LA Marathon training program: Week 1 5 Sunday February 25th , 2007 Long Run: 8mi @ 8:41 (8mi @ 8:41) Weight: 192 Time: 7:30pm Temp: 27 Weather: Cloudy Route: Treadmill Notes: I am writing this almost a week late, mostly because this last week of taper runs have been blessedly uneventful. But enough of that. This run went well, it was a bit hard for me to keep the pace down to 8:41. But I really fe...
LA Marathon training program: Week 1 5 Thursday February 22th , 2007 Tempo Run: 5mi - 3.1mi @ 6.49 (5mi - 3mi @ 7:19) Weight: 190 Time: 7:30pm Temp: 32 Weather: Cloudy Route: Treadmill Notes: This was the fastest 5k I have ever run. Clocking in at 21:12, a full minute faster then my last 5k race. I probably should not have done this so close to the marathon, but this tempo run was so fast that I could not ...
LA Marathon training program: Week 1 4 Tuesday February 20th , 2007 EZ Run: 4mi @ 8:41 (4mi @ 8:44) Weight: 190 Time: 5:10am Temp: 32 Weather: Cloudy Route: Treadmill Notes: Simple short taper run, no big news. I wanted to keep pretty much on program. My treadmill wont do 8:44 so I did run a bit faster then planed. But not enough to make me concerned. We have finally had a spell of decent weathe...
LA Marathon training program: Week 1 4 Sunday February 17th , 2007 Long Run: 13.1 @ 7:55 (12mi @ 8:44) Weight: 189 Time: 7:30am Temp: 17 Weather: Snow Route: Treadmill Notes: Successes! Today was a much needed successes, and proof that the last 15 weeks have not been wasted. The program called for 12mi @ 8:44, but I have been concerned that I was not doing any longer runs at my "Race Pace&qu...
LA Marathon training program: Week 1 4 Saturday February 16th , 2007 EZ Run: 5 @ 8:41 (5mi @ 8:44) Weight: 190 Time: 6:10am Temp: 10 Weather: Snow Route: Treadmill Notes: Beside form being one day late, this run went off perfectly fine. No pain no strain, 5 miles is just about perfect for a morning run. Any longer then that and it gets boring, or I start to worry about being made late to work. To...
LA Marathon training program: Week 1 4 Thursday February 15th , 2007 Speedwork: 8mi - 4 x 1mi @ 6:53 (8mi - 4 x 1mi @ 6:55) Weight: 190 Time: 5:10pm Temp: 10 Weather: Snow Route: Treadmill Notes: This was my last serious set of speedwork before the Race. I considered replacing it with a repeat of my last set of Yasso 800's. But I decided that it should stick to schedule. I was also a bit concerned that thi...
LA Marathon training program: Week 1 4 Tuesday February 13th , 2007 EZ Run: 6mi @ 8:28 (6mi @ 8:44) Weight: 190 Time: 7:00pm Temp: 10 Weather: Snow Route: Treadmill Notes: I was a bit worried about this run, I am still sour from my long run, but all went well. After my disappointing performance on Sunday, I have decided to make sure I stay on schedule for these last few taper weeks. Despite this I ...
LA Marathon training program: Week 13 Sunday February 11th , 2007 Long Run: 20mi @ 8:42 (20mi @ 8:44) Weight: 188 Time: 12:00pm Temp: 14f Weather: Light Snow Route: Indoor Track Notes: Ouch! This should read, Long Run: 20 something miles @ 8:40-ish minutes a mile. I don't really have any idea what happened with this run, but it was hellish. My first problem was not un-expected. The indoor ...
LA Marathon training program: Week 13 Friday February 9th , 2007 Tempo Run: 5mi - 3mi @ 7:19 (5.1mi - 3.1mi @ 7:08) Weight: 189 Time: 7:00pm Temp: 18f Weather: Light Snow Route: Treadmill Notes: I missed a run this week, but I did not want to skip my speed work, so I moved my tempo to friday night. I could not help but push up the pase a bit, since It was so close to the fastest 5k I had ever done, which was at 7:14. So I d...
LA Marathon training program: Week 13 Wednesday February 7th , 2007 EZ Run: 6mi @ 8:44 (6mi @ 8:44) Weight: 190 Time: 5:30am Temp: -3f Weather: Clear Route: Treadmill Notes: I had a pretty crazy Tuesday, and missed running, so I did my Tuesday run today. I am going to push my Thursday run back to Thursday night as well. But otherwise things are fine. This run was un eventful, other then finding out that my treadmill dose not d...
LA Marathon training program: Week 12 Sunday February 4th , 2007 EZ Run: 8mi @ 8:40 (8mi @ 8:55) Weight: 190 Time: 7:00pm Temp: -3f Weather: Clear Route: Treadmill Notes: I was very happy to get back to running, even on the treadmill. Even after getting off a plain, I was looking forward to getting back on schedule. To keep thing interesting I tried to stair step the pace a bit, I started at 8:57 ...
LA Marathon training program: Week 12 Thursday February 1st , 2007 Elliptical Machine: 1hour 12minutes (8mi @ 8:55) Weight: 188 Time: 6:00am Temp: 5f Weather: Light Snow Route: Elliptical Machine Notes: I have never used a elliptical machine for more than a few seconds, I have always found the motion odd, so have avoided them. However today there was 6 inches of snow on all the roads, and I was 7000 feet up...
LA Marathon training program: Week 12 Thursday February 1st , 2007 Yasso 800's: 9.50mi - 10 x 800m @ 3:25 (9.5mi 10 x 800m @ 3:30) Weight: 188 Time: 6:00am Temp: 8f Weather: Light Snow Route: Treadmill Notes: This was my last set of Yasso 800's, or was at least supposed to be. Considering how hard these were when I started, I am quite happy with how this went. Starting at the 4th repeat, I bumped up the pace .1 of a mile each repeat....
LA Marathon training program: Week 1 1 Tuesday January 30th, 2007 EZ Run: 7mi @ 8:40 (Planned: 8mi @ 8:55) Weight: 188 Time: 6:00pm Temp: 8f Weather: Light Snow Route: Indoor Track. Notes: This should say 7mi @ 8:40 and 45 minutes of basketball. I think this is enough to make up for the missing mile. On Tuesdays Stardock plays gathers at the local rec. center for a game of basketball. I tend to ditch, since I am not the best perso...
LA Marathon training program: Week 1 1 Thursday January 25th, 2007 Yasso 800's: 8.75mi - 9x800m @ 3:29 (Planned: 8.75mi - 9x800m @ 3:30) Weight: 188 Time: 5:15am Temp: 11f Weather: Light Snow Route: Treadmill Notes: Only one more set of Yasso 800's!!!. After last week I was a bit worried that I had fired myself, and that I would not be able to do today's workout. But all is well, I think the day off I took was well worth it. The...