mi - 1:14:27

9 10 mi - 1:34:35

10 0 mi - 0:00:00

11 8.5 mi - 1:12:43

12 6.14 mi - 0:55:02

13 10 mi - 1:39:13

10.00mi - 1.6hrs 38.69mi - 5.9hrs

Mo - 6 easy. 1 hill sprint and decided wasn't up to it
Tu - 8 on TM including 8 x 1' @ 8mph 6 deg grade with 1' rest
We - 10 easy
Th - rest forced by work
Fr - 8.5 on TM including 15' @ 6:58, 5' rest, 5' @ 6:31, 3' rest, 5' @ 6:31
Sa - 6 easy in afternoon b/c of swim meet
Su - 10 easy after swim meet

week of 31 January

• Mo - tm 6 @ 10:00
• Tu - tm 8.5 fartlek including 15 x 1' @ 9.0 - 9.5 mph
• We - outside! 9.93 @ 9:11
• Th - tm 6 @ 9:40
• Fr - tm threshold 10 @ 8:39
• 30' @ 6-6.6 mph (10: - 9:00), 15' @ 8.6 mph (6:58), 5' @ 6 mph (10:00), 15' @ 8.6 mph (6:58), 20+ @ 6 mph
• Sa - tm 6 @ 9:28
• Su - tm fartlek 12 @ 8:59 including 2 sets of of 5 x 1' @ 9mph (6:40) w/1' recovery, 1 set of 5 x 2' @ 9mph, 5' rest between all sets, then 5 x 20' at 10mph (6:00) with full recovery
  

Total: 58.4, 8h55', 9:10 avg

Lots of stuff going on at work. Diet suffering and putting on weight.

week of 24 January

Mo - easy 5.30 0:52:00 9:49
Tu - 0 - didn't get any sleep
We - easy 12.00 1:51:33 9:18
Th - easy 6.00 0:56:46 9:28
Fr - threshold 8.20 1:08:10 8:19 - 4x7' w/ 3' on TM 6:58, 6:58, 6:53, 6:40
Sa - easy 6.00 0:56:31 9:25
Su - progression 10.03 1:21:45 8:09 - 20' hard end at end - 6:43 (7:01)/167, stopped at stop light, 1:42 (8:18), 7:12/171, 6:53/176

week 47.53 7:06:45

Everything on treadmill except Sunday. Not getting enough miles and gaining weight, but the sprinkling of quality might be paying off. Today's run went pretty well. The hard portion was very hilly and 2nd mile (7:12) was up a pretty steep hill but it was all somewhere between HM and marathon effort. Full splitsahol for today

Time Split time Distance Split pace Avg. HR Elev. chg.
0:09:19 9:19 1.00 9:20 172 (86%) 0
0:17:47 8:23 2.00 8:24 163 (82%) 0
0:26:39 8:36 3.00 8:37 156 (78%) +11
0:35:51 8:32 4.00 8:32 146 (73%) +39
0:43:49 7:58 5.00 7:58 148 (74%) -20
0:52:20 8:30 6.00 8:30 152 (76%) +25
0:57:41 5:21 6.63 8:30 143 (72%) -27
1:04:24 6:43 7.59 7:01 167 (83%) -9 -- steep rolling hills
Stopped at stop light
1:06:07 1:42 7.80 8:18 134 (67%) -23 -- jog before getting going again
1:13:20 7:12 8.80 7:13 171 (85%) +79 -- uphill with a couple descents
1:20:15 6:53 9.80 6:54 176 (88%) -17 -- rolling hills
1:22:45 2:30 10.03 10:30 160 (80%) -30

week of 17 January

With cherry blossom about 10 weeks away, I started my first full week of Hudson's half marathon training. Basically the format is sunday long run, monday easy with short hill sprints, tue speed-endurance, wed med long run, th easy, fri threshold, sat easy.

Threshold tempos are 2.5h pace, 1.5hr pace (HM) for me, and 1hr pace (a little faster the 10M pace for me).

All runs on TM this week except Monday.

• Mo - 6 easy w/ 4x8" hill sprints
• Tu - 8 mi w/8x1' 10k-3k pace on sched. I did on TM with 8x1' at 9mph (6:40) with last three at 9.3 mph(6:27)
• We - 10 easy
• Th - 6 easy
• Fr - Did 2 x 10' at 7:00 down to 6:40 I think with 5:00 rest.
• Sa - 7 easy
• Su - 10 w/ 10' near end at 6 deg and HR about 160bpm

Not going well this week. Big deadlines at work and I barely slept last night, so I bagged my run this morning.

I'm not religiously following the Hudson plans in the back of the book. I'm progressing the Su/Tu/Th runs as I feel I'm capable.

weeks of 3 and 10 January

3 6 mi - 1:00:00	4 8.1 mi - 1:19:51	5 7.82 mi - 1:08:50	6 7.82 mi - 1:09:29	7 8.57 mi - 1:13:21	8 8 mi - 1:16:39	9 8.5 mi - 1:11:23	54.81mi - 8.3hrs
10 4.5 mi - 0:45:01	11 9.58 mi - 1:16:22	12 4.6 mi - 0:45:00	13 8.16 mi - 1:09:58	14 6.2 mi - 1:00:06	15 8.4 mi - 1:17:33	16 11.01 mi - 1:33:23	52.46mi - 7.7hrs

Figured out how to cut and paste from runsaturday so that the links actually work.

Started running more "quality." I don't think my new job's going to allow me to pile on the miles like last year and it's going to take something to PR this year.

All runs are easy above except

9 Jan - aborted workout. Planned 18 x 2' @ marathon to HMP w/1' recovery, but my hamstring tightened up (10k after affects still) and I only did 4 of them before finishing the run easy

11 Jan - Did 9 Jan's workout.

13 Jan - Structured fartlek with 25 x 45 sec/15 sec recovery at somewhere between marathon and 10k effort (who knows?).

16 Jan - fartlek. 10 x 45 sec @ 10k-3k (probably 10k to 5k pace actually). Complete rest. Did the 45 sec about every 5 minutes.

The 16 Jan run was straight from "Run Faster from the 5k to the Marathon" by Brad Hudson and Matt Fitzgerald. After lots of indecision, I decided to use their half marathon plan for Cherry Blossom. It's 16 weeks, but I'm coming in at week 6. It should be OK, I think, though as the first part is the introductory period and seems to assume pretty low mileage. The schedule from here looks like it's in the 50's and peaks in the 60s. Sun long run, easy run with some very short hill sprints (e.g., 8x10 sec) on Monday, workouts Tu and Fr (the usual), medium length easy run (like 10 miles) on Wed., and easy on Fr and Sat. I'm glad to have finally settled on a plan.

