I went out for a long run today with fellow BARcer Julie. The plan was for a 20 miler, but it turned out to be just under 21 miles. I wasn’t feeling real good at mile 16, but I pushed through and actually was feeling OK at the end. No real pain, but I never [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Back to the Long Run
Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Running at the Track
Posted in Boston Marathon, interval training on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago, I pulled down from the BAA website a training schedule for the Boston Marathon. After running Houston, I decided to take it easy for a week. If all felt good, I figured I would just jump into the BAA schedule. Well, everything feels OK.
The BAA schedule called for 3X2000 meter [...]
Easy going on the trails
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got up early to run with BARC on the Seabrook Trails. The first half was a nice and easy pace. On the way back, I just felt like running faster and set into an 8 min/mile pace for the last three miles or so. The weather was good for running fast. It was in [...]
Back at It
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I went for a 14 mile run today on the trails in Pasadena along Red Bluff. I ran with fellow BARC runner Julie. It’s always nice to have company along the way. I felt terrific today. The weather was just about ideal (50s & overcast). There was a little breeze, but not too bad.
I had [...]
Recovery
Posted in Uncategorized on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I went to the track to do a little recovery run. It was good to have Julie out there to run with. I hadn’t run with her since before Christmas. Also, I saw Chuck and his boy running. I think it’s great that Chuck is able to get his boy involved in the sport. We [...]
Houston Marathon
Posted in Uncategorized on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I laid an egg at today’s Houston Marathon. I was planning on pacing some folks at a 3:40 pace. I thought for sure I would make the goal without any problems. My only concern was that maybe I would fade at mile 22. Anyway by mile 17, I was done. My body hurt today for some reason. [...]
Easy Track Workout
Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Got to the track on Tuesday for a last sharpening of the knife before the Houston Marathon. I ran 12 X 200 meters with 200 meter recoveries. I think my pace was about 5K. I was impressed with my time per mile for the workout. For the speed part, I was averaging about a 7:27 [...]
Middle Runs
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got two nice runs in this weekend. Yesterday, I went out with the GCRC for a ten miler. A relaxed 8:40 pace. I ran with Sam and her dog Cosmo for a good part of it. My body was a little sluggish. The weather may have played a part in it. It was about [...]
Friday
Posted in Marathon, running on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had today off from work. I went out for a seven mile run around the neighborhood. One of the nice things about the area’s growth has been the added trails, albeit concrete, that I now have to choose from. I ran a pretty quick 8:10 paced run with the last three under 8 minute/mile pace. [...]
Track Tapering
Posted in Marathon, intervals on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One day I’ll figure out why some days are better than others. I’m tapering going into the Houston Marathon. Part of that taper is to continue with the weekly track workouts but ease up on the intensity. Hence, you would have thought the workout would be a breeze. Last night was a simple 8X400 meter [...]
