" It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys."
- Emil Zatopek


Monday, August 10, 2009

Training 8/3 to 8/9

8/3 Monday: AM: 7.8 miles in 60 minutes PM: 4.6 miles in 35 minutes

8/4 Tuesday: 12.3 miles in 83 minutes

25 minute warm up to the Andover High track. 16 x 400m all at 76 seconds except one at 75 seconds and one at 77 seconds. 100m rest in 60 seconds or less between each interval. This went right into 2800m on/off 400's in 78,93,79,92,77,93,78. The faster sections were pretty much right on, the slower sections should have been 90 seconds each. Still pretty good.

8/5 Wednesday: 7 miles in 53 minutes

8/6 Thursday: AM: 9 miles in 68 minutes PM: 6.4 miles in 48 minutes

Very easy morning run. Afternoon run was done on the Merrimack River Trail with Seth Williams. We went out pretty easy and finished up with a solid pace. It was a good run and nice to be off the pavement for a bit.

8/7 Friday: 9.6 miles in 70 minutes

8/8 Saturday: 20 miles in 2 hours 23 minutes plus Ice Bath

Met up with fellow Whirlaway teammates Dan Princic and Mark Hudson for a long run from the Whirlaway. It was early and the weather was actually perfect for a long run, nice and cool with a little bit of a breeze. We headed out through Haverhill, Salem, Plaistow, and Atkinson before finishing back up in Methuen at the Whirlaway. It was a real good run and a good confidence booster. I felt pretty strong for most of the run and my quickest miles were the last few. With this run I put in 91 miles over the last seven days....my highest seven day total ever!

8/9 Sunday: 7 miles in 53 minutes


Total Miles: 83.7

This was really a very good week. I was very happy with my Tuesday workout and the mileage came up nice with out too much trouble. I am tired, but I am not having any issues with the hamstrings or anything else. Next race is Saunders 10k on August 20th

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