Image by TexasEagle via Flickr I saw 5-6 turkey vultures today on my run at mile 5 1/2 [on Broad Run Road]. Before I realized that were swooping down on your garden variety roadkill, the sight of them evoked some disturbing [in a funny way] thoughts. Of course, then, I started thinking that squirrels on…

One of the things that’s great about football season is that you can easily do a long run on the treadmill while watching the game.  I did mine today at home on my Sole F80 at a 1% incline (watching the UofL-UK game). I’ve been doing my long runs at a progressive pace, starting moderately…

(and on the treadmill at 11pm) I decided that I’d do a progressive workout, starting @ 6.0 mph (10’00”) and going to 7.4 mph (8’06”?), by 0.1 mph increments per mile.  I have the speed to run 6’30” intervals, but I’m still hesitant to push for a sub-9 pace long run. I started off in…