Week in review

Hello,

Last week was a pretty good week. Due to the demands of that dam full time job I wasn't able to get in my normal Wednesday run but with 4 runs for the week I did close to 24 miles. My runs on Tuesday and Thursday were only 3.5 but I ran them at a sub-9 pace with some real quick mile splits. I got out on Friday for a 5 mile loop in the woods and then back there on Sunday for 2+ loops in trails for 11. It was a nice run, I have been listening to Trilogy Running for the first time and the podcast helped me pass the time.

Here is a question to the 2 people that read my blog, how many of you treat your long runs as the top priority for the week? How many of you live for the "alone time" that comes with a run past 60 minutes? I really enjoy these runs and I know I am really selfish but this time whether on the road or in the woods is time I guard and I don't want to give it up for anything. This long run is my church, it is my therapist. I have solved a lot of the worlds problems on these runs and sorry to say I can't see myself giving up this time for anyone (ok, if Eva Longoria wanted join me I might make an exception).

Cheers,
Tim

Week in review, hot, humid, sick then trail running

So after taking Monday off as I normally do, Tuesday due to work and the humidity became a no go. On Wednesday the humidity was still oppressive but I also came down with a stomach bug that left me feeling far from ideal. It took me till Thursday afternoon to get over that but I still had some congestion and a stuffed up nose. On Friday I went out to run the West Hill Dam trails. Towards the last 2 miles I was getting a few drops of rain but nothing bad, well it turns out the trees were sheltering the down pour that was really going on. Went I made it back out to the road for the last .75 miles it was pouring with some nice thunder going on. Overall it was a great run, I was listening to the latest Phidip and time flew by.

No running on Saturday since I spent the day running errands. I set my alarm on Sunday to get up early and hit the road for my long run. Well, I slept in till 5:45 and got up to get ready. I was just about out the door when my son came down the stairs. If you guys know 6 year olds, when they are up they are up. So I didn't want to run out and have him wake my wife who was still sleeping so we turned on the TV and relaxed while watching some great cartoons. At around 8 AM my wife awoke and I got out of the house around 8:30.

I planned 10 miles, or 1:45:00 to 2 hours at a relaxed rate so instead of doing a road loop I chose a double loop on the trails of West Hill Dam. I turned on the ipod, set my watch to track pace/miles but focused more on the HR to determine if I needed to slow down or speed up. The relaxation of listening to Gordon on Running to Disney then Dan and Nik talk about running "commando" was great. I got into that grove that only comes after 4-5 miles where as long as you have water and fuel you can run forever.

I did 11 miles in 1:54 and felt great, ran back to the house and jumped into the pool with my son and then off to run some more errands. Overall, great way to finish a week were I only got two runs in for 17 miles.

Cheers,
Tim