Day 1239

A nice, hard run. Short with kids watching the puppy, but it felt good to move a bit.

16:00
1.65mi

Day 1238

Back to a late 2011 training run. Been taking it easy for a month, but now pushing a touch more.

Tired today, thinking to skip karate, so pushing harder here made sense. A set of 7.1mph intervals for most of the second 10 minutes.

20:00
2.12mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/90641624

Day 1237

Hard run. Tired after chores yesterday, some chores today. A rough run, slower, shorter.

16:00
1.58mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/90409602

Day 1236

A short one today, 1.6mi, with chores ahead. Then a long walk with Tia
1:33:00
5.75mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/90129174

Day 1235

A good, hard snowboarding day, then coming home to an easy run.

14:00
1.39mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/89930544

Day 1234

A 3mi walk with my wife, then an easy jog once we were home for me. I could feel the legs were tired after the walk.

54:00
4.38mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/89930914

Day 1233

A good, hard run today. Cruised along at 6.6 for most of the run, 6.7 for some to push. Felt great at the end.

22:00
2.32mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/89429220

Day 1232

shorter, slower run. A stressful day and out of time.

14:00
1.42mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/89272924

Day 1231

Slower one today. Feeling a bit peaked, especially in the legs after chores and walking with Tia. Took it easy.

16:00
1.56mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/88984108

Day 1230

Good run, after chores.

22:00
2.33mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/88784498

Day 1229

Mostly a walk with Tia, part of her training for a Breast Cancer walk this summer. I ran about 1.2-1.3mi and then walked with her.

1:40
4.41mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/88590666

Day 1228

Short one after skiing.

12:00
1.19

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/88590376

Day 1227

16:00
1.62mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/88186788

Day 1226

Quick, but short.

16:00
1.62mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/88186788

Day 1225

Tired again, legs aching slightly. Not pain, but worn out. I was going to stop early, but around 14:00, I felt good and cruised. Decided to stop at 20.

20:00
2.04mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/87736768

Day 1224

Shorter, slower run today. Tired after a day of chores, and karate tonight.

14:00
1.41mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/87503690

Day 1223

Tired, a long day, chores yesterday, baseball practice today. Cruised along, slower, and lower (1.0 incline) than I usually do and still struggled.

18:00
1.84mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/87292778

Day 1222

A nice easy run today, a little shorter, but a lack of sleep slowed me down. I felt OK, but worn out.

16:00
1.63mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/86978314

Day 1221

Another good run. Thought about making it short, but I felt great and cruised along.
20:00
2.13mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/86812006

Day 1220

Good strong run. Pushed and felt good, no aches and pains.

24:00
2.52mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/86644416

Day 1219

Shortest run in a long time, with a puppy asleep

12:00
1.18mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/86441400

Day 1218

A good one today, pushing myself to work hard.
24:00
2.56mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/86121450

The Next Challenge

I wasn't sure I'd still be running at this point, especially given how I felt around day 1000, but something happened. The back loosened up, I enjoyed baseball more, and I felt good. Even with regular aches and pains, I managed to keep up karate, albeit at a reduced pace after my black belt test in July.

And I'm still running, with only a couple days in the last 200 that I've struggled with. Some great group runs in the fall with friends while traveling, and a long one in Liverpool at 8:30 one night after I arrived. I got lost on that one, which was supposed to be a short 1.5mi run.

A friend just completed a marathon, and that has me a little inspired. My wife wants to run one, though I'm not sure she'll find the time to train in a busy life. I'm thinking that I'll get a 5K scheduled sometime here soon. I was thinking I'd run one with my wife, but the new puppy has delayed that. I'm hoping to do a 5k or 10k and see how I feel sometime this year.

Day 1217

A nice afternoon run, pushing a bit.

22:00
2.29mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/85927156

Day 1216

On puppy duty, I did a quick one with whining in the background spurring me on.

14:00
1.41mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/85694980

Day 1215

A slow one after skiing with the boysat 9,000 ft in Winter Park.

22:00
2.08mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/85694562

Day 1214

Nice, easy run. Held back again.

20:00
2.03mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/85180598

Day 1213

Still going a little slower and shorter since sleep is hard to come by.

16:00
1.6mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/84996576

Day 1212

A long day, not enough sleep, kids watching the puppy. A short one for me.
16:00
1.58mi
http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/84800890

Day 1211

A late start, and a jammed up schedule had a quick run today. However I felt good, so I pushed quickly, with lots of 7mph intervals and ended up with a nice run that pushed me a bit.

20:00
2.12mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/84572926

Day 1210

A better run, and I felt better today after being tired yesterday. Cruised along at a good pace. Did go up for 3-4 intervals at a higher speed, which felt good.

22:00
2.28mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/84392422

Day 1209

Starting the new year off with a shorter run.

16:00
1.62mi

http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/84195702