No Sleep for a Swampy Long Run
I feel asleep around 1am last night and was tossing and turning by 3:30. I tried to go back to sleep, but I just couldn't. I gave up and jumped on my computer. After about 30 minutes, I learned how...
View ArticleToday's Goal: Just Be A Runner
Some days you go running to work on your speed by running fast. Some days you work on your endurance by running for a long time. Today's goal was to run just to be a runner. No distance in mind; no...
View ArticleMile Repeats or Should I Say Mile ReHeats
Started today's speedwork with 1.75 miles as a warmup and 4 x 100m striders. Felt great so far considering how hot it was. How hot? As someone mentioned today, "It feels like a hair dryer out...
View ArticleHow Bad Do You Want It?
I just ran 4 days in a row for the first time in a while. I plan on running tomorrow afternoon with my Five and Dime group, so that should be 5 days in a row.I ran an easy 5 miles today. Obviously,...
View Article5 Days in a Row
I figured my legs would hurt more after running 5 days with no rest. I don't remember the last time I ran 5 days in row, but it has been awhile. Maybe years. Maybe even dating back to high school...
View ArticleSigned up for the Watermelon 5k and a Doctor
Just over a week left till race day and I am signed up for the 20th Anniversary Watermelon 5K Run on July 4th. It's a fun race, because many people get dressed up for it. This will be my second time...
View ArticleWatermelon 5K at Mead Garden in Winter Park
I have now come to grips that the Fourth of July Watermelon 5K is jinxed for me. Last year, I had a bad experience. This morning didn't turn out too well, either.I got up early enough, but I don't...
View Article2 Runs Sunday Evening
I completely missed a long run this weekend, but I made up for it by having two short workout sessions this afternoon and then this evening.I ran the 2.5 miles very easy this afternoon around 5pm. I...
View ArticleWow, it was humid today!
So someone on Twitter posted what the humidity was and I asked him how he found it. He said that he used an Accuweather app for his iPhone. I don't have that (app or phone) and I forgot what he said...
View ArticleYoga Stretch for your Hips
I found a webpage from someone on Google+ that gives some yoga stretches as ways to release tight hips. The article tries to explain what the movements are, but unless you are already familiar with...
View ArticleHello, World!
If you are a programmer, you know what that means. I guess it's time to come back to the outside world.I haven't posted in over a year. Since then, I have had dental surgery that put me out of...
View ArticleLong Run?
Considering my recent track record, my 5.5 miles was a long run this evening. The weather is just becoming perfect for running and starting to become a little cool for swimming.Someone I work with has...
View ArticleCoolness in the Air Means It's Time to Get Running
The cool air has finally arrived in Florida and it is time to slow down on the swimming and transition into more running. On Monday, I ran 5.1 miles and immediately followed that up with 1000 yards of...
View ArticleCorporate 5k This Week
It's been awhile since posting, but it is that time of year again for the annual Corporate 5k in downtown Orlando. I have run a few times in the past 2 weeks with my longest run being 5 and a half...
View Article5 Easy Miles
It has rained for most of the last week and I needed to retrieve my bicycle from work. It is 1.85 miles, but I wanted my run to be a little longer. Taking that into consideration, I plotted a course...
View ArticleNo Time Like the Present
Well there's no time like the present. And it's not a play on words with Christmas either. I decided a few weeks ago that I couldn't wait for New Year's to come around and I need to start running and...
View ArticleMid summer Meltdown
Today's workout was a blast. It was around 90° in the afternoon at workout time and the humidity was probably about 2000%.We had to run 4 sets of 200, 200, 400 intervals with the same jog recovery....
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Run the Straightaways
My running group normally runs at a track owned by the local middle school. The rule is that if it is free for public use unless kids from the school are using it. Well today, it was being used by a...
View ArticleWell Spring
wellspringnounwell·spring\-ˌspriŋ\: something or someone that provides a large amount of something : a good source of somethingor more like.... well, spring.I went for a run on Monday, March 23. I...
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Starting over again
Starting over again. It's never easy to get back into any kind of rhythm. Heck, I guess I'm not even worried about a rhythm right now. I just need to get any kind of consistency whatsoever. Is that a...
View ArticleLesson about Running in the Summer
I usually sit on my bum throughout the workday. This morning, we had a few problems that needed to be resolved and they couldn't all be done at my desk. I had to get up and I walked around from place...
View ArticleAnother Lesson about Summer Running... Special Florida Edition
When you have every intention of running after a long day at work, it will rain. It's not my rule. It's a rule for Central Florida. It will rain.So how do you make up for it?a) treadmillb) run in...
View Article2017 Holiday Season Started and My Weight is a PR
I can't remember how many runs I've done this year. Not too many either way.I had a short run on a trip in October while in New York. Maria Hernandez Park in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It has a paved loop...
View Article2018 Running Year in Review (or lack of running)
This is a summary of 2018. I moved from Orlando to New York City in January. I did not run when I got here. There was too much to do including getting used to a new job.I ran a few times in the...
View Article2019 - Hoping for a Healthy Year
2018 didn't end well. I was plagued by a pulled calf muscle in the left leg. It started on November 19 running down a steep part of the Harlem Hills. I was slowing down and it felt like a simple...
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