Friday, October 29, 2010

2010 Running Log

Distance: 10.2Miles
Location: Mesa Neighborhoods/Football Field
Duration: 1:30.00
Finish Time: 6:03pm
Monthly Total: 63.1Miles
Yearly Total: 731.8Miles
Yearly Duration: 122.50 Hours

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

2010 Running Log

Distance: 3.0Miles
Location: Mesa Neighborhoods
Duration: 27:15
Finish Time: 6:43pm
Monthly Total: 52.9Miles
Yearly Total: 721.6Miles
Yearly Duration: 121.00 Hours

Monday, October 25, 2010

2010 Running Log

Distance: 6.0Miles
Location: Mesa Neighborhoods
Duration: 59:27
Finish Time: 9pm
Monthly Total: 49.9Miles
Yearly Total: 718.6Miles
Yearly Duration: 120.50 Hours

My first run in almost a week. I have been super busy the last week and have not had a free hour or two to get out and run. I know, no excuses but I seriously have been swamped. I did get a new pair of trail shoes since the Pegasus' I had were pretty much torn to shreds in my 20 mile hike through Aravaipa Canyon. I got a pair of the New Balance MT101's, a minimal trail racer. So far I like them in the few miles I have managed to put in on the football field nearby. I will get to the mountain sometime this week and put some real miles on them. I did a fairly excruciating hike this weekend that left me drained but I think I should be able to heal up and return pretty quickly. Lets see what happens.

Monday, October 18, 2010

2010 Running Log

Distance: 4.0Miles
Location: Rhodes Junior High Football Field
Duration: 32:25
Finish Time: 6:51pm
Monthly Total: 43.9Miles
Yearly Total: 712.6Miles
Yearly Duration: 119.50 Hours

Sunday, October 17, 2010

2010 Running Log

Distance: 9.0Miles
Location: Mesa Canal System
Duration: 1:19.00
Finish Time: 3:11pm
Monthly Total: 39.9Miles
Yearly Total: 708.6Miles
Yearly Duration: 119.00 Hours

Saturday, October 16, 2010

2010 Running Log

Distance: 3.0Miles
Location: Mesa Canal System
Duration: 27:00
Finish Time: 4:01pm
Monthly Total: 30.9Miles
Yearly Total: 699.6Miles
Yearly Duration: 117.70 Hours

Thursday, October 14, 2010

2010 Running Log

Distance: 4.2Miles
Location: Mesa Canal System
Duration: 33:35
Finish Time: 5:18pm
Monthly Total: 27.9Miles
Yearly Total: 696.6Miles
Yearly Duration: 117.20 Hours

Sunday, October 10, 2010

2010 Running Log

Distance: 4.1Miles
Location: Mesa Canal System
Duration: 36:46
Finish Time: 11:09 am
Monthly Total: 23.7Miles
Yearly Total: 692.4Miles
Yearly Duration: 116.70 Hours

Saturday, October 9, 2010

2010 Running Log

Distance: 7.0Miles
Location: Mesa Canal System
Duration: 1:02.19
Finish Time: 8:01 pm
Monthly Total: 19.6Miles
Yearly Total: 688.3Miles
Yearly Duration: 116.10 Hours

Sunday, October 3, 2010

2010 Running Log

Distance: 12.6Miles
Location: Xterra 20k Trail Run, Estrella Mountain
Duration: 2:22.09
Finish Time: 9:23 am
Monthly Total: 12.6Miles
Yearly Total: 681.3Miles
Yearly Duration: 115.10 Hours

Looking back on sundays run, the XTerra 20k Trail Run at Estrella Mountain Park, I come away with many observations as well as many questions. I showed up at the park with relatively high expectations of a good run, yet those feelings quickly changed shortly into the race which was held high up in the shadows of Phoenix International Raceway. I found myself staying right at my predetermined race pace(9:45) up through the first 5 miles of the race but quickly realized that my energy levels, especially on the hills, were extremely lower than normal. Sleep deprivation, lack of caloric consumption, and an underdeveloped training schedule leading up to the race could have figured into the reasons for this but I found that it almost seemed like I just didnt have the will to compete, I had lost the desire on this cool, fall morning in the Avondale desert. It continued through the remaining mileage complete with an almost shutdown of my lower extremeties around mile 11.5 when both quads and calves cramped up violently with less than a mile to the finish. After finishing the race in an ungodly time I realized that I was only to blame for the mindset I had put myself into. The culmination of poor diet and poor training reflected now in my desire to continue in something that in the recent future I had held so highly, meaning running in general. Looking back now I realize that I had fallen far from the mountain top of fitness that I could humbly declare earlier in the year. I now have the desire to climb up once again and enjoy the forbidden fruits that tasted so sweet in late winter.