I probably won't do the marathon in May. Might as well save it for the fall when it will count for NYCM. By the way, I had the auto-qualifier time wrong -- it's 3:10:00 no 3:15:00! That's good though. I'm up for a challenge :-) If I want to weenie out though, they have a half time of 1:30:00, which would be way easier for me.

2011 Goals and rough plan

2/19 - GW b'day 10k (maybe)
3/13 - St Patrick's Day 8k
4/2 - Cherry Blossom
5/17 - Pike's peak 10k
5/1 - toying with an idea of a marathon. There's a local one, but worried it will be too hot
11/?? - Fall marathon. NCR, Richmond?

Goals are

• sub-40 10k by 40th b'day in June
• PR at Cherry Blossom and keep streak going (1st 6 years of running April 10 milers: 1:24:49, 1:19:25, 1:09:49, 1:08:49, 1:06:43, 1:05:55).
• run 40-year-old NYCM auto-qualifier (3:15:00 3:10:00) in the fall

weeks of 20 and 27 December

20 7.87 mi - 1:16:04

21 7.84 mi - 1:10:05

22 13.78 mi - 2:03:13

23 7.85 mi - 1:11:56

24 7.85 mi - 1:11:44

25 6.62 mi - 0:56:55

26 7.02 mi - 1:06:00

58.84mi - 8.9hrs

27 13.78 mi - 1:53:41

28 7.93 mi - 1:10:53

29 0 mi - 0:00:00

30 3.24 mi - 0:30:18

31 6.3 mi - 0:41:06 0.91 mi - 0:08:31

1 0.01 mi - 0:00:08

2 0.14 mi - 0:01:38

0.15mi - 0.0hrs 32.16mi - 4.4hrs

Highlight was New Year's Eve 10k. 41:08. 25th male. 11th in my age group 35-39 (would have been 4th in 30-34 or 40-44!). Hamstring got very tight and sore at 2 miles. Gutted it out trying to stay on pace -- 20:08 at the 5k turnaround -- lost 8 seconds in the next (uphill) mile and pretty much gave up, saving my hammy for another day. Split, HR data

Time Split time Distance Split pace Avg. HR
06:15 6:15 1.00 6:16 189 (95%) -- bad HR data, downhill mile. Marker was at 6:22
12:39 6:23 2.00 6:24 188 (94%)
19:07 6:27 3.00 6:28 188 (94%)
25:31 6:23 3.99 6:25 189 (94%)
32:11 6:40 4.99 6:40 185 (92%)
39:04 6:52 5.99 6:53 184 (92%) -- uphill (back up first mile)
41:07 2:03 6.30 6:35 187 (94%)

2010 stats

2644 miles total, 7.24/day or 50.7 mpw on average.

By month:
254 - Jan
237 - Feb
283 - Mar
260 - Apr
239 - May
232 - Jun
241 - Jul
237 - Aug
40 - Sept - injured
175 - Oct
210 - Nov
235 - Dec

Hard to believe I ran 3180 in 2008.

Races:

• 3/14 - St. Patrick's Day 8k - 32:07
• 4/11 - Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run - 65:55
• 4/25 - Pike's Peek 10k - 40:04a
• 5/16 - Carytown 10k - 40:21
• 7/17 - Rockville 8k - 33:21
  
• 11/20 - Cranberry Crawl 10k - 40:43
• 12/31 - Ring in Hope 10k - 41:08

Correlating the race results with the mileage makes it pretty clear what's important. I thought I could make up for it with weight loss, but by the time my miles got back up, my weight had come up some as well.

(scale was broken mid-July to end of Aug)

I was injured in late 2009 and my weight came down as I was ramping up the mileage early in the year. In mid-April, I quit sugar after watching this video, and despite running less mileage with a new job, you can clearly see my weight nose dive. I had never been able to get under 160 before and now found myself around 155. I injured my foot/ankle at the end of Aug, but I was able to keep my weight under control with poolrunning or elliptical every day. Interestingly, it looks like my weight has been steadily climbing back up *after* I started running again. I haven't been quite as religious with the no sugar around the holidays, but the creep up started before then. Maybe I was already giving myself a sub-conscious break on the diet since I was running again. Whatever the reason, the trend is clearly in the wrong direction and I need to turn it back around somehow.

I can't get over the fact that I hurt myself right at the bottom of the curve, but before the weather turned and I had something to show for it. I ran a 65:55 10-miler in early April (6:35 pace). No doubt I would have smashed 40 in the 10k if I could have run a cool weather race at the end of August.

Now all I can do is try and string together a bunch of 250+ mile months and get the weight back down. I'm off to an inauspicious start with two no run days after I strained my right hamstring in a 41:08 10k effort on New Year's eve.

weeks of 6 and 13 December

http://www.runningfreeonline.com/Profile/Months/UserName/greg has the details of my training.

Last couple of weeks were affected by a nasty cold and my son's Bar Mitvah. The week of 6 December was 47 miles in 6 runs with a 10.4-mile long run. The week of 13 December was 53 miles in 7 runs with a 13.6-mile long run on the treadmill.

week of 8, 15, 22, and 29 November

I think I've set a PR for weeks behind on updating this blog. I know the world has been clamoring for an update!

week of 8 November

Mon - 7.81 1:06:52 8:34
Tue- 7.85 1:11:04 9:03
Wed - 8.66 1:09:44 8:03
- 6 x 1000m in 3:53, 3:54, 3:57, 3:56, 3:57, and 3:58 with 400m rests in ~2:20
Thu - 3.07 0:37:37 12:16 over Joshua Tree trail the added 24' on hotel treadmill (2.5)
Fri - 5.77 0:50:39 8:47
Sat - 8.07 1:09:34 8:37
Sun 4.41 0:40:53 9:17 - tweaked hamstring
Total: 48.14 7h10'

I traveled to California on Thursday and then back on Sunday, getting in what I could. I'm always sore and stiff when I run on travel and kinda strained my hamstring.

