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2011 Training Log – Week 52

3,000.2 miles.

2011 is done. Wipe the slate and reset the odometer.

Monday
12.2 miles
110 TSS
La Sportiva Crosslite

Early morning run around the neighborhood before taking the family ice skating.

6.4 miles
90 TSS
La Sportiva Crosslite

Cool night run/hike with Malcolm up Mount Morrison. We started at 8pm and had the place to ourselves except for a few deer. Awesome views of the city lights from the summit.

Tuesday
11.4 miles
111 TSS
Saucony Peregrine

Nice cruise.

Wednesday
10 miles
93 TSS
Saucony Peregrine

Hill repeats. 4 x .5 mile. A little slower than a similar workout 2 weeks ago. Good to get at it again, though.

Thursday
5.8 miles
44 TSS
Merrell Trail Glove

A short jog mixed with a TRX workout. Set up my homemade TRX at a playground near the boneyard. Ran a lap, then did a strength circuit, then repeated a few times. Good option for a planned low-mileage day.

Friday

OFF

Saw JT’s longboard at the mall.

Saturday
26.2 miles
213 TSS
New Balance MT101

Needed 26 to hit 3,000 miles for the year. Headed out the door for a big loop up in Roxborough State Park. Great place for a run, and it was ‘mostly’ sheltered from the brutal winds that prevailed today. The trails get a decent amount of traffic through the winter and I enjoyed cruising along the nicely packed surface with my spikes on.

The third photo and the last one were taken from the same spot. Amazing what a difference a couple of hours can make when it comes to Colorado weather.

Sunday

OFF

Did some TRX. It’s going to take some practice to get the moves down and to be able to do them effectively.

Total: 72 miles / 14:30 / 663 TSS

Pic of the week. Cool scene leaving work on Wednesday:

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2011 Year End Stats

Dec 31

Posted by chrisboyack

Last year:

Loose goal for 2011 = 3,000 running, 2,000 bike… We’ll see.

The stats:

Missed the bike goal by a long ways, but I did manage to squeak out 3,000 miles on foot in style with 26.2 on the final day of the year. Works out to an 8.2 mile per day average. It was just a few years ago when 8 miles was the longest run I had ever done. Wow.

I still think my ideal year would be 3,000 run/2,00o bike, but I can see now that those numbers are pretty far out of reach due to available training time. I miss the bike, but am not really willing to cut back on the running at this stage.

So, next year’s goal:

3,333 run / 999 bike

Staying healthy for running will be key. I had two calf injuries this year that knocked me out for 10 days each. That was a major victory over previous years when I have been out for 1-3 months at a time with various issues. On the bike side, I need to get serious about incorporating a commute on at least a weekly basis (20 miles each way). That will be one way to get some extra miles and replacing some behind-the-wheel time with saddle time.

Happy 2012!

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2011 Training Log – Week 51

Dec 25

Posted by chrisboyack

71 to go to hit 3,000…

Tricky week. Had a tough time every day squeezing a run in. Nothing long, had to make due with a couple of doubles and other bits and pieces. My plan was to stack some miles up this week to make it easy to break 3,000 next week. That didn’t happen, but the goal is still within reach. Hopefully things will calm down a bit and I can get some good runs in. It looks like the weather is going to cooperate.

Monday
Run – 7 miles
76 TSS
Saucony Kinvara

Very cold and slick with pellet-like snow. Pressed for time so went for a quick-ish 7. Here’s a peek into how my mind works while running sometimes:

A car starts to pull out of a church parking lot as I’m coming down the sidewalk.
They see me coming, and actually reverse and pull back to give me room.
Cool! Thanks!
As I was running along a busy road about 30 seconds later, I heard the car coming behind me.
I knew it was the same car because of the engine sound (nothing extraordinary, just a Subaru Forester).
I hadn’t tried to ‘memorize’ the sound, I just knew it.
I thought it was cool I picked out the engine sound like that.
Then it struck me.
Is it engine, or is it motor?
Hmmm.
Maybe it has to do with where the power comes from (external source vs. generated).
I never hear anyone say electric engine, it’s always electric motor.
Then I thought how train engines have a diesel generator that provides power to an electric motor.
Maybe combustion = engine.
But wait a minute.
Boats have motors.
They are combustion.
Detroit is motor city.
Hmmm.
That boat ride I took on Lake Michigan sure was cool.
Squirrel!