1996

week

85
12/31 AM: Reading run, 2:17:00. Felt good, not too cold. 21
1/1 AM: West Redding, 1:29:10. PM: Richter, 41:37. 20
1/2 AM: 4 x mile out on route 6, 4:50, 39, 44, 35.

PM: 8 miles on treadmill at 6 min pace.

20
1/3 AM: During snowstorm, King St.++, 1:28:19.

PM: 5 laps of IBM, 59:27.

20
1/4 AM: King St.++, 1:25:50. PM: 5 laps IBM, 57:10. 20
1/5 AM: Run to gym and return. PM: 5 laps IBM, 58:11. 19
1/6 AM: King St.++, 1:22:53. PM: Richter, 44:40. 18

week

138
1/7 AM: 5 miles on treadmill at 6:18 pace. Was going to

go to Dartmouth, but didn't because of storm.

PM: Ran for 1:27 during storm at noon.

PM: Ran for 55 min over to mall pking garage.

24
1/8 Major blizzard. AM: Ran for 1:13, about 8 or 9.

PM: King St., 1:12:00.

17
1/9 AM: 12 on treadmill at 6:00 pace. PM:4.5 laps of IBM

in 56 min. Locked my keys in car.

20
1/10 AM: Ran to dentist and back in 35. sloppy streets.

AM: Ran to Brewster train in 1:02.

PM: Ran around mall for 1:00:32.

21
1/11 AM: King St.++, 1:20:36. PM: In IBM parking lot.

20 min wu. 10 x (1:30 on 1:30 off). 5 min wd

20
1/12 AM: DNR. CTG Party tonight. Party cancelled.

PM: 10.12 on treadmill at 6:00 pace. then another 1.3

when my health club turned out the lights.

11
1/13 AM: King St.++, 1:27. PM: 4 x mile out on route 6.

4:57, 43, 55, 52. Dark with a lot of cars. Warming up

today, still very sloppy on roads.

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136
1/14 AM: Sunset run, 2:12. Nice weather, but I was

overdressed and it was a deathmarhch.

PM: Richter, 44:23.

25
1/15 AM: King St.+, 1:13:13. PM: King St., 1:05:11. 20
1/16 AM: 23 min wu, 10 x 1:16 seconds out near airport.

Run home in 18 min. PM: 5 laps IBM, 1:00.

18
1/17 AM: run for 14 min to dentist, then run for 1 hour

after that. PM: 5 laps of IBM, 57:49.

19
1/18 AM: West Redding, 1:34:40. foggy, felt very stiff. 14
1/19 10 miles on treadmill at 6:15 pace. 10
1/20 AM: easy 3. PM: 2 mile wu, 3000 in 8:11:98 at

Harvard indoor track. 3 mile wd.

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week

116
1/21 AM: run for 50 min. PM: King St, 1:06:21. 16
1/22 AM: West Redding, 1:35:54. PM: Richter, 45:51. 20
1/23 AM: Run to gym and return. PM: King St., 1:01:30. 19
1/24 AM: King St.+, 1:11:07. PM: King St., 1:02:19. 20
1/25 AM: King St.++, 1:21:56. 12
1/26 AM: King St., 58:41. 9
1/27 AM: Run for 23 min easy. PM: BU meet 5000, out in

4:23, with 2:08 half in middle. rigged to 14:15.

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week

105
1/28 AM: Run in Boston for 1:31:12 easy. 13
1/29 AM: King St., 58:37. PM: jog for 24 min. 12
1/30 AM: 4 x mile out on rt 6 in 4:56, 43, 55, 39.

PM: easy 3, nt, my watch broke at exactly 10:03.

14
1/31 AM: Park, nt. PM: Richter, nt. 12
2/1 AM: Richter, nt. PM: Richter, nt. 12
2/2 AM: Run to gym and return. PM: easy 3. 13
2/3 10" Snow. PM: King St., nt. 9

week

85
2/4 AM: Putnam Pk, about 1:51. 17
2/5 AM: Richter+, nt. 7
2/6 AM: 4 x 1 mile out on route 6, 4:56, 53, 57, 38.

times are approximate. PM: Run for 30 min.

