Sunday, April 30, 2006

PC Load Letter?

April 30

6.5mi, 41:01 (6:19/mi): Franklin-Summit. Legs fine. Brain not. A tribute run to the great Hooley/Church runs completed during finals in March of 2002. Stat for Schrades: Finished April about 35min shy of the 30-Hour-Month.

Week: 60.5

cereal update

April 26
DNGoRunning. Wednesdays take the whole day. Soon, though...

April 27
>>--LSCC-->> Then, milkshakes.

April 28
Iron Bridge. FMCS

April 29
Didn't start watch. It was sort of an upper/lower arb magical mystery tour and it was probably about 8ish. Shot the shit with Jackson afterwards.

Hmmm... this blog is getting more about what I did for running and less about me making wisecracks. I hope to remedy this disturbing trend shortly. But first, work.

Saturday, April 29, 2006

River Road, Youuu-ooooooo Send Me

April 29

12mi, 1:16ish: Get In Gear 10K, 32:52, 21st Overall. Lots to be happy about with this race: 2nd fastest 10K (pathetic, but true); Even 5Ks (16:26/16:26), both faster than Race For Justice; 26:30 for 5mi (though mile splits were all over the place...) on a tougher course than Human Race; All done in rainy and windy conditions. Wish I had the month of March back, but all in all very happy with this race. Sometimes me and the river road, we fuss and fight/and the river road leaves home, cause things ain't right/ohh, but I get to feeling so all alone, and I call the river road on the telephone/finally get somebody on the telephone, and I say 'who is this?'/somebody says 'this is the operator'/i say 'i don't want you, operator, i want the riiiiiiiiiiiivvvvvver roooooaaaaaaaaaaaad!"

Friday, April 28, 2006

Misbranded and Adulterated. Or Something.

April 28

4mi, 28:17 (7:04/mi): Pre-meet+xtra to libe and store. Rainy and chilly. Decent pre-race shake-out. Time to get some work on like I was Ben Broussard...

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Pharaoh's Army Got Drownd-ed

April 27

8mi, 57:37 (7:12/mi): Lake St. with LSCC. Good easy run capped with one of the finest malts in weeks and some ladying advice from a gay man. Night got chilly, but fortunately I was wearing what I'll begin ambiguously and enticingly refering to as my lucky-but-unproductive jacket, which isn't even mine...all things in common?

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

You can stuff your sorrys in a sack!

April 26

10mi, 1:09:30 (6:57/mi): River Road+WU/CD with Rube and Scholi at Mac meet. Beautiful evening, exquisite burrito, thrilling athletics, and breathtaking scenery...

Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

April 25
Ran Isles, met Biz, Tom and Handler for a romp though Theodore Wirth. About 15 in all. Came home, began to feel steadily worse and worse upon returning home. Went to bed. At least I wasn't wearing sandals. Wearing sandals is another way of saying "screw you."

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Here's to you old skinny Dennis...

April 25

9mi, 59:46 (6:38/mi): Theodore Wirth Park. Good hilly run with Handler running circles around us. Nice break from pavement. Legs felt good but rest of me was on the tired side. I need a drink...I need a bed...I need a stronger resolve...

Monday, April 24, 2006

Paper Whirlwind

April 24

AM - 3mi, 20:44 (6:55/mi): Pre-meet loop. Easy shake-out run after not enough stretching yesterday...

PM - 8mi, 44:58 (5:37/mi): Zipper. So, evidently, shake-out runs are something of a cure-all. Maybe now I'll be able to talk to the flock of beautiful women following me around. I wonder if this is how things started for Biz. EST in 5:01. HeymanIgottagobutlemmetellyaonething...

falling into a rut

Did the thing where I run around Isles and vary the pace. Did the same thing last week and it made the legs feel good. Falling into a bit of a training rut, though. Starting to run in weekly patterns with gradually increasing mileaj. Ugnh. At this rate, I'll start running fairly predictable and overall beneficial cycles of mileaj and times. If it ain't one thing it's a goddamned'nother.

