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Joe
Monday, November 9, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Monday Weigh In...Final
221.8
I am pretty happy with that. It puts me at 8 lbs. for the month, 1 lb over my goal of 7. It is now an 'off' week...then I am going to go 1 more month...
We had some great runs over last week. I put in a total of 28.3 miles, which I believe is the most I have run in a week. Some Highlights that I will talk about later...
- Adventure run through Cool Springs during lunchtime on Wednesday
- Ran a full 4 miles (no intervals) on Thursday night
- 14 miler through downtown Franklin (un-official Half PR 2:43)
I am pretty happy with that. It puts me at 8 lbs. for the month, 1 lb over my goal of 7. It is now an 'off' week...then I am going to go 1 more month...
We had some great runs over last week. I put in a total of 28.3 miles, which I believe is the most I have run in a week. Some Highlights that I will talk about later...
- Adventure run through Cool Springs during lunchtime on Wednesday
- Ran a full 4 miles (no intervals) on Thursday night
- 14 miler through downtown Franklin (un-official Half PR 2:43)
Friday, October 16, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday Night Run - New Directions
Tonight's run sucked for me. It was a reminder that not every run is "blogworthy" and it really is nothing to fret about. See Gordon's podcast about the "longue duree" of running.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=60401947&id=294013320
Not sure if the link will work, but if not, it is episode 31...you can look up "Run to Disney" through iTunes or go straight to Gordon's website. What we have done over the past year is pretty awesome and 25 minutes of a run on a Tuesday night is not going to ruin anything.
The issue today was that I did not eat enough lunch. After 2 miles of a 4 miler, I started to feel pretty queasy. It was a long 2 miles back home, but it goes to show that you need to make sure your body has the fuel it needs to get through those training runs. I have done a pretty good job balancing my diet with my runs, but due to some forgotten lunch items today, I paid for it. So be it, tomorrow is another day and another run.
So, Mom and I are going to start getting serious about our blogging, how serious?
This serious.
In the very near future, I am going to be pulling the blog from blogspot and moving over to wordpress, getting a real domain and Mom and I are going to be blogging several times a week about our runs, our travels over the next year and telling our story from the beginning. You see, we think we are pretty interesting. The 3 of you that read this now already know that, but we want other people to find us interesting too. So, what does that mean to you? Nothing really, but you could help us name the new blog if you want...Ryan suggested "The Runs", which is not that bad because we do talk about poop a lot. If you have any ideas, let us know and look for the changes pretty soon. I want to have the new blog up by the time my "Month of Stupidity" starts.
Month of Stupidity - Joe decides that 2 half marathons in a 3 week period are not enough and plunks another one right in the middle...
Nashville Half - 11/14
Atlanta Half - 11/26
Las Vegas Half 12/6
So, by early December, we should have lots of good stories and pictures to share.
KOKO
Joe
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=60401947&id=294013320
Not sure if the link will work, but if not, it is episode 31...you can look up "Run to Disney" through iTunes or go straight to Gordon's website. What we have done over the past year is pretty awesome and 25 minutes of a run on a Tuesday night is not going to ruin anything.
The issue today was that I did not eat enough lunch. After 2 miles of a 4 miler, I started to feel pretty queasy. It was a long 2 miles back home, but it goes to show that you need to make sure your body has the fuel it needs to get through those training runs. I have done a pretty good job balancing my diet with my runs, but due to some forgotten lunch items today, I paid for it. So be it, tomorrow is another day and another run.
So, Mom and I are going to start getting serious about our blogging, how serious?
This serious.
In the very near future, I am going to be pulling the blog from blogspot and moving over to wordpress, getting a real domain and Mom and I are going to be blogging several times a week about our runs, our travels over the next year and telling our story from the beginning. You see, we think we are pretty interesting. The 3 of you that read this now already know that, but we want other people to find us interesting too. So, what does that mean to you? Nothing really, but you could help us name the new blog if you want...Ryan suggested "The Runs", which is not that bad because we do talk about poop a lot. If you have any ideas, let us know and look for the changes pretty soon. I want to have the new blog up by the time my "Month of Stupidity" starts.