15
2/7 AM: Run to drug store and back. PM: Richter, nt. 10
2/8 AM: Run around block for 24 min. PM: same for 30 8
2/9 AM: Richter, nt. 6
2/10 AM: King St., nt. PM: Run around block 28 min 13

week

76
2/11 AM: Richter, nt. PM: Park++, with 3 x ~ 2 min hard. 14
2/12 AM: Run out to airport and 6 strides 6
2/13 AM: 4. PM: 3. 7
2/14 AM: 6 in snow. 6
2/15 fly to NC, easy 5 in PM. 5
2/16 run to nearby hotel and back. 2
2/17 OTM, 2:19:10, 22nd. Felt good at 18 miles, then

hit the wall. didn't drink enough. didn't wear enough.

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67
2/18 DNR
2/19 DNR
2/20 DNR
2/21 DNR
2/22 DNR
2/23 run for 20 min. 3
2/24 Run for 24 min. 3

week

6
2/25 Run for 28 min. 3
2/26 AM: Shorter version of park. 5
2/27 AM: Richter, nt. 6
2/28 AM: Richter, nt. 6
2/29 AM: Richter, nt. 6
3/1 AM: Richter, nt. 6
3/2 AM: Tom's loop minus1 mile in snow. 8

week

40
3/3 AM: King St., 1:02, snowing. PM: 4 mi easy. 13
3/4 AM: King St., 56:25. 9
3/5 AM: King St. + vote, 1:04:50. 10
3/6 AM: King St., 56:05. 9
3/7 AM: King St., 1:00:36. (snowy) 9
3/8 AM: Richter, 51 min, still snowing. 6
3/9 AM: King St., 1:01. 9

week

65
3/10 AM: Tom's 14 mile loop, 1:41:52. social pace

PM: Richter 39:49.

20
3/11 AM: King St., 56:50. PM: Richter, 41:10. 15
3/12 AM: Park, 38:01. PM: Run from MECA for 59 min. 15
3/13 AM: King St., 57:40. PM: Run in FFD, 43:49. 15
3/14 AM: King St., 55:53. PM: Same in FFD, 43:09. 15
3/15 AM: Brushy hill, 1:02:03. PM: run for 47:33 in FFD. 17
3/16 AM: Park, 38:06, then run to gym from saturn dealer.

PM: 18 min wu. 6 x 800 w/400 recovery, 2:10, 13, 12

14,14, 17. 400 in 67. 19 min wd. very windy.

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week

117
3/17 AM: West Redding, 1:28:03 PM: Richter, 40:49. 20
3/18 AM: King St., 56:26. PM: Run in FFD for 43:50. 15
3/19 AM: King St., 56:50. PM: sick with cold DNR 9
3/20 DNR, sick. 0
3/21 AM: King St., 56:50. PM: 6 in FFD. 15
3/22 AM: Richter, nt. PM: run for 1 hr. if FFD. 15
3/23 AM: Tom's loop with 4 mile pickup in 18:44, CR.

PM: King St., nt.

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93
3/24 AM: Tom's 14 mile loop, 1:32. PM: Park, nt. 20
3/25 AM: King St., 58:00. PM: 6 in FFD, nt. 15
3/26 AM: Richter, 41:50. PM: 18 min wu, on track,

3 x 400 in 66, 1200 in 3:20. 3 x 400 in 65, 800 in 2:13,

3 x 400 in 64,64,63, 18 min wd. very windy.

16
3/27 AM: King St., 59:10 (cold), PM: 6 in FFD. 15
3/28 AM: King St., 57:20. PM: 6 in FFD. 15
3/29 AM: Snow. Richter real slow. PM: 10 in FFD 16
3/30 AM: Park, nt. PM: 4 x (4x400) 67,66,65,64, last 2 in

63. 200 jog between, 400 jog between sets.

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week

114
3/31 AM: Tom's 14 mile loop, 1:33. PM: Richter, 40:20. 20
4/1 AM: King St., 1:00:10. PM: run in FFD. 15
4/2 AM: Park, nt. PM: 10 min wu, 1000 in 2:46. 8 x 400

in 66, 1000 in 2:46, 4 x 400 in 66. very windy. 4th

200 of second 1000 was a 36. 20 min wd

16
4/3 AM: King St., 1:00:10. PM: run in FFD for 6. 15
4/4 AM: King St., nt. 9
4/5 Run in New Orleans for 25 min. 3
4/6 CCC 10K, 28:00, 2nd. Good weather, flat no wind.

