4th week of November - Happy Thanksgiving!!

This weekend we did a tempo run on Tuesday and a long run on Sunday.

We were suppose to also through in a run on Thursday (Thanksgiving) but that just didnt happen!

Sunday's long run was ok, we did it in our neighborhood and it took 3 stops at home, but he did it - without music! He had no food beforehand, I had 2 south beach bars & coffee.

Miles 1-2, his shoes were killing him (the red ones, he already told me needed to be replaced). At mile 1.7 he took them off. I told him to go home and we would get him some new shoes, but I ended up going home and got him Matt's ASICs. We also taped the end of his middle toes that are peeling, then We headed back out.

Miles 2-5 were good! He told me around mile 3 that he would never be able to do this, he is upset that he hasn't improved much over the past 6 weeks, but I told him that #1, I have not been an evil coach, making him run as much as he should - And #2 he hasnt been all that 'into it'. I explained that most people really concentrate on their fuel, sleep, and hydration and they also adopt some type of training strategy. So we agreed to run 4 / walk 1, however, he ended up running 8 / walking 1. He got some horrible blisters - he is wearing cotton socks that don't fit well for running (at all, but you can't tell him ANYTHING). We stopped at mi 5 and I put some sports tape where he was blistering & we had some GU. He proceeded to tell me he would rather eat the Clif Shot Blocks than the GU, so that's what he will be having from now on.

Miles 5-8 were ok. We made it 1 mile before he couldnt take the blistering anymore. So we pulled our shoes off and ran barefoot the other 2 miles. I couldnt take the pounding so I ran in the grass (OMG - that is like running in SAND), he chose to run on the concrete with his barefeet and of course finished WAY ahead of me!

I feel like we made a lot of progress today. My boy always waits til the last minute to get ready for anything. This week I will be getting him some running socks, then I think the ASICs will do well for him. I will also get him some Blocks. And next long run, we will adopt the 8/1 training strategy :) Here's the schedule for this week:

Tues: 5 mi.
Thurs: 3.5 mi.
Fri: 4 mi.
Sun: 9 mi.