Month: October 2014

Felt strong tonight! I was able to push really well and never felt like I was dragging my ass. That was a nice switch. Started out doing 7.5 mph and 9 mph 1 minute intervals and quickly bumped it to 8 and 9 instead. My legs got a bit tired but cardio wise things were…

My treadmill is down for repairs right now so I got on the wife’s tonight and I just really wasn’t feeling it. I did do 7.5 miles in the end with some speed work up to 9 mph but it really felt like I was just going through the paces and not truly pushing myself.…

Just a quick run through the neighborhood this morning while Heather has the kids out at their first curling lessons for the year…guess fall / winter is officially here. Not too much to note about the run – it went well with the only issue being a cold wind that I hadn’t expected or dressed…

I had a bugger of a time convincing myself to get on the treadmill tonight. Just exhausted after a long week. The kids’ swimming lessons tonight after supper didn’t help either – just wanted to curl up in bed and read. But I managed to convince myself to at least do a little bit. So…

I did some maintenance on the treadmill last night hoping it would clean up the breaker trips that have been happening but no luck – breaker tripped part way through the run again. Probably means the belt is going – looks like I am going to have to put in a warranty call soon. Besides that…

Alrighty – not to get back strong into training. 3 races over 4 weeks (2 halfs and a 12 hour 49.28 mile run) – didn’t really train in that period, it was more like keeping the legs loose between races. I certainly wasn’t very focused on training as I was more worried about being rested…

Gotta start with saying the WPFS Half Marathon was fantastically run – very clean and organized. Fantastic volunteers – overall just great. It was a changed course this year as one of the parks decided not to let the run go through this year. This took some of the scenic aspects out of the course…

Haven’t posted anything in a few days so here is a bit of a recap: Oct 11th – Saturday – 10 miles outside – legs were trashed after and realized that the shoes I was using were at 340 miles when I was done – maxing out at around 320/330 lately with that type of…

Hope I didn’t break another treadmill. It had tripped last night as well but I just assumed it needed a lube – did that this evening before the run and still ended up having it trip again. The belt also seems loose. I tightened the belt as well and I will have to wait until…

Final numbers came in for the Lemming Loop today – made 49.2785 miles in 12 hours. Kind of disappointed that I didn’t hit 50 but I take solace in the fact that I could have made 50 quite easily with another 6-7 minutes. I just took too many walk breaks and I was still very…