Total miles for the week: 56
This week the plan is to just stay steady, increase a few miles, and continue to feel comfortable, I also will hopefully go to 7 or 8 sessions instead of 6 as in the past two weeks.
Saturday, 6/30
Got up and sat in front of the comp for a while. Watched the 1500 race and felt enthused to go out for a run. Ran this: 13 miles of hell in the sun, Started out smooth and after a few miles slowed down a little, then sped back up to pace. Stopped at Garfield park for water, and splashed myself with a bunch of water at the corner of glenarm, and fairoaks.
Personally I have only one fear about my training over the past couple of weeks. I am beginning to question if I have begun to cross the line between man and bum. I've spent many runs without my shirt on and running in dirty shorts that haven't been washed. I run unshaven, flailing my arms like a madman through the city. I drink from streams, and I wash my face in public fountains. The only things that truly remain are for me to take a nap in the park in the middle of one of my late night runs, and for me to get hungry and eat from a trash can. I suppose these will only take a matter of time.
In other news, when is the last time that any one of you was "run forrest run"-ed. I know this happened to me the other day, and I am in absolute awe that this perpetuation of a 15 year old joke has not lost tasted among the ill-humored of this nation. I mean don't these people watch any movies and get any better ideas: Logan's run, marathon man, and more. Oh well. Just let me know if this is only me, but I'd be rather curious when the last time any of you was "run forrest run"-ed.
Friday, 6/29
Went to go get a few beers with Timmy Tim Tirrel. Afterwards I went out and did an easy 4 miles. Didn't really get into any rhythm, probably held about 7's
Thursday, 6/28
Medium paced 12 miles with Ogliore, last run ever with him (or at least for a while). Ran 7 with him then did lacy the long way then finished up with one last mile around the track. Felt good the whole time, probably averaged under 7's.
Wednesday, 6/27
Medium paced 7 miles.. probably around 6:45 pace. felt good, no pain.
Tuseday, 6/26
Ran a super easy 4 miles. Lacy the long way. At some point I felt a little pain on the inside of my left lower calf. This seems like something that will go away by tomorrow, but I better watch it in any case.
Monday, 6/25
Ran a moderate 8 around the track, turning around every 2 miles. Oddly my legs tightened up each time i stopped to turn around, but were quickly loosened after a lap or two. I ran mostly on the asphalt lining and the track and felt no pain. I didn't have a watch but I'd figure the pace was around 7:00's to start, then steadly increased to 6:40ish, the last mile was probably about 6:00ish.
BTW... for those of you who haven't seen this race yet, this is possibly the coolest race ever...
2007 USATF 1500m
Sunday, 6/24
Today I waited till the late evening to run, 11:30. I left and felt good so I started booking and took my first mile around 6:25ish. I held this up down to the gym and then on down Lombardy. The run went fine and fast, finishing 8 miles at 6:15 pace. I got a little creeped out heading back, in the end part of lombardy where its really dark some caddy passed me really slowly, I half expected gangsters to jump out and have their way with me right there. I started going a little faster though just so they would know I was packing heat... They backed off, losers.
Total miles: 8
6.25.2007
6.17.2007
More distance and new shoes
Total miles for the week: 53
The plan for this week is once again to throw a few more miles in and hopefully at a slightly faster pace. But mostly just stressing the quantity factor for now. Also I plan to take a few slow runs in the new shoes to break them in and also increase the distance of my 'longer' runs a little from 8-9 to about 10-12. I might hold off on the barefoot running since that may have lead to some of the foot pains I was feeling later last week. Also I need to get a better pair of walking shoes to help with that.
Saturday, 6/23
Got up watched Will Leer's 1500 and Symmonds' 800 heats then decided I had to go out and run several miles now (something I was already planning on anyways). I biked down to the casting pond in the arroyo then started jogging up the trail towards the rose bowl. Continued onwards towards JPL and then up past that towards the waterfall. Got there by about 70 minutes, just keeping everything nice and steady. Jumped in the pool there to cool off before heading back. Turned around and kept going, a little quicker than before now. About two or three miles out of the water fall I began to get really tired and really felt that dehdration was setting on, so I realized that it was either that or drinking out of a stream, risking violent stomach sickness. I chose possible violent stomach sickness, end of that story. 4 or 5 mile painful miles later I was back at the casting pond. This was about 16 miles that I did in about 2:15... I know this is slow... but I was just trying to get done with the run and push any pace. Furthermore, the temperature was probably between 80 and 85 and I still managed to lose 10 lbs during this run... so um yeah... I'm really tired now, but not in capable of running tomrorow or injured.
