Training Summary: November 17 - 23

Monday 11/17 - 9mi, 62:30, easy solo on the bay.

Tuesday 11/18 - 9 mi, 62:00, easy solo through La Jolla.

Wednesday 11/19 - 11.3 mi, 1:19:22, with JLew through Rancho Santa Fe. Started out slow but picked it up mid-run, all on really soft woodchips which were good for the legs but not for the pace.

Thursday 11/20 - off

Friday 11/21 -10mi, 1:10:35, fairly easy with George, JLew and Mark through La Jolla.

Saturday 11/22 - 8mi, 57:00, easy with JLew on the bay.

Sunday 11/23 - 13.5 mi, 1:27:25, felt amazing, started out the first half super easy around 6:40's and worked it down to 6:00 with the last two uphill miles clocking in at 5:50 and 5:36. The early miles felt like a walk and even the faster final miles just felt like an easy pickup, good stuff!

Summary - 61mi, 6 days. Felt really good all week but I did miss a day mid-week with life/work getting the best of the day's effort. Solid "long" run on Sunday and I am feeling really good. Looks like moving back up into 75-85mpw should be easy.

I have a little travel to LA early next week and then hopefully a fun and relaxing Thanksgiving "weekend". I should be able to get into the mid 70's next week and back around 80 by December. Really looking forward to catching the NCAA Championships tomorrow. I think both the men's and women's races should be really exciting, especially on the team side. It's great to see coverage of all the NCAA divisions online now and increased exposure for the sport. Stonehill men and women ran on Saturday and came in 19th and 21st respectively. Definitely not what we thought they would do this year but with a decent showing from some underclassman hopefully we'll finally see a top 8 place in the next few years and an individual finally crack the top 20.