Sunday, December 31, 2006

December 31st MADD Red Ribbon 5K

Weather: 50 degrees, cloudy and cool A
Pace: B- 11.48 ran the whole way
Legs:c
Breathing:c
Distance: A 3.14 miles
Attitude: B
Dress: Coolmax short sleeveshirt, Race long sleeve Tshirt, shorts
Total Miles: 554

Great pace, but my legs were way too tight, my breathing way too heavy. Did not stretch enough, and I paid for it. Just basically uncomfortable.

Broke 12 minutes per mile though, and that is a first, as I work towards the 10 minute pace.

Friday, December 29, 2006

December 29

Weather: 40 degrees, sunny A
Pace: C 12.29 ran the whole way
Legs: A
Breathing: B
Distance: A 3.60 miles
Attitude: B
Dress: Coolmax short sleeveshirt, coolmax long sleeve shirt, tights
Total Miles: 551

Thursday, December 28, 2006

December 28

Weather: 40 degrees, partly sunny A
Pace: C+ 12.08 ran the whole way
Legs: A
Breathing: B
Distance: A 3.73miles
Attitude: A
Dress: Coolmax short sleeveshirt, coolmax long sleeve shirt, tights
Total Miles: 548

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

December 27

Weather: 43 degrees, cloudy A
Pace: C 12.38 ran the whole way
Legs: A
Breathing: B
Distance: A 3.6miles
Attitude: B+
Dress: Coolmax short sleeveshirt, coolmax long sleeve shirt, reebok sweathsirt, tights
Total Miles: 545

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

December 26

Weather: 53 degrees, cloudy and damp A-
Pace: C 12.20 ran the whole way
Legs: A
Breathing: B
Distance: A 3.6miles
Attitude: B+
Dress: Coolmax short sleeveshirt, coolmax long sleeve shirt, shorts.
Total Miles: 542

Sunday, December 24, 2006

December 24: 4miles

Signed up for a 5K on the 31st and a 10K on the first, so needed a solid 4 mile run today

Weather: 57 degrees Sunny and Breezy A
Pace: C 12.43 ran the whole way
Legs: A
Breathing: B
Distance: A 4.01miles
Attitude: B+
Dress: Coolmax short sleeveshirt, shorts.
Total Miles: 539

Saturday, December 23, 2006

December 23

At the gym today

Intense 45 minutes on the treadmill. Soaking afterwords

Felt great

Total miles: 538

Friday, December 22, 2006

December 22

December 22



47 degrees and drizzly and I ran the entire way. My watch says that I hovered around 11.49/mile....very good for me...

Weather: 47 degrees Cloudy A
Pace: A 11.49
Legs: A
Breathing: B+
Distance: B+ 3.81miles
Attitude: B+
Dress: Coolmax short sleeveshirt, reebok pullover, shorts.
Total Miles: 535

Thursday, December 21, 2006

December 21

AWESOME

42 degrees and cloudy and I ran the entire way. I am guessing that my pace hovered around 13 minutes, maybe a bit below.

Weather: 42 degrees Cloudy A-
Pace: B 13
Legs: A
Breathing: B+
Distance: B+ 3.5miles
Attitude: B+
Dress: Coolmax short sleeveshirt, coolmax longsleeve, reebok pullover, tights.
Total Miles: 532

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

December 18 and 19

Late to posting....

Both Monday and Tuesday were hard workouts indoors at the gym. 2 45 minute workouts on the treadmill.

first 5 minutes: 3.5
Then increasing .1 until my heart rate reached 149 (usually around 5.1)
Back down to 3.5 until I reached 135 heartbeat...repeat.
Usually came out to about 3.4 miles each day.

Total Traiing Miles:

529

Sunday, December 17, 2006

December 17th--A Sickly week

I recovered from the Las Vegas Half Marathon and returned to the gym on Wednesday, still suffering from a pretty bad cold.

45 intense minutes on the Eliptical. I did not want to venture outside in my condition

From Wednesday through Saturday, the flu did a number on me. Actually Saturday I began to feel much better.

Today, December 17th, I did 2 miles on the treadmill using my Podfitness program on my iPod. It was pretty intense using an intense incline, and I was soaked after just 30 minutes.

I will either head back to the gym tomorrow or take a run outside depending how I feel. The weather has been very balmy lately.

Total Miles: 523

Monday, December 11, 2006

Las Vegas Half Marathon 13.1 miles

A great event. Rachel and I spent the weekend in Las Vegas and on Sunday, I ran the half marathon which started at 6 am. This time I am particulary happy to say that I ran the entire way. I usually walk each mile for some distance but this time, I just kept running. My time was ok (just under 3 hours), but the fact that I ran that far was a huge accomplishment for me.

Today my knees and legs are definitely sore.

I plan to pick it up again on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Total Miles: 521

Thursday, December 07, 2006

December 7--God Bless our Troops

Took it pretty easy today

Weather: 40 degrees Sunny A
Pace: C
Legs: A
Breathing: B
Distance: 3.2 miles
Attitude: B
Dress: coolmax shortsleeve, cool max long sleeves, tights
Total Miles:508

December 5: Brrrrr

Very cold, windy.

1.5 miles running. 1.5 miles walk and sprinting.

Weather: 26 degrees Sunny C
Pace: C
Legs: A
Breathing: C
Distance: 3 miles
Attitude: B
Dress: Underarmor longsleeve, coolmax shortsleeve, neck warmer, tights,hat
Total Miles:505

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Dec 2nd

With my training group today at the track. Good training spurt runs. I am the slowest of the whole group....

Weather: 40 degrees Sunny A
Pace: C+
Legs: A
Breathing: C+
Distance: 3 miles
Attitude: B
Dress: Coolmax short sleeveshirt,coolmax long sleeve shirt, marathon jacket, tights
Total Miles Since May 2006: 505