Training Log Archive: matzah ballIn the 31 days ending Mar 31, 2012:
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Saturday Mar 31, 2012 #
biking 40:00 [2]
more garden stuff, and swung by grocery store while the sprinklers were on.
thanks to our early start, we've already taken collards, spinach, and loads of tender baby romaine and asian salad greens to the food pantries...
thanks to our early start, we've already taken collards, spinach, and loads of tender baby romaine and asian salad greens to the food pantries...
Friday Mar 30, 2012 #
Event: OCIN Flying Pig XVI
biking 1:00:00 [2]
garden stuff, then nursing home, then errand
biking 15:00 [2]
Thursday Mar 29, 2012 #
running 1:40:00
supposed to be 8 x 1200 @ 5:21 w/ 30 sec rest, a modest enough goal. But i was having a hard time meeting even that, even after i split the 8 reps into 2 sets. 517 (the only one on pace),524,529,531 5 min.break 529,528,529,531
Honestly, I am not feeling good about my training. Its not because I'm not fit i suppose, because earlier this spring i had a 4 min pr at castlwood cup. But a couple of viruses and a weird spring later, I feel sodden and unenthused - I am not meeting the times i should be, and I feel like i'm just going through the motions at this point.
Any suggestions out there?
Honestly, I am not feeling good about my training. Its not because I'm not fit i suppose, because earlier this spring i had a 4 min pr at castlwood cup. But a couple of viruses and a weird spring later, I feel sodden and unenthused - I am not meeting the times i should be, and I feel like i'm just going through the motions at this point.
Any suggestions out there?
Wednesday Mar 28, 2012 #
Note
tried to fool my body into thinking yesterday was an easy day, but its not buying it.
biking 45:00 [2]
bike shop and meeting in u city via metrolilnk
Tuesday Mar 27, 2012 #
running 1:04:00
some early am 400's at track w/ full 3-4 min. jog/walkrest.
135,132,128,129,129
135,132,128,129,129
biking 15:00 [2]
garden stuff
biking 25:00 [2]
another round of errands
running 15:00 [1]
to park for a walk (30 min) with friend, and back
Monday Mar 26, 2012 #
biking 35:00
nursing home, then heavy pack of groceries
running 30:00 [1]
funny how fast the time goes when your on the phone with somebody. didn't matter that i was just jogging from living room to bedroom and back, over and over again. that and 3/4 loaf of raisin bread and some chocolate has me chomping at the bit for tommorrows run.
Sunday Mar 25, 2012 #
running long 2:38:00
24 min warmup
6 laps @ 10:53 tad slow
2 min rest
6 laps @ 10:44, didnt really work harder, just warmed up and relaxed
80 min easy - back home to refuel
then cemetery hills, gravel track and some REALLY easy
piddling at the track
9 laps @ 16:51 - even accounting for track dimensions, this was at least 3 seconds slow per lap, but i was exploring new territory and just glad to finish
14 min cooldown
6 laps @ 10:53 tad slow
2 min rest
6 laps @ 10:44, didnt really work harder, just warmed up and relaxed
80 min easy - back home to refuel
then cemetery hills, gravel track and some REALLY easy
piddling at the track
9 laps @ 16:51 - even accounting for track dimensions, this was at least 3 seconds slow per lap, but i was exploring new territory and just glad to finish
14 min cooldown
biking 15:00 [2]
evening mass at st. gabe's
Saturday Mar 24, 2012 #
biking 25:00 [2]
just short errands
running 30:00 [2]
running around the house. it takes 15 seconds. I think i need some new scenery.
Friday Mar 23, 2012 #
running 15:00 [1]
warm up, around the house, literally.
running 40:00 [2]
'long way around' to friends house w/ 3 short strides up a hill at the end, feeling pretty decrepit. shingles is weird - phantom earaches, places that feel like sores only theres nothing there, bla bla.
Thursday Mar 22, 2012 #
biking 15:00 [3]
quick dash to food pantry - colder and wetter than anticipated
running tempo 1:24:00
Ran to track AFTER having checked schedule, nothing scheduled but when i got there - another soccer game. So, to Francis to do 20min tempo, 10 easy, 20 tempo. No way I would be able to meet formulated pace on the rolling muddy path of Francis so I went by effort. Felt about right, especially at the very end! Clock time was slightly over 7:30/mile, did 2 1/4 laps each run.
running drills 25:00 [1]
gamut of 'hard day' drills
Wednesday Mar 21, 2012 #
biking 25:00 [3]
errands and letting off a little steam
biking 25:00 [2]
scrabble
as sore as everything is, prob all for the best that i didnt run
as sore as everything is, prob all for the best that i didnt run
Tuesday Mar 20, 2012 #
biking 20:00 [2]
up to the garden a couple of times.
running 1:15:00
neck feels like a snake bit me, but the worst part of the shingles is that all my questionable areas ache - sore knees, weird wrist sprain, hip joints, sprained ankle (most troubling). But some aspirin and chocolate and a warmup jog later, running some 200's seemed like just the ticket. track was blocked by soccer game, so ran tree allee along water feature in Francis Park.
