weekly running evaluation– week 17

Posted on October 2, 2011April 24, 2018 by Jake

Well, next Sunday is the big race in Chi-town. I’m not sure how I will do. I wanted to score a 3:10 or better. But I can already tell you that isn’t going to happen. As usual, I totally crapped out on my training, right when I was starting to really speed up. I ran a half marathon yesterday in Central Park. I was hoping for a 1:30 or better. I ended up with a 1:35. So, I would have to double those efforts to get my time in Chicago. Seems like a pretty long shot. Part of me is excited to get Chicago out of the way. I have put a lot of pressure on myself to get a good time. Once it is over, I can just kind of coast and relax until the New York Marathon, which I am running purely for the fun factor. Here are some of the stats from yesterday’s half-mara.

Distance: 13.1 Miles, 21.1 Kilometers
Date/Time: October 1, 2011, 9:00 AM
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: 60 degrees, 93% humidity, wind 3 mph, overcast.

Total Finishers: Men – 2551 Women – 2406 Total – 4957

Last Name

First Name

Sex/
Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Country

Overall
Place

Gender
Place

Age
Place

Net
Time

Pace/
Mile

Breinholt

Jacob

M34

140

NYRC

NEW YORK

USA

496

426

1:35:03

07:16

weekly running evaluation– week 16

Posted on September 25, 2011September 25, 2011 by Jake

Training has been going not so great. I did a single 10 mile jaunt last weekend, then an 18 miler today. The 18 miler was actually an NYRR sponsored event called “marathon tune-up.” Since I am still getting over a cold, I took it pretty easy. Ideally, I would have liked to have gone race pace today, but I’ll save it for Grete’s half marathon next weekend. Here are some stats from the run today:

Distance: 18.0 Miles, 29.0 Kilometers
Date/Time: September 25, 2011, 7:00 AM
Location: Central Park, NYC

Total Finishers: Men – 2009 Women – 1819 Total – 3828

Last Name

First Name

Sex/
Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Country

Overall
Place

Gender
Place

Age
Place

Net
Time

Pace/
Mile

Breinholt

Jacob

M34

176

NYRC

NEW YORK

USA

350

313

2:24:41

08:03

Since I’m now officially tapering (unofficially, I have been for like 2 weeks already, hehehe), I’m going to keep the mileage relatively low this week, and try to do better than a 1:30 on Saturday. Fingers crossed, I’ll bee feeling 100% and get a huge confidence boost from it, going into the Chicago Marathon, the following weekend.

The photo at the top is from last week. Thanks, Brightroom.

weekly running evaluation– week 13

Posted on September 4, 2011September 4, 2011 by Jake

That stickman image that I drew of myself sort of looks like I’m running, no? Well, I should have drawn it of me eating or sitting instead. This was another terrible week. I should have known that it would be, as number 13. But whatev. Pressing onward. I give myself a C- for the week. I made the mistake of doing a very intense core workout after my 10 mile run yesterday. As a result, I was having a terrible run this morning. Instead of slugging it out for 20 miles, I called it quits after less than half of that.

	Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
goal	13	4 m run	10 m run	5 m run	7 x hill	rest	10 m pace	20
Actual	13	4.57 m run	10.03 m run	5.19 m run	skipped	rest	10 m pace	7.08

Totals for the week:

Count: 5 Activities
Distance: 37.02 mi
Time: 04:26:16 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 1,504 ft
Avg Speed: 8.3 mph
Calories: 4,940 C

Next week’s schedule:

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
14	5 m run	6 m run	5 m run	45 tem	rest	6 m run	12

weekly running evaluation– week 12

Posted on August 29, 2011August 29, 2011 by Jake

I didn’t post a running evaluation yesterday. It was because there was nothing to evaluate. I earned a hard F- for the week. I could blame it on the fact that I was insanely busy. I could blame it on the weather or a million other things. But it was really just because I didn’t make it a priority, and I feel like crap about it. I decided to post this today, just for the sake of continuity (and so I can remember what my upcoming schedule is).

	Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
goal	12	4 m run	6 m run	5 m run	7 x 800	rest	6 m pace	12
actual	12	4.87 m run	—	—	—	rest	—	—

I did run today, so I’m on track for another good week. I hope that I can stick to it over the holiday weekend, especially since we will be traveling. Come on will power. Here is the schedule for the rest of the week–

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
13	4 m run	10 m run	5 m run	7 x hill	rest	10 m pace	20

weekly running evaluation– week 11

Posted on August 21, 2011August 29, 2011 by Jake

[photo: icing my knee]

Overall, this was a pretty good week. I didn’t pull out any amazing times or have any runs that I was particularly proud of. I did end up reversing the order of my longer weekend runs, so that I did 20 on Saturday, to take advantage of Summer Streets. About 8 miles in, I realized that all I had eaten the day before were a few chips and some hummus. So stupid. It ended up being a really hard run because I was so under fueled. But the weather was awesome, so I was in a really good mood the whole time.

	Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
Goal	11	4 m run	10 m run	5 m run	45 Tem	rest	10 m run	20
Actual	11	4.16 m run	10.18 m run	5.25 m run	41 Tem	rest	20 m run	10

Here are my totals for the week:

Count: 6 Activities
Distance: 55.60 mi
Time: 07:22:54 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 3,680 ft
Avg Speed: 7.5 mph
Calories: 7,902 C

Aaaaannnndddd, next week is a step back week. So, I can look forward to easing up a bit on the millage. Should be a walk in the park.

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
12	4 m run	6 m run	5 m run	7 x 800	rest	6 m pace	12

weekly running evaluation– week 8

Posted on July 31, 2011July 20, 2020 by Jake

As promised, here is the dreaded first installation of my weekly running blah on Jake’s Mag.

I’m currently working through one of the Hal Higdon training programs (below).

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	3 m run	5 m run	3 m run	3 x hill	rest	5 m pace	10
2	3 m run	5 m run	3 m run	30 Tem	rest	5 m run	11
3	3 m run	6 m run	3 m run	4 x 800	rest	6 m pace	8
4	3 m run	6 m run	3 m run	4 x hill	rest	6 m pace	13
5	3 m run	7 m run	3 m run	35 Tem	rest	7 m run	14
6	3 m run	7 m run	3 m run	5 x 800	rest	7 m pace	10
7	3 m run	8 m run	4 m run	5 x hill	rest	8 m pace	16
8	3 m run	8 m run	4 m run	40 Tem	rest	8 m run	17
9	3 m run	9 m run	4 m run	6 x 800	rest	9 m pace	12
10	3 m run	9 m run	4 m run	6 x hill	rest	9 m pace	19
11	4 m run	10 m run	5 m run	45 Tem	rest	10 m run	20
12	4 m run	6 m run	5 m run	7 x 800	rest	6 m pace	12
13	4 m run	10 m run	5 m run	7 x hill	rest	10 m pace	20
14	5 m run	6 m run	5 m run	45 tem	rest	6 m run	12
15	5 m run	10 m run	5 m run	8 x 800	rest	10 m pace	20
16	5 m run	8 m run	5 m run	6 x hill	rest	4 m pace	12
17	4 m run	6 m run	4 m run	30 Tem	rest	4 m run	8
18	3 m run	4 x 400	2 m run	rest	rest	2 m run	race

This week, was week 8, of 18. I can’t believe that after next week I will be half way through. It’s kind of crazy/frightening, especially considering the fact that I have been fairly half-hearted about training this year. I left off after week 5, since I missed both of the long runs for weeks 6 and 7. Anyway, here is a recap of this week’s efforts:

	Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
goal	8	3 m run	8 m run	4 m run	40 Tem	rest	8 m run	17
actual	8	skipped	7 m run	7.3 m run	38:40 tem	rest	8 m run	17

Overall, I have to give myself a grade of about a B, for this week. Even though I skipped Monday, and came up short on Tues (I forgot to check how far I was supposed to go), I made up for it on Wed, with a handful of extra miles. I was also pretty happy with the way that I was able to do as Hal suggested and instead of zoning out for the tempo run, do some “associating.” Associating basically means that instead of just throwing it on autopilot and shuffling along at an 8m/m pace, pay attention to my speed, my body, etc.. By taking Hal’s advice, I was able to do my tempo run at a pace that is close to what I want to be running in Oct. I has similar results on Saturday. I capped off the running week with a change of venue, and did some laps in Central Park. The weather was mid-70’s and the early morning shade made for a super pleasant run.

Here is what is on deck for next week:

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
9	3 m run	9 m run	4 m run	6 x 800	rest	9 m pace	12