Matt's training

6.1 miles in the dark ran the frontage road in about 51:30 a 8:31 average.  It was interesting running on a dirt road in the dark.  The miles on the dirt were 9:30 miles the last two miles were 8:16 and 7:16 miles.   Felt good to run again last week hunting hiked all over the mountain didn't see anything I could shot at.  When I went hunting I was thinking layoffs would be on the 5th of October.  On thursday, September 30, I get a call from my wife saying she has had people asking if I made it through the layoff.  So I call my manager to find out what was going on.  The company I work for had the layoff on Thursday.  I made it through another layoff.  I feel like I am walking through a mine field I don't know how far I can walk without stepping on a mine.  I have made it through 5 layoffs in the last year and a half.

Ran two laps around the snow man shuffle course.  Averaged about a 8:38 mile I was struggling at the end.  My conditioning has taken a hit.

Bappy Birthday to me.

7.25 miles in 59:57 a 8:16 average.  Ran the Peachdays route starting at my house.  My legs are tired from Tuesdays run. 

6 miles in 54 minutes a 9 minute average.   Didn't want to run very hard today, but my legs were so tired.  Something I am worried about is when and during and after the run my calf is sore and tight.  I was debating on running a 5K on Saturday but I don't think that would be a good idea right now.  It's a little frustrating that I have not been about to really run hard since the first of May.

I got up early in the morning not planning on running the race but wanting to get a run in.  I started running and got to wear my normal Stretching place.  My calf was feeling really good.  So decided to jump in the 5K.   

The 1.5 mile calf check was in 12:48 a 8:23 average.

I got home and eat some toast and drank some sports drink then went and signed up.  They started the race pretty much on time.  I started in third or forth place.  I stayed about 30 yards behind the leaders until about 1 mile into the race.  At about the mile marker move up to the shoulder of the first place runner.  I run with him for about 3/4s of a mile then I fall back and two people pass me.  One of the two runner catches the guy in first and run shoulder to shoulder for the rest of the race.  I have one other runner pass me in the last half mile.  The first place runner finished about 50 yards in front of me.  My legs didn't have much pop in them I need to finish races better.  The race went pretty good considering my training and best of all my calf didn't act up during the race so that is good.  My time was about 1:25 slower then last year.

Splits

6:30, 7:08, 6:55, 0:43 for the last 0.1 miles