12/21/09 – Okay I promise to be more diligent about my running. A medium run to Wotton Parkway and back. Felt okay – all on pavement as usual for this run. I’m impressed with how my right metatarsal is holding up. I still need to be careful. One of these days I will get out on the snow while it is still soft.
Miles: 6.4
12/22/09 – Nice Hadley’s park run. Took a while, navigating snowy sidewalks and even a cross country adventure. Saw Bettis and Dave clearing the track and talked for 30 minutes afterwards. Fun. The run felt real good.
Miles: 6.2
12/23/09- Went to RnJ and splurged. I got Asics gel-cumulus-nice,soft neutral shoes and nike lunar racer (they were on sale for $50 so I had to get them), two pairs of running shorts, 3 pairs of socks, and heat-moldable inserts for everyday wear. Later ran along Wotton parkway until past the jail and back. Very icy, had to go very slow at times. Felt good the whole way, I’m getting more in shape. I can’t wait until the start of the season. It’s also great to be healthy, although groin was a little sore today. Will stretch more.
Miles: 4.6
12/24/09 – A bit tired, was doing last minute xmas shopping most of the day. The chaos that is an American mall on Christmas eve rivals even an Indian trainstation! Frost loop nice and slow, legs feel a bit sluggish, holding together okay. I can’t wait for some snow to melt so I can run on something other than pavement.
Miles: 5.4
12/25/09 – Xmas day, cool, foggy, rainy, windy. Got a Garmin Forerunner 305! This thing is incredible, it provides information on basically every step you take. It plots heart rate, pace, speed, elevation, grade against distance and time, in addition to recording exactly where you go. It even breaks down how much time you spend in aerobic training, threshold training, and anaerobic training zones. Incredible. I ran Tuckerman from Churchill to old Georgetown road in 53 minutes. Very hilly, felt okay. Apparently I was working too hard, though. Here are some stats from the unit: Avg. heart rate 155 bpm, max of 180, avg pace 8:55 (including a few stops), total ascent: 1200 feet, calories: 700. 31 minutes in aerobic region, 20 minutes in threshold region (I think due to the steep hills – why I say too fast). Will look into uploading straight from software.
Miles: 6.1
12/26/09 – Nice long run. Warmer (44 degrees), still rainy, still a few inches of snow on the ground but low enough that I could run through it. I decided to brave the trails down in the Cabin John glen today. It turns out they were flooded in many places but I just ducked through the thorns and ran on water-soaked snow to get around it. Lots of going rather slowly (but not easily!) interspersed with periodic stretches of good running at 7:45 pace. Tried to go behind the nature center but was thwarted by a 100 meter stretched of knee deep water with little icebergs of snow floating in it and rapidly receding light . 76 minutes, probably about 8 miles, thoroughly tired.
Miles: 8
12/27/09 – Quite hungover. It was my friend’s 21st birthday so all of the ‘friendlings’ as well call ourselves (13 of us) pregamed heavily, took the metro to Adam’s Morgan and went bar hopping. It was like the 21st birthday party I never had. I also managed to consume at least 10 drinks over the course of 9 to 2. Felt better by the evening but no run.
Miles:0
Weekly Miles: 37
Monday, December 28, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Winter Training Week 4 (December week 3)
12/16/09 – Flying home to Maryland, running errands and packing in the morning. No run, oops.
Miles: 0
12/17/09 – Home is nice, cold. The Robert Frost loop. Use to think it was much longer: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3370901 . Cold air (below 30 F) will take some getting used to, otherwise felt great. Boston tomorrow, hopefully a run with Cameron.
Miles: 5.4
12/18/09 – In Boston for a visit to a prof at Harvard. Ran with Cameron. It’s very very cold here, but we ran at 9:30 p.m. around his neighborhood Newton. Felt good till 45 minutes, tired for the next 15 – 61 min total.
Miles: 7.5
12/19/09 – Another day in Boston while D.C. is busy getting snowed in. Another medium-easy 45 with Cameron.
Miles: 5.6
12/20/09 – Traveling. Didn’t get back to D.C. until evening, too lazy for run in knee deep snow.
Miles: 0
Weekly Miles: 18.5
12/21/09 – Okay I promise to be more diligent about my running. A medium run to Wotton Parkway and back. Felt okay – all on pavement as usual for this run. I’m impressed with how my right metatarsal is holding up. I still need to be careful. One of these days I will get out on the snow while it is still soft.
Miles: 6.4
Miles: 0
12/17/09 – Home is nice, cold. The Robert Frost loop. Use to think it was much longer: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3370901 . Cold air (below 30 F) will take some getting used to, otherwise felt great. Boston tomorrow, hopefully a run with Cameron.
Miles: 5.4
12/18/09 – In Boston for a visit to a prof at Harvard. Ran with Cameron. It’s very very cold here, but we ran at 9:30 p.m. around his neighborhood Newton. Felt good till 45 minutes, tired for the next 15 – 61 min total.
Miles: 7.5
12/19/09 – Another day in Boston while D.C. is busy getting snowed in. Another medium-easy 45 with Cameron.
Miles: 5.6
12/20/09 – Traveling. Didn’t get back to D.C. until evening, too lazy for run in knee deep snow.
Miles: 0
Weekly Miles: 18.5
12/21/09 – Okay I promise to be more diligent about my running. A medium run to Wotton Parkway and back. Felt okay – all on pavement as usual for this run. I’m impressed with how my right metatarsal is holding up. I still need to be careful. One of these days I will get out on the snow while it is still soft.
