Month Four

OK, here's the breakdown of my final month of training. Obviously I had some issues, since there are only four entries here. This is about the time in the school year where I typically get behind in my work and my clothes pile up on the floor and even getting out of bed in the morning and getting to class on time seems to take a monumental effort. I dont know what it is, maybe just a general lack of energy or attention span, but it seems to apply to my running as well. I was already skipping more workouts than I should have been, but I did this half marathon on the 11th that really killed me for some reason. My hip started really bothering me - not so much on runs, but I really felt it just from walking around the city - which was almost more worrisome. So between my increasingly frazzled lifestyle, the dwindling hours of daylight for workouts, and my hesitance to push my hip injury and cause even more pain my training came to a screeching (or rather a slow rolling) halt in mid-october and I prayed for the best. Turn to the next page to see the results...

Oct 16, 2009

Time: 1:00'53"

Pace: 9:16 min/mi

Distance: 6.55 mi

Oct 11, 2009

Time: 2:02'40"

Pace: 9:24 min/mi

Distance: 13.1 mi

*This was the Staten Island Half Marathon. It should have been a no-brainer, but for some reason it totally wiped me out. I was really struggling from about the 7 or 8 mile mark and walked through the water stations - which I have never done before. My hip was also tweaking out. Maybe it was because it was an early morning race, or that I forgot to bring energy gel, or that I hadn't been running that much lately. Who knows.

Oct 10, 2009

Time: 1:13'08"

Pace: 9:07 min/mi

Distance: 8.01 mi

Oct 6, 2009

Time: 47'14"

Pace: 9:07 min/mi

Distance: 5.17 mi