I dropped Naman off to the airport at around 10:30AM and drove to Granada Park for a flat canal run. My London Marathon training schedule today was to run for an hour and fifteen minutes at an easy pace. I figured I would run at around 8:20 to 8:30 per mile pace to run about […]
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Half Marathon training run and Peach-faced lovebirds
Early this morning, I dropped Binita’s cousin off to the airport and subsequently met the LLS group at Granada Park at around 6:45AM. It was cold out. The sun had yet to show its warm face. There were about 20 of us gathered in the chill to train for the upcoming Arizona Rock ‘n’ Roll […]
Final long run before New York Marathon
Jan Frodeno of Germany and Daniela Ryf of Switzerland won the Ironman World Championships in the men’s and women’s divisions today. They were both incredible and won by comfortable margins. I was rooting for Mirinda Carfrae of Australia but she dropped out because of back spasms. Congratulations to Jan and Daniela! I followed the Ironman […]
When you bonk, not even Selena Gomez can help!
I ran my longest run since the Boston Marathon today. It has started to cool down but today’s high temperature was expected to rise in the triple digits. I had no choice but to start running before 6AM. The 20-mile run would take me just short of 3 hours! I loaded up with 3 gel […]
Pressure packed long run (not the kind of pressure you are thinking of)
After today’s relatively easy 14-miler run, I have two long runs to go. Next Saturday and the Saturday after will be my longest runs for New York Marathon training. Hopefully the temperature will have cooled to bearable running weather! Lexie with puppy at TNT Tent I started early this morning (around 5:40AM) from Granada Park […]
Peaking too early for the New York Marathon
I’m afraid that I’m peaking too early for the New York Marathon. The race is still about 2 months away and my interval runs, tempo runs and even long runs are at just about race pace or faster. Today I ran 18 miles and barely felt it. Granted that it has cooled down considerably from […]
16 miles of hot and humid blissful torture
It was hot. It was humid. All the folks running outdoors today were crazy. I was one of those crazy folks; probably crazier than most because it was my long run. I started early this morning from Mountain View Park. Maria showed up early too. I consumed 2 gels and carried 10 more. I also […]
Long 12-mile run at Freestone Park in Gilbert
Very early this morning, I met the LLS running team in Gilbert. There were only a half-a-dozen of us who showed up at around 5:30AM. After yapping and stretching, I started running at around 6AM. It was going to be a hot day, hence running early in the morning was a good idea. After jogging […]
Running 11+ miles on a sore ankle
I woke up with a sore right ankle. Last night it was totally fine but this morning there is a very peculiar soreness just above the ankle on the outside of my right foot. From reading about it, it looks like the peroneus tertius muscle (or tendon) is somewhat irritated. The strange thing is that […]
Long run on the greenbelt and canal
It was time for my final long run before the Boston Marathon. I was scheduled to run for 3 hours and 15 minutes. I figured I would run somewhere between 22.5 and 23 miles today. Since I have signed up with LLS to run the Seattle half marathon (June), I decided to run with the […]