Summer 2009 - week five

It's great to read about everyone's training and it looks like a number of you will have fun re-connecting on the 4th of July. Keep up the solid training - as we've said in the past, just take care of one week at a time and before long you will find yourself in fantastic shape.

Week five is a good week to consolidate the mileage increases over the past several weeks. With a very minimal increase this week, it is an opportunity to recover and regroup as the mileage climbs higher over the next few weeks. Make sure you're living like a clock, getting into a routine with rest, diet, stretching, strength-training, etc.

Extra-credit opportunities for week five are 2 x 15' and 1 x 30'.

Regarding extra-credit, mostly it's meant for those who are easily able to get all their weekly mileage in one run per day. The extra-credit gives you an opportunity to add up to three additional light runs for the week. For those with heavier mileage targets, many of you are already running more than once each day.

And lastly, speaking of re-connecting, I had an opportunity to visit with Morgan in his home state - he took me on a tour of the southern and eastern parts of Oahu and it certainly was beautiful. It was great to see his hometown of Kailua and below is a picture Kailua Beach, I believe.