Month: September 2007

I woke this morning at around 6:00 am.  I made my way to the kitchen and flipped on the TV.  It was still dark outside, but the TV said the temperature was already 78 degrees.  I walked outside and everything was still.  No breeze at all.  As I made my way through my warmup, my… Continue reading Hot and sticky

I woke this morning feeling very, very tired.  I think I slept pretty well, but I was wiped out.  I made it to the gym and felt fine during my warmup.  As soon as I started running, I knew it wasn’t going to be fun.  I had to take frequent deep breaths.  I had no… Continue reading Not the best run ever

When I woke this morning, the thought of grinding out 4 miles on the treadmill was unappealing.  It was cloudy and there was a nice breeze outside, so I decided to take run to the park. Planned workout 8 minutes warmup 4 miles at 9:15 pace 5 minutes cool down Actual Workout 8 minutes warmup… Continue reading 4 miles in the middle

Most of my Monday runs will be 3 miles.  In fact, even at the peak of my training, the Monday run will only be 5 miles.  So, Mondays are perfect days to play around with the pace a little bit.  This particular week is a “step back” week.  That means that my long run will… Continue reading Pushing up the pace

At some point, the power went out last night.  It was around 3:00 am.  I was a little worried I wouldn’t be up for my run, but I still managed to be out of bed at 6:00 and out the door before 7:00.  We had gotten our power back, but much of the rest of the… Continue reading Cool Breezes and Easy Running

My current favorite shoulder exercise is the shoulder shrug using a dumbbell in each hand. Below is the best video I could find, but it doesn’t quite show how I perform the exercise. I tend to move much more slowly and I roll my shoulders in a circular motion (forward, up, backward, down) instead of… Continue reading Shoulder Shrug

I felt pretty crumby this morning. I was tired. I was stressed out. I just wanted to go back to sleep. I took my time checking my email and checking about anything else on the internet that I might find even remotely interesting. Finally, I took a deep breath, told myself that nobody ever achieved… Continue reading The return of the crack

This week is another 3 x 3 week. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are three mile runs. Thursday is a cross training day and Saturday will be a 7 mile run. So, it was back to the treadmill today. Planned workout 8 minutes warmup 3 miles at 9:15 pace 5 minutes cool down Actual workout 8… Continue reading Week 2…sort of