we almost crossed 300 in april with seltzer's help. now we start the process all over again.


0 + 6 = 6

we almost crossed 300 in april with seltzer's help. now we start the process all over again.


0 + 6 = 6

6 + 6 = 12

we'll get a good kick today when seltzer adds his 26.

we almost crossed 300 in april with seltzer's help. now we start the process all over again.

6 + 6 = 12

we'll get a good kick today when seltzer adds his 26.

We were so close to 300! I almost went out and ran 4 extra miles just so we could reach our goal. Anybody heard from Tempest? He was doing really well, then we stopped hearing from him. Hopefully everything is alright.

12 + 8 = 20

12 + 8 = 20

20 + 2.5 = 22.5

My goal this month is shorter runs more often. I couldn't find time to do 6 or 8 miles all at once and, as a result, I didn't run as much as I could have.

30 minutes 4 or 5 times a week is more doable than 90 at any one time.

20 + 2.5 = 22.5

My goal this month is shorter runs more often. I couldn't find time to do 6 or 8 miles all at once and, as a result, I didn't run as much as I could have.

30 minutes 4 or 5 times a week is more doable than 90 at any one time.

That's a great goal, Remmo. It would have been easy to simply say that you just don't have time to run. Instead, you found an alternative way to make it work, and sometimes that makes all the difference. Keep it up! :tu:

22.5 + 13.1 = 35.6

That's a great goal, Remmo. It would have been easy to simply say that you just don't have time to run. Instead, you found an alternative way to make it work, and sometimes that makes all the difference. Keep it up! :tu:

22.5 + 13.1 = 35.6

Thanks Scott. I'm doing a 5k in July with my sister-in-law, but it's just for fun and I don't need the high-milage runs to make that distance. I've also been challenged to a 1600m race by my other sister-in-law (who is in high school track). She just broke 5:30 for a mile, so I would need less distance and a little more speed.

35.6 + 2.5 = 38.1

Thanks Scott. I'm doing a 5k in July with my sister-in-law, but it's just for fun and I don't need the high-milage runs to make that distance. I've also been challenged to a 1600m race by my other sister-in-law (who is in high school track). She just broke 5:30 for a mile, so I would need less distance and a little more speed.

35.6 + 2.5 = 38.1

remmosi, glad to see you staying with the running and speed work is always a benefit to your running. scottx, you did a 13 miler?...that's a half marathon, congratulations.

i spent the last four days in arizona and i ran early before the heat. it got in the high 90s during the day. it was really nice to run in the warm mornings.

38.1 + 6 = 44.1

38.1 + 6 = 44.1


44.1 + 3 + 4.5 = 51.6

44.1 + 3 + 4.5 = 51.6

51.6 + 1.5 = 53.1

51.6 + 1.5 = 53.1

53.1 + 1.9 = 55

I was doing 800m repeats with a little jog and rest in between. It's amazing how much under 2 miles can wipe you out when the intensity is picked up.

scottx, you did a 13 miler?...that's a half marathon, congratulations.

Yep, I sure did. Thanks! The first half marathon I ever ran was a little over 2 weeks ago and I did it with two primary intentions: a) to see if I could do it, and b) to set a time for the rest of my runs to be judged against. I beat that time by 20 minutes on Monday. As I progress, I intend on raising the bar incrementally, making every 13'er better and faster than the last.

Eventually, the goal is to run the San Antonio Rock n' Roll Marathon in November.

53.1 + 1.9 = 55

I was doing 800m repeats with a little jog and rest in between. It's amazing how much under 2 miles can wipe you out when the intensity is picked up.

Tell me about it. I did speed work today as well and my pace for the first mile made the rest of my intervals feel like I was pulling a sled uphill. 90 degree heat and 78% humidity probably didn't help my cause either. My legs felt fine, but my lungs were toast. I hate speed work, but I love the feeling when I'm done.

55 + 5.5 = 60.5

Tell me about it. I did speed work today as well and my pace for the first mile made the rest of my intervals feel like I was pulling a sled uphill. 90 degree heat and 78% humidity probably didn't help my cause either. My legs felt fine, but my lungs were toast. I hate speed work, but I love the feeling when I'm done.

55 + 5.5 = 60.5

Some more 800m repeats yesterday and a recovery run this morning. Scott - like you said, lungs are hurting by the end, although I managed my third repeat almost 10 seconds faster than the first time I did the workout. (And I was running in 55 degree weather... :confused:)

60.5 + 1.6 + 3.3 = 65.4

Some more 800m repeats yesterday and a recovery run this morning. Scott - like you said, lungs are hurting by the end, although I managed my third repeat almost 10 seconds faster than the first time I did the workout. (And I was running in 55 degree weather... :confused:)

60.5 + 1.6 + 3.3 = 65.4

Nice! And you're in Denver, so the altitude makes it extra challenging.

I was watching some videos of Ryan Hall last night. That guy (and the rest of his USA training team for that matter) is an animal.

Check out his hill run workout at 9000 feet :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fS96jEjMrA

60.5 + 1.6 + 3.3 = 65.4

65.4 + 3.2 = 68.6

Ran a 5k today. My goal was 30 minutes and ran it in 29:05. It was a very hilly route w/ the last half mile up a big hill so I added two minutes to what my goal would have been otherwise.

65.4 + 3.2 = 68.6

Ran a 5k today. My goal was 30 minutes and ran it in 29:05. It was a very hilly route w/ the last half mile up a big hill so I added two minutes to what my goal would have been otherwise.

congrats on the 5k time:tucool:

i ran six miles on thursday last week and 5 miles today.

