Author: ted

So since the Hypothermic Half Marathon last weekend my brain absolutely refuses to run outside…but I am having trouble convincing myself to go long on the treadmill. I used to do runs between 1.5 and 3 hours all the time and was able to keep myself focused…but I seem to have lost that in the…

I got up this morning hoping to get in a long run – wasn’t ready to run outside this morning though so I got on the treadmill. My legs felt like lead though – kinda awful. I managed to push out 10 miles though in 1:23:11 – not an awful time but certainly not what…

Was basically exhausted tonight but managed to get my butt on the treadmill in the end. Once I finally got started, I found the treadmill had way too much bounce to it. It has a knob to increase or decrease firmness and I thought I had it set firm but apparently not. After a bit…

My legs were definitely beat up pretty hard after the Hypothermic Half on Sunday – in fact they felt way worse than after the full Dopey Challenge in January! Sitting at my desk at work certainly didn’t help on Monday, so I did a leisurely walk on the treadmill Monday night while I watched The…

Let me start this post off by giving a big Thank You! to the volunteers who braved the cold today! Awesome job folks! I signed up for this race at the last minute (like 4 days before race day) to basically kick my butt and get me pushing the training again. It helped that the…

Switched back to my Hoka One One Cliftons to get in a medium distance run on the treadmill tonight. I was wanting to get in a longer run as a confidence builder heading into the Hypothermic Half Marathon this weekend that I decided to sign up for yesterday. Run was good, maybe a little rough…

Just a short run tonight to see how well my new Hoka Bondi 3s will work. More specifically I tried one run with these shoes before and had an abrasion on my ankle because of them – the run tonight was to test out a theory on how to prevent the chafing. See the post…

I have definitely not been pushing the speed or the miles the way I should be lately. A few factors played into that I think. A week vacation and a wicked cold with a major cough pretty much killed most of the last 2 weeks. Before that I think I was in a bit of…

After taking the weekend off to cough (well that’s what it seemed like anyway), I managed to get in a decent run tonight. I did a minute a 7 mph and then pushed up to 9 mph intending to go for a minute at that speed but my lungs rebelled, so I backed off to…

First outdoor run since the Dopey Challenge a few weeks ago. It felt good to get out and let my mind wander! We had some major thawing yesterday and then a good freeze overnight last night. So it was pretty slippery out there and after 3 attempts to fall on my ass I decided it…