Week ending April 30, 2011

Mileage: 30 miles

Not a very good week, hammy very sore especially after Tueday's run. I took some easy days and actually the mileage is not all that bad....by my new standards. Things have improved each day since Wednesday.

Sun: 65 mins with DD and Scott
Mon: scheduled off day
Tue: 45 mins, very sore after
Wed: 20 mins
Thu: 30 mins
Fri: 45 mins
Sat: 60 mins with DD

Week ending April 23, 2011

Mileage: 29 miles

Things holding steady, a bit more sore towards the end of the week.

Sun: 30 mins
Mon: 65 mins
Tue: off
Wed: 45 mins
Thu: 35 mins
Fri: 50 mins
Sat: 30 mins

My nephew lowered his PR in the steeple at Princeton. "Sophomore Chris Estrella (Lowell, Mass.) placed 46th overall and eighth among Division II-III runners in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 9:35.44, despite suffering a tumble with 600 meters remaining."

Supplanting Mac in the Steeple

My nephew ran his second steeplchase ever at the George Davis Invitational on April 9th. He ran a 8 second PR and, in the process, made the top ten individual list for UMLowell in steeple performances. His time knocked out John McKenna from the list. I ran with John back in the mid '80's at ULowell. 3000 METER STEEPLECHASE (TOP INDIVIDUALS) 1. TIMOTHY GUERIN 9:01.93 LARRY ELLIS INVITE @ PRINCETON 04/17/09 2. Kevin Alliette 9:14.31 PENN RELAYS 04/24/04 3. Steve O’Brien 9:17.57 New Englands @ Northeastern 04/08/10 4. Mike Wright 9:18.30 N.E. CHAMPIONSHIPS @ NU 05/09/87 5. John Doherty 9:18.84 Brown Invitational @ Brown Univ. 05/03/92 6. Ben Saviet 9:20.91 Larry Ellis Invite @ Princeton 04/16/10 7. Declan Gilbert 9:21.89 N.E. Championships @ Northeastern 05/14/88 8. Mike Toomey 9:28.54 BC Relays @ Boston College 04/18/92 8. John Doherty 9:28.54 Northeastern Invitational 04/11/92 10. John McKenna 9:42.34 Men 3000 Meter - George Davis Invite Steeplechase========================================================================= Name Year School Seed Finals ========================================================================= 1 Macky Lloyd JR College of S 9:38.00 9:14.47 2 Michael LeDuc FR Conn College 9:30.00 9:25.15 3 Kurt Ruegg FR Harvard 9:20.00 9:30.18 4 Christopher Estrella SO Umass Lowell 9:40.00 9:41.02 5 Ethan Penny SO Stonehill 9:37.05 9:59.08 6 Timothy Nohelty FR New Haven 10:20.00 10:04.39 7 Nathanial Webber FR Stonehill 10:15.40 10:13.91 8 Chance Wilk SO Keene State 10:20.00 10:16.27 9 Gabe Campbell JR Bentley 10:11.95 10:17.32 10 Harry Mullin SO Merrimack 10:22.00 10:23.89

Week ending April 16, 2011

Mileage: 30 miles Handled coming off the Rivah marking aok. Hanging in there. Hamstring almost predictable in how it will feel. Sun: 40 mins Mon: 40 mins Tue: 30 mins Wed: 60 mins Thu: off Fri: 45 mins Sat: 40 mins

Week ending April 9, 2011

Running 4 days in a row now. Trying to figure out what I can handle. Friday's run was slow since we were marking the course but it was my longest run since last June. Had a blast at the Rivah! Could have done a better job seeing the job thru to the end though. Thanks to DRC for doing my job! Mileage: 22 Sun: 30 min run Mon: off Tue: 40 min run Wed: 40 min run Thu: 30 min run Fri: 66 min run (marking the Rivah with ScottyG, DoubleJ, DD, DaveLa and DanV) Sat: off, co-race directed at the Rivah!

Week ending April 2, 2011

Gave the tendon/hammy above and behind my right knee 3 days rest. Ramping up now. Ups and downs, trying to keep the faith. Mileage: 12 miles Sun: 36 min run with DaveLa Mon: off Tue: off Wed: off Thu: 15 min Fri: 20 min Sat: 30 min

Week ending March 26, 2011

Rest did a world of good for hammy. However, perhaps 50 min run was too much, too soon. Good hammy, the right one, hurts now. Forced me to miss 3 days in the following week. Good part about being hurt is the joy of getting to run again once (at least partially) healed.

20th Rivah is coming!!! soon.

Mileage: 23

Sun: off
Mon: 40 min run
Tue: 40 min run
Wed: 40 min run
Thu: off
Fri: 30 min run
Sat: 50 min run with E-Streeters and DaveLa