final thoughts (xc08)

I don't really know what to think about this season. I ran faster and more consistently compared to last year, yet I came away from almost every race much unhappier. Strangely enough I also felt less in shape this year than last, although my times say otherwise. I ran 5:27 for the first mile of almost every single race this year; it seems fast but I didn't think it was out of reach for me to hold that for all 5 miles. Maybe it still isn't out of reach but I will probably have to reevaluate my goals for the rest of my time here. There are hundreds of "could haves" or "should haves" flying through my head. I should have run more over the summer. I shouldn't have dropped my training like I did. I could have gone faster in workouts. I should have gone faster in workouts. Normally XC is the "good" season -- and this worries me. I've had a few bad track seasons, but I could handle them and weren't nearly as unhappy with them. I've only improved by a very marginal 22 seconds from last year (comparing PRs); in high school I dropped from a 19:02 (first 5k) to 17:44 junior year, and then from that 17:44 to 17:06 senior year. This is off of really low mileage and nowhere near good coaching as I receive here. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

then end of xc08

27.10.2008	6.0	upper arroyo. Went alright...
28.10.2008	6.0	9x400 at central, ran pretty fast: 73, 72, 72, 75, 76, 76, 75, 77, 72
29.10.2008	6.0	modified huntingson – ran up los robles to green and then back full arroyo way.
30.10.2008	4.0	5-4-3-2-1 lacey, went decently fast but didn't switch gears well enough. Did around 5.5 laps +/- 50m
31.10.2008	3.0	Pre race...alone since I had review session to go to at 4:00.
01.11.2008	5.0	best race this season with a PR of 28:29.03; didn't feel like it would be a PR until the very end – need to calm down the first mile; 5:27, 11:15, 17:15, ??:??, 28:29.03 (1st on team, 42nd overall / 92)
Total	30.0
03.11.2008	6.0	lower arroyo. Uneventful, but DST was throwing me off
04.11.2008	5.0	6x800 going every 4:30. did this on the track because midterms prevented me from going to practice on time. Ran pretty consistently, but it was on track so that's expected. (2:34, 2:35, 2:35, 2:36, 2:33, 2:32)
05.11.2008	5.0	mildly abnormal tree... seems shorter than last time I did it
06.11.2008	6.0	(3 on, 1 off) x 7. Did 9 laps...
07.11.2008	5.0	garfield and back short way
08.11.2008	7.0	5k tempo in the arroyo, didn't go very fast but didn't feel like i could have gone much faster...18:57. This is bad news seeing as how i ran probably 18:0x for the first 5k of my race last week...
Total	34.0
10.11.2008	6.0	upper arroyo. Went okay
11.11.2008	5.0	9x400 at central. Ran alright: 74, 75, 75, 74, 77, 76, 76, 75, 73
12.11.2008	6.0	Rosemead+ :)
13.11.2008	3.0	5-4-3-2-1 at lacey. Felt a little slow but it'll be fine...
14.11.2008	5.0	pre race...slow
15.11.2008	5.0	poor race. Went out in 5:15 and died pretty hard. A mediocre end to a mediocre season. 5:15, 11:12, 16:54, ????, 28:19.53 (3rd on team, 85th / 105)

sophomore slump...

13.10.2008	6.0	Sick :( but did lower arroyo anyways
14.10.2008	0.0	Sick :( worse than yesterday
15.10.2008	6.0	8x800 every 5 minutes (make up for yesterday) at lacey. One of the best workouts I've ever had, and I did it alone: 2:39, 2:39, 2:39, 2:39, 2:38, 2:37, 2:37, 2:32. I can't believe that 4 years ago I would have been hard pressed to do just one 800 at under 2:40
16.10.2008	4.0	5-4-3-2-1 at central, but I took it pretty easy.
17.10.2008	3.0	Prerace...nervous for tomorrow. I feel weaker but more rested than I did around the same time last year.
18.10.2008	5.0	went out too fast as usual... 5:27, 11:15, 17:10, ????, 29:27. I feel like I should be able to hold that first mile for all of it but for some reason I can't get it together.
Total	24.0
20.10.2008	6.0	lower arroyo. Longest run I've done in a while
21.10.2008	7.0	12x400. Tried to hold 75s, but seeing as I didn't have a watch and was running separated from everyone for half the workout, I have no idea if I did it or not. 76, 72, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, 75, 75, 76, 72
22.10.2008	6.0	rosemead. Awesome
23.10.2008	4.0	(2 on, 1 off) x 10. ran alone, so I have no idea how long this run was. Ran up hill and walnut...
24.10.2008	0.0	disneyland with matt... he's still fast even though he hasn't run for the past 3 or 4 weeks. He's going sub 1:57 this year unless a disaster occurs
25.10.2008	3.5	20 minutes fast at claremont... not really sure where we were but ran near doubletree hotel
Total	26.5

first few weeks of school...

29.09.2008	0.0	biking for 75 minutes...
30.09.2008	7.0	mile repeats at lacey (6:07, 6:08, 6:01, 6:09, 6:20). major blowup on the last one, but i should be fine...
01.10.2008	0.0	biking for 60 minutes...I miss running
02.10.2008	5.0	15 min tempo at lacey, 5 lap mark in 14:08
03.10.2008	0.0	biking for 60 minutes...
04.10.2008	8.0	ran to arroyo did tempo loop x 2.5 (9:20, 18:34, 24:10), felt okay but went out a little too fast. Need to do long runs to work on endurance...
Total	20.0
06.10.2008	0.0	final day on the bike! 75 minutes, 26.34 miles
07.10.2008	8.0	8x800 at garfield. Thought i would be tired from 15 mile bike ride earlier today but it wasn't too bad. Ran 2:57, 2:44, 2:52, 2:50, 2:47, 2:48, 2:44, 2:39
08.10.2008	6.0	huntington easy. First day of long easy running in a while. Felt good
09.10.2008	7.0	(3 on, 1 off) x 6 at lacey, did 7.7ish laps. Felt sleepy but decent
10.10.2008	3.0	lacey and back plus a few loops...felt fine
11.10.2008	0.0	Sick :(
Total	24.0

