Training Log
For those of you who are runners, I’ve been asked to put together a day-by-day log of my training for the last few months and continuing through the race. Unless otherwise noted, I wear a full backpack on every run, which usually weighs around 22lb to 24lb.
October 30 to November 5
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
Rest |
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Tuesday |
10 mi |
1:07 |
Los Gatos Creek |
No pack |
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Wednesday |
13 mi |
1:53 |
Creek |
Weight down to 147lb, need to eat more |
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Thursday |
10 mi |
1:28 |
Creek |
Getting tired |
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Friday |
13 mi |
2:00 |
Creek |
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Saturday |
9 mi |
1:24 |
Saratoga gap Trail run |
Nice to get off the road for a change |
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Sunday |
16 mi |
2:30 |
creek |
Starting to feel the effects of over training |
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Total |
71 mi |
November 6 - 12
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
Rest |
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Tuesday |
12 mi |
1:48 |
Los Gatos Creek |
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Wednesday |
8 mi morning 8 mi evening |
0:55 1:03 |
Creek |
Back starting to chaff |
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Thursday |
10 mi |
1:10 |
Creek |
No pack, trying to heal from pack chaffing |
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Friday |
12 mi |
1:29 |
Creek |
No pack |
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Saturday |
9 mi |
1:04 |
Creek |
No pack |
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Sunday |
19 mi |
3:00 |
creek |
Feeling strong, back has healed enough |
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Total |
78 mi |
November 13-19
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
Rest |
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Tuesday |
12 mi |
1:42 |
Los Gatos Creek |
Finally got the new pack from Moletrack |
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Wednesday |
8 mi |
1:07 |
Creek |
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Thursday |
10 mi morning 8 mi evening |
1:10 0:58 |
Creek |
10 mi without pack |
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Friday |
12 mi |
1:55 |
Creek |
Slow and painful, really feeling yesterdays run |
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Saturday |
10 mi |
1:28 |
Creek |
Easy pace |
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Sunday |
20 mi |
3:00 |
creek |
Felt good right up until the last few miles, then tight. |
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Total |
80 mi |
November 20-26
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
Rest |
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Tuesday |
12 mi |
1:31 |
Los Gatos Creek |
No pack |
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Wednesday |
8 mi |
1:02 |
Creek |
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Thursday |
10 mi |
1:17 |
Newport bay |
Thanksgiving, strong run |
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Friday |
6 mi |
1:00 |
beach |
Deep sand, very slow pace |
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Saturday |
7 mi |
1:08 |
beach |
Deep sand, starting to get a lot of sand in my shoes |
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Sunday |
0 mi |
creek |
Need to fix this sand problem. |
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Total |
43 mi |
November 27 —December 3
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
Rest |
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Tuesday |
12 mi |
1:45 |
Los Gatos Creek |
Good pace |
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Wednesday |
8 mi morning 8 mi evening |
0:58 1:01 |
Creek |
Raining so didn’t wear the pack Strong pace |
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Thursday |
10 mi |
1:38 |
Creek |
Very tired, very slow |
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Friday |
12 mi |
1:47 |
Creek |
Feeling a little better than yesterday |
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Saturday |
11 mi |
1:55 |
Trail run |
Tough, hilly, slow trail run, couldn’t keep up with Matt |
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Sunday |
14mi |
1:55 |
Creek |
No pack, got lost and wondered around Los Gatos |
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Total |
75 mi |
December 4-10
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
Rest |
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Tuesday |
0 mi |
0:00 |
Business trip |
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Wednesday |
10 mi morning 8 mi evening |
1:24 1:12 |
Creek |
Both runs felt strong |
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Thursday |
10 mi |
1:31 |
Creek |
Good pace |
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Friday |
10 mi |
1:28 |
Creek |
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Saturday |
6 mi |
1:06 |
Dune run |
Ran the tall dunes of Monterey, tough but good |
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Sunday |
14mi |
2:02 |
Hwy 1 |
Beautiful run down hwy 1 near Big Sur |
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Total |
58 mi |
December 11-17
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
Rest |
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Tuesday |
10 mi morning 8 mi evening |
1:28 1:06 |
Creek Creek |
Felt strong |
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Wednesday |
10 mi morning |
1:27 |
Creek |
Still feeling good |
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Thursday |
10 mi |
1:27 |
Creek |
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Friday |
8 mi |
1:06 |
Creek |
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Saturday |
16 mi |
2:24 |
Creek |
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Sunday |
16mi |
2:31 |
Creek |
Legs starting to feel the stress of too much running |
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Total |
78 mi |
December 18-24
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
Rest |
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Tuesday |
10 mi morning |
1:25 |
Creek |
