Huixquilucan High-Altitude Training

Monday, 7-12-2010
6.5 miles steady around M&M Loop in 40:05, last .9 miles in 4:56
Tuesday, 7-13-2010
Depart for Mexico City
Wednesday, 7-14-2010
Work in Guadalajara and Toluca, Mexico
Thursday, 7-15-2010
5 miles hilly on treadmill in 30:00 + Gym
Friday, 7-16-2010
6 miles easy on treadmill in 40:00
Saturday, 7-17-2010
AM: 4 miles easy on treadmill in 30:00
PM: Carrera 10K Diablo in 36:53 (Toluca, Mexico = 8,793ft)
6:24, 13:58 (7:34), 5K 17:42 (3:43), 21:25 (3:42),
25:12 (3:47), 8K 29:06 (3:54), 32:59 (3:52), 3:53
NCAA Altitude Conversion (-3:47), 33:06
Sunday, 7-18-2010
Recovery/Gym
Total
34 Miles




Monday, 7-19-2010
AM: 4 miles easy on treadmill in 30:00
PM: Soccer Match in Toluca vs Press/VIP
Tuesday, 7-20-2010
Rest: Feeling Anemic (Iron Deficient due to altitude)
Wednesday, 7-21-2010
4.5 miles hilly on treadmill in 30:00
Thursday, 7-22-2010
Return to Baltimore, MD
Friday, 7-23-2010
6.5 miles steady death (97 degrees) in 40:27, last .9 miles in 5:09
Saturday, 7-24-2010
11 miles steady down to Patapsco in 1:14:36
Total
26 Miles


* Well, I am on my big Mexico trip working with our distributor here as we launch our soccer kits with both Deportivo Toluca F.C. and Estudiantes Tecos, which involves a lot of meetings and promotions, as we had final line finalization on the 2011-2012 kits. Lots of long hours, lots of hard work, which means not much meaningful training, especially since my hotel in Huixquilucan does not have any running areas and I am relegated to a treadmill, which given the time I have to train, is about 30-40 min max. The "race" was amazing. I fancy myself a decent altitude runner, as I have raced 9:06 (3000m) at 5500ft time trial in 2001 as part of the USOC's "Live High, Train Low" project. Anyhow, I was not able to train much and amazingly I went against my instinct and went out harder than I wanted (6:24 at 2km, 3:12/km, 32:00 pace).. and absolutely crashed with my left leg/quad flailing the whole way. I stopped twice to stretch, but was not satisfied with the output. The effort tranlsates to a 33-min 10K, but feel I could have run sub-35:00 on this course. Hopefully now I can get back to training hard and do some reassesments in intensity.

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