Distance: 4.67 miles
Duration: 52:17
Avg Pace: 11:10 min/mile
Route: MapMyRun
Well, for not having run for almost a week, I'd say that's pretty good. It felt good running today - I just don't know how I'm going to make it to a full 7.49 miles on Sunday in San Francisco (for Bay to Breakers). I am hoping adrenaline and Neil/Joey will carry me!!
Today's weather was perfect, too. Not too hot, not too cold, not too muggy, just enough sun. Midway through my run, I was certain I was going SO SLOW. Turns out, I wasn't going that slow! There are a couple of tough little hills and I struggled up them, but tried my best to keep up a pace.
During my run, I thought about how I'd love to hear about everyone else's favorite places to run - races to run - friends to run with. I'd like to have some guest bloggers! Tell me your story! Email me: erraticdawn (at) gmail (dot) com.
Showing posts with label Neil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neil. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
A Super Muggy Sweaty Run...
Distance: 4.25 miles
Duration: 48:06
Avg Pace: 11:19 min/mile
Route: MapMyRun
Well, I was aiming for 5 miles, but the humidity got the best of me. I couldn't keep my heart rate down at the end there, so I thought going the last 3/4 mile was going to be a bad idea. See, I'm going on a vacation at the end of this week and I do not want to kill myself before travelling! So I basically threw in the towel at 4.25 miles and walked a cool down home
But hey, that pace is pretty decent for a 4 mile run!
I feel pretty good now -- but dang, at the end there, I felt pretty awful.
I might not get to run again this week until I'm on vacation. But hey, Joey will be there, as will my pals, Neil and Rob. All of us are running Bay to Breakers, so maybe I can convince them to do a nice 5 or 6 miler in the heat and humidity that we're travelling to...
One of these days I've got to take my camera out and just go take pictures of the pretty part of my run. One of these days...
Duration: 48:06
Avg Pace: 11:19 min/mile
Route: MapMyRun
Well, I was aiming for 5 miles, but the humidity got the best of me. I couldn't keep my heart rate down at the end there, so I thought going the last 3/4 mile was going to be a bad idea. See, I'm going on a vacation at the end of this week and I do not want to kill myself before travelling! So I basically threw in the towel at 4.25 miles and walked a cool down home
But hey, that pace is pretty decent for a 4 mile run!
I feel pretty good now -- but dang, at the end there, I felt pretty awful.
I might not get to run again this week until I'm on vacation. But hey, Joey will be there, as will my pals, Neil and Rob. All of us are running Bay to Breakers, so maybe I can convince them to do a nice 5 or 6 miler in the heat and humidity that we're travelling to...
One of these days I've got to take my camera out and just go take pictures of the pretty part of my run. One of these days...
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Up Your Miles!
Distance: 4.08 miles! (that's almost a mile increase from Monday!)
Duration: 48:08
Avg Pace: 11:48 min/mile (slower pace than Monday, but to be expected)
Route: MapMyRun
The other day, my pal Joey IM'ed me with "Up your miles!" At the moment I read that, I had no idea what he was talking about, so I replied "Up yours!" Then laughed to myself.
Took me a few minutes to realize he meant for running.
Joey is the only close friend I have (that I know about) who has run a marathon. And not just one marathon, he's done several. Until I started running (November 2008), I had no idea how much of an accomplishment that it was. It never occurred to me that Joey was running 26.2 miles -- which meant running for more than 4 hours (for me, it'd be like 6+ hours). I am completely impressed that he has done this several times. And while I have absolutely no desire to ever run that far or that long, I still consider Joey one of my inspirations to keep running.
Part of the reason I've been so hard pressed to run (besides the stress relieving aspect), is because in May, I'm flying out to San Francisco to run Bay to Breakers with some friends: Joey, Rob, and Neil. It's a 12K. It will be the farthest I've run a race before. And I'm running with all guys who find my current 11-12 min/mil pace pretty pathetic. I am hoping to get them all drunk and outrun them as they stumble all over each other.
I'm actually just trying to get myself up to be able to run all 7.42 without stopping...
Today's run? Excellent. I had planned out a 4.5 mile route, but was thwarted by construction and some odd urge to run across a major road rather than go the more interesting and slightly longer route. The last mile was less difficult than I thought it was going to be. The weather was perfect - sunny, cool, but not cold. I'm pleased. It's the farthest I've run since I started up again and it wasn't too hard!
Tomorrow, if I get a chance, I'll have to talk about my favorite run ever. Incidentally, it was in San Francisco. With Joey.
Duration: 48:08
Avg Pace: 11:48 min/mile (slower pace than Monday, but to be expected)
Route: MapMyRun
The other day, my pal Joey IM'ed me with "Up your miles!" At the moment I read that, I had no idea what he was talking about, so I replied "Up yours!" Then laughed to myself.
Took me a few minutes to realize he meant for running.
Joey is the only close friend I have (that I know about) who has run a marathon. And not just one marathon, he's done several. Until I started running (November 2008), I had no idea how much of an accomplishment that it was. It never occurred to me that Joey was running 26.2 miles -- which meant running for more than 4 hours (for me, it'd be like 6+ hours). I am completely impressed that he has done this several times. And while I have absolutely no desire to ever run that far or that long, I still consider Joey one of my inspirations to keep running.
Part of the reason I've been so hard pressed to run (besides the stress relieving aspect), is because in May, I'm flying out to San Francisco to run Bay to Breakers with some friends: Joey, Rob, and Neil. It's a 12K. It will be the farthest I've run a race before. And I'm running with all guys who find my current 11-12 min/mil pace pretty pathetic. I am hoping to get them all drunk and outrun them as they stumble all over each other.
I'm actually just trying to get myself up to be able to run all 7.42 without stopping...
Today's run? Excellent. I had planned out a 4.5 mile route, but was thwarted by construction and some odd urge to run across a major road rather than go the more interesting and slightly longer route. The last mile was less difficult than I thought it was going to be. The weather was perfect - sunny, cool, but not cold. I'm pleased. It's the farthest I've run since I started up again and it wasn't too hard!
Tomorrow, if I get a chance, I'll have to talk about my favorite run ever. Incidentally, it was in San Francisco. With Joey.
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