Archive for October, 2008

30 Minute Pace

Who: Alone
What: 30 Minute Pace Run
Where: Struble Trail
Proud of this one for a few reasons. Had stomach issues, which, again, is a part of life for me. But I ran through those and let the cramps affect me only slightly. Discomfort was manageable. Also, given all that, the [...]

Crosstrain: Weights

Who: Other gymrats
What: Weights
Where: New Planet Fitness right around the corner
Weights. Nothin’ special. Except this was the first night at the new gym.
I like many things about the gym but there are some annoyances. No swiss stability balls, for one. The stations are really spread out, which means [...]

30 Minute Pace Run

Who: Alone
What: 30 Minute Pace Run (Redoing last week because… I was a week ahead)
Where: Neighborhood run
Okay. 7:30 warmup. 15 minutes of challenging pace. 7:30 cooldown.
I’m a little proud of this. I’m just going to let the stats speak for themselves.
But… it’s a tradition so… stats after the [...]

3 Mile Run

Who: Alone
What: 3 Mile Run
Where: Uwchlan Trail
Boy did I not want to run today. But I did. That’s a win in and of itself. Not bad overall but the start was real slow. I felt like I took a while to warm up. Uwchlan is definitely hillier… [...]

5 Mile Run

Who: Team Challenge Group Run
What: 5 Mile Run
Where: Doylestown
Last week’s coach was a stand-in coach, and I’d say the training was a lot more relaxed. This week there was the real coach, and a guest coach from New York who talked a lot about heart rate training. They seem to [...]

3 Mile Run: Pace

Who: Alone
What: 3 Mile Run - Half Marathon Pace
Where: Struble Trail
I must have misinterpreted the forerunner’s virtual training partner.
So the goal was 8:30 mile times (which is reaaaalllly ambitious for the half marathon, I’d be ecstatic with 9’s). I did a quick workout so I could try out the virtual training [...]

Fundraising Milestone

Ms. Fundraiser here again, interrupting your regularly scheduled program to point out something amazing - we’re over halfway to our fundraising goal! As of today, we left 50% in the dust to reach an incredible 53%! Since the fundraising site went live just under a month ago, I have to point out one [...]

Crosstrain: Weights

Who: Other Gymrats
What: Crosstrain - Weights
Where: In Motion (Two Days to Planet Fitness)
Nothing notable here. Just putting it on the journal to note… I did my weights.

30 Minute Tempo Run

Who: Alone
What: 30 Minute Tempo Run
Where: Neighborhood Run - Forerunner freedom
Okay, here’s the really short version. When I am doing perceived effort, rather than getting beeped at by a monitor, I tend to push myself… harder. During the first part of the tempo run, where I stayed within heart rate [...]

3 Mile Run

Who: Alone
What: 3 Mile Run
Where: Struble Trail
This was the first run with the forerunner. Verrrrry interesting. It’s hard not to keep looking at my wrist. I need to change the pace display I used to average pace, not current pace, because I was getting too obsessive.
I like [...]