today was supposed to be the first day of three-a-week runs with Andrew K., but he called me at 10:20 last night and asked me to cover for him on ems since he needed to take his pregnant wife to the hospital. she's due any day now, so i said, "go!" and hung up. what else do you do when a friend needs help?
anyway, that call meant i would be running alone this morning. i left the house around 5:30 and ran a lap around my scotty dog route. at the end of that lap, i was feeling a bit uncomfortable, so i stopped in for a pit stop.
my business taken care of, i went out for another run around the dog. this one was actually a bit faster than the first. by a bit, i mean 3 seconds. that's a bit in my book. what about yours?
after this second lap, i stopped in to make sure people were getting up and to mix up some baked oatmeal for breakfast. the best thing about baked oatmeal, besides its delicious taste, is its baking time. when i put it in the oven around 6:15, i had 35 minutes to run before it could possibly be done. i took most of that time completing two consecutive loops of good ol' scotty. these two laps brought me to just over 6 miles and made me very tired.
i went in to check on breakfast and there were about 20 seconds left on the timer i'd set. i checked the baked oatmeal and gave it another four minutes before setting it on the table for everyone to eat. well, almost everyone. my youngest decided today was a good day to run a fever, so she was back in bed.
i ate breakfast and then headed out one more time. i'd done the math in my head and knew i could get 10 miles in with another double lap around the dog, so that's what i set out to do. these last two laps were painful, but not as painful as the end of the solid 10-miler i did on saturday. i was slow and plodding, especially on the second half of the last lap. it was ugly.
i came back around to my start/stop point and needed another tenth of a mile or so to make 10 miles, so i turned north and ran until my garmin alert beeped again. ten miles. done.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
1.82 miles in 21.03
connect.garmin.com/activity/65670690
i had difficulty on this run with my wife. it came almost immediately on the heels of my 10-miler. i was stiff as all get out.
after a five minute warm up, we started running. my wife is repeating the couch to 5K workouts she started with, but trying to run harder than the first time. today's workout called for three five-minute runs broken up by two three-minute walks. with the garmin, i was able to create laps so we could see how fast we were running.
our first time running, we maintained a 10:01/mile pace. the second time we averaged 10:03/mile. the last run slowed a bit since my wife was getting tired. we came in at 10:30/mile.
we stopped and walked to cool down then. i wasn't able to walk very quickly. i hurt all over.
a quick shower afterward and i had to get to the junior high games to run the clock.
i had difficulty on this run with my wife. it came almost immediately on the heels of my 10-miler. i was stiff as all get out.
after a five minute warm up, we started running. my wife is repeating the couch to 5K workouts she started with, but trying to run harder than the first time. today's workout called for three five-minute runs broken up by two three-minute walks. with the garmin, i was able to create laps so we could see how fast we were running.
our first time running, we maintained a 10:01/mile pace. the second time we averaged 10:03/mile. the last run slowed a bit since my wife was getting tired. we came in at 10:30/mile.
we stopped and walked to cool down then. i wasn't able to walk very quickly. i hurt all over.
a quick shower afterward and i had to get to the junior high games to run the clock.
10.00 miles in 1:37:48
connect.garmin.com/activity/65659723
i haven't done very many long runs since the beginning of the year, so i decided to take in 10 miles today. i started around 10:00 and headed north and then west around town. when i hit main, i decided to go south instead of taking in the other side of town. i ran straight down to the river park and made a complete circle of the memorial walk, taking in the turn around and then, jumping over a couple of barriers, came out of the trees and ran past the lion's club shelter.
when i exited the park, i headed back north toward town. i followed the path and then turned east on 20th street south. i ran past a couple of hunters and made sure they knew i wasn't a wild animal. no sense in getting shot. if you look really carefully on the garmin map, you can see a couple of places where i ran to the other side of the road to avoid the windblown dust from a couple of vehicles.
at eden road, i turned north again and ran up and over the railroad tracks and then on toward the highway. i was at around five miles at this point. i felt like quitting, but i pushed through it and kept going. on the other side of the highway, the road climbs ever so slowly for about a mile. it was painful going.
i turned west onto 20th avenue north. i was running pretty slowly by this point. i thought about running back around to home and quitting. i didn't want to go on. i spooked some cattle on the south side of the road. they were running much more energetically than me.
i made it to the end of 20th avenue and turned south onto argonia road. i was seriously ready to quit. everything hurt. i decided 8 miles would be enough. that's what i'd have had if i'd run straight home.
when i got to the city limits, i crossed the highway and pushed aside all thoughts of stopping. i'd started out to run 10 miles. i was going to do it. i intentionally turned away from home and headed out toward the far side of town.
i circled around and then ran up and down some of the streets near home until i was sure i'd get 10 miles when i passed the house. i ran past my wife who was waiting for me to run with her. i told her i couldn't do it. i was dead. somehow i drug myself around the last two corners and made it back to my starting point. just past there i hit 10 miles and pulled up. my wife walked up just behind me. she still wanted me to run. i told her i needed at least a little break, so we headed inside. i took my run off the garmin and then headed back out with my wife. i'll report on that run separately.
the worst part of this run was thinking, "if i was running a half marathon, i'd still have had 3 more miles to go." thankfully, there are still a few months to go.
