motivated

Mon, Sep 29, 2008

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

still a little hungover - enjoying the short runs this taper brings

Sun, Sep 28, 2008

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Sister's wedding was last night - i have decided to give up hard liquor - i woke up in a stupor and threw on a bunch of layers to sweat out the alcohol and ran to my car that was parked 4.5 miles from my house

Sat, Sep 27, 2008

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

6 MPM - not easily - really was scheduled as a recovery run but i just kind of powered through it to get it done

Fri, Sep 26, 2008

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

18 great miles - took it easy and just ran for pure distance - legs were moving faster than i expected and asked - 7:39 average. I feel good about my opportunity on Oct. 12 - i want to be able to do my best effort that day and this is really my last long run.

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

6 easy miles, more or less a shake out run before my 18 miler tomorrow morning

Wed, Sep 24, 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

unscheduled rest day - ended up going to the bars with friends from work - bad move

Tue, Sep 23, 2008

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

9 easy miles - My back actually felt pretty good, suprisingly. 11 tonight and then 18 on friday and then my taper starts officially

Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Started my recovery run. 1 miles in something in my back caused immense pain. caused me to collapse. I cannot hardly take a deep breath. I think it might be a dislodged rib. I have dislocated my rib before and it always goes back and feels fine. I was going to make today a good strength day, instead taking a full day of recovery. Mentally, it is a bummer but i know it is something that I have to do.

Sun, Sep 21, 2008

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Best run so far, with three weeks to go for Chicago Marathon. I did 22 hilly miles at 7:39 average without really exerting myself. This was a huge confidence builder.

Sat, Sep 20, 2008

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Recovery miles - easy, enjoyable

Fri, Sep 19, 2008

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

10 miles this morning, relaxed pace - felt good to get up and run before work.

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

8 recovery miles - felt fine, a little longer than my usual recovery runs - but felt great - nice and slow

Wed, Sep 17, 2008

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

11 miles - the legs felt heavy, it was hot out, but somehow i managed my Marathon pace of 7:14 average, including an 8 minute first mile. So, all in all I felt good about the run.

Tue, Sep 16, 2008

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

unscheduled off day - no reason really, just not really mentally motivated today. I will just walk the dog and relax tonight.

Mon, Sep 15, 2008

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

11 good, cool miles in my new shoes! They felt great.

orange - 11 miles

Sun, Sep 14, 2008

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

I had a scheduled 20 miler today. It was about 90 and I felt awful. Ended up running a dissapointing12. I will do 18 tomorrow morning before work. I just feel like a long run at this time is too important to miss.

Sat, Sep 13, 2008

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Easy, recovery run with tired legs.

Fri, Sep 12, 2008

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

11 painful miles - a large pizza and a pint of ice cream last night contributed to a lot of stomach pain on my early morning run

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

6, easy, recovery miles

Wed, Sep 10, 2008

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Decent run with tired legs - 7:19 overall Pace

Tue, Sep 09, 2008

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

9 MPM - I felt great during this run, I went 9 miles with the first mile being a little over 7:40 before I settled into a 6:50 pace - felt really strong at the end - doing the last two miles at about 6:30, I could have held that pace for probably three more miles.

Mon, Sep 08, 2008

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

6 Easy recovery type miles.

It is awesome how easy a 6 mile run has become. I love it, it is so mindless. Almost all of the runs except the long 15+ runs are simple and mindless now. I just have to keep the motivation to do them after work.

Sun, Sep 07, 2008

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Great run in Cleveland. Would have loved to go a little longer but had things to do with wife's family.

I have a question for anyone that qualified for Boston in their first marathon - how many runs over 12 miles did you all do? I need a little confidence booster. I have been runnning consistently, just have not gotten as many long runs as I would like. I have a 1:30 half marathon from May of 2008 - Marathon is in October of 2008. What are my chances on 50 miles a week and most training runs between 7:30 and 7:45's. Thanks

Sat, Sep 06, 2008

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

good pace - not too hard, but challenging and enjoyable. Beautiful Day

Fri, Sep 05, 2008

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

dissapointment is the only way I can describe this run. I actually ran an ok pace - 7:37 - but I wanted to complete the full 18 miles. It was raining so hard that I decided to take it in early. I just wish I would have finished the run, mainly for confidence. I am really nervous about the upcoming marathon because I will only have done about 5 or 6 runs over 12 miles before the race. I hope to have a decent weekend, but again will be out of town, which makes it so hard to get my runs in.

Thu, Sep 04, 2008

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Easy miles this morning. Tomorrow is my 18 miler, in which I will be waking up at 4:45am, which might not sound bad to most of you, but I struggle.

defninitely a VERY low mileage week. A little dissapointing but not something to dwell on.

Wed, Sep 03, 2008

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

11 Painful Miles - after taking two days off of running and eating everything in site I ran my normal 11 mile route in a lot of stomach pain. I am getting a little panicky about the upcoming Chicago Marathon because I have missed too many training runs here recently. I will try to get back in a groove these next 5 weeks and make up some ground.

Mon, Sep 01, 2008

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

A little too tired today. Up all day and night having a little too much fun. O well, will pick up again Tuesday

Sun, Aug 31, 2008

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100

8 miles while on Vacation. It was extremely hilly, but nice. I finally got to open up a little bit with my hamstring after nursing it for about 3 weeks. Did the last mile at 6:15 and felt fine. I need a good week