Happy Streakiversary to me! Four years ago today I started my current running streak. I had just read an article about this guy who had run every day for something ridiculous like 50 years and was intrigued by the idea. I’m a big believer in doing a little bit of exercise each day and the 1 mile…
Digits: July 2016
I had my last long run of this training cycle yesterday. It was 10 miles of Cheslen Hills followed by a 2 hour hike, where I added 7 more miles to my daily tally. I typically do my longest training run 3 weeks out from my goal race and then cut my long run way…
Walking It In: The Sequel!
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but I walked in yet another training run. Sequels are typically horrendous affairs (think Caddyshack II), however every now and again you stumble across a gem (Lethal Weapon 2, Back to the Future II). This weekend’s long run definitely goes into the latter category and not the…
Walking It In
I should have known it was going to be one of those runs. I was about 2 miles into my run on Saturday when a water bottle jumped out of my hydration pack and dropped to the ground. The lid popped off and about 3/4 of the water was emptied out before I could scoop…
Breakthrough
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…