Christoph F. Eick's Training Log
December 15, 2012 to June 30, 2013
| Long Runs |
Easy Runs |
Steady Pace |
Marathon Pace |
LT-Pace |
VO2-Pace |
1M-Pace |
Hills |
Swimming |
| 8:20-10:00 |
8:40-10:15 |
8:30-8:40 |
8:10-8:30 |
7:20-7:45 |
7:00-7:15 |
6:45-6:55 |
Trails |
SBY-STR-Y |
| Day |
Distance |
WO |
Time |
Place |
Shoe |
Eff. |
Comment |
| 12/16, 4:25p |
6.2M |
very easy |
|
Allen |
SPC3 |
3/7 |
Rare Sunday late afternoon run after a lot of rain earlier, finishing a week of 40.0 miles; T=70-68; H=80-83%.
Did not feel and run well the first 4 miles of the run; the main cause of problem was not the warm conditions or
yesterday's 16M run, but rather,
I believe, due to the Edibichlor medication, I took 8 hours ealier, which made me dehydrated and was tough on
my digestion: no more Edibichlor on days when running in the afternoon or the day before a hard workout!
|
| 12/17, 6p |
16min |
Y-STR**2 |
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Yoga+Strength+Stretching; worked too much on the grant proposal and had to finish grading Tuesday;
therefore, I decided to replace Tuesday's speedwork with a 9M run on Wednesday in Las Vegas.
|
| 12/19, 3:10p |
9.0M |
m:4M |
81:18 [41:30|39:48] |
Las Vegas |
WR15 |
5/3 |
Bellagio-Flamingo Road(West)-passing_JonesRoad-to_Redwood-&_back; had a so-so run, but picked up the
pace a lot on the way back; had to navigate a lot of pedestrians on the first&last 0.5 miles. It was
almost dark when I finished, with the Bellagio fountains
just going off, when I returned to the Bellagio. |
| 12/20, 12:30p |
5.4M |
easy |
|
Las Vegas, Nevada |
GLYC |
3/2 |
T=43; quite a horrible run route-wise, running in a lot of deadends when I did not succeed to connect
to Flamingo road twice and Harmon does not have much of sidewalks, and it is difficult to get into the
Bellagio when running the back_Strip road, as the
Bellagio has only one tourist entrace: I had to beg that they would let me go through the employee
entrace on the back of the hotel! |
| 12/22, 7:40a |
21M |
easy |
3:15:53 (81:01 Bellagio via Strip to Flamingo Rd. then going east to 217; 23:39 going north-west on Western
Beltway Trail and turning off Town Center Drive (with a 3 min. addon, making up for taking an too early exit
from the Beltway Trail) going north
to Desert Inn, 1:02:14 continuing on Desert Inn Rd. going east to Decatur, 9:58 on S. Decator going south to
Flamingo, 18:58 going east on Flamingo back to the Bellagio)
|
Las Vegas, Nevada |
WR15 |
7/3 |
T=36-47, H=54-35%; with water carrier, running the first 9 all mildly uphill miles at 9:45 pace and averaging
8:45 pace for the rest of the run. I decent run in the second half—I had deal with a lot of
traffic lights, uneven footing, a lot of entrances
and ran with the water carrier, and saw the Punk Rock group
Social Distortion—the singer of this group is really good—the night before, standing and dancing
for more than 3 hours in the
LV House of Blues. I felt fine the rest of the day, and still saw the late show of
O which was quite enjoyable and artistic: sort of a water ballet! It looks to me that Las Vegas is a
very runner
unfriedly city, probably one of the worst of the bigger cities in the US: there is very little useful information
where to run on the
internet, and the few running clubs that exist do not respond to e-mail. Anyhow, using Mapquest and some older, short
running routes I found in the internet I designed a completely new long run route myself which worked out fine; in
general, going west from
the Strip Desert Inn, Colson and likely Sahara are the best streets to run on! |
| 12/23, 11:40a |
5.6M |
easy |
51:48 (26:30 25:18) |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
GLYC |
3/6 |
T=47+ and partly cloudy; running Flamingo west again, then north at Valley View then west on Desert
Inn a little beyond Arville St. then going back via Wynn Rd. Kind of stiff and tight, but loosened up a little on the last
20 minutes. This concludes at
41 miles week, that was more like a 45 mile week, considering all the walking I did in Las Vegas We.-Su.! I will be seeing
Absinthe at Caesar's Palace tonight! |
| 12/25, 12:30p |
6.2M |
easy |
56:40 (9:25|8:50-pace) |
Allen |
PEG28 |
3/6 |
T=68,H=45% sunny and very windy; 179.2p: gained 2 pounds in Las Vegas! |
| 12/26, 10:30a |
7.0M |
5x800 f|s |
4:02 3:56 3:54 3:45 4:02 (7:51-pace) |
MemPa |
PURFL |
4/4 |
I decided to run 3 hours later, but it was still quite cold (T=42) with a very
cold wind; ran fine, except I ran the 4th 800 too fast, and therefore slowed on the fifth! |
| 12/28, 1:45p |
6.8M |
easy |
1:02:12 |
UH_DT |
PEG28 |
3/6 |
Last run for PEG28; ran the UH-Downtown route with a 1.3M addon; somewhat struggling with
all the food I ate at 10a in the morning—having a big Chinese Breakfast meeting Ruth at Central
China on Bellaire in China Town. |
| 12/29, 6p |
30min |
Y-STR**2-R |
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Yoga+Strenth+Stretching & 15 minutes rowing. |
| 12/30, 6:30a |
17M |
easy |
2:29:47 (8:48-pace; 1:37:07(11M RivOk 42:38(L)-23:51-30:35)-26:00(3M)-26:41(3M)) |
RivOkMemPa |
WR15 |
6/3 |
T=36-41; H=60-49%; sunny and then mostly cloudy; 11M BCRR Sunday Run Route with 6M in Memorial
Park added! Ran with a big BCRR group with 7-10 people and then ran 5M with Wendy who showed up late
and who is happy to leave for
Qingdao, China tonight, spending 2 weeks with her family. 177.2p. |
| 1/1, 7:45a |
6.4M |
easy |
|
Shoal Creek, Austin |
GLYC |
3/6 |
Somewhat beaten up, running kind of slowly! |
| 1/2, 8a |
9.8M |
easy on hilly route. |
90:23—the time is misleading, as had to do road scouting frequently slowing down or switch sides of the
road to avoid getting hit by a car on Stratford and Redbud.