Month of Stupidity - Joe decides that 2 half marathons in a 3 week period are not enough and plunks another one right in the middle...
Nashville Half - 11/14
Atlanta Half - 11/26
Las Vegas Half 12/6
So, by early December, we should have lots of good stories and pictures to share.
KOKO
Joe
No Boundaries and the Race for the Cure
So, for the past few months I have been doing a Tuesday night "couch to 5k" run with a group of folks through Fleet Feet. The idea is that they take a group of people, all flavors of runners, from people who have never run before to people like us who run frequently, but want to get a little more out of their run and train them for a specific 5k run. My goal was to make an attempt to run a whole 5k (no intervals). The program was 10 weeks of training that ended with the Race for the Cure. Mom did a similar training in the Spring time for Elie's Run and she got a lot out of it, so Mom and I decided to do this one together. All in all, it was a great experience. We met lots of new people, some of whom we are already planning on running with again, and I feel we really took our running to the next level. The training consisted of starting with a really low interval (I think it was 2:2) and eventually build up to a 4:1 or wherever you could go...I have found myself skipping intervals on my training and recreational runs lately, so I decided that I was going to do my best to run the whole thing without sacrificing time.
Race for the Cure was held in Brentwood this year, a nice change to the madness that was downtown Nashville last year. They set up the Race Village just off one of the main streets in 'downtown' Brentwood. The course was a quick loop through the business parks. It was mostly flat with one hill at the end that we were already accustomed to because we ran it a few weeks ago as a party of our Saturday marathon training. Claire, Mom, Gordon, and myself arrived early so that I could get my chip. Mom decided that she wanted to walk with Claire and Gordon, so she went with them to get breakfast while I went to scope out the village. We took a few pics before we split up.
Mom, Claire, and Myself
After a brisk jog up a hill to get my blood moving, I followed the music to the Race Village. As of that point, there was not a ton of people there...some of the vendors were still putting their booths together. I did not take any pictures of the village, however I did take some of the Start and Finish lines...
Anyhow, I got my bib and chip and ran into Courtney, another one of the No Boundaries runners. We walked through the Village and I attached my tag to my shoe (or did I), apparently I did not do too good of a job because when we found the Fleet Feet tent, I looked down and my DTAG was gone. No worries, I always have my watch. We hung out at the tent until Claire, Mom, and Gordon showed up. At about 15 minutes until gun, we did some warming up a quick jog up and down the street and then into the chute we go.
Claire took this of me while we were waiting...
After what seemed like forever, they started us. They started the timed runners first (us, what???) and then they were going to wait a bit until they released everyone else to give us a little breathing room on the course. The first mile was easy, almost too easy. I looked at my watch and turned to Courtney and asked her "Have you ever run a 10 minute mile before?"...she responded with a "No", I then got to tell her, "Yeah, you have"...I showed her the watch which read 10:12 just after mile 1. We just couldn't slow the pace down. Which in a longer race could hurt us, but since this was just 3 miles, we went with it. At around 1.5 we decided to take a 30 second recovery, then we went right back at it. Our pace bounced between 10 and 11 minute miles. At Mile 2, we were around 21:45, still not too shabby. A super fast 3rd mile would put us under 30... that would have been incredible, but there was that dumb hill. Really the only hill on the course, we walked it... we were so far ahead of our PR's that it was fine. We crested the hill and Courtney told me to go ahead... I felt bad about it, because I am accustomed to running with Mom and we generally do not leave each other behind, but I went ahead...I ran a sub 10 minute pace for the last half mile. Even dipped under 8 for a spell. I finished strong at 33:55, which is a 10:37 pace. I am very happy with this for several reasons.
1. It is a PR, yeah yeah, the last time I ran a 5k was last December and I thought I was going to die afterwards, but a PR is a PR. You can quote me on that.
