Sunday, Jan 2
Mark: Soo, the plan was to head to the high school track we normally go to and when we got there it had stage equipment and stuff all over the track so we couldnt workout on it. So we went to Reseda High School where they have a dirt/ sand track and worked out there. By California standards it was pretty cold at 47 with a little wind and it rained throghout the workout.  My workout was supposed to be 4x400-4x300-4x200 all at 4 min mile pace with one to one recovery. But with the conditions and being on that track I ended up hitting 61.3-62.1-62.0-61.8 on the 400’s all with a minute recovery. Afterwards I jogged 200m and got the camera out to film Matt’s 600 during my recovery. I ended up taking 6 minutes recovery after the 4’s and I did not recover well at all. I ended up going 46-47-48-32 on the 300’s and bumped the rest from 45 seconds to a minute, and only ran a 200 on the last effort. I dont know if it ws the track or what but I just couldnt do the 4x300 in 45 with 45 seconds rest. So then I took another 5 minutes rest and did 3x200 in 30.1-30.1-30.0 with 30 seconds rest and had to cut the last one. I think I should have modified the paces on the 400’s and prolly started at 63’s and maybe run a 62 on the last 1 or 2, as well as using my 6 minutes in between to recover rather than filming and i would have been able to complete the workout better, but who knows maybe I just wasnt able to do the workout. I’m planning on doing another strength endurance workout this coming weekend, and then I will do a speed endurance workout the next weekend, something like 4x400 hopefully averaging 53 mid-low with 4-5 minutes recovery, I’ll see how the training progresses over the next 2 weeks leading up to it.

Saturday, Jan 1
Mark: I’m about to head out for a run before work, planning on an easy 30 before the workout tomorrow, I’ll post what I end up doing.

Friday, Dec 31
Mark: Easy 33 minute hilly run with Matty.

Thursday, Dec 30
Mark: We decided to do a hill repeat day, but we mixed it up a bit. The idea was to do 2x150-200-250-200-150 with a easy jog back down and 5 minutes between sets. Realistically our marks were prolly more like 130-200-280 as we just wanted good stopping points, the actual distance and times were all negligible and relative to the workout. On the 280’s I list my 200 split to give an idea of pace relative to the distance we have done throughout the season. That being said I went 20-43-(45/59)-42-20; 21-40-(43/56)-42-20. i thought it was a good session, and since we arent doing any weight training I would like to maintain doing hills deeper into the indoor season than I normally would, and I will prolly resume them again after the indoor season is completed.

Wednesday, Dec 29
Mark: Easy 30 minute run

Tuesday, Dec 28
Mark: We decided to do some 800 repeats on the bike path, I was kinda wanting to do 5 but my lungs and throat were burning so bad I just stopped at 4....the legs were burning pretty good as well lol. Anyway I went 2:22-2:18-2:20-2:18. Cant be disappointed with that and hopefully i can back that up with a couple decent workouts later in the week. Also if anyone pays attention, that last video we did is going to be the last one we do, at least for season 1. Tim is uncertain whether he will be returning to running after going on a cruise, and if he doen’t continue training with us, Matt and I are not sure if we will want to continue to do the workout videos. Guess we’ll know in 10 days or so.

Monday, Dec 27
Mark: 35 minutes easy with the fellas....first run in for.eh.ver so it was nice to be out and about. I can still feel the lingering effects of being so sick but the worst of it seems to be behind me. Tomorrow I’m planning on a light workout, so we’ll see what works out.

Sunday, Dec 26
Mark: As of now I’m planning on running easy tomorrow so we’ll see how I feel then

Saturday, Dec 25
Friday, Dec 24

Thursday, Dec 23
Mark: So yeah...still not running, realistically I’m targeting Monday and I guess this will just be my week off to recover...I get sick once or twice every year and miss a solid week so this is one of them for this year.

Wednesday, Dec 22
Mark: I just woke up and I think I’m worse than yesterday...definitely not running today.

Tuesday, 21
Mark: Ok so now I’m actually sick...looks like I won’t be running for a few days...hopefully its just a few days...

Tim: Another 45 minutes today I am feeling better and better each day. It’s about time! I have been sick since before Thanksgiving. Geez. Anywho, It has been raining a bunch so that hasn;t been helping the return to fitness. I am going to try and run what my college coach used to call ‘cruise intervals’ tomorrow.. so we’ll see how that goes.

Matt: I’m definitely getting sick. Probably Mark’s fault. Time for soup, grilled cheese, Halls, Emergen-C, kleenex, blankets, and movies. See you in a few days. Happy Holidays everyone!

Monday, Dec 20
Mark: Easy 35 minute recovery run with the guys...starting to feel a little sick throughout the day so time to start pumping the emergen-C!

Matt: My body felt pretty good after the workout yesterday. But as soon as I finished my easy run in the rain with the guys I think I’m starting to feel something coming on. As in a sickness. Tim has been sick the last week and Mark isn’t feeling too great either so I’m guessing that this is the beginning of me being sick. Hopefully my superior immune system will kick in and knock out this bug before it gets going.

Tim: Im baaaaaaaacccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk! Ran for 45 minutes today... partially with the guys. I am not 100% healthy, but am definitely 100% ready to be running again! Just like Matt had previously said, “It’s all or nothing at this point.” I chose all.