7.9-7.15

7.9  10 miles in 63 minutes. First time I tried running harder at all in more than 1 month. I felt decent, but rusty.

7.10  13.2 miles in 95 minutes. Im testing the legs out.

7.11  9 miles in 59:49. First 5 miles at over 7 minutes per mile. I then picked pace up over last 4 miles at around 6:15 pace. I feel pretty good.

7.12  5 miles am easy. 4.6 miles pm easy. 9.6 miles total.

7.13 13 miles in 93 minutes.

7.14  8 miles AM in 63 minutes. 8.2 miles PM in 61 minutes.

7.15  7.4 miles AM easy. 3.7 miles in 30 minutes on treadmill at 5% incline. 6.9 PM easy in 56 minutes. 18 miles total.

89 miles total for the week

7.2-7.8

Up in Meredith, NH

7.2 5 miles on treadmill at 2% incline. First run in 2 weeks.

7.3 11.4 miles in 80 minutes.

7.4 8.1 in 60 minutes AM. 8.2 miles in 60 minutes PM. 16.3 miles total. My knees feel okay, but tender.

7.5 5.5 AM easy in 40 minutes. 4.8 miles pm easy. 9.3 total for the day

7.6 6.1 miles easy AM. 5 miles PM easy. 11.1 total.

7.7 5.6 miles easy AM. 5.5 miles PM with some hill work (not too fast, but tested my knees out). 11.1 miles total.

7.8 5.5 miles easy AM. 6.3 miles easy. 11.8 miles easy

77 miles total for the week along with 2.5 hours of cross training.

6.18-7.1

6.18-7.1 I averaged 80 minutes per day on elliptical and biking. It is clear I must shut it down or risk serious injury. My knees are not in good shape and something feels torn up.

6.11-6.17

6.11 8 miles easy on treadmill (2% incline)

6.12 11 miles on treadmill (2% incline) in 75 minutes.

6.13 7 miles easy.

6.14 8 miles easy.

6.15 8 miles easy.

6.16 6 miles easy am. 6.2 miles easy pm. 12.2 miles total.

6.17 8.3 am easy. 9.5 easy pm. 17.8 miles total.

72 miles for the week and I can barely move. It is clear I am totally injured. I am shutting it down for two weeks.

6.4-6.10

6.4 OFF.

6.5 14 miles easy

6.6 6.3 miles easy.

6.7 miles OFF

6.8 6.7 miles easy.

6.9 8.2 miles easy.

6.10 5.6 miles easy am. 11.4 miles pm easy. 17 miles total.

My knees really feel bad.

52.2 miles for the week

5.28-6.3

5.28 OFF

5.29 4 miles easy.

5.30 11.2 miles easy. I could barely move—my knees are totally messed up. I have to take the rest of the week off.

15.2 miles for the week.

5.21-5.27

5.21 4 miles easy.

5.22 5.6 miles easy.

5.23 9.4 miles easy.

5.24 4 miles early PM easy. 6 miles late PM easy. 10 miles total.

5.25 OFF

5.26 2 miles easy.

5.27 50 mile race in 6:39:08. This was the first time I ever raced more than a half marathon. It was at the Pineland Running festival over very nonflat terrain. I started out at 7 minute pace for the first 25 miles and then absolutely fell apart. I also injured my knee kind of bad.

81 miles total for the week.