Archive for April, 2008
Another Five Miles: The Taper Seems To Be Working
Popped out lunchtime for another five mile run, and I’m happy to report my legs are starting to feel rested and ready to race. Of course this will probably come back to haunt me and I’ll wish I hadn’t said anything, but nothing wrong with being honest eh? I also wanted to try out a [...]
Five Miles: Five Days To Go
Picked up another pair of Brooks Racer ST3 today – my favorite shoe for the classic marathon distance. I already own two pairs of the lightweight ST3′s, but wanted a new pair for Sunday’s Frederick Marathon which will give me maximum support and maximum cushioning. I know what you’re thinking – never wear brand new [...]
Monday Morning Five Miler
Nice early morning run to start off the week. I didn’t run yesterday, but did a fair amount of work outside instead and therefore wasn’t surprised to wake up with several rarely-used muscle groups aching and screaming out for attention. I figured the best thing to do would be head out the door, stretch my [...]
Chesapeake Bay 10k
The weeks training hasn’t been my best and after 4 days of no running in Vegas last weekend, I was half thinking I’d lost all my hard earned fitness – not the best thoughts to have with the Frederick Marathon only 1 week away. If nothing else, today’s Chesapeake Bay 10k would be a good [...]
Friday Five
Nice steady five mile run this afternoon. Wish I could say nice easy five mile run, but it wasn’t really as easy as it should have been. The first mile came in at just under eight minutes, followed by four miles at a deliberate 7:20 per mile pace. Temperature was almost 80°F with a brisk [...]
“I’m Going To Train Harder For The Next One”
Next time you finish a race and say “I’m going to train harder for the next one”, you’ll be in pretty good company. Shortly after finishing Monday’s Boston Marathon, seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong admitted he regrets not training harder when he’s suffering in the middle of a race: Every time I [...]
RunningAHEAD and iGoogle
If, like me, you’re a RunningAHEAD running log and iGoogle user, there’s a great iGoogle gadget available which will display your current running log summary. The summary will include totals for the current week, month and year and also an all-time total for every mile you’ve ever run – as long as you’ve recorded them [...]
The Bulldog Is Back!
Had a great treadmill run tonight, and due to a busy evening with chores to do and errands to run, it very nearly didn’t happen. I left it fairly late to run (compared to my late afternoon workouts anyway) and to be honest wasn’t really looking forward to it, but after a steady 6 or [...]
Steady Eight Miles
After yesterday’s sluggish run, it was nice to “get back out there” and run a solid eight miles at a fairly comfortable pace. I say comfortable, but my legs to be honest, were anything but comfortable. I seem to have developed nagging little reminders that I’m not quite in the shape I thought I was, [...]
My Fitness In Vegas, Stayed In Vegas
After a fantastic four days in Vegas, today was my first run since last Thursday afternoon, and it turned out to be more of a struggle than I’d expected. Leading up to the weekend, I felt in fine form and definitely ready to take on another marathon in a couple of weeks time. With three [...]
