Blog Break

I took a break from blogging, but not running. What follows are the boring specifics of the runs I completed in an attempt to catch up.

7/13/08 - 12.19M Long Run, 7:58 pace in the afternoon. The eat and dehydration destroyed me for several days, but it was nice to go back to the old stomping ground and run Hermann Park, Rice, and West-U along the marathon route.
7/14/08 - 4.03M at 8:30 pace in the afternoon.
7/15/08 - #%&@^! Rest. I missed my Tornado Speed Workout because of work.
7/16/08 - 6.04 miles at Memorial Park with Jeff Eisle, 7:55 pace.
7/17/08 - 2.05 Warm Up, 4.01 M Threshold at 6:39, 11% Z5, 72% Z4, Avg HR = 163, Max HR = 162, 3.00 Warm Down
7/18/08 - 7.14M Easy AM Run through Heights, Avg HR = 122
7/19/08 - 16.38M with Steph, 8:35 pace
7/20/08 - 14.10 M Tornado Long Run including some trails at the beginning, Avg HR = 132, Max HR = 157, 4% Z4, 60% Z3
7/21/08 - 6.00 M AM neighborhood with negative splits, 7:50 pace. 6.01 M PM neighborhood, 7:56 pace
7/22/08 - 2.04 Warm Up, .51M in 3:00, .51 in 3:00, .51 in 3:01, .51 in 3:01, .51 in 3:01, .52 in 3:02, 2.06 Warn Down
7/23/08 - 4.04 AM easy at 7:58 pace, 4.90 Striders Trail Run PM at 9:36 pace. Drank beer with the Striders President afterwards. Thanks to Ted for the invite!
7/24/08 - 2.05 M Warm Up, 5.01 M tempo at 6:38, Avg HR = 162, Avg HR = 173, 4% Z5, 81% Z4, 2.23 Warm Down. Luis Armenteros joined us for this on. He is a machine.
7/25/08 - Rest!!
7/26/08 - 16.55M with Stacey at Katy Fit, 8:26 pace
7/27/08 - 10.62M Tornado Long Run, 7:35 pace, Avg HR = 139, Max HR = 159, 33% Z4, 34% Z3, 31% Z2
7/28/08 - 6.06 Afternoon neighborhood run with Julie riding bike, 8:23 pace
7/29/08 - 1.13M warm up, 1.01M in 6:00, 1.01 M in 6:00, .99M in 6:01, 2.07 warm down
7/30/08 - 5M Will's Hills reprise with Erin. She took it to me on a day I was hoping to relax!
7/31/08 - 2.05 M warm up, 4.01 M threshold, 6:51 pace, Avg HR = 161, Max HR = 170, 2.91 M warm down. Jen Brown took it to me on this one. I tried to help her keep her 6:45 pace, but after an ambitious first mile our pace faded, and she pulled away from me with about 800 meters left.
8/1/08 - 9/80 day off and a rest day. I took a 6.24 M easy bike ride.
8/2/08 - 16.23 with Steph's group, Max HR = 137, Avg HR = 117, 8:52 pace. I organized this route and we planned 20 through Heights, but our group kinda fell apart this day and we ended up walking back a few.
8/3/08 - 12.03 Tornado Run, 7:29 pace, Max HR = 155, Avg HR = 139, 8% Z4, 73% Z3. Great run for tired legs -- heart rate stayed low, thanks in part to cloud cover.