Author: ted

Definitely a good day today! Got home from work to see that my info package for Disney’s Magical Express had arrived (all my bus info for the ride from the airport to the hotel for Dopey Challenge and back after). Then checked online to find Twitter blowing up that the Disney World Marathon Weekend waivers…

I slept in really late this morning so I wasn’t sure I was even going to have time to run but I needed to do something so I managed to get out. And surprisingly once I got going I had motivation to keep going to try to make up some of the miles missed due…

3 solid runs over the past 3 days – didn’t have time to blog or twitter them so I will combine them into one post here. Thursday – 7.5 miles in 59:32 on the treadmill. Decently strong run with good time spent up near 8 mph. Didn’t stay there for long periods of time as…

I essentially did the run tonight doing cycles of 2 minutes at 7 mph and 4 minutes at 8 mph (after some initial slower warm up). It felt good to push a little harder in the 8 mph periods as I really haven’t had much of a chance to do that lately (what with having…

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…