connect.garmin.com/activity/66549140
i didn't have any real aim today other than to run 15-20 minutes at recovery pace, so when i'd run a block north, i decided i'd had enough of my regular routes. i turned west and never planned another part of this run more than two blocks ahead. i wandered this way and that, aimlessly taking in sections of town i seldom run. i never would have done this before i got my garmin. i couldn't have remembered all the turns. since "someone" else was tracking the turns, i just meandered. it was great! i didn't feel super good the whole time, but good enough to merit dailymile's "alright" icon.
after i'd shaved and showered and eaten breakfast, i went to the chiropractor. he adjusted my back and then told me he thought i was good to go. there's still a small amount of pain now and then if i don't support myself properly, but it's nice to be free to do what i want. i may go for a bike ride at noon.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
2.70 miles in 23:04
connect.garmin.com/activity/66423993i ran in honor of the first day of the chinese year of the rabbit this morning. i suppose if you look at my route (see picture.) it sort of resembles a rabbit. the best i could do on short notice anyway.
didn't feel all that great this morning, so i didn't push it too hard. with my yak trax on, i actually sought out the icy spots. they work better there than on soft snow. no falls today. i avoided the railroad tracks.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
3.27 miles in 28:47
connect.garmin.com/activity/66395027
i took my wife into wellington for her haircut and met up with Bryan J. and Jeffrey B. for a run around town. i wasn't sure what was planned, but if figured 30-45 minutes would be enough time outside. my partners seemed to agree. we met at the memorial coliseum fitness center and, from there, took off to run the fall fest 5K route. the plus on the end of the workout title represents the extra blocks we ran to get on course.
bryan had a little surprise when i showed up. he had an extra pair of yak trax for me. i stepped into the entryway at the coliseum and pulled them on. they helped a great deal on the hardpack and ice. they felt a little odd on the dry surfaces.
we started out at a pretty good pace for me - slow for bryan i'm sure. we ran down an alley to the southern edge of the 5K route and then turned east. almost immediately we dropped down a hill and then had a steady climb up. it's not much of a hill by most state's standards, but much longer than anything i have to deal with in argonia. my heart rate got up there as we progressed higher and higher. we did some looping around after than and then ended up running down the same hill on a different street. going down was great. going up, not so much so. my max heartrate was recorded at the top of the hill as we turned north again.
we went north and then west before turning south again a block short of highway 81. we had one more little downhill and a short uphill and the rest of the course was flat. we ran all the way around and ended up back at bryan's car.
we all stopped our garmins and talked for a bit. the best part was figuring out that jeffrey was the younger runner that passed me toward the end of my first 5K back in september. when he ran passed, i asked, "how old are you?" he said something younger than me and i said, "keep on going. you're not in my age group." not sure what i would've done if he'd been in my group. i had nothing left at that point.
when we were all talked out, bryan took me to wal-mart where i met up with my newly beautified wife. we shopped for a bit and then headed for home.
i took my wife into wellington for her haircut and met up with Bryan J. and Jeffrey B. for a run around town. i wasn't sure what was planned, but if figured 30-45 minutes would be enough time outside. my partners seemed to agree. we met at the memorial coliseum fitness center and, from there, took off to run the fall fest 5K route. the plus on the end of the workout title represents the extra blocks we ran to get on course.
bryan had a little surprise when i showed up. he had an extra pair of yak trax for me. i stepped into the entryway at the coliseum and pulled them on. they helped a great deal on the hardpack and ice. they felt a little odd on the dry surfaces.
we started out at a pretty good pace for me - slow for bryan i'm sure. we ran down an alley to the southern edge of the 5K route and then turned east. almost immediately we dropped down a hill and then had a steady climb up. it's not much of a hill by most state's standards, but much longer than anything i have to deal with in argonia. my heart rate got up there as we progressed higher and higher. we did some looping around after than and then ended up running down the same hill on a different street. going down was great. going up, not so much so. my max heartrate was recorded at the top of the hill as we turned north again.
we went north and then west before turning south again a block short of highway 81. we had one more little downhill and a short uphill and the rest of the course was flat. we ran all the way around and ended up back at bryan's car.
