Kyle Armentrout
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Kyle
Born 6/17/72 and raised in Winston-Salem, NC.
Went to Mount Tabor High School where he graduated in 1990.
Went on to run at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.
Kyle won several ACC titles in track and was All ACC in Cross Country twice. Currently holds several Pantheon records.

Track PR's  -  5,000 14:13   10,000 29:21

Accolades include:
Division I All-American at 10,000 (1995)
ACC Champion at 5,000 and 10,000 meters (1995 outdoor meet held at WFU)
ACC Champion at 5,000 meters at ACC Indoor meet in 1995.
Two-time all ACC in Cross Country
Participated in three NCAA Cross Country Championship meets while at WFU
Member of two ACC championship teams while at WFU
Member of US Junior team that participated in the 1991 World Cross Country meet in Antwerp, Belgium
 
 


 
 
 

Year 2010 Training Data

Week 1
Friday- 6 miles easy
Saturday- Treadmill relay...4 two mile segments....most of the running done at 11.3 mph with picking it up at the end...12 total

Week 2
Wed- 7 miles
Sun- 7 miles

Week 3
Monday- 9.5 miles
Tuesday- 8 miles
Thursday- 7 miles
Saturday- 10 miles in 1:10 with Longhurst
Sunday- 5.5 miles                            40 miles total

Week 4
Wed- 7 miles
Sun- 8 miles

Week 5
Tues. - 8 miles

Week 6
Monday- 5 miles on treadmill(started at 7.5 mph and increased 0.1 every minute until 8.3 mph)
Wednesday- 5 miles on treadmill(started at 7.5 mph and increased 0.1 every minute until 9.0 mph)
Friday- 5 miles on treadmill(started at 7.5 mph and increased 0.1 every minute until 8.3 mph)
Sunday- 5 miles on hilly loop(Greenhurst, Cedar Trail/Moyers/Surrey Path, Alpine) from home in 35:45....        20 miles for the week.

Week 7
Wed- 6 miles (7.5 mph to 8.3 mph on treadmill)
Thurs-4 miles on treadmill(7.5 mph to 10.0 mph and back to 8.3 mph for the last few minutes
Sat-4 miles on treadmill(7.5 mph to 8.3 mph)
Sun- 10.5 miles outside in 1:16                24.5 miles total

Week 8
Wed- 7 miles on treadmill (7.5 mph to 8.3 mph and then hold there
Thurs- 4.5 miles on treadmill (7.5 mph to 10.3 mph and then back to 8.0 mph for the last little bit)
Sat- 3.5 miles (Vince Howard 5k in 19:34)
Sun- 9 miles.  Felt Sore                24 miles total

Week 9
Tues- 7 miles in 47:30 (including 3 in 18:57)
Thursday- 5 miles in 37:30 easy run
Saturday- 10 miles pub run
Sunday- 10 miles  (1:15)                    32 miles for the week.

Week 10
Wed- 6 miles including 3 one minute surges, formwork and strides after run
Thurs- normal 7 at Reynolda Gardens- got back past Village Outdoor, Water Fountain, plus 30 seconds
Fri- 8 miles at Salem Lake - 7:45, 7:10(including 3 strides), 6:34, 6:32, 6:31, 6:24, 7:10(7 mile mark), 7:23, (back to start)...55:37 total....A little tired...Good three day stretch
Sat- 5 miles easy at Tanglewood
Sun- 10 miles with Longhurst and Phillips (1:10...felt a little tired)                36 miles total......time to start ramping it back it up.

Week 11
Monday- 7
Friday-10 (1:15)
Saturday-12 (1:30 with TCTC crew)
Sunday- 11 (7:00 pace with Longhurst)            40 miles total

Week 12
Tuesday- 8 miles including 5 one minute surges
Thursday- 6 miles pushing Caroline
Friday- 6 miles at Salem Lake including 3 miles at a moderate pace.  Feel dead
Saturday- 8 miles in Wake Trails.  Most loops 10:40-10:50.  Felt tired.
Sunday- 16 miles (2:00) at Tanglewood trails.  Body began to rebel after 1:20.                44 miles total

Week 13
Tues- 6 miles including 1,2, 3, and 4 minute surges with equal recovery.
Wednesday- 8 miles at Tanglewood
Thursday- 6 miles at Wake Trails
Friday- 9 miles at Muddy Creek Greenway, raining, windy.
4 laps plus 400 meters including 2 laps in the middle as tempo (each lap is 3500 meters)
15:47(with the wind), 1:07, 6:15, 6:23, 13:45(this lap into the wind), 6:09, 5:58, 1:07, 13:14(with the wind), 15:15(against the wind), 1:46, 59:51 total for 9
Saturday- 7 miles easy at Tanglewood
Sunday- 12 miles easy (1:27) at Salem Lake.            48 total......Hip flexors and left foot and piriformis are very sore