Good pace for a morning run |
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Wednesday |
10 mi morning |
1:27 |
Creek |
Felt strong |
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Thursday |
0 mi |
0:00 |
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Friday |
12 mi |
1:34 |
Creek |
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Saturday |
5 mi |
1:00 |
Trail run |
Run cut short due to wild bore |
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Sunday |
12mi |
2:06 |
Beach |
Deep sand, difficult and slow |
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Total |
49 mi |
December 25-31
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
6 mi |
1:02 |
Beach |
Nice easy Christmas sand run after an hour of surfing |
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Tuesday |
10 mi morning |
1:27 |
Creek |
Felt pretty good |
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Wednesday |
8 mi morning |
1:05 |
Creek |
Starting to get pretty tired |
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Thursday |
10 mi |
1:32 |
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Friday |
8 mi |
1:05 |
Creek |
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Saturday |
10 mi |
1:11 |
Newport Bay |
No pack, ran hard |
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Sunday |
10mi |
1:28 |
Newport Bay |
Ran hard with pack this time, definitely feeling the effects |
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Total |
62 mi |
January 1-7
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
21 mi |
3:17 |
Newport river trail |
Started to tighten up early, felt really long |
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Tuesday |
10 mi |
1:38 |
Creek |
Really felt the effects of the last several days |
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Wednesday |
10mi |
1:33 |
Creek |
A little better than yesterday but not much |
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Thursday |
10 mi morning 8 mi evening |
1:41 1:11 |
This is just about as slow as you can run 10 miles Evening run felt miraculously better |
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Friday |
11 mi |
1:34 |
Creek |
Better pace and better time than expected |
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Saturday |
10 mi |
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Sunday |
21mi |
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Total |
101 mi |
January 8 —14
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
0 |
l |
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Tuesday |
13 mi |
1:38 |
Creek |
Very slow after last week’s long run |
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Wednesday |
Sick |
Bad stomach flu. Slept all day |
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Thursday |
Sick |
Still sick, haven’t eaten since Tuesday |
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Friday |
Recovery |
Still recovering |
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Saturday |
Recovery |
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Sunday |
29 mi |
4:27 |
Creek |
Good run, ran through 26 no problem, then started to tighten up a bit. |
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Total |
42mi |
January 15 - 21
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
0 |
l |
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Tuesday |
12 mi |
1:55 |
Creek |
Very slow after last week’s long run |
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Wednesday |
10 mi |
1:17 |
Creek |
No pack, still tired from Sunday |
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Thursday |
10 mi |
1:26 |
New shoes, feeling better |
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Friday |
13 mi 8 mi |
1:54 1:11 |
More new shoes, legs feeling great on both runs |
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Saturday |
17 mi |
2:48 |
Black Mtn |
Good run, 2800 ft climb. Remember not to try to keep up with Scott with a pack on. |
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Sunday |
23 mi |
3:26 |
Creek |
Legs still feeling good after two big days, but the mileage definitely took it’s toll.
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Total |
93 mi |
January 22 - 28
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
0 |
l |
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Tuesday |
13 mi |
1:56 |
Creek |
Slow, freezing rain |
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Wednesday |
10 mi |
1:36 |
Creek |
More rain, but legs ok. |
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Thursday |
0 mi |
Travel |
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Friday |
10 mi 8 mi |
1:35 0:55 |
Creek Creek |
Legs felt good. 8 miles no pack, nice to go fast again. |
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Saturday |
12 mi |
Black Mtn |
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Sunday |
0 |
1:38 |
Creek |
Surprisingly fast |
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Total |
53 mi |
January 29 — February 4
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Day |
Mileage |
Time |
Course |
Notes |
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Monday |
12 |
1:42 |
Creek |
Felt good. Too much rest last week |
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Tuesday |
10 mi 8 mi |
1:15 1:30 |
Creek Track |
First time back on the track in a long time, 880 splits still respectable. |
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Wednesday |
11 mi |
1:35 |
Office to home |
Last day at Sumitomo, a fitting way to end. |
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Thursday |
12 mi |
Creek |
Strong pace |
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Friday |
10 mi 6 mi |
1:32 0:42 |
Creek Creek |
10 miles a bit slow after pushing hard last nights run. Always nice to take the pack off and go fast |
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Saturday |
18 mi |
3:10 |
Black Mtn |
Ran Black Mtn + w/Kim. I think she took it easy on me. |
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Sunday |
22 mi |
3:42 |
Creek |
I can tell I’m starting to catch a cold, but the pancakes and omelet right before running really helped. Late run but beautiful, warm moonlit night. |
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Total |
109 mi |
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