Sunday, January 18, 2009

Making Do On The Road

No suitcase, no change of clothes, stuck at an airport hotel with no toiletries, but I knew I needed to run this morning. I have a 4pm flight, will fly all night and there's no time to do much else. My flight was cancelled last night, so I was stuck in Chicago and they wouldn't release my bag.

I suppose I could have searched for toiletries at the airport and then jogged lightly around the airport, but I decided to hit the treadmill here in the hotel first thing. I stripped off my shirt, since I don't have another one right now, ran in my Merrills and jeans, taking a slow jog.

I got through it and immediately got back to my room and stripped everything off the minimize the sweat. I had time, so I washed the socks in the sink with soap to minimize the smell of flying all night. I only did it because I had a hair dryer in my room. So after washing, I stood there, blow drying my socks. They got mostly dry, so I went to breakfast, no socks, and then came back to do more blow drying.

Day 131

Not quite what I expected, first my flight is cancelled and then I'm in a hotel in Chicago instead of Cambridge, UK. Still I ran.

1.2mi

15:00min

0.0incline

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Day 130

Up and running before my flight to London. Not a long one since I still need to pack things.

1.36mi
15:00min
256cal

The sensor was slightly ahead of my today, so I still need to do some calibrating, but it's much closer. 1.38mi instead of my 1.36. Seems like the start and warm up are slow to match up with my pace.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Day 129

1.73mi
18:00min
325cal
1.5 incline

Lowered the incline and went a little longer, trying different speeds to test out the Nike+ sensor. Did a couple of pyramids up to 7.5mph.

After this calibrated the sensor with a .25mi walk and a .25mi run.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Day 128

Sore legs, so I lowered the incline slightly.

1.7 mi
17:00 min
300 cal
1.5 incline

This was my first run with new shoes and the Nike+ system. The iPod didn't seem to register the walking at the correct rate, but running seemed OK on the pace. It showed 1.47mi, 17min, 243cal at Nike Plus. I'll have to try some other treadmills and a track somewhere to see what might be mis-calibrated.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Day 127

A short one with karate tonight.

1.3mi
14:00min
254cal
2.0 incline

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Day 126

In and around podcasting for work, I got in a medium run. Felt good.

1.39mi
16:00min
271 cal
2.0 incline