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Not a good week. Mon-7.4 mi (7:28/mile) Tues-6.1 mi (7:43/mile) Wed- 4.0 mi (8:19/mile) (6 in of snow falling) Thu-off Fri- 5.4 mi (7:40/mile) Sat-off 1-3 more inches Sun-off nada dist=22.9 mi goals martian half-marathon, late March, Dex-AA half-marathon, late May I hate snow, I hate it with a passion.  and I hate all of those a-holes who can’t be bothered to shovel their sidewalks.                                         -jeremy — —   Jeremy Hallum, System Manager , Astronomy, University of Michigan                     "Audentis Fortuna Iuvat"

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Not a good week. I hate snow, I hate it with a passion.  and I hate all of those a-holes who can’t be bothered to shovel their sidewalks.                                    -jeremy —

Jeremy, may I recommend these?  They’ve enabled my wife and I to run in anything so far this winter, even glare ice. http://www.surefoot.net/products/index.php?id=22 Robert

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – M – 4 mi @ 9:00 Indoor track T – 5 mi @ 9:00 Gallup park (short) W – 4 mi @ 9:00 Around town T – On the shelf — shin splints F – Rest — injury S – Rest — injury S – Rest — injury Total: 13 mi. My left shin was clearing up nicely with my slower-pace program, but at the expense of my right shin, which was becoming more painful, and the pain was beginning to localize. I’m bagging it this week before the pain progresses from the fascia to the bone. So … going to return to running next week, but I’m going to knock the mileage down significantly, and stay at the slower pace. This week, I’ll do some lower wt. work and ride the bike on the rollers a bit to keep fit. Oh yeah, and ice and do my shin exercises and stretches. Goals: Sub-1:30 Dexter-Ann Arbor Half Marathon on June 6.    I tell ya man, after spending 6.5 miles slipping around Ann Arbor today, I    still think you should take a little more time away from running than that.      The paths and streets just SUCK.  If I were you, I’d try to cut back on that    as much as possible.                                              -jeremy —   Jeremy Hallum, System Manager , Astronomy, University of Michigan                     "Audentis Fortuna Iuvat"

Hey, I’m an indoor track guy now, remember? I’ll go out and trot around the gerbil cage next Monday, and if all systems aren’t go, I’ve got no problem bagging it for another week. I got no problem targeting CRIM instead of the half either (except for the heat, that is …). Careful out there.  Good opportunity to bang or pull something. Scott

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m: dnr t: 0.618hrs w: 0.824 minus 2F <beating on chest r: dnr f: 1.14 minus 7, minus 30 windchill <beating on chest s: 1.116 + about 1 hour easy bike. s: 1.25 hour fast hike. A good week.  The cold and long runs are very very slow.  Still trying to hold back on pace and distance.  I’ll start striding this week.

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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

        PM: 0.5 mile warmup + 1.5 hr soccer total: 20 miles + 1.5 hr soccer goals: building base. 2nd week at 20mpw. jobs

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M – 4 mi @ 9:00 Indoor track T – 5 mi @ 9:00 Gallup park (short) W – 4 mi @ 9:00 Around town T – On the shelf — shin splints F – Rest — injury S – Rest — injury S – Rest — injury Total: 13 mi. My left shin was clearing up nicely with my slower-pace program, but at the expense of my right shin, which was becoming more painful, and the pain was beginning to localize. I’m bagging it this week before the pain progresses from the fascia to the bone. So … going to return to running next week, but I’m going to knock the mileage down significantly, and stay at the slower pace. This week, I’ll do some lower wt. work and ride the bike on the rollers a bit to keep fit. Oh yeah, and ice and do my shin exercises and stretches. Goals: Sub-1:30 Dexter-Ann Arbor Half Marathon on June 6. Scott – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals. cheers,

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – M – 4 mi @ 9:00 Indoor track T – 5 mi @ 9:00 Gallup park (short) W – 4 mi @ 9:00 Around town T – On the shelf — shin splints F – Rest — injury S – Rest — injury S – Rest — injury Total: 13 mi. My left shin was clearing up nicely with my slower-pace program, but at the expense of my right shin, which was becoming more painful, and the pain was beginning to localize. I’m bagging it this week before the pain progresses from the fascia to the bone. So … going to return to running next week, but I’m going to knock the mileage down significantly, and stay at the slower pace. This week, I’ll do some lower wt. work and ride the bike on the rollers a bit to keep fit. Oh yeah, and ice and do my shin exercises and stretches. Goals: Sub-1:30 Dexter-Ann Arbor Half Marathon on June 6.

