Saturday, January 3, 2009

First Three Weeks of Training

Week 3
January 2
:

4.05 miles @ 35:30 (8:44/mile). Started at house and went west on Defoe, south on Brewer, east on Rollins, north on Bourn, west on Concordia, north on Loch, west on Braemore, west on Highland, north on Fairview, west on Kunlun, west on Faurot and north on Defoe back to Rothwell.
December 31: First Night of Columbia 5K


According to the official race results, I finished at 24:05 with a 7:46/mile average. This placed me 82/247 and 13th in my age division out of 17. If I had been in the 25-29 age group, I would have placed third. We started at 4th and Cherry, went east to 6th Street, south past Stadium and back around Hearnes Center. The weather was cold. My watch results were: 3.06 miles @ 24:08 (7:52/mile).  
December 30: 3.03 miles @ 25:29 (8:23/mile). Started at house, went south to Rollins, east to Fairview and south until the wooden fence where I turned around.
Week 2
December 28:

7.45 miles @ 1:07:48 (9:06/mile). This ran started at the house, went south on Rothwell to Rollins, east to Stadium, south and east to West Boulevard where I turned around and went south on Forum to Chapel Hill where I went west to Fairview, north to Rollins, west to Rothwell and north to beginning point. The weather was cold.
December 26: 5.22 miles @ 48:19 (9:14/mile) on treadmill at Mary's parents' house in Omaha.
December 25: 4.11 miles @ 37:00 (8:59/mile) on treadmill at Mary's parents' house in Omaha.
Week 1
December 20:

6.06 miles @ 53:19 (8:47/mile) w/ Jason. This ran began at the MKT/Forum trailhead, went east to Stadium, south on Providence to Green Meadows, west to Forum and back north on Forum to beginning point. The weather was cold.
December 18: 3.08 miles @ 26:23 (8:33/mile) on the treadmill at Anytime Fitness.
December 17: 5.16 miles @ 44:52 (8:41/mile) on the treadmill at Anytime Fitness.
December 16: 2.92 miles @ 23:49 (8:09/mile) at the track in the Rec Center w/ Jason during lunch. According to the track, I actually ran 3 miles in this same time which would be about a 7:56/mile.
December 14: 9.15 miles @ 1:29:53 (9:48/mile) on the treadmill at Anytime Fitness.

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