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Friday Double Day
Morning: An easy 4 miler that somehow morphed into a progressive 6 miler. Would have run more, but ran out of time before work. Temperature was almost perfect and the morning breeze made the run a real pleasure. Splits: 8:06 7:37 7:31 7:26 7:08 6:44 – 6.2 miles in 46 minutes. Afternoon: Nice relaxed 2nd [...]
Tremendous Run!
Raced the Garmin Virtual Guy tonight over a 13 mile course….and beat him! The plan was simple – just run 7 minute mile pace for as long as possible. Here’s what happened: Splits: 6:55 6:52 6:45 6:52 6:51 6:40 6:45 6:38 6:32 6:29 6:23 6:12 6:09 for a total time of 1:26:10 and average 6:36 [...]
Eight Miles In The Newton Gravitas
After yesterday’s easy nine miles it was good to get out there and run a bit of a tempo run today. The weather was a lot cooler (about 58°) and the forecast for light rain in the afternoon was spot on and just in time for my lunchtime run. You may remember on Saturday I [...]
Having A Bad Day? Try Hella Sound’s Running Music…
Had a great eight mile run earlier today, thanks in part to Hella Sound’s Running Music. Hella Sound’s first running music release, How To Turn Around A Bad Day is now available to download for the princely sum of $5.00 – a 32 minute song to put you in the right frame of mind and [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 14 Day 2
Week 14, Day 2 Phase: Marathon Workout: 15 to 30 minute Warm-Up + Tempo Run: 5 to 7 miles + 15 to 30 minute Cool-down Purpose: Build Stamina – lactate threshold Challenging workout tonight. Ran the first 3 miles outside, but the sky suddenly turned black and I decided to return home and tempo run [...]
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 [...]
