Christoph F. Eick's Second Third of 2016 Exercise Log
April 24, 2016 to Sept 4, 2016
Long Runs |
Easy Runs |
Steady Pace |
Marathon Pace |
LT-Pace |
VO2-Pace |
1M-Pace |
Hills |
Swimming |
9:10-10:45 |
9:45-11:30 |
9:30-10:00 |
8:50-9:30 |
8:35-8:55 |
8:00-8:30 |
7:50-8:10 |
Trails |
YS^2B |
Day |
Distance |
WO |
Time |
Place |
Shoe |
Comment |
4/25, 7:05a |
5.4M |
easy |
58:19
| AllenR |
DST20 |
T=69+, H=94%- and mostly cloudy. |
4/27, 6:20p |
2.9M |
very easy |
| Allen |
WR18 |
Ran only 2.5M, and had to shorten the workout due to stomach cramps. 183.2p. |
4/29, 7:05a |
5.3M |
easy |
58:05
| AllenR |
WR18 |
T=74+, H=94%- and mostly cloudy. |
5/1, 7:15a
| 11.1M |
easy |
2:03:57
| H-Mem(1.63)-H
| R8
| T=75-76, H=93-85%, mostly cloudy; so so run, but handled the distance well!
|
5/3, 7:05a |
5.3M |
easy |
58:48
| AllenR |
DST20 |
T=61+, H=85%- and mostly cloudy. |
5/4, 6:20p |
5.5M |
steady |
55:18
| UH_DT2 |
WR18 |
T=82-, H=40%+ and sunny; decent, first faster run, since a while
in quite warm conditions, but with low humidity: running miles 3 and
4 at 9:25-pace. |
5/8, 5:25p |
6.2M |
easy |
1:08:48
| AllenR |
DST20 |
T=76-, H=71%+ and overcast; was feeling nauseated almost the whole day yesterday, and
had to cancel yesterday's planned 11M run; felt somewhat better today,
although still somewhat tired! Unsually good conditions for 5:25p in May! |
5/10, 6:55p |
4.2M |
very easy |
| Allen |
WR18 |
T=84- but low humidity, did not feel well
in very warm conditions, and therefore, cut the
run short.
|
5/12, 6:55a |
5.7M |
easy |
1:03:04
| AllenR |
R8 |
T=72-74, H=93%.
|
5/13, 6:55p |
5.3M |
easy |
56:23
| AllenR |
WR18 |
T=75-74, H=91% and partly cloudy after a lot of rain one hour earlier. Finally, an
okay run.
|
5/17, 7:10a |
5.8M |
easy |
1:04:44
| AllenR |
DST20 |
T=70, H=98% and overcast; not in the mood: did not feel like running 10M Sunday morning, and then
it was raining a lot Sunday evening, and Monday I was somewhat sick; anyhow, I succeeded to finish
this run without any problems, although running very slowly!
|
5/18, 7:15a
| 9.3M |
easy |
1:47:17 (walked first 10 minutes of mile 9)
| H-Mem(1)-H
| R8
| T=71-74, H=98-93%, overcast, except last 20 minutes; so so run; had to deal with
stomach cramps on miles 3, 4 and 8, and therefore had to take to walk most of
mile 9. The official
measurement of this route is 9.26M! 182.6p.
|
5/20, 6:30p |
5.3M |
easy |
56:48
| AllenR |
WR18 |
T=82-, H=68%+ and partly cloudy. |
5/22, 7:30a |
5.3M |
easy |
57:48
| AllenR |
WR18 |
T=79+-, H=95%- and mostly cloudy. Last run for WR18! |
5/23, 11:30a |
YS^2B |
12:SB |
5x2sets Yo/Strch
| 7legs 3abs |
12upbo |
Strength Workout on cruise ship! |
5/24, 11a |
6M |
walking and running! |
| Key West |
|
T=82+, H=98%- and partly cloudy. |
5/25, 5:35p |
YS^2B |
15:SB |
5x2sets Yo/Strch
| 9legs 3abs |
14upbo |
Strength Workout on cruise ship! |
5/27, noon |
YS^2B |
6:SB |
5x2sets Yo/Strch
| 9legs 3abs |
18upbo |
Strength Workout on cruise ship! |
5/27, 6:30p |
5.5M |
easy |
53:42 (38 laps)
| Carnival Ectasy |
DST20 |
T=80-, H=61%+ and partly cloudy. |
5/30, 7:55a |
6.1M 4.2M |
easy |
| Allen |
DST20 |
T=78+; H=93%-, ran miles 2 and 3 at 10:30 pace,
and suddenly felt strange, and decided to shorten
the workout and to walk the last mile. 182.6p: did not
gain any major weight on the cruise!
