May 26 - June 1

Monday (13km)
I thought I'd feel really rested today, but my body felt tired. It was especially hot, which did not help. Nathan, Chris and I went out for 28 minutes and came back in less - total time was 55 minutes. We went on the Brescia trails. It bothered me that Chris and Nathan were both confrontational with a pair of dog owners, one who had her dog off the leash - I just said nothing.

Tuesday (off)
I was planning to run today but took it off instead so that I could go to a group meeting where I was not sweaty and underdressed. The day off also meant that I was full of energy for ultimate frisbee.

Wednesday (workout - 13km total)
Not a bad workout. Pretty low volume, but good quality, which is nice to have before my big race weekend. Did 3 sets of (2x300m), with 30 seconds between the first and second 300, and 4 minutes between sets. Finished up with 8x150m accelerations, which was some nice quality to finish. My 300s were all in 47.5, with the exception of the fifth, which was in 48.4. Nathan, Rob and Jamie were able to blast away from me on these, but I was happy just to hit my goal pace.

Thursday (14km)
I ran down to the Budget rent-a-car on York St., and ran back. I had to get my name on the insurance for the van for Shore-to-Shore this weekend. Pretty uneventful run. My legs were a bit sore from yesterday, so I took it easy. 61 minutes in total.

Friday (2 races, 23km running in total)
The Shore-to-Shore relay. I was second out of 12 in the rotation, meaning that I ran at 10:40am and 7:30pm on Friday, and 5:40am on Saturday. My first leg was the longest of the whole event, 14.3km. I got the handoff 1:45 down on the leaders, and quickly made up ground. I brought Greg into view by 6km, and by 11km was about 12 seconds back. I had worked hard to close the gap, though, and could not run the final hills (it was a hilly course overall) as strong as he could. Knowing that there were over 300km left in the race, I decided not to kill myself to bring the race level, and just did all I could to maintain the gap. I did not get an exact time, but I was a bit under 51 minutes.
For my second leg, Chris handed off to me with a large lead on the other team, and I increased it further. It was a 7.4km, flat run. I went out hard, had a stretch of about a half kilometre where I slowed, then picked it up again. I did not get an exact time on this one either, but it was around 26 minutes. Had a good dinner afterwards.

Saturday (1 race, 11km running total)
I had gotten about 10 minutes of sleep before this run at 5:40am. It was a 10.6km run. Chris Smith handed off to me with a big lead, and again I was able to extend it. I went out hard, and before I got to within 4km of the finish, I was feeling tired. I was quite slow for a few steps, but I had banked a large lead in the first half. I handed off in 36:14. I would not be surprised if it was less than 10.6k, but it felt like at least a 35 minute 10k effort. Our team won the leg, but lost the 333km race by about 7 minutes.

Sunday (off)
Traveled to QUBS in Eastern Ontario. My legs were pooched, and I was sleepy tired.

Total - 74km. A tough low-mileage week. The Shore-to-Shore was a blast. I enjoy testing my fitness in ways that many people never will.