Day 874

A short one, as it's cold and I was tired.

16:00
1.57mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/36758538/

Day 873

Outside training, in twilight as the temp was dropping in the low 30s. Interval training with my son. 1 minute jog, then 1 minute hard, 1 minute walk for him (jog for me), then run. 8 intervals, and a good run as the sun went down.


21:25
1.65mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/36688750/

Day 872

All day out of the house, and a quick run in before movie night with my little girl. Had to push, went faster, almost 6.6mph from the get go.
16:00
1.63mi

Day 871

Snowboarding for half a day, and then a great run.

22:00
2.20mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/36534026/

Day 870

Training with Delaney, so a nice, slow, aerobic run down the road.

About 27:00
2.26mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/36461112/

Day 869

Went shorter today. Tired after a long month of running and managing the family.

18:00
1.79mi

Day 868

A good run today. I was going to wait for my son to run later, but I really wanted to get a good run done. I'll run twice if he wants to go outside.

The left knee is slightly sore. I've been wearing the cho-pat strap on the right one, so maybe it's time to switch.

18:00
1.77mi

Day 867

Hungry, and tired. Getting up this morning was a struggle, as was breaking away from work.
Still, pressed on a nice quick run and feel good.
22:00
2.14mi

Perseverence

As I have every day for 866 days, I am pulling on my running shoes to invest in my future.

Day 866

Good, a little tired. Neck is sore, so I ran a steady 6.2 the whole way.

20:00
1.94mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/36174728/

Day 865

A long day at karate with my son and a late lunch. I finally hit the treadmill, for a longer, slower run, but couldn't keep myself below 6.3mph. That feedback, and seeing my times slowly rise over the 10min/mi pace keeps me going.

I did run out of gas on the weight workout afterwards.

22:00
2.19mi

Day 864

A long run today, just cruising along. Ended up better than 10:00/mi, despite walking for 2.5 minutes for warmup/cooldown. Felt good

28:00
2.81mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/36028574/

Day 863

A broken up run today. I wanted to get above the 2mi/day average, and wasn't thinking. I knew I was close today, but I slowed at 18:30 to walk  and then realized I'd be short. So I sped up and jogged a couple more minutes. Felt good.

22:00
2.17mi

Day 862

I'm glad I got out early, with a storm rolling in this afternoon. We're supposed to get snow, so I decided to go outside and run before I'm locked into the house for a few days. I had to struggle a little to get going, but I kept plugging along slowly, heading down the road with tired legs. I finished nicely, and felt great.

24:22
2.28mi

Day 861

Tired legs, went a little slower.

20:00
1.99mi

Day 860

Giving Delaney a break, so I hit the treadmill in the afternoon. A nice run, struggling a little to keep up at times. My legs are definitely tired after yesterday.

20:00
2.02mi

Day 859

The black belt run with my son. On the track in the fieldhouse, 22 laps.

19:12
2.0

Day 858

A morning run on the treadmill before heading out for the day. I felt good, pushed myself to do a nice steady 2mi

22:00
2.18mi

Day 857

Pushed hard today, going 6.6 the whole time for a longer run. Felt great the whole time and could have gone longer, but too much work to do.

24:00
2.48mi

Day 856

A sore ankle at karate last night, but felt great today. A nice, quick run for me.

18:00
1.82mi

Day 855

Warming up outside, actually positive C temperatures today, but melting lots of gook, so I stayed in.

20:00
2.04mi

Day 854

Very cold outside today, so treadmill again. I felt good, but pressed for time, so I didn't go as far as I might have otherwise. I'll do more a long run Thur.

18:00
1.82mi

Running Recap 2010

I decided that I ought to look back at 2010, my second full year of running. I felt good running, but I was definitely injured for large sections of the year. I had to modify a lot of workouts with sore ankles and knees, and even a back. I ended up with lots of sub-50mi months.

My total mileage by month:

• Jan – 46.66
• Feb – 42.46
• Mar – 49.49
• Apr – 46.28
• May – 51.41
• Jun – 57.1
• Jul – 46.66
• Aug – 49.24
• Sep – 47.37
• Oct – 49.59
• Nov – 48.11
• Dec – 51.09

That gives me 585.46 for the year. Not two miles a day, but a 1.6 for the year, which I think is pretty good.

Day 853

A nice treadmill run on a cold day outside

18:00
1.82mi

Day 852

Cold and snowy outside, but I felt motivated to move. I hit the treadmill and then weights, though it was a struggle to get going for about 10 minutes. Then I felt good.

22:00
2.21mi

Day 851

A beautiful day outside, about 55F, no wind, sunny, t-shirt weather. So I convinced Delaney to get outside with me and go for a run. It was slower and short for me, but I pushed him, minimizing the walking he did and it felt good for me, hard for him.

1.54mi
22:21

Day 850

Shorter today, a little cold and a little achey

15:45
1.55mi

Day 849

A nice run today, pushing the limits a little.

16:00
1.63mi

Day 848

Felt rushed today, and even though I was tempted to go outside, I felt like I didn't have time. No time for weights either, trying to get this done and move on with the day.

20:00
2.04mi

Day 847

Trying to knock this out, and add a short weight session, so I pushed through at a nice pace. Felt good, but we'll see what karate brings tonight, or we'll see tomorrow.

16:00
1.6mi

Day 846

Excellent jog on the treadmill. Felt great.

20:00
2.0mi

Running with the iPhone

With my Nano on the fritz, I decided to try and do some running with the iPhone. It won’t read the Nike + sensor (I’m on 3.1.2, jailbroken), but I can use the MapMyRun app with GPS for tracking distances outside.
I have a belt case for my iTouch, but the iPhone doesn’t want to fit in there, or at least I didn’t have the patience to mess with it. So I just held it in my hand, and jogged down the road. That worked out OK, but I was worried about dropping it and that distracted me.
Recently I was running with a sweatshirt with a front pocket, and dropped the phone in there. That worked out pretty well, the headphone cord wasn’t a problem, and it felt secure. It was a slow jog, but that was a good solution for the short term, and the winter.
I’ll have to come up with something else for the summer.

Day 845

Still cold, but not that bad. However I didn't want to mess with snow, so I hit the treadmill. Felt good, a nice, long, 2.65mph run.

22:00
2.23mi

Day 844

Still cold, still below freezing, so a nice afternoon run on the treadmill. Pushed a bit, going 6.6 for most of it with a short 6.4 break and a 7.0mph finish. A good run for me.

26:00
 2.73mi