one year ago today, i took my first run! i ran 3.47 miles in 37:49. i've made a little progress since then. i'm on my third pair of shoes. i got my new saucony kinvaras in the mail on monday. (i haven't run in them yet.) they replace my nike initiators, the original shoe i bought to start running. the nikes are pretty well shot after hundreds of miles. i have my pearl izumi streaks (a.k.a. the green swarm) for running streets.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
one year runiversary
one year ago today, i took my first run! i ran 3.47 miles in 37:49. i've made a little progress since then. i'm on my third pair of shoes. i got my new saucony kinvaras in the mail on monday. (i haven't run in them yet.) they replace my nike initiators, the original shoe i bought to start running. the nikes are pretty well shot after hundreds of miles. i have my pearl izumi streaks (a.k.a. the green swarm) for running streets.
wind's day morning ride
connect.garmin.com/activity/103792851
dan was a no show this morning. he told me last night at the church's block party that he'd be there, but he must've overslept. his loss. brandon and i had a great ride.
we rode north into the blustery blast. our average was 13mph when we hit our turn around. it was crazy! we had to turn our heads sideways to hear what the other was saying. that's a problem for old guys, you know. still we had a great time despite the headwind.
when we turned around, life got easier. we rode along and could hear what the other was saying. somewhere south of iuka, i noticed that we'd covered the last mile in 2:36, so we decided to see if we could make each successive mile faster. our next splits were 2:25, 2:18 and 2:06. pretty fun! we slowed up a bit when we got into town and turned east on maple, so the next mile was 2:36. i love biking! (18.45 miles @ 15.9mph)
dan was a no show this morning. he told me last night at the church's block party that he'd be there, but he must've overslept. his loss. brandon and i had a great ride.
we rode north into the blustery blast. our average was 13mph when we hit our turn around. it was crazy! we had to turn our heads sideways to hear what the other was saying. that's a problem for old guys, you know. still we had a great time despite the headwind.
when we turned around, life got easier. we rode along and could hear what the other was saying. somewhere south of iuka, i noticed that we'd covered the last mile in 2:36, so we decided to see if we could make each successive mile faster. our next splits were 2:25, 2:18 and 2:06. pretty fun! we slowed up a bit when we got into town and turned east on maple, so the next mile was 2:36. i love biking! (18.45 miles @ 15.9mph)
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
2.22 miles in 24:24
connect.garmin.com/activity/103577440
my wife was just about ready to run when i got back from my ride this morning, so i quickly changed and went out with her. we walked a few blocks and then started running north. we took welton as far as welton goes north and then ran west to stout. we ran down stout to just past the church and then turned around and retraced our steps. we made it the whole way, 2.22 miles, with now walk breaks! that's a major accomplishment! woohoo! my wife is awesome!
my wife was just about ready to run when i got back from my ride this morning, so i quickly changed and went out with her. we walked a few blocks and then started running north. we took welton as far as welton goes north and then ran west to stout. we ran down stout to just past the church and then turned around and retraced our steps. we made it the whole way, 2.22 miles, with now walk breaks! that's a major accomplishment! woohoo! my wife is awesome!
solo again
connect.garmin.com/activity/103567418
dan was still unavailable and brandon's knee was bothering him this morning, so i rode solo for the second time since meeting dan three weeks ago. i decided to have a little fun and just ride wherever the wind blew me. i rode west on highway 54 and then, on a whim, turned and did a lap around lemon park. that completed, i rode out to lake road and took it out to the lake. i was going to do a lap around the lake then, but saw some cyclists riding south up the hill, so i chased them down. i rode past them and up to the stop sign and mike's before turning around and speeding back down the hill. at the hill's bottom, i took a lap around the lake, passing an older gentleman in a pickup who was circling the lake to honk and wave at his fishing buddies. from the lake i rode back out lake road, up and over the hills and then after a brief time on 281 did two more laps of lemon park before heading home. the best part of the ride: i had fun! (17.90 miles @ 17.7mph)
dan was still unavailable and brandon's knee was bothering him this morning, so i rode solo for the second time since meeting dan three weeks ago. i decided to have a little fun and just ride wherever the wind blew me. i rode west on highway 54 and then, on a whim, turned and did a lap around lemon park. that completed, i rode out to lake road and took it out to the lake. i was going to do a lap around the lake then, but saw some cyclists riding south up the hill, so i chased them down. i rode past them and up to the stop sign and mike's before turning around and speeding back down the hill. at the hill's bottom, i took a lap around the lake, passing an older gentleman in a pickup who was circling the lake to honk and wave at his fishing buddies. from the lake i rode back out lake road, up and over the hills and then after a brief time on 281 did two more laps of lemon park before heading home. the best part of the ride: i had fun! (17.90 miles @ 17.7mph)
Monday, August 1, 2011
3.10 miles in 27:04
connect.garmin.com/activity/103335571
getting back from my ride a little after 7:00 left me time to run this morning. i changed quickly and headed out. i didn't have a route in mind, so i just meandered around heading for the north edge of town and then circling around till i got back home. turned out to be right at 5K when i got back to the corner of manor and howard where i started. it was hot and a bit muggy and my energy wasn't all that great, so just before the two mile mark i did something i almost never do. i stopped to walk for a block. after that i took it even easier.
getting back from my ride a little after 7:00 left me time to run this morning. i changed quickly and headed out. i didn't have a route in mind, so i just meandered around heading for the north edge of town and then circling around till i got back home. turned out to be right at 5K when i got back to the corner of manor and howard where i started. it was hot and a bit muggy and my energy wasn't all that great, so just before the two mile mark i did something i almost never do. i stopped to walk for a block. after that i took it even easier.
monday morning
connect.garmin.com/activity/103323301
dan wasn't back from his weekend away this morning, so brandon and i got in a nice easy ride. dan doesn't know slow. we figured it out. not that we were absolutely pokey. we just didn't push it much. took the time to enjoy the sun rising over the horizon and the deer and racoons scurrying across the road. it was fun. tomorrow, dan will be back and it'll be back to hammer time. (17.85 miles @ 16.5mph)
dan wasn't back from his weekend away this morning, so brandon and i got in a nice easy ride. dan doesn't know slow. we figured it out. not that we were absolutely pokey. we just didn't push it much. took the time to enjoy the sun rising over the horizon and the deer and racoons scurrying across the road. it was fun. tomorrow, dan will be back and it'll be back to hammer time. (17.85 miles @ 16.5mph)
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