Been a while (again)

Ok, I've gone two weeks without writing anything, which isn't good. The good news is, in the last 14 days, I've run 106.5 miles, easily my best two week total of the past 18 months. Of course, I haven't taken an off day in that time either, but the consistency and my not feeling the need to take a day off are all good things, I'm sure.

Here's the summary...

4/20 - 5.75 fast
4/21 - 10 steady
4/22 - 5.2 easy
4/23 - 8.2
4/24 - 8.9 w/ last 5 in 32:21
4/25 - 6.4 quick afternoon run
4/26 - 6.8 steady
4/27 - 6.6 steady
4/28 - 8.2 w/ a 40:00 10k in the middle
4/29 - 6.7 easy
4/30 - 7.8 easy
5/1 - 10.8 steady
5/2 - 6.8 easy
5/3 - 8.4 miles w/ a 41:00 10k within

So I am running some faster workouts, but still nothing planned or organized. I had a chance to run Crazylegs, but Mike's soccer game in Platteville caused my to bypass it. I may not run a race until July 4 now, but I do feel like I'm right where I need to be. Twin Cities registration opens up next week, so I need to pull the trigger pretty quickly, since it fills up in 2 weeks or so. I believe that an 18 week program starting June 3 will be in the cards, with more focus on mileage and less on running fast. The marathon pace workouts are good indicators, but I want to be able to throw in a mid-week 11-13 mile run to make sure I have the mileage base where I want it to be. So I'll likely put in place a plan like this:

S1: recovery 6-8 miles S2: 10-12 miles steady
M1: 8-10 miles steady M2: 6-8 recovery
T1: 11-13 miles T2: speed/strength workout
W1: 4-5 recovery or rest W2: rest or 4-5 recovery
R1: MP workout, 8-12 total R2: MP workout, 8-12 total
F1: 6-8 recovery F2: 6-8 recovery
S1: 10-12 miles steady S2: 12-18 miles

Week 1 total: 55-60m Week 2 total: 60-65m

There will be 3-4 weeks in there where I'll be helping out with a summer running club for Jr and Sr high kids from our school district. This will be M, W and R early evenings. For Mon I'll double if it's a W1, and run as a recovery if it's W2. For Wed I'll run it as my recovery run, and for Thurs I'll probably flip-flop the speed/strength and MP workouts, so I'll stick to fast workouts in the A.M, and easy ones in the P.M. -- Note: I run 99% of my runs before 7:00 am, so that's why I'm not looking for anything fast during those running club runs. It's just to help the kids with their conditioning base for fall sports like soccer and cross country.

Ok, enough for this week.