2. We could have ran the whole thing. No doubt in my mind. I felt fast and I mean cheetah fast.
3. I saw the front of the pack. But not from the sidelines...like, when we finished our first half mile, we still could see ahead where there was no one racing. The person who most likely came in first was still in view...
4. I am going to predict that in the next year, I will run a sub 30 minute 5k...
As long as I have my magic Clark Howard headband, I can do anything. I guess I should wash that thing at some point.
Race for the Cure was held in Brentwood this year, a nice change to the madness that was downtown Nashville last year. They set up the Race Village just off one of the main streets in 'downtown' Brentwood. The course was a quick loop through the business parks. It was mostly flat with one hill at the end that we were already accustomed to because we ran it a few weeks ago as a party of our Saturday marathon training. Claire, Mom, Gordon, and myself arrived early so that I could get my chip. Mom decided that she wanted to walk with Claire and Gordon, so she went with them to get breakfast while I went to scope out the village. We took a few pics before we split up.
Mom, Claire, and Myself
After a brisk jog up a hill to get my blood moving, I followed the music to the Race Village. As of that point, there was not a ton of people there...some of the vendors were still putting their booths together. I did not take any pictures of the village, however I did take some of the Start and Finish lines...
Anyhow, I got my bib and chip and ran into Courtney, another one of the No Boundaries runners. We walked through the Village and I attached my tag to my shoe (or did I), apparently I did not do too good of a job because when we found the Fleet Feet tent, I looked down and my DTAG was gone. No worries, I always have my watch. We hung out at the tent until Claire, Mom, and Gordon showed up. At about 15 minutes until gun, we did some warming up a quick jog up and down the street and then into the chute we go.
Claire took this of me while we were waiting...
After what seemed like forever, they started us. They started the timed runners first (us, what???) and then they were going to wait a bit until they released everyone else to give us a little breathing room on the course. The first mile was easy, almost too easy. I looked at my watch and turned to Courtney and asked her "Have you ever run a 10 minute mile before?"...she responded with a "No", I then got to tell her, "Yeah, you have"...I showed her the watch which read 10:12 just after mile 1. We just couldn't slow the pace down. Which in a longer race could hurt us, but since this was just 3 miles, we went with it. At around 1.5 we decided to take a 30 second recovery, then we went right back at it. Our pace bounced between 10 and 11 minute miles. At Mile 2, we were around 21:45, still not too shabby. A super fast 3rd mile would put us under 30... that would have been incredible, but there was that dumb hill. Really the only hill on the course, we walked it... we were so far ahead of our PR's that it was fine. We crested the hill and Courtney told me to go ahead... I felt bad about it, because I am accustomed to running with Mom and we generally do not leave each other behind, but I went ahead...I ran a sub 10 minute pace for the last half mile. Even dipped under 8 for a spell. I finished strong at 33:55, which is a 10:37 pace. I am very happy with this for several reasons.
1. It is a PR, yeah yeah, the last time I ran a 5k was last December and I thought I was going to die afterwards, but a PR is a PR. You can quote me on that.
2. We could have ran the whole thing. No doubt in my mind. I felt fast and I mean cheetah fast.
3. I saw the front of the pack. But not from the sidelines...like, when we finished our first half mile, we still could see ahead where there was no one racing. The person who most likely came in first was still in view...
4. I am going to predict that in the next year, I will run a sub 30 minute 5k...
As long as I have my magic Clark Howard headband, I can do anything. I guess I should wash that thing at some point.
Monday Weigh In
224.6...Not bad, I am officially under my goal for the month with a week to go. So, anything lost this week is 'free' weight.
I have not blogged in a week, but I plan to have something up tonight in reference to several good runs this week including a 33:55 finish at the Race for the Cure on Saturday. I will also float a rumor that the blog may be moving.