|
TownL, Austin |
WR15 |
5/5 |
Running a different, quite hilly variation of Townlake route
(Hyatt-BartonSpr-Congress-TLTN:to_Mopac1-Stratford-Redbud-LakeAustin-TLTS:to_Hyatt) with breakfast afterwards at
Magnolia Cafe—this time at the Congress Av. location: a long tradition! The
Stratford-Redbud-LakeAustin loop has 4.2 miles; had a lot of problems with the uphills, did not make the first very steep uphill without
walking and was breathing hard at some stage, so I decided to rest for 2 minutes. Outside of right ankle quite
sensitive and sore today! T=35-37 H=72% with very cold wind and cloudy!
|
| 1/3, 7:30a |
6.6M |
very easy |
|
TownL, Austin |
WR15 |
5/5 |
Mostly running the Congress Av. Bridge Longhorn Dam loop; moved Friday's run today, and the
planed 4M tempo run to the weekend. Kind of tired muscles for yesterday's hilly run; I therefore took it
easy on a nice sunny morning with a lot rowing boats on
Town Lake, as they were running 2's today— perhaps running three days in a row should be avoided; right outer
ancle still sore, but at least did not get worse.
|
| 1/5, 7:15a |
8M |
t:4.4M |
1:09:15 (8:21|8:08 (?) on the 36 minute tempo run part) |
Utopia, Texas |
WR15 |
3/6 |
On Texas 189 between Utopia and Savinal; T=40-41, H=93-90% and cloudy; ran fine, although lower back was
slightly sore; this
was the last harder workout—the Houston Marathon training is basically over: the
tapering can begin! This week I still ran
31 miles, after running 37 and 41 the two weeks before. WR15 has 255.3M at the time the Houston Marathon. |
| 1/7, 7:30a |
5M |
easy |
|
Castroville, Texas |
GLYC |
3/4 |
T=34; H=86%; From Hotel Alsace on old 90 via Houston to town and back on
Washington: needed to add a 0.8M addon—the town is even too small for a short run—with a last mile climb. |
| 1/7, 6p |
16min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
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|
Yoga+Strenth+Stretching |
| 1/9, 4p |
16min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
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|
Yoga+Strenth+Stretching; 176.6p. |
| 1/10, 7a |
5.3M |
ftl: 7x2min f|s |
|
Allen |
SPC3 |
4/6 |
T=62+ & humid; had to run today, tried running yesterday at 9a and noon, but
decided to move run to today due to strong rain! That's it as far as running before the marathon is concerned!
|
| 1/11, 6:30p |
16min |
Y-STR**2 |
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|
Yoga+Strenth+Stretching |
| 1/13, 7a |
26.2M |
Houston Marathon |
Finish Time: 3:54:21 ( [1:56:21 1:58:00] 5K-Splits: 27:56 27:50 27:19 27:14 27:16 27:11 27:58 28:58 12:39(Residual 2.195k);
my splits: 9:05 8:56— 9:01-pace at mile 7; a lot of misplaced mile markers!—,
then: 8:28 8:24 8:43 8:39 8:44 8:55 8:57 8:54 9:04
9:05 9:28 9:28 9:17 2:02). |
Houston, Texas |
PURFL |
9/5 |
Houston Marathon Photos—best seen as
pptx slideshow! T=43-44 H=100% and windy (15 to 30 miles per hour winds); the race started with crazy downpour in the first
15 mimutes—giving nobody a chance to warm
up— and then drizzel interrupted with showers in the first half; in the second half it was even more windy but
no rain except a little drizzel. I started of slowly the first 7 miles (the plan was to run the first 5 miles at
9:00-pace, the switch to 8:xy-pace
with x>1)and then got passed and decided to run with the 3:50 pace group until mile 21; in general, a decent race
considering the conditions; the concrete got to me and I got quite sore and my running form became quite bad the last
3 miles losing about 2 minutes,
but overall I ran well for 23 miles and was in good spirit the whole race, being happy to finish my 26th marathon!
Ran with David Harvey miles 2-5. 56/310a; 1650/6666o; in general, we had 16,800 finishers in both races and not
25000—a lot of people did not
show up at the start line; the marathon completion rate of those who started was 93%!
|
| 1/16, 6p |
18min |
Y-STR**2 |
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|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching. |
| 1/18, 6p |
19min |
Y-STR**2 |
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|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; |
| 1/20, 6:30a |
10M |
easy |
1:33:22 (9:21-pace) |
RivOk |
WR15 |
4/5 |
T=48+ and very foggy; not a good run: everything that felt sore during the last
3 miles of the Houston Marathan also felt sore during the last 2 miles of today's run; particularly,
my hip, right ancle, and some unknown muscle above the left calf.
|
| 1/21, 4p |
6M |
easy |
10:32 10:02 9:13 9:10 9:28 9:09 |
MemPa |
GLYC |
3/6 |
T=68- and partly cloudy; decided to run on the more "leg and hip-friendly", softer
Memorial Park surface; right ancle still sore and does not seem to get better—not sure what to do?
Somewhat loosened up after the first 2 miles, running okay.
|
| 1/24, 7a |
5.3M |
very easy |
... |
Allen |
WR15 |
3/6 |
T=65+ and foggy; right ancle felt more sore than before. |
| 1/25, 6p |
22min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
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|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; |
| 1/26, 7:30a |
5.5M |
easy |
|
UH_DT |
GLYC |
3/7 |
T=62+ and partly cloudy; felt dehydrated during the run; probably, because the
Edarbyclor I took the last 2 days. The stray cats were back! |
| 1/27, 6:30a |
13M |
easy |
2:00:03 (36:46 24:54 30:08 (10M-loop in 1:31:49) 28:12 (3M)) |
RivOk |
WR15 |
5/6 |
T=63-65, H=94%; not a good run, but ran the 13 miles, I was supposed to run.
rRight ancle not better at all! |
| 1/28, 5:20p |
5.3M |
easy |
|
Allen |
GLYC |
3/8 |
T=76-; H=83+; rare Monday evening run in extremly warm and quiet windy condition. |
| 1/29, 6:40p |
24min |
Y-STR**2 |
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|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; |
| 1/30, 7a |
5.5M |
easy |
|
UH_DT |
WR15 |
3/5 |
.... |
| 1/31 |
23min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
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|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; 176.4p. |
| 2/1, 3:15p |
15.9M |
easy |
2:27:02 (9:14-pace; 31:44 28:12 27:03 28:00 32:06) |
H-Mem(3)-H |
GLYC |
4/5 |
T=72-62, H=28-33% partly cloudy and quite windy; conditions were quite
warm in the sun in the first 45 minutes, but
then a cold wind with increasing stength let the temperature drop by
10 degrees; okay run; the ankle started to feel sore
again 30 minutes
run and felt quite sore at the end of the run, but after I put it into a bucket of ice
for 12 minutes, it felt somewhat better. Rare Friday afternoon run due to the
Houston Bridge Regional which will keep me very busy this weekend!