nothing to do with running

I, Phil Schrader, do affirm that I first met Thomas Church when I was beating up homeless people in Ladysmith, WI. Mr. Church was rowing down the Flambeau in a wooden bathtub, reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I hailed him from shore and he gladly rowed over and we shared some boiled sturgeon and Full City Guatemala. He asked if I "was from these parts" and I just laughed. "No, seriously," he said, "are you from these parts?" -- but I just laughed again.
He told me he was seeking the legendary city of El Dorado which he believed could be found "by one who was pure of heart, sailing up the Thornapple with Sansone's blessing."
Between bites of sturgeon, I noted that he was currently 'sailing' the Flambeau and not the Thornapple, which flows past Bruce, not Ladysmith.
Now it was his turn to laugh. "The Thornapple," he said, "is here *tapping his breast* and here *tapping somewhere near his kidneys*."
"It's odd," I reflected, "for someone who is so close to the actual Thornapple to speak so cryptically."
"It is no matter, my new friend," said he, producing a wax tablet from his gown and replacing "Ladysmith" with "Bruce."
Years later we would meet again, both scouring a stone wall up near Buckton. I asked him what had become of his travels on the Flambeau. He said that after wandering for several months he had managed to locate "some beaver" but no lost cities-- unless you count Bruce and Wyergore. Since then, he told me, he had been attending the Walter Mondale school of law, a fact which I knew because we often run together and I see him there several times a week. Today, I think back to what he said, so cryptically, about the Thornapple and I think to myself, with a smile, that my old friend did find the lost city after all-- only his El Dorado was not made of gold and gold, but rather of legal knowledge.

Your honor, I rest my case.

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Dodger can't schedule his way out of a wet paper bag

and after spending just over 8 hours fighting my way out of his short-sighted attempt to save a couple bucks, I ran something like 8 miles with Biz, Collin, and Sherman.

Then we barbequed like young gods.

Can't turn the river road into a housewife...

April 23

14mi, 1:23:47 (5:59/mi): 8th Ave to Summit. Same route as last week. Great run, especially considering legs felt about average the whole way. Ran fast for about 12mi, then jogged mile 13 and escaped from St. Thomas in 5:21. River Road, bring yo' ass. (Okay, hold on...)

Week: 60mi (decent, considering)

Saturday, April 22, 2006

One hand on the Bible...

April 22

10mi, 1:07:58 (impossible to calculate pace because of the infinite greenway): Light Rail Extended. Excellent run with some dudes, who in this town are a dime a dozen. Also, chutney. Schrader was there to verify the infinite length of the greenway. He once ran the steeplechase.

April 21

5.25mi, 31:33 (6:01/mi): Franklin-Lake. Crisis of motivation, but got out dee door. Incidentally, I think it's a pr for the course, but absolutely nothing is coming around or feeling normal. There was a lot of big pimping, caddilacs and women...

oh, right

So I like ran iron bridge on Thursday when I got into Northfield.

But... the next day I like totally ran dead snake which is like the best run.

Now, Tom's a-sitting in the living room, speculating on who in the Voice has hooked up with Paul. There'll probably be running involved because Biz also drank like 15 cups of coffee down at the shop. Chapel loves Masa but hates Gordan Lightfoot.

Tom: Fucking Voice

Thursday, April 20, 2006

I was in the house when the house burned down

April 20

10.5mi, 1:15:17 (7:10/mi): Lake Street with LSCC + xtra with Biz. Felt easy and legs felt good running in the rain and learning Betsy's plans for 7/24. It's cool. You ain't nothin' but a girl to me.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Biz Said Ain't No Limit To This...

April 19

10mi, 1:06:56 (6:42/mi): Hill workout cut-short. Yuck. 2:33, 2:37, 2:38. Into the wind, but felt much more difficult than it should. Legs and soul still drained...but cooled down respectably - all things being relative - with Biz. If it weren't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Feed Me Love and Whiskey

April 18

10mi, 1:11:47 (7:10/mi): Base 10. Great run on a haunting evening with Handler and Schrader vying for dominance in the trash can steeple. Oh. No. Big Snoop Dogg. Back up in the heezy, baby. Phil and I were real close for a long time, running stride for stride and sharing of ourselves. Then he grabbed about thirty pieces of silver and kissed me. But it's not about winning the workout.

~Churchie

April 18. Stone Arch Bridge (5) + Base 10. Dropped Tom in the last block. Feeling pretty good about myself.

~Schrader

April 17

Scheduled Rest. 1 x Ice Bath, overcoming Sherman-syndrome. Legs much better after...

Monday, April 17, 2006

funny title goes here

Over to Isles and around, sorta varing the pace.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Caddy smelled like trees

April 16

7mi, 47:33 (6:48/mi): Half-Zip+xtra. Nice easy run on an overcast Easter sunday. Windy, but refreshing rain on the air smelled honest; sun peeking out as I turned down my street to finish felt redemptive. Or maybe I should have been running with Schrader. Stats for Schrades (even though he's in Budapest):145mi in 16 consecutive days is the most since 12/22/05-1/7/06 (154.5mi in 17 days).

