Monday, May 12, 2008

Training Week May 5 - May 11

Monday:
8 Miles a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Both runs Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles

Tuesday:
8 Miles a.m. Downtown Cleveland.

Track Workout: Solon Track
4 Miles p.m. Warm-up on the track followed by 4 x 100m stride outs.
3 x 1 Mile with 400m recovery.
5:18, 5:17, 5:09, temp was in the high 50's.
6 Mile Cool-down.
Day Total: 22 Miles

Wednesday:
8 Mile a.m.
8 Miles p.m.
Both runs Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles

Thursday:
10 Miles a.m. Tempo run at 5:45 pace.
Weather was perfect and felt pretty good.
8 Miles p.m.
Both runs Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 18 Miles

Friday:
8 Miles a.m. before work.
8 Miles in a.m. at lunch.
Early run was pretty hard, very sore.
Both runs Downtown Cleveland.
Day Total: 16 Miles

Saturday:
Starting my taper for Cleveland Marathon.
13 Miles a.m. - Run in the [Cuyahoga Valley National Park]
Hit the Kendal Hills and CC course. Very muddy.
Off p.m.
Day Total: 13 Miles

Sunday:
Mom's Day 5K
5 Mile Warm-up with stride outs.
5K race: 3rd Overall in 16:4???
Wanted to take it easy but ended up pushing the pace harder than I wanted.
Didn't feel too bad, just heavy legs from putting in the miles.
3 Mile Cool-down with Kam.
5 Miles p.m. in Solon with Kam. [Easy, Easy, Easy]
Day Total: 17 Miles

Week Total: 118 Miles

2 comments:

atwell said...

Mark,
What other races do you plan to run this year? Any 100s?

Also, have you tried the NB 790 trail shoe? Its my current favorite. How does it compare to the SpeedCross 2? Thanks.

MARK GODALE said...

Running Western States 100 in June and thinking about the Burning River 100 in August.

I am up in the air about Spartathlon in Greece.

I have not tried the NB 790, I know the SpeedCross2 have great traction for muddy trails. The SpeedCross2 are very light and have a pretty good ride.

The NB 790 look like they don't have much cushion.