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Hmm... chinese food before my run was probably not the best idea... 8 miles tonight.

Thursday - Off
Friday - 7 miles

Late run... 6 miles easy tonight.

Only ended up with 15 miles last week.

So far this week: Wed - 6, Thurs - 5, Fri - 4

Trying to drop 20-25 lbs. and increase my base mileage before training for a marathon in the summer.

6 miles on the bridge today.. got stupid and went way too fast on the way down; I think I pulled a muscle in my back. I already had a few knots from laying in bed the two days I was sick.

So far it does not seem like it will limit my training, but I lathered on the Bio-Freeze and took an anti-inflammatory for good measure.

On a positive note I entered the lottery for the NYC Marathon. I'm not entirely sure I'll even run it, but I could always cancel and run it next year! :)

6 mile tempo run tonight.. I went out around 7:45 and it was about as pleasant as 88 degrees can be :)

6 miles easy.. didn't see any bears at the Linear Park!

6 miles easy today... goal is 30 miles this week.

Ran a 5K this morning. Missed my PR by 4 seconds. Considering the weather, and the fact that I had not run a 5K in about a year, I was satisfied with the result. Hopefully I will get another shot at sub-21 in the coming weeks. Afterward, I swam for about 20 minutes and then ran 7 miles this afternoon. I'll sleep good tonight! :)

Ran a 5K this morning. Missed my PR by 4 seconds. Considering the weather, and the fact that I had not run a 5K in about a year, I was satisfied with the result. Hopefully I will get another shot at sub-21 in the coming weeks. Afterward, I swam for about 20 minutes and then ran 7 miles this afternoon. I'll sleep good tonight! :)

26-second 5K PR for me today... 20:49. The weather was near perfect for a 5K. The sub-21 goal is out of the way, so now I have to look forward to sub-20! :)

I'll do an easy run of 7 miles later today.

Spent about an hour in the pool today getting frustrated with swimming technique. Took out a nice 10 mile run this afternoon. Considering how hot it was, it was pretty comfortable. Nice breeze.

I ran 8 miles today. I'm feeling pretty beat this weekend. The bridge runs on Monday and Thursday took a little extra energy. I think I will only do one of those next week. Tonight I'm going to the gym to swim a few laps in the pool.

An easy 5 miles tomorrow will make it 50 miles for the week. I've only missed 3 days of running in the past 6 weeks. I should have a good base built up if I decide to start training for a Fall marathon in 8-12 weeks.

10 miles this morning... I have not ran with the Saturday morning crew since training for Chicago last year. It was good to see everyone. I only had about 9-10 hours of recovery between my Friday night run and Saturday morning run so I was dragging this morning. I managed to stay around 8-minute miles most of the way.

Thursday/Friday - 0
Saturday - 8 miles

Ran the African Aid 5K this morning and had a 15 second PR. Weather was a little warm on the back stretch. I tried to hang with the sub-20 crowd for the first mile, and went out a bit fast. First mile was around 6:15. Splits were exactly even for the next two miles. Cardio-wise I had a little extra in me, but my legs just wouldn't turn over any faster in the last mile.

I had some "real life" setbacks and missed an entire week of running. It felt like months! It was good to get back out there this afternoon for a quick 5-miler. Unfortunately, 5PM was probably not the best time to start! :)

Somehow I'm going to force myself to start running in the mornings. If I get into the NYC marathon that will certainly motivate me. I should find out within the next 2-3 weeks.

8 miles this morning

I was sick Thurs/Fri and missed my runs. I could run today, but I will probably be cautious and wait until I'm closer to 100% tomorrow.

Changed my mind and decided to run 5 miles tonight... felt pretty good.

I was in San Francisco last week and got a few good runs in. Ran from Union Square to Fisherman's Wharf, Giants Stadium, Coit Tower. Nob Hill was killer. Also did some hiking in Muir Woods.

4 miles easy today after a couple of hours of basketball this morning

Updated my race calendar. I'm not sure if I'll make all of them, but that's the plan right now! :)

Rode the bike to the gym and swam 500m this morning. The swimming went much better than last week; it was a good idea to wait until today to hit the pool. I guess I missed the cutoff for the Naples Triathlon signup, but I'll keep swimming once or twice a week anyway.

I also ran 9 miles to finish off the week with 50 miles.

6 mile tempo run tonight; 51 miles for the week

First run back today. I ran an easy 5 miles. All of the running parts felt good, but the sun gave me a headache. Hopefully this is the start of another 6 months of good running!

It was a pretty hectic week for running...

Mon - 5 mi.
Tue/Wed - Off due to work/obligations
Thurs - Ran 3 mi. at the gym due to weather; the weather cleared up while I was on the treadmill, so I left the gym and did 3 more outside
Fri - Doubles to make up a little mileage (4 in the morning, 7 at night)
Sat - I ran 3 mi. and was completely worn out for some reason
Sun - 10 mi.

35 mi. for the week

8 miles... 98F heat index... toasty!

43 miles for the week

Friday - Off
Saturday - 10 miles

The weather was surprisingly comfortable on Saturday, even at 5PM.

