Marty Rosendahl 11/24/03 to 11/30/03

 

24-Nov
AM Bloomer Park 13 miles
3 Mile Warmup COLD!!!
6x1 mile w/ 30 seconds rest after mile 1,3 and 5, 3 minutes rest after miles 2 and 4.
Assigned Pace was 4:50 for odd miles, 4:40 for even miles.
Bad conditions, muddy, raining, snowing.
4:58.2, 4:57.7, 5:00.4, 5:09.5, 5:11.6, 5:09.
3.5 Mile Cool Down
The Harder we tried, the worse it got.
PM Paint Creek Trail. 4 Miles

25-Nov
AM Stoney 10 miles
Felt terrible
PM Brewster Loop 6 miles
Felt better than this morning.

26-Nov
AM Yates/Bloomer 12
Felt dead, did 6x30 second striders to try to liven up my legs a little

27-Nov
Turkey Trot 10K (15 miles total)
10 minute shakeout run at 5:30am.
3 Mile Warmup
4:48, 4:52, 4:46, 4:43, 4:43, 4:41, 1:01, (29:36)
Led miles 4 and 5 before Clint stopped sucking off me like the wus he is and went by me for the win.
I'm still happy that my last mile was my fastest, meaning I can still go faster overall.
5 Mile Cool Down

28-Nov
AM Twinkler 10 miles
Felt a little bit tired today. Felt very tired.
PM Paint Creek Trail. 6 miles

29-Nov
AM Dutton 10 miles
Felt absolutely horrible. Got dropped way off the back of the group. Legs felt completely dead.
PM Paint Creek Trail with Nick 6 miles
Felt a lot better, although legs still feel pretty tired.

30-Nov
Auburn Hills Group Run 16 miles
Felt great!!!
Hit some late miles in 5:25-5:45.

Total Mileage 108

Overall Comments
I can't remember the last time I had such an up and down week - going from feeling horrible to feeling great to feeling horrible to feeling great again, all in a 7 day span. In the end, I guess it was good that on the hard days I felt good, and felt bad on the easy days.