Month: July 2014

I did a 10 miler last night in 74:16 on the treadmill that I didn’t post about (I did tweet it but didn’t put anything on the site). After and during that run my knee was really hurting – the same way it was back in May before I pulled my hamstrings – so I…

I had 5 miles scheduled tonight but after a bunch of time in the pool (including some resistance training) before supper and a half hour walk with the wife and kids after supper, I was feeling pretty energized. So I decided to go pretty strong and see where I got to in the 45-50 minute…

I decided to do a quick unscheduled run tonight to test out a pair of Nike Pegasus 31s I bought last week. The shoe is fairly heavily redesigned and I was not sure how they were going to work for me, so I wanted to give them a test go before I put them in…

I apparently have to change up my standard neighborhood running loop. The loop is around 4.45 miles for one lap but due to scooting around portions I can make a clean 13.1 miles from 3 laps. I have been noticing lately (and it was really apparent this morning) that I am running way slower than…

No running yesterday but I did spent a good couple hours in the pool with my brother and the kids. I did some swimming pool resistance training while I was in there as well as 12 minutes of deep water running with my Aquajogger vest. It felt good to work the legs without pounding the…

So after the road trip yesterday to buy shoes I had some new shoes to test out tonight! I missed out on a planned 8 miler last night because of the road trip (although I did manage to get in 2.66 miles yesterday morning around the hotel, Grand Forks residential areas – lovely area actually…

Late Tuesday afternoon I, my wife, son, daughter and my brother hopped in the van and went on a bit of a road trip. We headed down to Fargo from Winnipeg for a quick supper and some shopping at Scheels for running shoes. Then we headed back to Grand Forks to grab a hotel before…

Definitely felt good this morning – the sun was shining and the weather was a bit cooler and I felt good. I had no knee issues or anything. I’m not exactly sure why feeling good and better weather translated into a slower run than yesterday on the same route / circuit. Maybe I was just…

After my run yesterday afternoon and a light supper I ended up doing an hour and a half in the pool with the family and did a bunch of resistance exercises at the same time in the pool. I think that drained my fuel reserves more than I realized and since I didn’t have any…

Like the post title says – I slept in this morning and did not get up early enough to avoid the heat outside today, so to avoid dying of heat exhaustion I decided to run on the treadmill. I first did a bunch of work around the house prepping for an incoming house guest –…