Week ending Nov 27, 2010

Feeling ok. Swimming and biking down b/c pool/gym was closed in early AM on Thurs and Friday. Had a scare with hip really hurting (old injury from 2009) early in week, but it seems to be aok now. Cannot wait to get back to a regular schedule although Thanksgiving was great! Walks between runs are done! Upcoming week will be a drop in actual running total time, just one 15 minute run every other day, but no more walking in between runs. Still no plans to run back-to-back days just yet.

Weekly Mileage: 7
Miles Swum: 2.55
Minutes on stationary bike: 20

Sun: off, PT drills
Mon: 30 min swim, 30 min walk w/ two 10 min runs
Tue: 30 min swim, 20 min stationary bike, PT drills
Wed: 30 min swim, 30 min walk w/ two 10 min runs with "Red" Karner
Thu: off, PT drills
Fri: 30 min walk w/ two 10 min runs
Sat: off, PT drills

Louisville!!

A big congrats to my nephew, Christopher Estrella, and his UMLowell xc teammates for winning the NCAA D2 XC East Region Championships at Franklin Park yesterday. It was Christopher's first 10k ever and he banged out a 32:09, good for 5th man on the team and 19th overall. His former Lowell High teammate, Jeff Veiga, led Lowell as he hammered out an impressive win in a blistering 30:08. Four of Lowell's top 5 were Merrimack Valley Conference high schoolers. With the win, the RiverHawks are headed to Louisville, KY for the NCAA D2 XC Championships on December 4th.

http://www.goriverhawks.com/sports/m-track/masl-m-track-body.html

Week ending Nov. 20, 2010

Feeling ok. I had my last PT session and asked as many questions as I could to prepare for the following months. Now I am free...hopefully, not free fallin' ... a la Tom Petty. The next item is back from days of yore with two additional cross training items:

Weekly Mileage: 7 (bike path markers tell me runs are about 8:40 pace)
Miles Swum: 4.25
Minutes on stationary bike: 60

Sun: 35 min walk w/ three 5 min runs with DD, Scott, DaveLa and DanielleLa
Mon: 30 min swim, 20 min stationary bike, PT drills
Tue: 30 min swim, 30 min walk w/ three 5 min runs
Wed: 30 min swim, 20 min stationary bike, PT session
Thu: 30 min swim, 30 min walk w/ three 5 min runs
Fri: 30 min swim, 20 min stationary bike, PT drills
Sat: 30 min walk w/ three 5 min runs

Week ending Nov 13, 2010

Things are holding steady. I almost broke a sweat on a run this week. Passed 50 miles swimming since I started at the end of June.

Sun: off, PT drills
Mon: 30 min swim, 30 min walk w/ three 4 min runs
Tue: 30 min swim, 20 min stationary bike, PT drills
Wed: 30 min swim, 30 min walk w/ three 4 min runs
Thu: 30 min swim, 20 min stationary bike, PT drills
Fri: pool closed, 30 min walk w/ three 4 min runs with DD
Sat: hike with Jay, Beth , Eileen, MaryCate, Rob, DD and the boys, PT drills

Week ending November 6th, 2010

Holding steady. Hammy is sore after working out but recovers the next day. Still running every other day. The boys and I went to Stonehill on Nov. 7th for the NE-10 XC Championships. Kudos to my nephew Chris Estrella for his 17th place finish (UMLowell's 4th man). He ran 25:47 for 8k. The team won the championship scoring 50 points to Stonehill's 74 points. NCAA D2 Eastern Regionals are slated for Nov. 21st at Franklin Park. Top 2 teams go to Nationals in Louisville.

Sun: 30 min walk with 3 x 3 min runs
Mon: 30 min swim w/ pull buoy (PB), 20 min bike, PT drills
Tue: 30 min swim w/ PB, 30 min walk with 3 x 3 min runs
Wed: 30 min swim w/ PB, 20 min bike, PT drills
Thu: 30 min swim w/ PB, 30 min walk with 3 x 3 min runs
Fri: 30 min swim w/ PB, 20 min bike, PT drills
Sat: 30 min walk with 3 x 4 min runs with Scott

Week ending October 30, 2010

Feeling ok. Actually feel like I am in a training plan. That feeling is GREAT! Slow, and not much, but it is something. Progressing to runs every other day now. Light biking every off day. Swimming when I can.

Sun: off, PT drills
Mon: 30 min swim w/ pull buoy (PB), 25 min bike with 3x2min hard
Tue: 30 min swim w/ PB, PT drills
Wed: 30 min swim w/ PB, 30 min walk w/ 3x2min runs
Thu: 30 min walk, PT drills [ missed alarm, no swim ;-( ]
Fri: 30 min walk w/ 3x3min runs, PT session
Sat: 30 min walk w/ DD