Training Totals 6.6.2010

RECAP: Not the world’s best week, people. I came off last week’s marathon excited about how much my running has progressed in the last six months and basically ran right into an injury. Since the marathon, I’ve been having some pain in my left ankle whenever I run, sometimes its pretty bad, sometimes it is just annoying. Yesterday, it was bad and is still kind of aching today. I don’t know what to do about it. I really, really, don’t want to take time off, but I also don’t want to be stupid. I’m going to do really light mileage for a couple of days and see if it gets any better, if it doesn’t, I’ll have to reassess.

In other news, because I am very smart indeed, I am signed up for a 10K race this weekend, the Lawyers have a Heart 10k. Seemed appropriate since I am a lawyer, and I have a heart. This will be my first 10K and I have no idea what to expect for time. McMillian calculator says I should be able to do it in around 47:00, but with my ankle being wonky, who knows.

Summary

Work out streak: 158 days; (229 to go)

Run Streak: 110 Days

Average Weight – 182 (same as last week)

Running Miles: 18.5 miles in  2:57:43 for an average pace of 9:47 pace

Row Meters: 0

Bike Miles: 0

Swim Miles: 0

Body weight exercises and balance work: 1:00:00

Total exercise time: ~4:00 hours

Weekly Data:

Monday – Ran 1 in 12:00

Tuesday – Ran 3 in 30:30; Body weight work (various stretches, abs, etc) in 30:00

Wednesday – Ran 4 in 34:59; Bodyweight work (56 push ups, stretches) in 20:00

Thursday – Ran 4 in 38:47; Body weight work (various stretches, abs, etc) in 20:00

Friday – Ran 1 in 8:45

Saturday – Ran 1 in 10:00

Sunday – Ran 4.5 in 46:42

Goals for Last Week:

1. Resist the urge to immediately jump back into serious running – DONE

2. Stretch every day – FAIL

3. Assess where you’re at and begin planning for the summer. – DONE

4. Register for Philly! – DONE!!!

Goals for Next Week:

1. Pay attention to this ankle and determine whether or not it is a serious problem

2. Watch what I eat and try and lose a pound

3.  Run the Lawyers Have a Heart 10k

4. Make a concerted effort to find time for bodyweight work at least three times.

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Training Totals: 5.16.2010

RECAP: The taper for my spring marathon has begun, and so far, so good. A Saturday long run of twelve miles is a heck of a lot more reasonable than a 22 miler. It was nice to feel like I could have handled more. Weight stayed constant this week, which is a little bit of a disappointment. I’d really like to be under 180 pounds for the marathon, even if it is just by a pound. I’m going to redouble the effort this week.

Anyway, here are the numbers

Summary

Work out streak: 137 days; (235 to go)

Run Streak: 89 Days

Average Weight – 181 (same as last week)

Running Miles: 36.5 miles in  5:20:56 for an average pace of 8:48 pace

Row Meters: 0

Bike Miles: 0

Swim Miles: 0

Body weight exercises and balance work: 0

Total exercise time: ~5:30 hours

Weekly Data:

Monday – Ran 4 in 32:49

Tuesday – Ran 1 in 8:30

Wednesday – Ran 6 in 55:29

Thursday – Ran 6.5 in 56:48

Friday – Ran 2.5 in 20:44

Saturday – Ran 12 in 1:45:15

Sunday – Ran 4.5 in 41:21

Goals for Last Week:

1. Pay attention to my daily weight and what I am shoving in my mouth and hopefully lose a pound or two. – FAIL

2. Pamper the hamstrings and feet so as to avoid injury down the final stretch. DONE

3. Write up plan for tackling the race FAIL

4. Don’t freak out. (SORTA)

Goals for Next Week:

1. Pay attention to my daily weight and what I am shoving in my mouth and hopefully lose a pound or two.

2. Pamper the hamstrings and feet so as to avoid injury down the final stretch

3. Write up plan for tackling the race.

4. Don’t freak out.

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Training Totals 5.9.2010

RECAP: 48 miles is a lot of running. Its Tuesday and I am still exhausted. But now its taper time and man am I looking forward to it.

Saturday’s long run started off great, for the first fifteen miles or so, I felt strong and fast. I Rahm Emanuel, I kept a good pace and I was getting a tan. But miles 18-22, wow those sucked. I had to walk a lot in the last two miles, but psychologically, it was very helpful to get in that last long run. Now, I’ll just chill, do a long run of twelve miles this coming weekend and try to watch what I eat to be below 180 by marathon day.

