Monday, January 31, 2011

Day 874

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

16:00
1.57mi

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

Sunday, January 30, 2011

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/

Saturday, January 29, 2011

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

Friday, January 28, 2011

Day 871

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

22:00
2.20mi

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

Thursday, January 27, 2011

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/

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Day 869

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

18:00
1.79mi

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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

Monday, January 24, 2011

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.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

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/

Saturday, January 22, 2011

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

Friday, January 21, 2011

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/

Thursday, January 20, 2011

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

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Day 861

Tired legs, went a little slower.

20:00
1.99mi

Monday, January 17, 2011

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

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Day 859

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

19:12
2.0

Saturday, January 15, 2011

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

Friday, January 14, 2011

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

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Day 856

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

18:00
1.82mi

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Day 855

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

20:00
2.04mi

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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

Monday, January 10, 2011

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

Sunday, January 9, 2011

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

Saturday, January 8, 2011

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

Friday, January 7, 2011

Day 850

Shorter today, a little cold and a little achey

15:45
1.55mi

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Day 849

A nice run today, pushing the limits a little.

16:00
1.63mi

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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

Monday, January 3, 2011

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.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

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

Saturday, January 1, 2011

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