Author: ted

I managed to get on the treadmill early tonight for a change – feels good to get on the treadmill without feeling like I am already asleep. I have 10 and 18 mile runs scheduled this weekend so I wanted to make sure I took it fairly easy tonight and saved up some energy. So…

I’m still waiting on parts for my stronger treadmill so I knew I was going to have to use our older machine tonight and that meant no speed work (it just can’t handle it). On top of that my stomach wasn’t feeling right but luckily that didn’t really impact the run. I basically spent most…

After a bunch of family stuff I got a late start on the treadmill tonight so I wasn’t sure what I would get done but managed to push out the full scheduled 10 in a very decent time. Found out that some of the warranty parts for our main treadmill are back ordered so I…

With lots of stuff going on lately I have been kind of hemorrhaging training miles and I wanted to put a stop to that! This morning’s run was pretty chilly and snowy and I called it a bit earlier than what was scheduled as my feet were wet from snow melting into my shoes and…

So this week hit 8 weeks until the Dopey Challenge in Disney World in January. I am ready but I am having issues getting motivated and a few things are conspiring against me so that I seem to be coasting instead of driving hard to get better. Basically my treadmill is down while I wait…

8 weeks today until my travel day for the Dopey Challenge in January at Disney World. It is time to refocus and get pushing again! It is safe to say that for a good chunk of October I was coasting and a bit burnt out. The darned near 50 miler at the Lemming Loop sandwiched…

I managed to get on the treadmill relatively early tonight – kind of a nice change. I started out with 5 minutes at 7 mph to just stretch the legs out a bit and then worked my way up to 8 mph and stayed there pretty consistently. There were a couple points where I backed…

Started out tonight not being sure how well things would go. I skipped my run last night to cover some family responsibilities and I didn’t have time to make up for the full missed run tonight. Wasn’t feeling great most of the day either. So when I got on the treadmill I didn’t know if…

I got a late start today (even with the extra hour to sleep due to the time change) but was determined to get in the full 18 miles with a decent effort. For most of October I felt like I was dragging my ass so I wanted to make sure I was pushing again. I…

Felt strong tonight! I was able to push really well and never felt like I was dragging my ass. That was a nice switch. Started out doing 7.5 mph and 9 mph 1 minute intervals and quickly bumped it to 8 and 9 instead. My legs got a bit tired but cardio wise things were…