With the Great Aloha Run nearly upon us, I’m winding up my training and resting a bit before the big event. Today’s run was the first in awhile and was relatively slow and easy.
I have a longer run on Thursday night and a short quick one on Saturday. The big day is Monday!
I’m trying to get back on track. The past week was horrendously busy, the weather was poor, and my bike needed a new rear tire.
And after running that sub 10 minute mile paced 10K, I wasn’t really feeling myself yet.
Today, after an insanely early day (assisting with technical matters at a 7 am wedding), I [...]
I’m almost ready. I ran the best overall race of my life this past Sunday at the Johnny Faerber 10K, but I was struggling with the distance–or rather, going harder than I was used to for longer than I was used to.
But I did better than ever.
I have two weeks to get ready for the [...]
I’m hopeful for an injury free last couple of weeks of training. It’s been a tough few weeks with work, my part time jobs, and my family all presenting issues.
I’ve still been largely able to stay on track with my workouts.
I haven’t been able, however, to lose the weight I want or follow my [...]
Inspired and instructed by Racing Weight, I’ve been keeping relatively close track of my weight, speed, and body fat since late last year.
For instance, when I started keeping track of this, on December 26, 2010, I weighed 179.8 pounds with a body fat of 29.1% and ran three miles at a 10:59 pace.
On Sunday, the [...]
I’m tired, but pleased. I ran the best race of my life on Sunday, coming in at a pace almost two minutes per mile than the previous year, a pace more than half a minute faster than I was hoping for.
Success has been happening with all of my running events recently.
I am hoping that spills [...]
This 10K was a real test. I’ve been faster in the 5K and 8K leading up to it, but 5Ks and 8Ks aren’t really long enough in my opinion to tell me a lot about how fast I really am, since I can power through short distances. a 10K, however, is long enough to be [...]
I’m not at my best despite the numbers. I’m doing well running by all estimations but I don’t feel like I’m doing my best.
I’ve got more speed in me than I’ve ever had before, but my weight is still not down, my body fat isn’t either. I think my working out and watching my diet [...]
I’m frustrated, even though I’m running decently. This weekend was just about a total failure to get anything done, and two flats on Sunday was the last straw.
I was expecting the worst during today’s run, but for a five miler with some hills, things went pretty well. The last time I did a non-race five [...]
For the second year in a row, I took on this 8K early in the year, the second of three races in the Great Aloha Run Readiness Series. Having had a rocking 5K a couple of weeks ago I was hoping for a lot of the same.
And in large part, I had it.
Compared to last [...]