parts of week 9 and 10

7/23 - 10 min (E) + 6x400 (R) + 10 min (E)
7/22 - 30 min (E)
7/21 - 6 miles (E)
7/20 - off
7/19 - 10 miles (E)

4/4 - 4/7

4/7 - 20 min (E) + 6x400 (R) + 20 min (E)
4/6 - 5 miles (E) w/striders
4/5 - off
4/4 - 15 miles (E)

Did last night's quarters a little too fast, sore tendons today. Stupid. I think I'm getting dumber each day. In fact, I know I am. I read an article last week about how mental faculty peaks at age 22 - 27 and, after that, our brains become more useless every day. Yay.

3/23 - 4/2

4/2 - 6 miles E
3/31 - 6 miles E
3/29 - 6 miles E
3/28 - 40 min fartlek
3/27 - 30 min E
3/25 - 6 miles E
3/23 - 30 min E

my everyday shoe

Puma Complete Infinitus

These took some getting used to, but now I really like this shoe: Lightweight, nice flexibility, and just enough cushioning for normal asphalt sessions. They're too heavy for speedwork or racing (even marathons, I think) but otherwise a good all-around trainer. A few months ago I decided to venture out of the Asics/Nike/Adidas world and so far it's working.

3/13 - 3/21

3/21 - 10 miles E
3/19 - 39 min E
3/17 - 32 min E
3/15 - 30 min E
3/13 - 30 min E

ok so the time off was a little long

I'm back into a regular training routine, more or less. Also I've gone back to work for my previous employer (Caritas Christi). This means much less on-call duty (and fewer calls even when I have the pager). The bad news: I haven't done legitimate speedwork in six months.

worst race of my life?

Horrible performance. Horrible! 62 minutes for 10 miles. Un-fucking-believable. Maybe not my worst ever, but definitely my worst non-marathon finish. Cramping, vomiting, walking for a half mile... don't want to write, talk, or think about it ever again.

7/19 - 7/22

7/22 - 15 min E + 4x1200 (3:50.2 avg) + 10 min E
7/21 - off
7/20 - 50 min fartlek
7/19 - 30 min E

7/14 - 7/18

7/18 - 31 min E
7/17 - 16 min E + 8x200 (32 sec avg) + 1x400 (66.5) + 16 min E
7/16 - 6 miles E
7/15 - off
7/14 - 15 miles E

7/9 - 7/13

7/13 - 31 min E
7/12 - 15 min E + 6.4K tempo (22:00) + 15 min E
7/11 - 42 min E
7/10 - 15 min E + 3 x 1600 (5:05 - 5:08 - 5:08) + 10 min E
7/9 - 30 min E

Thu 7/10: First serious speedwork session in 2.5 weeks. That doesn't seem like much time but I was definitely rusty; never quite settled in to that "comfortably hard" zone. Saturday's tempo run felt 100% better. Tonight's plan is 15 road miles and I'm leaving the watch at home.