The week started with a work-related trip to Sedona for one of my favorite clients, Pink Adventure Tours. I had the presence of mind to take my bike with me. I had charted a 20-mile route through Boynton Canyon (similar to the route I had run during my tough half-marathon in Sedona earlier this year). […]
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Unmotivated fartleks
When Missy is happy and healthy, I am happy and (usually) healthy. In a dog’s life, 6 months is a long time. She’s been lethargic for more than 6 months but today she wanted to play with the ball and her favorite stuffed toy (Mr. Bear). Physically, I still feel lethargic. I forced myself to […]
Cooling down in September
Today is another New York Marathon training Tuesday; another day of fartleks on the treadmill at The Village. The gym was crowded today with a few random teenage girls parading in their fancy Lululemon gear going from equipment to equipment every 5 minutes in small herds. It was all very peculiar. Anyway, I got on […]
Speedplay intervals on the treadmill
Intervals are some of the toughest training sessions. Today was speedplay day. In speedplay, I run short bursts of high speed (sprints) and then slow down to right around race pace. Apparently this helps with fastwitch muscles react for strong finishes during races. After warminng up for 15 minutes that included 3 x 30 second […]
Double Beat medal from Rock n Roll events
In the mail yesterday I received a Rock n Roll Double Beat medal. I ran the PF Chang’s Arizona Half Marathon and the Seattle Half Marathon (both organized by the same organization) this year to receive this medal. It is actually a pretty cool one! In the afternoon today, I went for a cardio and […]
Sports drinks versus water during training
It sounds so simple to hear that hydration is an important ingredient in achieving superior running performance. When you run, you sweat. When you sweat, you lose fluids. When you lose fluids, your blood flow volume decreases. When your blood flow volume decreases, your heart has to work harder to deliver oxygen to your working […]
6 miles #fartleks in 47 minutes
Yesterday was an unscheduled run day because it was National Running Day. Today was a scheduled #fartlek day which i ended up doing at The Village on the not-so-easy treadmill. Overall though, I was quite happy with the effort and speed. 6 miles in 47 minutes translates to a pace of around 7:50 per mile. […]
Countdown to the Boston Marathon
I ran fartleks on the treadmill at The Village. As usual, it was a hard but good run. 6 fartleks with 4 minutes hard and 2 minutes easy made up the meat of the hourlong run today. You can see that my heartbelt was going crazy during my fourth fartlek! The Boston marathon is now […]
Fartleks, Pipeline and Visamo
I woke up early this morning and ran fartleks around DC Ranch. It was a hard and hilly but satisfying run with 6 intervals at 4:00 hard followed by 2:00 easy. In all, I ran 7.75 miles in an hour. I’m happy… In the evening, we had a Pipeline Worldwide Wind 4 A Cause function […]
Windy, hot, hilly fartleks
It was cloudy when I started running today. The temperature was in the upper 70s and winds were brisk. I debated as to whether to run on the treadmill at The Village or run outside. I decide on an outside run because it felt cooler than it actually was. It was fartlek day! I ran […]