February 28
PM: 12mi, 1:17:06 (6:26/mi): LS8 into Shortcut Reverse Extended. Felt MUCH better. Legs are fatigued from the volume, but they felt much looser after the morning shakeout and some stretching. Built to a quick pace and finished with Shortcut reverse close to 10min faster than it was this morning. Stat For Schrades: 257mi in February is a PR for the month, beating February of 2002 by 21.5mi.
AM: 4mi, so long it would take too long to type: Shortcut. Exceptionally slow (over 8:00/mi) and fairly painful, but I thought it would be the best way to stretch my shins.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
We Eatin' Mangoes In Trinidad With Attorneys
February 27
10mi, 1:04:10 (6:25/mi): Stone Arch-Lake+xtra. Rushed before teaching. Can't remember if I've named this run. The calves and the shins were sort of wincing the night away.
February 26
8mi, 59:39 (7:27/mi): LS8+xtra. Blech. Roads were actually pretty good, but legs were shot. Then Ben Maiyo told me that it's not good to push all the time. I like him.
10mi, 1:04:10 (6:25/mi): Stone Arch-Lake+xtra. Rushed before teaching. Can't remember if I've named this run. The calves and the shins were sort of wincing the night away.
February 26
8mi, 59:39 (7:27/mi): LS8+xtra. Blech. Roads were actually pretty good, but legs were shot. Then Ben Maiyo told me that it's not good to push all the time. I like him.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Southern [Minnesota] wants to be western New York
February 25
11.5mi, 1:28:03 (7:39/mi): Back from Uptown + Shortcut. Another snowy run. Shins a little sore from yesterday's snow-slow. Deliberately fatigued the legs a little bit by occasionally choosing roads less travelled by. Not the long run I was hoping for, but I wasn't smart enough to think of finding a parking garage.
Week: 76mi/6days. Stat for Schrades: Mileage PR for a six day week, edging 8/12-8/18 of 2002 by half a mile. So I can't be too disappointed.
February 24
PM: 5mi, 40:32 (snow): Fun run to Uptown, slogging through the snow.
AM: 12mi, 1:25:54 (7:09/mmi): PPHC Tour + LS8. Good easy run over some icy streets. Then food. Yummm!
11.5mi, 1:28:03 (7:39/mi): Back from Uptown + Shortcut. Another snowy run. Shins a little sore from yesterday's snow-slow. Deliberately fatigued the legs a little bit by occasionally choosing roads less travelled by. Not the long run I was hoping for, but I wasn't smart enough to think of finding a parking garage.
Week: 76mi/6days. Stat for Schrades: Mileage PR for a six day week, edging 8/12-8/18 of 2002 by half a mile. So I can't be too disappointed.
February 24
PM: 5mi, 40:32 (snow): Fun run to Uptown, slogging through the snow.
AM: 12mi, 1:25:54 (7:09/mmi): PPHC Tour + LS8. Good easy run over some icy streets. Then food. Yummm!
Friday, February 23, 2007
Sounds like 1963, but for now sounds like heaven
February 23
13mi, 1:22:30ish (wkout): 26min WU to Nicollet Island. 4xmile in 5:18, :22, :19, :25. 33:30 CD. Recovered 73s, 72s and 85s. Did mine about 3 or 4 hours after Biz did his. First two felt pretty smooth and controlled, but compensating for extreme wind caught up with me midway through the third and I was at what felt like a molasses top-end on the fourth. Spent some time clutching my knees before heading home. Tough wkout on a tough day. Biz didn't explain that the wind, somehow, managed to be in your face much more than it's not (including during the entire last 1/2mi) even though this is a loop. May it take your troubles away.
13mi, 1:22:30ish (wkout): 26min WU to Nicollet Island. 4xmile in 5:18, :22, :19, :25. 33:30 CD. Recovered 73s, 72s and 85s. Did mine about 3 or 4 hours after Biz did his. First two felt pretty smooth and controlled, but compensating for extreme wind caught up with me midway through the third and I was at what felt like a molasses top-end on the fourth. Spent some time clutching my knees before heading home. Tough wkout on a tough day. Biz didn't explain that the wind, somehow, managed to be in your face much more than it's not (including during the entire last 1/2mi) even though this is a loop. May it take your troubles away.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
There Are Nights When I Think That Sal Paradise Was Right
February 22
8mi, 55:19 (7:02/mi): LS8+xtra. Legs a little tender. She was a damn good dancer.
February 21
14.5mi, 1:36:17 (6:37/mi): Fishing Line. Around the lakes and back through downtown, car drop off. Dark. Thought about complex structures.
February 20
Day Off. Busy.
8mi, 55:19 (7:02/mi): LS8+xtra. Legs a little tender. She was a damn good dancer.
February 21
14.5mi, 1:36:17 (6:37/mi): Fishing Line. Around the lakes and back through downtown, car drop off. Dark. Thought about complex structures.