Ran on a nice trail (49 palms oasis trail when I was there). I believe the map said the hill it went over (twice) was ~400' (in 3/4-mile). At one point my HR was >150 and doing 15 min/mile.

week of 15 November

Monday 3.21/9:19 - Got home after midnight on Sunday from travel and slept in
Tuesday 3.10/9:45 - can't remember why so few mile -- hamstring still tweaked?
Wed - 7.86/8:38
Th - 6.91 -Magill's drilss
Fri - 3.21/8:40 - easy day before race
Sat - 1.37 @10:28 wup, 10k race 40:43
Sun - 4.09 @ 9:40
Total: 36.01 5:16:18

week of 22 November

Mon - 7.8 @ 9:57
Tue - 3.97 AM, 2.09 PM -- split up b/c up late Monday I think
Wed - 7.81 @ 9:27
Thu - 8.60 @ 9:32
Fri - 8.97 @ 9:43
Sat - MAF test 8.57 @ 8:42/136 - RHR 43
Sun - 9.05 @ 8:34/139 - RHR 44
Total: 56.91 8:52:49 9:22

Took it super easy working to get volume up and recover from 10k. Back to my low HR roots. If I get an injury, I'd like it to be an overuse injury. Buh-bump HR electrode cream arrived on Fr afternoon, so my HR reading should be reliable now in first mile. Also started taking RHR. Did MAF test on Saturday.

MAF test was 2-mile wup jog to track -- 10:00/126, 8:58/127 -- and

Split	AHR
7:53	141
8:06	141
8:22	141
8:18	142
8:25	141

week of 30 November

Mon - 7.8 @ 9:29/126 - RHR 44
Tue - 7.8 @ 9:48/125 - RHR 44
Wed - 6.4 @ 9:23/149 - treadmill 4 x 5' @ 6 deg/9:05 w/ 2' rest (0 deg/10:00), HR up to 172 (marathon effort) at end of last 5'
Thu - 7.8 @ 9:53/129 - RHR 50, from harder effort yesterday
Fri - 7.8 @ 9:34/134 - RHR 47, little sleep -- high RHR from lack of sleep or Wed effort?
Sat - 13.50 @ 8:47 144 -- 3 lake laps in 1:58:38 -- RHR 49, little sleep again
Sun - 8.96 @ 8:55/141 - 2 lake laps -- Garmin cheats me at lake. Calibrate bike measured at 4.58/lap. Decent sleep, RHR 45 (actually taken after driving kids around, but before run, so not really resting)
Toal: 60.19 9:21:49 9:20 136 (68%)

Got above 60 finally! Also longest run since 20 July.

40:43

Time Split time Distance Split pace Avg. HR
06:24 6:24 1.00 6:25 183 (91%)
12:52 6:27 2.00 6:26 186 (93%)
19:21 6:29 3.00 6:30 186 (93%)
25:50 6:29 4.00 6:31 186 (93%)
32:22 6:31 5.00 6:31 186 (93%)
39:06 6:44 6.00 6:45 184 (92%)
40:43 1:36 6.24 6:36 185 (93%)

Perfect conditions, weather, and pancake flat course (there are tracks with more elevation change).

I couldn't generated any power. My HR was a couple of beats lower than in May, but I don't think I dogged it. I tried everything I could in the last mile. I felt like I was sprinting, but I was going slower.

Not sure how to fix that. I know I need to run more miles. I was consistently doing >60 in the spring. I've only cracked 50 once this fall. Injuries suck. Especially ones from meaningless races in August. Time is short on my 2010 goal. I still have 6 months to get the sub-40 by 40.

weeks of 25 October and 1 November - accidental new workout

Week of 25 October

Mon - Magill's Drills 7.19 1:07:30 9:24
Pace includes walking in drills.

Tue - 4.20 0:38:15 9:07 138

Wed - 7.86 1:11:35 9:06

Thu- 8.37 1:09:25 8:17 157 (79%)
Did 10 x 400m at 10k pace (40:00=96 secs). I concentrated on counting my steps for the first five and about 40 for each 200m (=200 step/min at 96/lap). Times were 97, 97, 96, 93, and 95 for the first 5. It felt harder than 400m should though and, somewhat dejected, I thought I'd just run a relaxed 2x1mile at probably 7:00 pace or whatever felt right. Well, I looked at my watch at 100m, expecting to see 26, and saw 24, which was the 96/lap pace I had just been doing. I think the forced fast turnover made my relaxed turnover faster, so I kept with the 400s alternating relaxed and fast turnover, doing the the next 4 in 96, 94, 96, and 96. (lost count and only did 9 total).

Friday 5.99 0:57:01 9:31
At Disneyworld. It was totally flat but felt like 80 degrees and 100% humidity. I felt like crap.

Saturday
The park trumped running and took a zero.

Sunday Running: Easy 7.41 1:07:16 9:05
Two laps+ around Universal.

Week - 41.02 6:11:02 9:03
Another lousy low 40s week

week of 7 November

Mon PM - Treadmill 4.05 0:29:00 7:10 Got home at 1am from trip to Disney. Didn't get up monday AM, but ran in the afternoon.

Tue - AM 7.85 1:08:59 8:47
Tue PM - 2.20 0:20:56 9:31
Family still at Disney; first double in forever

Wed AM - 7.84 1:07:35 8:37
Wed PM - 2.08 0:20:00 9:37
Another double

Thu - 7.87 1:09:30 8:50
Fri - Magill's drills 7.64 1:12:08 9:27
Magill's drills on the turf field; Did 1 100m in 18 sec following just for fun;

Sat PM - 3.20 0:27:23 8:33
Took son to pool for swim meet. Got there at 6:50 am. Got home after 2pm. Had a blinding headache and laid down instead of running. Got out around 5pm and felt better after I ran three at a decent clip. Form felt like it clicked.

Sun - 10.15 1:20:36 7:56 164 Felt good last night and wanted to run around 8/mile today. Felt great and form felt right. At faster pace, cadence was ~185 without thinking about it. Did 2 laps in 69:47. Garmin says 9.00 miles for two laps (7:45), but the Garmin has a bit of a problem on the trail and I believe it is 9.14 (measured with a calibrated bike), which is 7:38 pace. Jogged another mile+ at ~10 min/mile.

Week - 52.9
First time above 50 since the week of 23 August before my injury.

uh oh -- weight creeping up

I'm about 1.5 up and only 4 pounds less than when I ran 40:22 in warm conditions. The whole "I'll run less but weigh less" strategy is slowly going out the window. Must. Stop. Eating. Man I wish I'd run 5 seconds faster in April.

week of 17 October

18 7.86 mi - 1:07:31 19 0 mi - 0:00:00 20 7.85 mi - 1:09:00 21 7.84 mi - 1:09:44 22 3.19 mi - 0:28:49 23 10.03 mi - 1:25:34 24 6.9 mi - 1:02:49 43.68mi - 6.3hrs

Not enough sleep on the 18th and slept in on the 19th. My foot is behind me I think because I had some groin pain that was worse :-) I think it's the after effect of a small pull/strain I got picking some of the kids stuff off the floor. Man, I feel old. Anyway, my hip flexors (psoas I think) were kind of sore after Thursday, so I took it really easy Friday morning. I think I was sore because I've changed my form with the quicker turnover. Sat was a really nice 10 miler around the lake and I explored a new trail a bit. That's the longest I've run since the injury. It was 8:32/mile and it felt good. Avg HR 147. I really felt like I had the correct, very slight forward lean. If had video tape of it, of course, I probably looked like hell. Sunday morning was a run around the lake with the weekend coffee crew.

