Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Week 8: Chicago Marathon Training

8/6: Ran 2 miles
8/7: Ran 7.5 miles around Earlywine
8/8: Ran 3 miles around Earlywine
8/9: Ran 7.5 quality miles around Earlywine (8:30 pace)
8/10: Rest
8/11: Ran 9 miles around Dallas White Rock Lake.
8/12: Ran 1 mile around neighborhood.

Weekly mileage target: 39 miles
Actual Mileage: 30 miles (9 miles short due to the following)...

Had a fun weekend running around Dallas White Rock Lake on 8/11/07...not.

After getting back to my car after a 9 mile run... I find my drivers side window broken/smashed out and stereo along with a backpack of mine stolen...in the middle of a nice Saturday morning in broad daylight with a packed parking lot of cars around. What a wonderful society we live in... Very frustrating that this happened. Anyway, my mileage this week was not quite 39 miles unfortunately, but I anticipate running hopefully a 40+ mile week this week even considering the temperatures are forecasted at 102+ for at least 2 days this week:( I am just working up to a 20 mile run this time around as I know I wont break any PR's with this marathon, but my goal is to run it and finish...and I will do that either way...even if I am walking a considerable amount;)

-Carl (The Water Buffalo)

2 comments:

Tom@RunnersLounge said...

Am following your training a bit. Good luck getting ready for Chicago Marathon. I've run it many times and it's my favorite running experience. It will be here before we know it.

s2000man said...

Thanks:) Am looking forward to much cooler weather for sure:)

-Carl (The Water Buffalo)