Month: June 2014

That was kind of damp… The day and the race started off with some off and on rain and cooler temperatures, but overall it didn’t seem too bad. There had been over an inch of rain in the city the day before so there were lots of places where there were puddles on the course…

Just got a quick run in on the treadmill to work out some of the taper kinks (both in my legs and in my head). I am ready for the run and I fully expect my full marathon PR of 4:15:01 to fall. I’m not trying to be cocky but I was ready to just…

I had a late start tonight due to our son’s music lessons and I was tempted to move the run off until tomorrow but in the end I figured it was best to get it in today. That way I would have more time to relax in the pool with the kids and resist the…

I spent some time in the pool tonight right after work with the kids – managed to get in some resistance training while I was there. Then time for a quick supper and some quick computer work before getting on the treadmill. I went into the run tonight just wanting to do a nice steady…

Last medium to long run before the Manitoba Marathon – felt very good – time seemed to fly by and I had no issues with my knee or hamstrings. Feeling positive for a new PR on race day! It did rain a few times while I was running but it was pretty light and I…

Felt really good on the run today – I took it nice and easy to make sure my hamstrings and right knee were going to be ok. I had no issues with them at all but the run definitely felt slow – which is really good – shows that I have definitely improved even in…

Felt good for the run tonight – just to make sure I didn’t have any issues with knee pain I wore a knee brace to keep everything nice and tight. It definitely helped me do a nice strong push with no pain at all. I ran my 1 min slow – 1 min fast –…

A bit of lightning outside tonight so did my National Running Day miles on the treadmill. My knee gave me some grief but otherwise everything else felt great for the run. I started out at 7 mph and then every minute I would up the speed by 0.2 mph until I did a minute at…

Run tonight was delayed a bit as I discovered that our cat had decided to take a leak on my running shoes. This is the second time this has happened with last time being about 3 weeks ago. Different shoes each time but the same location. The last time I think was because her litter…

Whoohoo – no knee or hamstring issues on the run today! Everything felt pretty strong but apparently my head was wandering pretty good and I wasn’t paying attention. I tripped on the raise edge of a driveway around mile 8 and then again on a heaved section of a sidewalk around mile 15. Both times…