|
| 2/3, 6:45a |
5.5M |
easy |
50:00 (25:23 24:37) |
UH_DT |
WR15 |
3/5 |
T=52+, decent run; right ankle was not too bad! 174.4p. |
| 2/4, 6p |
25min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
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|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; |
| 2/5, 7a |
5.3M |
easy |
|
Allen |
GLYC |
3/7 |
.... |
| 2/6, 6:45a |
5.5M |
easy |
... |
UH_DT |
WR15 |
3/7 |
T=62+, mostly in drizzel rain. |
| 2/7, 7:30a |
7.0M |
5x800 f|s |
3:59 4:04 4:00 3:57 3:58 |
MemPa |
PURFL |
4/4 |
T=60-63, H=94-82% and partly cloudy. First faster run since the marathon; ran better than expected and the right
ancle was not
as sore as expected after the workout; therefore, I plan to run the Baytown Half Marathon in 9 days! Had breakfast at
Sunrise Taquito—having beans, boiled patatoes, eggs, jalapenos and green salsa—after not being there
for a long time.
|
| 2/9, 6:50a |
18M |
easy |
2:46:42 (9:16-pace; 9:34 9:04 9:10) |
Hershey |
WR15 |
7/5 |
T=54-59, H=88-82 sunny then mostly cloudy and windy; ankle again was a problem, but somehow I found some
special ankle-friendly stide, as the course is flat
with good footing on the last third of the run. Quite a poor run, but I
felt "fresh" during the
last 2 miles, indicating that my endurance is good—we better do not talk about my speed!
Following the tradition from
previous years, having
Crab Cakes Benedict after a long run in Terry Heashey Park at
The Egg & I at Kirkwood. |
| 2/10, noon |
25min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching. |
| 2/11, 6:45a |
5.3M |
easy |
|
Allen |
GLYC |
3/7 |
In quite bad conditions, in pouring rain and ancle-deep water also seeing 9 lightnings; missed
the hail which occurred 45 minutes later! |
| 2/12, 5p |
6.6M |
ftl: 8x2min f|s |
58:46 |
UH_DT |
WR15 |
4/4 |
T=62-60, H=82%; run okay considering my blood pressure was 160-83-52 at 8a and 144-82-55 at noon.
|
| 2/14, 4:50p |
5.3M |
easy |
... |
Allen |
GLYC |
3/4 |
T=66-63; H=30%; decent run in decent conditions! |
| 2/16, 8a |
5.5M |
easy |
... |
UH_DT |
GLYC |
3/7 |
Taking it easy on a nice cold sunny winter day; the stray cats and geese
were hanging out togehter again on the grass! |
| 2/16, 12:30p |
25min |
Y-STR**2 |
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|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; |
| 2/17, 6:30a |
10M |
t: 2.8M |
1:27:33 (33:45_l 21:37 (7:47-pace) 32:11) |
RivOk |
PURFL |
4/4 |
T=39+ and sunny; did okay on the tempo run, in spite of the fact that I had
problems getting started and the absence of water at the gas station. No major problems with the
right ankle and left heel, although both are only 90%.
|
| 2/18, 6:30p |
24min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
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|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching. |
| 2/19, 6:30a |
20M |
easy |
3:08:45(9:27|9:25) |
Hershey |
WR15 |
7/5 |
T=54-52-55; H=53-41%, sunny with a quite cold NW wind. Did not run well at all; felt kind of tired,
particularly the first 2/3 of the run and my legs were not springy at all. This time having
Hiker's Benedict afterwards at
The Egg & I at Kirkwood. 174.4p. |
| 2/21, 5p |
5.3M |
very easy |
... |
Allen |
GLYC |
7/3 |
T=71-70; H=42%, taking it very easy: kind of beaten up after the tough SU/TU-workout; ran poorly the first half,
but somewhat faster in the secomd half. 138-82-49; 175.4p.
|
| 2/23, 8a |
14M |
Surfside Beach Half Marathon |
1:58:17 (9:23 pace the first 8.6 miles and then 8:21-pace the last 4.5 miles.) |
Surfside, Texas |
WR15 |
7/5 |
T=53-56 H=74-69% cloudy then partly cloudy miles 2-8.5 into a strong 15-20 miles per hour wind;
9/36a 53/337o; took it easy the first 2 miles, and then struggled (similar to Tuesday's run) running into the wind
but then, surprisingly, ran the last 4.5 really
well in 8:21-pace with tail wind. Compared with Tuesday, much less problems with my sore right ankle. Finished my
207th race and
the first one on the beach in this century! In summary, the race turned out to be more fun than I anticipated! |
| 2/24, 4p |
24min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
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|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching. |
| 2/25, 6p |
5.7M |
easy |
... |
Allen |
WR16 |
3/4 |
T=66+ & drizzel the last 20 minutes; left quad sore; hopefully nothing serios.
Due to the construction at Allen Park Way, I developed a new 5.7M running route:
home-Stanford-Lamar-Allen_on_south_side_to_pedestrian_bridge- Allen_Loop_to_Hidden_Water_Fountain_near_Waugh-and_back.
First Run for WR16. 175.8p. |
| 2/26, 4:30p |
5.5M |
ftl: 7x2min f|s |
47:17 |
UH_DT |
WR15 |
4/4 |
T=61-59, H=30%; ran okay; left quad improved, although still slightly sore. 145-86-48; 176.4p. |
| 2/28, 6:35a |
20M |
easy |
3:02:26 (9:07-pace (9:17|8:58); 86:05-44:55(8:59)-...-16:08(8:58)) |
Hershey |
WR16 |
7/5 |
T=45-48, H=72-59% mostly cloudy running into a very cold wind in the second half the run. Finally, a decent
long run; ran the first half kind of slow, but felt quite strong during the second half and after the run: 8:58-pace
was decent, considering the
wind. 176.6p. This time
having Veggie Benedict afterwards at
The Egg & I at Kirkwood. |
| 3/2, 8a |
5.3M |
easy |
|
Allen |
GLYC |
3/7 |
T=38+ and sunny, taking it kind of easy. |
| 3/2, 11:30a |
25min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
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|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; 135-81-49 |
| 3/3, 6:30a |
10M |
t: 2.8M | m:2.2M |
1:27:58 (36:40-21:16 (7:40-pace)-18:45(?, to WF)-2:09-9:15) |
RivOk |
PURFL |
4/4 |
T=36+ and sunny; ran quite fast after running the first leg with the birthday girl Nancy at about
9:25-pace (also jogged the last mile); did fine in the tempo and then succeeded to keep up with the faster
group until the water fountain near Memorial Park.
