This was one of those days I realized late in the day something was missing. I got up late, went to breakfast with my wife, then spent the afternoon fixing stuff at a rental. About 7:00pm at night I realized I hadn’t run, so I headed downstairs and knocked one out.
16:00
1.49mi
A long day on my feet at a work event, but I managed to get a good run in today. Cruised at a good pace.
18:00mi
1.66mi
It has been a long week. I was tired, but as usual, the run surprised me and felt great. I ran a little longer and faster, knowing that I wasn’t going to karate tonight.
16:00
1.69mi
Still a sore right knee, but mostly when I bend. A short, but quicker run today.
14:00
1.29mi
| Sunday | run 1.5mi | |
| Monday | run 1.5mi | karate |
| Tuesday | run 1.5mi | |
| Wednesday | run 1.5 mi | karate |
| Thursday | run 1.5mi | snowboarding |
| Friday | run 1.5mi | |
| Saturday | run 2.0mi |
My neck really hurt this morning when I got up. The nerve was pinched and angry. I knew I wasn’t doing damage by jogging, so I tried in the afternoon, but I was miserable. Ran with one arm tucked up around my shoulder to minimize pain.
14:00min
1.21mi
Feeling good, I cruised through a quicker one today, most of the run at 6.5mph. Slowly getting back to the speed I used to start with when I was 25.
16:00min
1.51mi
My laptop died in December, and I didn’t think much of it. However when I got to 3 weeks with it not fixed, I decided to move iTunes to my desktop an at least sync up the Nano and Nike+ runs.
That didn’t work, owing to an x46 bug with large USB devices. The technical details didn’t matter for this blog, and I couldn’t experiment with one working computer.
As a result for the last couple months I’ve been manually tracking data, though the Nano has been storing it. Finally the other day I got my new laptop, rebooted and unchecked and checked the Nike + sync a few times in there and finally my runs are being recorded at Nike+ again.
The Nike + system is cool, but the hassles of getting this working with iTunes as well as some of the hassles in getting my workouts up there make me unsure of depending on it.
A nice early run with a fundraiser today for Scouts. Hurried through things at a good clip.
16:00min
1.69mi
Went a little harder than I meant to. I felt fine, but after 20 min yesterday, I should have taken it easy.
18:00min
1.71mi
A slightly longer run today. I thought about pushing further, but I’m tired and I’m thinking with a couple light days I’ll go with a 3 miler on Sat.
20:00min
1.89mi
Someone asked me that recently. A friend noticed that I was over 500 days and wondered if I was pushing out more mileage.
I’m really not. Still a fairly steady 1.5mi a day, but I am trying to get over 2mi at least once a week.
Why? It’s really because that feels good and fits in my life. I did try to go over 2mi a day average last summer and I think I did it too fast. I noticed that my legs were tired, and I was more tired overall, exhausted some days.
The thing is that I run, and it’s what I do, but it’s not ALL that I do. If I ski for 4 hours, I still run. That day as well as the day before and after. If I play baseball for 3-4 hours, it’s not constant exercise, but it’s tiring. If I travel for most of a day, or have karate, I still run.
And I end up doing some other exercise 3-4 times a week. Which means that my off days are usually a 1.5 mi run. A busy day is a 1.5mi run with more exercise.
I might increase some, especially as the weather gets better and a 3 miler outside is easy to do. Once a week I can probably handle that.
Hungover, tired, but with a greasy lunch in my belly I went for a run. Actually felt slightly better while running, but my stomach is complaining a bit now.
16:00min
1.51mi