Preseason 2008 +

27.08.2008	5.5	huntington easy. First day back and went pretty okay.
28.08.2008	9.5	full arroyo, not booking it. Took like 75-80 minutes? Not too sure because I didn't start my watch...
28.08.2008	0.0	bought shoes...no running
29.08.2008	3.0	Canons (6x800), ran 3:03, 3:00, 2:57, 3:03, 3:05, 3:06. Could have gone a little faster at the end but this is a lot better than last year.
29.08.2008	3.0	easy for 25 min on south field
30.08.2008	9.5	Patrician. Wasn't as bad as I initially anticipated, but I think I was smart about going uphill not booking it.
Total	30.5
31.08.2008	4.5	Easy for 40 min, NFTC on south field
01.09.2008	10.0	JPL, just ran for time, but it should be around 10 miles (80 minutes of running + another 0.5 miles to get to cars and back). Matt ran with us and pushed the pace a little on the way up, but I felt okay when he wasn't going fast.
02.09.2008	4.0	oak grove, 5x1200 + Shenandoah bonus 1200. (4:17, 4:30, 4:30, 4:30, 4:15(?), 4:28(?)). I didn't have a watch and I wasn't close enough to others to really know the last two times. But it's pretty clear I sandbagged that workout. Should have gone faster. More importantly could have gone faster.
02.09.2008	3.0	Lacey and back + 1.5 laps around the park, pretty easy + abs
03.09.2008	7.0	ran Huntingson with scott. Somehow our 8 minute miles dropped everyone...but we were talking the entire way so I don't think I was going too hard.
03.09.2008	2.5	20 minute easy run on the south field + strides + weight room
04.09.2008	8.0	basically ran lacey long way and did 30 minutes on the North Field instead of San Marino hills because my tendon was hurting. Hopefully this goes away soon.
04.09.2008	2.0	Easy for 16 minutes + abs. Leg felt fine...
05.09.2008	5.0	Garfield long way easy. The tendon didn't hurt this morning, so that's good.
05.09.2008	0.0	just lifted
06.09.2008	5.0	bad first race...30:27 5:50, 11:53, 18:00, 24:34, 30:27... 3rd on team
06.09.2008	3.0	Ran for a bit on North Field with Kangway
Total	54.0
07.09.2008	3.0	Easy for 25-30 min, NFTC on south field
08.09.2008	9.5	Full arroyo, no watch (again), but I picked it up a lot on the last two miles like Matt suggested (but I felt good). Hopefully this doesn't mess up Shenandoahs tomorrow.
08.09.2008	3.0	Plios, wow this is going to be sore tomorrow. Surprisingly difficult.
09.09.2008	5.0	4 Shenandoahs, we were supposed to do 5 but my tendon was getting agitated so I decided to cool it. (4:47, 4:27, 4:19, 4:19). Much better than last year.
09.09.2008	2.0	14:16 on south field. Shortest workout ever...
10.09.2008	6.0	rosemead (one of my favorites). I don't understand how nobody likes this run...
10.09.2008	3.0	striders at lacey. Garrett thinks i look like a monkey. A freakishly fast monkey
11.09.2008	7.5	Lacey, 5 on 2 off by 5. Felt pretty good except for last one (tendon started acting up on the hill part). Overall did them pretty fast, 10.5 laps
11.09.2008	0.0	40 minutes on exercise bike, it told me i went 14.52 miles but i'm pretty sure it was actually 0.
12.09.2008	6.0	huntington easy. Then driving for a while... :(
13.09.2008	8.0	trail run (not fast), but felt like i was getting injured...
Total	53.0
15.09.2008	9.5	Full arroyo, 75 minutes easy with the freshmen.
16.09.2008	5.0	San Rafael hills, only did one (at 4:52) before my leg started hurting. Then did remainder of casting pond.
16.09.2008	0.0	biked for 40 min (14.52 miles)
17.09.2008	8.0	32 laps around north field in an hour. Almost got run over by mower a few times
17.09.2008	0.0	biked for 45 min (12.83 miles), saw kangway
18.09.2008	2.0	ran for 20 min warmup, 6 on 2 off, but stopped at the first one because my left ankle was hurting way too much. Biked 20 min after that. I feel like this season is slowly slipping away from me...
18.09.2008	0.0	biked for 25 min (6.53 miles). Really really easy...
19.09.2008	0.0	biked for 35 min, then kept adding on time in 5 min increments until i was at 55 min. don't know how far i went, but it was pretty easy.
19.09.2008	2.0	warmup around westmont course. I miss running...
20.09.2008	0.0	didn't race, my running consisted of booking it to mile markers to get splits. The team did pretty well.
Total	26.5
22.09.2008	0.0	biked for 60 min (21.25 miles), then lifted. Went faster on 2nd half than first...
23.09.2008	2.5	tempo at lacey. I haven't run fast in a while, but this was about how i expected (5:50ish miles, maybe a little faster)
24.09.2008	0.0	biked for 60 min (21.56 miles), then abs. Got heartrate up to 212 bpm @ 177 rpm for the last minute or so...
25.09.2008	3.0	5x1200 around lacey...ran with scott mostly (4:25, 4:20, 4:05, 4:08, 3:59). actually felt pretty good. Maybe I'm not as slow as I feared...
26.09.2008	0.0	biked for 45 min (11.77 miles) pretty easy. Tried to keep RPM under 100.
27.09.2008	5.0	Riverside, okay race considering lack of running, PR: 5:22, 11:04, 16:59, 22:51, 28:33.7 (3rd on team, 202nd overall)
Total	10.5

notice of suspension of log for indefinite length

So, I think some of you have noticed the distinct lack of updatez. I'm sorry but some things have happened that have really not put me in a good mood and I really just don't feel like doing anything. This is upetting because normally it just makes me run more, but I slept 16 hours yesterday, worked for 7 hours, fell asleep right away for another 14, worked for 8 hours, and now I'm writing this. This has happened many, many days now. I've been running on and off lately, but only sometimes, and not nearly as consistently or quickly or long-ly as I should be at this point. And to top it off I haven't been keeping a log on it. So basically I'm really bummed out and need a little time to just get things together. I know this is horrendous timing and I wish I could say "it won't happen again" but I really don't know. I'll try to get it together soon though. Hopefully in time to not suck during preseason.

