The Week of June 2-8, 2008
June 9, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 3 Comments
While the end of last week left a sour taste in my mouth, this week left me smiling. At this point in my training, any week with 5 days of 75+ minute runs is a good week. As a bonus, half of my runs this week were mountain runs above 7,000′. In sum, the week [...]
The Week of May 26-June 1, 2008
June 5, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 1 Comment
Through Friday, this week was looking like a can’t miss winner, as I’d already logged 43 miles and a great workout. Then exhaustion hit and planned weekends runs of 20+ and 10+ pathetically faded to a day off and an easy 5 miler. Read on to see what went down. Synopsis of Week’s Training:The week [...]
The Week of May 19-25, 2008
May 29, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 6 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training:Oh, what a sweet week of consistent training and restoration of my joie de vivre. I didn’t get in the mega-mileage I had planned if I headed out to the mountains (which I did), but I am one week closer to regaining my fitness. Read on for more details regarding my training [...]
The Week of May 12-18, 2008
May 18, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training:This week’s running did not turn out exactly as planned, but the deviations were probably for the better and it was a great week nonetheless. Read on for a summary of my training this week. Monday I broke a cardinal rule the cardinal rule – Never miss a run, because you were [...]
The Week of May 5-11, 2008
May 11, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 5 Comments
After a long break, I hope to start posting weekly training updates for the foreseeable future. I had stopped when my training took a serious downturn in early March and never restarted because I wasn’t sure anyone read my training updates. However, with a teammate 4,000 miles away, I figure I should try to keep [...]
The Week of February 25 – March 2, 2008
March 10, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 7 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training: Oh, the joys of the really lengthy long run. With the Old Pueblo 50 on Saturday, I managed to run the fewest number of days in any week in 2008 – 3 – and yet still have my highest mileage week on the year with 61.5 miles logged. The early part [...]
The Week of February 18-24, 2008
February 27, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 2 Comments
Gretchen and Mason dropping me early on Friday’s run. Synopsis of Week’s Training:For reasons I do not recall, I took Monday off. Tuesday, I logged a decent 7.5 miles around Arlington, while I ran home from work on Wednesday. I took Thursday off as my sis and I tried to beat an ice storm down [...]
The Week of February 11-17, 2008
February 18, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training:Another week and yet more progress in the right direct. I started the week off right on Monday by reintroducing my “Walker’s Fear” loop back into my training. Essentially, Walker’s Fear is my already hilly 6.5 mile loop with mile and a half out and back that adds two long climbs. I [...]
The Week of February 4-10, 2008
February 12, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 8 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training: Hi, my name is Bryon and I’m a runner. This past week and this past weekend, in particular, definitely showed me that I’m a runner again. I started the week with an easy run of my flat five mile loop (actually a 4.75 miles), except I added on a bit over [...]
The Week of January 28-February 3, 2008
February 4, 2008 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
Synopsis of Week’s Training: Now THAT’s what I’m talking about! Six days of running this week with a 10 mile weekday run, a 16+ mile run on the weekend and feeling fresh when the whole thing is done. As a bonus, I ran in shorts more often than not. Monday, I ran an easy 5 [...]
