Buzz Runs: London 2012

Sunday, August 5, 2012

London 2012

Hope you're enjoying the Olympic Games - what a great event! It's hard to believe it's been 16 years since the Games were hosted by Atlanta, our campus was the Olympic Village, and our track was the training track for all the athletes in the village. The highlight of these games so far was the men's 10k yesterday - how loud was it in that stadium!

A little dip this week in mileage to consolidate the last two weeks of training. Less than two weeks to see everyone, we're anxious to get going : )

44 comments:

Cameron Reid said...: 46 miles for the week. Week started off pretty well, but struggled towards the end. Had a solid 5-4-3-2-1 fartlek on Tuesday, but the tempo was rough, only managed 3 miles. I think it had to do with the lack of sleep I had all last week do to a very busy week and a quick early pace on the run. Also, I was dealing with a bit of lower leg issues towards the end of the week. Taking today off to give my legs a little chance to breath and hopefully I'll be back in full swing tomorrow.; August 5, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Katie T. said...: 55; August 5, 2012 at 4:32 PM
Megan B said...: 58. The miles got tiring by the end of the week with finals and moving, but i managed a solid 5 mile tempo on Friday. My whole family is here this weekend and the comments about the olympic track events are very entertaining. My brother-in-laws asked if I had every raced the girls competing in the 400 and my sister said the men's 10 k was like a horse race during the last lap..; August 5, 2012 at 5:06 PM
Shawn said...: 58. A lot of traveling this week so I took a day off and I'm switching this week with last week.; August 5, 2012 at 5:07 PM
Chance Eldredge said...: 51 with Monday off and 6 miles lost due to sickness.; August 5, 2012 at 5:14 PM
Austin O'Connell said...: 66 miles. I've still got a little hamstring pain (feels like a small strain in the back of the knee). It's not really hurting my running though. Workouts went great. 5-4-3-2-1 fartlek was faster than my tempo from 2 weeks ago, and I felt great on my 7 mile tempo.; August 5, 2012 at 5:15 PM
Elizabeth said...: Ran 10min Friday. Taking Saturday and today off, will run again tomorrow. Starting to feel back to normal :) Biking and swimming as well. Can't wait to see everyone!!; August 5, 2012 at 5:42 PM
patrick said...: 78; August 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM
Alec said...: 58 miles. Lost a run due to storming. Solid week. Feeling inspired by the Olympics. :D; August 5, 2012 at 6:04 PM
J-Green, "The Machine" said...: 69. Monday and tuesday went a little long. I feel really good, don't want to take a day off this week, but I will decide on saturday. Might have been a little ambitious on the tempo, went 15 seconds too fast the first mile and definitely felt it at the end. Managed 7 in 40:03. I feel pretty fit, even being behind on the schedule a little bit.; August 5, 2012 at 6:13 PM
Nat E said...: 69 last week with good workouts. My knee felt fine, which was relieving.; August 5, 2012 at 6:34 PM
Wout said...: 47 in 6 days; August 5, 2012 at 6:49 PM
Wyatt Gouldthorpe said...: 58 miles last week. Felt pretty good.; August 5, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Eric said...: 60 on the week, feeling decent. 5.5 mile tempo in 33:19, got hit hard by the heat and humidity on that one and cut a bit short. Eyyyy ooooh @Nestes and JG; August 5, 2012 at 7:21 PM
Justin said...: 58 miles for the week. For my long run this morning I came across a momma bear and 3 cubs, she wasn't too happy..; August 5, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Austin said...: Anyone have any good ideas for a fartlek on Tuesday? I'm thinking about switching up from the standard 5-4-3-2-1.; August 5, 2012 at 8:24 PM
Kelly said...: 45; August 5, 2012 at 9:17 PM
Caroline said...: 55; August 5, 2012 at 9:33 PM
Brandon said...: 52 for last week. Finally got in some really solid workouts.; August 5, 2012 at 10:44 PM
Unknown said...: 56 for the week with a day off, 6 mile tempo in 36:23; August 6, 2012 at 1:42 AM
Mary Kate said...: 69; August 6, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Saxon said...: 2 and then 0. I need to see Paul when I get back, my knee has been giving me a lot of trouble. It's so frustrating.; August 6, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Anonymous said...: Katie V
66; August 6, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Austen said...: 72. Grind don't stop.; August 6, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Hayley said...: 50; August 6, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Morganza said...: 52, lots of driving to Michigan for a relaxing visit. Fartlek went well, a little hot for tempo run, catching up but not trying to push it too hard; August 6, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Veith said...: 56 with a day off. Legs are feeling really tired; August 6, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Doug said...: 58 this week. Feeling sluggish. My long run was rough and my workouts weren't as fast as I was hoping. Easy runs felt smooth and easy though.

