fast friends

I thought I was going out way to fast because boj was right with me, and the pace felt hard. When we got to the mile at the bottom of Ash Hill I realized it was actually slow, this was going to be a tough day, Boj was taking it easy. I pushed hard up the hill to stay with some young buck, which seemed to work ok, because I was able to get past him on the down and he never came back up to me. The rest of the race just plain felt hard. This is what I get for taking the winter off from running then trying to jump back into it. It was a pr for the course, so I guess that is good. My spits, 6:04, 6:02, 6:05, 6:14, 3:06 for last half mile.

Mon. 0
Tues. 4 miles hills on treadmill
Wed. workout. I went into this with no expectations, just see how I feel. 1x 1600 in 5:59, 2 x800 2:52 2:40, 2x400@ 76, 75, 2x200@ 32, 31. I felt good and very pleased. This gives me some idea of what I need to work on after a long winter off. total 8
Thur. 4 treadmill
Fri. 0
Sat. 0
Sun. 11 with Angella
Total. 23

Feeling motivated

Mon. 0
Tues. 4 miles hill repeats, 29:12
Wed. 9 miles home from work, 1:09:37
Thur. 9 miles to work from home, 1:11:41, 4 miles on tread mill after work, 30:47, and upper body workout.
Fri. 0
Sat. 8 miles easy
Sun. 0
Total 30, felt good

Getting back in to it.

Wed. 4 miles, 28:30. Felt good.
Thur. 4 miles, 29:41
Fri. 0
Sat. 0
Sun. 9 miles with Angella, 1:27:57, 3 by my self, 21:07 felt good
Total. 20

It's been a while.

I haven't blogged in a while, I haven't run in a while. Not much any way. I have been trying to get in a couple a week. Today is the first day to start keeping track. First goal, Vermont City, not to pr but to finish respectably and enjoy the day.
Angella is still planning on using it as her first marathon, so her training is starting to come along well. She has found a charity to raise money for research and treatments for non-small cell lung caner in non-smoking woman. Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of premature death in woman and more common for non-smoking woman to get than non-smoking men. Lung cancer, unfortunatly is one of the smallest recipients of funding for research and development of treatment and cures. Angella says she has got to the point that she is at for a reason and wants to put it to the best use she can. She wants to help others as much as possible and possible even herself if they can someday find a cure for her cancer. She has started a web site which I will be posting shortly for anybody who wants to help with a donation.

Let's get back on the horse and train.

Mon: 8 miles/56:01. Two miles easy then 4 in 18 minutes then two easy. Felt good, hard but good. No pain is a good sign. I think the ankle is going to be good in no time.
Tues: Off
Wed:
Thur:
Fri:
Sat:
Sun:
total:
Yearly:

recovery week

Mon. Off
Tues. Off
Wed. Work out. My legs actually feel really good. My ankle is another story. It wasn't bad enough to stop me from running so I went with it. Andy was dong 200's in 2:20 so I figured I could run two 200's with him @ 35 for a easy workout. That actually felt really good for six so I did a couple of 400's @ 71 then a couple more 2's. It took a while to get warmed up but this workout felt really easy which I take for a really good sign. I am supper excited about how I feel. I will build up my mileage this winter and see what happens next year. total today 9
Thur. Off
Fri. Off
Sat. Off
Sun. 15 with Angella. This was an easy run but better than nothing. I'll just have to go hard tomorrow.
Total: 24
Yearly: 360.5