3 days in a row on the aqueduct
I already posted about Saturday’s run – just a 5 miler on sore legs. Yesterday, Sunday, the soreness was pretty much gone. Chuck, Lance, Dave and I were there at […]
Lots of friends going to O2O!!
Full Marathon: Sarah Bird, June Heaton and myself. Half Marathon: Lance Close, Bev Oneil, Deborah Petty, Justin Pantanan, Tiffanie Marley and Lauren Duke! Support Crew: Chuck !! It is going […]
WWCC
Yesterday, as the Hillview kids and I finished a run I told them that that was a WWCC workout! They, of course, asked what the WWCC stood for. I said, […]
I feel taller…
The alternate post title was going to be I love Tornado Tuesdays. As I pulled into the parking lot at Joe Walker, Lance was standing at his car. I opened […]
Never sure how to taper
I have run 13 marathons. I have not figured out the taper. I remember a couple of years ago I read lots of articles on it and I came up […]
8 of the last 9 Championships!
I have been coaching track and cross country at Hillview Middle School since 2001. The first couple of years we had some successes in some of the divisions we contested: […]
Only 10 today
After the 20 mile fast finish run yesterday, today’s plan was for a short 10 miler. I met Lance and Chuck at 6:15 and that is what we did. 10 […]
20 Miles, 12 at Marathon Pace or faster
3 weeks to Ojai 2 Ocean. Time for my 20 mile fast finish long run. The last 5 or 6 marathons, I have gone to a half marathon in order […]
80 miles ??
I have carefully planned out my workouts with a gradual build up of miles. I typically peak at 60 – 70 miles for a week or two, 3 or 4 […]
Three for Thursday
I got in all three workouts today….. 1) Karl and I did our Thursday morning mile repeats over at Joe Walker. My quads were feeling pretty dead so I did […]
Another Easy 5, Another practice track meet
I met Chuck and Lance on the aqueduct this morning for an easy 5 miler. After school we were out in the 90 + heat for our final practice meet […]
Speedy Tuesday
Two workouts today- both speedy. 🙂 First, I had the Hillview team do Indian runs. This is when you split the team into groups of 4, 5, or 6 of […]
Aqua 5
Lance and I did a nice easy 5 miler this morning: 8:50, 8:19, 8:18, 8:03, 8:06 – 41:38. Those last couple of miles I kept noticed the pace getting quicker […]
Workout PR
I cannot point to any race in the last year and say I got a PR. Lately, however I have begun to get PRs in workouts. As a coach, I […]