        I tell ya man, after spending 6.5 miles slipping around Ann Arbor today, I         still think you should take a little more time away from running than that.           The paths and streets just SUCK.  If I were you, I’d try to cut back on that         as much as possible.                                                   -jeremy —   Jeremy Hallum, System Manager , Astronomy, University of Michigan                     "Audentis Fortuna Iuvat"

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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

I had commitments this weekend the negated much running, which is a shame because I have pretty serious races coming up that I’d like to do well in. Goals: ATB 30k (late March)            Mississauga Marathon (mid-May) F – off S – off TOTAL: 61km (37.9 miles) cheers, — David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org

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 Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

<< Mon – DNR Tue – 5 miles, 49:04 Wed – 1 mile, no time Thu – 5 miles, 46:46 Fri – DNR Sat – 9.3 miles, 1:42:00 Sun – 4.8 miles, 47:04 Mike

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I’m trying to build a base before marathon training starts on the 26th. Monday: 5.3 miles (47:47) Tuesday: 3.25 miles (29:18) Wednesday: 45 minutes elliptical trainer, upper body weights Thursday: 5.3 miles (49:28), lower body weights Friday: 4 miles (36:38), upper body weights Satuday: 8.2 miles (81:26).  Pavement was icy and slick in spots. Sunday: DNR Total – 26.05 miles marisa

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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

Goals:  pure sprinting (60/100/200) through indoor season            peak in March            first major race 2/21 Holiday Inn Classic (Reno NV) Mon  weights Wed  3 X 175m hill. 20% slope, (34 avg), 3 min rest          later 4K around lake (13:38) Thu    off Fri     weights            isolation curls 4 X 10 @ 90            triceps pushdown  4 X 12 @ 90 Sat    off Sun   5 X 40m accelerations from blocks (4.9 best) Lyndon "Speed Kills…It kills those that don’t have it!"  –US Olympic Track Coach Brooks Johnson

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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals. cheers,

M 6.3/4.5 T 6.9 W 5.9/4.1 T 4.5 F xt 50m S 12 S xt 60m Total: 44 xt=cross training Cheers, — Donovan Rebbechi http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

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d02.news.aol.com: F      4.2 (30 laps around the Lake of Woe)

Stop! I’m getting dizzy.    -Phil

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goals: get healthy, stay healthy for marathon coming up Feb 22.  for the moment I’ve decided not to race between now and then. M: 6.2mi (9:16), ITB moderately sore T: 5mi incl 9×400.  this was supposed to be 11×400 but ITB pain stopped me after 9. W: 9.3mi (8:49), ITB tolerable.  massage later. R: 9.1mi (8:49), ITB much better F: 6.2mi (9:01), ITB not as good Sa: 2mi (8:31) Su: 16.6mi incl half-marathon (1:38:35), ITB gave out at mile 12 of race. total: 54.4 miles So I have some ITB trouble lately.  The revised marathon-training plan is: no racing, no real speedwork (tempo or mile repeats if I feel like it) – just as much easy running as I can tolerate while this heals. Wish me luck. Good week all Karen

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Tuesday- DNR Wednesday- 14 miles w/speedwork- 8:50 overall pace Thursday- 8 miles- 9:05 pace Saturday- DNR Total: 50 miles March or April (not sure which yet), 100-mile (century) bike ride in the fall.

: Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training : week and goals. : : : : cheers, : — : David (in Hamilton, ON) : www.allfalldown.org : :

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d02.news.aol.com: F      4.2 (30 laps around the Lake of Woe) Stop! I’m getting dizzy.

Yeah, that’s kinda how I felt, too. The sad thing is, I really LIKE that lake, as a landscaping feature. In fact, the nice landscaping was one of the selling points for me on this complex, and I love to sit out on my balcony in the summer and see nothing but leaves and water and my little pots of petunias… …still, it’s miserable to run around at 11 pm on a Friday night.