I am happy that I made it through my 46.5M week including 2 speed workouts!!
|
| 3/5, 7:15a |
5.7M |
ftl: 8x2min f|s |
|
Allen |
WR16 |
4/4 |
T=61-59, and quite windy; temperature dropped by 2 degrees in one hour as the cold front arrived. Took it
kind of easy and did not run 2 minute surges all out. |
| 3/5, 11:30a |
25min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
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|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; 143-86-44 174.6p. |
| 3/7, 5p |
5.5M |
easy |
47:24 (8:37-pace) |
UH_DT |
GLYC |
3/7 |
T=64-62, H=50% partly cloudy with cold wind. Ran quite a good pace for an easy run!
Last run for GLYC! 7a: 139-82-43 175.8p—Unusually, low pulse rate this week! |
| 3/9, 8a |
9.7M |
Bayou City Classic 10K |
50:37 (8:09-pace(8:13|8:04) 8:24(conj.) 8:02 8:12 8:22 7:50 8:06 1:38) |
Houston, Texas |
PURFL |
7/7 |
T=64-66, H=88%; 18/64a 320/1668o 189ag; kind of flat and had problems getting going and also felt
asleep pace-wise on the fourth mile; picked up the pace nicely on mile 5 but could not maintain the pace til
the end; pretty chaotic pacing. Overall, a 5/10
training race! 176.8p (ate and worked too much yesterday). |
| 3/10, 6:30a |
14M |
easy |
2:08:53 (9:11-pace 37:01 24:22(8:41-pace) 48:24 (12 miles in 9:08-pace) 19:09 (9:34-pace running the last
2 miles in a rain/hail-storm)) |
RivOk |
WR15 |
7/5 |
Quite an unusual run; the temperature was 70 at the start and dropped to 55 and mile 13 I
was running in my first hail storm in Houston—the hail corns were only small size, but it
was definitely hail. Leaving for a cruise from Galveston at 4p to Key West
and Bahamas! Last Longer run for WR15! |
| 3/10,4p |
Start |
7-day |
Cruise |
going to |
Key West |
& |
the Bahamas! |
| 3/11, 6:10p |
4.5M |
easy |
44:32 (22:46 21:46; 32-labs) |
225m |
WR16 |
3/7 |
T=72-; in 70km (43miles) per hour wind on a 225 meter rubber(?!?) track on the top of the
Carnival Magic. Kind of slow, partially due to the extreme wind!
|
| 3/12, 8a |
110 minutes |
Major Walking |
|
Key West, FL |
DEF6 |
|
Exploring the spring-break-crowded, very historic, and small (just 2x4 miles) Key West by trolley bus and foot.
|
| 3/13, 6:20p |
5.8M |
easy |
57:36 (41 labs) |
225m |
WR16 |
3/7 |
T=66-; in 50km (31 miles) per hour wind on a 225 meter rubber track on the top of the Carnival Magic. Due
to digestive problems based on a bad lunch at Santa Luicida, Grand Bahamas, I needed to take it easy!
|
| 3/14, 7a |
220 minutes |
Major Walking |
|
Nassau, Bahamas |
DEF6 |
|
Did sightseeing in Nassau, Bahamas and then walked to Paradise Island seeing the
Atlantis Aquarium which combines fish (big schools of fish and impressive Stingrays) with
archological finds; next, I spend an hour on a beautiful beach called
Cabbage Beach, exhibiting very strong waves today; then I continued the walking tour also visiting the
Nassau Pirates Museum —according to the exhibits life on a pirate ship was
much more fun than life on a merchant's ship which were understaffed and you had to work 24/7
and you were beaten a lot if you did not do so.
|
| 3/14, 6:30p |
37min |
Y-STR**2 |
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Yoga+Strength+Stretching in Cruise Ship Gym; did 2 additional abdominal and 9 Shoulder/Arm sets.
|
| 3/15, 6:10p |
6.6M |
easy |
59:31 (47 labs in 8:59-pace) |
225m |
WR16 |
3/7 |
T=61-; only 15-20miles per hour wind; alright run in pretty good conditions. |
| 3/16, 6p |
42min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching in Cruise Ship Gym; candle: 4:30 and did 3 additional
abdominal and 11 Shoulder/Arm sets.
|
| 3/17,9a |
End |
7-day |
Cruise |
going to |
Key West |
& |
the Bamahas! |
| 3/17, 10:45a |
10M |
easy |
1:36:37 (33:24 30:19 (quite slow!) 32:52) |
H-Mem(1)-H |
WR15 |
3/7 |
Rare late morning run after coming back from the cruise at 9a! Arm and shoulder muscles feel quite tired after
all these sets yesterday. T=73-77; H=70-57; kind of a run with "hand breaks on" in summerly conditions with
a lot of sunshine; also had a sore
back and the right ankle was sore again. In really warm conditions, as 90% of this route does not have
any shade. 134-82-51 174.8p—very surprisingly, did not gain any weight on the cruise; likely due to drinking
only water, coffee and red wine and beer and
not eating anyhing between the 3 main "big" meals. |
| 3/19, 6:55a |
19M |
easy |
3:01:16 (9:34-pace 9:50|9:18) |
Hershey |
WR16 |
7/5 |
T=64-68 (not 56 as advertized) H=70-43% 15-20 mph wind and partly cloudy. Another slow
long run, particularly the first half; weather was so so: quite warm but not very humid! 175.8p.
|
| 3/21, 8:10a |
5.9M |
very easy |
59:21 |
St. Louis, Arch Park, MO |
WR15 |
3/4 |
First day of Spring and T=24-25/H=60% with a supercold wind: who can believe that; running twice around
St. Louis Arch and on Market Street to 20th street and back. I almost stopped after 20
minutes because my hands were very cold; could not get going due to the cold until the last mile; moreover,
had to stop a few times at traffic lights! 176.0p. Some occasional
sharp pain in my right toe the last 24 hours—hopefully this is nothing serious! |
| 3/22, 8:30a |
7.7M |
ftl: 8x[3min|2min f|s] |
1:07:06 |
St. Louis, Arch Park, MO |
WR15 |
3/4 |
T=33-34, H=63%, same route as yesterday; ran fine, particularly considering the cold;
first 32 Fartlek since a long time! |
| 3/23, 10:30a |
32min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
Hyatt Gym |
|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; did 13 upper body sets; same, but less, exercise machines as on the cruise.
|
| 3/24, 7a |
6.4M |
easy |
1:00:11 |
Market Street, St. Louis, MO |
WR15 |
3/4 |
As it was early Sunday morning, there was not much trafic, I ran on the 7-lane market
most of the time with a short Arch loop at the end; T=33 and it started to snow after 15 minutes
and route started to get slippery after 30 minutes; my hands got very
cold at the end, and I did not have any feeling in them for 40 minutes after the run; was
slowed down by the slippery surface and the weather conditions during the second half. First run
in snow for a long time! Did great, later that day,
placing 31st in the tough, Jacoby Swiss Teams National
Bridge Championships, playing against a lot National and World Championships!
