Monday, January 16, 2012
1/2 day
I only had a to work a half day today so I was able to get out and get in a 4 mile run at Bull Creek this afternoon.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Achilles
Misty and I did 7 miles at Forest Ridge today in 2:25!! We did a fair amount of running after Misty's achilles warmed up. The really are her "achilles heal" so far. They are really tight for the first 2 miles or so. I suggested she doing some easy stretching several times everyday. We had a great time together on the trail!!!!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Cold Friday morning
Marc G and I got in almost 15 miles this morning!! Next Monday is MLK day and being the guy that I am I usually volunteer to run a skeleton crew to service the few clients who will be working. I was seriously using my noggin last week and preemptively set it up where I could take this morning off. Of course it was all about getting in some running miles. Marc has the opportunity to work overtime during the week and be off on Friday's so I let him know last week and he was able to pull the trigger.
We did the first part of SDSM loop......got to the main trail and then turned around and did the hills again but added some variation. When we got to the beginning of powerline we turned right and went off on the trails that way. At the bottom of cedar chip we had 12+ so we ran and walked to Lost Creek Blvd....doubled back and headed back to the HOL. I'm pretty happy with our 3:45 time.......not too shabby for running a bunch of hills!!
Temp at beginning was 27!!
We did the first part of SDSM loop......got to the main trail and then turned around and did the hills again but added some variation. When we got to the beginning of powerline we turned right and went off on the trails that way. At the bottom of cedar chip we had 12+ so we ran and walked to Lost Creek Blvd....doubled back and headed back to the HOL. I'm pretty happy with our 3:45 time.......not too shabby for running a bunch of hills!!
Temp at beginning was 27!!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Bandera 25k
Misty and I did the Bandera 25k together last Saturday . I'm so happy I gave her a little push into it. She's done so well with the 100 day challenge and now bootcamp and the 3hr last month, I really felt good about it not being too much for her and it wasn't.......thankfully!!!
Misty had only been to Bandera once and that was last year to crew me and kick my butt back out on the course at the halfway mark. You really can't appreciate the beauty of the place until you get out on the course and Misty really understood the lure once we got out on the trail. We finished in 5:45!! I think that's a great time considering it was mostly power walking with some running mixed in.....actually we may have ran 2-3 miles.
Misty is already looking at other events and I think she's decided to do the 10 mile at Prickly Pear in SA while I do the 50k and the 25k at Hogs Hunt in Huntsville S.P. in April. I'll do the 50k there and try to redeem myself after my out of shape performance at Little Rocky in October.
Misty had only been to Bandera once and that was last year to crew me and kick my butt back out on the course at the halfway mark. You really can't appreciate the beauty of the place until you get out on the course and Misty really understood the lure once we got out on the trail. We finished in 5:45!! I think that's a great time considering it was mostly power walking with some running mixed in.....actually we may have ran 2-3 miles.
Misty is already looking at other events and I think she's decided to do the 10 mile at Prickly Pear in SA while I do the 50k and the 25k at Hogs Hunt in Huntsville S.P. in April. I'll do the 50k there and try to redeem myself after my out of shape performance at Little Rocky in October.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
1110
1110 is the number of miles I need to run in 2012 to get bring 2010 and 2011 back up to my 13+ years of a 20 mile per week average. That comes to 21.3 miles per week or 92.5 miles per month......very doable!!
The last 2 years have definitely not been good for my running. Not to mention getting into my 50's now, a natural slowdown combined with my emotional eating has me hitting the scale at an even 200lbs now. The food does not melt off like it used to so I've got to try to get a grip on that.
The good news is that I'm still running and fairly healthy. No major drawbacks physically. My left knee is still a minor issue but I think it'll be alright. Even better news is that I'm probably in better shape than 80-90% of men my age. This week I've gotten in 7 and 4 mile runs and Misty and I have the Bandera 25k that we are hiking together this Saturday. That course is so beautiful I've really pushed for Misty to do it with me. I hope it ends up being a positive experience!!
The last 2 years have definitely not been good for my running. Not to mention getting into my 50's now, a natural slowdown combined with my emotional eating has me hitting the scale at an even 200lbs now. The food does not melt off like it used to so I've got to try to get a grip on that.
The good news is that I'm still running and fairly healthy. No major drawbacks physically. My left knee is still a minor issue but I think it'll be alright. Even better news is that I'm probably in better shape than 80-90% of men my age. This week I've gotten in 7 and 4 mile runs and Misty and I have the Bandera 25k that we are hiking together this Saturday. That course is so beautiful I've really pushed for Misty to do it with me. I hope it ends up being a positive experience!!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Poppie
Poppie,
I did a version of running the straights and walking the curves this morning. I ran the 1.75 miles from my house to the neighborhood .5 mile cinder track for a warmup, then did 4 laps of alternating walking and then running a length of the track for a 5.5 mile total. It's virtually square so the running and walking were equal distances. For the running I didn't push it too hard but did run them at a good pace. It felt invigorating to run fast for a change. I'll sacrifice some miles each week but if I can get in the habit of doing this workout I think it will pay big dividends in the future.
Monday, December 19, 2011
3
I had planned on 5 miles this morning but 3 will have to do. Got out the door at home a few minutes late and then out the office door at 6:10. My workday feels so rushed and harried I don't want to feel that on my runs. My runs are supposed to relieve that stress......... so I took my time and didn't push it.
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