Miles: 6.4
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Winter Training Week 3 (2nd Week December)
12/7/09 – Moderate Lacy Long way with Riley. Felt surprisingly good. Meanwhile I’m procrastinating on finals. Ooops.
Miles: 4.1
12/8/09 – In Ph 5 Ta meeting all day, early to bed, no run. Still procrastinating on finals.
Miles: 0
12/9/09 – Huntington up los Robles with Riley, felt unusually tired in the legs given the day off. Now I have to a big stat mech final. Hmm… On the bright side, things are surprisingly exciting on the correspondence front with some profs at Harvard.
Miles: 7.6
12/10/09 – Rough final. I’ve come to the conclusion I should study more. Didn’t sleep too much. Easy quick run around arden and part way down to Lacy park. With all the finalling, there has been lots of music. New favorite song: John Adams’s Harmonielehre: III Meister Eckhart and Quackie.
Miles: 2.7
12/11/09 – Run in the rain on the arroyo with Clara and Perrin. A chance encounter at the very beginning with the big D, Dennis, brought him along with us too! Felt really shit for the first half of the run, compartments swelled stiff on the sides of my lower leg again. The way back was decently better and even feeling decent by the very end. Need to catch up on sleep on finals.
Miles: 6.3
12/12/09 – A nice run in the pouring rain, felt much better today. Running was definitely slowed by soggy ground, but it was very enjoyable, thoroughly soaked. Some sort of Madre/San Gabriel to Huntington up Virginia connection. Pretty tired by the end.
Miles: 6.3
12/13/09 – Run with Clara part way up brown mountain road. We were going to try for the waterfall, but that was definitely closed, so we went up brown mountain. Limited by daylight, a nice shorter run with some steep climbing. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3365888
Miles: 4.5
Weekly Miles: 31.5
12/14/09 – Road trip to Baja got lost and ended u spending the night in rural farmcountry from 300 pesos.
Miles: 0
12/15/09- Epic epic day – San Quitin to Ensenada to San Felipe to Mexicali to San Diego to Pasadena. Fish tacos and coronas on the sea of cortez. Doesn’t get much better. Saw a guy running that morning, inspiring.
Miles: 0 (600 driving)
12/16/09 – Flying home to Maryland, running errands and packing in the morning. No run, oops.
Miles: 0
12/17/09 – Home is nice, cold. The Robert Frost loop. Use to think it was much longer: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3370901 . Cold air (below 30 F) will take some getting used to, otherwise felt great. Boston tomorrow, hopefully a run with Cameron.
Miles: 5.4
Miles: 4.1
12/8/09 – In Ph 5 Ta meeting all day, early to bed, no run. Still procrastinating on finals.
Miles: 0
12/9/09 – Huntington up los Robles with Riley, felt unusually tired in the legs given the day off. Now I have to a big stat mech final. Hmm… On the bright side, things are surprisingly exciting on the correspondence front with some profs at Harvard.
Miles: 7.6
12/10/09 – Rough final. I’ve come to the conclusion I should study more. Didn’t sleep too much. Easy quick run around arden and part way down to Lacy park. With all the finalling, there has been lots of music. New favorite song: John Adams’s Harmonielehre: III Meister Eckhart and Quackie.
Miles: 2.7
12/11/09 – Run in the rain on the arroyo with Clara and Perrin. A chance encounter at the very beginning with the big D, Dennis, brought him along with us too! Felt really shit for the first half of the run, compartments swelled stiff on the sides of my lower leg again. The way back was decently better and even feeling decent by the very end. Need to catch up on sleep on finals.
Miles: 6.3
12/12/09 – A nice run in the pouring rain, felt much better today. Running was definitely slowed by soggy ground, but it was very enjoyable, thoroughly soaked. Some sort of Madre/San Gabriel to Huntington up Virginia connection. Pretty tired by the end.
Miles: 6.3
12/13/09 – Run with Clara part way up brown mountain road. We were going to try for the waterfall, but that was definitely closed, so we went up brown mountain. Limited by daylight, a nice shorter run with some steep climbing. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3365888
Miles: 4.5
Weekly Miles: 31.5
12/14/09 – Road trip to Baja got lost and ended u spending the night in rural farmcountry from 300 pesos.
Miles: 0
12/15/09- Epic epic day – San Quitin to Ensenada to San Felipe to Mexicali to San Diego to Pasadena. Fish tacos and coronas on the sea of cortez. Doesn’t get much better. Saw a guy running that morning, inspiring.
Miles: 0 (600 driving)
12/16/09 – Flying home to Maryland, running errands and packing in the morning. No run, oops.
Miles: 0
12/17/09 – Home is nice, cold. The Robert Frost loop. Use to think it was much longer: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3370901 . Cold air (below 30 F) will take some getting used to, otherwise felt great. Boston tomorrow, hopefully a run with Cameron.
Miles: 5.4
Monday, December 7, 2009
Winter Training Week 2 (1st Week December)
11/30/09 – I hope I don’t fail my classes this term. I least I have my letters of rec, at least I have them. Lacy Long way moderate with Cam, Ryan, and Andy.
Miles: 4
12/1/09 – Huntington up Virginia with Clara moderately easy.
Miles: 5.2
12/2/09 – Just tired, lots of work (127 set.., senior thesis).
Miles: 0
12/3/09 – Would have done a more substantial run, but elaborate long dinner plans had me pre occupied. Lots of time in lab. Legs felt pretty dead. Something involving California, sierra madre, and Orlando.