I have not blogged in a week, but I plan to have something up tonight in reference to several good runs this week including a 33:55 finish at the Race for the Cure on Saturday. I will also float a rumor that the blog may be moving.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Week 2 Weigh In
So, after 2 weeks, I weighed in this morning at 226.8. I was a little dissapointed about it because I previously weighted in at 224.4 last Thursday, BUT it is OK. I am continuing to lose weight and I knew it would slow down at some point...
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Achievement Unlocked
When I am playing my xbox, that phrase is one that I look forward to seeing the most. For those not "in the know", each Xbox 360 game comes equipped with at least 1000 points of 'achievements'. Each achievement is weighted based upon how difficult the achievement is. The sum of all of your achievements make up your gamerscore.
Anyhow, I had the idea this morning that I should set up achievements for my training. If I already had them set up, this morning I would have opened up several of them. I decided that I would run to Publix prior to church to get the newspaper. The run to Publix is about 4.2 miles roundtrip, so it was not as long as I wanted to run this morning, but I did not want to be rushed. The run out to Publix was OK. I found the 3:2 intervals to be a little easy this morning, so I skipped my extra minute of rest to run. After purchasing my paper and also finding out that I did not win the powerball last night, I turned around and made my way back. After a brief stop crossing over Main Street, I started back running...I noticed that I was running at about an 11:30 pace, which is normally pretty fast, but I was not getting winded. I pushed it a bit and got myself in to the 10:15-10:30 range and was very comfortable there. So comfortable, I did not stop. Long story short, I ran the last 2.1 miles straight, with no rest periods. This was the longest distance I have run non stop since I started running earlier in the year.
Achievements Unlocked today
Maintained 10:xx pace for 2 miles
Ran 1 mile, no stops
Ran 2 miles, no stops
Not sure about the point values, but nonetheless, very strong run this morning...
Anyhow, I had the idea this morning that I should set up achievements for my training. If I already had them set up, this morning I would have opened up several of them. I decided that I would run to Publix prior to church to get the newspaper. The run to Publix is about 4.2 miles roundtrip, so it was not as long as I wanted to run this morning, but I did not want to be rushed. The run out to Publix was OK. I found the 3:2 intervals to be a little easy this morning, so I skipped my extra minute of rest to run. After purchasing my paper and also finding out that I did not win the powerball last night, I turned around and made my way back. After a brief stop crossing over Main Street, I started back running...I noticed that I was running at about an 11:30 pace, which is normally pretty fast, but I was not getting winded. I pushed it a bit and got myself in to the 10:15-10:30 range and was very comfortable there. So comfortable, I did not stop. Long story short, I ran the last 2.1 miles straight, with no rest periods. This was the longest distance I have run non stop since I started running earlier in the year.
Achievements Unlocked today
Maintained 10:xx pace for 2 miles
Ran 1 mile, no stops
Ran 2 miles, no stops
Not sure about the point values, but nonetheless, very strong run this morning...
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Walt Disney Parks Blog
Disney Parks started actively blogging earlier in the week, they posted this today and it is pretty freaking cool. Check it out.
Their blog is here and worth following:
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/
Their blog is here and worth following:
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/
Monday, September 28, 2009
Week 1 Results
I weighed in at 229.8 this morning...I figured that this is going to be a plateau period for me...I am still happy I lost weight...Goal is 225...
Friday, September 25, 2009
Been a great week of running...
So, I have officially scaled back to 3 days of running a week and it seems to be working out really well. Come Saturday, when the long runs happen, I am not overly tired and ready to rock out 12+ miles every week.
So, Tuesday night was my normal "No Boundaries" run with the Fleet Feet crew. We have been working our intervals up every week with the hope of being able to run a high interval at the Race for the Cure here in a few weeks. Currently we are running 4:1's which I can handle on the shorter miles...currently we are running for 60 minutes...the other night, we made it 4.5 miles. We have 2 more nights of this particular workout before the race, so I think we should be around 5.5 before we are done...
