October 2013

Week of September 29 - October 5

1 T: 6.05mi in 50:02 (8:16/mi).  Achy recovery jog.  Almost didn't run but finally found the willpower to walk out the door.  No pain, no gain.

2 W: 6.08mi in 41:27 (6:49/mi).  Still stiff.

3 T: No run.  Cleaning out basement after work and ran out of time.

4 F: 9.14mi in 1:16:04 (8:19/mi).  Ran in the middle of the day and it was super hot.  Stopped at pretty much every light and stopped to walk thru cemetery on wisc. ave on the way out of georgetown for like 20 minutes.  More of a recovery jog than anything else.  Drained, both physically and mentally and the heat didn't help.

5 S: 6.06mi in 38:45 (6:23/mi).  Had to make up for the last two days.  Running 26.2 miles at nearly this speed doesn't seem very realistic.  Maybe I'm just letting my head get to me.

56.1 miles total for the week

Week of October 6-12

6 S: 8.15mi in 1:09:30 (8:31/mi).  Really hot & humid.  Ran with Corey, Dustin, & the gang out around Sugarloaf Mountain in the middle of the day.  Didn't feel great for most of the run.

7 M: 6.07mi in 36:42 (6:02/mi).  Amazing run.  I honestly don't know where this one came from.  Basically sprinted my entire 6 mile neighborhood loop.  I'll have to really try if I'm ever going to break that time.  Previous fastest time over that loop was in the 38's I think.

8 T: 6.07mi in 40:14 (6:37/mi).  Didn't have the effortless legs that I had yesterday and felt pretty stiff for the first few miles.  Loosened up for the final 2 miles.  Long run planned for Thursday, so either no run or easy jog tomorrow.

9 W: No run.

10 T: 18.48mi trudge in 2:34:38 (8:22/mi).  Ran with my team mate Miguel.  The plan had been to do 20 miles at 1min+/mi faster than what we ended up doing.  Started at Cedar & Beach, and ran on the path along Beach and up thru Bethesda to the Cap. Cres. Trail, then turned around at 9.30mi.  Conditions were raining and miserable, and the path was about 50% puddles.  We also both overdressed and were probably wearing 5+lbs of waterlogged clothes.  No big deal though.  Still got over two and half hours of running in, which is great for endurance, and had a good workout.  Also, first time training with Miguel and he's a great guy as well.

11 F: 6.03mi in 44:36 (7:23/mi).  Didn't recover well from the long run.  Legs were heavy and it was drizzling while I ran.  Still managed a respectable pace somehow.

12 S: 6.08mi in 40:59 (6:44/mi).  Legs were still really heavy and it started pouring rain about 1-2 miles in, which didn't help.  The average pace was definitely not a good indicator as to how I actually felt.  Whole run felt forced.

50.90 miles total for the week

 Week of October 13-19

13 S: 7.12mi in 51:39.  Ran with Dustin down on the Mall/Capital Hill/Navy Yard.  Very slow first mile, the rest was under 7:00/mi.

14 M: No run.  Went out to W&L and did 3x 50m/100m/200m sprints w/ a few of the guys from the club but didn't go hard.  Had to move a fridge afterwards, so didn't have time for a run.

15 T: 6.07mi in 37:30 (6:11/mi).  Felt ok, so went kinda hard.  Definitely have really good turnover but I'm worried about endurance for the marathon.  Read today that it might get canceled or postponed because of the govt. shutdown.  Please do postpone, I need more long runs!

16 W: 9.03mi in 1:19:23 (8:47/mi).  Easy recovery run with Dustin & Robert.  Cool weather.  Ran down Conn. Ave to Mass Ave, up Mass. to Wisc. Ave, and Wisc. back to home.

17 T: 18.71mi in 2:07:07 (6:47/mi).  Had the day off and planned to run 20mi.  Cool but very humid.  Felt decent but not amazing.  Definitely a good workout.  Ran the whole thing in chevy chase, so there were many hills.
*Forgot to mention, I used two gels because I was sweating a ton.  One lemon-lime, one peanut butter, neither with caffeine.  Seems like peanut butter gu's are the only ones that I can stand anymore.  All of the other flavors are way too sweet and make me nauseous when I'm deep into a long run and dehydrated.  They need to start making caffeinated peanut butter gu's.

18 F: 6.05mi in 44:21 (7:19/mi).  Legs felt heavy.

19 S: No run.  I probably should have run but I didn't have it in me.  Instead I went to Vace after work and got a jalapeno and tomato pizza and washed it down with too much beer (jalapeno pizza + beer is never a good decision).

47 miles total
(Probably not enough but that seems to be a recurring theme.)

Week of October 20-26

20 S: 10.06mi in 1:26:21 (8:35/mi).  Easy run.  Ran with Dustin down wisc. ave thru g-town to the Watergate n' back.  Stopped for 15min at the Watergate to look around.  Looks like it was really nice back in the day.  Now it looks about 80% abandoned.

21 M: 6.07mi in 37:37 (6:11/mi).  First decent run since the 18 miler.  Pushed really hard, probably could've gone a little faster at a few points.  Possibly the last hard run before the marathon.  Maybe one more tomorrow or Weds.

Used two different scales to weigh myself on an empty stomach wearing just running shorts.  Came in at 147lbs on one and 146lbs on the other.  Feel like I'm a few lbs over where I wanted to be.

22 T: 6.14mi in 46:30 (7:34/mi).  Legs were a little heavy.

23 W: 5.07mi in 39:33 (7:47/mi).  Did 15x10seconds at 90% effort about halfway through the run.

24 T: 5.14mi in 39:26 (7:40/mi)

25 F: 3.25mi in 25:04 (7:42/mi)

26 S: No run.  Slept till 11am.  Stood in line out in the cold for 2.5 hours at packet pickup at the DC Armory.

35.7 miles total

Week of October 27 - November 2

27 S: Marine Corp Marathon.

28 M: No run.

29 T:

30 W:

31 T:

1 F: 

2 S:

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