So the 29th of July...

It was pretty ridiculous, and what's even more ridiculous is that I didn't plan on doing it when I first started. Initially I had only planned on doing 16-17 miles like I normally would have done on Monday (but I didn't due to me being sort of depressed and not really wanting to do anything, much less running for 2.5 hours). So anyways I head off to what has become my standard "long run" route, which basically consists of me running to Alyssa's house and running back.

I started kinda early (10-15 minutes before 4:00pm) so it was pretty hot outside, but I planned on meeting Madeleine for guitar hero or something later on in the evening, so I didn't want to be all gross when I met her and I still wanted to do my long run. So yea, it's 4:00pm, and I'm thinking "hey this isn't that bad" -- and it's not that bad (its maybe like 95 degrees outside), for AZ. But sure enough, 40 minutes later I'm drenched and feeling pretty horrible. I figure I'll just suffer through it and once I make it to Alyssa's house maybe I'll chill at the Safeway nearby or something until I feel better.

So anyways I make it down to her house, and I was surprised to notice a different car there. It's a 2000 Chevy Prizm, brown. I rememeber Alyssa telling me a little while ago that she got a Chevy Prizm, but she didn't tell me that she was back in town. So now I'm kinda upset (maybe I'm not thinking rationally because I have no water, and I'm dying because of the heat). I know she doesn't owe me anything but still that kinda hurts.

So I'm angry now, and I decide 16-17 miles just isn't going to cut it. No, this is going to need an epic number of miles to make me feel better. I don't know if its because I'm vindictive, or insecure, or both, or something else entirely, but somehow I feel better when I run a lot because I feel as if I am "beating" people. For me it's like a huge "fuck you for rejecting me." I don't really know how I made that association in the first place but the net result is that I run a lot more when I'm upset. I think I wouldn't run much at all if I was happy.

So I text madeleine and ask her if she wants to go running, and somehow I accidentally guilt her into running 5 or 6 miles with me. The only problem is that the earliest she could start was around 6:45-7:00. It's like 5:10 or 5:15, I can't really remember at the time, but I'm only like 7-8 miles from her house if I just went there directly. So I would be waiting around for a good long time if I just went there directly. So now I decide I'll head over to Reid park, which is about 7-8 miles from where I'm at, but about 4 miles from her house. I get over to Reid surprisingly quick, even with stopping at Burger King on Columbus and 22nd to check if Janeth was working (she wasn't, but I grab some free water anyways), and decide that the 4 mile trip from there directly to Madeleine's just isn't going to cut it, unless I suddenly bust out the 11-12 minute miles.

Unfortunately this is about where my knowledge of the streets ends, but i figure I can just make it west to cambell and head north to speedway and then head east again and cut back down to broadway. It seemed like a good idea until I pretty much hit Aviation Highway and was basically forced to head north on Plummer (it wasn't a big deal though, because now I knew where I was). Oh well, but I just continued with the plan. Now mentally I had been keeping track of approximately how many miles I went (easy since they're mostly straight roads), and I figured (correctly) that 24 should be right around Columbus and Broadway. I got stopped by the light there, but now I realize that it was fortunate, since I looked at my watch and saw the 3:04:02 time indicated in my log.

This is important because up until now, even though I wanted to, I could never do '24 in the rain'; so basically I feel like I accomplished something, even though there's no rain.

Anyways, I run the last mile or so to Madeleine's and end up at her door at ~6:59pm, or 3:12:07 from when I started.

And that's pretty much where all the good news ends. I had to wait a bit for her to get ready and stuff so I loitered around a bit. BIG MISTAKE. I may have spent like 5 minutes max, but it was 5 minutes of not running, and I think my legs were like "oh so he's done now. initiate shutdown procedure." When I started running again, everything was hurting. I had her stretch me but it didn't help too much. I just decided to suck it up and keep going, because I still had like 6 miles left. Interestingly enough if I sprinted I felt a lot better (how does that happen?) but that is obviously not sustainable. I know I was going pretty slow because I felt like I was slowing Madeleine down the entire way. She said she understood because I had already done a ridiculous amount of mileage that day but I still felt bad. Somehow I made it up to the AM/PM about a mile away from my house, and thats when it all went to hell. Madeleine rolled her ankle on something right around there so I said we should just stop and take a look at it since I didn't want her to get hurt. Obviously I didn't learn my lesson about stopping after a long run if you still have running left. But personally I think it was worth it, since I would have felt way worse if she got injured from it. But anyways this time was even worse, and I couldn't even walk. I tried sprinting (since that still felt okay), but I was only able to get like 300-400m in before I couldn't sustain it anymore.

At that point, I decided to take a nap.

No joke.

I asked madeleine if she wanted to go back to my house (I had my keys) and get my car or something but she said she would just wait with me.

I have no idea how long the nap took but it was literally the best nap ever even though it was on hard concrete.
I felt good enough to walk and we walked back the last 1000 or so meters until we got to my house. I took a shower and then launched some fireworks with Madeleine before I drove her back. I apologized profusely to her parents (they were like "You really ran 24 miles before you got here? You didn't look like it!" -- I can't tell if that's a compliment) since I dropped her off at like 10:00pm as opposed to the agreed upon 8:30pm, but they seemed alright with it once I explained what happened. The run itself probably took an epic 4 hours or so (I didn't continue timing it after I got to Madeleine's).