Focusing on recovery this week.; August 6, 2012 at 1:49 PM
Christian said...: 10. Came down with a pretty rough virus this week that hit me pretty hard. I lost a lot of weight, but not in a good way! Luckily, I'm feeling a lot better and looking forward to getting back out for another run tomorrow morning. Hopefully start to feel my strength come back a bit once I can get back on the runner's diet train.; August 6, 2012 at 5:40 PM
Laura Serres said...: 48; August 6, 2012 at 5:59 PM
Maria B said...: 45; August 6, 2012 at 6:02 PM
Unknown said...: 44 for last week; August 6, 2012 at 9:06 PM
JWeg said...: 58; August 6, 2012 at 9:40 PM
Anonymous said...: Laura Nelson

Apparently I am technologically inept. Sorry, I guess I haven't been pressing the publish button for the past few weeks! To condense the missed posts I miss you guys, can't wait to see everyone. Still hot, but it's hot everywhere right now. 37, 35 (family stuff and car accident limited days for running), and this week was 45. Will be on top of it this week, going to a running seminar today and tomorrow. I might possibly finally understand how to do the B skip correctly? Diana and I will be pros. . . .; August 6, 2012 at 9:40 PM
Obiandu said...: 66 for the week.; August 6, 2012 at 9:43 PM
zack said...: 45; August 6, 2012 at 10:21 PM
Deejerz said...: EYYY OHHHH
HEYYY OOOOOO
EHHHHH OOOOWWWW

Austin, instead of a 5,4,3,2,1 you could do an unstructured fartlek. Just warm up 1-2 miles, then put in some 30 second - 2 minute bursts at a pretty quick pace (~85%). Recover at a normal easy day pace(~65%) until you're ready to go fast again. Whatever you do, be sure not to go anaerobic. If you feel like you are, just take it easy the rest of the way home. But don't make it too easy on yourself either - it's still a workout.; August 6, 2012 at 10:36 PM
Paige said...: 39.. I flew two days last week and both times my flight was delayed all day so I had to take those days off :(; August 7, 2012 at 5:57 PM
Allison B said...: 28.; August 7, 2012 at 8:21 PM
Kaylee I said...: 42 for last week; August 7, 2012 at 10:36 PM
Koskiewicz, William T. said...: 44 and 48 for the last two weeks. Feelin great. Great long run last week and a really solid 7 mile tempo. I also had a couple solid 5-4-3-2-1 fartleks. My apologies for not posting. Was galen rupp awesome or what?? Alberto Salazar is lookin pretty good right now; August 8, 2012 at 1:21 AM
joe stowe said...: 62 miles of high-octane, finely-tuned aerobic base. Had a nice spin around the chattahoochee loop with Gutierrez for a 6-mile tempo in slightly less than 35:00. Austen's GPS watch made the time a little ambiguous, but we are thinking we averaged around 5:48.; August 8, 2012 at 11:08 AM
Rachel H said...: 47; August 11, 2012 at 12:11 AM
Rachaelg said...: 40; August 12, 2012 at 1:51 PM

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