I’ve gotta admit that I was pretty nervous about the tempo run this morning. 40 minutes seemed like a long time at 7 minute pace and I was running it with Richie, so that made it harder to wuss out. We met in the gym parking lot and jogged for about a mile and a… Continue reading The Tempo Run
Month: July 2009
Hello Old Friend
I was looking forward to my speedwork this morning. I even rolled out of bed when the alarm went off. The legs were still a little heavy, but I worked through the warmup and hit the park for a session of 10×400 m in 86 seconds with 400 m jogging recoveries. Here’s how it went:… Continue reading Hello Old Friend
Running Recap: Week of June 6/29/2009 – 7/05/2009
This week was a planned light week due to the midnight race on Friday. It ended up being even ligher thanks to some car troubles and a whole lot of rain. Here’s how it went: Monday AM: 2 treadmill miles at 8:19 pace + full body strength training Monday PM: 4 miles with Alice at… Continue reading Running Recap: Week of June 6/29/2009 – 7/05/2009
2009 Kiwanis Morton Plant Mease Midnight Run
I left work at 2:00 and picked Alice up from her volunteer job at a local museum. We both went home and had a nap in prep for the late evening start of our race. After napping, we had a little beef stir fry and then laid low for a couple of hours before heading… Continue reading 2009 Kiwanis Morton Plant Mease Midnight Run