June 1st- June 7th

Mileage for the Year 2009
1482 miles

Mileage for the week 6/1- 6/7
48 miles

6/7
13 miles

I ran about 92 minutes today in Kincaid park with Jerry Ross and Trevor Dunbar. It was nice to be on the trail and my foot probably appreciated it too. Legs were a little tired from friday's race.

6/6
5+ miles

Nice and easy to Huffman and back. Sun was out!

6/5
10+ miles (Twilight 12K- 41:46)

Did a nice easy warm-up and ran the skinny raven twilight 12K. I was pretty happy with my performance. My foot has been bothering me so I haven't done much speed work or intervals to prepare for the race. I did feel rested and a lot more comfortable than last year. I cross the 10K mark in 34:11. I have 2 more weeks until the Midnight Sun 10K in fairbanks. My goal is to break 34min. If I can get a couple of good workouts I should be ready to go.

6/4
6 miles
12 minute Ice bath for foot.

Was stuck at home today, but wanted another easy recovery day since I have a race tomorrow. Ran on the treadmill for the first time in a long time. Pretty hot in my workout room. Drank plenty of water and toweled off a couple of times. Easy Easy. Wore the heart rate monitor again and heart rate was between 135 and 140.

6/3
5+ miles
12 min. Ice bath on feet

Since I've been running to fast on easy days, I decided to wear my heart rate monitor and keep it around 145 bpm. It really did the trick. Once it got higher I would slow down and keep myself in check. I ran to Huffman and back and it was kind of nice to run slow. Sunny out again! My foot felt great, but need to really watch it.

6/2
9 miles (6 X 100m striders)
12 min. ice bath

I drove home from Fairbanks today. I hate sitting in a car for over 6 hours, especially when it is warm and sunny outside. I ran the south loop today. Too fast of course. Legs felt tired and I felt tired at first. I think it was because I was sitting for so long in the car today. After 30 minutes I started feeling a lot better. My average for the entire 9 miles was 6:36 pace. I did a few striders afterwards too. I've decided to ice my feet after every run for awhile to see if it helps. I ended up doing a 12 min. ice bath of my entire lower body. I forgot how much it sucks the first 2 min.

6/1
Off

I ran 16 yesterday and I felt good enough to run easy and I really wanted too, but I need to start taking care of this foot issue I have. I sure hope I don't have to take some extended time off.