8.2 mi. Today was supposed to be a rest day. Business travel has me in Southern Virginia and here is an opportunity to run in the daylight, on a trail with rolling hills. A way better option than rural roads in the dark with no sidewalks... Tomorrow will now be my "off" day! How is … Continue reading And gravel and hills
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An offhanded description of what I did and what I thought of during the run…
5mi. It's the first day of summer, most light we'll see in a day, all that. I have enough time once parked to run a mile of warmup with Aldo before the early opening of the schoolyard gates has everyone driving into the parking lot. I have new Nike Zoom Pegasus shoes. My last ones … Continue reading 400s in the light
6 miles. I've done this route before, but not in a few years. Lakeshore Drive in Toronto has biking and runner lanes. There are many dog walkers out after dinner time. For me, it was a chance to run before dinner. It was about 70 degrees with not much of a breeze. This was a … Continue reading Toronto Waterfront
3.5 miles John visited the LA Fitness again, I went for a recon run to see Kitchener's Downtown area. In the first neighborhood leading to King St, I saw a man cutting his grass with a manual blade mower. Once at King St, I ran through a newly-revitalized area, retail shops, a new trolley route, … Continue reading Kitchener Downtown
6 miles. When I travel, I try to select interesting places to run. Today was a chance to see the venue area before it opened. Was the parking going to change? Was the brewery across the street from the park a place to visit before w go in? I dropped John at LA Fitness and … Continue reading Zip by the Festival Venue
5mi. It's light out when we start the intervals, meaning we get to see each other and the far side curve of the track for all of the intervals. Paul drops a finishing 1200m at the end of mostly short intervals, I wasn't much surprised however. Not this time! 1 mile warmup on Alton 200m … Continue reading Sun sprints
5.5 mi. We have stayed clear of the hot, still, and humid conditions for a month and a half longer than usual. This week has been a solid "rain every day" stretch, so maybe the summer pattern of high humidity and afternoon showers will return. I had a high heart rate earlier than I thought … Continue reading Cheated no more
5 miles. The plan of running yesterday petered out with my overindulgent BBQ lunch at Evie Mae's BBQ here in Lubbock, Tx. Free beer, also, yes, fact. This meal was lunch AND dinner for me. And it also crossed off any chance of me doing a run after work. Burp! I was staying in a … Continue reading Track in the parking lot
5 miles - This was my first "do 20 minutes at tempo pace" run of this marathon training cycle. I ran from my hotel, the Smithfield Station, up the rural road and around some restaurants then retracing my route back. I returned in my car after breakfast to take a few photos of the things … Continue reading 1st Tempo run of training cycle
6 mi. After flying PBI-> ATL ->Norfolk, Va, I went on a tour of the USS Wisconsin battleship. Then I drove to the Virginia Beach boardwalk for the 6 mile run on my schedule for today. I haven't been here since coming on a family vacation with my parents in 1982. I think I found the … Continue reading Va. Beach Boardwalk
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