Sun, Oct 12-Sat, Oct 18

Sun Oct 12: AM. A 90 min run over trails in the Big Eau Pleine Park, most of it with the old folks (dad running and mom biking). It was mostly sunny early, then became cloudier late in the run. Temp in the 50s.

Mon Oct 13: AM. In Marshfield, A 50 min early morning run over residential streets and on the bike path. It was dark and 53°. PM. In Deerfield, A 40 min run on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. It was mostly cloudy till the sun came out at the end. Temp of 68°.

Tues Oct 14: AM. A 30 min run on the Capital City Trail. It was partly sunny and 44°. PM. In Deerfield, A 30 min run on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. It was lightly raining and in the 60s.

Wed Oct 15: AM. In Deerfield, ran 20,000m on the DFHS track in 1:13:40 (5:42, 5:40, 5:42, 6:10, 6:13, 6:12, 5:44, 5:40, 5:41, 5:59, 5:57, 5:57, 2:58), ran 45 mins at slow pace on the Glacial Drumlin Trail, stopped for about 5 mins to shit, then ran 5,000m on the track in 18:08 (5:54, 5:54, 5:38, 0:40). It rained for the first few miles, then cloudy. Temp in the low 50s. PM. A 40 min run over residential streets and on the Capital City Trail. It was cloudy and 56°.

Thurs Oct 16: AM. A 60 min run on the Mendota Lakeshore Path to Picnic Pt. Darkness giving way to cloudy skies with a temp of 53°. PM. A 35 min run on the Capital City Trail. Getting dark out, temp in the low 60s.

Fri Oct 17: AM. A 65 min run on the Capital City Trail and the Wingra Creek Path. It rained a little early, then became more clear. Temp 62°. PM. A 30 min run on the Capital City Trail. It was partly cloudy and 76°.

Sat Oct 18: AM. On the Badger Ridge track in Verona, did an 800, 800, 1600, 800, 800, 1600, 800, 800 with half the distance recoveries (2:44, 2:42, 5:24, 2:43, 2:44, 5:22, 2:42, 2:40). It was partly cloudy and in the low 60s. AM2 A 50 min run on the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country course. It was sunny and in the upper 60s.

I took off work Wednesday and headed to Deerfield for a longish tempo run (~35k including 25k at a good pace). Saturday’s track session is one I borrowed from Charlie Spedding’s ‘84 Olympic Marathon build-up. The idea is to try to run the 1600s at around the same pace as the 800s. Charlie only ran his reps about a minute per mile faster than me.