Week 19...11/6-11/12/11

This week is the first week of the final phase.  The few times that I have done the Daniels plan I have either broken myself or lost motivation.  From what I can tell the workouts are a mix of interval, tempo, and repeat efforts with an obvious focus on races.  I would like to keep the mileage up, but I'm not going to worry about it as long as I hit a minimum of 40mpw.  With no race this weekend I will look to get a solid interval session in on Saturday.

Sun- 2 up, 35:21 10k KRRA Anniversary Run, 3 down

I went into today thinking if I can make it to 4 miles feeling decent I will be okay.  Unfortunately this was at odds with my attempts to be more aggressive.  The race went out quick as it did the last time I was up there, but I didn't want to loose contact with the leaders.  There was a nice little pack of fit looking individuals rolling through the first km so I tucked in.  Unfortunately this pack started to unravel around the 3k mark and I found myself in second.  I hit the 5k in 17:18 and had an "oh shit" moment as I felt myself begin to unravel before the previously agreed upon 4 mile mark.  I put my head down and kept cranking as the pace slipped in the middle miles.  I managed to climb back on the horse a bit in the last 2k and finish the second half in one of the hardest 18:03 5ks I have ever run.  It wasn't pretty, but I held on for second finishing about 1:40 behind the winner.  The upside is I feel I have another 10 secs or so I can run a little more even.

Mon-off


Tues- easy 7.2 (52:33)


Wed-off


Thurs- "easy" 10 (1:12:57)


I had every intention of doing a workout today, but at mile 2 I knew it wasn't happening.  I ended up just making an effort to make the pace legit. My legs were empty.

Fri- easy 8 (57:30)


This run went better than yesterday, but I think it was largely due to the mid morning nature of it.  I still found myself working harder than I thought I should for such a pace.

Sat- off

Farm stuff...

Weekly Recap...

This week was rough.  Tuesday wasn't great, but it seemed to go downhill from there.  I spent the week exhausted and unmotivated.  Every year the time change hits me like a ton of bricks.  I did manage to get 37 miles in 4 days so I am viewing that as my silver lining.