Month: November 2014

Woke up this morning to see that the temperatures were showing as -36C (-32.8F) with wind – and with a 20 miler planned I realized could not get that 20 miles done outside safely. I also couldn’t put that kind of stress on the treadmill (I’m still waiting for parts for my big one and our…

I had planned to go for a longer run this morning in the fresh 3-4 inches of snow but timing of some family responsibilities and my son being sick moved me onto the treadmill instead. I kept a fairly steady pace for most of the run averaging 7 mph for the first half hour and…

I managed to get on the treadmill early this evening and knocked a couple extra miles over my schedule. It felt good! I did the first 3 miles at a steady 7 mph and then slowly increased speed from there up to a max of 7.8 mph for 5 min finishing up with a final time…

A very decent run tonight – I was concerned it was going to be a bit of a write off after the many miles put in this weekend those fears were unfounded. I was able to do a steady push at 7 mph for the first 6 miles or so then I got a bit…

With the 18.1 miles done today I am done my first true Dopey Challenge dry run for the races in January. Thursday I did 5 miles, 6.2 on Friday, 13.1 yesterday and 18.1 today – total of 42.4 miles in 4 days as opposed to 48.6 for the actual challenge but it shows I am…

Very decent run today – the weather conditions were just about as good as you could hope for for a winter run. There was a touch of a biting wind but it was only a factor when running into it with no cover (maybe 20% of the run so not too bad). Felt very good…

I managed to get on the treadmill early tonight for a change – feels good to get on the treadmill without feeling like I am already asleep. I have 10 and 18 mile runs scheduled this weekend so I wanted to make sure I took it fairly easy tonight and saved up some energy. So…

I’m still waiting on parts for my stronger treadmill so I knew I was going to have to use our older machine tonight and that meant no speed work (it just can’t handle it). On top of that my stomach wasn’t feeling right but luckily that didn’t really impact the run. I basically spent most…

After a bunch of family stuff I got a late start on the treadmill tonight so I wasn’t sure what I would get done but managed to push out the full scheduled 10 in a very decent time. Found out that some of the warranty parts for our main treadmill are back ordered so I…

With lots of stuff going on lately I have been kind of hemorrhaging training miles and I wanted to put a stop to that! This morning’s run was pretty chilly and snowy and I called it a bit earlier than what was scheduled as my feet were wet from snow melting into my shoes and…