Month: May 2014

One slow and steady lap this morning around the neighborhood – hamstrings never gave me any issues but my right knee was aching a bit. It was compensating for that knee that ended up causing me to pull my hamstrings on the right leg a week and half ago. I will have to watch that…

Yeah – we had a later supper and I wanted to get the run done a bit earlier tonight – not a good combo when you eat a bit more than you were expecting! I made it through the run but I certainly didn’t beat any speed records and it didn’t feel great by any…

A very solid run tonight outside – beautiful temperature with just a slight breeze – perfect night for a run! Unfortunately I can tell the mosquitoes are coming though – got bit twice earlier this evening outside talking with the brother-in-law. Man! It seems like it has barely thawed here and we are already seeing…

After blowing off my 20 miler over the weekend due to nursing a hamstring issue that I really did not want to aggravate, I was a both hesitant and driven to get on the treadmill tonight. On one hand I wanted to make sure to get in a good solid run but on the other…

This weekend was supposed to be my last high mileage weekend before rolling into taper town for the Manitoba Marathon on June 15th. The pulled hamstring on Wednesday night put a bit of a damper on the running but I have managed to stay active and get some of the missed mileage back. I was…

I was supposed to do a 10 mile run today and I started out relatively slow since I wanted to make sure my knee was ok since it was hurting during and after the run yesterday. The knee did hurt for about a mile or so but it was more of an ache…but I must…

Very fast run for me tonight – 5 miles in 34:17 @ 1% incline on the treadmill. I did running cycles 1 min slower, 1 min faster, 1 min slower, 2 minutes faster (so total a 5 minute cycle) and repeat until hit the 5 miles. Slower speed tonight was locked at 7.5 mph and…

I was a little slow starting out this morning – got going late and the first lap was extra slow – wind was pretty bitter and made me wonder if needed to go add an extra layer of gear. It was only an issue though for the first mile or so – after that it…

Nice slow and steady run outside today. Nice and sunny – maybe a touch cool but perfect for a run. I had no aches or pains – body felt good! My brain however was elsewhere – I could not focus so my body defaulted to a slower steady pace. Even still it was nice to…

I am off work tomorrow so I was tempted to bump tonight’s run to tomorrow morning but in the end I decided to get it done tonight to make sure I have time to do a bunch of yard work tomorrow. I was feeling pretty tired most of the day and I was thinking about…