Monday, April 14, 2008

Taper Week & USA T&F 100K National Championship April 6 - 13

Monday:
8 Miles a.m.
Off p.m.
Day Total: 8 Miles

Tuesday:
Off a.m.
Off p.m.
Day Total: 0

Wednesday:
8 Miles a.m. - Downtown Cleveland
Off p.m.
Day Total: 8 Miles

Thursday:
8 Miles a.m. - Downtown Cleveland
Off p.m.
Day Total: 8 Miles

Friday:
Off a.m.
Off p.m.
Day Total: 0

Saturday:
USA Track & Field 100K National Championship - Madison, WI
Cold, rain, sleet, snow and wind.
Pretty much the perfect day NOT to run a 100K.
I ended up 4th Overall in 7:36:31.
I little bummed. I didn't finish as planned.
Usually with my high base milage I finish strong and hard.
I actually fell apart the last 30K, but hats off to Adam Lint, Steve Stover and Wardian.
They all ran very strong and smart under the circumstances.
It will be nice to see these guys represent the US in Italy with Greg, Howard and Chad.
Day Total: 62 Miles

Sunday:
Off a.m. - I am a big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright who is probably the most famous American architect & interior design. I decided to go visit Taliesin which is the home and studio of Frank Lloyd Wright. It is about an hour drive West of Madison. 
Off p.m. - Travel

Weekly Total: 86 Miles

2 comments:

duchossois said...

Congrats on a tremendous race, Mark. Eight days to recover, then Boston. No problem, right?
;-)

crowther said...

Sorry you feel short of your goal, Mark. I know it's not much of a consolation, but you held on a lot better than I did....

Also wanted to point out that the team for Italy will not be finalized until July. Nippert and Wardian have automatic berths, but the rest of us are only members of the "selection pool," and there's still plenty of time for additional people to post qualifying marks....