Author: ted

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…

One slow and steady lap this morning around the neighborhood – hamstrings never gave me any issues but my right knee was aching a bit. It was compensating for that knee that ended up causing me to pull my hamstrings on the right leg a week and half ago. I will have to watch that…