Monday, December 7, 2015, 6:30 pm
4.27 mi, 316 ft gain, 45:02. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #1, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015, 6:34 pm
4.23 mi, 246 ft gain, 46:50. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #1, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, 4:26 pm
3.22 mi, 121 ft gain, 29:40. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #1, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Thursday, December 10, 2015, 5:02 pm
3.25 mi, 173 ft gain, 33:12. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #2, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Friday, December 11, 2015, 4:11 pm
3.49 mi, 552 ft gain, 42:02. Sultan Basin power road, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Sunday, December 13, 2015, 6:03 pm
4.24mi, 323 ft gain, 43:03. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #1, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.
Weekly totals: 22.7 mi, 1731 ft elevation gain

Thursday, December 3, 2015, 4:24 pm
3.16 mi, 27 ft gain, 25:57. Around town, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.

I hurt my lower back in late September. I kept running for a week, as I had in the past with similar back pain. Then I tripped on my last run, Oct. 3, and decided to call it. I spent most of the next two weeks in bed. I wanted to give it extra time to make sure. I considered a run a couple weeks ago, but gave it a little longer. So far, so good. Hope my fitness comes back quickly. I’m still a bit disappointed over having to give up on several goals for the year, but I’d rather be able to continue to run in the future. I don’t know exactly what I did to hurt my back, but I’ll be adding some non-running exercises to my routine to help prevent future issues.
Friday, December 4, 2015, 4:24 pm
3.16 mi, 27 ft gain, 25:57. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #1, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

My legs were rather sore, mostly my calves and my quads a little. They loosened up a little, but still felt sore and heavy most of the run.

I took the dogs out. We went out to the two seasonal ponds, then across the Olney Creek bridge and to the right a little ways before turning around and heading back.

My back is holding up, but I definitely have some work to do.

Sunday, December 6, 2015, 3:58 pm
3.18 mi, 135 ft gain, 34:01. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #2, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Man, I’m out of shape. My HR is about 20-30 bpm high compared to perceived effort. My pace is 1-2 min/mi slow by perceived effort. And my legs have gotten rather weak and lost a lot of endurance.
I’m incredibly grateful to get out there, though, and my back is still holding up just fine. I think it might be time to get a bike or some sort of trainer so I can rebuild my cardio more quickly.

Weekly total: 9.5 mi, 189 ft elevation gain

Monday, September 28, 2015, 6:37 pm
3.16 mi, 28 ft gain, 23:22. Around town, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.

Average HR 130 bpm.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 6:36 pm
3.09 mi, 34 ft gain, 28:13. RR Access Rd, with dogs. New Balance MR10v2 white.

Average HR 136 bpm.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 5:54 pm
6.37 mi, 766 ft gain, 1:25:12. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #1, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #4.

Average HR 132 bpm.
Thursday, October 1, 2015, 5:32 pm
8.21 mi, 1082 ft gain, 1:26:43. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #2, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Average HR 134 bpm.
Friday, October 2, 2015, 6:25 pm
3.18 mi, 28 ft gain, 25:05. Around town, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.

Average HR 143 bpm.
Saturday,  October 3, 2015, 5:37 pm
4.56 mi, 571 ft gain, 1:24:16. WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Lone Peak 1.5.

Average HR 121 bpm.
Sunday, October 4, 2015.

October 3rd was the end of my streak of running at least 3 mieveryday since August 13, 2014. I tripped again, kicking a rock and stiff legging a dip in the trail that really jarred my lower back. I woke up today and could barely move. I tried running through the minimal back pain for a little over a week, but it’s not going to happen feeling like this.
Weekly totals: 28.57 mi, 2509 ft elevation gain

Monday, September 21, 2015, 5:49 pm
4.19 mi, 495 ft gain, 53:12. Sultan Basin Rd Power rd, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #4.

Average HR 120 bpm.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 6:21 pm
4.22 mi, 39 ft gain, 38:26. RR Access Rd, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Average HR 129 bpm.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 5:44 pm
11.03 mi, 2168 ft gain, 1:59:30. To WFSP, Woody trail to Upper Falls (58), solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Average HR 147 bpm.
Thursday, September 24, 2015, 6:21 pm
4.05 mi, 637 ft gain, 1:02:42. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm Lake Gate, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Average HR 122 bpm.
Friday, September 25, 2015, 5:52 pm
9.10 mi, 442 ft gain, 1:23:57. May Creek Rd loop + WFSP, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.

Average HR 136 bpm.
Saturday, September 26, 2015, 11:30 am
3.02 mi, 56 ft gain, 27:52. RR access rd, with dogs. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Average HR 136 bpm.
Sunday, September 27, 2015,  pm
3.16 mi, 28 ft gain, 25:47. Around town, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.

Average HR 135 bpm.
Weekly totals: 38.77 mi, 3865 ft elevation gain.

I got way behind posting and writing my training logs. Many will not have write-ups included.

Monday, September 14, 2015, 6:42 pm
5.04 mi, 53 ft gain, 45:55. RR Access Rd, solo. New Balance MR10v2.

Average HR 135 bpm.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 6:50 pm
4.05 mi, 126 ft gain, 46:27. Kellogg Lake Tree Farm gate #3, w/ dogs. Altra Lone Peak 1.5.

Average HR 128 bpm.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 5:59 pm
10.40 mi, 1674 ft gain, 2:08:27. WFSP RR Grade, Greg Ball, DNR rd, Bike trail, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Average HR 130 bpm.
Thursday, September 17, 2015, 6:07 pm
10.05 mi, 1814 ft gain, 1:47:13. WFSP RR Grade, Greg Ball, Wallace Lake & back, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Average HR 140 bpm.
Friday, September 18, 2015, 5:49 pm
9.26 mi, 2839 ft gain, 2:07:19. Woody trail to Upper Falls (57), Greg Ball up & down, RR Grade, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Average HR 139 bpm.
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 5:32 pm
9.80 mi, 1777 ft gain, 2:32:45. WFSP RR Grade, Greg Ball, Wallace Lake & Back, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #5.

Average HR 128 bpm.
Sunday, September 20, 2015, 5:07 pm
14.66 mi, 1768 ft gain, 2:47:20. To WFSP, RR Grade, Greg Ball & Back, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.

Average HR 132 bpm.
Weekly totals: 63.26 mi, 10051 ft elevation gain.