Author: ted

My training mileage this week hasn’t been all that great to be honest. I got in an ok treadmill 5 miler on Tuesday and then a very good 8.85 miles outside yesterday and then this morning’s run was a bit of a struggle. I put up twitter posts of the first two of those runs…

I was kind of dreading getting on the treadmill today but I knew I needed to get it done if just as a mood enhancer! I started off relatively easy figuring I would need to conserve my strength – I started with 20 minutes at 7.2 mph then did 20 minutes at 7.4 mph before…

The pups were pretty stinky tonight so before I did anything I had to get that sorted out! Washed the 2 of them with our daughter and did not make nearly the mess I expected to! Gotta love a nice clean, fluffy puppy. It’s a good thing their cute though since they chewed up the…

So it has been a few days since I last posted – I did put up my various runs on twitter but I should get them up here on the blog as well! Saturday May 23rd – 4.45 miles in 40:22 outside – very warm and sunny – so different from the week before! Definitely…

It has been a few days since I posted so a bit of recap to start: – ran 10.1 miles outside Saturday morning with some great weather. – weather turned by Saturday night and we got snow, ice and very high winds (strong enough to knock one of the puppies over when a gust caught…

With various things going on last night I realized I wasn’t going to be able to get in the planned 10 miler – so I made the call to do tonight’s 5 miler yesterday and then do the 10 tonight. That plan worked out pretty well – I did the 5 miler last night in 36:19…

Overall not too bad a run tonight. I started with a slower steady pace and worked my way up to 8 mph at about the 5 minute mark and then stuck there for the remainder of the 5 mile run (with 2 x 1 minute walk breaks). I can get through 5 miles faster than…

I did a couple laps around the neighborhood this morning – both laps were a minute or two off of where I expected to be for a slower run. My mental game was definitely not there today – I need to focus more and get that back properly. Run was also probably slowed by some…

Tonight’s run confirmed my suspicions from the WPS Half Marathon on Sunday. After I hit about the 6-7 mile mark, I can keep pushing but the speed just isn’t there. I can train for that! The question is how long it will take to get back to where I was? That I just don’t know.…

Ok – so let’s start off with a big thanks to the organizers and volunteers – the WPS Half marathon is consistently well run and the volunteers are always great. I have done 4 in total (last 3 in a row) and each time I have been impressed. Thanks again! So how did the event…