Category: Training

Greetings from Interstate 75 in Georgia. I’ve managed to get out of the driver’s seat for an hour or so. I’ve got the laptop tethered to my cell phone and the speed isn’t horribly slow! It is a wee bit cramped, though. My last few days have been spent in the frenzy that always occurs… Continue reading Car blogging

Okay, for those of you who remember my post about dreams a few weeks back, I won’t go into that kind of detail. Last night, however, I dreamed I was playing in the snow with a mailman and we decapitated a snowman. Analyze that. Today, I hit the treadmill for the tried and true 4… Continue reading Adjustments

It’s been a stressful few days! Raffi is in New York, so I’ve been playing single dad. The car was in the shop, work has been crazy and to top it all off, my computer got a virus and went totally whacko last night. The good news is that I slept like a rock last… Continue reading Back on the treadmill again

On Friday night, Meredith and Scott invited Raffi and I to go sailing with them. I’ve always wanted to sail and we jumped on the opportunity. Every Friday night, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club has a race. It’s pretty low key and there’s beer involved, so how can you argue with that? Raffi and I… Continue reading Saturday morning run group

The red, sweat soaked faces of the distance runners on the track team are still vivid in my mind from this past season. One workout, sets of 1200 m (3/4 mi) intervals with 400 m (1/4 mi) jogging recoveries, was particularly brutal on the first hot day of the season. I stood at the finish… Continue reading Kicking my Own Butt

Over the last month or so, I’ve composed 10 training plans for the Disney Wine & Dine half marathon (and one for the Walt Disney World marathon). None of them have been for me. If the cobbler’s children have no shoes, then I suppose the coach, himself, has no training plan…or something like that. Since… Continue reading The Plan

I woke up Monday feeling pretty sick, so I ended up skipping a lot of my morning runs this week.  It was supposed to be a “step back” week anyway, but once again it was more relaxed than planned.  I still managed to get some mileage in running afternoons with Alice.  I was feeling better… Continue reading Week in Review (11/29/2010 – 12/5/2010)

This week began on the road with a pretty tough workout of 2 miles warmup plus 2 x 1.5 miles in 9:55 and 9:45 plus 7 miles for a total of 12 miles running.  My legs were still a little tired from Saturdays 14 miles with Richie and Steve, but they warmed up nicely and… Continue reading Weekly Recap (10/22/2010 – 10/28/2010)

While $2.50 probably got some people a new printer this Black Friday, I slept in and then headed to the park for some 400 m repeats.  I notched myself up a VDOT this week, which translates to one less second on the 400’s.  The plan was for 1 mile warm up, 10 x 400 m… Continue reading Ten Quarters

Another week is in the books and this one didn’t start out too well.  My calf felt some lingering effects from my encounter with a dog last Sunday, so I spent Monday and Tuesday morning on the stationary bike.  I did make it out for 3 mile afternoon runs with Alice on each day. Wednesday,… Continue reading The weekly Recap (11/15/2010 – 11/21/2010)