Miles: 4.2
12/4/09 – Senior Thesis presentation was terrible, got rocked. Maybe I’ll run tonight, nope, coaches gift shopping with Justine and then helping the frosh put the tree up until 430.
Miles: 0
12/5/09 – Huntington to Viriginia then St. Alban’s with Kangway, nostalgic, saw the xmas trees on st. Albans. Nice, felt slow though. Later we got 9 people together to go to the SCIAC XC party at Claremont. We got there at 11:15, which was a huge mistake. They had said the party starts at 8 and we figured we’d show up around 10, didn’t end up leaving Caltech until 10:45. Booze all gone, most of the people that were left wasted. Riley went up to Alicia Freese and asked if this might be the XC party. I saw a few Oxy people I recognized. Was in general awkward, we tried to find other parties to no avail, left after 1.5 hours.
Miles: 5.5
12/6/09 – Very nice and chill (and chilly!) Lower Orange Groves at 730 in the evening. Felt great, relaxed the whole way, legs stiffening up towards the end (longest run in a 3 weeks or so). Feels great to be able to run a solid hour now. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3356934
Miles: 7.5
Weekly Miles: 26.5
Miles: 4
12/1/09 – Huntington up Virginia with Clara moderately easy.
Miles: 5.2
12/2/09 – Just tired, lots of work (127 set.., senior thesis).
Miles: 0
12/3/09 – Would have done a more substantial run, but elaborate long dinner plans had me pre occupied. Lots of time in lab. Legs felt pretty dead. Something involving California, sierra madre, and Orlando.
Miles: 4.2
12/4/09 – Senior Thesis presentation was terrible, got rocked. Maybe I’ll run tonight, nope, coaches gift shopping with Justine and then helping the frosh put the tree up until 430.
Miles: 0
12/5/09 – Huntington to Viriginia then St. Alban’s with Kangway, nostalgic, saw the xmas trees on st. Albans. Nice, felt slow though. Later we got 9 people together to go to the SCIAC XC party at Claremont. We got there at 11:15, which was a huge mistake. They had said the party starts at 8 and we figured we’d show up around 10, didn’t end up leaving Caltech until 10:45. Booze all gone, most of the people that were left wasted. Riley went up to Alicia Freese and asked if this might be the XC party. I saw a few Oxy people I recognized. Was in general awkward, we tried to find other parties to no avail, left after 1.5 hours.
Miles: 5.5
12/6/09 – Very nice and chill (and chilly!) Lower Orange Groves at 730 in the evening. Felt great, relaxed the whole way, legs stiffening up towards the end (longest run in a 3 weeks or so). Feels great to be able to run a solid hour now. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3356934
Miles: 7.5
Weekly Miles: 26.5
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Running Log Restart
Senior Year Winter and Track Training Log:
I haven’t been keeping a log for the past season because running was going poorly. Shout out to Justine for the inspiration to start it back up again.
I have a lot of mixed feelings about my last cross country season. I’m very happy to have been able to run it at all, but my racing felt like a shadow of last year. I have 6 months left to be a competitive NCAA runner, and there’s a lot you can do in 6 months. It begins here.
11/23/09 – The end of about 2 weeks off. I would have waited one more day, but Cameron and Andy sent an email out about running, so I was game. 32 minutes easy and exploring around San Marino, 8:45s, super chill. I felt quite out of shape, especially my lungs, and my patellar tendon started to hurt by the end a bit. Light abs afterwards, physical therapy afterwards. Ankle getting better, a lot of improvement in range of motion. Ice bath afterwards.
Miles: 3.5
11/24/09 – Heated, 2 Arden loops, a mile on the track easy with Supriya, and 2 laps moderate on the south field with Ian. Knee felt good, especially once I slowed down. I predict only a few more days of any sort of injury. What a difference from yesterday, I also felt much better running. Talked about random stuff with Ian, kangway even showed up at the end.
Miles: 5.5
11/25/09 – My brother Tim is visiting to go climbing, I was busy showing him around Caltech today and packing, didn’t get a chance to run. I did show him around the gym area and his one comment about the training room was ‘so ghetto’, he runs for a DI school.
Miles: 0
11/26/09 – Good day of climbing at Tahquitz. Did the approach, an hour of steep hiking with a 20 pound pack, and a solid day of climbing. Climbed coffin nail (5.8) to traitor horn (5.8). Sore but things holding together. Thanksgiving was turkey chili at 30 degrees at a campsite in Idyllwild followed by a beer and “Vertical Limit.” Good laughs, with a hint of suffering, and plenty to be thankful for.
Miles: 0
11/27/09 – A day of rest and work back in Pasadena. Apps mainly, 4 miles moderate.
Miles: 4
11/28/09 – Nothing, Some climbing in JTree and lots of driving on snowy mountain rains and through desert rain showers.
Miles: 0
11/29/09 – Huntingson moderately easy with Clara. A good run, we talked a lot. Very nice running weather too. Feel a bit stiff.
Miles: 6.6
Weekly Miles: 19.5 (a bit stacked towards the end, feeling healthy though)
11/30/09 – I hope I don’t fail my classes this term. I least I have my letters of rec, at least I have them. Lacy Long way moderate with Cam, Ryan, and Andy.
Miles: 4
I haven’t been keeping a log for the past season because running was going poorly. Shout out to Justine for the inspiration to start it back up again.