I'm never doing that again. Time for some tempo runs.

log 27.07.2008 - 30.07.2008

27.07.2008	0.00	off day
28.07.2008	6.00	broadway and back easy [47:18]. Didn't really feel like running today. Didn't really feel like doing much of ANYTHING today.
29.07.2008	24.00	alyssa's to craycroft and back. She's back in tucson now (i saw her 2000 chevy prizm parked in the driveway...) but she hasn't told me yet. Oh well... here's my '24 in the rain' (finally), sans the rain. Took 3:04:02. I'll let you guess where I went fastest. So I went from there to madeleine's house...
29.07.2008	5.50	..where I ran a ~6 miler (we stopped running before we got to my house) with madeleine immediately after. Literally immediately. We started right after I got water. Took a while and I sorta died (she had to slow down for me) but that was understandable since I just ran 24 miles. That makes today's mileage a ridiculous 29.5 miles. Here's the mega route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2125437
30.07.2008	5.00	recovery, to speedway and back. I actually feel like this is only 4.5 or so miles but I haven't bothered to map it out yet. Took 38:34. What? I was ridiculously tired.

log 24.07.2008 - 26.07.2008

24.07.2008	9.50	recovery day! Wrightstown in reverse, untimed. Legs are super heavy, but i can tell tomorrow is going to be awesome. Also, I suck at mini golf.
25.07.2008	17.00	Matt's and back, pretty good, but felt really tired around mile 14 and it didnt really go away until mile 16. left my watch at home so i wouldnt book it and hurt myself.
26.07.2008	5.00	75 miles this week in singles in addition to 43 hours of work. Awesome, but I'm tired as hell. Definitely not doing this next week, i think 55-65 is my ideal in singles. Ran easy to speedway and back along kolb, 39:42.
Total	75.50

an update on the foot for those concerned

"So anyways, the pain in my foot is pretty much all concentrated into that little tendon that's right under and to the outside of the ankle. I have no idea what it's called, and I know that's a horrible description of where it is, but I don't really know how to do better. Anyways I think it happened after the 18 mile run to Alyssa's, but I just sorta blew it off cuz it was 18 miles, and I figured my legs were bound to be a bit sore. Then I ran that 4:49.9 mile on it, and that was probably no good, although I only noticed that the day after when I went for a run. It's been pretty on or off since then, although there doesn't seem to be a correlation with running. But I don't know since I didn't take time off. I realize that my stride is set up exactly right so I don't even notice it at all except if I'm going really slow (and I mean really slow, like 9 minute miles). Even when I ran the mile I couldn't feel it when I was running, but I definitely felt it the next day. The only time I'll notice is if I roll my ankle (and this usually happens about once every run). In fact that's the only way I know I'm not fully healed yet; rolling my left foot feels a little different than rolling my right. So yea, basically right now it seems pretty good. I'm taping it up while at work and basically whenever I'm not running for good measure, and I think it's helping."

-from an email I sent to kangway

log 20.07.2008 - 23.07.2008

20.07.2008	0.00	off day, had a ridiculous 9.5 hour shift, but its okay, i'll get overtime for it. Also i am owed 2:15 (that's HOURS:MINUTES) of break, so I just text at work now and sit down when I feel like. Seems fair.
21.07.2008	19.50	ran to alyssa's house (reverse route+, url: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2101066); took 2:32:02 including stops, which is surprisingly quick for how I felt going into it. Damn I need to get this girl out of my system. Also, got 3 honks and one laugh (wtf?).
22.07.2008	12.00	rincon and back, the special way in reverse. I was timing the run, but partway through i noticed my watch went back to "00:00.00". must have hit the reset somewhere :(
23.07.2008	12.50	tried today, but at least my legs feel normal (as in uninjured). This is the heaviest week so far, and I can feel it, despite running a decent time of 95:32 (I was running the 8 minute mile for the first 3 or 4 miles and picked up). Did this route, which I haven't named yet: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2107961

log 06.07.2008 - 19.07.2008 and an apology

06.07.2008	0.00	off day (not by choice, i started to run but my left leg's tendon felt really bad, and decided to call it after like 5-10 minutes of it not going away). Decided to make this a "recovery week"
07.07.2008	12.50	not to be too ambitious I ran to my HS practice, did their practice, ran to matt's and had him take me home. Foot still hurts, but I managed to average 5:59.79 for the first 5.5 miles (because I thought I would be late). I am sad.
08.07.2008	9.00	decided to scrap today's summer track meet in favor of a long run to the meet..but it was done before I got there and matt took me back. Foot was okay as long as I didn't land weirdly.
09.07.2008	5.00	Speedway/Wilmot loop. Went slowish but foot still hurts :(
10.07.2008	14.00	ran to my HS practice, did their practice, and ran to burger king (arts sister works there and took me home :D). I am faster than anyone else there by a ridiculous margin even with the additional ~10 miles.
11.07.2008	6.00	Easy 6 to broadway and back in 43:54; the foot is feeling better, but definitely non-optimal as of right now. Decided to not make this a "recovery week" since I'm close in mileage anyways.
12.07.2008	12.00	12 to rincon and back a slightly different way. Took 93:14 including stops, route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2072942
Total	58.50
13.07.2008	0.00	off day
14.07.2008	15.00	ran this route to get to himmel park with a lot of additional mileage while swinging by the school to see the kids at practice: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2079628 pretty fun and we played frisbee at the park after and ate eegees. Danny drove me back home. I've decided this foot problem is not going to go away but it doesn't affect me when I'm running so I'll just deal.
15.07.2008	10.50	didnt run in the meet because I am afraid of messing up my leg. But ran to the meet and had maria drive me back. Also "warmed up" with matt, for a mile when I got there, although I was already plenty warm. Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2083134
16.07.2008	4.50	easy run with matt after a hellboy marathon (both 1 and 2 in succession) to cloud and pantano. Took 38:08, but we weren't going fast at all.
17.07.2008	12.00	ran to rincon and back the special way, untimed
18.07.2008	12.50	ran to maria's and back, but went pretty slowly because of residual tiredness from yesterday. Also, of the last 24 hours, I have spent 16.3 at Target. :(
19.07.2008	9.50	destroyed some n00b during my run along wrightstown for a mile along speedway. I think he was trying to race me, but I'm not too sure. Took 68:14
Total	64.00