|
5/31, 7:05a |
5.3M |
easy |
57:38
| AllenR |
R8 |
T=72+; H=95%-.
|
6/1, 6:25p |
YS^2B |
25:SB |
15:ROW
| 6legs |
9upbo |
Was getting ready to run aroud 6p, but at 6:15p it rained cats and dogs, and
I decided to change the workout! |
6/3, 6:20p |
5.4M |
easy |
57:47
| AllenR |
DST20 |
T=79; H=81%. 184.6p: getting fat again!
|
6/5, 7:05a |
6.0M |
easy |
1:07:07
| AllenR |
DST20 |
T=71-73; H=97-93%. Quite slow today, particularly
on the first 2 and the last mile!
|
6/7, 7:15a |
5.2M |
easy |
57:37
| AllenR |
R8 |
T=72-74; H=93-88%.
|
6/8, 6:40p |
5.2M |
easy |
54:14
| Allen |
DST20 |
T=88-86; H=56-62% good run: handled the heat really well!
|
6/10, 7:15a |
5.5M |
easy |
1:05:14 (walked 0.5 miles)
| UH_DT2 |
R8 |
T=76-80; H=96-90%; felt quite exhausted when I reached the Y-Bridge
and walked for 0.5M; the problem with this route is that you do not have
access to water for 3.6M! 183.4p.
|
6/12, 7:05a |
3.5M |
aborted run |
| Allen |
DST20 |
T=79+; had strange taste in my mouth, and aborted the run after 2.5M, walking
the last mile!
|
6/14, 7:05a |
5.3M |
easy |
58:59
| Allen |
R8 |
T=78-82, H=88-86% and partly cloudy.
|
6/15, 6:50a |
5.4M |
easy |
1:09:54 (walked last 1.4M)
| UH_DT2 |
DST20 |
T=80-83; H=91-87% and partly cloudy; felt quite exhausted again
and walked the last 1.4M! 184.6p: time to lose some weight!
|
6/18, 7:25a |
5.3M |
easy |
1:03:12 (ran the first 4.75M)
| AllenR |
DST20 |
T=79-82, H=95-93% and partly cloudy. Felt miserable after 4M, but decided
to sprint the next 1200, which worked!
|
6/20, 7:05a |
3.7M (walk the last 0.7M) |
easy |
| Allen |
R8 |
T=79-82, H=88-86% and mostly cloudy. Not in the mood!
|
6/20, 6:45p |
Swimming |
|
28 minutes
| |
|
First swimm in 2016; 5 weeks delayed!
|
6/22, 7:15a |
3.5M (walk the last 0.7M) |
easy |
| Allen |
DST20 |
T=80-82, H=93-89% and partly cloudy. Not in the mood!
|
6/25, 7:00a |
5.2M |
easy |
59:39
| Allen |
R8 |
T=79-81, H=91-88% and partly cloudy. Finally, finished an okay run
without walking, inspite of too much red wine the evening before. 185.2p!!: no more
cheese and bread in the late evening.
|
6/27, 6:55a |
5.2M (walked last 0.4M) |
easy |
1:01:04
| Allen |
DST20 |
T=81-83, H=89-86% and partly cloudy.
|
6/29, 5:15p |
YS^2B |
32:SB |
12 upbo |
3 legs |
walked 4M along 5th Street, Austin, seeing a blues band
at Antone's! |
Using the Omni, South Austin excercise room. |
7/1, 7a |
7.3M |
easy |
1:25:53
| South Austin |
R8 |
T=78-82, H=82-78% and sunny; St. Elmo-extra_loop-NickolsCrossing-Strassney-I35-Directors;
slowed down by water carrier, lack of side walks, and having to run in life traffic along
St. Elmo and along I35.
|
7/2, 6:45a |
6.4M |
easy |
1:11:12 (walked 4x2 minutes)
| South Austin |
SNG8 |
T=79-81, H=91-81% and partly cloudy; Director-Friedrich-Terry-PleasValley&back with water
carrier; ran a decent time, inspite of walking 8 min total on uphills; ran miles 2 and 3 at 10:40-pace,
but then felt exhausted, and slowed down a lot. First run for SNG8!