Friday, 6/22
Took the day off to rest. seemed like a good idea since I was tired and planning on a long run tomorrow.
Thursday, 6/21
Ran a rather easy 4
Wednesday. 6/20
Ran up to JPL and did a few miles on the trails, finished around 7:05 pace, running very negative splits (starting at 7:30's for the first 6 or 7, then jumping to about 6:40's, then finishin the last mile around low 6ish. Felt really good pace wise, and not forced since I really worked into the quickness. There was a little pain on the inside ball of my left foot around 8 or 10 miles, but it went away shortly. ... 12 miles total yay!
Tuesday, 6/19
Super easy 7, thats all, no pain
Monday, 6/18
Ran an easy 5, I think i ran with mark... i don't really remember, I suppose I met him middway through the run... pretty chill pace (7:00ish) , ran the last mile (6:10ish)
Sunday, 6/17
Decided to do a little distance work. I headed up to JPL and faced a lot of indignant comments from the natives on the way up there regarding the color of my skin and the size of my muscles. Came back, running 9 miles in just under 7's.
The plan for this week is once again to throw a few more miles in and hopefully at a slightly faster pace. But mostly just stressing the quantity factor for now. Also I plan to take a few slow runs in the new shoes to break them in and also increase the distance of my 'longer' runs a little from 8-9 to about 10-12. I might hold off on the barefoot running since that may have lead to some of the foot pains I was feeling later last week. Also I need to get a better pair of walking shoes to help with that.
Saturday, 6/23
Got up watched Will Leer's 1500 and Symmonds' 800 heats then decided I had to go out and run several miles now (something I was already planning on anyways). I biked down to the casting pond in the arroyo then started jogging up the trail towards the rose bowl. Continued onwards towards JPL and then up past that towards the waterfall. Got there by about 70 minutes, just keeping everything nice and steady. Jumped in the pool there to cool off before heading back. Turned around and kept going, a little quicker than before now. About two or three miles out of the water fall I began to get really tired and really felt that dehdration was setting on, so I realized that it was either that or drinking out of a stream, risking violent stomach sickness. I chose possible violent stomach sickness, end of that story. 4 or 5 mile painful miles later I was back at the casting pond. This was about 16 miles that I did in about 2:15... I know this is slow... but I was just trying to get done with the run and push any pace. Furthermore, the temperature was probably between 80 and 85 and I still managed to lose 10 lbs during this run... so um yeah... I'm really tired now, but not in capable of running tomrorow or injured.
Friday, 6/22
Took the day off to rest. seemed like a good idea since I was tired and planning on a long run tomorrow.
Thursday, 6/21
Ran a rather easy 4
Wednesday. 6/20
Ran up to JPL and did a few miles on the trails, finished around 7:05 pace, running very negative splits (starting at 7:30's for the first 6 or 7, then jumping to about 6:40's, then finishin the last mile around low 6ish. Felt really good pace wise, and not forced since I really worked into the quickness. There was a little pain on the inside ball of my left foot around 8 or 10 miles, but it went away shortly. ... 12 miles total yay!
Tuesday, 6/19
Super easy 7, thats all, no pain
Monday, 6/18
Ran an easy 5, I think i ran with mark... i don't really remember, I suppose I met him middway through the run... pretty chill pace (7:00ish) , ran the last mile (6:10ish)
Sunday, 6/17
Decided to do a little distance work. I headed up to JPL and faced a lot of indignant comments from the natives on the way up there regarding the color of my skin and the size of my muscles. Came back, running 9 miles in just under 7's.
6.12.2007
Some distance
Total miles for the Week: 36.7
The tentative plan for this week is to edge into longer runs and just keep most of them at a very relaxed pace (below 160). Later in the week I'll probably take a 5-6 mile tempo run targeted at 6:00 pace. Other than that, the day-to-day is going to be played by ear.
Saturday, 6/16
Ran up Lake to Wapello st. Came back down. Probably ran slightly slower than 7's for most of the run. I tried not to go too fast on the way down to avoid hurting my shins.
Total miles: 6.7
Friday, 6/15
Took the day off since I was generally feeling tired and my feet were still kinda hurting. I should probably get some new walking shoes too
Thursday, 6/14
Easy 5, feet were kinda hurting from being at work all day. Decided not to run the 10 miles I was planning on since my feet hurt too much from crappy shoes. My new nimbi should be here on monday!
