I had two short runs last week (13min and 15min), leading up to a time trial on Sunday. I’ve made the switch to running in the mornings before work which is definitely the way to go. It is too hot to run comfortably after work and the morning exercise is definitely a nice way to [...]
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Fartlek run on Sunday in my VFFs
I was considering doing another mile time trial this past weekend, but ended up just doing a fartlek run with B instead. She downloaded a training podcast from Nike’s “Sport Music” series called My Best 10K: Beginner by former college coach Jay Johnson. It was a 30-minute workout that included 2 speed sessions of 2 [...]
Short run today, no tornadoes
So we had some tornadoes yesterday in the evening which made running less desirable. Today I just went out for a 13 minute run with B (probably a little less than 2 miles) and we walked back.
B is trying to run with her VFFs as well, but had a bit of a bad start [...]
Running in Central Park
I was in New York City this weekend for a wedding and had the opportunity to go for a really nice run in Central Park with a friend who is training for her first half marathon. I’d only been to New York City once before and it was a very brief 1-day business trip, so [...]
First run in my new Vibram Five Fingers
I was in bed most of the day yesterday with a 24-hour stomach bug, so no running or walking of any sort for me.
On Sunday, I wanted to be a little cautious with my hint of arch pain on Saturday, so I decided to just go for a long walk in my VFFs. I’ve [...]
My new Vibram Five Finger KSOs
My Vibram Five Fingers finally came in on Thursday while I was at our “techie retreat” at a local boy scout camp. The shoes came in on the one day that I couldn’t go pick them up, but there was plenty of fun to keep my mind off my new toys: doing the ropes course, [...]