August 26 - September 1

Monday: Off
I worked a bit late to finish up some things after orientation and when I got home, I just wanted to eat and chill out.

Tuesday: 9.12 Miles - 1:08:15 - Average Pace 7:29/mile
I decided to do hill repeats today.  I was going to go to the gym but I didn't want to waste the nice weather.  I ran the two miles down to Grandbury at an easy pace and then did 5 miles of repeats on the abandoned hill.  The grade isn't very steep, only maxing out at around 5%.  All of those repeats only got be a gain of 528 feet.  I feel ashamed to call this a repeat workout.  Oh well, at least the pace was decent.

Wednesday: 4.10 Miles - 30:01 - Average Pace 7:19/mile
I was supposed to do 10 miles today, but I got started too late.  In the end, I just opted for a run around the block.  Took it really easy.

Thursday: Off
Didn't feel like running today.  Been a pretty shitty week.

Friday: 6.26 Miles - 1:17:19 - Average Pace 12:15/mile
Went to the gym to work on the treadmill.  Fortunately, an incline trainer was open so I jumped on it.  I decided that I would set the max incline to 30% and do a random route that was pre-programmed.  In the end, I ran at 10:00/mile pace all inclines up to 12.5% and hiked anything higher at 15:00/mile pace.  I continued this for an hour until the machine shut off.  My elevation gain was at 3,261 feet, so I hiked a bit longer at 30% incline to get up to 5,000 feet.  Nice workout.

Saturday: 11.59 Miles - 1:32:19 - Average Pace 7:58/mile
Not a lot to say about this run.  It sure seemed to get really hot, really fast.  Overall, I felt really good.

Sunday: Off
I was really tired.  Fell asleep on the couch while doing laundry and didn't wake up until 11:15.

Total Miles: 31:07
Total Time: 4:27:54

A pretty poor week of training, although the treadmill workout was really good.  I felt like I got through it just fine, so my leg strength is definitely there.  I am starting to feel the effects of all the miles I have run during the past few months.  No injuries, but I am just tired.  Especially of running the same damn routes day in and day out.  I figure I will spend the next 2 weeks really trying to get some elevation gain on the treadmill.  I hate that just as badly as the repeated routes.