I have finally had a breakthrough in my running fitness. I’ve been stuck at the same level for the past year and I just started assuming that I was never going to get better. I’m no spring chicken so at some point age is going to offset whatever training that I’m doing. I figured fitness maintenance…
Digits: June 2016
I ended the month on a fast note with my running. My last run on the 30th was a five mile jaunt on my normal trail route. I typically run this at an 8.5-9 minute pace, but for whatever reason I was flying on Thursday. I’ve done this run almost 200 times over the past…
Cheslen Hills
I went over to Cheslen Preserve yesterday for what has become my bread and butter long run workout. This one went much better than the last time I was over there. The nature preserve has about 15 miles of trails through meadows and woods. It has a nice variety of trails from single to double…
Digits: 6/18/16 MAF Test
Here are the results from yesterday’s MAF test: Time Pace HR Overall 49.8 10.0 140 Mile 1 Mile 2 Mile 3 Mile 4 Mile 5 Pace 10:04 09:54 09:53 09:43 09:38 HR 140 140 139 140 140 I finally broke 50 minutes! I was able to set a 12 second PR yesterday, which…
Trail Blazer 5 Mile Race Report
Hi, my name is Brian. OK, that’s not really my name, but that’s the name I raced under yesterday. I know bib swapping is a huge issue for marathons where people get faster runners to use their bibs so they can get qualifying times for certain marque races (i.e. Boston Marathon), but that’s not what…
Not The Run I Had Planned
They stole my water. They stole my water! I couldn’t believe it. I had an extra bottle of water by the side of the trail for the last hour of my run, but now it was gone. I had passed these 3 teenagers and I’m sure they’re the ones that had taken it. My first…
The Secret of My Success
Does anyone else love a good Michael J Fox movie? Here’s a down to earth Midwest boy (hey, I know someone like that) who moves to New York City (I did that, too!) and becomes the CEO of a big corporation (um, no). Well, 2 out of 3 ain’t too shabby. And I bet I…
Digits: May 2016
I never did get around to posting my April digits so you can see those below. I spent the first couple days of the month catching up on the sleep I missed running the C&O Canal 100. The next several days were spent getting my race report done to please my demanding followers (Craig, I’m…
Be Very, Very Afraid
I’m still about 3 months out from Eastern States 100, but I’m already more than a little afraid of what the race has in store for me. You see, this is quite possibly the hardest 100 miler on the east coast and one of the more difficult ones anywhere. Last year only about 40% of…
Back In The Saddle
I’m considering today day 1 of my next training cycle. It’s not that I haven’t been running since C&O Canal. I’ve been out every day since the race finished, however I haven’t been training. I haven’t even been maintaining. The past 3+ weeks have been all about recovery. While I’ve been running consistently, it’s been rather modest…