February 20
Day Off. Busy.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Clouds of her own, na na na-na
February 19
12mi, 1:11:38 (5:58/mi): Washington-Ford. 60min @ tempo. 1mi WU, 4:30 CD. Very good workout, although I was feeling prouder before I checked Biz's post. 10+, and as much as 10.5 on the tempo portion, feeling relatively relaxed until the last 2-3min when I decided to pick it up. Hit what I had been thinking was the 10mi mark in about 57 and change. Lovely weather definitely helps...
12mi, 1:11:38 (5:58/mi): Washington-Ford. 60min @ tempo. 1mi WU, 4:30 CD. Very good workout, although I was feeling prouder before I checked Biz's post. 10+, and as much as 10.5 on the tempo portion, feeling relatively relaxed until the last 2-3min when I decided to pick it up. Hit what I had been thinking was the 10mi mark in about 57 and change. Lovely weather definitely helps...
I Hear In My Mind/All Of This Music
February 18
5mi, 31:34 (6:19/mi): West Side Five. Decided mileage wasn't going to salvage the week, but then ran too hard. Most of the too hard came during a 2-2.5mi stretch where I was drafting on someone in a yellow hat listening to an iPod. I still find the combination vexing.
Week: 35.5mi/4days. Not happy with the 3 days off, but no longer especially unhappy, either. Still on track for Grandma's, and not off track for The Human Race.
February 17
11.5mi, 1:16:04 (6:36/mi): Whatever Hooley Called It. We didn't run where we couldn't, and we tried to stay out of too much trouble with Rush. Hooley explained about identity, and about how his was The Guy Who Just Lost to Church in the Bruce Springsteen Pushup Workout.
February 16
14mi, 1:31:32 (6:32/mi): Fishouse + PPHC exploration. Good run with Hooley. Felt much better than I did earlier in the week.
February 15
Day Off.
February 14
Day Off.
5mi, 31:34 (6:19/mi): West Side Five. Decided mileage wasn't going to salvage the week, but then ran too hard. Most of the too hard came during a 2-2.5mi stretch where I was drafting on someone in a yellow hat listening to an iPod. I still find the combination vexing.
Week: 35.5mi/4days. Not happy with the 3 days off, but no longer especially unhappy, either. Still on track for Grandma's, and not off track for The Human Race.
February 17
11.5mi, 1:16:04 (6:36/mi): Whatever Hooley Called It. We didn't run where we couldn't, and we tried to stay out of too much trouble with Rush. Hooley explained about identity, and about how his was The Guy Who Just Lost to Church in the Bruce Springsteen Pushup Workout.
February 16
14mi, 1:31:32 (6:32/mi): Fishouse + PPHC exploration. Good run with Hooley. Felt much better than I did earlier in the week.
February 15
Day Off.
February 14
Day Off.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
But you're still lyin'/ in sleep songs and I'm tryin'/ to feel your heart
February 13
5mi, 33:12 (6:38/mi): West Side Five. Ugh.
February 12
Day Off. Lots of walking. And more donuts.
February 11
PM: 3.5mi, 21:55 (it's less than 4mi...): Seattle Center Shakeout. Ran through a fountain in the rain. Made friends with the teenagers who evidently had just completed the same.
AM: 4mi, 28:47 (7:12/mi): Bandit Seawall. Ran into the First Half Vancouver 1/2M and followed the last couple of miles behind some dudes finishing around 1:30, then ran back and found Jessica also following the course. This is a gorgeous course; top places match up well with times from Bjorklund on the men's side, women's race won in 1:15ish last year; and it fills up in 4 days. I only felt slightly better about missing most of it when I learned that last point...
Week: 61.5/6 days. So-so. Would have liked to have done more running in Seattle and Vancouver, but I did respectably and my legs were a little shot from all the walking. But this did throw me off schedule, so I'll be taking another look at what I want to do with the next five weeks before The Human Race.
February 10
PM: 6.5mi, 45:10 (6:57/mi): Vancouver Seawall. Beautiful run into Stanley Park in Vancouver. Saw a fox run out on the chilly night. With chilly meaning not chilly. Fox was confessing and bringing the flood. Or, at least the rain, which was scarce before his arrival.
AM: 5.5mi, 37:24 (Ask Paul): Once around Greenlake pre-breakfast. For those interested, Paul should make the team so long as he continues to direct deserving parties to exceptional donuts.
February 9
12mi, 1:20:09 (6:41/mi): The Modified Tops Extended. Lovely run with Pauuuuuul Anderson around Greenlake, the destination for the pair of runners in my favorite Seattle radio commercial. Did not notice if they made it because I was busy a) confiscating the desktop computer Paul straps to his wrist for every run, b) telling the foolish 6 year olds suggesting that some ambiguous "we" should do an even more ambiguous "something" about global warming that they'd better march their environmental gospel far away from this Church and c) administering Paul's tryout for the SCRC 2007 W2W throw downaj squad.
February 8
PM: 7mi, 50:00 (7:09/mi): LS8. Warmer, but rushed after work and before packing/flight/etc.
