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Today was a 40 minute tempo run. My footpod was set for pair 2 which is my new shoes. Unfortunately, the calibration I did last was wrong. It was about 1/4 mile too long. Therefore my pace was showing way slower than I was actually going! That’s no fun! I felt like I was sprinting […]
After taking Sunday and Monday off from training, I was ready to get back. I lost a long run on Sunday. I ended up taking my day off on Monday instead of Thursday. I also had to rearrange my speed workouts to ease back into things. Speed training began with a tempo run on Thursday […]
Thursday’s workout was a 40 minute tempo. Woke up at about 505 am and bundled up. I knew we were expecting about 8″ of snow overnight and there was no way I was going to be able to run in the snow. So I was going to run at the gym…on the treadmill. Ugh. So […]
Okay…W-O-W! That was one of the toughest workouts I’ve done in a long, long time. I ran about 1.75 miles before the first 400m interval. The temperature was about 26 degrees and there was about 1/2 inch of snow on the street. At the time, the wind was gusting to about 12 mph. There were […]
And so it begins… Tomorrow I will begin my training for Bloomsday…which is 10 weeks away. Ultimately, I’m training for the Vancouver half-marathon on June 19. I’m hoping that the 6 weeks that follows Bloomsday that I can remain injury free and not miss my peak. My goal remains to run the half marathon in […]
Bloomsday is approaching. Starting tomorrow, the race will be 10 weeks away. In preparation for the race, I ran around the Ferris High School track to calibrate my footpod. After 2 miles (8 laps) my watch/footpod was off by 78 yards. I made the necessary adjustments so that my training pace will be more representative […]