Also, I'm sorry to Garrett and Kangway, and my other readers who think I should update more often. I actually haven't been on teh internetz lately so I didn't see your comments. Work + Running = No time to do much except sleep. I'll try to update more often from now on.

log 22.06.2008 - 05.07.2008

22.06.2008	5.00	sore from yesterday....good job me. Easy 5 to speedway and back + 2 loops round the neighborhood leaving and coming back. Couldn't go very fast.
23.06.2008	9.50	still sore actually, but much better. Ran harrison (19.06.2008) in 74:10. weird pain in chest, could just be hunger though (its happened before). Standing around for 6 hours at work actually makes my legs hurt. I find that funny, because running 17 miles seems like it should be more painful, not less.
24.06.2008	7.00	Ran 6 easy in the morning (to broadway), then worked. Summer meet: mile (5:02, 3rd). Lost to state champion in the 1600 and the state champion in XC (they ran 4:52 and 4:57). Not bad for 103 degree heat. Didn't run 3200 because i was at janeth's birthday party instead of the meet.
25.06.2008	9.50	ran to udall for frisbee, then ran for over an hour until people showed up. They never showed. Looked at cell phone and saw i went to the wrong park. My bad... probably did like 9-10 miles, but no idea of actual distance or time.
26.06.2008	12.50	12 in the rain. Took 96:08 including stops. Ran to maria's and back; saw her driving near her house. Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2025484
27.06.2008	13.00	awesome run when it was almost cool outside to madeleine's and back. Took 99:47, but didn't feel bad at all during any point despite running the 12.5 yesterday. Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2028206
28.06.2008	0.00	off day
Total	56.50
29.06.2008	6.00	ran to broadway and back...nothing too exciting except i picked a pretty bad time to run. Oh and I saw the U of A runner driving when I was at broadway and kolb!
30.06.2008	18.00	ran to alyssa's house in tucson and back, although she's still in flagstaff. Took 2:27:19 including stops, although this was more of something that i just wanted to do for myself than for workout. Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2040233
01.07.2008	1.00	summer meet: mile (4:50, 3rd). Awesome mile PR in horrendous conditions (really windy), got beat at the line by some random 25-30 year old and another who ran 4:43. I had NO kick because of yesterday. But still pretty happy.
02.07.2008	9.50	ran wrightstown at "night", meaning 4:00 in the morning, untimed. Left leg actually kinda hurts for some reason. Improvement from last years birthday where i just went to work and slept the day away. As usual madeleine actually remembered and gave me a pretty good present :)
03.07.2008	12.50	ran to maria's and back when it was super windy, and didnt go very fast (untimed). But leg feels a lot better today
04.07.2008	0.00	off day
05.07.2008	9.00	ran to himmel park and had matt take me back home...raining like a mofo by the time i got to tucson ave, but it was a nice change
Total	56.00

So the mile...

I think I just broke 4:50 in the mile, setting a massive 8 second PR. Details were sketchy since there was no automatic timing, but I had myself at 4:49.90, Noah had me at 4:49.86, Copeland had me at 4:49.97, and my 'official time' came back to me as 4:50 (they round to the nearest second though, so there is still hope). This is with NO speedwork and after 18 miles yesterday (I'm sorry Kangway! I just had to though...you'll see when I update), so I had no kick (which is why I got 3rd instead of 2nd...oh well), but it still amazes me that I ran a mile PR without training specifically for it. I hope this bodes well for next cross country season, and hell maybe I can pull out a 4:45 like I wanted to by the end of the summer.

log 08.06.2008 - 21.06.2008

08.06.2008	14.50	ran this awesome route in 1:49:42 starting at like midnight: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1972066 felt good the entire way; went out in 57:30, return trip in 52:12, let time run for stops
09.06.2008	9.50	ran this in 68:02 at midnight: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1975176 nothing extraordinary about this run... was really freaked out at first but calmed down later. Time includes stops...
10.06.2008	0.00	off day. Except i was getting roflstomped by my finals.
11.06.2008	6.00	delicious rosemead run. Somehow took off without a watch so no time, started feeling a little pain in right leg near knee. No idea what it is.
12.06.2008	7.00	ran with Garrett easy on some modified huntington. Still have that muscle pain but I can deal. Besides that it was okay.
13.06.2008	0.00	took anton to the airport because he missed his supershuttle...discovered packing takes 2-5x longer than initially expected.
14.06.2008	5.50	driving back to tucson. I love arizona. Didnt really feel like running but art dragged me out anyways. Ran easy to river.
Total	42.50
15.06.2008	8.00	nice and easy with arturo again. He's still a lot faster than me, no wonder he's got a running scholarship. Bad time to run though, it was freaking 103 outside! At least its dry heat. Knee pain is gone.
16.06.2008	4.00	easy run at night, when its finally ~80 degrees as opposed to 100+
17.06.2008	3.00	summer meet: mile (5:03, 1st), 2-mile (11:31 official, 10:57 unofficial, 1st). Funny thing with the 2-mile, I started late cuz I missed the calls for it, so I put on my shoes, ran across the field to the start, lapped the field, and won. Awesome
18.06.2008	9.50	good run at night in 71:45 (including stops). here's the route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2003860
19.06.2008	9.50	nice long run at night in 68:27 (including stops). Legs felt weird, but it went away after 2.5ish miles. Here's the route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2006268
20.06.2008	0.00	off day
21.06.2008	17.00	three letters can describe this run: wtf. I don't know what compelled me to do this but i think it was the taking friday off. Dont worry guys, I totally got this. Ran to matt's and came back along speedway in 2:09:51.
Total	51.00

