Month: April 2014

I only had 6 miles scheduled tonight but I was feeling pretty amped after signing up for the 2015 Dopey Challenge earlier today. So I kind of unloaded and went for 10 miles instead. I only walked for one minute in there (after I was 6 miles in) and I managed a few minutes all…

Kinda pumped here – early registration for Disney Annual Passholders for the Walt Disney World Marathon weekend opens tomorrow April 16th at noon eastern. I am an annual passholder and I am going to register as soon as I can tomorrow for my 5th Goofy Challenge (the 10th anniversary race no less)….but I have been…

An interesting run tonight on the treadmill. I didn’t really feel like I had it and I never really pushed all that hard but my time for 5 miles was pretty decent.  Odd. My right knee was hurting a bit in the first couple miles but it settled down and started feeling decent. Most of…

Got in a very solid outdoor run this morning.  I needed to get moving early as they are calling for an inch of snow (or more) combined with rain while hovering around freezing temperatures. I can handle the weather but I wanted to run before the paths maybe got icy again. I got home and…

Started pretty slow tonight as I just wasn’t feeling it, but I managed to start pushing myself harder and after 5-10 minutes I was pretty focused. Most of the run was done alternating 7.4 mph and 9.5 mph with no walking.  Felt very strong near the end – could have kept going. Looking forward to…

I really, really did not feel like running tonight but I forced myself to get started. Even still it took about 4 miles before I managed to settle in and run stronger. I had a total of 5 minutes of walking in the 10 miles and 4 minutes of that were part of the first…

After some pretty slow runs outside on the weekend, I felt the need to redeem myself a bit tonight. I went into the run knowing I was going to need to push things a bit to get myself into a more focused race training mindset. So I started 1 minute slow run, 1 minute fast…

I forgot to eat before I headed out on the run this morning.  I got it done but every mile seemed slower than the last.  I also forgot to bring any fuel with me.  I didn’t bonk but it was kind of rough to say the least. There was still some ice out there but…

Felt good to run outside this morning. My stomach felt a bit off when I got up but went out and ran anyway and had no issues.  I did feel good mentally and physically but had to slow down quite a bit due to ice in shaded and sheltered areas.  Still – it was great…

As a switch up from the intervals I have been doing lately I wanted to set some solid steady paces and see how well I could hold them. So I started off doing a mile at 7.5 mph – there was a bit of a rocky start but I settled in and it felt good.…