I have thoughts of going to the track to see where I am, so expect an injury report soon. I might hold off a while though. I'm thinking of doing a 10k on 20 Nov, but if I can't run even 800s at 4'/k pace, then there's no point in signing up (might do the 5k instead).

week of 10 October

Here's the week of 10 October cut and pasted from runsaturday.

11 6.16 mi - 0:57:17

12 7.86 mi - 1:13:15

14 7.87 mi - 1:15:32

15 7.86 mi - 1:12:46

16 4.55 mi - 0:43:15

17 7.86 mi - 1:11:13

42.16mi - 6.5hrs

Monday was a run in the neighborhood and Saturday was with friends around the lake and the rest were my standard 7.9 mile out and back that I've done about a million times. I did it as a run/walk just to be safe. I did about 3 1-minute walk breaks on Tues and then 7 breaks (one minute at the beginning of each mile) the rest of the week. My paces weren't too bad: 9:00 - 9:30. I've kept up the 180 steps/minute and have learned to run an easy pace with that stride. Feels right. I've also done lots of foam rollering, stretching, and icing. These seem to be coming along nicely.

I did a continuous run yesterday and actually ran 8:35 pace with an easy effort. I've done this route so many times I looked up my runs this year at roughly that pace.

• 23 Feb 2010, 1:06:38 (8:30), 37 deg, HRs: 166, 136, 142, 136, 148, 139, 146, 149, AHR: 142 (excluding 1st mile)
• 5 May 2010, 1:08:07 (8:39), 50 deg, HRs: 99, 135, 142, 137, 144, 137, 145, 142, AHR: 140
• 17 June 2010, 1:08:10 (8:39), 65 deg/65 dp, HRs: 154, 134, 142, 141, 148, 144, 146, 149, AHR: 143
• 18 Oct 2010, 1:07:30 (8:35), 46 deg, 147, 140, 142, 143, 145, 143, 144, 142, AHR: 143

I'm closer to the neighborhood than I'd expect. I ran what's probably my best race (40:21 in 65-69 degrees and fairly hilly) on 17 May. My AHRs were very even and this is a *very* hilly route. I wonder if my higher stride rate is letting me do better on the hills.

I need to get some miles in. I slept in today because I spent three hours doing homework with my son and then futzed on the computer, ending up going to bed at midnight. An off day a week isn't bad, but without being able to do doubles with my new work situation, getting to 60 mpw is going to require running every single day.

I've got my eye on a 10k on 20 Nov and 18 December. Course is super flat. It's not technically certified as a 10k, but it's two laps of a certified 5k course, so I guess I can count that. 20 Nov seems a little early for trying a 10k, but the December race was snowed out last year.

week of 3 October - 180 steps per minute

• Mo - Treadmill Run/Walk 6.50 @ 10:26
• Tu - Easy/Moderate 6.10 @ 8:44 - first continuous run outside. A little enthusiastic. HRs were XX (bad data), 141, 141, 145, 149, 153, 150. Getting outside seems to be really important to getting running coordination back.
  
• We - Easy 6.11 @ 9:34
• Th Run/Walk 1.66 @ 15:06 -- ran less than a mile. Foot hurt and I walked home.
  
• Fr Run/Walk 6.10 @ 9:25 -- Felt like my foot hurt less when I concentrated on increase my stride frequency
  
• Sa - Moderate 6.17 @ 8:21 - Same route as Tue, Fri. Concentrated on turnover and ran faster than I probably should have. Felt good though. HRs were XX, 148, 138, 155, 155, 155. First mile pace was 9:05. Then 8:14, :17, :14, :06, :06, and :09.
  
• Su - Run/Walk 6.21 @ 8:25 - same route. Not sure why 6.2 Fr/Sa and 6.1 on Tu/We. Did the 180 steps per minute thing again. Started off miles 2, 4, and 5 with a 1-minute walk. Still ran 8:25 pace. Splits were XXX/8:51, XXX/8:32 (walk 60'), 153/7:54(!), 151/8:36 (walked 60'), 8:32/152 (walked 60'), 154/8:13.
  
• This Week - 38.84 @ 9:25

I experimented with running with a higher turnover, trying to get in 15-16 right footfalls every 10 seconds. It seemed to work well. My foot felt better, but it was hard to run slow enough for it to really be an easy run.

week of 27 September -- slow but still skinny

I finally got out the door. Poolrunning lead to treadmill run/walking, which lead to 3 miles outside with 1 min walk between each mile.

My foot/ankle is doing OK. I feel it some, but not too much. I'm trying to be patient, just looking to improve each day and not send myself in the other direction. After my run today, I'm thinking getting under 40 this year probably isn't going to happen. I wasn't in nearly this bad a shape after the hip thing and it took me a good 3 months to get back in PR shape.

The one thing I have going for me is that I haven't put any of the weight back on. (If anything I've lost a pound.) As a result, it shouldn't take as much training to get sub-40 when I'm a good 8 pounds lighter.

Week of 27 Sept 10
Mo - poolrun 70'
Tu - TM run/walk 3 miles in 39'
We - TM run/walk 6 miles in 64' (10:36)
Th - TM run/walk 6 mile in 63' (10:33)
Fr - poolrun 70'
Sa - TM run/Walk 6.50 1:07:31 10:23
Su - Nbhrd run/walk 3.04 @ 9:32
This Week - 24.54 6:42:45 10:43 124

weeks of 13 and 20 September

Took a lot of time to make sure I'm fully healed. I'm not fully healed. I had this 6 years ago and it didn't take nearly this long. Could it be that I'm closing in on 40?

