Archive for May, 2009
Monday Ten Miler
Ran an enjoyable ten miles earlier today – most of it on the soft grass of the local soccer complex. It’s nice once in a while to get off the road and give the legs a break from the constant pounding on the asphalt and concrete. I also mixed in a bit of upper body [...]
A Triathlon Of Sorts
Started the day with my first outdoor bike ride for a very long time! The 21 miles went rather well considering, but I’m definitely no powerhouse on the bike – especially into the wind. Good practice for next week’s Breezy Point Triathlon though and nice to log another hour of saddle time. Next up was [...]
Elizabeth River Run 10k
Thoroughly enjoyed the Elizabeth River Run earlier today. For the record, I finished 12th overall in 36:40 and comfortably won the 40-44 age group. More satisfying, however, was how confident and competitive I felt today – everything just seemed to flow and it was definitely a very pleasant experience. Pre-race was fun with the usual [...]
FREE Newton Gravitas Gravity Running Shoes
You may recall a couple of weeks ago I won a pair of Newton Running shoes by posting the fastest time of the weekend at the tweet5k. My shoe of choice was the Gravity – Newton’s top-of-the-line neutral performance road trainer – and with UPS shipping almost as fast as the shoe itself, they arrived [...]
Weekly Round Up
Another catch up post: Tuesday Got in a solid 10 miler with some strength/core work thrown in for good measure. The weather was great – sunny, breezy, warm and not a cloud in the sky. I almost wish it would stay like this all summer. I mixed up a bottle of Melon flavored HEED and [...]
Sunday/Monday Bits And Pieces
Not too much time for a full post at the moment, so here goes with a quick catch up: Sunday Only 2 weeks to go to the Breezy Point Triathlon, so another indoor spin was in order. Actually, there’s nothing like a good Spinervals workout when it’s chucking it down outside, and today was no [...]