15 x 200? on grass, with 1:30-2 min jog rest, high to mid forties start, down to low to mid forties finish. had to catch breath after each one, but it was the best i could do.
15 x 200? on grass, with 1:30-2 min jog rest, high to mid forties start, down to low to mid forties finish. had to catch breath after each one, but it was the best i could do.
Monday Mar 19, 2012 #
running 1:15:00 [3]
from house up river des peres thru maplewood thru some nice little single track on the western edge of forest park to Barnes complex to see doc about shingles. yup, its shingles. what are best buddy docs for? except for one little stretch where i caught the bus just when i was getting sick of running the roads - and saved the transfer for the return. about 8:45/mile, easy 3, a good bit of uphill and runnning in awkward tree lawns etc.
running 23:00 [2]
back from shrewsbury metrolink, draggin', getttin hot.
don't know what it is about these 'easy' runs, but they aint easy.
don't know what it is about these 'easy' runs, but they aint easy.
Note
doctors office scale said 147 w/ shoes on. like the way thats going!
Sunday Mar 18, 2012 #
biking 25:00 [2]
just around, here and there. bailed on the run plan for today.
Saturday Mar 17, 2012 #
running 1:40:00 [2]
from house to grants trail to my fathers house 10 min miles
hiking 15:00 [1]
walked the last mile
running 37:00 [2]
got a ride to arsenal exit on 44, ran back the rest of the way along river des peres
Friday Mar 16, 2012 #
running 1:04:00 [2]
up and down to nursing home
Thursday Mar 15, 2012 #
running 45:00 [2]
wilmore, to bring stuff to friends house. plus side trip to scattered site garden. gardening is in full swing.
biking 1:15:00 [2]
field visit, errands near lafayette park, and along the way. seemed like an awful lot of riding for the actual time involved.
Wednesday Mar 14, 2012 #
running 1:10:00
tempo segments w/ 3 min rest: 15 min, 12 min,(3 min short) 7 min. (3 min short) Prob. too soon after race - fell short of tempo times called for by JD, but i'd rather be too eager and fail, than reluctant and succeed. Also, Bishop Dubourg class came out on track just as i was going to do my middle segment, so i ran it out to Francis Park - all segments were mostly on rolling grass terrain.
Tuesday Mar 13, 2012 #
running 20:00 [2]
up to garden, then to get haircut, then retracing steps. felt good - looks like Sundays QQ run will fall in the category of 'hard workout' rather than 'debilitating race' (which would be in accordance with the stated intensity 4)
biking 35:00 [2]
wh and tj, w metro, trailer. hot!
biking 1:15:00
to upper limits by union station
rock climbing 15:00 [2]
some really laid back climbing, thats what the others were doing and i was perfectly content to leave it at that
Sunday Mar 11, 2012 #
running 1:10:00 [2]
to metrolink and back and warmup/cool down
running race 2:04:00 [4]
Quivering quads half marathon @Cuivre river. According to my castlewood cup time of 2 weeks ago, I should have been able to break 2 hours 'easily' but it was not to be. Maybe too close to CC, with 2 weeks of flu filling the interim.
Note
Turned same ankle at mile 11 that i turned new years. not as bad this time.
Friday Mar 9, 2012 #
running 57:00 [2]
wilmore
Thursday Mar 8, 2012 #
biking 30:00 [2]
local errands w/ small trailer
Wednesday Mar 7, 2012 #
running 1:18:00
18T (long tempo pace), 2 min. jog rest
10T, 3 min jog rest
10T, 3 min jog rest
5T
10T, 3 min jog rest
10T, 3 min jog rest
5T
biking 1:00:05 [3]
to garden shop with big trailer, finally feeling stronger
Monday Mar 5, 2012 #
biking 40:00 [2]
running 35:00 [2]
easy run in the park w/ a couple of strides at the end
Sunday Mar 4, 2012 #
running long 1:25:00 [3]
not easy - still recovering from flu. should have been longer, but it'll have to do.
Saturday Mar 3, 2012 #
running 1:15:00 [2]
2 seperate easy runs
Friday Mar 2, 2012 #
Note
its not so mild anymore...ugh
Thursday Mar 1, 2012 #
running 1:00:00
jack daniels for sick runners, 15 x 200 @44-48 w/ 2min jog. quads still sore.