Anyway, here are the numbers

Summary

Work out streak: 130 days; (242 to go)

Run Streak: 82 Days

Average Weight – 181 (two pounds less than last week)

Running Miles: 48 miles in  7:23:18 for an average pace of 9:15 pace

Row Meters: 0

Bike Miles: 0

Swim Miles: 0

Body weight exercises and balance work: 0

Total exercise time: ~7:30 hours

Weekly Data:

Monday – Ran 4 in 33:33

Tuesday – Ran 6.5 in 56:42

Wednesday – Ran 4 in 32:42

Thursday – Ran 6.5 in 57:29

Friday – Ran 3 in 26:49

Saturday – Ran 22! in 3:40:15

Sunday – Ran 2 in 15:48

Goals for Last Week:

1. Run at least 45 miles – DONE!

2. Pay attention to my daily weight and what I am shoving in my mouth and hopefully lose a pound. – DONE!

3. Exercise for at least six hours – DONE!

4. Mirror race time and condition in long run including what you’ll eat the night before and the morning of. – DONE! (Sorta)

Goals for Next Week:

1. Pay attention to my daily weight and what I am shoving in my mouth and hopefully lose a pound or two.

2. Pamper the hamstrings and feet so as to avoid injury down the final stretch

3. Write up plan for tackling the race

4. Don’t freak out.

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Training Totals 3.29.10

RECAP: 15 miles. Yeah, it hurt a little at the end, but generally, I felt pretty good. I have run well over a hundred mile in Prospect Park, from my first couple of miles in training for my first marathon to these fifteen. It felt great to do a strong long run there on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon.

In other news, I’m getting closer and closer to my goal of working out at least ten hours a week. I’m trying to be good about upping my mileage at a reasonable pace, so I am getting in the extra exercise time on either the bike or by swimming. I should be using the erg more, cause it is a great work out, but I just can’t face the thing recently. But, while total workout time is improving, I am still floundering a little on upping the mileage of the daily runs. I think this week, since I plan to keep the long run constant at 15 miles, it should be easy to increase the mid week run to five miles.

Anyway, here are the numbers.

Summary

Work out streak: 88 days; (291 to go)

Run Streak: 40 Days

Average Weight – 186 (lost one pound from last week)

Running Miles: 33 in 5:04:49 average pace: 9:15

Row Meters: 0

Bike Miles: 30:00 (currently, the only biking I am doing is on a spin bike at the gym, I have no idea how many miles I’m riding)

Swim Miles: .5 in 30:00

Body weight exercises and balance work: 10:00

Total exercise time: ~6 hours

Weekly Data:

Monday – Ran 3 in 27:00

Tuesday – Ran 4 in 36:25; swam 1100 yard in 30:00

Wednesday – Ran 4 in 33:58; Body Weight Work 10:00 (86 push ups)

Thursday – Ran 4 in 36:23; Bike 30:00

Friday – Ran 1 in 8:33

Saturday – Ran 15 in 2:24:30

Sunday – Ran 2 in 18:00

Goals for Last Week:

1. Increase long run to 15 miles – DONE!

2. Exercise for at least six hours – DONE

3. Increase daily runs – FAIL

4. Pay attention to my daily weight and what I am shoving in my mouth and hopefully lose a pound. – DONE!

Goals for Next Week:

1.    Keep long run consistent at 15 miles

2.    Exercise for at least seven hours

3.    Increase midweek run to five miles

4.    Pay attention to my daily weight and what I am shoving in my mouth and hopefully lose a pound.

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Training Totals 3.7.2010

RECAP: A busy, busy week with work, packing and moving most of what I own to NY. (E is living in NY, and I living in D.C. for the next six months. Since NY will be our permanent home, most of our furniture is now up there with her). I was able to get my runs in every day, but little else and fell a little short of the five hours of exercise goal. Whatever, I’m sure I will hit it next week.

In doing this summary, I noticed that my average pace was sub 9 for the first time in a long, long while. That is probably a sign that I was pushing it too much. I need to make sure that on most of my runs I am taking it down a notch or else I am going to get hurt.

In other exciting news, seems like winter is finally over in D.C. I ran in shorts this weekend for the first time in months and man did it feel good.

Anyway, here are the numbers.

Summary

Work out streak: 65 days; (300 to go)

Average Weight – 188 (two pounds less than last week)

Running Miles: 25 in 3:43:56 average pace: 8:58

Row Meters: 0

Bike Miles: 1:00:00 (currently, the only biking I am doing is on a spin bike at the gym, I have no idea how many miles I’m riding)

Swim Miles: 0

Body weight exercises and balance work: 0:00

Total exercise time: ~4:45

Weekly Data:

Monday – Ran 2 in 16:39

Tuesday – Ran 2 in 16:18

Wednesday – Ran 4 in 34:57

Thursday – Ran 4 in 34:47

Friday – Ran 3 in 27:41

Saturday – Ran 8 in 1:14:23

Sunday – Ran 2 in 19:11; bike 1:00:00

Goals for Last Week:

1. Increase total exercise time to at least five hours – FAILED

2. Pay attention to my daily weight and what I am shoving in my mouth and hopefully lose a pound. – DONE

3. Write something of interest for this blog other than my utterly boring training totals. – DONE

Goals for Next Week:

1. Increase total exercise time to at least five hours

2. Increase long run to double digits

3. Pay attention to my daily weight and what I am shoving in my mouth and hopefully lose a pound.

4. Do bodyweight work at least twice

5. Remember that long slow runs are supposed to be long, but they are also supposed to be slow. You haven’t been injured now for months, let’s keep it that way.

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