Wednesday, 6/13
Ran an easy 5 miles around the track with Mark. After eight laps Ian joined us and mark decided it was time to turn up the pace from about 7 ish to around 6:20 or 30. This felt a little uncomfortable at first especially since I was barefoot but I held out. After a few laps I got the feeling that Mark was trying ease off, but I wouldn't let that pansy ass crap fly with me... If someone wants to start pushing the pace I'm not going to let him or her bail out mid way. I'm gonna keep pushing until they regret that they started doing it in the first place. Also, to any of you reading this, don't take it as a threat or a challenge, take this as a promise. Anyways, kicked hard on the last lap and felt good.
Tuesday, 6/12
Played a softball game, I suppose that gave me a light upper body workout. Afterwards I left to do a moderate run. Ran lower arroyo with some fartleks. finished in 53:12, 7.75 miles, 6:50ish. Felt fresh at the end and managed to muscle a little kick. Afterwards I was saw Feldman run by, so I chased him down and talked to him for a bit about possibly doing some runs together.
total miles: 7.75
Monday, 6/11
Another easy run, 8.25. Again with the heart rate monitor just to make sure things stayed on the easy side. I should probably order new shoes soon since my good old nimbus seem to be just old now and not so good. Also I'm completely loving the new apartment, anyone should stop by and say hi if you have a chance.
Sunday, 6/10
Ran an easy 4 with the heart rate monitor. Kept it cool, below 150 the whole run. Biked back from UCLA in 94 minutes
The tentative plan for this week is to edge into longer runs and just keep most of them at a very relaxed pace (below 160). Later in the week I'll probably take a 5-6 mile tempo run targeted at 6:00 pace. Other than that, the day-to-day is going to be played by ear.
Saturday, 6/16
Ran up Lake to Wapello st. Came back down. Probably ran slightly slower than 7's for most of the run. I tried not to go too fast on the way down to avoid hurting my shins.
Total miles: 6.7
Friday, 6/15
Took the day off since I was generally feeling tired and my feet were still kinda hurting. I should probably get some new walking shoes too
Thursday, 6/14
Easy 5, feet were kinda hurting from being at work all day. Decided not to run the 10 miles I was planning on since my feet hurt too much from crappy shoes. My new nimbi should be here on monday!
Wednesday, 6/13
Ran an easy 5 miles around the track with Mark. After eight laps Ian joined us and mark decided it was time to turn up the pace from about 7 ish to around 6:20 or 30. This felt a little uncomfortable at first especially since I was barefoot but I held out. After a few laps I got the feeling that Mark was trying ease off, but I wouldn't let that pansy ass crap fly with me... If someone wants to start pushing the pace I'm not going to let him or her bail out mid way. I'm gonna keep pushing until they regret that they started doing it in the first place. Also, to any of you reading this, don't take it as a threat or a challenge, take this as a promise. Anyways, kicked hard on the last lap and felt good.
Tuesday, 6/12
Played a softball game, I suppose that gave me a light upper body workout. Afterwards I left to do a moderate run. Ran lower arroyo with some fartleks. finished in 53:12, 7.75 miles, 6:50ish. Felt fresh at the end and managed to muscle a little kick. Afterwards I was saw Feldman run by, so I chased him down and talked to him for a bit about possibly doing some runs together.
total miles: 7.75
Monday, 6/11
Another easy run, 8.25. Again with the heart rate monitor just to make sure things stayed on the easy side. I should probably order new shoes soon since my good old nimbus seem to be just old now and not so good. Also I'm completely loving the new apartment, anyone should stop by and say hi if you have a chance.
Sunday, 6/10
Ran an easy 4 with the heart rate monitor. Kept it cool, below 150 the whole run. Biked back from UCLA in 94 minutes
6.03.2007
Into the groove
Miles for the week: 24.6
Saturday, 6/9
Heavy lifting, moved all day, ate nothing. Lost several pounds. Biked to UCLA in my quickest time ever, 80 minutes. I was going about 23 mph or so most of the time that I was moving. Was freiken hungry when I got there and to no surprise, when I weighed my self a few days later I was a few pounds lighter.
