I hope I’m ready for my marathon now. I just finished my first 300 mile month ever: I also just finished my first 80-mile week last week: It’s a been long road since my best marathon time ever, in May 2009, to now. I’ve had to learn how to push myself without putting myself out […]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Best advice I’ve received on “What’s my marathon goal?”
I asked what’s my marathon goal: I have no clue what I can really go for as far as a Marathon time goes. Stats: 3 months of 260+ mile months 20:52 5k PR in September in warm (humid and 79) conditions. Very manageable 58:46 8-mile tempo (10-miles total in 1:17:46) yesterday Marathon on November 7 […]
Signs of a dying business model. $S $VZ $T
My wife doesn’t text short-codes for jokes of the day, ring tones, or backgrounds. So when I started getting recurring charges for Thumbplay, I was puzzled: thumbplay.com Complaints – Unauthorized charge. It seems that the carriers enable Thumbplay to latch onto a user’s account without a reasonable opt-in process. The only recourse is for the […]
10k “PR” on a tempo run – 45:14 #running #twit2fit
My 10k PR is 46:26, which is a 7:29 pace, and my target tempo pace for today was a 7:21 pace. I had tossed around the idea of running a 10k race this weekend, but decided that I didn’t want to reduce my miles enough to make a strong showing at the race. 1 mile […]
Never been so disappointed in a sub-3 hour 20 mile long run #running #twit2fit
I tried to repeat the workout that I pulled off last week–5-4-3-2-1 @ MP on a long run. Last week, that run made me feel that I had a shot at 3:20 for a marathon. This week, my run made me feel I would struggle to hit my PR. While I *did* add 2 miles […]
306 miles in 30 days #running #twit2fit
I just noticed that my rolling 30 day total stands at over 300 miles. I never would have dreamed of doing that earlier this year.
5,4,3,2,1 mile MP intervals. Long run 18.24 miles at 7:45 pace. #running #twit2fit
15 miles of marathon pace intervals, in 5,4,3,2, and 1 mile intervals. 18 mile long run. Felt pretty good, despite lingering cough. – 1.2 mile warm-up, 10:16 (8:35/mi) – 5 mile MP interval, 38:52 (7:46/mi) Note: this was mostly uphill. – 5 minute recovery, 0.61 mi – 4 mile MP interval, 29:36 (7:24/mi) [mostly downhill] […]
My planned running schedule for this week – 75 miles #running
With my schedule this week, it looks like the following schedule will be how my attempt at 75 miles will happen: Monday: 7 miles AM – Recovery (9’30” pace or slower) Actual workout: nice and easy. Legs are hard to wake up. 6 miles PM – Easy (natural, full stride, ballpark 8’50”-9’00”) 8’31″/pace is pretty […]
Pants too big #twit2fit
The pants that I bought at the outlet after my first marathon in OBX (Nov 2007) are now at least 3″ too big. That was a year and half after starting running and 45 pounds lost. I’ve also dropped about 20 pounds since. Pre-running: 40″ Now: 32″
Progressive run on the treadmill as a fundraiser #running #twit2fit
I completed my 2-hour leg of the 24-hour treadmill relay to raise money for the the World Food Program: Hour 1: 6.28 miles, from 6.0 mph to 6.6 mph Hour 2: 7.04 miles, from 6.7 mph to 7.5 mph Hopefully, I’ll wrap up my 72-mile week tonight with a 9-mile recovery run on the treadmill […]