April 23-April 29

Once again, another GREAT week of running! I continue to be amazed with the shape that I am in after over 2 months since my last marathon(Gasparilla). This has been a good week being back on the road. The coolest thing was that I only missed one of my regular scheduled runs. My Tuesday run was cut a little short due to a surprise visit by my brother from Alabama. Great reason to cut back. I never miss an opportunity to see family!

Here are this week's results:

Monday: 8 mi/1:02:46/out-31:06/in-31:39
Tuesday: 6.4 mi/50:57/out-25:56/in-25:01
Wednesday: 8 mi/1:00:53/out-30:03/in-30:50
Thursday: Unable to Run
Friday: REST
Saturday: 11 mi/1:44:30 w/Allen
Sunday: 4.5 mi/35:30
Mileage=37.9 m

Yep, a GREAT week of running! I am a bit disappointed in the miles that I ran on Saturday seeing that I ran nearly the same time as I did last week. Most of that is due to my running with someone and running at their pace. For the next two weeks I will be running solo on the weekend, so I am sure that I will get more miles in for the amount of time I will be running. Running with someone has been very helpful for me, as it seems to slow me down so that I will not go out too fast. That being said, it also slows me down a little too much at times.

I will be using the same schedule as last week this week!

KEEP RUNNING!
LJ

April 16-April 22

Well, here we go, back to running by time. My first run of the week was the same route that I ran when I started the Arthur Lydiard Training program. Guess what? I ran a whole mile longer in the same 1 hour period. AWESOME! By the time I got to my usual turn-around-point, my watch said only 27:20, which meant that I needed to run another 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
The last time I ran this route, when I got to the turn-around-point, it was 3.5 miles, this time it was 4 miles. I guess I am not that surprised, especially after running a PR in Tampa and seeing how well I have been doing in ALL of my last 4 or 5 runs.

Here are this weeks results:

Monday: 8 mi/1:01:42/out-30:40/in-31:02
Tuesday: 10.5 mi/1:28:27/out-44:10/in-44:17
Wednesday: Unable to Run
Thursday: 10.5 mi/1:32:36/out-45:22/in-47:13-in
Friday: REST
Saturday: 12 mi/1:51:34 w/Allen
Sunday: Unable to Run
Mileage=41 mi

I must say, it felt pretty darn good to be running long miles again. I enjoyed each of my runs this week. That being said, I did feel some soreness this week before each of my runs and I also felt a little tired. Once I started running though, I was good to go!

As you can see, I missed my Wednesday run and also my 30 minute Sunday run due to conflicts, but hopefully next week, I can get all of my runs in. On Sunday I skipped my run to go play a little golf, so I still got some good exercise in and I gave my legs a little rest. Saturday's run was with my friend Allen, so I am not real sure how far we ran because we just went out and ran. I am basing the time on previous runs with Allen. All in all, not a bad week at all. I will use the same schedule this week, hope everyone has had a WONDERFUL week and enjoying this BEAUTIFUL weather! Have a GREAT week!

Keep Running,
LJ

April 9-April 15

Finally, I am back into my normal running routine. I would not say that it is actually the usual, but I am getting close. I was able to run 4 times this week which is GREAT compared to my last 2 weeks. It is a bit frustrating for me as the weather continues to change for the better (warm temp.), then out of nowhere COLD again. That is a bit unnerving to me because I am ready for the warm weather. That being said, I know that it is much easier for me to go out and run in the warmer temperatures than the colder ones. All in all it has been a great week of running. One thing I definitely noticed this week is that I have developed some pretty good speed. As you will see from my posted times, the 4.5 milers that I ran got faster and faster through out the week and my 10 miler wasn't bad either.

Here are the results from this week:

Monday: 4.5 mi/35:04
Tuesday: 4.5 mi/34:16
Wednesday: Unable to Run
Thursday: 4.5 mi/33:18
Friday: REST
Saturday: 10 mi/1:18:24/out-39:21/back-39:03
Sunday: Unable to Run
Mileage: 23.5

Sunday, the weather was horrible in the ATL, very windy, COLD, rainy! No running for me, otherwise I would have been able to get in nearly 30 miles. Definitely, a much better week!

This week, I am planning to get back to the Arthur Lydiard way of training. I will be running by time again.

Here is the schedule for this week:
Monday: 1 hour run
Tuesday: 1.5 hour run
Wednesday: 1 hour run
Thursday: 1.5 hour run
Friday: REST
Saturday: 2 hour run
Sunday: 30 minute run


KEEP RUNNING!
LJ

April 2-April 8

Whew! What a Spring Break! It seems like I just went on Spring break yesterday. I can not believe that it is already over.

I have absolutely nothing to report this week as far as my running goes. Why? Because I did absolutely 0 running this week.

Honestly, I spent this week installing a new Pergo laminate floor in the living room of our home. This is part of the reason my spring break has flown by. I was so busy that I really just did not have the time to run. One day, Wednesday, I actually had planned to run, but I just could not muster the strength to do it.

On Friday evening, my wife and I took a road trip to Montgomery, AL. We spent the weekend with my brother and his wife and 5 lovely children. What a GREAT time!

Once again, I had the opportunity to actually get up and run with my brother(BJ), but I just could not muster up the strength to do it(part of that was because I played golf the previous day and I was playing again that same day).

Oh well, hopefully, no, not hopefully, I will definitely return to the gym as well as the pavement on Monday! Look for more next week.

KEEP RUNNING, unlike me this week!
LJ