Archive for January, 2008
Runner’s World Quote Of The Day
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I currently subscribe to receive “Quotes of the Day” from Runner’s World, so each morning when I check my Gmail account I get a daily “Kick In The Butt”!
Today’s […]
Building The Base: Another Hour Of Running
Decided on a steady hour of running tonight to continue the base building phase of my current training program. Despite temperatures in the mid 30’s and a strong NW wind, I chose to run outside instead of the “easier” treadmill option. With two layers on top, hat, gloves and shorts (yes, still not cold […]
Tough Love, The Treadmill & Essential Abs
I wanted to make a positive start to my training week today, so decided on an indoor bike workout, treadmill session, followed by the second workout of week four in the Essential Abs program. I tend to log my workouts Monday –> Sunday which allows me the opportunity of making up any shortfall in my […]
Sunday Morning Long Run
I probably wasted too much energy on yesterday’s 5 miler - today’s “long” run (actually, 14 miles isn’t really that long when I think of the marathon I’ll be running in 9 weeks time) was quite a tough effort and I needed to dig deep and gut it out.
Some time in the middle […]
Progressive 5 Miler With A Little Help From The Jam
Headed out late morning for a steady 4 or 5 miler with no major intentions except for logging a few more base miles. The weather was great - crisp, but breezy - and made for a nice run in pleasant conditions. My main focus was on tomorrow’s 12-14 miles tomorrow morning, so today was […]
Another Brick & Ab Workout
Time for another bike, run workout tonight, so I decided to do the same workout as last week - 10 minutes on the bike, followed by 10 minutes on the treadmill, repeated three times.
I must say, I felt stronger on the bike tonight and was able to push a bigger gear for a longer time. […]