Week 14
Wed- 7 miles
Fri-9 miles with fartlek thrown in                     16 total

Week 15
Tues- 6
Thurs- 10
Fri- 10                    26 miles total

Week 16
Monday- 7 miles
Tuesday- 7 miles with 6 2 min. surges( 2minute jog between each)
Thursday- 7 miles
Friday- 6 miles(wanted to do tempo run but felt dead)
Saturday- 13 miles with Betsy                40 miles for the week

Week 17
Monday- 7 miles at Reynolda Gardens
Tuesday- 2 w/p, stretching, strides.....6 x 800 at Muddy Creek Greenway with 2:30 jog(400 meters) between each.
2:48, 2:47, 2:48, 2:46, 2:47, 2:43.  1 3/4 w/d....8 total.  Felt o.k.
Thursday- 7 miles at Reynolda Gardens
Saturday- 8 miles at Wake including 20 min. light tempo run (loops of 9:27, 9:30 in trails)
Sunday- 10 miles at Salem Lake (most miles in the 7:20 to 7:25 range)            40 miles total

Week 18
Wed- 9 miles with fartlek
Thurs- 6 miles easy
Foot is killing me.  Hip flexor and piriformis are being managed o.k.

Week 19
Wed- 3 miles
Thurs- 4 miles
Fri- 5 miles with a couple of miles uptempo
Sun-7 miles                    19 total.  Nursing some injuries.

Week 20
Monday- 9 miles with fartlek
Tuesday- 6 miles easy
Wednesday- 7 miles in 44:09 at Reynolda Gardens/Graylyn....Good run                22 miles for the week.

Week 21
Wed- 3 miles
Thurs- 4.5 miles (32:00...two lengths at Muddy Creek Greenway while pushing Caroline)
Fri- 10 miles at Tanglewood with some fartlek thrown in
Sat- 10 miles at Wake trails (7 laps in 1:15....most laps in about 10:40)
Sun- 8 miles with AMR and Craig.  Tired.            Total- 35.5 miles....

Week 22
Tues- 2 w/p,stretching, strides,  5 x 1000 meters at Shaffner Park with 3:00 jog between each.  3:24, 3:28, 3:22, 3:23, 3:18, 2 1/2 w/d......8.5 total.  Felt good
Wed- 3 miles very slow.  Limping along.  Piriformis and hip flexor issues
Friday- 7 miles at Reynolda Gardens  (normal 7.....went past Village Outdoor and then another 35 seconds)
Saturday- 7.5 miles easy with Betsy            26 miles total

Week 23
Thurs- A.M. - 4 miles around the neighborhood pushing Caroline
    P.M.-  6.5 miles at Reynolda Gardens/Graylyn
Friday- 6 miles at Tanglewood
Saturday- 9 miles at Tanglewood
Sunday- 6.5 miles at Reynolda Gardens/Graylyn        32 miles total

Week 24
Tues- 7 miles easy at Reynolda Gardens
Wed- 8 miles at Wake including 2 w/p, and 30 minute tempo run in trails (3+ loops.....9:33, 9:32, 9:22,) 2 w/d....felt o.k.
Fri- 7 miles easy at Reynolda Gardens, Graylyn
Sat- 9 miles of fartlek at Tanglewood
Sun- 9 miles at Reynolda Gardens/Wake                40 miles total

Week 25
Tuesday- 7 miles easy at Reynolda Gardens
Wednesday-  7 miles including 8 x Deacon Hill (42) with jog down the other side plus 2:30 good pace....
Friday- 9 miles at Tanglewood
Saturday- 7 miles at Wake- felt dead
Sunday- 10 miles at Salem Lake (1:10- hot and humid)                        40 miles for the week
Piriformis on left side still bothering me.....Two weight workouts a week are helping but speed work and hills seem to really bother the piriformis

Week 26
Tues- 7 miles
Wed- 8 miles
Thurs- 9 miles
Sun- 8 miles            32 miles

Week 27
Wed- 4 miles
Sun- 3 miles                7 miles

Week 28
Mon- 9 miles
Tues- 7 miles
Wed- 6.5 miles
Sat- 11 miles                        33.5 miles for the week.
Hot as Hades all week.  Ben Boyd's wedding in Atlanta on Saturday.  Craig Longhurst, Pat Fitzgerald, and I ran 11 that day.