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Base training for spring/summer triathlon season. Build Week M: dnr T: 9.0 – easy brick (run following a bike workout) W: 4.2 – fast brick T: 4.2 – easy brick F: 10.0 – 3 easy, 4 tempo, 3 easy S: dnr S: 20.3 – easy (achy joints the few miles) Total run:  47.7 miles (Swim 16k, Bike 210 miles)

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Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals. cheers, — David (in Hamilton, ON) www.allfalldown.org

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S – 14.4 mi – tempo M – 4.5 mi – easy T – 6.2 mi w/ 5 mi tempo W – 6.1 mi – easy T – 5.7 mi easy F – 5 mi easy S – off Goal – Austin Marathon – February 14, 2004 CAJUNMAN

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@read2.cgocable.net: Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training week and goals.

Sun  9 Mon     dnr Tue  5 Wed  7 Thu  6 Fri     dnr Sat  5 Ttl  32 Currently in a base building phase. Steady increase in MPW and LSD. Backing off every 4th week. Hearing all the reports of sub-zero weather, I feel I have no excuses. I live in Atlanta. The temps have been in the 40 to  55 range. I’ll be paying for this wonderful weather in June, July, and August. My weight steadily coming off. 245 last June, now 179. Co-worker comment of the week: "Phil, did you have a gastric bypass operation?" I replied, "No. I had the full-body bypass." I’m still shooting for 175 by mid February.    -Phil

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Mon – Sun: no running.  1st "0" week for more than a year. R&R after marathon. Doing some walking, enjoying the break. Anthony.  Jerusalem, Israel.

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Monday 1 hour Tuesday Off Wed. 1:20 Thursday 1 hour Friday 2:00 Saturday 1:30 Sunday 2:00 total = 8 hours NORDIC SKIING = 70  miles… no running. Training for ski marathon in Feb, running marathon in May. JK

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Mon – Sun: no running.  1st "0" week for more than a year. R&R after marathon. Doing some walking, enjoying the break. Anthony.  Jerusalem, Israel.

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Goal: Wokingham 1/2M, sub 1:14 if conditions are good. Other goals for 2004: 33:29 10k, 15:59 5k Monday: pm) 3.1 miles – easy Tuesday: pm) 7.25 miles in total, 3 x ~1.5m w/3min rec – hard Wednesday: pm) 8.1 miles – easy Thursday: pm) 8 mile club run, first 2 miles slow, got bored with pace and did the Friday: am) 6 miles – easy-easy/medium pm) 7.5 miles – easy Saturday: pm) 8.5 miles in total, 7 x 1.45km w/2min rec – hard Sunday: am) 11.8 miles, hillyish – easy/medium Total run: 60.25 miles — Brian Wakem

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Goals: Complete Connemarathon 28th March with some degree of comfort. Improve pace. Mon: 8 miles Tue: 7 miles incl. 5×6 hills, played raquetball Wed: dnr, played badminton Thurs: 8 miles Fri: 8 miles Sat: dnr, went on the beer Sun: sore head, 3 mile tempo Total: 34 miles. Less than I would have liked, but sometimes a little rest is no bad thing. — Colm

: Greetings, rec.runners! Please tell us about your training : week and goals.

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M     5.5 trail run T      2.8 (20 laps around the Lake of Woe) W     dnr Th     3.4 (24 laps around the Lake of Woe) F      4.2 (30 laps around the Lake of Woe) S     dnr S     5 trail Total = ~21 Goals: increase to consistent 28-30 mpw, fall trail half-marathon, loose 30 lbs in 2004. This week was my first stab at balancing single-again parenting and running. The Lake of Woe is a small pond in our apt. complex with a boardwalk around it, approximately 240 yards around it. It is dreadfully boring, but it is completely visible at all points from my 3rd floor apt., so I feel ok running there at night when the kids are asleep, because if emergency arose they can always just holler down from the balcony. Interesting- and annoyingly, running around that boardwalk made the muscles in front of my shins really ache. I don’t know if it was the surface (surely more springy than concrete/asphalt, but couldn’t be any softer than trails) or a change in pace/form. It got better after a few goes, but I don’t know how long I can put up with the mental tedium. Fortunately, it’ll be warm enough in a couple of months to go back to afterschool kids-bike/mom-runs in the 3-4 mile range. After all those miserable cold nights on the Lake of Woe, today’s trail run felt fabulous! It was about 35 and raining on top of light snow from last night, which wouldn’t normally seem like fun running weather. But it was so much warmer than last week, and it was nice to be running in daylight in the woods and fields.

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