7 miles today... 37 miles for the week. I was shooting for a little more mileage, but I missed Friday's run. July is going to be a busy month at work, but I have to find a way to keep my mileage around 40 MPW. If I can make it through July, the rest of the year should be smooth! :)

6 miles today and a trip to the gym afterward

I ran 42 miles this week, but I did miss Thursday because I was caught up with work until about 10pm. I've only missed 3 of the last 28 days, so I'm still staying consistent. My scale is not very good, but I think I'm down about 7-8 lbs. so far. I would like to drop at least another 5 lbs. before Easter.

Saturday and Sunday runs were tough. Saturday was warm with 20mph winds and today just felt very humid. I finished off the week with 44 miles, and 155 miles for March. I've been looking at some Fall marathons and there is a second year race that caught my eye:

Grand Canyon Marathon
(Click for the Link ...)

Looks like it would be incredible!

10 miles today... a bit warm out (93F) but I was comfortable and held a decent pace.

Only 38 miles this week with the two days I missed due to illness.

4.5 miles today... the humidity was suffocating

Saturday night - 8 mile tempo run. I was planning a recovery run, but my two hour power nap left me with some extra energy later in the day.

Sunday - 8 mile recovery jog

I missed three days last week, so only 38 miles for the week. I was probably due for an easy week though. Hopefully I can get back to 50+ next week.

10 miles today... I went out around 6pm, but I probably should have waited another hour. Sometimes I don't realize how late the sun is setting around this time of year.

46 miles for the week

Ran the 13.1 Fort Lauderdale Half today, great race... wouldn't have changed anything about it. My mileage has dropped off a lot in the last few months, and a cold kept me off the road altogether for the last two weeks. Still, I was able to run a time that I was very happy with. I ran a 1:46:24 (4 min. PR), with a solid negative split. I was probably a bit conservative in the first half, my last mile was 7:15. Maybe a 1:40:00 is achievable in January if I can get back to 40-50 MPW.

Ran 8 tonight... 5 miles of it was bridge work. I was a little stiff getting started, but warmed up ok. The weather looks good for Saturday so I think I'm going to take tomorrow off and attempt sub-21 again at the FGCU 5K.

8 miles bridge work tonight... still thinking about heading to the pool for a swim.

Finally had a night where the temps were reasonable... well, as reasonable as they can be during the Florida summer.

5 miles @ 7:15 pace

7 miles @ 7:45 pace tonight

My run was rained out tonight. I managed to get in 4 miles after work and decided not to take my chances with the lightning. I was only planning to run 5-6 easy miles so it's not a huge loss. I'm still on track for 50+ miles this week. The weather for the rest of the week looks good... 12 miles tomorrow night.

13 mile run tonight... easy pace. Saw a giant alligator in the canal at Linear Park and also a ringnecked (non-poisonous) snake.

Ran 12 miles tonight, including a trip over the bridge. The weather was perfect for running so we upped the mileage a little today. Good negative split, last mile was sub-8.

Been working hard on a project at work and haven't had time to run the past few weeks. I'm definitely suffering withdrawals, but hopefully I can get back into it starting this weekend.

Took Monday off... ran 7 miles tonight.

Lottery results for the NYC Marathon will be released Thursday! Unfortunately, one of my backup races - Grand Canyon Marathon - has been canceled for this year.

Easy 5 miles today. I was tired from a general lack of sleep, but my back felt fine. Hopefully tomorrow's 12-miler goes a little better than last week!

Felt great tonight - ran 9 miles... tempo-ish

5 mile tempo run.. it was hot

13 miles tonight at an easy pace... really tired though... It was a long day!

Ran 14 miles tonight at a comfortable pace. I felt pretty good and thought about going longer, but tomorrow night I'll be doing bridge work. I thought it would be better to save that energy for tomorrow's run.

6 mi. tempo run tonight

Planning for about 40-45 miles this week, so far so good...

Monday - 4 miles
Tuesday - 5 miles
Wednesday - 5 miles

Planning to run a half marathon in October so I would like to creep the mileage back up to 50-60 MPW in August and September.

Monday - 6 miles
Tuesday - 5 miles
Wednesday - 7 miles

25 miles last week.. I missed a few days during the middle of the week. To make things worse, the heat was unbearable for any sort of long runs over the weekend.

I have cut back on the mileage a little while my body readjusts to the ever increasing temperatures. While I'm getting acclimated I will shoot for about 40 MPW over the next few weeks.

So far this week...

Monday - 4
Tuesday - 6
Wednesday - 5

I didn't get into NYC. I need to find some new motivation to keep up 40-60 MPW throughout the Florida summer.

7.5 miles tonight @ 7:40 pace

Feels great to finally be getting back to a consistent running schedule. I should finish with close to 40 miles this week; this would be the most since I began tapering for Chicago last September. I have only missed 1 of the last 14 days, and I was in the gym that day. The Linear Park has been a refreshing change of scenery from my normal neighborhood runs.

Had a rough 12 miles today... I'm not sure if I'm coming down with something or if I was just a little worn out from lack of sleep... Either way, it was one of my toughest runs in awhile.