Weekly Log 10-24-11 to 10-30-11

Monday: Day Off
Tuesday: 7.5mile road run easy pace
Wednesday: 7.5mile road run steady pace
Thursday: Day Off
Friday:7.5mile road run good pace and pushed it the last 2miles
Saturday:7.5 mile 1mile warmup followed by6.5mile easy run
Sunday:3.1 miles Monster Dash 5k nice run 10min faster than my first 5K less then a year earlier.
 Weekly Total: 33 miles
Last Week:51.5 miles
Year to Date: 1129.5 miles

Weekly Log 10-17-11 to 10-23-11

Monday: 7.5mile road run nice pace.

Tuesday: 7.5mile road run tempo felt good

Wednesday: 11mile trail run Big River, hard rain, lots of mud and large puddles but a fun run never the less. Drymax socks are the best and the Brooks Pure Grit were great good traction and drained well.  Legs felt good for the first 7miles then felt heavy.

Thursday:Day off


Friday: 7.5mile road run, legs felt heavy so took it slow today

Saturday: 7.5mile road run, still a little flat but faster then yesterday, but very glad to be getting the miles in.

Sunday:10.5mile road run, 1mile warm up and 9.5miles easy pace


Weekly Total: 51.5 miles
Last Week:37 miles
Year to Date: 1096.5 miles

Weekly Log 10-10-11 to 10-16-11

Monday: 6mile trail run Big River, easy pace did not feel all that great just kind of blah.

Tuesday: 7.5mile road run, easy pace just tried to keep an even pace the whole run.

Wednesday:9mile trail run Big River.

Thursday: 4mile road run, first run on my new road shoes Brooks Pure Connect.  Shoes felt good legs a little tired this being my 4th day running in a row.

Friday: 3mile walk active recovery day

Saturday: 7.5mile road run, felt good nice pace

Sunday: 0miles I had planned running 13 but didn't have time. Spent the day with the kids

Weekly Total: 37 miles
Last Week:28 miles
Year to Date: 1045 miles

Weekly Log 10-03-11 to 10-09-11

Monday: 3mile recovery walk

Tuesday: Day off yard work

Wednesday: 5mile trail run Big River, I felt good just a nice easy pace.  This was also my first trail run in my new Brooks Pure Grit trail shoe and I must say very impressed can't wait to try them out on a longer run.  They are much more shoe than I am use to, I have been doing all my running in NB Trail Minimus.  That being said, they felt great, comfortable and better grip on slick trails I give them 2 thumbs up.

Thursday: 6.4mile trail run Big River,  Weather was great nice cool and sunny around 52F.   Spooked a doe, although I have seen many deer while trail running it always brings a smile to my face.  My legs felt good really liking the new shoes.

Friday: Day off, took Amanda to American Girl Doll... wow that hurt

Saturday: 13.1mile half marathon trail run Big River, I felt good kept a good pace the whole run.  Time difference between the 1st and 2nd lap were small,  very happy with run.  The new shoes felt good on the longer run no blisters or hotspots.

Sunday: Day off went and cheered for my wife as she ran Gloria Gemma 5k

Weekly Total:28 miles
Last Week: 43 miles
Year to Date: 1008 miles

Nipmuck trail marathon race report

We got up at 4:30am and were out the door around 5:45am, and headed to the Nipmuck trail marathon my wife kids an I.  We pulled up to the race site at 7am i signed in got dressed and was ready to go.  At the pre-race we were told the course was going to be muddy to near record rain in Aug. and Sept.

Off we went, it was slow going for the first couple miles single track right from the start.  It was muddy and slick but, not to bad that was until we had about 30mins of torrential rain.  I felt good when I hit the first turn around at 6.2miles.  On the return run the trail was like running in a thick grease but runnable and I felt good I made sure I kept taking my gel and s-caps on a regualr basis and plenty of fluids.  Closing in on the 12mile mark I reached for my s-caps when I noticed they were gone, that took a little wind out of my sails.  I was greeted at the 12.4mile mark with a hug from my kids an wife, I did a sock and shoe change replenished my gel stock and off I went.

The second half of the course was a 7mile out and back, and from what I was told much harder then the first section.  I tried to keep my fluid intake up now more than ever since I had lost my s-caps I was still feeling good.  At the 15mile mark I could feel my self starting to cramp, I kept saying to myself of all the thing to lose the s-caps, I needed them to get through this run.  I hit the aid station at 17.5 miles and was told only about another 1.5 to the turn around but by this time I was starting to suffer.  The 1.5 to the turnaround was the hardest part of the course tons of climbing and rocky train this hurt all the way to the aid station.  I hit the aid station and to my luck they had s-caps so it took a few for my return run.  On the return run I was joined by a woman that was also suffering from cramps in her calf's we ran and hiked together for 3miles.  It was great to have some company we chatted and slowly made our way to the final aid station all the while I kept taking the s-caps and fuel.  We hit the final aid station refilled my bottle with Gatorade and we were joined by 2 other runners.  As we set out for the final 2.5miles my legs started feeling good and I was able to start running again and was happy to be able to finish strong running the final 2.5miles.

I had a great time didn't do the time I wanted but that was ok, I was glad to finish my first marathon.   My goal at the start of the year was to be able to run a marathon and was able to accomplish my goal.  I must say I think I am hooked, had such a good time running a great race with some nice people.  I think I will take a few days off and recover..

Weekly Log 9-26-11 to 10-02-11

Monday: Day off, another long day at work

Tuesday: 4mile trail run Big River nice easy run

Wednesday: 6mile trail run Big River nice tempo run, kept a good pace.

Thursday: Day off Nipmuck marathon on Sun.

Friday: 3 mile walk taper for Sunday race

Saturday: 3mile walk/run/walk to get legs loose for Sunday

Sunday: 26.2mile Nipmuck trail marathon

Weekly Total:43 miles
Last Week: 25 miles
Year to Date: 980 miles