Background

9.2.06- I ran my first 5k coming off of basically no kind of training at all in 19:48 at the Brookhaven Run in Norman, OK...After that race, I just got the itch to start working harder.

Spring of '08- I ran a 16:55 5k, 4:22 for 1500m and 4:40 for the mile on a road course. (Not stellar, but improvements)

In the span of 1.5 years of training I have knocked off almost 3 minutes in the 5k.

This Blog is simply a documentary of what I have done thus far in running and what I am doing currently...I am no elite distance runner, I am a former sprinter with PR's of 39.04 in the 300 hurdles and a 10.7 100m. My goal is to break 4:00 in the 1500 and see how close I can get to the 4:00 mile after that. Will it ever happen? I couldn't tell you for sure, but I will do everything within my power to get as close as I can. If you have comments or suggestions feel free. Thanks for visiting!

DF

Sunday, June 15, 2008

New Heights


From left to right - Erik, Hibbits and I at the start of the Absurd 10k (by Stephen Spillman)




This week was a good week of training. I reached my highest mileage total ever and my legs feel great and I am injury free. Here is my past week of training:

June 9th
M 10 easy 7X150, felt good
T 8 easy AM, 4.75 PM (12.75 Total) felt good for both, really windy
W 10 easy 4 X100m strides felt a little tired, windy again
T 9 easy AM, 6.5 PM felt pretty good for both, nice weather (15.5 total)
F 5.5 easy and 4 Race Pace strides
S Dean Kelley 10k, course not marked right, went half a mile too long on first loop, dropped out at 5k 1.5 WU/4 racing/2 tempo/1.5 cool down, felt great/PM 4 easy a little tired (13 total)
S 14.5 easy in Canyon, felt great, but really hot
81.25 miles

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