Thursday night I was thinking of running with a local group here in Spring Hill, my schedule did not really work out to meet them at 6 at the Hacienda, but I will make it work for next week. This week I decided to just run a quick 3, an out and back from the house, so that I could get back and have dinner ready for when Karen and Bella got back from their girl scouts/swimming lessons/karen's class...it all worked out. I had a great run and only had to cook partially in the rain.
We run 12 tomorrow...a 'recovery' run...I will let you know how it goes!
So, Tuesday night was my normal "No Boundaries" run with the Fleet Feet crew. We have been working our intervals up every week with the hope of being able to run a high interval at the Race for the Cure here in a few weeks. Currently we are running 4:1's which I can handle on the shorter miles...currently we are running for 60 minutes...the other night, we made it 4.5 miles. We have 2 more nights of this particular workout before the race, so I think we should be around 5.5 before we are done...
Thursday night I was thinking of running with a local group here in Spring Hill, my schedule did not really work out to meet them at 6 at the Hacienda, but I will make it work for next week. This week I decided to just run a quick 3, an out and back from the house, so that I could get back and have dinner ready for when Karen and Bella got back from their girl scouts/swimming lessons/karen's class...it all worked out. I had a great run and only had to cook partially in the rain.
We run 12 tomorrow...a 'recovery' run...I will let you know how it goes!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Quick Update and Day One Weigh In
Some information from over the weekend:
1. We ran 14.5 miles on Saturday...it was an awesome run...
2. Sunday is swim day...got my 500 meters in...I am really starting to enjoy this workout...
Also, today officially starts the game again...Todays weigh-in: 231.6. I am looking to lose about another 5-7 lbs during this round...
Will keep you posted.
1. We ran 14.5 miles on Saturday...it was an awesome run...
2. Sunday is swim day...got my 500 meters in...I am really starting to enjoy this workout...
Also, today officially starts the game again...Todays weigh-in: 231.6. I am looking to lose about another 5-7 lbs during this round...
Will keep you posted.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
What a great week....
1. It is an off week on the diet...I mean, the diet has been pretty easy, but it is always cool to be able to eat an extra grape or have a little snack other than the healthy stuff here and there.
2. Marathon Training Started!!!! We did our first 12 miles on Saturday! It was tough, but we made it through! We did 2 times around the "loop" in downtown Brentwood. It was hilly at times, but nothing we were not prepared for. Now, what I was not prepared for is the stomach issues that I started having around mile 10...I need to go back to peanut butter and jellies on long run days. Something that I know that I can digest and not have to poop out while I am out on the course...
3. I did my first "double dip" workout on Tuesday night. Our Marathon training calls for a long run on Saturday and then 2 'shorter' runs during the week. Most weeks I will be doing between 5 - 8 miles on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Since I already do my No Boundaries training (5k training for the Race for the Cure), I decided I would get there an hour early and then run 3-4 before my 3-4 that we do with the NOBO group. Both runs went well...the first one was HR while the second one was straight time intervals with the rest of the group. This week was 3.5:1, I ran strong and finished even stronger...
4. The best news of the week? Well, Karen and I are not running alone in Las Vegas in December! My Brother Ryan, who just started running relatively recently decided to take the plunge and run the half with us...Not only that! Mom is making the trip too! It should be TONZ of fun...
2. Marathon Training Started!!!! We did our first 12 miles on Saturday! It was tough, but we made it through! We did 2 times around the "loop" in downtown Brentwood. It was hilly at times, but nothing we were not prepared for. Now, what I was not prepared for is the stomach issues that I started having around mile 10...I need to go back to peanut butter and jellies on long run days. Something that I know that I can digest and not have to poop out while I am out on the course...
3. I did my first "double dip" workout on Tuesday night. Our Marathon training calls for a long run on Saturday and then 2 'shorter' runs during the week. Most weeks I will be doing between 5 - 8 miles on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Since I already do my No Boundaries training (5k training for the Race for the Cure), I decided I would get there an hour early and then run 3-4 before my 3-4 that we do with the NOBO group. Both runs went well...the first one was HR while the second one was straight time intervals with the rest of the group. This week was 3.5:1, I ran strong and finished even stronger...