Anyway, the last two weeks were.

week of 13 Sept

Mon - Rest. Took a few steps and realized weekend running was a mistake.
Tu - Elliptical 60'
We - Elliptical 60'
Th - Poolrunning 60'
Fr - Poolrunning 60'. 1/2/3/4/5/4/3/2/1 harder with equal rest
Sa - Elliptical 68'
Su - Elliptical 70'. 1/2/3/4/5/5/4/3/2/1 with equal rest

Week -- 6h25'

Mo - Poolrunning 75'. 1/2/3/4/5/5/4/3/2/1
Tu - Poolrunning 70'. ditto
We - same as Tues
Th - rest (work got in way)
Fr - Poolrunning 62'
Sa AM - treadmill run/walk 1.50 in 0:20:00 (13:20!). 5 walk/5 jog at 6.3/2.5' walk/5 jog/2.5 walk
Sa PM - treadmill run/walk 2.6 in 32' (12:18) with 19' run total
Su - treadmill run/walk 5.0 in 54:20 (10:52). Worked from 2' jog (6.0 mph)/1' brisk walk (3.6 mph) to 5' jog/1' walk.

Week -- 6h23' including 9.1 miles(!)

I poolran today (monday) and it felt fine the rest of the day, so it seems like alternating run/walk with poolrunning is sustainable. Hopefully I can increase the running while recovering.

I'm about ready to write off the rest of the year. I'm sure I'd have broken 40 this fall, which I waited through the stinking hot summer to do, so I'm kinda bummed. I've kept the weight off though. I saw 154 tonight, which is a full 10 pounds lighter than when I ran cherry blossom in 65:55, so IF I get my miles back up for a while, I shouldn't have a problem with sub-40. My goal was sub-40 by 40, so I have 8 or 9 months left. All the good 10ks are in the fall unfortunately. I also have schedule conflicts with the two best (vet day 10k and jingle all the way 10k) which are on the ultra fast (flat as a track) course on Hains Point.

Back to square one?

I ran on Sunday and couldn't walk without a limp Monday. Ugh. The current plan is to pool run or elliptical until the end of Sept (or until I get impatient again). If I do an hour of exercise a day and keep my weight down for the next two weeks, and I'm all better on 1 October, I think two months of running will be enough to take a crack at the Jingle All the Way 10k in early/mid-Dec.

Man do you lose it quickly

I did 4.7 on the treadmill today, mostly at 6 mph (10:00/mile) and 0 degrees with some at 9:40 at the end. I couldn't believe my HR was at 150 bpm at the end. Just a few weeks ago, I was doing ~8:50 at 135 in 75-degree weather. I haven't just been sitting on my duff either. Since the injury, my training has been.

We - off
Th -off
Fr - off
Sa - 50 min swimming
Su - 40 min treadmill (ill-advised)
Mo - 60 min swimming
Tu - 60 min elliptical
We - 60 min elliptical
Th - 60 min elliptical
Fr - 60 min elliptical

Apparently swimming and elliptical do about nothing for your running fitness. I'm not even sure I'm going to be able to run tomorrow. It's not better, but I think I'm at the point of just running through it. We'll see tomorrow. Any more time off and I won't be able to even take a reasonable crack at a 10k this fall. The good news is that my weight is still down. I ran 40:04 while at 161 doing ~65 mpw leading up. I think a month or two of 60mpw should get me there if I can ever get my mileage back up there.

Week of 30 Aug - injured

Pretty, huh? In retrospect I shoulda just jogged the 10 miler on Sunday. I thought the only way I could end up not running my sub-40 this fall would be an injury. I don't need speed training, plyometrics, tempos, ... Just less weight and decent mileage. Well, I was absolutely total fine on Monday and did my regular 8. On Tuesday, I had a tightness behind my ankle, which I, from previous experience, knew was the location of my peroneal tendon. I thought it would loosen up. It stayed tight and got tighter, but I ran my 8 anyway (cue the "stupid, stupid, stupid" sound effect). I felt OK afterwards, but after getting to work, it tightened up and I limped my way in from the car.

I thought I'd be an adult and took 3 solid days off. Didn't even cross train. Lots of ice and ibuprofen and I had no problem walking on Thursday. I took Friday off because I thought I'd be extra cautious. I tried to run Saturday, but I could feel my tendon. It didn't hurt, but was a little uncomfortable and just the fact I could feel where my tendon was wasn't a good sign, so I stopped at 5 minutes and walked home. Later in the day I swam 1700m at the pool (~50 minutes).

This morning, I went back and looked at my log. Actually I googled "peroneal tendonitis elliptical" and the first hit was a coolrunning thread where I was the second responder. I wrote I had peroneal tendonitis (diagnosed by an orthopedist). I felt it more on the edge of my foot, but also behind my ankle. I got it after my first race (a 10 miler). I just looked back at my logs. I ran in pain for 4 days, then over the next 10 days I used the elliptical trainer on 7 of them and took 3 off days. Then I ran 10 of the next 12 days, noting foot pain. After that I stopped putting foot pain it in my log.

Geez, I ran on it for 10 days with some pain after two weeks of elliptical? I figured if I waited for no discomfort, I'd wait forever, so I gave it a gentle go today. I did 40 minutes on the treadmill. I could feel it, but it wasn't terrible. It grew some over time, but not horrific. After the run I immediately iced. I'm walking around fine tonight, so I think I'll try again tomorrow. Maybe I can get to 50 minutes without hurting the next day's run. There's always a balance with these things. If you want to be in shape X days from now, the best approach probably isn't to wait until you're fully recovered, but to come back running a little less and then work to full volume as you get better. That's how I'm rationalizing it anyway. Look forward to another "stupid, stupid, stupid" post soon.

week of 23 August -- Annapolis 10 miler training run

Only one week since my last post. Here was this week. No travel, so no missed days. I still need to figure out a way to get more miles in during the week though.

Mon-Fri was 8.6/9:17/132, 7.9/8:51/136, 7.9/8:57/136, 7.9/8:55/138, 8.6/8:48/136

The weather was awesome during the week and I got to run with temps in the low 60's. I got out late and ran in the blazing sun on saturday in about 80 degrees

Sa - 7.9/8:50/151. Harder than I wanted to run.

Sunday was the annapolis 10 miler. Ran a 1.7 mile/10:00/138 wup. I came up with my "plan" right before the gun went off. I'd start at whatever pace the people around me were running and then work my way to roughly marathon HR (usually at 172 mid-way in a marathon), maybe running the last mile fast if I felt like it. I was at 1:07:58 at the 9 mile mark and thought I could easily get under 1:15 if I picked it up, so I ran the last about as fast as I could and was surprised to see 1:15:03. Mile marker was off. Oh, well. (The mile markers were screwy the whole race. 1.1/8:44/162 cdn.

Here are the splits (garmin pace) and a comparison to 2008 (very similar weather) when I did the same sort of MP approach to the race.