log 25.05.2008 - 07.06.2008

25.05.2008	11.30	ran along the beach with garrett for 20 min, then continued to run (I really wanted to get to this pier in the distance). Got to the pier, and decided I could do more. Started to get blisters (ran barefoot) and decided to head back, quickly. Ended up with massive negative split and finished in 75:56. here's the route I took: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1929251
26.05.2008	2.00	easy run for 15 minutes (7 laps north field). Really really sore from yesterday.
27.05.2008	4.00	easy run for 30 minutes (16 laps north field). Still really sore from yesterday, although noticeably better.
28.05.2008	3.00	easy run for 24 minutes (12 laps north field). Still sore, but now it's sorta dying down to a normal soreness level.
29.05.2008	4.50	easy run for 29:12 at NAU. Awesome. Legs not sore at all (despite 7 hour drive!) and Alyssa seemed happy to see me. Obligatory route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1950567
30.05.2008	3.00	easy run for 24:16 at NAU. Wanted to run with Alyssa but she was tired from work.
31.05.2008	10.00	run to the hills. Took a ridiculously long time but i wasn't going fast (maybe 2-3 hours? I didnt have a watch on it). Also, I have no idea how long it was, this is just an estimate based on time.
Total	37.80
01.06.2008	0.00	off day. A little sad about getting rejected again...I'm 9 for 9 in rejections in 5 years. I guess I'm just retarded and go for her anyways even when I know she doesn't like me. 0/9; that's pretty bad. But this isn't really the place. Eventually...
02.06.2008	3.00	tons of homework to do, just ran a little bit round san pasqual (not a full madre run, but going in that direction)
03.06.2008	0.00	even more work to do. Didn't go running today, but I should be okay. Hopefully I don't get lazy.
04.06.2008	16.50	Didn't run yesterday, so I have to make up for it today. Ran this route (my favorite, takes my mind off of things) in 74:55 : http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1961139; later ran test with Ian and appropriate warmup/cooldown. Apparently I'm part hummingbird (started at 184 bpm, maxed out at 220 bpm)
05.06.2008	6.00	6 easy with garrett late at night. Was pretty good although a little sore from yesterday
06.06.2008	10.50	somewhat fast run along this route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1967286 hill gradient along that last part of lake is MUCH steeper than anticipated – I probably PR'd in the mile on the downhill; completed in 77:28. legs are tired but otherwise okay, should go easy tomorrow
07.06.2008	0.00	off day. Got roflstomped by Ay001 final; guess i took this a little too easy huh?
Total	36.00

log 12.05.2008 - 24.05.2008

12.05.2008	3.00	extremely light run around the north field with garrett. Legs actually felt better after run, but still sore. Was even more inflexible than normal.
13.05.2008	0.00	off day
14.05.2008	5.00	garfield long way easy with garrett. Felt good
15.05.2008	3.00	light run around the north field, picked up immensely for the last mile or so. A little sad about various things (not running related), need to get away from tech for a bit.
16.05.2008	6.10	tempo run doing a modified rosemead loop (http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1905693). Finished in 35:44.73! that's probably the fastest I've ever done a distance run alone; felt good the entire way and did a ridiculous kick for the last 2 minutes or so. Probably helped that it was 11:20 at night so there were no cars to stop me and it was nice and cool.
17.05.2008	0.00	off day
Total	17.10
18.05.2008	0.00	off day
19.05.2008	0.00	off day
20.05.2008	0.00	off day
21.05.2008	0.00	off day
22.05.2008	0.00	off day
23.05.2008	0.00	off day
24.05.2008	0.00	off day
Total	0.00

log 04.05.2008 - 10.05.2008

04.05.2008	0.50	800m race, ran pretty badly. For some reason this year i am sucking at the 800 (i go out way too fast), but its not even my race so whatever. 2:15 (61 + 74)
05.05.2008	8.00	ran easy 3 mile warmup, then ran 8k on track. Was going to go easy but felt good so did a tempo at 29:07. Next year will be good. Split pretty well also, ran 5:50, 11:42, 17:37, 23:24, 29:07. (32 laps total)
06.05.2008	1.00	tried to help matt out on his 400s, ran two 30 second 200s on his last two. He's looking strong, it didn't even seem to faze him until the sixth 400 (he was doing ~62s with 2 minutes rest)
07.05.2008	1.00	ran a bit with Ian and katherine. She should go sub 5:00 in the 1500 this weekend, im pretty sure i was more tired than her after the workout
08.05.2008	1.00	delicious recovery run around the track with Garrett, not bad for his first day back
09.05.2008	0.00	got roflstomped by math midterm. Too upset to run.
10.05.2008	27.00	Kelrof, went surprisingly well although I sorta died at the end. But ran: (5:15, 5:13, 5:12, 5:12, 5:14, 5:14, 5:12, 5:14, 5:15, 5:17, 5:16, 5:13, 5:15, 5:15, 5:15, 5:15, 5:14, 5:15, 5:17, 5:16, 5:19, 5:22, 5:36, 5:45, 5:50, 5:35, 5:25), which averages to 5:19.3. you can tell I got owned after like mile 20, but still holy shit, how am I not running 16:30 for the 5k?

