6 miles. Yes it's hot when you start at after 3 pm in July. This run felt very good - maybe it was the bike ride yesterday and massage Saturday after a fast run. It was hot and I only had some shade spots in the first and last mile as clouds covered the sun. … Continue reading Garmin burp
13 miles. This run was a "test" of progress on my 15-week marathon plan. The idea was to use the long run one week about 6 weeks from the race and try to keep the recommended half marathon pace my goal calls for. That's a 6:52 or perfect 1:30 half. I did the first 3 … Continue reading 13.1 progress test
6 mi. On my schedule, there are tempo runs each two or three weeks. Designed to strengthen turnover and pace time, these are tough effort workouts that are almost flashing at me on my marathon training schedule. Yes, I do the track workouts each week. The tempo running is different. It is specific and considerably … Continue reading Tempo time
20 mi. This was the first twenty mile run of the marathon plan. Due to the Turtleman Triathlon happening on Saturday, I ran Friday morning. This made Saturday my "off" day. I started alone at 5am and ran to St Paul of the Cross Church on Singer Island. That was good - preloading my effort … Continue reading Going longer in the oven
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
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
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