Yesterday evening, I volunteered at Pacers’ Crystal Run 5k. I helped out with handing out bibs/chips before the race and then headed over to the finish line, planning to hand out waters to finishers. Well, in one of those cases of being in the right place at the right time, I got to be one…
Category: running
Maybe, just maybe
I think I may have found my legs again. My tempo run on Friday was more of a progressive run for the first five miles and then two easy miles, but it felt pretty good. It was darned cold out though. It “felt like” 10 degrees. I wore running tights and running pants and still…
It’s “just” 13 miles.
Today Beer Geek and I were discussing the Jack Daniels race that Missy mentioned on my last post. I was telling him about the race and mentioned it was a new race, so there were no reviews and I had no way of knowing how well it would be organized. He rolled his eyes and…
Just call me MacGyver
It’s cold and windy here this week, but today it finally warmed up to the high 20s, so I decided it was time to get back outside. I still haven’t gotten around to purchasing a warmer pair of running tights, so I’ve been wearing a pair of compression shorts under my old ones along with…
Round 1 done
Running and blogging have had to take a bit of a back seat this past week. I’ve been a little busy with other endeavors. Jones turned 8 today and I got to spend the better part of yesterday creating this masterpiece: In case you can’t tell, those are lightsabers from Star Wars. I’m neither a…
Not so wordless Wednesday: Jones
Two years ago, Jones started playing soccer. I bought his uniform HUGE, assuming he’d wear it for a few years and pass it down to Shoo. Even though he spent most of his first season running way behind the pack, he’s become quite the soccer player and the uniform has seen a lot of use….
Speaking of plans + POM review
My running week starts on Monday (mostly because I track my runs on Running Ahead and that’s when they start the week.) So, I made my plans for the week, knowing that Beer Geek would be out of town. My plan for the week: Monday – 3 miles on treadmill after kids go to bed…
Takin’ what you can get
Jones doesn’t have camp this week. Shoo only has camp Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Beer Geek is working like a madman so that we can go out of town Friday morning. This leaves me trying to pack, straighten up the house, and try to run a few miles, while also entertaining the kids. Yesterday we…
7:27 mile and an interesting discovery
I like to do speedwork on Saturday mornings. Instead of repeats or intervals, today I decided to see if I could run a mile at the pace Mcmillan calculated as my one mile speed based on my last 5K. According to the calculator, I should be able to do a 7:26 mile (interestingly, my suggested…
10 miles of hell and the next marathon
OK, maybe it was just purgatory. Last night I hit the treadmill at 8:30pm for a 10 mile run. I watched “27 Dresses” while I ran. I purposely ran it slow so I could actually watch the movie, so I ended up averaging a 10:30 pace. After I got done, I could not settle down….
I’m back!!
I ran an awesome 5 miles today. I planned to do 5 miles at a 9 minute pace, but with a catch. I wanted to fartlek. I set my garmin to the average pace setting and did a nice 9 minute mile warm up. For miles 2-4, my goal was to keep my average at…
Two races per month
This month will be the third month in a row that I’ve run two races. As much as I love racing, I don’t usually race more than once a month because our weekends are usually packed with kid stuff. In April, I decided fairly last minute to run a 10 miler, in addition to my…