Month: March 2008

I sit here writing this with 2 large lead weights hanging from my hips. They are commonly referred to as “legs”. Today’s easy run went pretty well. It was probably more of a struggle than an easy 3 mile run should be, but I made it through at my goal pace. The full body strength… Continue reading Wiped Out

Today being my long run, it was all about slow. So it was finally easy to convince myself to take it easy in the first few miles. I just started off at an easy trot and let my body ease into a simple jog. My legs were still sore, though so this was not the… Continue reading I started slow. How about that?

Yesterday, I went out a little too fast on my tempo and I did the same thing again today. “Oh no, I feel great”, I say to myself. 20 minutes later, I don’t feel so great. I ran the first mile in 8:36, the second in 7:58 and the third in 7:57. Then, I needed… Continue reading I did it again

I was sore when I woke up this morning, but building on the good workouts I’ve had this week, I started faster than I should have for today’s tempo run. I usually run the first third of the run between 9:30 and 10:00 minute mile pace, but today I started out at 8:40. I picked… Continue reading Messed up pacing

Today’s speed intervals went quite well. I am a little disgruntled that I’ve maxed out the treadmill, though. It might all even out. I figure I’d probably run the early intervals faster on a track, but the treadmill forces me to maintain the speed during the last few intervals. It’s easy to slow down on… Continue reading Hoo yah!

As I expected, I was a little sluggish this morning. I “slept in” until a little before 8, which was actually quite early compared to the 11:00 am wake up times I had gotten used to last week. Still, a week of theme parks and laying by the pool reading and sipping margaritas doesn’t seem… Continue reading Return from Vacation

This week features 7 straight days of exercise and today was day 4. I’m halfway through and at the end, I get 8 days off for Spring Break vacation at Walt Disney World. I hit the bike today for 20 minutes and then made my way down to the weights for some full body strength… Continue reading Halfway through “hell week”

Today’s speed intervals were tougher that I had hoped they would be. It’s always a bad sign when you’re tired at the end of the first interval. I ran these 400 m intervals faster than my last set, so that may have played a role. Actual workout 5 minutes workout 5 minutes at 9:34 7… Continue reading Difficult speed intervals

Although yesterday’s run was less than stellar, I hit the gym today for the first time as a 32 year old in good spirits. I bumped the treadmills speed up one notch from my normal three mile easy run to an 8:27 pace from 8:34. I was in the zone through most of the run… Continue reading Bumping it up a notch