Saturday, February 27, 2010

Week ending February 27th, 2010

46 miles

1 day off - standard for me

Long run 80 minutes.

Last 10 weeks' mileage (most recent first):

46, 49, 43, 40, 33, 37, 47, 43, 43, 44

Left hip was sore all week. Seems like each of the last 3 times I get in the high 40's, my body tells me that it is a bit too much. By mid-week I was running very flat courses and that seemed to help. Hamstrings were feeling better. Had a massage on the 26th.

Next race: Northfield snowshoe on 3-13.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

3:58.15 --- 16 years ago this week

No, I did not run 3:58.15, Eamonn Coghlan did, as a master!! and I was there. DD and I went into Harvard University to see Coghlan run during a high school meet. It still remains the most entertaining, riveting, all-out-craziness sporting event I have ever witnessed live.

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/21/sports/track-and-field-coghlan-over-40-under-4-minutes.html?pagewanted=1

Happy Trails, Petey

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Week Ending February 20th, 2010

49 miles

1 day off - standard for me

Long run 80 minutes.

Last 10 weeks' mileage (most recent first):

49, 43, 40, 33, 37, 47, 43, 43, 44, 43

49 miles is my largest week since the hip injury of March 2009. Hamstrings were feeling better but were sore during 80 minute run on the 20th. Hip is a bit sore. Another massage scheduled for the 26th.

Next race: Northfield snowshoe on 3-13.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Quest for Albuquerque...

Hey

My nephew, Christopher Estrella, is a freshman at UMass-Lowell and, like his uncle before him, runs there also. He is a lot better than I ever was. Anyway, he ran a 800 leg in a recent DMR that provisionally qualified for D2 nationals that will take place in Albuquerque, NM in March.

Here is news about DMR and 4x400 at BU St. Valentine's Day Invite:

The River Hawk 4X400 team placed second overall and tops among collegiate foursomes with a time of 3:13.69, bested only by Zenith Velocity, which ran 3:11.0.

Junior Donte Brown (Raynham, MA) led off with a time of 48.1 seconds and was followed by sophomore Jeff Wundt (Southwick, MA), who ran a 47.9-second leg. Freshman Craig Bennett (Milton, MA) followed with a 48.4-second split while senior Robert Liekweg (Salem, NH) anchored in 48.9.

Bennett also ran the 400 meters in the distance medley relay in 48.5 seconds, leading it to a time of 9:59.63, good for third place behind Boston College (9:57.63) and Lock Haven (9:56.55). UMass Lowell’s result currently ranks eighth in the country.

Senior Tim Guerin (Auburn, MA) led off in the 1,200 meters in 3:05.03, and was followed by Bennett. Freshman Chris Estrella (Lowell, MA) ran the 800 meters in 1:56.2 while junior Angus MacDonald (Methuen, MA) anchored in the mile in 4:09.5.

These are the top 10 DMR times (Indoors) ever at Lowell:

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY (TOP TIMES)
1. RUBEN SANCA, SAM BASTIEN, MIKE MALINOWSKI, STEVE DEWITT
9:54.15 VALENTINE INVITE @ BU 02/08/08
2. Kevin Alliette, Mike Paige, Eric Sherry, Carl Mease 03/03/01
9:54.46 IC4A Championships @ Reggie Lewis
3. Tim Guerin, Justin Oliver, Danny Wang, Ruben Sanca 02/27/09
9:55.30 NE Championships @ BU
4. Angus MacDonald, Doug Caves, Joey DeWitt, Ruben Sanca
9:55.71 Valentine Invite @ BU 02/13/09
5. Christopher Kapfer, John Drinkwater, Erick Colon, Patrick Morasse 02/25/05
9:56.07 NE Championships @ BU
6. Greg Povey, Tony Gilbert, Kevin Spicer, and Dennis Simonaitis 00/00/84
9:56.4(H) Boston University
7. Joey Dewitt, Clint Cooper, Pat Molloy, Patrick Morasse 02/25/06
9:56.99 N.E. Championships @ BU
8. Joey Dewitt, Clint Cooper, Pat Molloy, Patrick Morasse 03/10/06
9:57.28 NCAA Championships @ Reggie Lewis
9. Joey DeWitt, John Drinkwater, Erick Colon, Patrick Morasse 01/28/05
9:58.06 Terrier Classic @ BU
10. Pat Morasse, Andrew Grange, Pat Molloy, Joey Dewitt 02/11/06
9:58.97 Valentine Classic @ BU

Happy Trails, Petey

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Week ending February 13th, 2010

43 miles

1 day off - standard for me

Long run 64 minutes.

Last 10 weeks' mileage (most recent first):

43, 40, 33, 37, 47, 43, 43, 44, 43, 39

Hamstrings are feeling better. Had a massage on 2-12 and we are going to focus on quad stretching.

Next race: Maybe Fudgesicle 5k on 2-20 but definitely Northfield snowshoe on 3-13.

Friday, February 12, 2010

25 years ago.......first collegiate indoor track season.

Hey, in honor of my friend DD and his xx years ago posts, I'll start with a post from Indoor Track of 1984-1985. I was a freshman at ULowell. My 2 mile HS PR was 10:52 so I was looking to improve on that. I ran a grueling 4 races in the indoor season:

Tufts, 2 mile, 10:41
BU, 2 mile, 10:41
UConn, 3000, 9:59
Colby, 2mile, 10:40

Pretty consistent and an improvement on my HS times. I was the slowest 2 mile guy on the team!

Sunday, February 7, 2010