running
Another Random Update
Life is good, but life is also busy. Here’s another mixed bag of updates…. Friday June 5th: Very pleasant, very easy Friday morning run. It was raining. I got drenched. It was fun! Saturday June 6th: Ran the Equi-Kids 5k which turned out to be a lot of fun on a challenging, rain-soaked cross country [...]
Brick Workout
Followed up a 50 minute Muscle Breakdown Spinervals workout with a 10k Strength Builder Runervals workout – 100 minutes of quality work that left me feeling pretty beat up. Time to relax in my Zensah’s…..
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 [...]
Back On Track For Shamrock Marathon
I finally feel that last week’s sickness is well and truly behind me. The workouts and mileage I missed are gone for good; no point stressing about them so it’s time to focus on the next 19 days leading up to the Shamrock Marathon. I’ve had a couple of good runs the past two days [...]
Another Running Update
Just noticed I haven’t posted anything about running since Sunday’s long run, so here’s a quick summary: Monday – just an easy 5.2 miles on the treadmill @ around 7:30 pace. Watched the 1984 Chicago Marathon for motivation where Welsh guy Steve Jones set a (then) new world record. I love the way he blazed [...]
Running Update
Quick update on how the running is going this week. I recovered well from Saturday’s 20k and ran a really enjoyable seven mile progressive run on Sunday where each mile was slightly quicker than the previous one: 7:36, 7:07, 6:54, 6:49, 6:42, 6:41 and 6:32 My heart rate maxed out at 160bpm which is quite [...]