I have a lot of mixed feelings about my last cross country season. I’m very happy to have been able to run it at all, but my racing felt like a shadow of last year. I have 6 months left to be a competitive NCAA runner, and there’s a lot you can do in 6 months. It begins here.
11/23/09 – The end of about 2 weeks off. I would have waited one more day, but Cameron and Andy sent an email out about running, so I was game. 32 minutes easy and exploring around San Marino, 8:45s, super chill. I felt quite out of shape, especially my lungs, and my patellar tendon started to hurt by the end a bit. Light abs afterwards, physical therapy afterwards. Ankle getting better, a lot of improvement in range of motion. Ice bath afterwards.
Miles: 3.5
11/24/09 – Heated, 2 Arden loops, a mile on the track easy with Supriya, and 2 laps moderate on the south field with Ian. Knee felt good, especially once I slowed down. I predict only a few more days of any sort of injury. What a difference from yesterday, I also felt much better running. Talked about random stuff with Ian, kangway even showed up at the end.
Miles: 5.5
11/25/09 – My brother Tim is visiting to go climbing, I was busy showing him around Caltech today and packing, didn’t get a chance to run. I did show him around the gym area and his one comment about the training room was ‘so ghetto’, he runs for a DI school.
Miles: 0
11/26/09 – Good day of climbing at Tahquitz. Did the approach, an hour of steep hiking with a 20 pound pack, and a solid day of climbing. Climbed coffin nail (5.8) to traitor horn (5.8). Sore but things holding together. Thanksgiving was turkey chili at 30 degrees at a campsite in Idyllwild followed by a beer and “Vertical Limit.” Good laughs, with a hint of suffering, and plenty to be thankful for.
Miles: 0
11/27/09 – A day of rest and work back in Pasadena. Apps mainly, 4 miles moderate.
Miles: 4
11/28/09 – Nothing, Some climbing in JTree and lots of driving on snowy mountain rains and through desert rain showers.
Miles: 0
11/29/09 – Huntingson moderately easy with Clara. A good run, we talked a lot. Very nice running weather too. Feel a bit stiff.
Miles: 6.6
Weekly Miles: 19.5 (a bit stacked towards the end, feeling healthy though)
11/30/09 – I hope I don’t fail my classes this term. I least I have my letters of rec, at least I have them. Lacy Long way moderate with Cam, Ryan, and Andy.
Miles: 4
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Running Log Update Bonanza!
It's because I'm putting off Group Theory and a my Ph 106 midterm:
11/17/08 – Bad air quality from fires. No run.
11/18/08 – Same/ kind of lazy
11/19/08 - Easy Garfield long way from Lloyd with Dennis and Riley, at least it felt easy since my legs were very rested. I hope Dennis gets some good plans and hopefully will rejoin us.
Miles: 6.5
11/20/08 – Nice dusk time Pasadena sidewalk run starting at a slow somewhat labored pace, accelerating to a nice comfortable upper 7 minute pace down Green and Lake.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2405447
Miles: 5.5
11/21/08 – Huntington Virginia at night. With someone perhaps? Probably alone.
Miles: 5.5
11/22/08 – Hiking up Mt. Baldy from the bottom of the ski lifts (4000 vertical feet and 10 miles)
Miles: (10)
11/23/08 – Easy shakeout run from yesterday, concrete Pasadena run through old Pas. Ended up being a bit quick because I felt good.
Miles: 5.5
Weekly Miles: 23 (+ 10 hiking)
11/24/08 – Nathan’s back in town!! Easy Garfield long way.
Miles: 6.5
11/25/08 – Nighttime reverse lower arroyo (street version) in the absolutely pouring rain. A very nice run, a bit cold and quite soaked.
Miles: 8
11/26/08 – Drove up to Lone Pine and made it (barely) up to Whitney Portal in the snow. Basically an off day.
Miles: 0
11/27/08 – tough hike in poor conditions from whitney trailhead to Upper Boy Scout Lake with 55 pound packs. Very dehydrated and hypoglycemic, didn’t feel very good. About 3000 feet. Very cold night at 0 degrees.
Miles: (5)
11/28/08 – Made it up to the Carillon-Russell Saddle at 13,300 but moving slowly and a bit sick to my stomach, made it part way up Mt. Carillon on easy 2nd class terrain (13,500 perhaps). Way down was tough.
Miles: (4)
11/29/08 – Ice climbing on Boy Scout Falls and then down by late evening. Made it back to Tech that night.
Miles: (5)
11/30/08 – “Shake Out” run, Garfield Long way. Went fast, kind of unpleasant. Probably still exhausted and a bit messed up from the climb.
Miles: 6.5
Weekly Miles: 21 + 14 hiking/climbing
12/1/08 – Old Pas run. Tried to have this be an easy shake run after yesterday’s failed attempt but this one went rather poorly as well.
Miles: 5.5
12/2/08 – Off for whatever reason.
Miles:0
12/3/08 – Off again.
Miles: 0
12/4/08 - Easy 3.5 miles and then interhouse swimming.
12/5/08 – Nice Huntington up Saint Albans to check out the Christmas lights. Felt good and relaxed for the first time in a while.
Miles: 6
12/6/08- Less than quality run Huntington Virginia perhaps (?). I don’t remember what I did but I remember feeling displeased with it. Proceeded to bruise my knee during broomball.
Miles: 5(?)
