Month 2 Week 1

This week was designated as a down week in my training, having hit my highest mileage month ever in January, Feb1-7 was a great place to take a break. The only thing that was backed down was not doing any "workouts" and only 2 doubles, and no long run.

Mon-11 miles in 77 min. 8 of it with LT after school!

Tues- A.M. 10 miles in 72 min with Reed
PM 3 miles on the Treadmill at the YWCA, 1 mile up, 4 X 400 with 400 recovery jog-JUNK MILEAGE BLOWING OFF SOME STEAM!

Wed- PM run- Track meeting at Connies house, ran 5 and some change their, then ran 2.3 miles home while carrying a piece of homemade cherry pie.

Thurs-AM 11 in 79 mins, 8 with Reed
PM 4 miler after school

Friday Feb 5- ran 11.1 miles to Ohio City. The start of the strom was coming strong from the NE, so I took off down Greenville Road to OC. Had a nice tail wind the whole time. Sat in the sauna and stretched.

Sat Feb 6- Ran with the VW Distance Crew in the VWMS/HS building. Kyle, Ed, Reed, Kylee, Nicole and Myself hit up the halls to avoid the 8+ inches of snow that was dumped on V-Dub onvernight. – 9 miles- 63 min

Sunday Feb 7- Ran 2.25 to Ed’s, 5 with Ed, then 2.25 home.9.5 Miles in 67 min

- Weekly Total 76.5 miles

*I was notified Tuesday that I'll have elite status for the upcoming National Marathon in DC, hopefully the perks this year will live up to what they were in 2008.

*I've also been selected to take part in the Brooks ID program too. After not hearing anything from them the past two years, I'm on board for the 2010 season.

Week in Review

Mon A.M. - First of two-three secondary workouts of the week. 5 miles-34:10

Mon P.M. - 2 mile warm up-8 miles of I Pod Fartlek, Hard (5:30 pace) for one song 6:30-7:00 for the next song.-1 mile cool downshortest fartlek was about 800 meters. Longest was just over a mile. Thank god that November Rain was one of my easy segments! 11 Miles in 1:10:00 [6:21 per mile]

Tues- P.M. 6 miles-42:00 min
Easy 6 at my mom's house on the Treadmill. Needed someone to watch the kids so I could sneak in a run. Much needed down mileage day. Legs are feeling the toll from one of my highest mileage months ever.

Wed: A.M. Easy 7 Wind chill wavering between -5 and 5 degrees. Got it in nonetheless.

Wed P.M. Easy 8 with Ed (5 with Nicole) 60 min. Wanted 10, but confined to time!

Thurs- Easy run with Reedo Shock-a-pedo in the High School. Good run. 10 miles 70 min.

Fri afternoon- Afternoon shake out with the team in the hallways before I took off up to Findlay to race.-3.5 miles In 25 min.

Friday evening-3 mile warm up- 5k @ Findlay Classic, 2.5 cool down.

Splits: 4:44, 5:00, 4:58

Felt pretty good for not doing anything faster than about 5:20 per mile recently. My strength is there. It would be amazing if I actually worked on developing my speed. For now, that is not the goal. Just have to be able to run moderately fast for long periods of time

Sat- Easy 17 this a.m. with Rachel and Nicole (5 miles) Good to run with a different crew. Rachel is a baller!!! 5:09 miler and can cruise 13-14 with me between 6:50 and 7:15 pace. Pretty cool chick. Glad to have some hot company on a cold morning! Take that dickman!

Sun- 10 easy-1:09- Capping off one of my highest mileage months ever.

340.5 miles on the month, just less than 11 miles a day avg. Very pleased with how 2010 is starting off. February’s focus will be on continuing to develop the needed speed for the National Marathon in March, along with continuing my weekly long runs (a must for the thon, as well as the US 100 mile championships in July)

Current streak is 37 days of running.(must log at least 3 miles to count as a run)

Streakin

The running streak is alive and well. I think I'm close to 30 days give or take. I'm sure I'll have to take a day off soon. In the last 7-10 days I've had several 7 day spans of 80-85 miles which I feel is pretty solid. I'm also officially registered for the SunTrust National Marathon and have my hotel booked. I'm also highly contemplating running the Yeungling Shamrock Marathon, the day after SunTrust to get in some solid 100 miler training (aka-insanity and pain on the body)!

See you on the roads!

2010 already

When I finally realized that I haven't posted since Oct. 2009, I decided it was time for a quick update.

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Chrismas, and New Year's Eve/Day were all uneventful, which brings us up to speed.