we all stopped our garmins and talked for a bit. the best part was figuring out that jeffrey was the younger runner that passed me toward the end of my first 5K back in september. when he ran passed, i asked, "how old are you?" he said something younger than me and i said, "keep on going. you're not in my age group." not sure what i would've done if he'd been in my group. i had nothing left at that point.
when we were all talked out, bryan took me to wal-mart where i met up with my newly beautified wife. we shopped for a bit and then headed for home.
wild marathon!
this amazing picture is real! it was taken during a marathon in masai mara. my dailymile friend, patrick k, is in the picture just behind the guy on the ATV. i'd be looking for the lion or cheetah rather than at the meat in front of me.
3.11 miles in 27:36
connect.garmin.com/activity/66294917the actual temperature outside was -0.1 when i first got up. the wind chill was somewhere south of that. i forgot to look. all i needed know to dress properly was that it was cold...really, really cold. i put on almost every piece of workout gear i own. i put on my roadID, too, just in case they needed to identify my frozen corpse. it took me 12:01 to get dressed in everything, but my gloves this morning. i timed it. probably would have been faster if i wasn't sitting in front of the computer scanning dailymile while i pulled stuff on. posting a couple of comments slowed me down.
around 5:20 i left the house, gloves and garmin in place. at the corner of pine and vine, i poked the start button and headed north into the teeth of the storm. no snow falling, but there were dozens of drifts i had to navigate. thankfully, tire ruts made paths for me through most of them.
after yesterday's short run, i knew i could endure more the weather's worst for longer than a mile. my plan from the get go today was to run a 5K. i ran my usual route with a couple of variations to avoid the longer northbound sections.
everything was going swimmingly until i started across the railroad tracks the second time. i must not have been lifting my feet very much, because i caught my toe on the track and fell hard. i got up quickly and ran on, but the damage was done. i hurt all over. if you look at my garmin connect overview, you can see the dip in pace between 15:00 and 20:00. that's where i fell.
i did make it home. i guess that's obvious. no frozen corpse. thanks, roadID.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
1.08 miles in 9:28
connect.garmin.com/activity/66174623when i posted an image of the current weather conditions on dailymile earlier this morning, melodie p said, "please, please, please say you didn't run in that." it was 0.7 degrees with a 22mph wind making it feel like -22. brrrr! i assured my concerned friend that i didn't run in "that" and went on getting ready to run.
by the time i was actually dressed and ready, the temp had dropped to 0.3 degrees and there was a 30mph wind making it feel like -25. that made me feel better. i could keep my word and still get in a run.
i went out on the porch and picked up my garmin which i'd set out earlier to find some satellite signals. a small snow drift was forming on the south side of the tiny gadget. crazy! i hid behind the pillar on our porch and strapped it onto my wrist and then took my first steps into the wind.
i made my way quickly to the corner of pine and vine and then hit "start" on the face of my garmin at the same time the wind hit "stop" on the face of my body. it was actually fairly hard to just breath with the wind forcing its way into my mouth. it wanted to shove everything back into my lungs. i ducked my head a bit and kept going.
when i rounded the corner onto allen, the wind became less of a factor and my glasses, which i thought i needed to keep my eyeballs from freezing, completely frosted over. i couldn't see a thing. i left them on to shield my hazel irises and inky pupils, but they were making things difficult. through the next three turns, i had to keep lifting the lenses up to see where i was. i avoided running into Andrew K.'s trash cans which had blown out into the street. (sorry i didn't stop to move them back into your yard, andrew. i was afraid to quit moving for fear of freezing in place.)
when i was finally heading south with the wind at my back, i ripped my glasses off so i could see better. i ran as lightly as i could through each snow drift that presented itself, but i was still slipping with every tenth or eleventh step. i spotted a friend from church out bringing his trash can in and tried to run as quietly as i could. i didn't want my activities reported to anyone.
there was no pause to catch my breath at pine and vine. i hit "stop" on my garmin and walked quickly to my porch and indoors. i don't think i'll be running any more outside miles today. maybe the treadmill isn't so bad afterall.
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