12/7/08- Knee okay. Was going to meet with Daniel for a run but we missed each other. Ran upper arroyo. I wanted this to be the beginning of my easy Sunday long run but it ended up being neither easy or long. I still have shape I need to get into!
Miles: 8
Weekly Miles: 28
12/8/08-Huntington out California. Was going to go up St. Albans but felt good.
Miles: 7
12/9/08- Easy Old Pas run with Matt Grau. Nice and chill and he seemed fine.
Miles: 5.5
12/10/08- Awesome Upper Arroyo with Dennis just after dark. Nice and chill for the first part of the run, picking it up to near threshold the last mile or two. Felt good and strong.
Miles: 8
12/11/08-12/13/08- Solid moderate length runs every day minus one, I would say average of 6-7 miles each.
12/14/08 – Traveling to Mexico City
Weekly Miles: high 30s
12/15/08 – Traveling to Orizaba
Miles: 0
12/16/08 – Took acclimatization hike while Hamik was sick. 11,000 feet to 12,500 feet and back to town. A few miles of running on the way down, at a slow pace.
Miles: 14 walking/jogging
12/17/08 – Rest Day, Hamik really sick.
Miles: 0
12/18/08 – Up to Piedra grande huts and then easy scouting hike from 13,900 to 15,200 feet.
Miles: 0 (3)
12/19/08- From the huts to the base of the glacier and back (13,900 to 16,500 feet)
Miles: 0 (5)
12/20/08 – Summit day! Out of the huts by 3:30 a.m., summit before 11 a.m. (18,500 feet), and back to the huts by 3 p.m.
Miles: 0 (8)
12/21/08 – Traveled back to Mexico City and played tourist around town and in the museums, no running due to pollution/rest
Miles: 0 (2-3)
Weekly Miles: 14 (19 hiking/walking/climbing)
12/22/08 – Visited the pyramids at Teotihuacan, a few miles of walking/pyramid climbing
Miles: 0 (3)
12/23/08 – Traveling back to Chicago
Miles: 0
12/24/08 – Easy 42 minutes with Tim and Em in Willmette
Miles: 5
12/25/08 – Rather sick from some sort of stomach bug from Mexico
Miles: 0
12/26/08 – Drive back and still recovering
Miles: 0
12/27/08 – Easy 35 minutes with Tim around the neighborhood
Miles: 4
12/28/08 – Another easy run?
Miles: 4
Weekly Miles: 13 (2-3)
12/29/08 - easy 4 at night from our house to Scott’s
Miles: 4
12/30/08 – Something easy, perhaps 40 minutes.
Miles: 5
12/31/08- Off. It was really fricken cold and we were getting crunk at a mad New Years party at UMCP
Miles: 0
1/1/09 – 60 minutes easy in the afternoon from home past Wotton to Falls, starting to feel stronger.
Miles: 7
1/2/09 – Medium 42 minutes with Tim around the neighborhood
Miles: 5
1/3/09– Cabin John Trail run to course, up to the Mall and back. Patella tendon tweaked, a bit swollen after the run.
Miles: 8
1/4/09 - Off to let tendon heal a bit
Miles: 0
Weekly Miles: 29
1/5/09 - More off, traveling back to school.
Miles: 0
1/6/09- Track Practice begins. 1 mile warm-up, drills and striders, Garfield and back medium-easy.
Miles: 6
1/7/09 – 1 Mile warm-up, out San Pasqual to San Gabriel and back on Lombardy, 1 mile immediate cool down around the track.
Miles: 6
1/8/09- 1.75 mile warm-up, down to Lacy for 12 striders, back the long way, ½ mile
cooldown on track with Leslie and Sam Barnett.
Miles: 7
1/9/09 – To Lacy and a few laps easy. Dave showed up!
Miles: 5
1/10/09 – House Ski Trip at Big Bear. Tons of fun as usual.
Miles: 0
1/11/09 – Nice easy Lower Arroyo from Braun to Lloyd. Push-ups (45) pull ups (8,6) and a bit of ab stuff.
Miles: 8.5
Weekly Miles: 32.5
1/12/09 – Orange Groves medium easy with the team. A bit tired from yesterday. Abs and ice bath afterwards.
Miles: 7.75
1/13/09 – Easy 5 lap warm-up and down to Lacy for 16 striders (~125 m every 75 seconds) and then back Garfield long way reverse. Pretty tired.
Miles: 8
1/14/09 – Easy Huntington up Virginia.
Miles: 5.5
1/15/09 – 4 Lap time trial at Garfield in 12:52. A shock at the start but relaxed and opened up, esp at the end. A surprising performace given how I felt. Long way back.
Miles: 8.75
1/16/09 – A few miles easy, can’t quite remember what. Hot and late to practice, I remember that much.
Miles: 5
1/17/09 – In Bishop for Avy course, off.
1/18/09 – Up pre-dawn for 1 hour long run. 25 degrees outside and only brought short shorts. Everything else was fine. Ran towards the Sierras for 35 minutes, 25 minutes back. All easy, huffing and puffing from altitude.
Miles: 6.75
Weekly Miles: 42
1/19/09 – Back Country Skiing/Avy course at Mammoth Lakes now. Climbed up 2k feet to Earthquake Dome, did field exercises, skied down some nice sugar powder. I have to get myself an AT set-up!
Miles: 0 (3 ski climbing)
1/20/09- First track workout of the year! 6x400 going every 2:30. 83,84,81,81,79,78. Felt decent, strong.
