Packerland Drive

12 Miles 1:23:10 6:56 average per mile
149 average HR
6:00 pm) 40 degrees. cloudy & windy
I had a hard time getting motivated to go out tonight.
It was raining and windy. Luckily the rain stopped but
the wind didn't. I was going to make this a progression
run but it did not work out very good. The course I ran
had some hills and with the wind I couldn't keep hitting
faster miles.

Gold's Gym

8 Miles? 1:00
6:00 pm)
Was planning on running outside but the weather is cold and
it's raining. So hit the mill instead. Run was okay not great.
I was about to quit after 4 miles. Felt tired and no energy.
After about half an hour the treadmill just turned off. This
is the second time I have had this happen to me. I hoped on
another one and ended up doing an hour. I have to guess at
my distance. I'm sure I did at least 8 miles. Not sure why the
treadmill just shut off. I asked the girl at the front desk but
she didn't know. She said she would tell the maintenance man.
Overall I feel good. This week is my last week before I taper.
I will go long on Saturday then the taper begins. I can't wait
till race day!
Today was the Boston Marathon. I was kind of wishing I was there.
My brother ran it this year for the first time he is now a Boston
Marathon Finisher. Congratulations!!! I look forward to hearing
all about his experience. I had a blast going the past 2 years.
I'm sure he did as well.

Oshkosh Half Marathon

13.1 Miles 1:19:47 6:05 average
8:00 am) Sunny 50's Perfect!
Not the time I was hoping for but still a new PR. So that's
a positive. I was shooting to hit 5:55 - 6:00 miles. I was
a bit over that. I was not feeling fresh going into this race.
I ran 21 the Saturday before hard and ran hard on Wednesday.
Thursday was supposed to be real easy and was also too hard.
It's okay though as this was not the big race for me. That's May 16.
Here is the splits:
Mile/Pace
1/5:48
2/6:03
3/6:00
4/5:57
5/6:04
6/6:08
7/6:07
8/6:10
9/6:12
10/6:06
11/6:08
12/6:12
13/5:59
13.13/6:16 (:50)
I was 11th overall and 3rd in my age division. They had 1129
participants in the half marathon and 800 in the 5k. This was
a lot more than they had the previous year The perfect weather
was the main reason for the large turnout.

UWGB Trail

7.8 Miles 55:38 7:08 per mile average
5:30 pm) 60's Sunny NICE!!!

West De Pere Track

7.2 Miles track workout
5:15 pm) Upper 50's sunny nice! Some wind as usual.
Track workout 8 X 1000's
1000 - 3:31:66
1000 - 3:30:25
1000 - 3:28:08
1000 - 3:24:55
1000 - 3:26:85
1000 - 3:25:38
1000 - 3:25:05
1000 - 3:16:78
Did 200 meter jogs in between the 1000's.
After the 4th set did 600 meter jog.
The goal today was 3:30 or better. Was below the goal
on all the sets but the first. As usual my first set
was the slowest and the last the fastest. I really
pushed hard for the last set. I almost collapsed
after that one. I have done the 1000's for 3 weeks
now and feel they are helping. I think next week I
will keep the goal the same as this week. Then the
following week maybe shoot for sub 3:25. I basically
did that today for the last 5 sets. I was happy with
this workout. I felt good. Easy trail run tomorrow.
Off on Friday and race Saturday. Looks like rain
Saturday. Hope it's dry for the race.

InCompetition

9 Miles 58:53 6:33 average
5:30 pm) low 40's cloudy & windy
Felt pretty good and pushed the pace. I had a great
day today. I can't believe it was a Monday. The best
thing that happened today is that I found out I'm
getting a nice refund this year. I sure can use it.
Also have someone looking at the duplex this week
hope they are interested. If my place sells I will
probably stay in Wisconsin but I will not buy anything.
This way when I'm ready to move out west I will not be
tied down.
I'm getting excited for the half marathon on Saturday.
I think I have a race plan. I'm going to do something
new. I'm going to go out hard and try to hold on for
as long as possible. I'm thinking around 5:55-6:00 pace.
This might be a bad strategy but I'm willing to risk it.
This race is not all that important to me, so I figure
good time to really push my limits. My main focus is the
marathon 3 weeks later. I will try to run a smart race
for that as that is my 'A' race for the year.

West De Pere Fox River Trail

21 Miles 2:22:36 6:47 average per mile
7:00 am) 30's sunny
Huge turnout today for the training run. I would say around
300 showed up. The weather was very nice. I felt much better
than last weeks 18 mile run. I made sure to eat my pasta last
night and drank my red bull this morning. Plus I did not over
dress like last week. I felt good the whole run even though
the pace was a bit fast. I ran the last mile hard to see if
I could still manage a good pace after 20 miles. I did the
last mile in 6:17.
I ran with Mike and a guy named Kim. Kim is looking to run
around 2:45 at the marathon. So we might be running together
on race day. I don't plan on running with him as I want to run
my own pace. If we end up running together that would be good
though we could motivate each other. I was talking to Kim and
learned he was a competitive college runner. He ran the 10k in
30:00. He then quit running for some years and took it up again
4 years ago.
Next Saturday I am doing the Oshkosh half marathon. So I think
I will run easier except on Wednesday. Wednesday is track work
and I will do 8 X 1000's and shoot for 3:30 or better.