Courses

MemPa:= Memorial Park 2.93 miles dirt loop
Allen(R) := Allen Park Way 4.75 miles loop; somewhat rolling mostly on asphalt;
RiHerm := Rice University and Herrman Park Loop
RivOk := River Oaks Loop
RivOkAll := River Oaks Loop with Allen Park Way Loop continuation
TangArb:= From Memorial Park Tennis Center following Memorial going south on Chimney Rock and then Tanglewood, returning via PostOak, doing 4 additional miles on the 2.2M outer Arboretum trail and coming back "long" to start. (14.15M)
Blalock:= From Memorial Park Tennis Center going out short following Memorial, turning right when it hits San Felipe, continuing on Memorial; if you turn around at Blalock, coming back on the same route (14M); if you go further to Gessner (18M) or to Beltway 8 (20.9M).
WhOk := along White Oak Bayou and White Oak Street also covering miles 3 and 4 of the Houston Marathon course.
RiceTr := Track at Rice University
HCMT := HoChiMinh trail (mildly rolling)
Huntsv:= Huntsville State Park trails, 65 miles north of Houston
Hershey:= Terry Hearshey Park and Barker Dam
TownL := 10.1M loop arround Town Lake in Austin
StTo := St. Thomas high school track
TM = Quinton treadmill

The Fleet

GLDS := Asics Gel DS Trainer VII (October 1, 2002-January 17, 2004); size 11; light weight training shoe for races and faster workouts; retired with 315 miles; yellow/silver top.
LDST7 := "Last" (had to buy this shoe in Roundrock Texas; DS Trainer VIII came out at the end of 2002) Asics Gel DS Trainer VII (March 18. 2003-... ); size 11; light weight training shoe for races and faster workouts; orange/silver top; 135.8M as of April 30, 2004.
MWM := Mizuno Wave Maverick (Dec. 3, 2002-April 9, 2004); size 11; light weight training shoe for races and faster workouts; retired with 310.7 miles.
BSNC := Adidas SuperNova Classic (May 26, 2003-January 1, 2004), 2000 model but with black colors, retired with 494.8 miles .
ADR := Brooks Adrenaline GTS4 (June 22, 2003-April 30, 2004), size 11, somewhat heavy stability but not too bad for running at 10K-pace or slower, retired with 498.5 miles.
764 := "Last" Balance 764 (September 3, 2003-July 31, 2004), size 11, somewhat heavy stability shoe for "slow" mileage, was supposed to be taken out of the rotation, but for $45, I couldn't resist to buy the shoe again; 397.8 miles as of April 30, 2004.
SNC04 := Adidas SuperNova Classic (January 3, 2004-...), 2000 model but with black colors.
DST9 := Asics Gel DS Trainer IX (January 27, 2004-...); size 11; light weight training shoe for races and faster workouts, 113.4M as of April 30, 2004.
2080 := Asics GT 2080 (March 20, 2004-...), 2003 model but with blue colors, sold the old model for $53 and I couldn't resist.

Meaning of Short Terms

21W := 21 sets of strength training (various exercises) each set consisting of 12 repetitions.
30SW := 30 minutes swimming at easy pace
40BY := 40 minutes on a stationary bike (I fall off other bikes...)
55HK := 55 minutes hiking/walking
5000tr := 5000 meters track race or time trail
ftl := fartlek (repeats are between 2 minutes and 5 minutes)
MP := marathon pace
T-pace := lactate threshold pace (appox. 18K-pace)
RE := rest (during speedwork)
I-Pace := interval pace, typically 5-10 seconds per mile faster than 5K-pace
W100 := walk 100 meters (during speed workout)
J200 := jog 200 meters (during speed workout)
R-Pace := fast, approx. 1M-pace
cont := continuous (easy) run
contP := continuous (easy) run with 4-6x1min pickups
contSt := continuous run with 5-7 20-25 sec. strides
cont_hi := continuous run on a hilly course
cont_tr := contiuuous run on trail
rec := recovery run/jog, typically 9:00 to 10:00 pace
sn := running on ice or snow

Yearly Summaries

2004 Season Plan