Miles: 6.5
1/21/09 – Huntingson easy with Daniel. A very nice and relaxed run. Quiet humid, probably will rain tomorrow. Abs and lifting and icing afterwards.
Miles: 7.75
1/22/09 – 3 on 2 off at Lacey by 8. Tried to keep 6:20 pace on the ons and sub 8 minute pace on the offs. Very long and exhausting workout. Big mileage today and really feeling it.
Miles: 10
1/23/09 – Easy Pre-Race extended in the rain, feeling surprisingly good.
Miles: 4.5
1/24/09 – Awesome Rose Bowl to JPL to Gould Mesa run in the rain. Cool and damp down by the Rose Bowl. Had to ford thigh deep water under the 210. Saw a coyote in the huahahomga watershed area. I could see it was raining hard orographically up in the hills so I made it my goal to go until It was pouring and I got drenched. New bridge on the road, forded 3 streams turned around just before gould mesa. A bit tired by the end but holding a good pace the whole way back.
Miles: 8.5
1/25/09 – Junior Frosh Trip/Climb with Hamik at Joshua Tree. Fun time!
Miles: 0
Weekly Miles: 37.5
1/26/09 – Nice moderately chill Lower Arroyo with the team. Cool and pleasant outside. Legs a bit more tired than I would have thought.
Miles: 9
1/27/09 – 6x800s going every 5 minutes: 3:00, 2:57,2:57,2:55,2:49,2:47. The 2:49 is at my goal 5k pace. It seems tough but doable. Only time will tell. 1 mile track and allen and back warm-up. (1+1.8+3.6+2.3= 8.7) I tried not to go too hard on these, although the last one I felt a twinge of stomach uneasiness. Iced afterwards.
Miles: 8.5
1/28/09 – Nice relaxed Huntington with Dan and Ryan. 8 minute pace on that run feels so different than it did on my first run as a freshman, it is just amazing. Abs and light lifting afterwards. No icing this time, things feel pretty good.
Miles: 7.9
1/29/09 – Nice 6 on 2 off x 4 at Lacey. Was hitting something like 6:40, 6:30, 6:20, 6:40 pace for each on period with the 2 minutes at 8 minute pace roughly.
Miles: 8.75
1/30/08 – Garfield long way. Hot outside. Kiesz is back. Normally the two in combo would mean asses a plenty but today Scott the honors for the comment “Matt Kiesz likes his burritos wet, like his women.” I’ve been waiting 3 years for Scott to finally bring out the 20 year old in him. Props. The only con for the day was everyone going too fast on the run. Oh wells.
Miles: 7
1/31/08 – Super Spontaneous Sunset San Marino South Pas Special coming down on oak knoll instead of sierra madre. Felt great for the first 6 or 7 miles but after I got back to California I was quite exhausted and the last 2 were a bit miserable. I think the mileage from this week is simply catching up to me. Tomorrow will be a good off day. Also I’m either dropping body fat from the higher mileage or doing abs and pushups and stuff everyday is working, or both, as I now have a 24-7 eight pack. Awesome.
Miles: 9
2/1/09 – Well at least my achille’s wasn’t too stiff this morning
Miles: 0
Weekly Miles: 50 That’s what I want to see!
2/2/09 – Lower Arroyo again, feeling same as last week, but it’s hotter out. Why am I so tired after my day off?
Miles: 8.5
2/3/09 – Now that its February, our Tuesday track work outs can start getting tough. 2x 800 going every 5 minutes and then 4 x1200s going every 6 minutes (90 sec rest). 2:59, 2:55, 4:30, 4:31, 4:27, 4:25. Tough! Nice cool down to Lacy fountain and back. Knee a bit swollen and R Achilles tendon is still a bit inflamed.
Miles: 9 ish maybe more
2/4/09 – Nice and easy Tu Madre, felt nice to ease up a bit. Ran with all the guys too. Good times.
Miles: 7
2/5/09 – 6-5-4-3-2-1 at Lacey in the heavy rain at pretty constant tempo pace. A great workout. I love running in the rain!
Miles: 7
11/17/08 – Bad air quality from fires. No run.
11/18/08 – Same/ kind of lazy
11/19/08 - Easy Garfield long way from Lloyd with Dennis and Riley, at least it felt easy since my legs were very rested. I hope Dennis gets some good plans and hopefully will rejoin us.
Miles: 6.5
11/20/08 – Nice dusk time Pasadena sidewalk run starting at a slow somewhat labored pace, accelerating to a nice comfortable upper 7 minute pace down Green and Lake.
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Miles: 5.5
11/21/08 – Huntington Virginia at night. With someone perhaps? Probably alone.
Miles: 5.5
11/22/08 – Hiking up Mt. Baldy from the bottom of the ski lifts (4000 vertical feet and 10 miles)
Miles: (10)
11/23/08 – Easy shakeout run from yesterday, concrete Pasadena run through old Pas. Ended up being a bit quick because I felt good.
Miles: 5.5
Weekly Miles: 23 (+ 10 hiking)
11/24/08 – Nathan’s back in town!! Easy Garfield long way.
Miles: 6.5
11/25/08 – Nighttime reverse lower arroyo (street version) in the absolutely pouring rain. A very nice run, a bit cold and quite soaked.
Miles: 8
11/26/08 – Drove up to Lone Pine and made it (barely) up to Whitney Portal in the snow. Basically an off day.
Miles: 0
11/27/08 – tough hike in poor conditions from whitney trailhead to Upper Boy Scout Lake with 55 pound packs. Very dehydrated and hypoglycemic, didn’t feel very good. About 3000 feet. Very cold night at 0 degrees.