|
| 3/25, 6:40p |
5.5M |
easy |
47:20 |
UH_DT |
WR16 |
3/4 |
Kind of beaten up, but ran okay at 8:37-pace; 173.6p—surprisingly, lost almost 3 pounds in St. Louis! |
| 3/26, 7p |
27min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching. |
| 3/27, 5:40p |
7.0M |
easy |
1:03:50 (9:07-pace 9:25|8:48) |
RiceHerm |
WR15 |
4/5 |
T=65-; running with a really bad cold and decided to cancel the 4M-tempo run; ran better than
expected, considering that I was not feeling good the wbole day. 145-83-60 175.2p after taking Claretin D at 4a.
|
3/29,7a11a |
21M 0.2M |
easy |
- |
Hershey |
WR16 |
- |
Whatever I had the last 7 days got worse: was very
congested and tired and coughed a lot today; tried to run but
decided after 2 minutes that it is not a good idea.
I really hate to have to cancel 20 milers 5 weeks before a marathon! |
3/31, 6:30a6:55a |
10M13M |
t: 2.8Measy |
2:09:21 (9:57-pace) |
H-Mem(2)-H |
WR16 |
4/7 |
Felt a little better and started with the goal running 10-19 miles depending how I felt; still felt
somewhat weak and quite congested, and ended up running 13 quite slowly in not too good conditions. Hip felt
somewhat tight, and I should therefore do the
Yoga-Stretching-Stength excercises twice per week for the next 4 weeks. T=66-68, H=94-88%; 171,8p(!).
|
| 4/1, 6:20p |
5.5M |
easy |
50:18 [25:38 24:40] |
UH_DT |
DEF6 |
3/4 |
T=74-; mostly cloudy. First run for DEF6; somewhat tired and still struggling with allergies. |
| 4/3, 6:20p |
5.3M |
easy |
|
Allen |
WR15 |
3/4 |
T=62-; decent, easy run. |
| 4/4, 6p |
7.1M |
t: 4.5M |
1:02:24 (...-20:22(8:55|8:20)-19:05(7:50|8:30)-...) |
Allen |
DEF6 |
4/4 |
T=54- cloudy and somewhat windy—a really cold April day; not too fast, except the third
quarter: should have run faster, but the congestion, obstacles on the course and the lack of any
recent faster running in the last 2 weeks definitely contributed to
the mostly slow pace. |
| 4/6, 6:45a |
22M |
easy |
3:17:42 (8:59-pace; 25:22-27:51-31:46(9:06-pace so far)-6:19(add-on)-
44:22(5M; 8:52-pace)-14:38-30:56(on the dam)-15:50(1.8M; 8:51-pace))
|
Hershey |
WR16 |
7/5 |
Good conditions for an April run: T=52-64, H=86-70%, partly cloudy and somewhat windy
with 10-15 miles per hour wind. Happy having finally completing a decent long run—the
pace was good considering that I was still congested and coughing due to allergies
and I also demonstrated good endurance not slowing down at the end! |
| 4/7, 6:40p |
27min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching. |
| 4/8, 6:35a |
10M |
easy |
1:36:06 (9:36-pace 9:59|9:56|8:53) |
H-Mem(1)-H |
DEF6 |
3/7 |
T=66-69, H=97-94%; not a good, quite slow run; hip somewhat tight and still beaten up from
Saturday's run: did not feel like running any faster the first 6.5 miles! |
| 4/10, 6:40p |
27min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; it was cold and raining very
badly and I decided to move We's run to
TH and Thursday's run to FR/Sa. Another canceled BCRR run due to bad weather.
|
| 4/11, 6:10p |
5.7M |
ftl: 16x1min f|s |
51:37 |
Allen |
WR15 |
4/4 |
Kind of hyper before the run; a decent run; allergies were not as bad as earlier this week. |
4/12,4:20p9:20p |
5.0MDancing |
near the stage! |
3:00 |
The New
Antone's Austin, Texas |
|
|
Enjoying seeing
Black Pistol Fire and the
Bob Schneider and Scabs; everybody was dancing near the stage including myself! I therefore
cancelled the 5M run scheduled for Saturday morning.
|
| 4/14, 8a |
12.0M |
Austin 10/20 10M Race |
1:22:41 (8:16-pace 8:14|8:18; 8:06 8:12 8:10 8:25 8:16 8:04 8:39 8:10 8:21 8:13)
|
North Austin, Texas |
PURFL |
7/5 |
T=61-63, H=90-84%; 383/4834o, 12/99a. Difficult race too evaluate due to my struggles with
allegies in the last 3 weeks, went through some bad patches on miles 4 and 7 which also
had a lot of turns, and probably should have run harder the last six miles,
as I did not feel too beaten up after the race! |
| 4/15, 6:20p |
5.5M |
easy |
50:20 |
UH_DT |
WR15 |
3/8 |
Running a decent pace in very warm and humid conditions,
although somewhat tight one day after the 10/20. |
| 4/16, 4:40p |
27min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; 139-81-49; 171.8p. |
| 4/17, 5:55p |
5.7M |
easy |
9:40|9:10 pace |
Allen |
DEF6 |
3/8 |
Running kind of slowly on a very warm and drizzly evening. |
| 4/19, 6:40a |
17M19M |
easy |
2:47:15 (8:48-pace 9:11|8:33|8:41; 57:26-6:01(0.7M add on)-42:45(5M faster run stretch
in 8:33-pace)-14:01-31:35-15:26(1.8M finishing stretch in 8:39-pace)
|
Hershey |
WR16 |
7/5 |
T=47-50 H=55-42% and cloudy with 15-22mph cold wind; finally, a really good long run in almost
ideal conditions: ran faster than 8:40-pace the last 12 miles of the run. Felt very strong
during the run, although my hip and back felt somewhat sore during
the second half of the run! Went to work at noon and worked hard for
8 hours and did not feel tired at all! Last run in Terry Hershey Park for a while,
as the season winds down—will be back for 15+ miles long runs in late September 2013! |
| 4/20, 3p |
27min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; 139-86-53, 173.4p. |
| 4/21, 6:30a |
10M |
t: 2.8M |
1:25:57 (33:49(?)-20:34(7:22-pace!!)-23:06-8:26) |
RivOk |
PURFL |
4/4 |
T=52-55; H=82-77%; another good workout, running 7:22-pace in the 2.8M tempo run—running this fast was kind of
exciting as I was 42 seconds faster than on March 3 and 63 seconds faster than on February 17 doing exactly the same workout;
therefore, I am
getting more optimistic for running 3:4u:vw something in the OC Marathon or even getting below 3:42 if the weather is
really good and the course is not much slower than Houston, as I ran two good hard workouts back to back—last week
I looked at my training
paces in the last two months and I was not too optimistic about even breaking 3:50!
