I was not really in a mood to post last week for a couple of reasons. I went out last Saturday with the idea to do a 12-15 mile run. I have been speeding my pace a bit on my runs the last couple of weeks and would try to push it a little on my long run so that is why I had a range I was going to run instead of a specific mileage run. I felt pretty good on the run and was brining my pace down pretty good and decided I would go ahead and run 15. I should have stopped at 12. I don’t know what happened but the run really went south on me and I really struggled the last 3 miles, and especially the last 2 miles.
I got home, cleaned up, relaxed, took Glenn to Tae Kwon Do. Leaving after the class my left knee was hurting pretty bad. I didn’t really do anything the rest of the day until we went to a wedding that evening. I danced a little too much probably but had a good time… woke up Sunday morning and had trouble walking. I ended up taking some Aleve and then went out for a 6.5 mile run later in the day then cut the grass. Probably shouldn’t have done all of that but I thought I could work my way through it. I have had knee pain before and run through it so I thought maybe I could this time. NOT. I ended up only running 4 miles last week. I probably could have run but the pain was pretty bad so I ended up taking the week off. Knee pain is almost totally gone so I will resume training this week. I have 4 weeks of training and 2 weeks of taper before the race so I am not really concerned at this point. I am feeling good other wise and ready to race.

Week of 19 Oct:
Mon- bike 10 miles
Tues- run- 6 miles
Wed- run- 6.5 miles
Thurs- run- 6 miles
Fri- rest day
Sat- run- 15 miles
Sun- run- 6.5 miles

Total- run- 40 miles; bike- 10 miles

Week of 26 Oct:
Mon- bike 10 miles
Tues- run- 4 miles; bike- 10 miles
Wed- nothing
Thurs- nothing
Fri- nothing
Sat- nothing
Sun- nothing

Total- run- 4 miles; bike- 20 miles

Week of 12 October 2009:
I pretty much skipped last week (week of 05 October). The culmination of 3-4 tough weeks at work along with some other stuff pretty much did me in . I ran 6.5 miles on Wed and that was it was the week.
This past week was a different story though. I got back in to the routine and felt pretty good. Again, I didn't get the bike as much as I wanted but ended up having a strong week running.



Mon- run- 3 miles; bike- 10 miles
Tues- run- 6.5 miles
Wed- nothing
Thurs- run- 7.5 miles
Fri- rest day
Sat- 20 mile long run
Sun- 6 mile run

Total- run- 44 miles; bike- 10 miles

Week of 28 Sept 2009:
Another killer week at work and I didn't get to bike as much as I wanted but I did get one day in. Other than that- I am very encouraged with the quality of training this week. The wether is a little cooler which helps but I was really surprised with how well things went mentally with training.
I am not really paying attention to pace just yet but my Thursday's run was actually my fastest pace for an outdoor run this year. Also, the pace I ran my 21 mile run at on Saturday was my fastest long run pace for runs over 14 miles (every little bit of motivation helps).

Mon- bike- 10 miles
Tues- run- 6.2 miles
Wed- 6.2 miles
Thurs- 6.3 miles
Fri- rest day
Sat- 21 mile long run
Sun- 6 mile run

Total- run- 45.7 miles; bike- 10 miles

Week of 21 Sept 2009:
The last couple of weeks has been tough and with the added mileage I have had I was getting exhausted. Going in to the weekend I wasn't sure if I was going to do a 20 miler or make this a cut back week and do 12. When I woke up Sat. morning I opted for the latter. I turned over and went back to sleep- not for long but the added sleep was nice. Once up I lounged around for most of the morning and then the day got kind of hectic. I decided to do 6 on Saturday and 12 on Sunday. The rain and storms ended my 6 mile run at 4.6 miles. The 12 run on Sunday was excellent!! I am still kind of tired but I think the cut back week was exactly what I needed.

Mon- bike- 10 miles
Tues- run- 6.2 miles; bike- 10 miles
Wed- run- 8.3 miles; bike- 10 miles
Thurs- run- 6.2 miles
Fri- rest day
Sat- run- 4.6 miles
Sun- run- 12 miles

Total- Run- 37.3 miles; bike- 30 miles

Another solid week of base building. My 18 miler had rain, heavy fog, then rain again. A little bit of a struggle to keep pace for the last couple of miles but mentally stayed good and finished out the run positively.

Another couple of weeks of base building and I will start adding speed and strength workouts in for a few weeks.

Week of 14 Sep 2009:
Mon- bike- 10 miles
Tues- run- 6.2miles; bike 10 miles
Wed- run- 6.2 miles; bike 15 miles
Thurs- run- 8.3 miles; bike 10 miles
Fri- rest day
Sat- run- 18 miles
Sun- run- 6 miles

Total- run- 44.7 miles; bike- 45 miles

Loving and living life. Training still going strong.

I had a good week going last week. I had planned regular runs of 5-6 mile distances during the week with a step back to 10 miles on the weekend and a 5 mile recovery run on Sunday. We left for the lake as soon as Glenn got home from school and in the haste of trying to get gone quickly I left both pair of running shoes on the rack in the garage. I had clothes packed but no shoes….. so no running. I ended up sitting around and resting a lot as Glenn wasn’t feeling well and we ended up just hanging out around the lake house all weekend. Turns out that Glenn and Kathy both contracted the swine flu. They stayed home from school/work all last week, took tamiflu, and are healed now. I somehow managed to stay healthy and not get it.

I can tell I am starting to get up there in miles. I had thought about extending my long run by another mile Saturday morning but in hindsight see that I stopped right at the right time. I ended the week with a nice 6 mile recovery run on Sunday.

Week of 31 Aug 2009:
Mon- bike- 10 miles
Tues- run- 5miles; bike 10 miles
Wed- run 6 miles
Thurs- run 5 miles; bike 10 miles
Fri- rest day, left for the lake
Sat- forgot running shoes- nothing
Sun- forgot running shoes- nothing

Total- run- 16 miles; bike- 15 miles

Week of 07 Sept 2009:
Mon- nothing
Tues- run- 5 miles
Wed- run- 6 miles
Thurs- run- 6 miles
Fri- rest day
Sat- run- 16 miles
Sun- run- 6 miles

Total- run- 39 miles

Week of 24 Aug 2009:

Another great week. I can feel myself getting stronger and more in to the rhythm of a training program. After last weeks 12 mile run I was really stiff on my Sunday's run but I felt pretty good after my 14 mile run on Saturday and felt strong during the 5 mile run on Sunday. Hopefully this weekends labor day plans won't break the good rhythm I am in.

Recap:
Mon- bike- 10 miles
Tues- run- 6 miles; bike- 10 miles
Wed- run- 5 miles; bike- 10 miles
Thurs- run- 5 miles; bike- 10 miles
Fri- rest day
Sat- run- 14 miles
Sun- run- 5 miles

Total- run- 35 miles; bike- 40 miles