LA Marathon training program: Week 7 Tuesday December 26th, 2006 EZ Run: 4mi @ 8:00 (Planned: 4mi @ 9:06) Weight: 187 Time: 10:30pm Temp: 40f Weather: Cloudy Route: Pinckney EZ Run Notes: After Sundays long run I needed to have a good run, and today I did. I broke several running training rules, but It was worth it. I did not start the run with the idea of running fast. It just kind of happened. ...
LA Marathon training program: Week 6 Sunday December 24th, 2006 Long Run: 18mi @ 8:58 (Planned: 18mi @ 9:06) Weight: 187 Time: 2:30pm Temp: 55f Weather: Clear Route: Treadmill Notes: Ok, First off I will admit that I am writing this two days late. This is for several reasons, first I did this run in the afternoon of Christmas Eve, and we after cleaning up we went out to dinner, and buy the time we got back I ...
LA Marathon training program: Week 6 Friday December 22nd , 2006 Intervals: 7mi - 3x 1mi @ 7:12 - 1 x 800m 3:29 (Planned: 3 x 1mi @ 7:12) Weight: 187 Time: 5:30am Temp: 43f Weather: Raining Route: Treadmill Notes: I seam to have miss calculated distance when I planed this, I guess I am supposed to warm up for 1.5 miles intend of 1. Anyhow, come the end of my last 1600m repeat I realized I w...
LA Marathon training program: Week 6 Thursday December 21st , 2006 EZ Run: 3mi @ 8:47 (Planned: 3mi @ 9:06) Weight: 188 Time: 6:00am Temp: 36f Weather: Raining Route: Treadmill Notes: Compared to Sunday, and yesterday, and tomorrow, today was / is, pretty laid back. This No problems at all except a slight case of boredom. Leading to increasing my pace for the last mile. Actually I ...
LA Marathon training program: Week 6 Wednesday December 20th , 2006 Yasso 800's: 5mi - 3x800 @ 3:29 (Planned: 5mi - 3x800 @ 3:30) Weight: 188 Time: 5:20am Temp: 28f Weather: Clear Route: Treadmill Notes: And so the fun begins This was my first set of Yasso 800's, this week I did 4 repeats, no real problems, It was hard, but not harder then one can expect from any kind of speedwork. Next week it is 5 ...
LA Marathon training program: Week 6 Tuesday December 19th , 2006 EZ Run 4mi @ 9:05 (Planned: 4mi@ 9:06) Weight: 188 Time: 5:20am Temp: 28f Weather: Cloudy Route: Treadmill Notes: After Sunday, today seamed like a breeze, It was still a bit harder then a EZ run should be, but I had no problems with it. After all this is my first week at this EZ Run pace. Tomorrow I do my first set of Y...
LA Marathon training program: Week 5 Sunday December 17th , 2006 Long Run 16mi @ 9:09 (Planned: 16mi@ 9:06) Weight: 185 Time: 9:00am Temp: 50f Weather: Drizzle Route: Crooked Lake Road Notes: I think it is time for some "Spin Control". This run was Hard, This run was painful, and it really should not have been. I am not quite sure if I am over training, or not training enough, but something was not right t...
LA Marathon training program: Week 5 Friday December 15th , 2006 EZ Run 4mi @ 9:05 (Planned: 4mi@ 9:06) Weight: 185 Time: 6:30am Temp: 40f Weather: Cloudy Route: Treadmill Notes: This mourning I had a hard time getting up again, stupid Friday. Anyway I got up late, and realized that all my running cloths, including my Knee Brace, were still wet in the dryer. I considered running in the evening, but I would lik...
LA Marathon training program: Week 5 Thursday December 14th , 2006 Tempo Run 6mi - 4mi @ 7:41 (Planned: 6mi - 4mi@ 7:42) Weight: 183.5 Time: 6:00am Temp: 37f Weather: Clear Route: Treadmill Notes: First Tempo run at 7:42. Was a bit harder then I liked, but I still had the strength to bust it up to 7:00 for the last quarter of a mile. So it could not have been to hard. No knee problems, though I did...
LA Marathon training program: Week 5 Tuesday December 12th , 2006 EZ Run 5mi @ 8:46 (Planned: 5mi @ 9:09) Weight: 187 Time: 6:30am Temp: 43f Weather: Sprinkles Route: 5x Laps around the sub. Notes: This was my first EZ run with my new EZ pace, I seam to have over compensated quite a bit. I will endeavor to be a bit more careful in the future, the last thing I need is to get my Knee messed up again. I have ra...
LA Marathon training program: Week 4 Sunday December 10th, 2006 EZ Run: 6.61mi @ 8:24 ( 6 mi @ 9:17 ) Weight: 185.5 Time: 10:00am Temp: 39f Weather: Cold but clear Route: Court House Run Notes: It was just to nice a day not to run today, However since I ran a bit to hard over this, my recovery week, I decided to take it easy and just wing it. I have now learned not to just wing it. I app...
LA Marathon training program: Week 4 Saturday December 9th, 2006 Race: 8k @ 7:34 ( 5 mi @ 7:15 ) Weight: 186.5 Time:9:00am Temp: 21f Weather: Cold but clear Route: Run Like the Dickens Notes: I have to admit, that I did this race a bit out of guilt. I missed my scheduled run for yesterday. I was originally planning on running this race, however once I had my program worked out, I had decided that...
LA Marathon training program: Week 4 Thursday December 7th, 2006 Long Run: 5mi @ 9:13 / 1mi @ 8:00 ( 6mi @ 9:17 ) Weight: 183.5 Time:6:30am Temp: 72f Weather: Flurries Wind Route: Treadmill Notes: Almost didn't make it out today, was hard to get out of bed, and when I poked my head out the door, and felt the wind-chill. But my fear of missing a day on my schedule, forced me downstairs to the treadmil...
LA Marathon training program: Week 4 Tuesday December 5th , 2006 EZ Run 6mi @ 8:45 (Planned: 6mi @ 9:17) Weight: 186 Time: 6:10am Temp: 19f Weather: Partly Cloudy Route: 6x Laps around the sub. Notes: This was one of the nicest runs I have had in quite a wile, It was in fact quite cold but that only bothered me for the first half mile or so, no wind, that makes all the difference. About a 8th of my 1 mile lo...
LA Marathon training program: Week 3 Sunday December 3rd, 2006 Long Run: 14.09mi @ 9:22 ( 14 mi @ 9:17 ) Weight: 183.5 Time:7:30am Temp: 21f Weather: Light Snow Route: Chilson - Grand River Notes: This was my first long run in the snow. For the most part I found it quite enjoyable. It was not however problem free. First problem, Cold, second Problem, snow, third problem finished 1 minute late. ...