Miles: (5)
11/28/08 – Made it up to the Carillon-Russell Saddle at 13,300 but moving slowly and a bit sick to my stomach, made it part way up Mt. Carillon on easy 2nd class terrain (13,500 perhaps). Way down was tough.
Miles: (4)
11/29/08 – Ice climbing on Boy Scout Falls and then down by late evening. Made it back to Tech that night.
Miles: (5)
11/30/08 – “Shake Out” run, Garfield Long way. Went fast, kind of unpleasant. Probably still exhausted and a bit messed up from the climb.
Miles: 6.5
Weekly Miles: 21 + 14 hiking/climbing
12/1/08 – Old Pas run. Tried to have this be an easy shake run after yesterday’s failed attempt but this one went rather poorly as well.
Miles: 5.5
12/2/08 – Off for whatever reason.
Miles:0
12/3/08 – Off again.
Miles: 0
12/4/08 - Easy 3.5 miles and then interhouse swimming.
12/5/08 – Nice Huntington up Saint Albans to check out the Christmas lights. Felt good and relaxed for the first time in a while.
Miles: 6
12/6/08- Less than quality run Huntington Virginia perhaps (?). I don’t remember what I did but I remember feeling displeased with it. Proceeded to bruise my knee during broomball.
Miles: 5(?)
12/7/08- Knee okay. Was going to meet with Daniel for a run but we missed each other. Ran upper arroyo. I wanted this to be the beginning of my easy Sunday long run but it ended up being neither easy or long. I still have shape I need to get into!
Miles: 8
Weekly Miles: 28
12/8/08-Huntington out California. Was going to go up St. Albans but felt good.
Miles: 7
12/9/08- Easy Old Pas run with Matt Grau. Nice and chill and he seemed fine.
Miles: 5.5
12/10/08- Awesome Upper Arroyo with Dennis just after dark. Nice and chill for the first part of the run, picking it up to near threshold the last mile or two. Felt good and strong.
Miles: 8
12/11/08-12/13/08- Solid moderate length runs every day minus one, I would say average of 6-7 miles each.
12/14/08 – Traveling to Mexico City
Weekly Miles: high 30s
12/15/08 – Traveling to Orizaba
Miles: 0
12/16/08 – Took acclimatization hike while Hamik was sick. 11,000 feet to 12,500 feet and back to town. A few miles of running on the way down, at a slow pace.
Miles: 14 walking/jogging
12/17/08 – Rest Day, Hamik really sick.
Miles: 0
12/18/08 – Up to Piedra grande huts and then easy scouting hike from 13,900 to 15,200 feet.
Miles: 0 (3)
12/19/08- From the huts to the base of the glacier and back (13,900 to 16,500 feet)
Miles: 0 (5)
12/20/08 – Summit day! Out of the huts by 3:30 a.m., summit before 11 a.m. (18,500 feet), and back to the huts by 3 p.m.
Miles: 0 (8)
12/21/08 – Traveled back to Mexico City and played tourist around town and in the museums, no running due to pollution/rest
Miles: 0 (2-3)
Weekly Miles: 14 (19 hiking/walking/climbing)
12/22/08 – Visited the pyramids at Teotihuacan, a few miles of walking/pyramid climbing
Miles: 0 (3)
12/23/08 – Traveling back to Chicago
Miles: 0
12/24/08 – Easy 42 minutes with Tim and Em in Willmette
Miles: 5
12/25/08 – Rather sick from some sort of stomach bug from Mexico
Miles: 0
12/26/08 – Drive back and still recovering
Miles: 0
12/27/08 – Easy 35 minutes with Tim around the neighborhood
Miles: 4
12/28/08 – Another easy run?
Miles: 4
Weekly Miles: 13 (2-3)
12/29/08 - easy 4 at night from our house to Scott’s
Miles: 4
12/30/08 – Something easy, perhaps 40 minutes.
Miles: 5
12/31/08- Off. It was really fricken cold and we were getting crunk at a mad New Years party at UMCP
Miles: 0
1/1/09 – 60 minutes easy in the afternoon from home past Wotton to Falls, starting to feel stronger.
Miles: 7
1/2/09 – Medium 42 minutes with Tim around the neighborhood
Miles: 5
1/3/09– Cabin John Trail run to course, up to the Mall and back. Patella tendon tweaked, a bit swollen after the run.
Miles: 8
1/4/09 - Off to let tendon heal a bit
Miles: 0
Weekly Miles: 29
1/5/09 - More off, traveling back to school.
Miles: 0
1/6/09- Track Practice begins. 1 mile warm-up, drills and striders, Garfield and back medium-easy.
Miles: 6
1/7/09 – 1 Mile warm-up, out San Pasqual to San Gabriel and back on Lombardy, 1 mile immediate cool down around the track.
Miles: 6
1/8/09- 1.75 mile warm-up, down to Lacy for 12 striders, back the long way, ½ mile
cooldown on track with Leslie and Sam Barnett.
Miles: 7
1/9/09 – To Lacy and a few laps easy. Dave showed up!
Miles: 5
1/10/09 – House Ski Trip at Big Bear. Tons of fun as usual.
Miles: 0
1/11/09 – Nice easy Lower Arroyo from Braun to Lloyd. Push-ups (45) pull ups (8,6) and a bit of ab stuff.