wow I suck at updating: log 13.04.2008 - 02.05.2008

13.04.2008	7.00	South Field Track Club run for 60 minutes. awesome.
14.04.2008	7.80	lower arroyo in like an hour. I don't know, I forgot to start my watch. went easy.
15.04.2008	3.00	12x400 going every 2 minutes (~40 seconds rest), ran: 80, 76, 80, 79, 78, 79, 79, 78, 78, 78, 75, 78
16.04.2008	5.00	garfield long way easy. Took about 42 minutes, but felt super relaxed the entire way.
17.04.2008	0.00	drove to santa rosa
18.04.2008	3.00	(2 on, 1 off)x6 on beach. ridiculous wind
19.04.2008	0.00	wedding day! super windy. was forced to dance
20.04.2008	0.00	driving back to tech.
21.04.2008	7.80	lower arroyo in 62:40. went slowly the entire way. allergies getting pretty bad.
22.04.2008	2.00	8x400 going every two minutes, ran: 77, 79, 78, 78, 78, 76, 76, 74 bonus: 61
23.04.2008	5.00	lacey long way, 3 laps, then back up the short way. felt fine.
24.04.2008	3.00	pre race with rosen and kiesz. they went a little fast for me but it was okay. I really hope matt wins the 1500, he's looking strong.
25.04.2008	1.90	3k steeple: 11:15, (15/15) fell on last two barriers. legs felt tired and heavy before race
26.04.2008	3.10	5k: 17:21 (28/31), horrendous time. I felt slow before the race but I just thought it was nerves. guess not. I don't even know what happened, I ran 5:22, 11:02, 16:43, 38. what a way to end the season
28.04.2008	9.00	ran around the track for an hour or so. don't know how many laps I did but it was a goodly number. my foot has blisters now
29.04.2008	0.90	3x500 (50, 47, 47, 47, 48) with 3 minutes of rest. felt kinda slowish
30.04.2008	5.00	lacey long way, 2 laps, then back up the short way. felt fine.
01.05.2008	0.70	(400 + 200)x2 with 30 seconds between 400 and 200 and 5 minutes between sets. wanted to run pr 800 first lap pace. legs hurt a lot, foot still blistered. ran: (61, 32), (63, 34)
02.05.2008	11.00	~46 laps around the track. I may have lost count at certain points but it's +/- 3 at most. felt better as time went on.

log 07.04.2008 - 12.04.2008

07.04.2008	7.80	Lower arroyo in 58:40. legs felt a little weird, like they were going to cramp, but didn't.
08.04.2008	3.00	1000-800-600-400 (going every 5-4-3 min) + 5x400 (going every 2 min): 3:08, 2:30, 1:56, 79 + 68, 75, 72, 72, 71
09.04.2008	4.50	Madre in 42:50, nice and easy recovery run. then trained for steeple...this is going to be hilarious
10.04.2008	3.00	5-4-3-2-1 at Lacey. did 5 laps, felt slow during 2 minute run because legs were sore from steeple practice
11.04.2008	3.00	pre race. nervous, practiced steeple some more. i have horrible form.
12.04.2008	5.00	3k steeple: 11:25(9th) 5k: 16:59.76 (16th). water jump is harder than expected. 5k was split well: (5:19, 10:55, 16:25).got outkicked in last 200 but otherwise very happy with race