Friday, 6/8
Beer mile
Thursday, 6/7
Took the day off.... tons of work
Wednesday, 6/6
Ran quickly around the track... started slow (6:40ish)... sped up (6:15)ish... had to poo... slowed down (6:45ish).... pooed.... sped up again.. alot (5:30ish)... finished a total of 7 miles in 43:30 pace = 6:12. The run didn't feel forced at all and everything felt smooth. Didn't lift since I was feeling tired. On a lighter note I feel that despite that I'm feeling quick I also feel like I'm getting fat, which means either healthier eating or more mileage. I suppose I'll just wait and let the mileage come, and eat a little healthier.
Total Miles: 7
Tuesday, 6/5
Decided to take a run late in the evening. At about 10p.m. I went around the track. Started out going about a high 6 or low 7 for the first mile, then did the next two around 6:20 pace finishing 3 miles in less than 19:30ish. Then I turned around and ran the other direction for two miles finishing in about 10:20ish. Ran an extra 2 laps cool down. I felt really good and didn't really feel like I was working too hard at any point. I felt a little pain for about one lap in my lower left shin.
After that I went to the weight room: shoulders, pull-ups, squats, triceps, rows, lat pull downs, bench press, curls, leg press, calf raises, and lastly I did my killer ab workout. Got my friend Chris Daeffler to join me for the ab workout, but he only made it through the first two of six sets.
Total Miles: 5.5
Monday, 6/4
Ran first thing in the morning (noon), did Huntingson, coming back up Oak knoll. Took the same strategy as yesterday, starting out at a slower pace then slowly working into something that felt more comfortable. This really seems to be something that works for maintaining a quick pace. It was a little hot today, I should try to drink more water in the coming days. Finished the run in 34:30, 5.2 miles, 6:36 pace.
After running I swam 8 laps as a cool down, using only my arms. In the coming weeks I wanna work this up to swimming about 20 or 25 laps.
Lastly I lifted for a little bit, but cut it short since my left shoulder felt a little sore. I just did pull-ups, dips, curls, and calf raises.
Total Miles: 5.2
Sunday, 6/3
A few hours after getting up I ran garfield the long way. I started out with the plan to take the first mile slow and just work into a nice quick pace by the end of the run. After about 1 1/2 miles I was moving pretty quickly, from starting out around 7:30 - 8:00 pace down to about 6:30 or slightly faster. This really didn't seem too forced and I managed to only feel like I was working for about the last mile or so of the run. There wasn't any pain but I need to remember to stay on the grass when possible to save my knees and such. Finished the run in 36:16, 6:24 pace, 5.65 miles.
After running I jumped in the pool with Kangway and some lloydies for a bit and swam a few laps. It felt really refreshing to do this, but I'll have to check back with my body tomorrow to see what the longer term effect of this is (such as during tomorrow's run).
Finally, I did some weights, nothing too intensive. On the bench I hit 1 set at 105, another at 125, and a burnout of 70 reps. I also did sets of pull-ups, dips, lat pull-downs, rows, and tricep curls. Lastly I did my killer ab workout. While it is rather isometric it really does a number on building strong abs and hitting them everywhere, the top, bottom and sides.
Overall this was probably one of the best feeling total workouts I've had in a while. Endorphin High!
Total miles: 5.65
Saturday, 6/9
Heavy lifting, moved all day, ate nothing. Lost several pounds. Biked to UCLA in my quickest time ever, 80 minutes. I was going about 23 mph or so most of the time that I was moving. Was freiken hungry when I got there and to no surprise, when I weighed my self a few days later I was a few pounds lighter.
Friday, 6/8
Beer mile
Thursday, 6/7
Took the day off.... tons of work
Wednesday, 6/6
Ran quickly around the track... started slow (6:40ish)... sped up (6:15)ish... had to poo... slowed down (6:45ish).... pooed.... sped up again.. alot (5:30ish)... finished a total of 7 miles in 43:30 pace = 6:12. The run didn't feel forced at all and everything felt smooth. Didn't lift since I was feeling tired. On a lighter note I feel that despite that I'm feeling quick I also feel like I'm getting fat, which means either healthier eating or more mileage. I suppose I'll just wait and let the mileage come, and eat a little healthier.
Total Miles: 7
Tuesday, 6/5
Decided to take a run late in the evening. At about 10p.m. I went around the track. Started out going about a high 6 or low 7 for the first mile, then did the next two around 6:20 pace finishing 3 miles in less than 19:30ish. Then I turned around and ran the other direction for two miles finishing in about 10:20ish. Ran an extra 2 laps cool down. I felt really good and didn't really feel like I was working too hard at any point. I felt a little pain for about one lap in my lower left shin.
