Week One Recap
My poor training habits as a high school track athlete (playing basketball instead of running, etc.) were mentioned previously. I think that our coach (Mr. Voss?) got wise to this at some point and made some changes. One day, without any explanation, he loaded a bunch of us into the back of his truck and started driving. And he kept driving. After we got a considerable distance away from school, he stopped on the side of the road and told us to get out and run back to school. By taking away access to distractions, he forced us into a "proper" workout.
I decided to relive those days with today’s long run. I had Jessica drive me out to the Emeryville marina, a distance about 10 miles from the house, on her way to a class in San Francisco. Unlike the high school days, however, I had a pretty good idea about where I was going. I mapped out my route using the “America’s Running Routes” feature on the U.S.A. Track & Field Web site. The route is pretty varied, starting with views of the Bay and San Francisco from the Emeryville marina. It goes under the 80 and passes through the Bay Street shopping center, and then travels down the newly-refurbished Mandela Parkway. The route then crosses under the 880 and heads through Jack London Square (which was crowded due to the Farmer’s Market). From Jack London Square, I headed up Oak Street (and back under the 880) to Lake Merritt. After going around Lake Merritt, and in about the last mile or mile and a half, I faced the only difficult part of the course: heading up the hill from MacArthur Boulevard between Lake Shore and Park (an approximate increase of 200 feet in elevation in about a half-mile). From MacArthur, it was a short run over the 580 back to the house. All in all, I ran 9.78 miles in 1:24:34 (about 8:39/mile), although I told myself to go much slower.
During today’s run, I tried out my new Brooks “Water Boy” water bottle. I should mention that I never run with water, and rarely feel the need to drink water during a run. Since I am now going on longer runs, and “eating” during the runs (I tried a mocha-flavored Clif Shot today after about 7 miles. This flavor has caffeine and really packs a punch!), carrying water has become a necessity. This bottle has grooves for your fingers and thumbs, and fits comfortably in either hand. I am happy to report that the bottle really was not a distraction at all!
I haven’t reported on this week’s earlier runs, so I will mention them briefly. On Wednesday, the weather was kind of nasty, so I decided to run 5 miles on the treadmill. I chose a very slow pace (8:57/mile pace), and man was that boring! On Friday, I ran four miles around the neighborhood in 33:10 (8:17/mile pace). Here are the totals for week one:
Total miles (running): 21.9
Total time (running): 3:07:14
Next run: Tuesday
So far, so good!
I decided to relive those days with today’s long run. I had Jessica drive me out to the Emeryville marina, a distance about 10 miles from the house, on her way to a class in San Francisco. Unlike the high school days, however, I had a pretty good idea about where I was going. I mapped out my route using the “America’s Running Routes” feature on the U.S.A. Track & Field Web site. The route is pretty varied, starting with views of the Bay and San Francisco from the Emeryville marina. It goes under the 80 and passes through the Bay Street shopping center, and then travels down the newly-refurbished Mandela Parkway. The route then crosses under the 880 and heads through Jack London Square (which was crowded due to the Farmer’s Market). From Jack London Square, I headed up Oak Street (and back under the 880) to Lake Merritt. After going around Lake Merritt, and in about the last mile or mile and a half, I faced the only difficult part of the course: heading up the hill from MacArthur Boulevard between Lake Shore and Park (an approximate increase of 200 feet in elevation in about a half-mile). From MacArthur, it was a short run over the 580 back to the house. All in all, I ran 9.78 miles in 1:24:34 (about 8:39/mile), although I told myself to go much slower.
During today’s run, I tried out my new Brooks “Water Boy” water bottle. I should mention that I never run with water, and rarely feel the need to drink water during a run. Since I am now going on longer runs, and “eating” during the runs (I tried a mocha-flavored Clif Shot today after about 7 miles. This flavor has caffeine and really packs a punch!), carrying water has become a necessity. This bottle has grooves for your fingers and thumbs, and fits comfortably in either hand. I am happy to report that the bottle really was not a distraction at all!
I haven’t reported on this week’s earlier runs, so I will mention them briefly. On Wednesday, the weather was kind of nasty, so I decided to run 5 miles on the treadmill. I chose a very slow pace (8:57/mile pace), and man was that boring! On Friday, I ran four miles around the neighborhood in 33:10 (8:17/mile pace). Here are the totals for week one:
Total miles (running): 21.9
Total time (running): 3:07:14
Next run: Tuesday
So far, so good!
posted by pmk-one at 2:34:00 PM
1 Comments:
22 miles isn't too bad. I only ran 25 miles last week (4 days total). Are you going to try to do either speed workouts or hill workouts? We (Steph and I) are working out with the San Diego Track Club and for now at least, we do hill workout in Balboa Park. I think that they are helping out a lot. On Saturday's I do a longer interval workout and I try to do a shorter (400m or so) speed workout on Thursday's but I sometimes miss that since I'm lazy!
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