AM: 4mi, Untimed (Watches Freeze at Absolute Zero): Shortcut. Very early ahead of a long day.
February 7
10mi, 1:08:58 (6:54/mi): Brrr-8-O Extend-O. Sometimes when it's cold outside, puns and burritos get me motivated. Ran around until I got cold, then a couple laps inside the Washington Ave bridge, then to Chipotle. Then Extend-O.
February 6
9mi, 1:04:16 (7:08/mi): It Makes A 9. Crappy run. Cold. And it doesn't actually make a 9.
February 5
Day Off. The sky [was] falling.
5mi, 33:12 (6:38/mi): West Side Five. Ugh.
February 12
Day Off. Lots of walking. And more donuts.
February 11
PM: 3.5mi, 21:55 (it's less than 4mi...): Seattle Center Shakeout. Ran through a fountain in the rain. Made friends with the teenagers who evidently had just completed the same.
AM: 4mi, 28:47 (7:12/mi): Bandit Seawall. Ran into the First Half Vancouver 1/2M and followed the last couple of miles behind some dudes finishing around 1:30, then ran back and found Jessica also following the course. This is a gorgeous course; top places match up well with times from Bjorklund on the men's side, women's race won in 1:15ish last year; and it fills up in 4 days. I only felt slightly better about missing most of it when I learned that last point...
Week: 61.5/6 days. So-so. Would have liked to have done more running in Seattle and Vancouver, but I did respectably and my legs were a little shot from all the walking. But this did throw me off schedule, so I'll be taking another look at what I want to do with the next five weeks before The Human Race.
February 10
PM: 6.5mi, 45:10 (6:57/mi): Vancouver Seawall. Beautiful run into Stanley Park in Vancouver. Saw a fox run out on the chilly night. With chilly meaning not chilly. Fox was confessing and bringing the flood. Or, at least the rain, which was scarce before his arrival.
AM: 5.5mi, 37:24 (Ask Paul): Once around Greenlake pre-breakfast. For those interested, Paul should make the team so long as he continues to direct deserving parties to exceptional donuts.
February 9
12mi, 1:20:09 (6:41/mi): The Modified Tops Extended. Lovely run with Pauuuuuul Anderson around Greenlake, the destination for the pair of runners in my favorite Seattle radio commercial. Did not notice if they made it because I was busy a) confiscating the desktop computer Paul straps to his wrist for every run, b) telling the foolish 6 year olds suggesting that some ambiguous "we" should do an even more ambiguous "something" about global warming that they'd better march their environmental gospel far away from this Church and c) administering Paul's tryout for the SCRC 2007 W2W throw downaj squad.
February 8
PM: 7mi, 50:00 (7:09/mi): LS8. Warmer, but rushed after work and before packing/flight/etc.
AM: 4mi, Untimed (Watches Freeze at Absolute Zero): Shortcut. Very early ahead of a long day.
February 7
10mi, 1:08:58 (6:54/mi): Brrr-8-O Extend-O. Sometimes when it's cold outside, puns and burritos get me motivated. Ran around until I got cold, then a couple laps inside the Washington Ave bridge, then to Chipotle. Then Extend-O.
February 6
9mi, 1:04:16 (7:08/mi): It Makes A 9. Crappy run. Cold. And it doesn't actually make a 9.
February 5
Day Off. The sky [was] falling.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Tell it to me
February 4
16mi, 1:45:32 (6:36/mi): Carleton Rec Ctr. Aprx 60min WU w/Dan & some of Jessica's workout. Then 16x200m, 200m jog recovery, CD. Felt good, OK on the 200s. The last few started to feel a little long.
Week: 80mi.
February 3
12mi, 1:22:30 (6:52/mi): Treadmill 12. Biz didn't join me for some reason.
February 2
10mi, 1:06:45 (6:40/mi): LS8 into Shortcut Reverse. Easy like Nick Mascioli.
16mi, 1:45:32 (6:36/mi): Carleton Rec Ctr. Aprx 60min WU w/Dan & some of Jessica's workout. Then 16x200m, 200m jog recovery, CD. Felt good, OK on the 200s. The last few started to feel a little long.
Week: 80mi.
February 3
12mi, 1:22:30 (6:52/mi): Treadmill 12. Biz didn't join me for some reason.
February 2
10mi, 1:06:45 (6:40/mi): LS8 into Shortcut Reverse. Easy like Nick Mascioli.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
So we came to February
February 1
12mi, 1:22:58 (6:55/mi): LS8 into Shortcut Reverse Extended. There was a pretty night sky squeaking underfoot through February eyes. Felt like that. Go like this. Stat for Schrades: 290mi in January is a PR total for the month, nipping 2006 by 5mi.
12mi, 1:22:58 (6:55/mi): LS8 into Shortcut Reverse Extended. There was a pretty night sky squeaking underfoot through February eyes. Felt like that. Go like this. Stat for Schrades: 290mi in January is a PR total for the month, nipping 2006 by 5mi.
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