Week 29
Wed- 9 miles at Tanglewood (standard loop) in 1:03.30
Thursday- 7 miles at Reynolda Gardens/Graylyn (standard loop).  Got to Village Outdoor and then another 20 seconds
Friday- 4.5 miles on Muddy Creek Greenway (blazing hot).  Out in 16:05, back in 15:37
Sunday- 11 miles in 1:21 (YMCA loop)

Week 30
Mon- 7 miles
Tues- 8 miles
Wed- 5 miles
Sun- 3.5 miles            Hips hurting.

Week 31
Monday- 4.5 miles
Tuesday- 5.5 miles
Thursday- 4.5 miles
Sunday- 5 mile                19.5 miles for the week.  Battling some injuries.

Week 32
Monday- 7 miles with 3 loops in trails at Wake (9:40, 9:26, 9:23)....Still have injury issues
Tuesday- 5 miles at Reynolda Gardens (soleus became sore so had to stop)
Friday- 3.5 miles at Reynolda Gardens (soleus still sore)
Saturday- 1 hour on elliptical
Sunday- 1 hour on elliptical

Week 33
Monday- 1 hour on treadmill
Tues- 15 minute run
Wed- 1 hour on treadmill
Thurs- 30 minutes on treadmill            Nursing a variety of injuries.

Week 34
Monday- 10 minutes easy
Tuesday- 26 minutes....calf still hurting
Thursday- 30 minutes...felt pretty good
Fri-10 minutes....calf sore
Sat- 1hour on elliptical including 6 x 3 min. uptempo with 3 min. between each
Sun-1 hour on elliptical steady.                    calf still sore but improving

Week 35
Monday - 1hour on elliptical including 20 minutes with heartrate between 162 and 167
Wednesday- 1 hour on elliptical including 3 x 6 minutes(heartrate between 169 and 174) with 5 min easy between each segment
Thursday- 15 minute run(sore) and then 45 minutes on ellipitical
Friday- 12 minute (calf pain)
Sunday- 1 hour on elliptical including 25 minutes with heartrate primarily between 164 and 169

Week 36
Mon- 1 hour on elliptical
Wed- 20 minutes on elliptical
Fri- 30 minutes on elliptical
Sat- 30 minutes on elliptical

Week 37
Mon, Thurs, Sat, Sun-------30 minutes on elliptical

Week 38
Monday--- 4 minutes walking, then rotating 30 seconds run, 2 minute walk for 36 minutes.
None the rest of the week....
Starting running again this week. Calf is much better.

Week 39
Monday- 4 min. walk, then alternating 1 min. run, 2 min. walk (43 minutes total).....13 minutes running
Wednesday, 4 min. walk, then alternating 2 min. run, 2 min walk (47 minutes total)...22 minutes running
Friday- 4 min. walk, then alternating 4 min. run, 2 min walk (total 50 minutes)......28 minutes running
Sunday- 4 min. walk, then alternating 8 min. run, 2 min walk (total 45 minutes).....32 minutes running includes loops in Wake trails of 12:00, 11:19, 11:14
(all loops included 2:00 of walking)
Calf no better or worse than at the beginning of the week.  Mechanics seem a little off.

Week 40
Tues- 25 min. (loops of 10:55, 10:30 in trails at Wake)
Thurs- 30 min.
Sat- 35 min. (loops of 10:55,10:30, 10:20 in trails at Wake)
Calf is definitely feeling better.  Stride feels a little funky, mechanics seem a little off

Week 41
Mon- 35 minutes including 3 loops in Wake trails (10:44, 10:22, 10:03)
Wed- 40 minutes
Fri-45 minutes with AMR
Sun- 50 minutes            23 miles this week

Week 42
Friday - 20 min. run

Week 43
16 minutes on Saturday.  Calf still hurting.

Week 44
Fri- 20 minutes
Sun-20 minutes

Week 45
Fri- 20 minutes
Sun- 25 minutes

Week 46
Wed- 25 min.
Fri- 26 min.
Sun- 30 min.
Slowly getting better

Week 47
Wed- 30 min.
Fri-30 min.
Sun- 35 min.

Week 48
Fri- 35 min.
Traveling all week

Week 49
Mon- 28 min.
Fri- 35 min.
Sun- 40 min.   Feeling a little bit better.  Seeing the chiro on Wed. regarding SI Joint issue.

Week 50
Wed- 40 min.
Fri-42 min.
Sun- 45 min.   Slowly getting better

Week 51
Wed-45 min.
Fri-45 min.
Sun- 50 min.

Week 52
Wed- 50 min.
Fri- 50 min.    Lots of snow this weekend which prevented any running on my part.

Week 53
Wed- 40 minutes on treadmill
Fri- 50 minutes on roads             Right SI joint is not helping.  Feels like I'm dragging the left leg.