Bill Rodgers’ 1974 Training Log Transcribed by Emilie Rodgers Date: Mileage Breakdown: Totals Comments: JANUARY 1 - Tues 8 miles @ 8 pm 8.0 Good pace over flat course, clear weather 14.0 Slow pace at noon, okay pace at 8pm. Leg is OK!! 6 miles @ noon, 2 - Wed Keeping my fingers crossed I can begin increasing my 8 miles @ 8 pm mileage. 5 laps around Jamaica Pond @ 12:30 = 7 miles 15.0 3 - Thur Weather cloudy and snowy 8 miles @ 8 pm 6 laps around J.Pond @ 12:45pm = 9 miles 19.0 4 - Fri 8pm run with 1 big hill in Waltham. Leg a little achey. 10 miles @ 8 pm 8 laps around J.Pond @ 12 pm = 12 miles 20.0 5 - Sat Clear weather 8 miles @ 9 pm 8 laps around J. Pond @ noon = 12 miles 20.0 6 - Sun One stop on 9 pm run, clear weather. 8 miles @ 9:30 pm MILES FOR WEEK 100.0 I’m getting back up there!! Ya-hoo! 6 laps around J.Pond @ 12 = 9 miles 18.0 Slow pace around J.Pond, good pace through flat Waltham 7 - Mon 9 miles @ 8 pm course 10 miles around J.Pond @ noon 12.0 Race was at Northeastern U. Second place to Bob Sevene. 8 - Tue Ran a 2-mile at 9:08:05 (4:37)(4:31) Still have doggy-nose cold and am tired after working 9 straight days- a break ?????? 9 laps around J.Pond @ 2:30 pm = 13 miles 20.0 It snowed like a stormful!! 9” in Boston! Slow pace in calf- 9 – Wed 4 laps around J.Pond @ 9 pm = 6 miles deep snow. 9 laps around J.Pond @ 12:45 pm = 13 miles 20.0 More snow about a foot now. Legs achey and sore but not 10- Thur 1 mile “later” as bad as I thought the snow would make it= fortunately it 6 miles around J.Pond was light and dry powdery snow. 11.0 It rained and froze over the foot of snow last night ruining 11 miles in Waltham 11- Fri running anyplace except where the roads might be cleared + calisthenics in evening + stretching and fairly safe. 0.0 Cold out today- down near 0° tonight- Did no running 12- Sat because of lack of time on the job and the path around J. Pond wasn’t plowed and un-runable. 0.0 Cold out today- 15° day- 8° at night. Did no running—still 13- Sun have a cold but slept a lot tonight- will run tomorrow! MILES FOR WEEK 81.0 Yeek! 14 - Mon 10 miles @ 8 pm 10.0 Flat course, good pace. Clear weather 12 miles around J. Pond @ noon 20.0 15 – Tue Clear weather 8 miles @ 8pm 10.3 miles around J.Pond @ 1:30pm 22.0 16 - Wed 11.7 mile run done in 1 hour, 10 min. Snowy weather 11.7 miles around J.Pond @ 3:30pm 5 laps around J.Pond @ 1:30pm = 7.3 miles 20.0 Cold out and windy- a bitch! 17 – Thu 13 miles @ 3:45 Second run over course with long hills 10.3 miles around J. Pond @ 11:30am 17.0 18 - Fri COLD out, 5 below zero last night- today about 3° 7 miles indoors at Bentley @ 8 pm 13 miles @ 11:45 am 21.0 Warmer today!!!! Long hills on first run, second run fairly 19 – Sat 8 miles @ 8:40 pm hilly but at a good pace 11 miles @ 12 noon 21.0 First run with Allan Millard (???) and Chas Dreihl(??) 20- Sun 10 miles around new Fresh Pond course Second run with Bob Sevene MILES FOR WEEK 131 12 miles around J.Pond @ 12:45 pm 20.0 21 – Mon Warmer out—30’s 8 miles for 1 hour indoor at Bentley 22 – Tue 12 miles around J.Pond @ 12:30pm 23.0 11 miles @ 8 pm thru Waltham A good day to run- so I ran 0 miles today. Instead I had a car repaired. What progress! I’m sure to do well with this 23- Wed kind of consistency. Still have a fairly bad cold and need a lot of rest as I’ve been run down the last or two. 8 laps around J.Pond = 12 miles 26.0 Still have a bad cold and it hurts respiratory action but I 24 - Thu 14 miles in 1.5 hours @ 3:35 pm felt OK. 13 miles in 1.5 hours around J.Pond @ 11 am 21.0 25 - Fri Warm, beautiful day for a run!! 8 miles @ 9:30pm thu Waltham 12 miles in 70 minutes at 12 noon 20.0 26 - Sat Warm out today 8 miles in 60 minutes at 8 pm 12 miles at 12 noon 23.0 Warm out today again- 64°! 