PM: run for 20 min

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week

91
4/7 AM: Easy run for 45 min in New Orleans.

PM: Park, nt.

12
4/8 AM: easy 6, snowing. PM: easy 9, nt, no watch. 15
4/9 AM: King St., nt. PM: run in FFD, 6. 15
4/10 AM: Richter, snow again. PM: King St. with some

3 on 2 off pickups.

15
4/11 AM: King St., 58:10. PM: easy 5 in Newtown. 14
4/12 AM: King St., 57:50. PM: run in FFD. 15
4/13 AM: Park, nt. PM: in Caldwell, std wu, 8 x 400 in 65

200 jog. 1000 in 2:42. 8 x 400 in 65. 1600 in 4:27.

std wd.

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week

104
4/14 AM: West Redding, 1:32:11. PM: Richter, 41:34. 20
4/15 AM: King St., 59:23. PM: Run in FFD, 41:45. 15
4/16 AM: Richter 44, rain. PM: Run for 1:08 in FFD. 16
4/17 AM: Richter 42:15. PM: std wu, 12 x 400 in 68,67,66

67,66,66,65,66,65,63,64,64. std wd.

16
4/18 AM: King St., 58:55. PM: run in ffd, 41 min. 15
4/19 AM: Run in FFD for 1:10. PM: run in FFD for 48. 18
4/20 AM: King St., 56:32. PM: Richter, 40:36. 15

week

115
4/21 AM: Richter, 41:34. PM: 2 mile wu, 1500 in 3:48-9.

(didn't get official time). 600 in 1:37. 3 x 400 in 64.

2 x 200 in 30, 29. 2 mile wd.

13
4/22 AM: King St., 59:21. 9
4/23 PM: Run in FFD for 1 hr. 9
4/24 PM: Run in FFD, 43:28. 6
4/25 PM: Penn 10000, 28:23.32, first. wu+wd. 9
4/26 AM: Tom's 7 mile loop, nt. PM: Richter 43:46. 13
4/27 AM: Tom's 9.5 mile loop, 1:02. PM: Run from Sean's

38 min.

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week

74
4/28 AM: Run to gym and return. PM: King St., 56:20 19
4/29 AM: Richter, 43. PM: Run for 1 hr. in FFD. 15
4/30 AM: Park, 41. PM: 19 min wu, 1000 in 2:42, 4 x 400

in 66, 800 in 2:09, 4 x 400 in 66,65,64,61. 19 min wd.

15
5/1 AM: King St., 59:46. PM: run in FFD, 43 min. 15
5/2 AM: Richter, 43. PM: 18 min wu, 1600 in 4:20.8, 1200

in 3:14, 800 in 2:08, 6 x 400 in 65,64,64,64,64,63.

18 min wd.

16
5/3 AM: King St., 1:00:15. PM: Richter, 41:40. 15
5/4 AM: West Redding, 1:28:51. 14

week

109
5/5 AM: West Redding, 1:28: 31. PM: Richter, 41:30. 20
5/6 AM: Richter, 42:30. PM: 19 min wu, 1200 in 3:19,

800 in 2:10, 600 in 1:37, 2 x 4 x 400 in 65. 400 jog

between everything. 200 jog between quarters.

19 min wd.

16
5/7 AM: King St., 59:30. PM: easy 5 after massage. 14
5/8 AM: King St., 59:14. PM: run in FFD, 42. 15
5/9 AM: Richter, 44:30. PM: 18 min wu, 1000 in 2:46,

2 x 4 x 500 going through 400 in 66, then 65. 800

in 2:10. 18 min wd.

16
5/10 AM: King St., 59:14. PM: Run in FFD, 42:44. 15
5/11 AM: Run at Tom's 1:01. Took a nap in PM and it was

pouring rain, so I didn't run.

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week

105
5/12 AM: Bushy hill, 1:02:00. PM: King St., 54:31. CR. 19
5/13 AM: King St., 58:40. PM: run in FFD for 41:30. 15
5/14 AM: Richter, 42:10. PM: 18 min wu, 3 x 800 in 2:10,

2:09, 2:07, 4 x 400 in 65,64,64,64. 11 min wd.