|
| 4/22, 6:25p |
5.5M |
easy |
46:38 23:41|22:57 |
UH_DT |
DEF6 |
3/4 |
T=75-71; H=53-57%; decent run after the hard tempo run embedded into a semi-long run yesterday! |
| 4/24, 5:40p |
6.6M |
m: 5M |
56:16 (8:33-pace; 37:40 18:36) |
RiceBraes |
WR16 |
4/4 |
T=69-67; H=40%. First BCRR Wednesday Group Run since 1998; the
BCRR Wednesday 6.57M Route is still basically the same! 172.2p. |
| 4/25, 11:40a |
5.3M |
easy |
48:08 |
Allen |
WR15 |
3/4 |
T=62-63, H=45%. Rare lunchtime run on another unusually cold April day: Is the next
ice age coming? Last run for
WR15; this was really a good shoe! |
| 4/27, 6:40a |
10M |
easy |
1:28:19 (31:46 27:19 29:12) |
H-Mem(1)-H |
DEF6 |
3/7 |
T=70-72; H=94-88% and mostly cloudy in really bad conditions; ran
the first 2 legs quite slowly, but picked up the pace
significantly on the third leg, running close to 8:20-pace for the last 3.5M. |
| 4/28, 10a |
27min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
Yoga+Strength+Stretching; last strength workout before the OC-Marathon. Will take
a break from this workout, resuming Yoga+Strength+Stretching on June 3, 2013!
141-79-50 173.6p: ate too much food yesterday!
|
| 4/29, 6:45a |
5.7M |
ftl: 6x2min f|s |
52:28 |
Allen |
WR16 |
4/4 |
T=66-67 H=100% somewhat foggy. Running with springy, and not tired, legs today—which is encouraging: perhaps I
should do more of those hip excercises in the next days... 172.4p. The training for the OC-Marathon is basically over!
|
| 5/1, 5:40p |
5.4M |
easy |
50:08 |
RiceHerm |
DEF6 |
4/4 |
T=84-82 H=51-58%, 141-82-53 172.6p; decent controlled run not trying to run too
hard in very warm, although not very humid conditions. |
| 5/4, 4p |
2M |
steady |
|
Costa Mesa, CA |
WR16 |
3/4 |
|
| 5/5, 8a |
26.6M |
Orange County Marathon |
3:52:32 (8:52-pace 1:54:12|1:58:20 8:43|9:01-pace; some splitts: 5 Km: 27:08 Pace: 8:44,
10 Km: 52:45 Pace: 8:30, 11 Mi: 1:36:09 Pace: 8:45, Half: 1:54:12 Pace: 8:43, 15.25 Mi: 2:13:38
Pace: 8:46, 18.6 Mi:,
2:42:36 Pace: 8:45, 24 Mi: 3:32:33 Pace: 8:52; my own splits (mile markers 24 and 25 seem
to have been completely misplaced!): 9:13
8:17 8:32 9:05 8:27 8:37 8:52 8:58 8:35 8:47 8:40 8:21 8:50 8:30 8:53 8:33 8:52 8:57 9:01 9:01 8:53(?) 8:54(?) 9:18
10:13(???) 6:59(???) 11:15(???) 1:44)
|
Newport Beach to Costa Mesa, California |
PURFL |
7/5 |
T=61-63, H=74-68%, 8-12mph winds, overcast; race day weight: 174.0p (estimated).
370/1896o, 286(159age_graded)/1166m, 17/81a; ran
mostly well the first 22 miles, but then faded the last 4 miles, not
reaching the desired under 3:50 finish! The course is
quite scenic the first 10 miles, with ocean views and nice views of the area running quite high away from the
Ocean miles 6-10, also going
through a nice ecologically protected area. They had 1879 fishers in the Marathon, but close to 10000 finishers in the
Half Marathon with 6000 of those being female. Not a PR-course as the course has 58 official turns,
and more than 80 unofficial turns,
and at least 5 miles are run on narrow bike paths or going through parking lots and high schools, frequently with no clearly
defined running directions and some roads had quite bad footing; it is somewhat hilly, camparable to the
Dallas Whiterock Marathon
course, except the Dallas course has much fewer turns. In summary, an okay race (should have run
3:48=3:54(Houston Time)-7:00(better
shape than Houston)-4:00(better weather than Houston)+5:00(tougher course)) in which I ran poorly the last 4 miles, also
lacking the mental toughness I demonstrated in the last miles of the Houston Marathon 4 months ago;
on the other hand, the OC course is
much tougher than the Houston course, as recent Boston Qualifier rates
demonstrate: OC'13=8.0%, HOU'13=10.0%, HOU'12=13.0%, HOU'11=8.0%. |
| 5/8, 6p |
32min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
Beginning of Swimming Season I, scheduled for May 9-June 24; Swimming Season II is scheduled
for August 26 to October 26; will try to swimm twice a week during the Swimming Seasons! 129-71-50 175.2p.
|
| 5/10, 5:45p |
37min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
148-90-49, 175.0p kind of high blood pressure today! |
| 5/12, 6:30a |
10M |
easy |
1:27:14(8:47-pace; 35:36 22:11 (8:05-pace) 18:38 10:48) |
RivOk |
WR16 |
4/7 |
T=64+; H=72%; First run after the OC-Marathon, my lower back/hip was somewhat tied but in general,
I ran well in quite enjoyable May running conditions.
Now, I will push the traning for the next 11 days to get ready for the
Rockwall Patriot Half Marathon!! |
| 5/13, 6p |
41min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
On an Arizona Day: quite warm but low humidity! |
| 5/14, 6:50a |
5.5M |
easy |
49:43 |
UH_DT |
DEF6 |
3/4 |
T=64-65; H=100-91%; kind of tight hips and mildly sore back; will do a lot of stretching excercises the next 12 days! |
| 5/15, 5:40p |
7.1M |
easy |
54:58??? (42:51? 12:07????) for
BCRR Wednesday 6.57M Route |
RiceBraes |
WR16 |
4/4 |
T=75 H=69%; 140-83-48, 174.4p. Did a 0.5M warmup, ran with
Ananya Srikanth in quite challenging condition, also facing some
digestive problems in the second half of the run. Finish and split times
do not make a lot of sense: likely, mishandled the stop
watch today. My best guess is we ran 8:50-pace! |
| 5/17, 7a |
5.3M |
easy |
... |
Allen |
DEF6 |
3/4 |
T=73+, H=92%; not running too well today! |
| 5/17, 5:35p |
43min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
Double Workout today! |
| 5/18, 7a |
6.2M |
ftl: 16x1min f|s |
... |
Allen |
WR16 |
4/4 |
T=75+, H=88%, mostly cloudy; kind of beaten up from yesterday's double workout(??) and
struggling after 8 repeats, and decided to walk every other 1-min easy stretch and took a
2-minute extra break at a waterstop; doing that I was able to run all 16 repeats
at a decent, faster pace! 172.8p. |
| 5/20, 6:40a |
14.8M |
easy |
2:20:39 (22:22 (2.2M) 49:11 (5.2M) 48:39 21:16) |
East Beach, Galveston |
DEF6 |
6/3 |
T=75-77, H=100-94%, foggy and overcast, then partly cloudy the last 30 minutes. From Hotel Galvez along
Seawall, doing theEast Beach
Loop twice, and back! Took it easy today in quite challenging conditions. Left
calf muscle felt tight
and somewhat sore in the second half of the run.