-2008------- -2010--
7:46/156----7:48/155
7:29/165----7:24/165
7:40/169----7:19/168
7:59/169----7:22/170
8:00/170----7:45/171
8:07/170----7:46/172
8:08/171----7:31/172
7:56/170----7:35/173
7:41/169----7:26/174
7:52/173----6:42/187

Total for the week 61.1/8:44/143.

last 3 weeks - run on soft surfaces

Vacation, travel, and sore legs have put a damper on the mileage.

Week 2 Aug, 44.9 miles -- 7.9, 7.9, 7.9, 3.1 (overslept), 7.9, 0 (travel for vacation), 10.2
Week 9 Aug, 52.5 miles -- 8, 7.4, 8, 8.3, 8, 0 (travel back from vacation), 12.7
Week 16 Aug, 49.1 miles -- 7.5, 5.5 (tired - on work travel), 0 (tired, sore), 7.9, 8.6 (lake route), 8.6 (lake route), 11 (treadmill)

Mileage isn't near what I'd like. I'm afraid that I've lost the advantage I've gained with the weight loss with the reduced mileage, but I think the scale still tips in my favor. My legs really got beat up the week of 9 August. We were on an island which was totally flat, but the bike paths and sidewalks I ran on were all concrete. It really does seem to make a difference. I ran in Burlington Mass on sidewalks on the 16th and still felt it. I thought it might be the surfaces and ran my old lake trail route on Friday and Saturday (about half street/sidewalk and half trail). My legs seemed to really respond. I'm going to try and get out a little earlier so I can manage the extra 7 minutes and run around the lake.

The 2 hour run took its toll as well. I don't think I can support long runs until I start finding the time for the medium long runs during the week or at least some double. With only 50 mpw, anything over about 12 is going to be tough to recover from.

July 2010

I haven't posted since 7 July. Now that Mindi's posted, I have to or I'll feel like a *total* slacker.

I have a new job and not much time, so I'm keeping it simple. Alarm goes off at 5:15am and I run the same 7.9-mile route over hills. That includes Saturday since my kids have swim meets that require us to leave the house at 7:30 (last one this morning!). Sometimes I'll run on the treadmill if I dawdle on the weekend and it's too hot outside. On Sunday's I'll run farther, 10 to 14, but not too far as don't think the rest of the weekly mileage is enough to support more than that. Pretty simple.

I don't have the time to run the 2 miles I was running after work and I've been trying to figure out a way to sneak in 12 in a mid-week run. I have a good route to run to work, but no real option for getting home. I used to have a good bus option, but the only one I can find now would take 2 hours. (I'm only 12 miles away, but I have to take a bus in the wrong direction, get a train to head back the other way, and then take a bus for the last leg. Ah, mass transit.)

So here are the numbers:

• Week of 5 July: 7.9, 7.9, 7.9, 4.0, 7.5 (treadmill), 7.5 (tm), 11.4 = 54 miles @ 9:11/140
• Week of 12 July: 7.9, 7.9, 7.9, 8.2 (diff route), 7.9, 7.9, 2 wup/8k in 33:32/1 cdn, 6.5 (tm) = 54 @ 9:06/139
• Week of 19 July: 7.9, 3.2 (overslept), 0 (worked to 11:30pm and had to be at work at 8am), 8.2, 8.2, 7.9, 12.0 (tm) = 47 @ 9:12/139
• Week of 26 July: 7.9, 7.9, 7.9, 7.9, 7.9, 7.9, 13.3 = 60.5 @ 8:48/142

[Note: HRs a pretty screwy b/c it read more the 20bpm high for the first 15 minutes or so.]

I was really pleased with the 8k. It's run at 9pm in July, so it's generally hot and humid (and hilly to boot) and I am terrible in the heat. Last year was unusually cool with a starting temp of 69 and finishing temp of 64 and I ran 33:47. This year I ran 33:32 when the temp was a steady 84 degrees. 15 seconds and 15 degrees faster. Not bad. (For some reason, I thought it was 1:15 faster until I double-checked my results. Another reason not to blog.) I was going to be pleased with under 35 given the weather.

traveling = eating

Wow, I've been neglecting this.

Week of 21 June

Sick and ran an ill-advised 2 miles on Monday am. Had 100.5 fever on Monday night and took Tues and Wed off. Ended up with 36 for the week.

Week of 28 June

Was in livermore, ca for work. I thought my running would suffer, but managed to get it all in by getting up at 04:20. Ran in some pretty vineyard country and got chased by a Rottweiler. 62 miles for the week.

When I got back, I found I gained a pound or two. Not bad for 6 days. I guess eating the complimentary eggs and bacon every morning along with restaurant food for lunch and dinner (like Mexican and BBQ) can help pack on the pounds.

I've only been doing easy running. It's all the complication I can handle at the moment and the heat isn't helping either. It's been over 100 the last couple of days and the overnight low tonight is 79 degrees. Yikes.

Time to sleep...

job, sugar, and blog-loafing

I'm horribly behind on this blog. My last post was 23 May, which not coincidentally, is the day before I started a new job. What's happened running-wise since then? Not as much as I'd like, but I've managed to lose some weight.

I watched Sugar: The bitter truth sometime in mid-April and I've gone from 164->157 after cutting out sugar. I wasn't drinking sodas or anything but what I've cut out seems to have made a huge difference. I've lost seven pounds despite reduced new-job running mileage.

On that, I'm having trouble keeping up here, but I just synced with my log at runsaturday.com. The weeks of 17 May, 24 May, 31 May, and 6 May totaled 51, 44, 59, and 62 miles. Way down from the mid- to upper-60s I was getting in March and April. The big difference is the lack or time for doubles. I was stealing 6-8 miles a week that way. If I can figure a way to get my mileage back up and keep my weight down, I should be flying.

5k with the kids

GotR race is tomorrow, but baby girl can't go, so we did a different 5k today.

Very easy logistics. Next to a commuter lot, so lots of parking close to the start. 9am start (I'd hate the extra temp if it were my race though!). 12 and under were free and they still got ridiculous schwag? The only downside was a long line to get t-shirts/chips. They inexplicably separated handing out bibs from chips and then had you single file in line to get you chip and t-shirt, so someone had to file through and find your chip. I've never seen that before. If they fix that, you could cruise up the this race at the last moment assured of plentiful, close parking. I'd do this again.

OK, now for the race!

Baby girl asked her (daddy) rabbit for 9:30s. We were moving along pretty good and I could hear her breathing. I kept asking if she wanted to slow down but she kept passing people. We finally started to slow down after the first mile. A bit later, we saw big brother who was on his way back telling us we had a long way to go. Thanks!