27 - Sun 11 miles in Newton-Waltham course @ 8 pm First run with Al Miller (???) ad Chas Drehl (??) MILES FOR WEEK 133.0 0.0 Another warm day but too busy and too tired to run. 0 28 - Mon miles today, but that’s okay as I need a lot of rest. 29 - Tue 12 miles around J. Pond at 2 pm 12.0 Warm again and clear. Feet OK. 10 miles at 1:30 pm 11.0 30- Wed Warm again and clear. 1 mile at 7:30pm 5.0 Arrived in Puerto Rico for San Blas Marathon. Discovered 31- Thur 5 miles at 6:15 pm with John Vitale flying scares me to death. FEBRUARY 10.0 Hot out, in the 80’s. Went for a boat trip. I stole a sea creature urchin which was alive and later had to be throw 1 - Fri 10 miles over most of course out. Met some foreign runners at the Rotary dinner Spanish O 2 - Sat 30 minutes at 6:30pm 4.0 Hot again- got 2 side aches and felt pretty yucky. 14.0 Hot and humid out. Came in 7th at San Blas Maratón with 1:08:28. Winner was Laue Verie of Finland in 1:06:19 3 - Sun over 21.7 kilometers course (13.2 miles). Course was the toughest I’ve ever run. U.S. got the second team prize. Bod Blasters and a side ache hurt my race a lot, perhaps a minute. MILES FOR WEEK 56.0 4 - Mon 4 miles @ 10pm 4.0 Ran with John Vitale at slow pace in 10° weather 1 hour 25 minutes @ 11pm 19.0 5 - Tue Second run with Paul of N. Medford. Legs still pretty tight. 1 hour around J.Pond@ 2:30pm 10.0 Too busy fixing Volkswagen and has a class- No excuses 6 - Wed 10 miles are OK though. None can suffice! 13 miles around J.Pond @ 10:30 am 20.0 7 - Thu It snowed (! Snow sucks ! ) 1 hour indoors @ Boston College at 6:45 pm 6 miles around J. Pond @ 11 am 22.0 8 - Fri Footing bad at J. Pond. Okay pace in Waltham. 5 miles in Waltham @ 8:30 pm 12 miles in Dedham 20.0 Cold out today, low twenties. Dedham run with Allan 9 - Sat 10 miles in Waltham at 8:00 pm Millard (???). Waltham run with Chas Drehl (???) 17.0 Cold out, in the low twenties. Back of right thigh tightened 10 - Sun 1 hour, 50 minutes where I strained it in the Coamo race so I had to call it a day. 112 Not nearly enough, but injuries aside it will be higher MILES FOR WEEK this coming week. 8 laps, 12 miles, around J.Pond @ 12 noon 20.0 11 - Mon 1 mile later Running at OK pace. 7.3 miles @ 9:30 pm 12 laps for 17.5 miles 24.0 12 - Tue Plus 18 courtesy runs to the apartment. 6 miles at 6:30 pm 1 mile @ 10am plus 1 mile @ 10:30 am. 24.0 13 - Wed 10.3 miles at 11 am Warm out! 12 miles @ 3:00 pm 10 laps for 15 miles around J.Pond 22.0 14 - Thu 7 laps around J.Pond at 10:00pm 15 miles @ 12 noon 20.0 First run on flat J.Pond course 15 - Fri 40 minutes for 5 miles Second run indoors at Bentley 16 - Sat 14 miles at 11:45 am 14.0 No running at night! Blew it! Ran at hard pace over hilly course 17 miles @ 12 noon 26.0 17 - Sun First run in Dover, Mass 9 miles at 9:45 pm around J.Pond MILES FOR WEEK 150 A new P.R.!! Yea Rah Rah!! 12 miles in Dedham 20.0 18 - Mon First course hilly, second course flat 8 miles @ 9:30 pm 5 miles @ 11:30 am 22.0 19 - Tue 9 miles @ 2:30 pm 4 miles @ 6:15 pm 17.5 miles @ 2:25 pm around J.Pond 26.0 Warm, windy too though. Back tightened due to pushing 20 - Wed 3 miles to and from school against the wind. 6 miles with John Vitale @ 11pm 8 laps around J.Pond for 12 miles @ noon 20.0 21 - Thu Stopped in first run once for 20 minutes 6 laps for 8.8 miles @ 9 pm 22 - Fri 1 hour, 20 minutes with John Vitale @ 11am 12.0 Did not run twice today as I was too tired. 14.5 miles @ 12 noon 23.0 Windy. A veritable hurricane today. Okay pace against 23 - Sat 1 hour – 8 miles- @ 9:30 pm. WIND. 12.5 miles @ 10:30 am 21.0 24 - Sun 8.5 miles with Bob Sevene MILES FOR WEEK 144 10.3 miles @ 11 am 20.0 25 - Mon 10.3 miles @ 8pm Flat course, easy pace.