|
| 5/21, 7p |
45min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
... |
| 5/22, 5:40p |
6.6M |
t: 3M |
1:01:11 (running minutes 15-35 hard and then taking 2 3 minute walking breaks) |
RiceBraes |
PURFL |
4/4 |
T=87-, H=70%; rough day to do a tempo-run: Managed still to run a good time considering the
two walking breaks; felt quite exhausted after the run and even decided not
to get a second beer at Valhalla. |
| 5/24, 7:10a |
6.2M |
easy |
56:43 |
Allen |
DEF6 |
3/4 |
T=75-77, H=97-89%; too much red wine the night before! 143-81-47 174.2p |
| 5/24, 6p |
36min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
Felt quite exhausted Thursday after the tempo run in the heat,
and move the swimm workout by 24, also shortening it due
to the proximity of the Rockwall race. |
| 5/27, 7:45a |
14.7M |
The Patriot Half Marathon |
1:54:42 (8:45-pace; 16:59(2M) 8:19? 9:08(up)? 7:45? 9:25(up**2)? 8:35 8:24 8:48 19:02(2M; up into strong wind)
8:33 0:55) |
Rockwall, Texas |
PURFL |
7/5 |
T=72-76, H=89-77%, quite strong 15-25 mph south wind and mostly overcast skys.
The Last Race of the 2012/2013 Season and the 211th race lifetime in Rockwall County—the
smallest and third richest county in Texas. The race course turned
out to be more interesting but also more challenging as I anticipated with
much more rolling hills including
a major uphill mile (mile 7) and the first 9 miles
were mostly run on occasionally narrow bikepaths/paved trails with a lot of turns, and
the wind turned out to be a factor at the end as miles
9-12 were all into a quite strong wind. Mostly ran well in this race on a challenging course,
except on miles 11-12 I lost a little my
composure running slowed down too much, but
finished strong getting back to 8:33-pace on the last mile—had too much
gas left in the tank at the end. 2/17a, 120/855o. Placed 2nd in the age group 55-59 in my last
race in this age group—the age group medal has an American Flag theme! |
| 5/29, 7a |
4.8M |
43:21 |
easy |
Coombs Trail and
Stevens Park Golf Course, Dallas, Texas |
WR16 |
4/4 |
T=76+; outer right ankle somewhat sore again; otherwise, everythings looks okay 48 hours after the race; will
visit the Dallas Museum of Art before
driving back to Houston. |
| 5/29, 4:40p |
33min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
Did not feel like swimming longer! |
| 5/31, 7:10a |
8.84.0M |
easy |
... |
MemPa |
DEF6 |
3/4 |
T=79+ & very humid; shortened the run to half, as I was running late, had too much red wine the night before and
the conditions were quite bad, ending the 2012/2013 Season with a very short run and breakfast afterwards at
Sunrise Taquito—taking it easy running-wise the next 5weeks! 138-79-50, 175.4p. |
| Break: |
No Running |
for |
12 |
Days: |
June 1 |
to |
June 12. |
| 6/2, 7:30a |
51min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
Swimming in very hard rain! |
| 6/3, 6p |
26min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
Yoga-Stength-Stretching resumes after a six week pause. |
| 6/4, 10:45a |
47min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
Not an ideal time to swimm in bright sunlight and very warm water; will swimm
in the early morning or early evening from now on! |
| 6/7, 7:20a |
55min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
144-79-54; 178.4p(!): already gained
4 pounds after 6 days of not running! |
| 6/9, 4p |
27min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
131-81-45; 177.6p |
| 6/10, 7:35a |
50min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
|
| 6/11, 11:30a |
27min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
NBPM: 8a: 146-91-49 178.8p; 4p: 143-80-51. |
| 6/12, 7:30a |
50min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
|
| Just |
Running |
2 |
days |
14-18 |
miles |
per |
week! |
| 6/13, 6:45a |
5.9M |
easy |
54:39 |
UH_DT2 |
DEF6 |
3/4 |
First run, after not running for 12 days! T=77-84; H=88-76%; did okay,
running the whole way mildy pushing the pace, except walking the two bridges,
and felt quite dehydrated and somewbat exhausted after the run. Parts of
the trail were quite messed up from recent construction.
|
| 6/14, 10:30a |
27min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
151-82-48. 177.2p. |
| 6/16, 6:30a |
10M |
easy |
1:37:33 (in spite of 12 minutes of walking on third leg; 34:47 25:33 (9:10-pace)...) |
RivOk |
WR16 |
4/7 |
T=77-82, H=89-77%; first BCRR Run since a while in very challenging
conditions. Okay run, inspite of the fact that I ran too fast
in the middle part of the course and had to walk 0.25 and 0.5 miles at the third leg!