The early pace was a bit ambitious for her, but she held it together and didn't walk a step! She had plenty in the tank as she took off when she saw the finish about 1/4-mile a way. I started to follow and she said, "Dad, I have to beat you!" She finished a bit under 31:30, which is 3 minutes faster than in the fall. Big brother got in around mid 26:XX (forgot to stop his watch until 26:50), which is 6 minutes faster than the fall I think. He's getting to that age where he can push himself. When I saw him, he looked every bit like he'd run a hard 5k.

catching up - weeks of 3 and 10 May

Week of 3 May

Mo - easy 7.9
Tu - easy 7.9; 2.6 jog pm treadmill
We - easy 7.9; 2.1 jog pm
Th - easy 7.9
Fr - drills 7.2; 2.1 jog pm
Sa - moderate 7.6
Su - easy 12.5
Total: 65.6

Week of 10 May (taper/10k race)
Mo - easy 7.9; 2.1 jog pm
Tu - easy 7.9
We - easy 7.9
Th - easy 7.9
Fr - easy 4.7
Sa - jog 2.1
Su - 10k in 40:22
Total: 46.6

Carytown 10k results

Congratulations on finishing the Carytown 10K on May 16, 2010.
For your records, the weather at start time was mostly cloudy, 65 degrees F, 70% humidity, NE wind 3.5 mph.

There were 110 finishers in the Male 35 to 39 age group and 1528 finishers in the 10K Run Division.

Your overall finish place was 35, your age group finish place was 5 and your gender finish place was 32.
Your time was 40:21.68 giving you an overall pace of 6:30 per mile.

Your 4M split time was 25:55.09, Giving you a pace of 6:29 per mile, Overall place 38, Gender place 35
Your last 2.2 mile split time was 14:26.59, Giving you a pace of 6:32 per mile, Overall place 35, Gender place 32

The results email pretty much sums it up. It was 5+ degrees warmer than forecast and the expected dew point of 49 turned into 55, so it was more humid too. Checking weather underground, the 65 degrees turned into 69 by the end and although it might have been mostly cloudy at the start, the sun was definitely in the holes! So there's my excuse...

Although I ran 18 seconds slower that 3 weeks ago, I really thought this was a better race and I was in better shape. The weather made it much tougher and the course was also more difficult. I was really overheated when I finished and dumped a couple of cups of water on my head to cool down and get the sweat out of my eyes. I'm frankly surprised I ran as well as I did considering what heat normally does to me.

Splits were: 6:25, 6:28, 6:29 (5k at 20:06), 6:31, 6:28, 7:58 (6:34). I ran the first half just about perfect as the race was net uphill for the first half. I wanted to run a negative split, but it didn't quite happen. I feel like I gave it an honest effort.

I got to talk to Bill Rodgers before the race. He was walking around in seeming complete anonymity. I talked to him for probably 3 minutes and I don't think anybody around us knew who he was. He's just as nice as everyone says and seems genuinely interested in you when he talks to you. After he started the race everyone knew who he was and he had more folks around him after the race. I shook his hand again and exchanged a few words (he asked me my time, whether it was a PR, etc.). All in all a good day.

Carytown 10k here I come

I'm driving to Richmond (~90 miles) for a faster course on Sunday rather than run the local Capital Hill classic (note the "Hill" in "Capital Hill"). I think I need help.

At 60 degrees, it's going to be marginal for my Scandinavian blood, but it's supposed to be very dry (dew pt 43). I'm down 2-3 pounds since my sub-40 attempt also, so that can't hurt. I figure this will be my last semi-legitimate chance this year unless we get some really freakishly good weather.

Week of 26 April

• Mo - 7.7/134/1:08:41
• Tu - 7.9/129/1:09:22
• We - 7.9/146/1:04:09 moderate AM; 2.1/18:39 PM
• Th - 7.9/139/1:10:05 AM; 2.1/19:36 PM
• Fr - 7.25/130/1:08:42 drills AM; 2.1/20:22 PM
• Sa - 7.9/130/1:10:47 -- 75 deg humid
• Su - 13.4/161/1:52:21 workout -- 75-80 deg & 70+ dew point!

Quality

• Wed. Usual moderate run. Eased into it. This was easy end of moderate. Recovery from 10k
• Sun. 2 mile wup. 3 x 1 mile @160 bpm (80%) w/5' jog rest, 5' jog rest, 1/2/3/5/4/4/3/2/1 @ 10k effort with half rest, 5' jog rest, 6 x 30'' fast relaxed/30'' jog rest. Crazy hot and humid. Started at 76 and rose over 80. Dew point was over 70. I didn't drink at all (haven't put fountains back yet) and was totally wiped. Way overdid it.

week of 19 April

Mo - 7.9 in 73'

Tu - 7.9 in 71' -- wore Ronins, PF bothered me

We - 7.9 in 65' (moderate) AM; 2.1 in 20' PM

Th - 7.9 in 71'

Fr - 7.2 in 68' -- drills

Sa - 4.8 in 42'

Su - 1.1 in 11.5' wup; 10k race - 40:04

Total: 52.9 in 7.6 hrs

40:04 Pike's Peek

Light rain off and on, temp 55 degrees, a very slight headwind (5 mph).

Everything was uneventful. I was lined up about 5 feet in front of the 7:00 pace sign next to a 52 year old woman (not name Joan Benoit) and another one in front. They kept begging a guy with two girls about 8 and 10 to move further back. He moved about 5 feet back. What's the matter with people?

Anyway, the "go" word comes and I scream out, probably too fast, as I see 5:59 on the garmin after it settle. Still there are a gazillion people passing me and even more as I back off. I can see a stream of probably 500 people in front of me. (I ended up 137 OA.) So I spend the race passing people until the 5th mile marker.

HR monitor is wild (showing 233) in the first mile and I'm ignoring it. This is a really downhill portion and I hit the first mile at 6:22. I hit the second mile at 6:20/185 bpm. That's like 10 mile heart rate. Maybe I'm taking it too easy? Is all the downhill in the beginning? I haven't run the course before. Next mile is 6:22/187. Ok, more like it. I hit 5k at 19:49, tying my (very soft) PR and have 11 seconds in the bank by my reckoning.

Things level off this mile and the split is 6:28/187. Uh oh, I gave back 2 seconds in mile 4. Now the work begins. Mile 5 is a long, long climb that you can from forever. I tell myself I have to get up this on pace. Mile 5 is 6:30/188. Good effort but gave back 4 seconds.

