10/14/04
Week-9 Thursday
Workout: Today we did an hour easy, so anywhere from 7-9 miles, not quite sure. I’ll say 8 to be sure.
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12000
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56800
8 miles = 12872m
CRIES So I failed the elementary level calculator class… at least I passed the advance college level ROUNDING to the nearest 1000th place.
10/15/04
Week-9 Friday
Workout: Satan’s Fartleck. HIISSSSS Well we did a ladder 1@P+1r+2@P+2r+3@P+3r+1@P+1r… and so on. 1=one minute @P= at race pace and r= rest or steady state pace. This workout was much similar to my last fartlec (in january) only in january I had different pieces of the puzzle. I had done a weight and hills regime in the weeks prior to doing the fartlek and the run was aerobically exhausting and my legs felt good, this time I had done a distance and anaerobic regime the weeks prior and so my legs were dying by the end of it. I did 4 sessions and a mile warmup and a mile cooldown. That was an intense session, but not as draining on saturday as I would have thought.
Workout
15000 (at least)
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71800
10/16/04
Week-9 Saturday
I was supposed to go long today, but with my nana being in the hospital and there being a shipload of homework, I only got in about 6 miles. 
Boo Hoo hoo.
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10/17/04
Week-9 Sunday
Workout: 40 minute tempo run. This was crazy cool. I didn’t have a watch so I ran 6.2 miles… 10k, And I PRed while just chillen. I ran 39:30 in the 10k. shrugs no big eel.
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10/18/04
Week-10 Monday
Did not run, or sleep. I spent 14 hours on my family history video it’s really good. Need get sleep now.
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10/19/04
Week-10 Tuesday
Workout: 40 minute steady state (a bit slower than tempo) but for some reason I ran 6.0 miles. Crazy eh?
Workout:
9800
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9800
10/20/04
Workout: 3x1000 at threshold pace 3x1000 at RP 6x200 w/200 jog recov @4:40 mile pace.
Well, the first 3 were easy. The first of the second three was kind of hard, and the fifth one my 1 hour of sleep caught up with me. I ran really bad. My sixth one I just “did”, but I managed to only go 3 seconds slower than my first time. The 6x200’s I were strangely easier than the 1000’s. 2000m warmup and 2000m cooldown
Splits on first 800 of 1000’s: <2:45 sec goal> 2:48 2:46 2:43 Faster 2:47 2:59<bad> 2:51 <so-so>
Splits on 200s: <34 sec goal> 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 32
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12400
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10/21/04
Week-10 Thursday
I don’t remember what I did this day. Remind me to ask coach
Workout:
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42000
10/22/04
Week-10 Friday
60 minutes easy, probably about 8 miles.
Workout MEterage
12800
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54800
10/23/04 Mt. Sac Invitational
Week-10 Saturday
Probably the worst race/day combination of my life. I was excited to run the Fabled Mt. Sac course, but I jogged the last mile due to an ethereal stumoch cramp. Then, my pen pal, who I’d been dying to meet again, split soon after her race.
Ugliest time ever 17:13
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4800+3200
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62800
10/24/04
Week-10 Sunday
I wasn’t able to go for a run or burn off any steam, my gran needed me. I’m still disgusted with myself.
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62800
10/25/05
Week-11 Monday
We went for a 12 miler, and I really pushed the pace coming back. I ran about 1:18 minutes for the 12mile, which is close to a 10k PR, both ways, but my 10k pr is really weak… soo…
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10/26/04
Week-11 Tuesday
Workout: 40 minute steady state. I wanted to push today like I pushed yesterday, so I did. Coming back Ivan was pretty much kicking, so as a test to myself I kept up with him for about 3/4 of a mile. I had to ice bath hard…
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10/27/04
Week-11 Wedsnday
Workout 2x1200 4x800 4x200… Coach wanted us to gel together as a team and for us back runners to close the gap with our top four. It was kind of frustrating, today I didn’t want to push to the limit and beyond. Coach wanted us to gel as a team, so I tried, but the varsity seemed intent on blazing the 1200’s. it frustrated me, “how does he expect me to keep up with them if they’re going to go THAT fast?”… I ask myself that same question now and it seems ridiculous, but danm. The 800’s and 200’s on teh track…
SQUEEEEEL <tires breaking> I’m going to leave what I wrote, but I’m starting over. Positive attitude this time.
10/27/04
Week-11 Wedsnday
Workout 2x1200 4x800 4x200 Danm, we did some fast intervals today. Coach wanted us to gel as a team and I got pumped up about it. I pushed the first 1200 and kept pretty close to the varsity guys, but the next one they must’ve ran a good 9 seconds quicker! Danm! shrugs I picked it up a lot too, must’ve been 6 seconds quicker than my first. My 800’s weren’t quite what I expected, I chose to drop out of the 3rd one, bc of that ethereal stumoch cramp, but my last one I got back in the game and ran pretty danm well. The 200’s were kind of wierd, my best buddy “interval cramp” showed up on the third one (wierd on the third one’s eh?) and I jogged the last 100, I did the fourth one on my heels, it was pretty wierd.
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10500
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10/28/04
Week-11 Thursday
AFter the intervals yesterday my foot started acting up like crazy. We were supposed to do about 40 minutes easy, but my poor paw wouldn’t let me do two mins.
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10/29/04
Week-11 Friday
Well, I iced my foot carefully last night and tonight, and, though I didn’t run today, I’m confident that my foot will be fine come sectionals in two weeks. I’ve decided not to run tommorrow, but all is not lost.
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10/30/04
Week-11 Saturday: Monter Bay League Championships
Well, I decided to run today. I got my foot taped up and it didn’t bother me a bit, not a single step the whole race. Only I got a side stitch from hell, my left thigh cramped up, and my right shin cramped too. I’ve never had so many things go wrong in one race before. I ran the ugliest POS race ever.
Workout Meterage
8000
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51000
10/31/04
Week-11 SUnday
Today was holloween, I went to see the rocky horror picture show, which was a lot of fun. Large dark and pendulous… “ELBOW SEX…ELBOW SEX…ELBOW SEX!!” and my favorite, Janet: “I’m coming with you,” AP: THAT’D BE A FIRST!
Workout Meterage: 0
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