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, November 8, 2012

11/5-11/11

11/5 16 miles in 115 minutes on treadmill at 2% incline.

11/6 12 miles easy on treadmill at 2% incline.

11/7 7 miles Am easy. 8 Mile PM progression run on treadmill at 2% incline. Started out at 6:24, then 6:14, 6:04, 5:55. Then next 4 miles I ran 1/4 mile in 75 seconds and "rested" at about 5:40 pace for 3/4 mile. Last four miles in about 22:04. 46:42 total for 8 miles.

15 miles for the day.

11/8 8 miles AM easy.


10/29-11/4

10/29 5 miles AM easy. 13 miles PM in 95 minutes. 18 miles total.

10/30 15 mile progression run on treadmill at 2% incline. First 5 in 34 minutes. Second 5 in 32 minutes. Last 5 in 29 minutes. 95 minutes total. I started out at roughly 7 minute pace and worked my way down to 5:40.

10/31 12 miles easy on treadmill at 2% incline.

11/1 15 miles easy.

11/2 8 miles outside easy AM. 8 miles outside easy PM. 16 miles total.

11/3 4.2 miles outside easy.

11/4 16 miles on treadmill at 2% incline AM easy in 122 minutes. 5.8 miles PM on treadmill at 2% incline. 21.8 miles total.

102 miles for the week