My journey as a marathoner...

Monday Feb 15 12 miles, 1:17min, drills, strides Tuesday Feb 16 AM 10 miles, 64min, hurdles PM 5 miles, 35min Wednesday Feb 17 AM 5 miles, 34min, drills PM 10 miles, 67min, core Thursday Feb 18 12 miles, 1:23min Friday Feb 19 AM 5 miles, 34min, drills, strides PM Workout: Fartlek 5x3min w/ 1min rest, 5x1min w/ 30sec rest 10 miles, 61min, hurdles, core Saturday Feb 20 AM 10 miles, 70min, drills PM 5 miles, 34min, strides Sunday Feb 21 18 miles, 2:05min 102 miles Back to the basics! Achilles problem completely eliminated and I am feeling great again. The two days off from last week have me feeling fresh. The fartlek was good and I could really feel my legs moving smooth and strong. I am hoping to have a good run while in Ireland. Add me on twitter if you want all the updates while I'm there. ( http://www.twitter.com/sanca617 ).

Monday Feb 8 Off day, 5 miles, 35min, hurdles, core Tuesday Feb 9 AM 5 miles, 34min PM Workout: 8-mile progression run 5:16-5:10-5:05-4:58-4:55-4:51-4:45-4:39 39:43 for 8 miles, total 12 miles Wednesday Feb 10 AM 5 miles, 35min, drills PM 10 miles, 69min, hurdles, core Thursday Feb 11 (off-sore left achilles) pool running 45min Friday Feb 12 (off-sore left achilles) biking 45min, core Saturday Feb 13 AM 5 miles, 34min PM 8 miles, 55min Sunday Feb 14 12 miles, 1:18min, hurdles, core 62 miles This week I had some great things come from training and a small setback. My 8-mile progression run was the good news. From this progression run, I now feel very confident in my strength at this point. According to my earlier logs, on Feb 13, 2008 I was very happy with a 20:49 tempo run for 4 miles. My PR's at the time were 4:11/8:30/14:47. Now I am able to do twice the distance at a much faster pace. This past week, I ran the first 4 miles in 20:33 and the last 4 miles in 19:11. I didn't re...

Monday Feb 1 12 miles, 1:17min, hurdles Tuesday Feb 2 AM 5 miles, 34min, drills PM 10 miles, Aussie Quaters: 66(47)65(46)65(44)65(44)65(46)65(46)64(46)64(39) 14:42 for 3 miles Wednesday Feb 3 AM 5 miles, 35min, drills PM 8 miles, 57min, hurdles, core Thursday Feb 4 AM 5 miles, 34min PM 12 miles, 1:18min, drills, strides Friday Feb 5 12 miles, 1:19min, hurdles, core Saturday Feb 6 AM 5 miles, 37min PM 10 miles, 70min Sunday Feb 7 18 miles, 2:14min 102 miles Good week. My body is well recovered from the race a week ago. Those runs over 7min pace are probably way over the distance indicated. Anyways, only one light workout this week and I can't really tell if it was easy or hard since it was the first time doing it. I'm not sure whether I will race this week at the Valentine 3k or just train through to continue building strength for outdoor track. I will be racing the Armagh 5k race in Ireland at the end of the month. Thanks to everyone for the congratulations I received in person...

Monday Jan 25 12 miles, 1:16min, hurdles Tuesday Jan 26 AM 5 miles, 34min, drills PM WO: 6x800 w/ 200 rest 2:12, 2:12, 2:15, 5 miles total (stopped at 3, felt sick, stomach bug) Wednesday Jan 27 AM 5 miles 35min, core, hurdles PM 10 miles, 68min Thursday Jan 28 12 miles, 1:23min, drills, strides Friday Jan 29 8 miles, 55min Saturday Jan 30 Race: 5000m at Terrier Invite, 3rd place, 13:56.46 PR, 12 miles total Video and Results Sunday Jan 31 18 miles, 2:00min Total: 87 miles This week was a bit low on miles due to the race. I was feeling sick with a stomach bug and was unable to finish the workout on Tuesday. My biggest concern for the weekend was to make sure my stomach problems did not come back. The race was a perfect one for me and Nate and we were both very happy with the turnout. The race felt much easier than the 14:20 from last month. Things are looking very promissing for outdoors (yes, I am eligible to compete for UML in the spring). The past two years I have not been able to...