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Over the past few months.more like 4 months.I've been ruuning a lot at 70 to 80% of my Max heart rate with an occasional track session once every 7-10 days of speed work to stay in touch with my race pace for the 800 which is around 33-34 secs per 200.I usually do about 4-6 of those after doing some real hard dynamic drills and strides.Hill has always been a main stay in my program,but now I've kind of stepped it up a little and really try to concentrate on getting in a hill session at least once a week.I… more »

I have but one goal in mind for the upcoming track season: break 15 minutes in the 5k. To most people, this goal might not be much, and understandably so. However, I believe this could mark a turn around for me. Reflecting back on the last year or so, I can't help but think of the many failures it brought. Some of these failures were due to the unfortunate nature of life and many were the result of slothful actions on my own part. Sub 15, my goal. Maybe thats why this is such a meaningful thing to me. It… more »

I will be injured for a few days. I am getting an ingrown toenail surgery tomorrow for the second time. Looks lik eI will have to build up my training again. more »

I only ran 3 miles. I felt bad and sick. I think the run I did yesterday was too much. Hope I have a better day tomorrow. more »

Today at Health Quest I did my first winter workout.: 1 mile warm up 2 mile fartleck, quater mile at 7:32 pace then a quater mile at 5:42 Half a mile easy at 7:32 pace A 5:10 mile Quater mile easy at 8min pace 800m in 2:25 1200m Cool Down Total: 6 miles more »

M - 5 miles in 37:30 (7:30 avg). T - 10.5 miles total. 3 mi wu in 22 min (7:20 avg). 4x100 w/ jog in 18, 16, 15, 15. 8k tempo on the track in 28:31 (5:42 avg). Splits - 5:50/5:46/5:43/5:39/5:33. 2 mi cd in 14:48 (7:24 avg). Perfect conditions, felt good. W - 9 miles total. Speed maint day + AE run combined. 2 mi wu in 15:00 (7:30 avg). 4x100 w/ jog in 16.7, 15.9, 14.5, 14.9. Then 4x100 with 2-3 min walk recovery in 13.0, 12.9, 12.9, 13.5. Then 6 mile run in 37:44 (6:17 avg). Quads… more »