i haven't done very many long runs since the beginning of the year, so i decided to take in 10 miles today. i started around 10:00 and headed north and then west around town. when i hit main, i decided to go south instead of taking in the other side of town. i ran straight down to the river park and made a complete circle of the memorial walk, taking in the turn around and then, jumping over a couple of barriers, came out of the trees and ran past the lion's club shelter.
when i exited the park, i headed back north toward town. i followed the path and then turned east on 20th street south. i ran past a couple of hunters and made sure they knew i wasn't a wild animal. no sense in getting shot. if you look really carefully on the garmin map, you can see a couple of places where i ran to the other side of the road to avoid the windblown dust from a couple of vehicles.
at eden road, i turned north again and ran up and over the railroad tracks and then on toward the highway. i was at around five miles at this point. i felt like quitting, but i pushed through it and kept going. on the other side of the highway, the road climbs ever so slowly for about a mile. it was painful going.
i turned west onto 20th avenue north. i was running pretty slowly by this point. i thought about running back around to home and quitting. i didn't want to go on. i spooked some cattle on the south side of the road. they were running much more energetically than me.
i made it to the end of 20th avenue and turned south onto argonia road. i was seriously ready to quit. everything hurt. i decided 8 miles would be enough. that's what i'd have had if i'd run straight home.
when i got to the city limits, i crossed the highway and pushed aside all thoughts of stopping. i'd started out to run 10 miles. i was going to do it. i intentionally turned away from home and headed out toward the far side of town.
i circled around and then ran up and down some of the streets near home until i was sure i'd get 10 miles when i passed the house. i ran past my wife who was waiting for me to run with her. i told her i couldn't do it. i was dead. somehow i drug myself around the last two corners and made it back to my starting point. just past there i hit 10 miles and pulled up. my wife walked up just behind me. she still wanted me to run. i told her i needed at least a little break, so we headed inside. i took my run off the garmin and then headed back out with my wife. i'll report on that run separately.
the worst part of this run was thinking, "if i was running a half marathon, i'd still have had 3 more miles to go." thankfully, there are still a few months to go.
Friday, January 28, 2011
2.44 miles in 18:46
connect.garmin.com/activity/65502244
it was 59 degrees at noon, so i had to get out. i decided to try the same route as i ran with andrew this morning. i pushed pretty hard, running in short sleeves and shorts, and made it around the loop in 18:46. wish i'd had more time. it felt so nice to be running in the sun.
it was 59 degrees at noon, so i had to get out. i decided to try the same route as i ran with andrew this morning. i pushed pretty hard, running in short sleeves and shorts, and made it around the loop in 18:46. wish i'd had more time. it felt so nice to be running in the sun.
2.44 miles in 21:58
connect.garmin.com/activity/65463030
wow! Andrew K. showed up right at 5:00 this morning, ready to go! i'd left my garmin outside, so it was all linked up and ready to go.
we hit it hard at the beginning. our feet were flying over the chip-n-seal surface and a pretty good clip. at one point we hit 7:24/mile pace. that was probably too hard! we backed off and finished the first mile in 9:09.
the second mile felt slower, but it ended up being 9:10. how's that for consistent? our official stats for our time together: 2.02 miles in 18:28.
i walked andrew up to his house and then returned to our finish line. i ran from there back home, finishing the last .42 miles in 3:30. i wanted to run more this morning, but i wasn't feeling quite right, so i didn't. maybe i'll put in a mile or two at noon. it's supposed to get up to 70 today.
wow! Andrew K. showed up right at 5:00 this morning, ready to go! i'd left my garmin outside, so it was all linked up and ready to go.
we hit it hard at the beginning. our feet were flying over the chip-n-seal surface and a pretty good clip. at one point we hit 7:24/mile pace. that was probably too hard! we backed off and finished the first mile in 9:09.
the second mile felt slower, but it ended up being 9:10. how's that for consistent? our official stats for our time together: 2.02 miles in 18:28.
i walked andrew up to his house and then returned to our finish line. i ran from there back home, finishing the last .42 miles in 3:30. i wanted to run more this morning, but i wasn't feeling quite right, so i didn't. maybe i'll put in a mile or two at noon. it's supposed to get up to 70 today.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
1.74 miles in 13:20
connect.garmin.com/activity/65375990
the thermometer read 52 at noon. i had to run. i wore shorts, a short sleeved shirt and short socks. it didn't take any time at all to dress. i ran around the outside edge of the northside of town. my first mile was at 7:32 pace. the remaining .74 miles were at 7:48 pace. so my average pace was 7:39. that's all according to garmin. i actually ran a bit faster than that, but i accidentally hit the start button when i was connecting my 305 to its cradle, so i added a few seconds. i don't know how many, so i'll just go with what i've got.
the thermometer read 52 at noon. i had to run. i wore shorts, a short sleeved shirt and short socks. it didn't take any time at all to dress. i ran around the outside edge of the northside of town. my first mile was at 7:32 pace. the remaining .74 miles were at 7:48 pace. so my average pace was 7:39. that's all according to garmin. i actually ran a bit faster than that, but i accidentally hit the start button when i was connecting my 305 to its cradle, so i added a few seconds. i don't know how many, so i'll just go with what i've got.
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