Monday .. October 2, 2006
Training: 45 minutes
Strength: ABC drills (coordination drills)
Day Mileage: 6 miles, 9.6 km
Week Total: 6 miles
Where: By the Aare…
Weather: Partly cloudy, warm…60s
Details: Was supposed to run with Astrid, but she left 15 minutes late so we missed each other! NERD! Hahaha. Just kidding Astrid!
Tuesday .. October 3, 2006
Training: "off day"
Strength: off
Wednesday .. October 4, 2006
Training: 42 minutes
Strength: hilly run…SWISS "hills"…We call them mountains…enough strength for today J
Day Mileage: 6 miles, 9.6 km
Week Total: 12 miles, 19 km
Where: Thun
Details: Not much to say about a regular run…I am sure something interesting will happen to me soon.
Thursday.. October 5, 2006
Training: 50 minutes
Strength: ABC drills
Day Mileage: 6.5 miles, 10.5km
Week Total: 18.5 miles, 30 km
Where: Wolhusen
Weather: cool and drizzly
Details: Remember I always WAY undercut my mileage to make sure I have those miles. I don't really run over 7 minute pace for a regular run, but it's more important to count the minutes on your legs rather than the miles…But you just have to have a general idea of where your mileage is so you don't do too much or too little.
OUTLOOK
Okay, I had a meeting with Fritz and we are going to just stick to base-building until Christmas and then start training for my half marathon starting in January. I have some road races until Christmas with high mileage and then I cut back down a bit at the end of December. Then my first bigger race is on March, which is when Swiss Cross Country Championships are held. Of course I will be training for the half-marathon, but with the strength from THAT training, I could still run a fast cross race. My bigger goal is Swiss Champs in the half marathon in April, which is what my training will be geared toward. Yaaaaay!!! Or like we say in Switzerland, JOUHOII! FritzBoss gave me some new motivation at our meetingJ
Friday -- October 6, 2006
Training: 35 minutes
Strength: Ab work…short, 15 minutes
Day Mileage: 5 miles, 8km
Week Total: 23.5 miles, 38 km
Where: Steffisburg
Weather: warm!
Details: Oh man, felt those abs again!!!
Saturday .. October 7, 2006
Training: 25 minutes warm up/cool down
Helped Asi out with some of her workout. Ran 1,000s (Asi ran 1500s) at about 6:15 pace per mile, really EASY. I was glad to help Asi.
Strength: ABC drills and striders.
Day Mileage: 6 miles, 9.5 km
Week Total: 29.5 miles, 47.5 km
Where: Lachen Stadium.
Weather: Weird, one minute sunny, the next rainy…
Details: We kept switching directions on the track to make sure I didn't irritate my hip since I have gotten it under control with acupuncture and physical therapy!!! FINALLY.
Sunday .. October 8, 2006
Training: 51 minutes
Day Mileage: 7 miles, 11 km
Week Total: 36.5, 59 km
Where: Along the Aare river
Weather: GORGEOUS. Real fall weather, cool and sunny!!!
Details: Ran with Ueli today! I only went for 50 minutes, so I wasn't much for company, but I was glad for the company today!
Training "secrets" revealed….
Okay, not really. It's funny, over here everyone's training is a huge secret. Maybe it is like that over there, but I am not sure. Someone could take someone's training plan, who runs a 15:15 for a 5k, and then copy-cat them, but it doesn't mean that it will work for them…so I am not really sure why there is all this secrecy around training. It's like they want to make sure nobody else knows what they are doing… Now that I think about it, it's probably like that over in the States too. But it just hit me because a lot of people are always like, "I can't believe you tell everyone what/how you run…" and are shocked. What works for one person doesn't necessarily work for the other so I don't care if I share my info. with people!!! There are skeptics, there are supporters of what I am doing…But in the end, all that matters is that I believe in myself…I believe, I believe, I believe.
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