Week of 12/26 - 1/1/11

26-10 miles w/Rusty (7:56 pc)
27- AM 7 miles (7:19 pc) / PM 5 miles (7:06 pc)
28- 10 mile progression run (66:40 total, incl. w/u and c/d)
29- AM 10 miles w/Montgomery (7:32 pc) / PM 4 miles (7:17 pc)
30- 11 miles w/Montgomery (7:24 pc...roads are still awful)
31- AM 8 miles (7:00 pc) / PM 9 miles (6:50 pc); 2010 YTD, 3001 miles
1- 10.5 miles w/Montgomery (7:12 pc)

Total- 84.5 miles

Week of 12/19 - 12/25

19- 15 very cold miles w/Montgomery (7:10 pc)
20- AM 8 miles (7:09 pc) / PM 5 miles (7:18 pc)
21- 12 miles (7:15 pc)
22- AM 9.5 miles w/Montgomery (7:10 pc) / PM 10.5 w/ 800m workout
23- 9 miles w/Montgomery (7:15 pc)
24- 10.5 miles w/Montgomery (7:25 pc)
25- 8.5 miles w/middle 4 @ 6:00 pc. (6:45 O/A pc)

Total- 88 miles

Week of 12/12 - 12/18

12- 15 miles w/Montgomery (6:58 pc)
13- AM 8 miles (7:27 pc) / PM 5 miles (7:30 pc)
14- AM 6 miles (7:30 pc) / PM 8 mi w/fartlek mixed in (6:40 O/A pc)
15- 9 miles w/Montgomery (7:28 pc)
16- AM 9 miles w/6 x 65 second hill repeats / PM 5 miles (7:30 pc)
17- AM 5 miles (7:30 pc) / PM 10 miles w/Montgomery (6:50 pc)
18- 10 miles w/lots of hills (7:02 pc)

Total- 90 miles

Week of 12/5 - 12/11

5- 11 miles w/4.5 ish mile trail race (29:09)
6- 0
7- 5 miles (6:37 pc)
8-11 miles (7:20 pc)
9- AM 9 miles w/ 6 x 65 second hill repeats / PM 4 miles (7:30 pc)
10- AM 8 frigid miles (7:20 pc) / PM 5 miles (7:20 pc)
11- 10.5 miles w/middle 5.6 at Tempo pace over lots of hills

Total- 63.5 miles

Jingle Bell 5k

Really good race today with some good company. I met up with some of the guys from Keene, Rod and Justin and we did a 4-mile warm-up together. We noticed that they changed the course (again), and included a pretty serious climb in the second mile. That, coupled with the headwind, made for some challenging conditions and a modification of the pre-race plans. All told it went well. I felt like I probably had a little too much left at the end, and I would be real interested to see what this could have been without all the hills. My watch read 17:22 when I crossed the finish line, but the official time was generous enough to give me 3 more seconds for a 17:25. Anyway, my splits were 5:27, 5;44, 5:35, 0:35. It was good enough for 8th place overall and 3rd in my age division. Hard fought efforts across the board today as everyone who I met up with seemingly ran well in less than ideal conditions.