Currently indoor season is underway. Let me say that it is underway for most schools, but VW doesn't recognize it as a sport thus my girls cc team and one of the boys sprinter meet on their own three days a week to get in some conditioning. Most of them will race a handful of times between now and the start of outdoor. As for me, I'm officially registered for the Eugene Marathon in May, but I am also planning on running the National Marathon in Washington D.C. on March 20, 2010 in conjunction with my newest athlete Tim Budic. Having won the Coaching for Cash contest, I acquired a new athlete, (new for me) Tim's been around the racing scene for quite some time and is a very accomplished athlete in his own right as a former DIII All-American.

My training has been going well, I am currently on an 18 day streak. Most of you that know me will attest that I've never been one to get wrapped up in continuous days of running, but with consistency comes success, so in 2010 I want to be able to run 4000 miles for the year which would be a little over 76 miles per week. With me running the 2010 USATF 100 mile championships in July, this shouldn't be a problem.

OHSAA DII Regional @ Tiffin

Good Luck Lady Cougars as you head in to regionals. VW is currently ranked 5th in the OAT&CC Division II CC polls. The region is loaded and should be a dogfight.

Bold, Underline, and Italicized indicate Tiffin Regional Teams

DIVISION II WOMEN:
1. AKRON STV STM 171[4]
2. CUY VALLEY CH ACADEMY 167[5]
3. ST CLAIRSVILLE 162[3]
4. ROCKY RIVER 121
5.VAN WERT 116
6. COLDWATER 102
7. DAYTON CARROLL 92
8. WOODRIDGE 77
9. LEXINGTON 61
10. GREENON 54
11. PERRY 49
12. GRANVILLE 38
13. KETTERING ALTER 35
14. TIPP CITY 29
15. OAK HARBOR 26
16. SHELBY 24
17. NOTRE DAME CATH LATIN 23
18. CHAGRIN FALLS 19
19. MANTUA CRESTWOOD 18
20. DEFIANCE 16

Beerthday Cake

After being inspired by the show Ace of Cakes, Kylee decided to try it out herself. What she came up with was one kick butt Birthday Cake. Due to busy schedules this week and next she surprised me with it on Saturday of last week. The bottles are made out of Kayro syrup and the cake was delicious. The ice was hard tack candy. Everything on the cake (except the labels) was edible! A pretty cool surprise, along with my new Tom Tom for the car!

Warrior 4 Miler Results

After much delay (computer difficulities while on vacation) results are in.

Place Name Time
1 Justin Dickman 0:21'15.78
2 Mitch Williams 0:21'19.81
3 Greg Zumberger 0:21'59.11
4 Kenton Holliday 0:22'50.99
5 Kyle Minnich 0:23'12.99
6 Reed Wolverton 0:25'15.11
7 Ron Bonifas 0:25'33.14 (Male Masters Winner)
8 Jason Freewalt 0:25'35.18
9 Kase Schalois 0:26'24.14
10 Erica Davis 0:26'24.43 F1
11 Lauren Taylor 0:26'24.68 F2
12 Spencer Prichard 0:26'30.24
13 Jake Cunningham 0:27'15.96
14 Andrew Thomas 0:27'49.65
15 Julie Suever 0:27'52.90 F3
16 Sam Laurent 0:27'58.62
17 Dalton Atchison 0:28'07.30
18 Jacob Hoverman 0:28'07.74
19 Jeff Maus 0:28'12.74
20 Jerry Maus 0:28'35.58
21 Katie Bono 0:28'54.78 F4
22 Erika Smith 0:29'04.96 F5
23 Sydney Riethman 0:29'18.40 F6
24 Rebecca Ries 0:29'23.43 F7
25 Jacey Eikenbary 0:29'44.37 F8
26 Rachael Scheidt 0:29'56.49 F9
27 Allison Rogers 0:30'13.02 F10
28 Megan Svabik 0:30'34.52 F11
29 Matt Owens 0:30'49.40
30 Christa Owens 0:31'16.84 F12
31 Nick Dershem 0:31'38.58
32 Shelby Wolford 0:33'15.93 F13
33 Beth Howell 0:33'51.05 F14
34 Kelsey Wagner 0:33'52.37 F15
35 Courtney Van Horne 0:34'24.81 F16
36 Ian Miller 0:34'46.08
37 Renette Riethman 0:34'58.58 F17 (Female Masters Winner)
38 John Cramer No official Time
39 Madison Hernadez No official Time
40 Courtney Smith 0:57'03.27
41 Spencer Smith 0:57'03.27
42 Ashley Arnett 0:57'03.27