4. The best news of the week? Well, Karen and I are not running alone in Las Vegas in December! My Brother Ryan, who just started running relatively recently decided to take the plunge and run the half with us...Not only that! Mom is making the trip too! It should be TONZ of fun...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
"Final" Weigh In
234.2
So, during this last month, I lost 13.8 pounds...I lost 2 inches around my waist and went from an xxl shirt to an xl...good progress so far...
So, during this last month, I lost 13.8 pounds...I lost 2 inches around my waist and went from an xxl shirt to an xl...good progress so far...
Friday, September 11, 2009
Marathon Training Eve
So, we "officially" start marathon training in the morning with a 12.05 mile run from the Fleet Feet store in Brentwood. I am a little nervous, but also very excited. There are no major expectations for the full marathon except to have fun...since it will be at Disney. The good news is that I will be putting in the miles to be totally ready for the Vegas run in December...
After tomorrows run, we will see how many training runs I will be doing during the week. It is definitely going to be at least 2, but no more than 3...we will see.
More info tomorrow...
After tomorrows run, we will see how many training runs I will be doing during the week. It is definitely going to be at least 2, but no more than 3...we will see.
More info tomorrow...
Monday, September 7, 2009
Franklin Classic
It was an early start for me, I woke up around 5:45 this morning to go through my normal morning routine. Had to have breakfast, had to take a quick shower to wake myself up. Had about 2 sips of coffee...then by 6:30 I was on my way in to downtown Franklin for the race. The 5k started at 7:00 AM while the 10k started at 7:30 AM, I had plenty of time. I found a nice spot on top of the parking deck and made my way down to the square to see what it was like. There was a ton of folks, at the time, mostly 5k-ers trying to get their chips on their shoes and get down to the starting line...
I walked around for a bit, took a few pictures...here is the end of the 5k-ers starting.
I also walked down to the finish line and took a few pictures there...
After that, I had to take a picture of the Fleet Feet tent...I seriously love these people...they are totally supportive and really care about what we do. Of course, they were mostly overly concerned where Mom was (LA, visiting Ryan)...
Anyway, I put my camera away and spent about 20 minutes stretching out...ate a banana...then went over to my corral...10 minutes and above. I can handle that. I started out kind of shaky...not sure why, but I gather it was nerves. This was the first time I had raced without Mom or Karen. Once I got in my rhythm, I was good to go. The first 2 miles were fairly flat and the weather was awesome...had to be just below 70...I zoomed through the first few miles at about a 12 minute pace. For some reason, I thought I could keep that up for the whole thing...which was wrong because just after mile 2, the hills started. Nothing terrible, just not flat...the rolling hills went from about mile 2 - 4.5...I adjusted well and ran most of it...
I did not pay too much attention to intervals, I set my watch for 4:2, but probably only run/walked 3 full intervals...instead of the run/walk for 4:2, I was more around a 5:1 or 5.5:.5...by the time I hit mile 5, I realized I had not broken an hour yet. It was around 58 minutes...I was on a walk break at the time, well not anymore. At that point, I had 24 minutes to run 1 mile to get my PR. This was exactly what I wanted...and I still had enough energy in the tank to really get rolling in the final sprint. I made it down to Main Street and from about 5.7, I could see the finish line. For the last half mile, I put everything I had out there...running at an 8 minute mile pace, dipping into 7 minute range (which I have never done, I do not think)...I finished strong at 1:10:19...my PR by 12 minuted. Another good race. Of course, I still think it is the headband...
I got it at the Peachtree, where this pic was taken...I wore it for 2 races after that one and PR'ed at both...We will see what happens at the Race for the Cure next month...
I walked around for a bit, took a few pictures...here is the end of the 5k-ers starting.
