Friday Dec 31 |
 | Running 56:05 [3] 8.31 mi (6:45 / mi) | |
| ahr:165 max:172 shoes: bruce |
| rice * 2. 19:08; 19:22. hot and humid: overcast, 71F, 75% humidity (dewpoint 64). i recall summer mornings in DC in 2002 being no worse for running than this - and this is the middle of winter. good riddance to 2004, an essentially wasted year in many ways. |
Thursday Dec 30 |
| Strength & Conditioning 45:00 [2] | |
| shoes: michael |
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Wednesday Dec 29 |
| Running 55:52 [3] 8.31 mi (6:43 / mi) | |
| shoes: bruce |
| rice, 2 laps, 18:58 and 19:14. 71F, humid. Houston winter weather is a bit weird even for me. felt ok. right arch didn't complain - the three day rest seems to have done the trick. |
Tuesday Dec 28 |
| Cross Training (elliptical) 40:00 [4] | |
| ahr:170 max:178 shoes: michael |
| 920 cal; 692 after 30 minutes. this is really quite hard work if you push it. resting bruised right arch one more day. will try to run tomorrow, probably with new shoes. |
Sunday Dec 26 |
| Running 5:00 [1] 0.63 mi (7:56 / mi) | |
| (injured) shoes: gabriel |
| beginning of a run to Rice; right arch too sore to continue. frustrating - it was a nice afternoon. |
| Cross Training (elliptical) 30:00 [4] | |
| shoes: michael |
| 689! taking out a bit of non-weight bearing frustration... |
| Strength & Conditioning 5:00 [3] | |
| shoes: michael |
| warm down set. |
Saturday Dec 25 |
| Running 56:00 [3] 7.47 mi (7:29 / mi) | |
| shoes: gabriel |
| Memorial Park; sunny, high 40s. Yellow - orange - orange - blue west - red loop * 2 1/2. Too much Chinese food doesn't a happy runner make. |
Friday Dec 24 |
| Cross Training (elliptical) 40:00 [3] | |
| shoes: michael |
| prophylactically against knee damage after feeling sore yesterday after training. |
| Strength & Conditioning 15:00 [2] | |
| shoes: michael |
| warmup sets, some u/b. |
Thursday Dec 23 |
| Running 1:20:00 [3] 11.85 mi (6:45 / mi) | |
| ahr:162 shoes: gabriel |
| Belmont - W Holcombe - Brompton - east along Braes Bayou to Hermann Park, south at Greenbriar along the bike detour along S Braeswood to Hermann Park, a lap of the perimeter trail, then back the same way. 40F, still, overcast, getting dark (somewhere along the return along the bayou, which stinks).
Right knee is a little sore - between the patella and the skin. |
Wednesday Dec 22 |
| Strength & Conditioning 40:00 [2] | |
| shoes: michael |
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Monday Dec 20 |
| Running 55:53 [3] 8.31 mi (6:43 / mi) | |
| ahr:163 max:168 shoes: gabriel |
| rice*2; 70F and quite humid, almost too hot for running without water. sunset. two laps in 18:58 and 19:05. knees quite sore; calmed down after about 15 minutes, at which point I started to get dehydrated, so not a great feeling at any point. but apparently quite quick.
i should do threshold loops around rice (plus a little bit of extra, maybe from the water fountain to the rice/greenbriar corner (1.1 laps). |
Sunday Dec 19 |
| Running (trails) 1:04:00 [3] 8.53 mi (7:30 / mi) | |
| ahr:161 max:167 shoes: gabriel |
| Memorial Park, all the trails in the main section (including a few new trails I discovered for the first time). Nice afternoon: clear, still, sunny, 62F. Winter is tough.
Note the trail run speed has been pushed down to 7:30 miles but I haven't slowed down. Just thought it was wise to be more realistic. |
| Note | |
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| Nobody else seems to have named their shoes after anything interesting. Mine are named after archangels. The next one will be Bruce.
FWIW, gabriel is a pair of asics gel evolutions (spot the irony) and michael is a pair of brooks beasts. actually, one would think that the religious right would be after shoe manufacturers too fairly shortly if this nomenclature were typical... |
Saturday Dec 18 |
| Running 54:09 [3] 8.3 mi (6:31 / mi) | |
| ahr:164 max:168 shoes: gabriel |
| belmont - buffalo speedway (it's such a great name) - brae's bayou as far as the bridge just after the southern pacific railtrack crossing. it's stinky down there, but apparently better after the 610 crossing. will try a longer run some day. when it's winter...
still not uninjured, shoulder pretty sore. |
Friday Dec 17 |
| Cross Training (elliptical) 30:00 [3] | |
| (injured) shoes: michael |
| 678 cal. the injury is that i hurt some part of my shoulder while sleeping. it was so sore i had to take vitamin i and lie down most of the day. by the evening it was better enough for some cross training. i remain kind of cross. |
Thursday Dec 16 |
| Strength & Conditioning 40:00 [2] | |
| shoes: michael |
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| Cross Training (elliptical) 10:00 [2] | |
| shoes: michael |
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Wednesday Dec 15 |
| Running 56:08 [3] 8.31 mi (6:45 / mi) | |
| shoes: gabriel |
| rice 2*; 19:02, 19:18. 50F, clear. rolled left ankle on a footpath edge early on; seems ok. |
Monday Dec 13 |
| Running 56:05 [3] 8.31 mi (6:45 / mi) | |
| ahr:167 max:175 shoes: gabriel |
| home - two loops around rice - home. feeling a little like i'm about to become sick. |
Sunday Dec 12 |
| Running 59:08 [3] 8.45 mi (7:00 / mi) | |
| shoes: gabriel |
| memorial park, green * 2 - blue and red. 74F, sunny, even felt a little too warm. ah, december weather... |
Saturday Dec 11 |
| Cross Training (elliptical) 34:00 [3] | |
| shoes: michael |
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| Strength & Conditioning 8:00 [3] | |
| shoes: michael |
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Thursday Dec 9 |
| Running 40:00 [3] 6.2 mi (6:27 / mi) | |
| shoes: michael |
| treadmill |
Monday Dec 6 |
| Running 55:00 [3] 8.15 mi (6:45 / mi) | |
| shoes: gabriel |
| jamaica pond from the eliot. |
Wednesday Dec 1 |
| Running 1:10:00 [3] 9.9 mi (7:04 / mi) | |
| ahr:162 |
| jamaica pond (9:32 loop). nice run. windy and a little muddy from earlier rain, but dry. sunset. high 40s. |