Warm up: 31 minutes with strides
Workout: 4 x Hills
Cooldown: 18 minutes
Total Mileage: 8.5 miles
First workout of the season. We began by doing a quick warm up follow by some strides and then we run to the hill. The workout was 4 - 6 x hills. I decided for 4 because I didn't really wanted to push it to hard on my first workout. I run all the hills under 2 minutes (1:59, 1:57. 1:59, 1:56) with a quick run back to the bottom. I felt a bit out of gas towards the end but the legs felt fine.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Weekly Summary 9/1/2008 - 9/7/2008
Monday: off
Tuesday: 7 miles
Wednesday: 5.5 miles
Thursday: 9 miles
Friday: 7.5 miles
Saturday: 10 miles
Sunday: off
Total: 39 miles
Tuesday: 7 miles
Wednesday: 5.5 miles
Thursday: 9 miles
Friday: 7.5 miles
Saturday: 10 miles
Sunday: off
Total: 39 miles
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Running in the Rain
Fellsway Reservation
10 miles (80 minutes)
I knew that it was going to rain today and waited almost all day to avoid it but it didn't really work. I headed out for my run at 5pm and as soon as I started running it began to rain. I ended up running 80 minutes by mistake. Instead of parking my car at the usual spot, I choose to start running in the Malden side because I wanted to explore a bit and I ended up with a long run without really planning it. I felt good today too. Being able to run for this long its a good sign of my reha, plus running in the rain made it a bit fun.
10 miles (80 minutes)
I knew that it was going to rain today and waited almost all day to avoid it but it didn't really work. I headed out for my run at 5pm and as soon as I started running it began to rain. I ended up running 80 minutes by mistake. Instead of parking my car at the usual spot, I choose to start running in the Malden side because I wanted to explore a bit and I ended up with a long run without really planning it. I felt good today too. Being able to run for this long its a good sign of my reha, plus running in the rain made it a bit fun.
Friday - 9/5/2008
Salem St Loop
7.5 miles (53 minutes)
By the time I headed out for my run it was already getting dark outside so had to stay on the streets. Overall it was another slow run. I felt really good the whole time and had not issues with my legs for the secod consecutive day.
7.5 miles (53 minutes)
By the time I headed out for my run it was already getting dark outside so had to stay on the streets. Overall it was another slow run. I felt really good the whole time and had not issues with my legs for the secod consecutive day.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday 9/4/2008
Boston Commons and Public Garden
2 miles and strides
Fellsway Reservation
7 miles
Today was sort of a double day. During my lunch break I headed to the Boston Public Garden to do some streching. I started with a mile warm up and as a last minute thing I did a few strides after streching and finished up with another mile.
After work I met with Jim Pawlicky and Todd for a nice and slow run at the fells. Jim is getting ready to run the Bay State Marathon while Todd is going to be running a 50K really soon. It was a nice and relax run. I had no issues with my Sciatica.
Total for the day: 9 miles.
2 miles and strides
Fellsway Reservation
7 miles
Today was sort of a double day. During my lunch break I headed to the Boston Public Garden to do some streching. I started with a mile warm up and as a last minute thing I did a few strides after streching and finished up with another mile.
After work I met with Jim Pawlicky and Todd for a nice and slow run at the fells. Jim is getting ready to run the Bay State Marathon while Todd is going to be running a 50K really soon. It was a nice and relax run. I had no issues with my Sciatica.
Total for the day: 9 miles.
Wednesday 9/3/2008
Mystic River Reservation
Medford, MA
5.5 miles (41 minutes)
Felt a bit slow today. Legs were a bit tired. I thinking that it probably had something to do with my PT session this morning which included some weightlifting with my legs. My initial plan was to go to practice today and talk with the coach about a plan for this season but ended up coming out of work a bit later than unsual.
Medford, MA
5.5 miles (41 minutes)
Felt a bit slow today. Legs were a bit tired. I thinking that it probably had something to do with my PT session this morning which included some weightlifting with my legs. My initial plan was to go to practice today and talk with the coach about a plan for this season but ended up coming out of work a bit later than unsual.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday 9/2/2008
Fellsway Reservation - Medford, MA
7 miles (52 minutes)
I felt ok. It was a while since the last time I run here and it felt great. I had no issues with sciatica and the legs felt great. During this solitary and quiet run I had time to think about my goals for this season and what I want to accomplish. My main goal is to get back to the level of fitness I once had and try to improve on my 10k time. I know that consistency is going to be key and I must stay focus. My goal for this week is to run the remaining 5 days and accumulate 45 - 50 miles.
7 miles (52 minutes)
I felt ok. It was a while since the last time I run here and it felt great. I had no issues with sciatica and the legs felt great. During this solitary and quiet run I had time to think about my goals for this season and what I want to accomplish. My main goal is to get back to the level of fitness I once had and try to improve on my 10k time. I know that consistency is going to be key and I must stay focus. My goal for this week is to run the remaining 5 days and accumulate 45 - 50 miles.
After a couple of month of inactivity, I am back and ready to start training once again. This week its the official start of the 2008 Cross Country season. I will be updating my page in a daily basis in order to better keep track of my day to day training as I prepared to make a come back to the level I was before. As of today, my mileage has been all over the place and I am recovering from some sciatica issues with the help of my PT at Boston Sports Med. I hoping this season will be a good one for me.
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