|
7/6, 6:35p |
Swimming |
|
38 minutes
| |
|
Chest tighness but went away after taking a nap, and I went to swimm without
any problems. Last 20 labs in 26 minutes---might have been 22?! In quite hot water, as
the high was 95 today!
|
7/7, 6:55a |
3.0M |
very easy |
| Allen |
R8 |
T=82-84 H=91% and sunny; not in the mood to run the the heat today: ran half
of I was supposed to run! 184.0p.
|
7/7, 6:30p |
YS^2B |
30:SB |
|
|
| Makeup for shortend workout in the morning! |
7/9, 6:55a |
4.9M (walked 0.9M) |
easy |
| AllenR |
DST20 |
T=79-81,H=89-% and sunny.
|
7/10, 7:10a |
5.5M (walked 1M) |
easy |
| Allen |
SNG8 |
T=79-81,H=94-% and overcast.
|
7/11, 6:55p |
Swimming |
|
42 minutes
| |
|
|
7/12, 7:10a |
4.4M (walked 0.7M) |
easy |
| AllenR |
R8 |
T=79-81,H=92-% and sunny.
|
7/14, 6:45a |
5.3M |
easy |
59:15
| AllenR |
SNG8 |
T=81-83,H=89-86% and sunny; finally, finished a run without
walking; last one was on June 25! 185.0p!
|
7/16, 7:20a |
5.5M |
easy |
| Allen |
DST20 |
|
7/19, 11:35a |
YS^2B |
44:SB |
6x2sets Yo/Strch
| |
|
Strength Workout in Ramada Hotel Newark! |
7/20, 3:35p |
YS^2B |
44:SB |
6x2sets Yo/Strch
| |
|
Strength Workout in Ramada Hotel Newark! |
7/22, 7:20a |
7.5M |
easy |
1:28:18 (walked 1M)
| Central Park Loop, New York City |
SNG8 |
T=76-80, H=79-74% and partly cloudy; okay run as I ran miles 1, 2, and 5 at 10:55-pace.
|
7/31, 7:10a |
5.1M (walked the second half) |
easy |
1:20:40
| Allen |
R8 |
T=80-85, H=80-85% and partly cloudy. Did not run for 8 days due to bad sinus infection
followed by a bad bacterial infection that struck me down badly for 4-5 days. Pulled
some lower calf muscle after 2.5M. 181.8p.
|
2/8, 7:00a |
1.6M |
aborted run |
| Allen |
DST20 |
Lower calf muscle still tight and sore!
|
8/3, 10:20a |
YS^2B |
42:SB |
| |
|
Workout in my apartment complex! |
8/6, 7:30a |
3.8M (ran first 2.2M) |
easy |
56:40
| Allen |
DST20 |
T=80-83, H=89-87% and partly cloudy. Lower calf muscle
was feeling okay for the first 2 miles, but then felt tight and sore;
will try Monday morning again, as things at least felt significantly
better than on Tuesday!
|
8/7, 10:20a |
YS^2B |
36:SB |
18 sets Str./Stetch/Yoga
| 4Hi,3Cob,3Br,2X,2SA,2:30Ker, 3ShoLift |
|
Workout in my apartment complex! 181.2p. |
8/10, 7:00a |
4.2M (ran first 3.7M) |
easy |
52:42
| Allen |
R8 |
T=82-86, H=86-81% and sunny. Lower calf muscle was almost okay,
feeling only a little tight at the end. Felt kind of challenged and not feeling
that great running the the first 3.7M in that warm conditions: I guess I am quite
out of shape, running very little the last 3 weeks. Time to get bacl into shape!
|
8/12, 7:10a |
5.2M (ran first 4.2M) |
easy |
1:03:33
| AllenR |
DST20 |
T=82-86, H=91-86% and sunny. 181.2p.
|
8/14, 11:00a |
8.1M (walked 0.8M) |
easy |
1:38:02
| Loop around Lake_Union, Seattle from DT |
R8 |
T=65-68, H=54-51% and partly cloudy. Ran from DownTown Seattle via West Lake
to Lake Union then Fairview, East Lake Ave,
NorthLake crossing over the UW side, NE Pacific, running on the Burke Gilman Trail again
after 17 years(!), crossing the Fremont Bridge back
on WestLake again then Stewart back to my hotel at Olive&4th---with water carrier. Pretty good
run considering my lack of training in the last 4 weeks, basically running 7.3M in Seattle conditions, but felt
quite exhausted after the run! Was very well motivated after seeing the Olympic Women's Marathon on Canadian TV
earlier in the morning!
