I ended the month on a fast note with my running. My last run on the 30th was a five mile jaunt on my normal trail route. I typically run this at an 8.5-9 minute pace, but for whatever reason I was flying on Thursday. I’ve done this run almost 200 times over the past…
Digits: 6/18/16 MAF Test
Here are the results from yesterday’s MAF test: Time Pace HR Overall 49.8 10.0 140 Mile 1 Mile 2 Mile 3 Mile 4 Mile 5 Pace 10:04 09:54 09:53 09:43 09:38 HR 140 140 139 140 140 I finally broke 50 minutes! I was able to set a 12 second PR yesterday, which…
Digits: May 2016
I never did get around to posting my April digits so you can see those below. I spent the first couple days of the month catching up on the sleep I missed running the C&O Canal 100. The next several days were spent getting my race report done to please my demanding followers (Craig, I’m…
Digits: March 2016
Little late here with my March numbers. Here’s how March shook out for me. Running March 2016 February 2016 March 2015 Miles 139.7 123.1 198.9 Time (minutes) 1,458 1,177 2,108 Pace (min/miles) 10.4 9.6 10.6 Ascent (feet) 13,623 11,056 17,094 Max Weekly Mileage 52.27 41.0 56.2 Min Weekly Mileage 13.3 20.8 24.1 Max Daily Mileage…
Flipping The Switch
Last weekend I started getting a little excited to train. I haven’t really been that gung ho (anyone else remember that movie from the 1980s?) about this training cycle. I have just kind of been going through the motions. I’ve been getting all my long runs in and have been close to my weekly mileage…
Digits: 3/26/16 MAF Test
Here are the results from yesterday’s MAF test: Time Pace HR Overall 50.2 10.0 142 Mile 1 Mile 2 Mile 3 Mile 4 Mile 5 Pace 10:24 10:05 09:58 09:49 09:49 HR 141 141 142 142 142 I ended up 9 seconds slower than my February MAF test, which I’m chalking up to…
Digits: February 2016
Here’s my numbers for February. I only missed one day of my 4x10s during the month a I was completely thrashed (well, mostly thrashed anyways) from a 25 mile run. Running February 2016 January 2016 February 2015 Miles 123 140 196 Time (minutes) 1,177 1,469 2,061 Pace (min/miles) 9.6 10.5 10.5 Ascent (feet) 11,056 14,512…
Digits: 2/27/16 MAF Test
Below are the results of this morning’s MAF test. If you missed my first post about this, here’s the link. This is a 5 mile run on my local HS track with the goal of keeping my HR at or below 142bpm. Time Pace HR Overall 50.0 10.0 141 Mile 1 Mile 2…
Digits: January 2016
Below are my numbers for January. Everything generally on track for where I hoped to be. I did miss one day of my 4×10 challenge during the month, but am not going to beat myself up too much as I did manage to run a 50K that day. February looks to be more of the…
Digits: 1/9/16 MAF Test
So how do you know if you’re getting better at running? Races are a good way of judging your performance, however each course is a little different. Or the race distances are different. So while race times can get you in the ballpark, they won’t give you an exact answer. You could use a normal…