Oct 21 - Oct 27

Sunday: 18
Monday: 5 and 10
Tuesday: Warmed up 6:48, 6:46 then (Knocked down a tempo of 6 miles in 34:11) Cool down 6:58, 6:46 for total of 10 miles! Solid work, persistently applied, gets you surprisingly far.

Wednesday: 5 and 8

Thursday: 10 with 6x100 strides

Friday: 5 @ 7:20

Saturday: 6.5 @ 6:55

Oct 14-20

Sun: 13

Monday: 8

Tues: 2 mile warmup 4x1000 2 mile cooldown

Wed: 6

Thurs: 5

Friday 2

Sat: off

10/7/12 to 10/13/12

Sunday: 18 in 1:59
Monday: 4 and 8
Tuesday: 2 mile warmup 10x800 @2:30-2:38 90 sec rest 2 mile cooldown
Wed: 4 easy 10 @6:42
Thursday: 7
Friday: Off Travel
Saturday: 6

Training

Training has gone good these last couple of days, had a couple of days off, but those days off are due to traveling with my cross country teams. I haven't raced since Boston 2012! I'm not in the best shape ever but I'm not in 3:00 hr marathon shape either. Some Boston pics below! Won't be running Boston in 2013! Wish I would though, but sucks looking for a roommate! Anyways...

I will probably do a half marathon in Oct 20, 2012 to see if I can get some $$. Need to up my mileage to the 90's and 110 to get under 2:30 shape and sub 1:10. Gotta stay motivated!

9/30/12 to 10/6/12

Sunday: 16@6:25
Monday: 8.5@7:40
Tuesday: 2 mile warmup 5x1 mile 5:26 with 2 1/2 rest 2 mile cooldown
Wed: 4.5 and 8.5
Thursday: 5 and 6
Fri: Off
Sat: Off

9/23/12 to 9/29/12

Sunday: 18@6:40
Monday: 6@6:30 9@6:30
Tuesday: 2 mile warmup 5x1 5:24,5:25, 5:24, 5:26, 5:18 2 mile cooldown
Wednesday: 10 miles at 6:50
Thursday: 45 mins easy
Friday: off
Saturday: off

Been a while

I haven't seriously train because I was pretty much hampered by a back injury that was caused in May and an eye ulcer that left my cornea severely beaten up in August. I'm not gonna lie I was beaten up by these two things that happened this year. I decided not to do Boston because I knew I wouldn't be ready for this big race! I like to race and compete I just don't go out to run a race for fun especially a race of that caliber. My training if you look down below has not been the most consistent training in recent years.

I gotta take that first step to get my rear end into shape! Thanks to a fellow blogger Laura for sparking up a light! I have decided to get after it again. I won't be able to go for sub 2:25 this year, but I will be shooting for it in a smaller race marathon in 2013. I'm currently looking at going to the east coast to run the Wrightsville Marathon. I'm not sure if I'll be in shape to run sub 2:30, but I can assure you that I will go for a win in this marathon or any marathon that I'll be running for that matter. Life has it's ups and downs and sometimes you'll have more downs than ups, but in the end you gotta make the best of what you get.


I'm slowly crawling back into shape! I huff and puff in my runs, yes I'm huffing and puffing ;). I don't have a race lined up, but I will start looking into that soon, I have been invited to run the BCS Marathon and Fiesta Marathon but  I haven't decided which one to do.

By the way I'm currently weighing 144 yes that's the highest I've been but heck I guess more meat does good eh? No idea, but I'll be working myself to get down to 126 again, I rarely look at my weight but the current weight is an indication of why I am having a hard time to get in shape quicker! I gotta do some ab work so I can start posting pictures like my friend Laura lol!

Alright the training continues tomorrow I'll be running an 18 miler! Yes it will be 70! Finally some runs in the 70 instead of our much dreaded 84! Go get'em!

Sept 16 - Sept 22

Sunday: 16@6:33
Monday: 5 and 7
Tuesday: 5 and 6
Wednesday: 4 and 5
Thursday: 9 @ 6:42
Friday: 10 min warmup 8x1000@6@3:45 and 2@3:00 15 min cooldown ran the first six with the girls and the last two with the guys.

Sept 9-15

Sun: 14
Monday: 5.5 and 6
Tuesday: 6
Wed: 10@6:30 pace
Thursday: 5 and 8
Friday: 2
Saturday: off

SEPT 2 - SEPT 8

Sunday 12
Monday: 6 and 3
Tuesday: 3 and 6
Wednesday: 8
Thursday: 6
Friday: off
Sat: off

Aug 26 - Sept 1

Sunday: 6
Monday: 5
Tuesday: 6
Wed: 5
Thursday: 6
Friday: Off
Saturday: Off

Aug 19 to Aug 25

Sunday: Off
Monday: 9
Tuesday: 6
Wednesday: 5.5
Thursday: 4
Friday: Off
Saturday: Off

Aug 12 - Aug 18

Sunday: Off
Monday: Off
Tuesday: Off
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Off
Friday: Off
Sat: Off

Aug 5 to Aug 11

Sun: off
Monday: off
Tuesday: off
Wed: off
Thursday: off
Friday: Off
Saturday: Off

This is what I'm dealing with

July 29 - Aug 4

Sunday: 8
Monday: off Moving
Tuesday: 8
Wed:8
Thursday:8 PINK EYE
Fri: off
Sat: off

Born to Run: The Secrets of Kenyan Athletics

Former Irish athlete and 5,000m world champion Eamonn Coghlan travels to Kenya's highlands to uncover a little-known story - the role of Irish missionaries in securing Kenya's dominance in world athletics.

He meets Brother Colm O'Connell, a modest priest who played a major role in fostering Kenyan distance running and who is now considered one of the world's top athletics coaches. Watching him train the 800m world-record holder David Rudisha, Eamonn observes at first-hand his unlikely but lasting legacy. Part travelogue, part tribute, the documentary also features an interview with Eamonn's childhood hero, the great Olympic athlete Kip Keino.

Great Documentary

July 22 - 28

Sunday: 18
Monday: 8
Tuesday: 10
Wed: 10
Thursday 9
Friday: Off
Saturdau: 10

July 15 to July 21

Sunday: 19 miles - first 9 at 7:15 second 9 @ 6:05 and 1 mile cooldown
Monday: 8
Tuesday: 2 mile warmups 5 miles at 5:58 3 mile cooldown
Wednesday: 10
Thursday: 90 mins aqua running
Friday: 10 miles easy
Sat: 8

7/8/12 7/14/12

Sunday: 19 @ the last 9 @6:50 pace 2nd run 8 @ 8pm at 7:20 pace total of 27 miles
Monday: 8@8pm 7:10 pace 99 degrees
Tuesday: 10@5:30 a.m. at 7:05 pace with last 4 miles 1 min fast 1 min easy, 2nd run 5 miles @7:00 flat pace

Wednesday: 10
Thursday: 8 in the rain with zack and manny 6 in the pm
Friday: 10 6:50 pace
Saturday: 1 hr aqua running

July 1 - July 7

Sunday: 12 - @ 5 am 3 with my daughter total: 15
Monday: 8
Tuesday: 2 miles easy 4 @5:55 and 4 easy
Wednesday: 10 miles @6:55
Thursday: 10 miles @7:40
Friday: 12 in the am 6 pm
Saturday: 1 mile warmuup 9x1 min fartlek 1 mile cooldown 5 miles total