|
8/16, 7:10a |
9.3M |
easy |
1:47:07
| DT to Ballard via BGT |
SNG8 |
T=62-63, H=78-75% and mostly cloudy. Ran from DownTown Seattle via West Lake
to Fremont Bridge and then to Ballard on the Burke
Gilman Trail, adding 0.5 extra miles, when
BGT ended and back. Decent run with my water carrier as I ran the whole way without walking, also
running 25 seconds per mile faster than 2 days ago.
|
8/13-8/16 |
12M |
Major Walking |
2+6+2+2=12 Miles
| Seattle, Washington
| |
Major walking touring the streets, parks, and sites of Seattle!
|
8/17, 6:50a |
6.0M |
easy |
1:12:36
| DT to Myrtle Edward Park |
R8 |
T=65-70, H=74-71% and partly cloudy. Ran from DownTown Seattle (with water carrier) to the Park that was
only medium scenic, but running next to the Pudget Sound was nice; moreover, there were some interesting scultures
on the way to look at. Kind of slow today after
yesterday's tough run!
|
8/18, 6:20p |
5.2M |
easy |
57:27
| AllenR |
R8 |
T=82, H=90% and partly cloudy; temperature was 78 at 5p after some afternoon rain showers
but then the sun come out,
making this a tough evening run; ran a decent pace considering the conditions and the fact that
that I ran 3 days in a row; felt quite sore after the run! 182.8p: did not lose any weight in Seattle, inspite
all this running and walking.
|
8/20, 6:50a
| 10.1M (walked 3.25M) |
easy |
2:14:04
| H-Mem(1.3)-H
| SNG8
| T=78-86, H=98-87% and sunny; tough run; had some digestive problems the first 4 miles---likely,
too much red peppers on the pizza I ate last night, but then felt weak and somewhat exhausted
after 6 miles and walked most of the last 4 miles; I guess increasing the
weekly mileage from 10 to 30 was too much for my body!
|
8/21, 5:20p |
Swimming |
|
35 minutes
| |
|
Beginning of the Swimm Season II: Sunday, August 21 to Saturday, October 29, 2016, planning
to have 13-14 swimms total; Swimm Season I 2016, for whatever reasons, never happened!
|
8/22, 6:45a |
6.1M(walked 0.8M) |
easy |
1:14:17
| Allen |
DST20 |
T=78-81, H=95-93% and sunny. Ran about 11:15 pace miles 2-5,
but then felt somewhat exhausted and mostly walked the last mile!
|
8/24, 6:50a |
11.0M 5.8M (walked second half) |
very easy |
| H-Mem(0)-H |
R8 |
Did not feel great, and aborted the planned semi-long run!
|
8/26, 6:50a |
5.3M (walked 0.3M) |
easy |
1:01:22
| Allen |
DST20 |
T=76-79, H=97-93% and mostly cloudy. Okay run; however, in
most recent runs my legs feel heavy and tired, particularly at the beginning---not
sure what this is all about...
|
8/26, 6:10p |
Swimming |
|
37 minutes
| |
|
Rare double workout, as I did not feel like swimming
Thursday evening. The last 20 minutes of the swimm happened in
pouring rain: I enjoyed it! 182.8p.
|
8/28, 6:50a |
5.1M |
easy |
58:09
| Allen |
R8 |
T=76-77; H=95% mostly cloudy, then light drizzel at the end. Did not
feel like running, and definitely not in the mood to run 11M today; however,
my mindset changed near the end, and after starting very very slowly the first 3 miles, but I ran the last 2 miles
in 10:35-pace. Still quite out of shape, as running 10:35-pace felt like sprinting!
|
8/29, 6:05p |
6.0M (walked 0.5M) |
easy |
1:07:21
| Allen |
DST20 |
T=80, H=87% and partly cloudy; ran pretty well about 10:35-pace on miles 3 and 4, but then
after eating a gu, I got some stomach cramps and had to walk for half a mile, but ran mile 6 in 10:35-pace
again. Only the second evening run in July&August, due to the hot, no rain weather we had in July and
the first half of August.
|
8/31, 6:50a
| 11.0M (walked miles 7, 9 and 11) |
easy |
2:20:40 (10:53(Mile8)...10:53(Mile10))
| H-Mem(1.6)-H
| SNG8
| T=79-83, H=89-85%, partly cloudy; decent run, inspite of the 3 miles of walking,
as I ran miles 8 and 10 at a reasonable pace!
|
9/2, 6:50a |
5.0M |
easy |
54:05
| AllenR
| DST20 |
T=80, H=86% and sunny. Decent run!
