5mi Daylight Standard Time is back. So running half of the workout in the daylight always has me thinking I'm late for something. I went half speed just a few days after guide running NYC Marathon with Julie. It was good to see Janet at her first track session in months - she very much … Continue reading First light
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An offhanded description of what I did and what I thought of during the run…
5 miles. Today was our seasonal first taste of cooler weather, our starting temp was 55 degrees at the Benjamin Track. Paul and Tim wore long sleeve shirts and cycling skullcaps. Two gals had on prior year Classics By the Sea shirts. Our PBRR Fall Social was last night at Twisted Trunk Brewery. Although I … Continue reading 55 is a great number
5mi. Today I used a different approach. If my challenge is breathing, I worked harder on the intervals and didn't jog all of the 100m recoveries. I wanted to spend the energy on the track while the time was elapsing. It worked out ok, no tremendous breakthroughs. I ran behind James and Steve. Seth was … Continue reading More on the intervals
8 miles. Last week I skipped the sprints, so it happened today. I ran the first 5 with John Reback, he is healing from the Achilles issue. Good enough to run in front of me or zip me from behind on each one. There wasn't much of a wind, unlike the last few weeks. Maureen, Mary … Continue reading Chasing at sprints
5 miles NOT any cooler nor was there a breeze today. I was the first one around the loop today, no Steve, James or Seth. I felt good, timing the intervals and resetting before the start of each one. I spun a 1:18 400m, the rest were good considering I didn't have a person to … Continue reading Low attendance for the leader
8 miles. Some meaning intervals, whole workouts, etc. Yes it was still and as Paul said, "toasty" at the bridge today. Two parking lot laps led to me to visit the men's room, empty of toilet paper, then the ladies room. Maureen and Mary had used it and reported there was paper in both stalls. … Continue reading Some are slower
5 miles. School's out today for the holiday, and 22 people came to run this morning. Many of the intervals had a 100m short recovery. Paul said near the end he was considering a 1500m "metric mile" but we ended with the 1000, 300, and 200 meter intervals. 1 mile warm up jog 100m w/100m recovery … Continue reading Track for Jewish New Year
16 mi. Tom and Janet's second 16-mile run tops out their Hansons-Brooks method schedule for the Chicago marathon prep. We did the last one together, followed by a breakfast at Maureen's house. This time, we will have Mary Monks running some of the miles with us. And breakfast is at Toojay's. We started a little … Continue reading Long run with the Chicago folks
5mi. The first track workout after the storm. We had a Sheriff's Office imposed a curfew, so the time was moved to 6 am. Seth, Steve and Mary Monks, and Franci arrived earlier and already started running. With Paul away in Boulder, Franci's workout was to do a dozen 400m repeats with each one having … Continue reading The toilet brush.
6 mi. Hurricane Irma came and went - and today was a morning to sprint on the hill. Maureen arrived first and told me the park was closed. We left our cars on the east side of the bridge in the parking lot of a closed bank. We didn't do a real warmup, just a … Continue reading Can’t park here
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