I also walked down to the finish line and took a few pictures there...
After that, I had to take a picture of the Fleet Feet tent...I seriously love these people...they are totally supportive and really care about what we do. Of course, they were mostly overly concerned where Mom was (LA, visiting Ryan)...
Anyway, I put my camera away and spent about 20 minutes stretching out...ate a banana...then went over to my corral...10 minutes and above. I can handle that. I started out kind of shaky...not sure why, but I gather it was nerves. This was the first time I had raced without Mom or Karen. Once I got in my rhythm, I was good to go. The first 2 miles were fairly flat and the weather was awesome...had to be just below 70...I zoomed through the first few miles at about a 12 minute pace. For some reason, I thought I could keep that up for the whole thing...which was wrong because just after mile 2, the hills started. Nothing terrible, just not flat...the rolling hills went from about mile 2 - 4.5...I adjusted well and ran most of it...
I did not pay too much attention to intervals, I set my watch for 4:2, but probably only run/walked 3 full intervals...instead of the run/walk for 4:2, I was more around a 5:1 or 5.5:.5...by the time I hit mile 5, I realized I had not broken an hour yet. It was around 58 minutes...I was on a walk break at the time, well not anymore. At that point, I had 24 minutes to run 1 mile to get my PR. This was exactly what I wanted...and I still had enough energy in the tank to really get rolling in the final sprint. I made it down to Main Street and from about 5.7, I could see the finish line. For the last half mile, I put everything I had out there...running at an 8 minute mile pace, dipping into 7 minute range (which I have never done, I do not think)...I finished strong at 1:10:19...my PR by 12 minuted. Another good race. Of course, I still think it is the headband...
I got it at the Peachtree, where this pic was taken...I wore it for 2 races after that one and PR'ed at both...We will see what happens at the Race for the Cure next month...
Weigh In...Last week of the diet...238.0
This morning, I weighed in at 238.0...which is great...my goal was 235 for the 4 week period, so I am getting pretty close. We have to power through this week, then we have a "week off"...Now, what I plan on doing is eating as I have been during the day, but at night, if I feel like have mashed potatoes or mac n cheese, I will do it. After the week is up, we make the next push to lost about 10 more pounds. I would LOVE to be around 220 - 225 by the time we are running in Las Vegas...
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Franklin Classic 10k Pre-show
So, I signed up for the 10k yesterday and immediately felt that it was a mistake. Do I really need to run this? It's only a 10k.
Well, that passed, I am back into competition mode. 1 Hour 22 minutes is the time to beat. I think I can do it. The debate right now is should I run heart rate OR 4:2 intervals? I think with 4:2 intervals I should be able to beat the time pretty easily...heart rate, not sure...
I have my bib pinned to my shirt, clothes out, ready to rock...I decided to wear my Fleet Feet colors since they are a major sponsor of the race...
The review will come tomorrow, I will be carrying my camera, so I will try to take some good pictures...
Also, this week is the "last week" of the game diet...so far, great results. I am going to make a big push this week to finish under 235. We will take one week off, then go on another 1 month push before the holidays and the winter races. My goal is to be sub 225 before the Las Vegas race on December 6.
Well, that passed, I am back into competition mode. 1 Hour 22 minutes is the time to beat. I think I can do it. The debate right now is should I run heart rate OR 4:2 intervals? I think with 4:2 intervals I should be able to beat the time pretty easily...heart rate, not sure...
I have my bib pinned to my shirt, clothes out, ready to rock...I decided to wear my Fleet Feet colors since they are a major sponsor of the race...
The review will come tomorrow, I will be carrying my camera, so I will try to take some good pictures...
Also, this week is the "last week" of the game diet...so far, great results. I am going to make a big push this week to finish under 235. We will take one week off, then go on another 1 month push before the holidays and the winter races. My goal is to be sub 225 before the Las Vegas race on December 6.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Great Runs this Week...
