Mountain Bay Trail

10 Miles 1:16:50
6:00 a.m sunny and nice
140 average HR.
Ran this one with some of my running buddies.
Felt good. Ran at a easier pace than normal.
Finally booked my airfare today for PPM.

Treadmill Run

5 Miles 46:30
Incline Treadmill workout.
Mile/Incline/Speed
1 2% 6.5-7.0
2 5% 7.0
3 7% 7.0
4 8% 6.5
5 10% 6.0
First run of my training plan for Pikes Peak.
I have lots of work to do. I need to build up to
a 15% incline run for 13 miles. It's going to be FUN!

Oregon Trip

Well I'm back in Wisconsin. I had a great time in Oregon.
Saw a ton in a short amount of time. We drove nearly 1500
miles in 5 days. We drove thru mountains and over to the
coast and along the coast line. Saw some awesome waterfalls.
The mountains still have lots of snow. Did not get to go
to the top of any but made it up to the 6,000 to 7,000 ft.
range. This was my first time at any significant elevation.
I will be much higher in only 80 days at Pikes Peak marathon.
(14,132) What have I got myself into? It rained some mainly
inland. We spent 2 days on the coast and it was sunny. Temps.
were in the 50-70's range. I really liked the city of Eugene.
This is where the Olympic trials will be held for track & field
in July. It will be at historic Hayward Field. Eugene is a college
town and seems to be into fitness I saw many runners and bikers.
Portland was also a nice city. Very clean. Known as the city of roses.
Overall my impression of Oregon is it's clean, green, pretty,
awesome coast, great mountains and some amazing waterfalls. I'm
glad I went and would recommend it to anyone that has not been there.

Fox River Trail

8 Miles 51:58 6:30 average
6:00 P.M. 60's Sunny
Mile/Pace/HR
1 7:06 142
2 6:31 157
3 6:24 161
4 6:17 165
5 6:16 167
6 6:13 168
7 6:14 170
8 6:59 164
When I took off for this run I had no real plan just see
how the IT would feel. I took along my IT band strap that
I purchased a few years back with me. I'm glad I did.
I made it only a few 100 yards and I could feel it acting
up already. So I put the strap on. At first it did not help
too much but after a minute or two I could tell it helped
no pain. So I felt good and decided to push the pace tonight.
Only 80 days till Pikes Peak. Time to get serious!!!

Oregon Runs

Friday May, 23
6 miles Portland trail run
Ran in my brand new Brooks
trail shoes and broke them in good.
Shoes got totally soaked.

Saturday May, 24
7 miles Portland ran this one
from our hotel and just went out
and back and finished with a nice hill

Sunday May, 25
5 miles Florence ran on the coast.
This was fun running on the sand but
my IT band was bothering me.

Monday May, 26
Did not run wanted to but IT was hurting.

Tuesday May, 27
4 Miles early before heading out to airport
drizzled on this run but it felt good. IT still
sore but better.

Run Away Shoes

7.25 Miles 49:55 6:55 average
60's cloudy
First run since Sunday's marathon.
Felt okay quads are still very sore.
Leave for Oregon tomorrow hope to get a few
runs in out there. Plan on running some on
Mt. Hood. Should be fun. Will be first time at
altitude. Hope it goes good, since I will be doing
Pikes Peak Marathon in August. Will post my runs on
Wednesday.

Cellcom Green Bay Marathon

26.2 Miles 2:53:54 6:38 average P.R.
Mid 40's to low 50's partly sunny NNW wind 13-16
Mile 1 6:23 HR 157
Mile 2 6:25 HR 157
Mile 3 6:29 HR 158
Mile 4 6:26 HR 159
Mile 5 6:35 HR 159
Mile 6 6:35 HR 158
Mile 7 6:32 HR 159
Mile 8 6:32 HR 157
Mile 9 6:32 HR 157
Mile 10 6:34 HR 157
Mile 11 6:23 HR 157
Mile 12 6:27 HR 157
Mile 13 6:35 HR 156
Mile 14 6:29 HR 157
Mile 15 6:35 HR 158
Mile 16 6:32 HR 159
Mile 17 6:55 HR 157
Mile 18 6:49 HR 157
Mile 19 6:45 HR 159
Mile 20 6:45 HR 160
Mile 21 6:45 HR 159
Mile 22 6:52 HR 159
Mile 23 6:41 HR 160
Mile 24 6:57 HR 161
Mile 25 6:53 HR 160
Mile 26 6:54 HR 163
Mile 26.2 2:53:53 NO HR data
I think my average HR is about 158. Max HR was 171.
Good run today. It was alot harder than my last 2 marathons.
I started to slow after mile 16 plus then more of a head wind
from that point on. Still kept every mile under 7:00 so that's
good. Had a few issues with the new Garmin but it worked okay.
First half was 1:25:11. I was shooting for 1:25:00 so I was
happy with that. The wind and fatigue got me in the second half.
Took second in my age group. First time I have placed in my age
group in a marathon so that's cool. On another note my brother
Jeff ran 3:28 today and qualified for Boston. This was his 20th
marathon. I'm very happy for him. Way to go Jeff!!!

