Archive for September, 2007
Neptune Festival 8k
What a great day for a race! Temperatures in the high 60′s, low humidity and a fast, flat course – if it wasn’t for the strong wind, the conditions would have been perfect. My goal going in to the race was to run as close to 30 minutes as possible, starting at around 6:00 minute [...]
PaceTat – Marathon Pace Band Tattoo
In many of my previous marathons I’ve printed off and worn a wrist pace band to help achieve my time goals. It’s quite an easy thing to do – head on over to the Runner’s World web site, enter your target time & race distance and print the band. Once you’ve trimmed the sheet of [...]
Week 12 – Key Run Workout #2
Just 24 hours after yesterday’s energy sapping workout, I decided to run my second key run workout of the week. I plan on running an 8k race on Saturday and a 5k race on Sunday, so I wanted to give myself as much time as possible to recover from tonight’s 10 mile at planned marathon [...]
Week 12 – Key Run Workout #1
Here we go with Week 12 of my marathon training plan. As usual, the first workout of the week is a Tuesday afternoon track workout and surprise, surprise, my legs are still fatigued from Sunday’s 20 mile run. Can you guess if this was a successful workout or not? My extended warm up lasted 25 [...]
Week 11 – Key Run Workout #3
No 20 mile run can ever be described as easy (well, not for me anyway), but today’s long run was one of the best I can remember for quite some time. With only 5 weeks to go until my main goal race of 2007, the Marine Corps Marathon, I was in desperate need for a [...]
Week 11 – Key Run Workout #2
Nice conditions for a run today – 70°F and a light rain. The plan called for an easy mile followed by 5 miles @ MT (Mid Tempo) pace, which for me is 6:23 per mile. The first mile wasn’t really long enough for a warm up. My legs still felt quite heavy and not very [...]
RRCA National Run @ Work Day September 21st, 2007
The Road Runners Club of America, the largest grassroots running organization in the country, has selected September 21 as the date for the second annual RRCA National Run at Work Day. The purpose of National Run at Work Day Day is to promote physical activity and healthy living through running or walking. In 1997, the [...]
Week 11 – Key Run Workout #1
No MotionBased information for Tuesday night’s workout I’m afraid. My Forerunner 305 decided to die on me after about 10 minutes, even though it said it was fully charged and had been sat in the cradle overnight. Maybe it’s trying to tell me it’s on it’s last legs, which is actually how I felt towards [...]
A Dozen Reasons To Run
1. Heart: Your heart gets bigger, more efficient and more healthy in response to regular training.2. Body Composition: Regular running reduces your fat percentage, whilst toning muscle.3. Blood Pressure: Within a few weeks of training your blood pressure will begin to drop.4. Blood Cholesterol: The ratio of good to bad cholesterol (HDL/LDL) improves with regular [...]
Week 10 – Key Run Workout #3
Another solid run today and a good way to end the week, especially as there’s only 6 weeks to go until race day. It was nice to ‘only’ have to run 15 miles instead of an 18 or 20 mile run, and the weather was the most pleasant it’s been for a while too. The [...]
