I’m not sure what else to say. Temps were in the 50s, humidity was low. Anyway, JUlie and I got up early due to other commitments for the day. The first five miles were relatively slow at just over 9 min/mile. However, for the middle 9, we simply lit it up. The plan was for [...]
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Wow
Posted in Marathon, tempo runs on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a Weekend
Posted in Marathon, tempo runs on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not sure where to start this blog. This weekend was just an incredible weekend of running. I got up early yesterday to run with Lisa. We agreed on an aggressive long run. We were going to start out easy for the first few miles, then hammer out some miles in the middle and then [...]
Tempo Run
Posted in Boston Marathon, tempo runs on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes a tempo run just happens. I had off from work today. The temperatures were in the high 50s. The first mile went down in about an 8:25. Mile two was in at just over 8 minutes. I cranked down just a little bit and was running a 7:45 pace for the next three miles. [...]
Good Job at the Track
Posted in Marathon, interval training, running, tempo runs on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I got down to the track tonight for some intervals. I ran with Julie from BARC. It was nice to have some company at the track. We seemed to be pretty compatible. We ran 12 – 200 meter interval. We hit each interval between 49 to 51 seconds. We were able to jog between the [...]
Tempo
Posted in Marathon, running, tempo runs on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pretty tough weekend of running. I went today, Labor Day, for a 9 miler. I ran 5 of those miles at a tempo pace of 8:02. It was not the best pace for me, but I did go over 5 miles at that pace. After the tempo pace, I eased into an 8:45 pace for the [...]
Hilly and Fast
Posted in running, tempo runs on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The last couple of days have been pretty intense but sweet runs. I put in a five mile tempo run on Monday night and on Tuesday I put in some hill work by going up and over the Kemah bridge for three roundtrips. Today was an easy day on the treadmill with some cross training. My [...]
Tempo Run During Tropical Storm Edouard
Posted in Marathon, running, tempo runs on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For us, Tropical Storm Edouard did not bring us too much bad weather. Just some moderate wind and rain. I got a long 35 minute tempo run. For the tempo, I averaged a 7:57 pace and covered over 4.5 miles. A pretty strong warm up with an 8:20 pace over two miles and a leisurely two [...]
Testing the hamstring – Tempo Run
Posted in running, tempo runs on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had my final treatment by the chiropractor today. Before my visit, I decided to give the hamstring a “full” test. I ran a 20 minute tempo at an 8:02 pace. It’s not the fastest I could run, but I knew I was pushing it. After the “official tempo”, I pushed the pace down to [...]
Easy Tempo
Posted in running, tempo runs on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The hamstring is much better. I did hold back today. I went out fairly quickly at an 8:44 pace. I decided to stick with my schedule and see if I could get a tempo in. Interestingly, I only picked the pace up to about an 8:30 pace. It was comfortably hard, but nowhere near the tempo [...]
Intervals!
Posted in running, tempo runs on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I saw the chiropractor on Monday. Pretty painful treatment as she worked my quads and ITB. But, it was a nice payoff on Tuesday at the track. I went to the track to run 10 – 30 second intervals. The track at the high school has been re-surfaced and I think it just re-opened on [...]
