Archive for April, 2009
Last Six Miler Before Frederick
Headed out for an easy six miles after work – 2 miles to the local soccer fields, a couple more on the soccer fields made up of a dozen striders (faster paced efforts) and finished off with an easy 2 miles back to the house. The pace wasn’t great, but it wasn’t meant to be. [...]
Rest Day And Marathon Inspiration
Treated myself to a rare rest day today (unless you can count 20 minutes of grass cutting as a workout of course). My goal for Frederick has been a conservative taper and I’m determined not to “test myself one last time” before Sunday’s race as I’ve been prone to do in the past — right [...]
Tuesday Run And Some Other Stuff…
Another mixed bag of exercise today which started with the another round of the Hundred Push Ups plan. The program is still as popular as ever and with the 7 Weeks to 100 Push-Ups book almost ready to go to print, I’m keen to discover how well it sells. Latest word from the publisher is [...]
Triple Monday Run
No, not crazy, just trying to shock my body into adapting to the mini heatwave we’re having at the moment. If the forecast for next weekend’s Frederick Marathon is correct, it could get pretty warm before I’m finished and I want to be as ready as possible. Of course, it may be too late to [...]
MISSION (Skincare) Accomplished
Well, after several years of searching for the perfect sunscreen, I’m pleased to announce I’ve found it! After just over a week of testing several products in the range of MISSION Skincare products, I have to say they do exactly what their web site claims. This weekend has seen the hottest and sunniest weather of [...]
Six Mile Run To The Pool
Nice progressive run to the local rec center, with each mile slightly faster than the previous one. As usual the first one was nice and slow (7:58), but followed by a quicker 7:30. I chose to run at mid-day in the hope of getting used to the warm weather we’re having at the moment. The [...]
East Beach Chesapeake Bay 10k
Went into Saturday’s 10k race feeling pretty good, which may explain the crazy pace I set off at in the first couple of miles. The warm up went well and despite a slightly delayed start, I managed to get off to a great start. The photo on the left (click for a larger view) is [...]
Newton Running Sweetspot
Earlier today I was thinking about the 10 mile progressive run the other evening, and how good I felt and how easy many of the miles appeared to be. Now that I think about it, I may have stumbled on finding the “Newton Sweetspot” without really trying. Early training runs in the Newtons were fast, [...]
Another Bike/Run
Did another Sweating Buckets workout tonight followed by a four mile treadmill run. The bike riding is getting better – I feel stronger, I can spin faster and my rear end is definitely used to the saddle again! After the 50 minute Spinervals workout was over, I hopped off the bike, laced up my running [...]
Indoor Spin Followed By A Progressive Run
Did another indoor spin this evening – nothing special, just another 40 minutes in the saddle. I’d also planned a four mile run after the bike ride, but to be honest, didn’t really feel like it. However, the sun was shining and I decided to head out and “see how I felt”. I’m glad I [...]
