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
The second Abbott World Major Marathon of the year for me, and again I’m there in a unique capacity. Part cheer squad and spectator, part volunteer, this was an amazing weekend! Is there such thing as an “Elite Spectator?” Trademark, Dave Masterson, All Rights Reserved! I arrived Thursday morning before anything marathon-related was underway. … Continue reading Chicago Marathon 2017
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
5 miles. Another very humid and still day for the track session. The good showing of 29 runners after a big group last week means runners are taking this speed thing seriously! We were not given a timed mile to run, but Paul shared that somewhere in his logbook, he did a workout in the … Continue reading All 29
5mi. I left the house at my usual time, and the walk out the back door was my hint: Today would be amazingly still and humid. True to that prediction, the warm up and intervals were all held in stifling humidity. No breeze at all, and the flag at the top of the newly-restored Benjamin … Continue reading Wall of humidity
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