Archive for April, 2008

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 [...]


4.5 Mile Dog Walk

Here’s something a little different – GPS stats of a Friday morning dog walk with my two Golden Retrievers, Floyd and Morgan. Temperature was a wonderful 60°F with a gentle cooling breeze out of the south west. We averaged 15 minute mile pace which considering some of the traffic light stops isn’t bad at all. [...]


Thursday Treadmill Run

Just an easy leg-loosener on the treadmill this afternoon. Yesterday’s tempo ten-miler was certainly a tough workout and my quads were feeling it today, but as the miles ticked by the feeling went away and by the end I was actually feeling rather good. I won’t be posting anything for a few days, so why [...]