Week: 70mi (14 day total for Lundberg: 130)

Happy Easter

Yesterday Light rail extended with Biz.

Today 4 x poop; took about 3 min rest between the first 3 but didn't think I had any more in me for the fourth and had to take a little over a 6 mile break. Really cut loose on the last one, though.

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Mama Told Me There'd Be Days Like This

April 15

14mi, 1:34:23 (6:44/mi): 8th Street to Summit. Stupid run. Tried to pick things up over the second half and discovered a pile of lactic acid and strong wind. Plus I need to work on the ol' pacing bidnez. No fountains turned on down on the river road, so it wasn't very refreshing. I thought about stabbing.

Friday, April 14, 2006

The sound of footsteps on gravel

April 13 Steeple at Carleton. Form still good.

Today Dead Snake. Very refreshing. Thought about Classics.

Wanted: Purposeful, Creative Energy

April 14

8mi, 51:25 (6:26/mi): Zipper, real easy on another beautiful day. 124 miles in the past 14 days puts me a whole 4mi over Lundberg's projected mileage for this week. I don't feel like cooking you no breakfast this morning.

Thursday, April 13, 2006

I'm Mannish

April 13

11mi, 1:12ish: 1up, 5K @ T (16:42?, 5:20s), 7 down. Easy and fun race at Carleton on a humid evening. 5:20s felt automatic even on tir...fatigued legs. Wheeled some fantasy baseball deals, but certain owners don't seem to understand Scott Rolen's value. So we're all, ya know, on the same page, I'll begin by citing Mike Riley: Mark Prior blows. Biz caught me from 150m back over the last mile, but that was bound to happen 1500 or no 1500. He declined my invitation jump in the steeple pit, but let me catch him on the straight to finish together...because a Dogg is a man's best friend.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

DNGoRunning

What? It's not like I have to justify not running today by launching into some big sob story about how I woke up at 6 to work on some homework before doing a collective bargaining exercise for a couple hours and then straight into class and having to talk to Biz and grab some food before class again then meeting a Wob for some coffee and finishing some econ and...

He Got That Ambition, Baby

April 12

7mi, 47:32 (6:47/mi): Franklin-Summit + xtra. Good easy run that could serve as an adequate pre-meet workout should there in fact be a meet that this run preceeds. And I don't know if this is a good omen or a bad omen, but Daniel Cabrera walked nine batters in five innings this time, and he struck-out ten. Meanwhile, the Blue Jays announcers spent much of the third inning tonight saying things like "you know, I read somewhere that David Ortiz has been a triple shy of the cycle on tons of different occasions. Well of course he's always a triple shy of the cycle, he just lost about six and a half pounds legging out that double. I wonder if Ortiz has ever hit a triple!" So much more interesting than any work...today I'm moppin' floors, tomorrow the fries.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Don't You Know 'Bout My Debutante?

April 11

10.5mi, 1:10:53 (6:45/mi): Twice around Isles from Loring Park. Good run with Dan and Biz. Legs pretty heavy, especially to start, but it helped to run on woodchips. Found a working water pump and lost a sprinting Biz, both towards the end of the first lap. Call it a wash. My debutante just knows what I neeeeeed, but you know what I want.

Stat Watch: Arroyo - 2 HR; Bonds - 0 HR

I love my grey shorts.

'bout 15 in about 1:45. Mississippi in to Light Rail extended. Water fountains not working in law school. Biz, that's a dirty trick and you know it.

Half-Paragraph on the Screen, Necktie Around the Head

April 11

4.5mi, 35:14 (7:50/mi): Great shake-out run with Gehring at 2:30am. Beautiful vista of dark Minneapolis skyline, pleasant 65-degree temp...Now, about that memo...

Monday, April 10, 2006

Just the Commute

but, ya know, with a backpack. Going to add more running to my marathon training. Seems to be working for Tom. Hammies feel great though.

"Walking Sucks"

April 10

8mi, 47:53 (5:59/mi): Zipper (Escape From St. Thomas in 5:20, feeling terrible). Ok run. Legs fatigued and some digestive issues, but beautiful weather aside from a strong wind from the SE. Right hammy a little tight. Putting myself on a modified Paul Anderson Marathon Plan (P-A-M-P, if you're rapping). Plan is modified because I am not Paul Anderson.

Sunday, April 09, 2006

What is Justice?