Having Mexican breakfast afterwards at
Sunrise Taquito—consising of beans, boiled patatoes, eggs, jalapenos, chips and
spicy green salsa! |
| 6/17, 7a |
48min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
... |
| 6/18, 11a |
28min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
131-85-50 177.4p. |
| 6/19, 6:20a |
7.0M |
easy |
1:05:51 (walked 7 minutes on mile 6) |
Allen |
DEF6 |
3/8 |
T=77-79, H=89-91%; hip kind of tight and stiff. |
| 6/20, 7:05a |
61min |
Swimming |
|
|
|
|
Longest swimm of Swimming Season One; enjoying a Greek omelette at
the Midtown
Bar and Grill (formerly, West Gray Cafe)
afterwards. |
| 6/22, 5:15p |
28min |
Y-STR**2 |
|
|
|
|
134-73-49, 178.2p. |
| 6/23, 6:30a |
10M |
easy |
1:28:22 (8:50-pace; 35:03 23:32 (8:39-pace) 29:39) |
RivOk |
DEF6 |
4/7 |
T=77-81, H=89-77%. Another BCRR Run; ran much better than last week today, and walked only
2 minutes near the end, but felt similarly dehydrated and exhausted as last week. |
| 6/24, 6:30p |
28min |
Y-STR**2 |
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138-77-46, 177.0p. |
| 6/25, 7:20a |
55min |
Swimming |
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Swimming Season I which started on May 9 ended today: I swamm 15 times! Swimming Season II
is scheduled for August 27-October 26, 2013! |
| 6/27, 6:45a |
7.7M |
easy |
1:15:25 |
UH_Allen |
WR16 |
4/7 |
W=77-81, H=89-79%; walked 6 minutes. Not a good run; never really felt
good during the run; perhaps, the spicy Guacomole I ate last night was no longer edible; also felt somewhat
hyper; might have forgotten to take Irbesartan yesterday. |
| 6/29, noon |
28min |
Y-STR**2 |
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... |
| 6/30, 6:30a |
11.0M |
easy |
1:36:38 (33:02 23:25 40:11 (1M longer; walked 7 minutes)) |
RivOk |
WR16 |
4/7 |
T=81-84, H=54-45%; unusual warm conditions but quite low humidity; ran
the first leg 2 minutes faster than last week, with the second leg being about the
same pace; overall, we ran a quite fast pace and I
finally started to breathe quite hard after 9.5 miles, and decided to walk the
first half of the last mile! |
| July 8: |
2013/2014 |
Running |
Season |
starts! |
Back to running |
4 days |
per week! |
13+ Miles Long Runs
Su., Jan. 27: 13M (River Oaks and Memorial Park) Fr., February 1: 16M (Home to
Memorial Park running 3 loops and back) Sa., Feb, 9: 18M (Terry Hershey Park) Tu., Feb. 19: 20M (Terry Hershey Park) Sa., Feb. 23: 14M (running the Surfside Beach Half Maratbon (on sand)) Th., Feb. 28: 20M(Terry Hershey Park) Su., March 10: 14M (River Oaks and Memorial Park) Tu., March 19: 19M (Terry Hershey Park) Fr., March 29: 22M(Terry Hershey Park) cancelled due to sickness
Su., March 31: 13M (Home to Memorial Park and back) Makeup Run for the run cancelled on 3/29/13—that was the maximum I could run as I was still recovering from the sickness
Sa., April 6: 19M 22M (Terry Hershey Park) Fr., April 19: 17M19M (Terry Hershey Park) Mo., May 20: 14M (East Beach, Galveston)—last long run during the 2012/2013 season!
Shoes
SPC3:= Salomon Speedcross 3, pop green color + red with fell-like bottom, size 11, trail running shoe god for hilly and wet trails, not so good for running on the road and rocky(??) trails; bought on Sept. 20, 2011, first run Dec.
8, 2011.
GLYC:= Brooks Glycerine 9, size 11, bought on Nov. 6, 2011; first run on Nov. 8, 2011; retired early om March 7, 2013—I never really liked this very cushioned, bulky, rigid shoe except it was good for running when completely beaten
up.
WR15:= Mizuno Wave Rider 15, white-silver-blue, 8KN-20209 410458.009D, size 11; bought on September 21, 2012; first run September 28, 2012; retired an April 25, 2013 with 435.2M; I really liked this shoe!
PURFL:= Brooks PureFlow, size 11 medium, 110107 1D 499, light, low lying shoe for tempo runs,
pickups, and races; bought on November 3, 2012; 202.2M as off June 30, 2013.
WR16:= Mizuno Wave Rider 16, very loud egg yellow, 8KN-30227 410511.3X5R, size 11; bought
on January 11; first run on February 25, 2013; 182.2M as off June 15, 2013.
DEF6:= Brooks Defyance 6 medium, white/silverish with traces of metallic blue, 110132 1D 456,
size 11; bought on March 7, 2013; first run on April 2, 2013; 102.4M as off June 30, 2013.
Running Routes
UH_DT:= going to Sabine Bridge and then continuing north east on a new
narrow bike path along Buffalo Bayou to the door steps of UH-Downtown and
back---a 5.5M run from where I live; the slightly longer route UH-DT2, returning via the Montrose foot bridge,
finishing on Clay is 5.9M.
MemPa:=Memorial Park 2.93 miles packed dirt trail loop
Allen:=Allen
Park Way 4.75 miles loop; mildly rolling mostly on asphalt, also call Eleanor
Tinsley Park and Buffalo Bayou Trail
RiceHerm:=Rice University and Herrman Park
Loop
RiceBraes:=
BCRR Wednesday 6.57M Route going from Rice University to the Medical Center via
Braes Bayou common back via Swift.
RivOk :=River Oaks Loop
RivOkAll := River Oaks Loop with Allen Park
Way Loop continuation
Blalock:=Starting from
Memorial Park or from Elenor Tisley Park going on Memorial towards Blalock and
back.
HoChi:= Ho Chi Minh
Trail south of Memorial Park, is a jungle-like trail going through dense
bushes and forrest with ups and down; however, the purple trail
(estimated length 1.93M) has very good footing and can even be used for speed
work.
H-Mem(Y)-H:= from home going to Memorial Park via Montrose/Pedestrian
Bridge, then doing X loops in Memorial Park and back the same way; 10M, 12.9M,
15.8M, 18.8M for 1, 2, 3, 4 Memorial Park loops.
Hershey:= going through Terry
Hershey Park (TH-Park
Map) and also running on Barker Dam on the other side of highway 6
TownL:=10.2M
loop around Town Lake in Austin
Shoal-Cr:=going down Shoalcreek in Austin
towards Town Lake usually starting at Northcross continuing east on Foster Kane
and then going south on Shoalcreek and back, running on the bike lane.
East Beach= Going from your
Galveston hotel via Seawall to the east end of Galveston Island, then following the 5.2M East Beach
Loop: south on Boddeker Drive, continuing on the beach going west for about a mile
connecting via Apffel Park Road going north then west and then north again back
to Seawall, possibly repeating this loop multiple times, and then running back
to your Galveston hotel, usually seeing a lot of fisherman and birds along Boddeker Road.
TM:= on treadmill
Yearly Summaries
Yearly Mileage: 1996:1511; 1997:1619; 1998: 1689;
1999:1877; 2000: 2125; 2001: 2157; 2002: 2392.5; 2003: 2101.0
Past Training Logs
Beginning 2000, Beginning 2001, Beginning 2002, Beginning 2003, Beginning 2004, Beginning 2005, End 1999, End 2000, End 2001, End 2002, End 2003, End 2010, Mid 1999, Mid 2000, Mid 2001, Mid 2002, Mid 2003, Mid 2004, Early 2010 , Late 2010, Early 2011, Late 2011, Late 2012. .
last updated: June 30, 2013. 
