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Tidewater Striders Distance Series 25k
Today’s 25k was my fourth race this month. Earlier in the week I was definitely looking forward to another race at Fort Story in Virginia Beach and seeing how close I could get to my predicted finish time courtesy of the McMillan Running Calculator. Based on my 20k time earlier in January (1:19:53), the calculator [...]
Easy Wednesday 4 Miler
Not much to report tonight I’m afraid. After yesterday’s tough treadmill workout, I just decided on an easy 4 mile recovery run. I set off around 4:55pm with the last sunshine of the afternoon just visible above the tree line, and the weather much better than it has been on previous days (around 46°F) The [...]
Monday Afternoon 5 Miler
Managed to get out and back from a five miler before darkness set in this afternoon. It was still very cold (high 20′s) but at least the wind wasn’t too strong tonight. My goal was to run for five miles total with a couple of faster miles thrown in for good measure. The first mile [...]
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 enough [...]
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 of [...]
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 just [...]