14
5/15 PM: Run for 1 hr in FFD. 9
5/16 AM: King St., 59:11. 9
5/17 PM: Run in FFD for 43 min. 6
5/18 PM: Dedham 10000, 28:45, second. out in 14:04.

Didn't feel good. Went for the time, saw I wasn't going

to get it. Gave up. Tried to win in the last lap, but got

nipped in the last 50. Maybe should have DNFed.

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week

81
5/19 AM: Richter, 41:50. PM: King St., 58:22. first hot day 15
5/20 AM: Richter, 43:29. PM: Run for 59:30 in FFD. 15
5/21 AM: King St., 58:30. PM: Park, 39:01. 15
5/22 AM: King St., 57:51. PM: Run in FFD, 43:00. 15
5/23 AM: Richter, 42:10 PM: 18 min wu, 6 x 800 all in 2:09

2 x 400 in 62. 400 jog bet 800s.

17
5/24 AM: Richter, 44. PM: run in FFD for about 1 hr. 15
5/25 AM: Run for 1:02 with 20 minute pickup. 10

week

102
5/26 AM: Run for 1:08:00 in Boston. 11
5/27 AM: King St.+, 1:03:30. PM: Park, 39:30. 17
5/28 PM: King St.+, 1:05:28. 11
5/29 AM: Richter, 40:30. PM: 18 min wu, 12 x 400 in 64

with 40-45 seconds recovery, 18 min wd.

16
5/30 AM: Richter, 42:10. PM: Run for 1 hr. in FFD. 15
5/31 AM: Richter, 42. PM: Run in FFD for 43. 12
6/1 AM: King St.++ with 6 x (3 min hard, 2 min easy),

1:13:30

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week

94
6/2 AM: Bushy hill, 1:02:21 PM: Richter, 39:30. 16
6/3 AM: Park, 40:40. PM: Richter, 41:35. 12
6/4 PM: 18 min wu, 1000 in 2:47, 3 x (3 x 400), 66, 65, 64

40 seconds rest, 800 in 2:13, 5 x 100 in 15, 19 min wd.

11
6/5 PM: Run for 1:03:30 in FFD. Felt sudden pain in left

foot like stress fracture, then it went away. Felt it

again at home after I took off my shoes. Iced it.

10
6/6 PM: run in FFD, 41:44. 6
6/7 PM: 18 min wu, 2000 in 5:32, 2 lap recovery, 1600 in

4:23, 2 lap recovery, 1200 in 3:15, 600 recovery, 1000

in 2:39. 18 min wd

11
6/8 AM: King St., 55:45. 9

week

75
6/9 AM: King St., 57:03. 9
6/10 PM: run in FFD for 42:44. 6
6/11 AM: run to car dealer, PM: pick car up. 6
6/12 AM: Richter, 40:18. 6
6/13 AM: Run for 28 min in Atlanta. 4
6/14 AM: Run for 12 min. PM: OT 10000 heats, 29:42,

seventh in second heat, advance as last qualifier by

time. Very humid. Got Aaron Ramirez in last 100.

10
6/15 AM: Easy run for 20 min 3

week

44
6/16 AM: Easy run for 20 min. 3
6/17 PM: OT 10000 final. 29:06, second. no wd, big blister

on left big toe.

7
6/18 DNR. Blister problem. 0
6/19 AM: back in CT, easy 24 min run. 3
6/20 PM: Run for 1 hr in FFD. 9
6/21 AM: Run for 42 min in FFD. 6
6/22 AM: Richter, 42:01. 6

week

34
6/23 Run in Bay head for 47 min 7
6/24 AM: Richter, 40:39. 6
6/25 PM: 6 x 1000 in 2:46, 46, 45, 46, 48, on fifth one I

pulled/strained my right calf muscle. didn't do

number 6, 2 lap wd.

7
6/26 DNR, got ultrasound 0
6/27 AM: Richter, 39:30. PM: Run in FFD for 41 min. 12
6/28 AM: Richter, 40:30. PM: Run in FFD for 1 hour. 15
6/29 AM: King St. ++ with 6 x (3 min hard, 2 min easy) 90 seconds into last one right calf started bothering me again, and I stopped and jogged it in, 1:11:13.

PM: Park, 39 min,after massag

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