Miles: 8.5
Weekly Miles: 32.5
1/12/09 – Orange Groves medium easy with the team. A bit tired from yesterday. Abs and ice bath afterwards.
Miles: 7.75
1/13/09 – Easy 5 lap warm-up and down to Lacy for 16 striders (~125 m every 75 seconds) and then back Garfield long way reverse. Pretty tired.
Miles: 8
1/14/09 – Easy Huntington up Virginia.
Miles: 5.5
1/15/09 – 4 Lap time trial at Garfield in 12:52. A shock at the start but relaxed and opened up, esp at the end. A surprising performace given how I felt. Long way back.
Miles: 8.75
1/16/09 – A few miles easy, can’t quite remember what. Hot and late to practice, I remember that much.
Miles: 5
1/17/09 – In Bishop for Avy course, off.
1/18/09 – Up pre-dawn for 1 hour long run. 25 degrees outside and only brought short shorts. Everything else was fine. Ran towards the Sierras for 35 minutes, 25 minutes back. All easy, huffing and puffing from altitude.
Miles: 6.75
Weekly Miles: 42
1/19/09 – Back Country Skiing/Avy course at Mammoth Lakes now. Climbed up 2k feet to Earthquake Dome, did field exercises, skied down some nice sugar powder. I have to get myself an AT set-up!
Miles: 0 (3 ski climbing)
1/20/09- First track workout of the year! 6x400 going every 2:30. 83,84,81,81,79,78. Felt decent, strong.
Miles: 6.5
1/21/09 – Huntingson easy with Daniel. A very nice and relaxed run. Quiet humid, probably will rain tomorrow. Abs and lifting and icing afterwards.
Miles: 7.75
1/22/09 – 3 on 2 off at Lacey by 8. Tried to keep 6:20 pace on the ons and sub 8 minute pace on the offs. Very long and exhausting workout. Big mileage today and really feeling it.
Miles: 10
1/23/09 – Easy Pre-Race extended in the rain, feeling surprisingly good.
Miles: 4.5
1/24/09 – Awesome Rose Bowl to JPL to Gould Mesa run in the rain. Cool and damp down by the Rose Bowl. Had to ford thigh deep water under the 210. Saw a coyote in the huahahomga watershed area. I could see it was raining hard orographically up in the hills so I made it my goal to go until It was pouring and I got drenched. New bridge on the road, forded 3 streams turned around just before gould mesa. A bit tired by the end but holding a good pace the whole way back.
Miles: 8.5
1/25/09 – Junior Frosh Trip/Climb with Hamik at Joshua Tree. Fun time!
Miles: 0
Weekly Miles: 37.5
1/26/09 – Nice moderately chill Lower Arroyo with the team. Cool and pleasant outside. Legs a bit more tired than I would have thought.
Miles: 9
1/27/09 – 6x800s going every 5 minutes: 3:00, 2:57,2:57,2:55,2:49,2:47. The 2:49 is at my goal 5k pace. It seems tough but doable. Only time will tell. 1 mile track and allen and back warm-up. (1+1.8+3.6+2.3= 8.7) I tried not to go too hard on these, although the last one I felt a twinge of stomach uneasiness. Iced afterwards.
Miles: 8.5
1/28/09 – Nice relaxed Huntington with Dan and Ryan. 8 minute pace on that run feels so different than it did on my first run as a freshman, it is just amazing. Abs and light lifting afterwards. No icing this time, things feel pretty good.
Miles: 7.9
1/29/09 – Nice 6 on 2 off x 4 at Lacey. Was hitting something like 6:40, 6:30, 6:20, 6:40 pace for each on period with the 2 minutes at 8 minute pace roughly.
Miles: 8.75
1/30/08 – Garfield long way. Hot outside. Kiesz is back. Normally the two in combo would mean asses a plenty but today Scott the honors for the comment “Matt Kiesz likes his burritos wet, like his women.” I’ve been waiting 3 years for Scott to finally bring out the 20 year old in him. Props. The only con for the day was everyone going too fast on the run. Oh wells.
Miles: 7
1/31/08 – Super Spontaneous Sunset San Marino South Pas Special coming down on oak knoll instead of sierra madre. Felt great for the first 6 or 7 miles but after I got back to California I was quite exhausted and the last 2 were a bit miserable. I think the mileage from this week is simply catching up to me. Tomorrow will be a good off day. Also I’m either dropping body fat from the higher mileage or doing abs and pushups and stuff everyday is working, or both, as I now have a 24-7 eight pack. Awesome.
Miles: 9
2/1/09 – Well at least my achille’s wasn’t too stiff this morning
Miles: 0
Weekly Miles: 50 That’s what I want to see!
2/2/09 – Lower Arroyo again, feeling same as last week, but it’s hotter out. Why am I so tired after my day off?
Miles: 8.5
2/3/09 – Now that its February, our Tuesday track work outs can start getting tough. 2x 800 going every 5 minutes and then 4 x1200s going every 6 minutes (90 sec rest). 2:59, 2:55, 4:30, 4:31, 4:27, 4:25. Tough! Nice cool down to Lacy fountain and back. Knee a bit swollen and R Achilles tendon is still a bit inflamed.
Miles: 9 ish maybe more
2/4/09 – Nice and easy Tu Madre, felt nice to ease up a bit. Ran with all the guys too. Good times.
Miles: 7
2/5/09 – 6-5-4-3-2-1 at Lacey in the heavy rain at pretty constant tempo pace. A great workout. I love running in the rain!
Miles: 7
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