Workouts in August

August 2009:

Sun 08/09 - 63 min run

Mon 08/10 - 52 min run - Drills/strides

Tues 08/11 - 50 min run

Wed 08/12 - AM - 49 min D/S Bodyweight exercises
- PM - 30 min

Thurs 08/13 - 56 min run

Fri 08/14 - AM - 54 min run

Sat 08/15 - 42 min faster run

Sun 08/16 - 70 min run

Mon 08/17 - AM - 45 min run D/S + Bodyweight
PM - 25 min faster run

Tues 08/18 - 60 min run

Wed 08/19 - AM - 45 min run
- PM - 40 min run

Thurs 08/20 - AM - 50 min run
- PM - Drove to Ocean City, MD

Fri 08/21 - 50 min in OC...Painfully hot, exhausted after 35 min. Hung out with Hodge which was really fun.

Sat 08/22 - Did not run

Sun 08/23 - Did not run

Mon 08/24 - AM - 50 min run D/S + bodyweight
- PM - 35 min run easy

Tues 08/25 - AM - 15 min warmup, 30 min 1 min on/1 min off, 15 min cool down
First workout with John of the year and it went very well. We were cranking.

Wed 08/26 - AM - 45 min easy
- PM - 40 min easy

Thurs 08/27 - 1 hour run, very easy at start and faster at the end. (our new philosophy)

Fri 08/28 - AM - 50 min D/S + bodyweight
- PM - 48 min up in Mahopac

Sat 08/29 - 18 min warmup, 17 min tempo (5:15-5:20), 18 min cooldown

Sun 08/30 - 90 min run

Mon 08/31 - AM - 50 min D/S + bodyweight
- PM - 35 min

August was a a good start up month with the training. John is a good training partner who is always at our runs and workouts and rarely complains, which is a huge benefit. I think one of the benefits of our training is the easy days. When we are not planned to run hard, we run pretty easy. To be honest, it was hard to do this at the beginning but I have gotten used to it and it has been working great. I don't feel like crap most days and when I do workouts I can usually crank or run pretty hard and actually recover. All of my runs and workouts are done at the Rockafellers in Sleepy Hollow, NY, which are all trails and dirt. Also, I do everything in my heavy ass trainers and not flats. What makes running in the size 13's harder are the bricks for orthotics that I have, and they really do add a good amount of weight to the shoe. The plus is, when I run in flats, it just feel that much better.