We had another good night at the track. For this evening, we went with a cut-down. We started at 1600 meters and cut down to a 1200, 800, 400 and a 200. We topped it off with a 1200 meter. We kept the kept the intervals around a 5K pace. I was very consistent and [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Track
Posted in intervals on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Good, the bad, and the ugly
Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think the title describes my runs this weekend. Friday was a good run. Yes, I ran out of water and the last few miles were tough, but any 20 mile run is a good one. Yesterday was “bad” not in the real sense of bad, but you know “bad”. I ran fast and finished [...]
Recovery???
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a grueling 20 miler, I thought today would be an easy recovery run. For the first mile it started out that way. But, I soon dropped the pace into the 8:30 range. And then, I started to catch up with the lead dog, and I found myself running an 8:10 pace. My legs felt [...]
Go long
Posted in Marathon, easy running on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had it in my mind to run a 20 miler today. Well, I did it. I wish I had an 18 miler in my mind. All things considered, the weatehr was not too bad. A little rain and no sun. Yes, it was the typical high 70s with 100% humidity, but for here that’s [...]
Off-Track
Posted in intervals on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Instead of the usual Tuesday track night, we decided to go out to the streets and run 12X60 second Fartleks at about 5K pace. The weather was good, overcast and in the high 80s. While on the streets, I was able to run my 5K pace, however, the sidewalks were too twisty to consistently hit the [...]
A Runner’s Paradise
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The start of the weekend began with a pleasant early morning 5 mile run on Friday. The real fun began Saturday morning. I volunteered at the Lunar Rendezvous. Tom Denny, Pete, and myself set up the course early in the morning. Next, I was the two mile water stop coordinator. And, then we [...]
Rollercoaster
Posted in Uncategorized on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Running lately has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride. This past weekend consisted of a pathetic run on Friday, a great run on Saturday, and a not so good run on Sunday. My track workout on Tuesday was good. And then on Wednesday, I go out for an easy run and wind up running [...]
Hot Intervals
Posted in intervals on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, a bunch of us were at the track to run 2X(800, 600, and 400) intervals. Although not anything new, it was once again very hot out there at 6:30PM. The temps were still in the 90s. Anyway, we had a good turnout. The warm-up and cool-down miles are really fast. We’ve been hitting [...]
Back in the Oven
Posted in easy running on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe that Arkansas is “cool”, but compared to Houston, it’s like the North Pole. The track workout on Tuesday was OK. We ran a 12X200 meters. I ran them OK, but nothing special. Friday’s workout consisted of running from the house to the Kemah Bridge and then running it three times. My last [...]
Back from Arkansas
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I spent the last few days up in Arkansas at the foothills of the Ozarks. While there, I ran in the Little Rock Firecraker 5K on the fourth of July. It was the best 5K for me this century and it was a masters PR. I broke through the seven minute pace barrier and finished [...]