So, after Monday's great lunchtime run, my next scheduled run was Tuesday night for my normal "No Boundaries" run. It is a timed run, 50 minutes, with a 5 minute run at the beginning and 5 minutes at the end of just walking. The trick is they change the time intervals every week, so you progressively are running further every time you go out. Mom and I are still working on our heart rate training, so we have been ignoring the intervals. I find my heart rate spikes a lot more on NOBO nights. I think it is because I have to go a lot slower than most of them and it irritates me because I know I am just as fast if not faster than 75 % of the people out there. My endurance is better too. Anyhow, I stuck with it Tuesday night until about mile 3.3...then I ran at a pretty fast pace for me (Sub 11 minute miles) for the rest of the run until. Finished about 4 miles in 56 minutes. Not too shabby.
Thursday, I decided to run at the greenway across from the office. I LOVE the River Park at Concord, but it does take 15 minutes to get there. When I run during lunch, that pretty much holds me to 5k. I walked from the office until I was close to the greenway, about 3-4 minutes, then started running 3:2's...I figured I would knock out 3ish miles and be done. Well, it turns out that the greenway is small, but it is a nice little loop with a half mile out and back across the street from it. I ran the loop twice and the out and back twice and found that with the walk to and from the greenway, it put me around 4.4 miles...I ran a little extra and broke 5 miles in just over an hour. Very Nice...great route. Will probably use it for my lunchtime runs from here out...
That leaves us until this morning...I had planned to do 5 or 6...but Bella had a sleepover last night and the children were not very agreeable as far as when they needed to go to bed. LSS, it was about 2:00 AM before we got to sleep...I got out on the road around 7:30ish...ran a quick 5k, then came back. Karen was not up yet, but she was going to be soon and I did not want her to be alone for too long. Like I said, it was a long night. I do not foreshadow any Bella sleepovers any time soon. Karen said, at least until next summer...
I got SOME miles in and that is what counts. I am going to the Y today to sign up for the Franklin 10K, that should be fun...then the our big fall training push starts next weekend. Starting with 12 miles from the Fleet Feet Store. We are technically training for the Disney Full Marathon, although we are going to be running the Las Vegas Half before then...when we run Disney, we are running to finish, to enjoy the atmosphere...times do not matter...well, they do not right now. We will see what happens once the winter comes along...
Will blog again Monday afternoon to let you know what happens at the race...
Thursday, I decided to run at the greenway across from the office. I LOVE the River Park at Concord, but it does take 15 minutes to get there. When I run during lunch, that pretty much holds me to 5k. I walked from the office until I was close to the greenway, about 3-4 minutes, then started running 3:2's...I figured I would knock out 3ish miles and be done. Well, it turns out that the greenway is small, but it is a nice little loop with a half mile out and back across the street from it. I ran the loop twice and the out and back twice and found that with the walk to and from the greenway, it put me around 4.4 miles...I ran a little extra and broke 5 miles in just over an hour. Very Nice...great route. Will probably use it for my lunchtime runs from here out...
That leaves us until this morning...I had planned to do 5 or 6...but Bella had a sleepover last night and the children were not very agreeable as far as when they needed to go to bed. LSS, it was about 2:00 AM before we got to sleep...I got out on the road around 7:30ish...ran a quick 5k, then came back. Karen was not up yet, but she was going to be soon and I did not want her to be alone for too long. Like I said, it was a long night. I do not foreshadow any Bella sleepovers any time soon. Karen said, at least until next summer...
I got SOME miles in and that is what counts. I am going to the Y today to sign up for the Franklin 10K, that should be fun...then the our big fall training push starts next weekend. Starting with 12 miles from the Fleet Feet Store. We are technically training for the Disney Full Marathon, although we are going to be running the Las Vegas Half before then...when we run Disney, we are running to finish, to enjoy the atmosphere...times do not matter...well, they do not right now. We will see what happens once the winter comes along...
Will blog again Monday afternoon to let you know what happens at the race...
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