Month: September 2014

I had 10 miles on the schedule tonight but with making the decision to do the 12 hour Beaudry Lemming Loop on the weekend I figured I better rest the legs a bit and backed off to 5 miles. I took it easy at a steady 7.5 mph pace until I hit the 30 minute…

So I have thinking about this for a while – all through the summer at least. I decided to sign up for the Beaudry Lemming Loop that is run here in Winnipeg (well usually just outside Winnipeg but the venue has moved due to flooding this year). It is a looped trail run where you…

With the change that Nike had made to their Pegasus model for version 31, I find the shoes aren’t as comfortable for a long run for a big guy like me. I gone through multiple pairs of various versions of Pegasus over the years and have always loved the cushioning the shoes provided. For version…

Out the door by 8 am without really having decided how far I was going to go. I had 5 miles on the training schedule but figured I would probably go further as it was such a nice morning, but I didn’t know how much further. I figured I would do laps around the neighborhood…

Another 5 miler this week – took this one nice and easy. Did 15 minutes at around 7.5 mph and the remainder at 8 mph. We got home from the kids’ swimming lessons fairly late and I will have to get up early tomorrow to put in my Saturday run. I wanted to make sure…

It was a good clean run tonight – no drama. I got on the treadmill – set it up to 1.5 for the incline and 7.5 mph and stretched out the legs. After a few minutes I bumped it up to 8 mph and kept that up for a good period of time before trying…

So after the slower than hoped for half marathon on Saturday I have decided I need to start pushing a bit harder on my training runs. One the first things I am going to try is to up the incline on the treadmill. I usually run at an incline setting of 1 (as is recommended on…

I’ll start right off the top saying the race was really well run with lots of volunteers. It is a nice course as well with lots of time in areas with mature trees. It is a very good race in an area of town I don’t run in very often so it is a nice…

I did a couple miles last night on the treadmill and then 2.02 miles this morning outside. I am feeling good and strong and I am looking forward to the race tomorrow. I haven’t had any issues with my knee or hamstrings in a while so I am hoping those don’t play a factor in…

Just a nice easy, steady paced run tonight. Did not push hard but still made sure I worked a bit. I gave myself 2 minutes warm up at 7 mph and then bumped up to 7.5 mph and left it there until I got to 37 minutes. I then bumped things to 8 mph for…