Sunday August 31 (am) - 3M

Easy run with CA to Great Meadows and back.

Day 3M
Week 41M
Summer 506M

Stats:

12 weeks = 84 days
506 miles = 42M/week = 6M/day

Days off = 3
Longest day = 13M (7/29)

Saturday August 30 - 6M

From Concord Academy, ran 3M to Fairyland Pond and back, then added on 3M after practice running the course at a good clip.

Karina's strength workouts will either make me tough as nails or kill me before the season even starts.

Day 6M
Week 38M
Summer 503M

Friday August 29 (pm) - 6M

Ran from Concord Academy, 6 miles along the course, up and down the hills and exploring possibilities for interval workouts through the woods.

Day 6M
Week 32M
Summer 497M

Thursday August 28 (pm) - 7M - RACE

Raced at Fresh Pond (2.45M). I wanted to have a good effort for several reasons:

1) Wanted to see progress after 12 weeks of training and now several weeks of speedwork

2) Wanted to compare this week to two weeks ago

3) Wanted a race-like effort before the USATF-NE 5M Race on Sept. 7

The race met my expectations, and was pretty successful, I thought. Two weeks ago I tried to stick with Terry, Jonathan, et al., and ran a hard but under control 14:13. This week, everyone was racing hard, and although I went out harder, I was languishing in about 7th after half a mile. I think I did a good job of managing the race, and caught several people. I ended up racing the last half-mile with old friend John Blouin, and had enough of a finishing sprint to avoid being caught. Ran 13:51 (5:40 pace), and felt good. We'll see how that translates to the 5M.

Summer training is almost over, as I bear down on 500 miles.

Day 7M
Week 26M
Summer 491M

Wednesday August 27 (noon) - 6M

Ran from work -- down to Horn Pond and around. Felt better than yesterday, and had to hold myself back to be eager for tomorrow's time trial at Fresh Pond.

Day 6M
Week 19M
Summer 484M

Tuesday August 26 (pm) - 6M

Ran from home, almost robotically, the six-mile Johnny Kelley loop. Started slow and felt sluggish and uncoordinated. First mile was about 8:00, but eventually I must have sped up to near 7:00 pace, although it seemed as though the whole run went by in slow motion. Finished in 43:08.


Day 6M
Week 13M
Summer 478M

Monday August 25 (pm) - 7M (Intervals)

Drove around looking for a track, but Belmont Hill was being used by football players, and Belmont H.S. had just painted theirs (what's up with that?). Finally decided to run 800m intervals around the pond in front of Belmont High.

2M warmup + 2 x strides
6 x 800m @2:49, 2:49, 2:47, 2:48, 2:47, 2:45, with approx 1:40 rest in between.

Felt pretty good, all things considered. 10 min cooldown.

Day 7M
Week 7M
Summer 472M