After that I went to the weight room: shoulders, pull-ups, squats, triceps, rows, lat pull downs, bench press, curls, leg press, calf raises, and lastly I did my killer ab workout. Got my friend Chris Daeffler to join me for the ab workout, but he only made it through the first two of six sets.
Total Miles: 5.5
Monday, 6/4
Ran first thing in the morning (noon), did Huntingson, coming back up Oak knoll. Took the same strategy as yesterday, starting out at a slower pace then slowly working into something that felt more comfortable. This really seems to be something that works for maintaining a quick pace. It was a little hot today, I should try to drink more water in the coming days. Finished the run in 34:30, 5.2 miles, 6:36 pace.
After running I swam 8 laps as a cool down, using only my arms. In the coming weeks I wanna work this up to swimming about 20 or 25 laps.
Lastly I lifted for a little bit, but cut it short since my left shoulder felt a little sore. I just did pull-ups, dips, curls, and calf raises.
Total Miles: 5.2
Sunday, 6/3
A few hours after getting up I ran garfield the long way. I started out with the plan to take the first mile slow and just work into a nice quick pace by the end of the run. After about 1 1/2 miles I was moving pretty quickly, from starting out around 7:30 - 8:00 pace down to about 6:30 or slightly faster. This really didn't seem too forced and I managed to only feel like I was working for about the last mile or so of the run. There wasn't any pain but I need to remember to stay on the grass when possible to save my knees and such. Finished the run in 36:16, 6:24 pace, 5.65 miles.
After running I jumped in the pool with Kangway and some lloydies for a bit and swam a few laps. It felt really refreshing to do this, but I'll have to check back with my body tomorrow to see what the longer term effect of this is (such as during tomorrow's run).
Finally, I did some weights, nothing too intensive. On the bench I hit 1 set at 105, another at 125, and a burnout of 70 reps. I also did sets of pull-ups, dips, lat pull-downs, rows, and tricep curls. Lastly I did my killer ab workout. While it is rather isometric it really does a number on building strong abs and hitting them everywhere, the top, bottom and sides.
Overall this was probably one of the best feeling total workouts I've had in a while. Endorphin High!
Total miles: 5.65
6.02.2007
Running again
Started the week off avoiding running. Did chantry on monday with garrett and lifted heavy on tuesday for 1 1/2 hours. I felt really sore after the lifting since I did a burnout on bench press of 100 reps, ouch!
Friday 6/1
This was my first day running again after 15 days off. I started out just to do lacy the long way and ran it in 23:40. This running at 5:55 pace was somewhat, I suppose I should take a week or two at a much slower pace: 6:30 - 7:10... I kinda just wanted to see what I could do. Nothing intersting happened except for getting abducted by an alien spacecraft in the middle of the run and being probed in ways that aren't appropraite to retell here. Then I went and lifted for a while but didn't push it since i figured my muscles would be plenty sore from the run.
Total miles: 4
In other news, Katherine and I got approved for the place on Wilson... I suppose we'll decide if we want to move in there within a couple of days.
Saturday, 6/2
Woke up and ran a medium hard 3 miles right away. Did OCA to sierra madre and san pasqual and back. The run felt a little forced today, but i felt good getting it out of the way first thing in the morning (if you can consider 12:30 p.m. morning). As I ran back up Holliston I think that the mailman checked me out (jk). The pace was kinda quick 6:20 ish...
Total miles: 3
Miles for the week: 7 (but only 2 days)
Friday 6/1
This was my first day running again after 15 days off. I started out just to do lacy the long way and ran it in 23:40. This running at 5:55 pace was somewhat, I suppose I should take a week or two at a much slower pace: 6:30 - 7:10... I kinda just wanted to see what I could do. Nothing intersting happened except for getting abducted by an alien spacecraft in the middle of the run and being probed in ways that aren't appropraite to retell here. Then I went and lifted for a while but didn't push it since i figured my muscles would be plenty sore from the run.
Total miles: 4
In other news, Katherine and I got approved for the place on Wilson... I suppose we'll decide if we want to move in there within a couple of days.
Saturday, 6/2
Woke up and ran a medium hard 3 miles right away. Did OCA to sierra madre and san pasqual and back. The run felt a little forced today, but i felt good getting it out of the way first thing in the morning (if you can consider 12:30 p.m. morning). As I ran back up Holliston I think that the mailman checked me out (jk). The pace was kinda quick 6:20 ish...
Total miles: 3
Miles for the week: 7 (but only 2 days)
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