PreSeason IV

Total Miles: 71

Sunday, 9/16
Ran an easy 7 at a super easy pace (shuffle). Felt good and refused to let anything to at a quick pace, no matter how good i felt. Dreamed a lot. Also lived the second installment of "the lost dog chronicles", story soon to follow...

Monday, 9/17
Ran up at rose bowl, past devil's gate, and onto JPL. took the first half easy and started working a little (but not much) on the way back. By the last mile I kicked it up to about 5:30 pace and felt fine. 9 miles ish.

did five miles in the evening rather easy. Felt good all day, legs weren't feeling dead anymore.

Tuesday, 9/18
Mile repeats at Lacy (5:37, 5:27, 5:24, 5:25, 5:20). These felt ok. Rosen stuck with Anton and me on the first one and anton stuck with me through the third one (which I had him lead). On the fourth one he dropped back a few seconds, then further on the last one. I felt mildly uncomfortable on the last two but figure i could have probably done 2 more at sub 5:30 pace if necessary. Jogged home the long way.

Wednesday, 9/19
Crazy tree kinda day. Did the first 4.5 miles easy than creeped into a sub 6 pace for the last mile. Felt good. Didn't feel as tight as i did last wednesday after Oak groves. Plan on doing at least another six in the evening.

PM: Huntington, stopped halfway through to stretch with Anton, Rosen and Sachith. Felt comfortable and treated the run similar to the morning. After 4.5 or 5 miles I began to steadily increase the pace, but not as much as in the morning. Afterwards we did abs + push-ups and then weight room.

Thursday, 9/20
3 on 2 off, x8 at Garfield. Hung with rosen and anton just ahead of scott for the first few repeats. For the last few I crept up the pace, by about 20 or 30 meters per interval. Felt good, really had to shit. On the way home plantar fascia tightened up, hurt like a bitch.

In the PM did an easy 2 on the grass.

Friday, 9/21
Ran huntingson. Felt ok and took it smoothly. I think some of the guys are overworking on easy days.

Saturday, 9/22
Tempo run in the arroyo, 4 loops (9:44, 9:21, 9:05, 8:50). Felt smooth as I sped up. Didn't feel tired at the end, probably could have done another two loops at a quick pace. This workout left me feeling confident at maintaining a sub 6 pace for longer runs. No pain.