As a youth, I ran, yet I did not exist in a sense. 19 years passed. Today, I exist in one sense because I must run. Perhaps I run to escape the futility of my existence. Perhaps not. In either case, this blog, or whatever it is, will serve to chronicle my training as a runner, my development as a man, and ultimately my demise as a human, because all things pass, fade, retreat into the horizon--and while we run, as we run, the mirage that is the shimmering, glimmering future continues to assert itself just out of reach. And yet, as this picture up above connotes, it may still be beautiful. And so the question may be what is IT? What is it? What is IT?

Thursday, April 19, 2012

4.16-4.22

4.16 14.1 miles (1:48:26)

4.17 18 miles in 1:50:36. Unscheduled weird workout! First 4 miles in 5:47, 5:36, 5:37, 5:19 (22:19) Mile 5 (6:28); mile 6 (6:30); mile 7(6:07); mile 8 (6:24); mile 9 (6:19); mile 10 (5:52); Mile 11 (6:26); Mile 12 (6:34); mile 13 was .2 fast then .2 slower (58:97 (81), (58:08) (81), 59--5:39 mile; mile 14 (6:36); mile 15 (6:39); mile 16 (6:35); mile 17 was .2 fast then .2 slower (58.90) (78), (60) (79.85), 62--5:40 mile; mile 18 (6:25).

Tough run with all the faster stuff and a decent pace overall.

4.18 3 miles AM treadmill easy. 17 miles PM outside in 1:47:52. Roughly 6:20 pace after a tough day the day before.

20 miles total.

4.19 16.1 miles outside fairly easy.

4.20 11.8 miles pretty easy in 92 minutes (AM). 6.1 miles PM easy.

17.9 miles total

4.21 6.3 AM easy (49 minutes). 7.6 miles PM easy.

13.9 miles total.

4.22 6 miles treadmill easy.

106 miles for the week. I am fried physically and mentally.

Monday, April 16, 2012

4.9-4.15

4.9 12 miles on treadmill at night with last half mile in 2:26.

4.10 2.5 miles AM on treadmill (2% incline). 18 miles PM along the ocean in 1:47:23 (5:58 pace). I started out at 6:11 and was at 18:18 after three miles and decided to work my way down. Last mile in 5:40.

20.5 miles for the day.

4.11 15.5 miles easy outside. My legs felt like butter.

4.12 13 miles outside. My legs were dead.

4.13 11 miles in 79:25 AM. 5 miles PM on treadmill.

4.14 4.1 miles easy outside early AM.

3.1 miles late AM easy.

3.3 miles early PM easy with brief surges.

3.5 miles early evening around a dirt track--1st mile in 8:30, next mile I alternated fast, controlled 200's with easy 200's and ran the fast 200's in 34, 34, 33, 33 and the mile in 5:57. Last 1.5 miles started off easy and end at about 80 per lap the last half mile.

14 miles total.

4.15 3.1 miles early AM easy.

3.1 miles early PM easy.

4.8 miles at night on treadmill. 1.8 mile warm up. Then 3 by 400's at 73 seconds with 2 minute recovery jogs at 5:42 pace--1.5 miles total of speed work in 7:53. 1.5 miles cool down.

11 miles total.

102 miles for the week 5th one in a row 100 or more!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

4.2-4.8

4.2 10 miles outside.

4.3 15 miles easy outside PM.

4.4 17 miles total. In mile 8, I alternated between fast .2 mile and recovery .2 mile--three .2 mile repeats total (56.35, 57.1, 55.15). I also did this in mile 11, but just two .2 mile with .2 recovery (57.24, 55.05). I also did this in mile 13--three .2 mile repeats total. (54.2, 56.25, 57.03). 17 mile in about 2 hours even. I am not used to sprinting, so my legs were fried with all the distance runs I am doing.

4.5 15 miles in (1:53).

4.6 2.6 early am easy. 3 miles Mid AM easy. 3.2 miles early PM easy. 8.8 late afternoon treadmil in 56:12. 17 miles total.

4.7 5.1 miles early AM easy. 4.5 early pm easy. 4.4 miles early evening on treadmill. 1.25 mile warm up. Then 5 by quarter mile repeats at 73 seconds with about 200 recovery jog. 1.75 miles in 9:25. 1.4 miles cool down. I had just eaten dinner. Big mistake. 14 miles total.

4.8 7.1 miles easy AM. 7 miles early evening outside. 14.1 miles total.

102.1 miles this week. 4 weeks in a row over 100. I need to scale back a bit. My legs are very rubbery.

3.26-4.1

3.26 11 miles outside (82 minutes).

3.27 17 miles outside in (1:48:42). First 5 miles in 34 minutes. Miles 6 and 7 in 10:30. Miles 8,9,10, and 11 in 27:42. Miles 12,13, and 14 in 16:31. Mile 15 and 16 in 13:45. In mile 17, I ran the first .25 in 76 seconds, then .5 in 3:38, then last .25 in 75 seconds. My legs were completely fried at the end. Great run I think.

3.28 13 miles in 96:48.

3.29 17 miles in 2:01:41.

3.30 17 miles treadmill in 1:49:57.

3.31 4.5 miles on treadmill AM. 10.5 miles PM up in Meredith on a loop where the first half had a decline and the second part had an incline. Tough run. I started out in 6:47 and worked my way down. Last 6.5 miles were in 38:48. Total time of 64:23. 15 miles total for the day.

4.1 5.3 miles AM. 4.7 miles early pm. ON treadmill in evening, 1.5 mile warm up. Then 4 by quarter miles with roughly 200 meter rest. I averaged 73 for the quarter miles. 1.5 miles of speed work total in 8 minutes flat. 1 mile cool down. 14 mile total for the day. My legs are really really beat.

104 miles for the week.