68.6 + 11 = 79.6

68.6 + 11 = 79.6

79.6 + 6 = 85.6

79.6 + 6 = 85.6

85.6 + 2.5 = 88.1

85.6 + 2.5 = 88.1

88.1 + 11.4 = 99.5

88.1 + 11.4 = 99.5

99.5 + 2.75 = 102.25

I've signed up for a 10K race on 6/6. Damn...that's one to many 6's! Time to kick up the training.

99.5 + 2.75 = 102.25

I've signed up for a 6K race on 6/6. Damn...that's one to many 6's! Time to kick up the training.

I don't think I've ever even seen a 6k race around me. I've seen 6 miles (almost 10k)...

102.25 + 2.5 =104.75

I don't think I've ever even seen a 6k race around me. I've seen 6 miles (almost 10k)...

102.25 + 2.5 =104.75

104.75 + 6 = 110.75

I don't think I've ever even seen a 6k race around me. I've seen 6 miles (almost 10k)...

102.25 + 2.5 =104.75

I'm an idiot...its a 10k. 6.4 miles. Thought one thing and typed another!

104.75 + 6 = 110.75

110.75 + 5 = 115.75

110.75 + 5 = 115.75

This should be a piece of cake. There's enough of us all here!

115.75 + 3 = 118.75

115.75 + 3 = 118.75

118.75 + 3.75 = 122.5

118.75 + 3.75 = 122.5

122.5 + 6 = 128.5

122.5 + 6 = 128.5

128.5 + 4 = 132.5

128.5 + 4 = 132.5

132.5 + 4 = 136.5

132.5 + 4 = 136.5

136.5 + 4.5 = 141

136.5 + 4.5 = 141

141 + 5 = 146

Let's see if I can help...over the past two weeks...

5/4: 3 miles
5/5: 3
5/7: 4
5/11: 4.5
5/12: 3.5
5/13: 5
5/15: 6
5/17: 6.2 (my first "official" 10K; time was 48 mins.)
5/18: 3.75 (active recovery...does jogging count?)

Total: 38.95

*Most of this, with the exception of the 10K and the 5/7 entry, were done on a treadmill. Not sure if that matters or not, so won't add it to the official total just yet. Please advise.

Let's see if I can help...over the past two weeks...

5/4: 3 miles
5/5: 3
5/7: 4
5/11: 4.5
5/12: 3.5
5/13: 5
5/15: 6
5/17: 6.2 (my first "official" 10K; time was 48 mins.)
5/18: 3.75 (active recovery...does jogging count?)

Total: 38.95

*Most of this, with the exception of the 10K and the 5/7 entry, were done on a treadmill. Not sure if that matters or not, so won't add it to the official total just yet. Please advise.

I say add it. 146 + 39 (I'll give you that .05 of a mile!) + 5 of my own = 190

I say add it. 146 + 39 (I'll give you that .05 of a mile!) + 5 of my own = 190

Cool. Going out for 4 or 5 today and will log tomorrow. Now that we're into warmer weather where I live, more of my runs will be outside. Really looking forward to that.

Cool. Going out for 4 or 5 today and will log tomorrow. Now that we're into warmer weather where I live, more of my runs will be outside. Really looking forward to that.

welcome sole!

190 + 6 = 196

190 + 6 = 196

196 + 6 = 202

196 + 6 = 202

202 + 5 = 207

202 + 5 = 207


207 + 6 = 213

207 + 6 = 213

213 + 7 = 220

New PR for distance. Looking back at the monthly mileage challenges my best month was January where I did 42 miles for the whole month. I logged 23 miles this week alone. I've made some progress!

213 + 7 = 220

New PR for distance. Looking back at the monthly mileage challenges my best month was January where I did 42 miles for the whole month. I logged 23 miles this week alone. I've made some progress!


hc, congratulations on the pr and for the increase in mileage. that's tremendous.

220 + 6 = 226

220 + 6 = 226

I got some running in while visiting family over the weekend - it's amazing what flat ground can do vs. the hills that I live in.

I also ran a 5k course (not race, but the course the local race uses) with my two sisters-in-law at a 7:40min/mi pace. One of them is coming off a half marathon at a sub 8min/mi pace and the other just placed 4th in the state track meet in the mile, so I was pushed a little. It's too bad I don't have those two to train with all the time.

Now I just need to figure out how to push myself that hard when I'm on my own.

226 + 5.2 + 3.2 = 234.4

5/20: 4.25
5/22: 4.25
5/26: 5

234.4 + 13.5 = 247.9

234.4 + 13.5 = 247.9

247.9 + 5.1 = 253

247.9 + 5.1 = 253

253 + 6 = 259

253 + 6 = 259

259 + 4.5 = 263.5

259 + 4.5 = 263.5

Sorry I've been absent for a while fellas. Been up at my grandparents' ranch for the past couple of weeks helping my grandmother deal with the passing of my grandfather. Didn't get near as much running in as I would have liked, but daily work on the farm provided me with plenty of exercise.

5/13 5.70
5/16 7.5
5/23 6.1
5/27 5.80

263.5 + 25.1 = 288.6

263.5 + 25.1 = 288.6

288.6 + 10.1 = 298.7

288.6 + 10.1 = 298.7

298.7 + 3.2 (from Saturday) = 301.9

We hit 300 miles for the month!

288.6 + 10.1 = 298.7

did 6 miles on saturday

298.7 + 6 = 304.7

did 6 miles on saturday

298.7 + 6 = 304.7

304.7 + 5.2 = 309.9

Averaged over a mile per day this month, which is what I was going for.

298.7 + 3.2 = 301.9

298.7 + 6 = 304.7

304.7 + 5.2 = 309.9


I think the mileage got a little mixed up there at the very end.

298.7 + 3.2 (Husker) + 6 (pmcfad) + 5.2 (Remmo) = 313.1

Great work everyone!