Apparently you can't just steal races from people during races for Justice. Was too close for missles but didn't have enough umph to switch to guns. Was having trouble with my running faster.

1, 2, 3 and to the 4

April 9

10.5mi, 1:13-ish: Race For Justice 5K, 16:27. Decent race. Not pushing too hard, but not sure how much faster I could have pushed anyway. Pretty windy, but otherwise good weather. Wind was definately worth 31s, especially for the leader...Dominating victory for LSCC. (Biz 15:22, Church, Chapel 17:16, Schrader 17:24, Gehring 17:56, Sherman 19:23, Pete 19:24, Betsy 19:34) The field knew it was in trouble, cause Compton and Long Beach were together...

Week: 60mi (wow)

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Coffee Beans In My Shoes...

(no, seriously)

April 8

4mi, 26:50 (6:42/mi): Pre-Meet Loop + xtra, accells. Felt real easy. Like I was walking...to first base...after four pitches from Daniel Cabrera...

April 7

10mi, 1:03:27 (6:21/mi): Base 10. I walked up to her, I said hello. She said you're kind of cute I said yes I know. Kicked the last block to make sure I beat Phil. Biz got me for the victory, but it's not about winning the workout.

Friday, April 07, 2006

Keeps me sane?

Ran, again. Base 10 with Tom, Chapel and Biz.

Found: One pair stinky running shoes

April 6

1 x run @ 5:45. felt good. raining.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Rule No. 4: Always Run In The Rain

April 6

7.5mi, 55:12 (7:22/mi): Awesome run in downpour over LRAP 5K course with LSCC. Annie's post-run. There were french fries and cowboy shirts and Kyle. And Phil. And impromptu country medlies. She was killing me in that miniskirt. If this is Tuesday night I'm bowling. An excellent way to celebrate the one-month anniversary of this running log entry:

3mi, 20:02 (6:41/mi): just fuck. 1.5hrs of sleep and lots of coffee and bullshit.

Be sure to check out the Slab City Hoseheads now listed in the links. The addition helps balance the running and non-running aspects of SCRC...


Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Note to Self: get running shoes from locker

mmmhfff... wha? huh? I mean, it is time to put a ban on permanent strike replaceme... er? I mean, room for cream? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Just another party from the valley

April 5

12.5mi, 1:25:55 (6:52/mi): Great run on a beautiful day. First 5+ at close to 6min pace, then Joel Wegner found me and got all resonable for the last 7 or so. From talking to Joel, it would seem that it's no secret, you know how we do; we make the club jump everywhere we go. Stats for Schrades: 5 consecutive days for first time since 2/14-2/21; 12.5mi longest run since Crucifix Six on 2/19.

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

This run was crazy go nuts...

April 4

7mi, 46:24 (6:38/mi): Good run from LPDB. Phil was not therr. Probably a little shy of 7, but definately enough Indian food in stomach and general crazy-go-nuts to make up the difference...

No bake cookies

I have a what? On the internet?

Sooo... I definitely ran with Biz the other night. And I ran and stretched since then. Then I roasted for Biz on Monday Espresso, double batch, 440 @ 15:30, 4 x full city, 3 x french roast.

Overall I'd say I'm feeling like I have a soild foundation of creative, purposeful energy, if not mileaj. Also, a Latina woman told me that I was sexy as I ran back from Lake St on still, yet another run. Plus, I appear to be entered in Grandma's Marathon. Biz, tsk, tsk *places hand on hip and waggles finger towards burro*

On Your Mark

We're sharing our trainaj starting April first, so here goes:

April 3

8mi (Zipper), 50:18 (6:17/mi): Hmmm. Some stats for Schrades: Foolishly ran final mile in 5:06; First solo 8mi+ run since 2/18; 23mi from 4/1-4/3 is the most over 3+ days since 2/27-3/2 (25mi). Has me feeling excited, but some of that is attributable to Curt Schilling.

April 2

6mi, 43:33 (7:15/mi): That was short lived. Decent run at early-o'daylight savings clock with Schrades (going long), Jamie and P. Bugg. Felt almost like I'd run further than I had in over a month and with two dudes much faster than myself the day before.

April 1

9mi, 1:00:47 (6:45/mi): Surprisingly good run in Madison with Hooley and Corey...with the threshold for "surprisingly good" being completing 9mi with Hooley and Corey. Stomach weird and still recovering from food poisoning episode, but if Hooley can run a 23:49 8K and I can run with Hooley on an easy day without much training in the last month that should put me right around 30:30 for the 10k...