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


Sunday, May 8, 2011

Training 5/2 to 5/8

5/2 Monday: 10 miles in 71 minutes

Ran the Merrimack River trail with Jim Johnson from the hotel. Went nice and easy.

5/3 Tuesday: AM: 5 miles in 39 minutes PM: 10 miles in 73 minutes

AM: Easy running from home.

PM: Easy run out past Crystal Lake, first part with Heather. Did 6 x 20-25 second strides in the last couple miles.

5/4 Wednesday: 5 miles in 40 minutes

Easy running on the treadmill. I was going to run in the evening, but I decided an light mileage day was in order. Time to give the legs a little break.

5/5 Thursday: AM: 5 miles in 40 minutes PM: 10 miles in 64 minutes (Garmin)

AM: Easy running on the treadmill at home

PM: Ran from Cedardale. Did not intend on running hard but I ended up running a progression run. Started out easy but worked it down pretty quickly, miles 2 - 9 went 6:36, 6:46, 6:21, 6:10, 6:15, 6:05, 5:40, 5:30. Then I eased up the last mile as a cool down. The last five miles of up tempo I averaged 5:56 pace. It was also up hill on the way back! A nice solid run.

5/6 Friday: 9 miles in 68 minutes

Easy running along the Shawsheen River trails.

5/7 Saturday: 6 miles in 46 minutes

Easy running from home.

5/8 Sunday: 11 miles in 76 minutes

Ran the USATFNE Championships at the Medical Center 6k in Nashua, NH. Warmed up 3.5 miles with the CMS guys, ran 6k in 19:30 (13th place overall, CMS Open team 1st place), cooled down 6k with he CMS guys. Race report to be posted soon!

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