Fox River Trail

5 Miles 35:22
6:15 a.m. 45 degrees
Mile 1 7:19 HR 134
Mile 2 7:07 HR 146
Mile 3 7:11 HR 151
Mile 4 7:00 HR 157
Mile 5 6:40 HR 159
149 average HR
Last run till Sunday's marathon. Will take it
easy till then. Looks like temp will be good
but will be windy and rain possible. Hope it
hold off.

Fox River Trail

7 Miles 48;29 6:55 average
low 60's sunny nice
Mile 1 7:24 HR 134
Mile 2 7:19 HR 145
Mile 3 7:06 HR 148
Mile 4 6;59 HR 152
Mile 5 6:44 HR 157
Mile 6 6:21 HR 164
Mile 7 6:33 HR 164
152 average HR
168 max HR
Ran this with Brian. Felt good.

Fox River Trail

7 Miles 47:07 6:44 average
50's sunny windy
Mile 1 7:06 HR 138
Mile 2 6:46 HR 151
Mile 2.5 3:41 HR 148
Mile 3.5 5:54 HR 164
Mile 4 4:00 HR 146
Mile 5 5:36 HR 168
Mile 6 7:26 HR 152
Mile 7 6:35 HR 161
153 Average HR
171 Max HR
Last hard run till Sunday's Marathon. Easy on Wed. and Fri.

Fox River Trail

11 Miles 1:16:40 6:58 average
10:30 a.m. mid 50's sunny
Mile 1 7:24 HR 137
Mile 2 7:05 HR 149
Mile 3 6:53 HR 156
Mile 4 6:58 HR 158
Mile 5 6:58 HR 158
Mile 6 6:55 HR 159
Mile 7 6:56 HR 159
Mile 8 6:52 HR 159
Mile 9 6:48 HR 159
Mile 10 6:57 HR 160
Mile 11 6:52 HR 160
Average HR 155 Max 163
I felt decent on this run a little sluggish.
HR was very stable mile 4-11 was all within 2 beats of
each other.

West De Pere

5 Miles 41:11 8:14 average
6:00 a.m. mid 40's cloudy
Mile 1 8:05 127
Mile 2 8:05 132
Mile 3 8:12 133
Mile 4 8:20 135
Mile 5 8:28 134
132 average HR
Interesting how I always have to run each mile slower to keep HR
under 135. Going to wear HR monitor for the marathon. I have never
worn one in a race so I will be curious to see what kind of numbers
I put up in race conditions. Will the same be true will my heart rate
continue to climb each mile or will it stabilize. I don't plan on
looking at it during the race. Afraid it might hold me back otherwise.
I like the Garmin HR monitor strap much better than the timex one I
have been using. I get a good reading from the start. The other one
would always take a mile or so before it would read it correctly.
100 days till Pikes Peak can't wait.

Run Away Shoes

8 Miles 55:39 6:57 average
6:00 p.m. 50's sunny windy
Mile 1 7:55 HR 138
Mile 2 7:05 HR 145
Mile 3 7:12 HR 149
Mile 4 6:52 HR 153
Mile 5 6:34 HR 159
Mile 6 6:23 HR 162
Mile 7 6:28 HR 163
Mile 8 7:07 HR 157
153 average HR 166 max

Fox River Trail

6 Miles 39:30 6:35 average
159 average HR
5:10 p.m. low 70's
Warmest day of the year so far. About time!
First run with new Garmin 405. I like it!!! Did not
have it set up correctly though. Did not have it
set for mile splits. I think I have it figured out.
Still not sure on the HR settings.

Fox River Trail

6 Miles 39:03 6:30 average
low 60's sunny 5:00 p.m.
Mile 1 6:43
Mile 2 6:26 HR 158
Mile 3 7:03 HR 161
Mile 4 5:40 HR 169
Mile 5 6:31 HR 167
Mile 6 6:33 HR 167
Max HR 174
Felt pretty good considering I was sore after
yesterday's run.
Tomorrow I should receive my new Garmin 405. Time to retire
the Garmin 201. It has been very good though.
32.5 miles for the week.

East De Pere

13.5 Miles 1:45 7:48 average
Ran with my brother Jeff.
Nice day low 50's sunny.
145 HR avg.

Run Away Shoes

Wednesday April 30, 2008
7 miles 54 minutes
Still sore from marathon. Getting better. Goal is
to run more next week and pick up the pace some.
Only 134 miles for the month of April. March was
255 miles so over 120 less miles. That's what tapering
does. Then the recovery period after.