|
9/2, 6:00p |
Swimming |
|
38 minutes
| |
|
Another double workout, as I did not feel like swimming
Thursday evening, again. |
9/3, 7:10a |
7.0M |
steady |
1:15:45
| UH_DT3
| R8 |
T=77-79, H=84-80% and partly cloudy with NE wind. First run
in slightly faster pace this summer; ran well in favorable
weather conditions, but felt quite exhausted,
and was breathing hard for a few minutes after the run. Ran 29
miles this week, and a 9-mile hike is still awaiting tomorrow.
|
9/4, 8:30a |
150 minutes at 3.3M/h |
Major Hiking |
9.0M |
Hiking the trails south of Memorial Park. |
HB |
T=80-87, H=90-80% and partly cloudy; with Houston
Trails & More Meetup Group. |
Shoes
BoBoo5:= Adizero Boston Boost 5 m; M29704;
size 11; 9.0 oz (size 9), RW 33/82/40/31/45/67; bought on October 24, 2014; first run
don October 29, 2014; 131.1M as off August 31, 2016. In contrast, to the elite-popular Adidas Adizero Adios Boost
profile 20/87/15/19/16/61, the Boston is about 1 oz heavier, somewhat stiffer, slightly higher and has
more, although not a lot, forefoot cushioning. In contrast to the Brooks Launch, the shoe is stiffer,
has significantly less forefoot cushioning, is significantly lower, and has more stability features.
WR18:= Mizuno Wave Rider 18; J1GC150303 410654.9073, white-black-lightgreen,
size 11; 10.4 oz (size 11), quite light, 59/66/54/39/59/96; less cushioned and much stiffer compared to
the previous versions; bought on February 14, 2015, first run on June 3, 2015; retired
with 499.1M on May 22, 2016.
DST20:= Asics Gel-DS Trainer 20; T528N 4293, blue-silver-black,
size 11.5; 10.1 oz (size 11, DST 19), RW 50/75/64/51/54/38 (Trainer 19);
bought on July 25, 2015, first run on August 9, 2015, 389.5M
as off August 31, 2016. Never liked this shoe too much; consequently, it will be retired prematurely
on September 15 2016!
R8:= Saucony Ride 8 medium is a light, very stiff shoe with a lot of forefoot and
less heel cushioning, SIL/RED/CTN, S20273-1, mediun, size 11; 9.6 oz; 55/84/51/39/67/98 (Ride 7);
bought on Feb. 27, 2016; first
run on March 20, 2016, 152.5M as off August 31, 2016.
SNG8:= Adidas Supernova Glide 8, size 11; 10.9 oz; 48/70/67/63/71/41 (Glide 7);
bought on May 14, 2016; first run July 2, 2016, 55.7M as off August 31, 2016.
Running Routes
Allen:=Allen
Park Way 4.75 miles loop; mildly rolling mostly on asphalt, also called Eleanor
Tinsley Park and Buffalo Bayou Trail
UH_DT:= going to
Sabine Bridge via Taft
and then continuing north east on a new
narrow bike path along Buffalo Bayou to the door steps of UH-Downtown and
back---a 5.0M run from where I live; the slightly longer route UH-DT2, returning via PM-Bridge
and Y-bridge via Montrose,
finishing on Clay is 5.5M, and UH_DT3 going back via the long, new bridge is 6.8M
UH_Allen:= 7.4M doing the Allen Parkway loop with a side trip to UH Downtown.
MemPa:=Memorial Park 2.93 miles
packed dirt trail loop
RiceHerm:=Rice University and Herrman Park
Loop
RiceBraes:= Modified 6.7M route of the
BCRR Wednesday 6.57M Route going from Rice University to the Medical Center via
Braes Bayou turning of the bayou at Montclair and then going north on Morningside
at the water fountain, turning right/left into Swift/Stockton
(estimated length 6.76M).
RivOk :=River Oaks Loop
RivOkAll := River Oaks Loop with Allen Park
Way Loop continuation
Hershey:= going through Terry
Hershey Park (TH-Park
Map) and also running on Barker Dam on the other side of Highway 6.
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,
15.9M, 18.8M for 1, 2, 3, 4 Memorial Park loops.
TownL:=10.2M
Town Lake Trail 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.
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, Early 2013,
Late 2013,
Early 2014,
Late 2014,
First Third 2015,
Second Third 2015,
Third Third 2015,
First Third 2016.
last updated: September 4, 2016