log 03.02.2008 - 05.04.2008

03.02.2008	6.00	Ran with Garrett easy for 60 minutes (garfield long way)
04.02.2008	7.80	Ran easy 60 minutes, picked up at the end (lower arroyo). Dennis seems faster than me, especially if he hasn't run before.
05.02.2008	7.80	Damn, I ran really slow for that 2.5 mile tempo (14:51). Dennis was a little ahead of me, but I mostly ran on pace. Hopefully I can do a 10:30 3200 by the end of track...
06.02.2008	5.00	40 minutes, easy run. 8 lap warmup before run because my left leg was feeling weak.
07.02.2008	3.70	2000 (6:55) 1600 (5:34) 1200 (4:08) 800 (2:34) 400 (1:15) on the track. Left calf was hurting at the beginning.
08.02.2008	3.50	Pre race. Felt pretty bad. Left leg is weak, Erin thinks it's pulled.
09.02.2008	3.25	First meet: 4x1600 (5:11), 4x800 (2:18), 3000 (10:29). felt bad on all but 3k. leg especially acted up during 800.
11.02.2008	7.80	Ran pretty consistent for 60 minutes. Same as (04.02), but felt better. leg is not hurting so much
12.02.2008	5.00	20 minute tempo run at lacey, completed 7 laps ( +/- 100m ). faster 3 mile split than last time (17:03)
13.02.2008	3.00	Interhouse track: 800 (2:17, 4th), 3000 (10:17, 1st), 4x400 (??, 2nd). leg not hurting at all during meet. slow 400 (probably 58ish, but no official splits). almost got owned in last lap of 3000, but outsprinted 2nd
14.02.2008	6.50	Huntingson, no idea how long it took since I forgot to start my watch. Legs were okay.
15.02.2008	3.50	Pre race. felt ridiculously good.
16.02.2008	3.00	Pomona-Pitzer all comers meet (FAT): 3000 (9:59.61, 23rd), Mile (5:02.70, 24th), 4x400 (57.00, anchor, 5th)
18.02.2008	9.00	Full arroyo with garrett and anton in 78 minutes. Not taxing, but I tripped over a branch at the aquatic center that hurt a lot. felt okay after a few minutes
19.02.2008	4.00	5x1200 (4:00, 4:00, 3:59, 4:00, 4:01) going every 6:30. pretty hard and yet easier than I imagined. even lap splits per 1200 were pretty good (1:18, 2:38, finishing time). but left ankle feels injured
20.02.2008	0.00	Don't know if I can really run today. I could barely walk without an uneven stride after Aph9 lab yesterday. We'll see how it goes. (update: didn't run, might not be able to for a while)
21.02.2008	0.00	injured, right ankle
22.02.2008	3.50	ran pre-race. didn't stride because ankle started hurting.
23.02.2008	0.00	didn't run any races, ran a few warm ups but ankle was nagging at high speeds
25.02.2008	7.80	lower arroyo at a goodly pace. 57:30 for the entire thing. felt okay but a little out of shape
26.02.2008	4.00	ladder. felt really bad (low sleep monday) but surprisingly times were okay. 400 (1:16) 800 (2:38) 1200 (4:03) 1600 (5:31) 1200 (4:05) 800 (2:40) 400 (1:08) bonus 400 (1:02)
27.02.2008	6.00	huntington easy recovery run. took ~44 minutes, legs felt pretty okay. hopefully can get like a 9:50 in the 3k this weekend.
28.02.2008	5.00	20 minute tempo run at lacey, completed 7 (+ 20m) laps.
29.02.2008	3.50	pre race, except did lacy park. legs feel okay
01.03.2008	2.50	SCIAC Invite: 1500 (4:34.06, 8th), 3000 (9:54.97, 11th) 2 PRs, pretty amazing meet
03.03.2008	9.00	Full arroyo in 64:41, felt pretty good the entire way. Anton ran it in like 63:15. No difficulties so far.
04.03.2008	3.50	3x1600 (5:23, 5:26, 5:23) going every 10 minutes. Was pretty hard because no one was in front of me to pace (anton and matt ran 800s).
05.03.2008	0.00	Sick
06.03.2008	3.00	It's not really three, I'm sure I did more but I lost count. Ran around on track for 40 minutes because I'm still sick.
07.03.2008	5.00	garfield long way easy. Took 41:03 to finish, but felt much better than yesterday
09.03.2008	9.50	still sick, but feeling a lot better; got dizzy partway through due to dehydration. took 60 min. here's what I did but I'm pretty sure it's an overestimate: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1686707
10.03.2008	2.25	6x600, Scott wanted me to run 5k pace (78, 1:56, 1:54, 1:53, 1:52, 1:49, 1:44, 83)
11.03.2008	5.00	garfield long way easy. took about 43 minutes
12.03.2008	5.50	5-4-3-2-1 at Lacey. did around 5 laps, felt good
13.03.2008	3.00	Pre race, felt fine.
14.03.2008	3.00	Horrible race, went out too fast and got tired (17:10 5k), ran first 2 miles in 10:46. very sad, ran a 7 mile cooldown in a little under an hour
15.03.2008	0.50	not my week, ran a horrible 800 with wind (2:19ish), ran 56.6 4x400 leg
17.03.2008	0.00	driving back home for spring break – walked for an hour with alyssa but that doesn't count.
18.03.2008	9.50	good long run at 65 minutes
19.03.2008	7.50	long run, felt slow because of heat. woke up late so it was really hot outside. same as yesterday but didn't do loop around neighborhood
19.03.2008	2.00	6x400 @ 75 with 2 minutes rest. ran in lane 4, so it's not really 400, wanted to help out my HS friends pace correctly (they did). then 4x200 @ 30, ran in lane 6 so it's not 200
20.03.2008	4.50	easy recovery run: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1716560
20.03.2008	5.50	nice easy run with matt to catch up, legs felt better than in the morning
21.03.2008	3.40	Tempo run for 20 minutes at udall park, did ~5.5 (+/- 50m) laps at 1000m each. It's probably a little less than a half, but I have no idea since it's not a marked loop. Still it was good pace.
21.03.2008	4.50	played ultimate with friends. team sucked and gave up too easily. ran ~4.5 miles while they got their act together. drunk guy wanted to play, was actually pretty good
22.03.2008	9.00	easy long run, same as on tuesday but neglected to do a lap around Udall
24.03.2008	4.00	16x400 with 2 minutes rest, ran: 73, 72, 73, 74, 73, 72, 73, 73, 73, 73, 73, 74, 73, 73, 73, 72. super tiring, really felt like I was starting to fade at lap 13ish. surprisingly held pace.
25.03.2008	10.50	(retroactively added) did the girls distance workout at my high school (highland park +), then did the boys distance workout(rosemont loop). then ran with arturo for 5 miles (indian house +)
26.03.2008	3.00	(retroactively added) 5x1000 going every 5 minutes: 3:58, 3:26, 3:24, 3:24, 3:25. horrible workout, should have been able to go faster. maybe it was too hot? or perhaps I need people to run with.
26.03.2008	4.00	(retroactively added) helped arturo warm up for mile, then after that helped him warm up for the 800, then ran with janeth to warm up for two-mile. each warm up was ~15 minutes.
27.03.2008	11.50	Lack of recording for past few days, but not lack of running. pissed off at yesterday's workout. Today ran: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1736141 in 86:12 with stops (pr)
28.03.2008	3.00	12x400 with 2 minutes rest, ran: 73, 70, 71, 70, 71, 70, 71, 70, 71, 70, 71, 68
29.03.2008	3.30	tired from yesterday, but needed to get in tempo run. ran same park as last time, but probably a little less (not quite 5.5 laps). legs felt heavy after lap ~3.5. leaving tucson tomorrow...
31.03.2008	9.00	Full arroyo in 64:20, faster than last time. Hit a ton of lights in town, made me upset. Dennis is doing pretty well, he'll be a good xc runner.
01.04.2008	2.50	10x400 going every 2:00 minutes (46 sec rest!): ran 74, 76, 74, 74, 76, 74, 75, 75, 75, 72. bonus 400: 62. felt happy that I didn't lose much
02.04.2008	6.00	Huntington coming up los robles. was going pretty fast but once anton dropped me i felt fine. took 47:47
03.04.2008	3.50	tempo run for 20 minutes at lacey. ran slightly more than 7 laps. was pretty close to anton, ran consistent pace. 6 laps in 17:08
04.04.2008	3.00	pre race, left hip was hurting, went away after a while, but didn't do strides because of it.
05.04.2008	3.10	bad race, ran 17:12, but more even splits this time; felt really weak right before race, but it was just nervousness. left hip started to hurt on cooldown but was fine during race. will i ever break 17:00?