After hitting lap at the mile 5 marker, the garmin says 6:35 and I just can't seem to generate the power to make it go lower. This is also uphill. I quickly figure there's no way I'm going to make it and here's where I screw myself up. I start thinking about how much it hurts and start to back off, seeing 6:42 pace and figuring it's over. We crest the hill at ~5.8 and I can see the finish. Suddenly I can see the finish and start to wonder if I can make up 10+ seconds and I start flying. According the garmin I ran the last 0.2 at 5:44 pace. (Mile 6 is 6:40/186 with the 186 revealing how I totally wimped out.)

I could make out the clock when it said 39:51 and I kept sprinting in. Watch said 40:05. Chip time posted now says 40:04. Ugh, ugh, ugh. If I had hung tough and given myself a chance, I definitely could have made it. I don't think I can find another fast 10k before the weather turns, so I get to stew over this for 6 months. Great.

If there's a training lesson here, I do think my lack of fast running, hill sprints, etc. hurt me when trying to run fast and maybe those fast twitch fibers were there for me at the end when the others were worn out. I just never run that fast and maybe I don't have quite the power to get my 10k time in line with my 10 mile time. Really I think I just don't like pain!

rooting for accuweather

Weather.com has little lighning bolts for my 10k tomorrow morning and accuweather has a magical break around race time where it's just cloudy. Come on accuweather! Temp 55 degs, which is nice. 95% humidity isn't so great. I'm terrible in any kind of "heat" or humidity whatsoever. This is right on the edge for me. It should be a "headwind," but it's supposed to be only 3 mph, so essentially calm.

I've tapered for this so I'm hoping not to waste it on a thunderstorm. I felt like I really hit everything almost perfect in the two weeks between races, recovering without losing too much. We'll see tomorrow.

week of 12 April

• Mo AM - 5.65 @ 9:23
  
• Mo PM - 2.08 in 20:32
  
• Tu - 7.86 @ 9:01
  
• We AM - 7.85 @ 8:49
  
• We PM - 2.00 @ 10:00 -- treadmill, alternate 4' @ 2.5 deg/1' @ 0 deg
  
• Th AM - 7.87 @ 8:50
  
• Th PM - 2.06 @ 9:40
• Fr AM - 7.21 @ 9:20 -- drills
  
• Fr PM - 1.96 @ 9:12
  
• Sa - 8.04 1@ 8:56
• Su - 12.21 @ 8:02 -- 12.2 w/ 8.2 moderate

This Week - 64.80 9:38:25 8:56

Kinda sore all week. I thought my energy was back on Wednesday but my legs had sore spots. Then I relapsed on Thursday and was fatigued until Sunday. I was still a bit heavy-legged on Sunday and took a couple of miles to warm up, but felt good. I'm quite sore on Monday night as I write this and skipped my PM run to use the foam roller, so I think I probably should have waited another day.

I'm not sure what to expect Sunday at the 10k. I'll probably lose some fitness with the easy runs and reduced miles, but I definitely won't break 40 if I don't recover. It's a point-to-point downhill course (-190 feet) with one left turn, so that should help as long as the wind isn't blowing the wrong way. I should also have lots of company at my pace. I'm also considering another 10k on 5/16 to have another chance to break 40 (if I don't) or to get a legit (unaided) 10k PR. 3 week in between should give me a chance to recover and get a little volume in.

(Couldn't resist checking the weather and it calls for a completely direct headwind of 7 mph.)

I love these shoes: Nike Free 3.0v2

Now that I've expressed my undying love, I'm sure they'll be discontinued.

I run differently in these shoes. I thought I was running differently in them, but wasn't sure until I ran on the treadmill this week. It's a totally different stride than even in my racing flats. I feel like I plantar flex, searching for the ground like you do barefoot, and I can feel the cushioning under the middle of my foot as I land. Not even my feelmax uber-light shoes create this sensation. Unlike the feelmax shoes, I don't feel like I'm running in quicksand. I feel like I get more energy return and it's easier to run faster. (Or maybe this is just weak feet and sub-conscious cautiousness in the feelmax shoes.)

They also are apparently my PF cure. I stopped wearing them last week when I needed more toe box room (because of the bloody toe) and my PF was the worst it's been in this current round on Monday (after the Sunday race). I've been wearing these all week*. My PF was completely absent on Thursday's run and I only felt it very slightly today.

The big difference with these shoes and the 5.0s is the heel. My heel is barely higher than my mid-foot. I can feel the mid-foot cushioning compress when I land, which is totally different than what I'm used to. I'll be interested to see if the wear pattern reflects this. They also, of course, have the flexible Free sole. I believe being able to bend your toes when picking up your heel reduces the tension on you fascia. (By the way, you can actually feel your toes on the ground. The toe spring in most shoes prevents this.)

OK, that was a very poor bit of writing, but it will have to do as my love poem to the Nike Free 3.0. I just ordered another pair. Nike, please don't discontinue these shoes!

(* My toe is better and I (duh) figured out that if I completely loosen the laces at the bottom that the toe run isn't that bad and I don't have a problem.)

week of 4 April

Mo AM - 8.37 1:13:52 8:49
Mo PM - 2.06 0:20:58 10:11
Tu - 7.85 1:02:18 7:56
We - 7.84 1:10:54 9:03
Th AM - 7.84 1:08:54 8:47
Th PM - 2.03 0:19:42 9:41
Fr - 7.34 1:08:57 9:24
Sa - 4.71 0:41:48 8:53
Su - Cherry Blossom 10 miler in 1:05:55; 0.19 @ 9:59 cdn (it all counts!)

Week - 58.43 8:15:11 8:29

Bloody toe on Monday was feeling better after wearing widest shoes (precisions) and completely loosening the laces. I also wore very casual shoes to work.

CB was great. My first race was GW parkway 10 miler in April 2005 and I've run CB every April since. My times have been 1:24:49, 1:19:49, 1:09:49, 1:08:49, 1:06:43, and 1:05:55.

I'm hoping to break 40 for 10k on April 25th. It won't be easy though. Runningforfitness.org's calculator gives me 39:57 based on a number of calculators. Given it's a downhill course (that I'll have to asterisk) and that I went out too fast at CB (my 5k split was 20:12.), I think I have a good shot.

	Predictions based on:						Average prediction (excluding Purdy)
Distance	Age grading	VO2 max	Riegel formula	Cameron formula	Purdy formula		Time	Min /mile

10 km

40:18

39:47

39:49

39:55

39:42

39:57

06:26