12 miles total. Today was a repeat of last week's 8 miles of tempo running in prep for the Chasing the Unicorn Marathon. The race is September 13th in Washington's Crossing, PA. The run schedule called for a 2 mile warmup, the 8 miles at marathon pace or effort, and a 2 mile cooldown. As … Continue reading 8 Tempo miles
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An offhanded description of what I did and what I thought of during the run…
14 miles . Today we started at 6am from the Cineoplis parking lot in Jupiter for a long run on hills. This route has 3 mild hills on each lap out and back, so we get to climb 12 times. Nicole and Daniel and I ran together, Maureen and Judy did some of our route … Continue reading First long run of the summer
6 mi. Those 100 meter markings needed a refresh, this morning was my chance! Today we have Mike Sheehan, his friend, Bryan, Daniel, Nicole and Fiona for the Alton speed session. Knowing it was a first time for Nicole and Fiona, I wanted to create a set of intervals that allowed for quick starts and … Continue reading Seeing Spots
Today was a good workout, I had done a 5200m interval session with Nicole yesterday, so this one was light duty for me. Maureen, Gary and Brian ran this set of intervals... 1 mile warmup 400m w/200m recovery. 600m w/200m recovery. 400m w/200m recovery. 200m w/200m recovery. 200m w/200m recovery. 400m w/200m recovery. 800m w/200m … Continue reading Alton with a moon and a breeze
5mi. On Grandiflora Road in Palm Beach Gardens, we've got a place to run fast. It's like a track workout, outside of the fenced high school where we would normally run a track session. Paul, the usual coach, has taken some time off the usual weekday runs, he is staying closer to home. We see … Continue reading Track by Alton
Saucony Grid Peregrine shoes, circa 2011 I may have found the final park area open to the public amid the closure of everything due to pandemic concerns. Seth Kaufman and I met at 7:30 am at the “trailhead.” We were fortunate in having a blanket of clouds over us. For this run, it’s an important … Continue reading Gravel road running
26.2 miles. Our race would have been today in Hawley, Pa. They had 41 degree temperatures and a high probability of rain predicted for our run on that course. We had another idea, however. Five of us lined up at 5:15 am in the parking lot of Dunkin' Donuts in Juno Beach for a full … Continue reading Outrun Corona
The race I was training for has been postponed as a result of the worldwide pandemic COVID-19. I chose to still finish the final two weeks of training, which included SOS workouts of a tempo run of 10 miles, a speed run of 5 timed miles, and a tempo run of 6 miles. The 10 … Continue reading The last fast ones
The final SOS 16 mile run of this training was done in the Skyline neighborhood of Jensen Beach. This is where we wrapped up last season's successful Boston Marathon training. The route is a 4 mile loop with approximately 150 ft of hills rolling up and down each lap. We do 4 laps. Kyle and … Continue reading Hilly long run in Jensen Beach
Today's workout was a 3 mile interval workout done two times on a hilly course. It was 70 degrees, which went well with my idea of running without a shirt. This run happens on the highway overpasses on Hood Road and Central Blvd. We start running from Alton neighborhood clubhouse down to a start point … Continue reading Getting Close
