Archive for the ‘Training: Philadelphia Half Marathon Nov 09’ Category

Miscomunicado

I thought the Philadelphia Half Marathon was in September for some reason. I think I got it confused with the Philly Distance Run. I was so certain I was registered for something in September that I thought… “Maybe I did register for the distance run.”
Luckily, gmail saves everything, and I have confirmed that [...]

Catchup: On Trips and Exercise Books and… and… and…

Wow. I do this. I go through long periods where I don’t post. Here’s to being better about it! Can’t promise I won’t immediately relapse. Past performance is likely an indicator of future results.
Anyway. Here’s a big update, just for kicks.
It turns out, Houston and Western Louisiana are both [...]

General Catchup: Trip to NYC, Running and Excercise

This post is a general catchup post. Two tags, no waiting.
Travel
We took a trip to NYC on Tuesday of last week. Ali procured tickets for The Colbert Report. If I had not been an idiot and clapped with my arms up at the start of the show, I would have even had [...]

4 Mile Run

I skipped Wednesday but did my weights on Thursday. Then, today, during lunch, a coworker and I went out for a run. It was a 3 mile pace run on the chart, but again, I’m a bit faster so it wasn’t a pace run. The extra mile MAY make up for that. [...]

Workout Catchup Post

Just logging here that I did, in fact, do my Monday and Tuesday runs as expected, and did my weights after the Tuesday run.
That was tough mentally. A tempo run is… not my favorite workout. It’s not supposed to be. It’s supposed to be a challenge.
Committing to the plan was [...]

3 Mile Run

Who: Coworker
What: 3 Mile Run
Where: Office Park
Noon run with a coworker. This was listed as a 3 mile pace run, but he’s slower than I am, so we did the first mile in the 8:40s (my fault), the second was more in the 9:30s, and the third was a bit more [...]

Stretch / Weights

Who: Alone
What: Stretch / Weights
Where: Planet Fitness Downingtown
Beautiful day out today. Quick walk up to the gym, then core and arm work along with stretching. Then a quick walk back. Nothing too taxing, cardio-wise, but that’s why Thursday is there. I have a feeling I’ll be sore from [...]

45 Minute Crosstrain - Elliptical

Who: Alone
What: 45 Minute Crosstrain - Elliptical
Where: Planet Fitness Downingtown
I had not done anything for a few days. I had every intention of running while in Washington DC, but it just never worked out. Then when I got back I wasn’t feeling so good. So this was my first [...]

3 Mile Run

Who: Ali
What: 3 Mile Run
Where: Struble Trail
Ali took her bike out and rode next to me while I ran, which worked out pretty good.

45 Minute Crosstrain

Who: Other gymrats
What: 45 Minute Crosstrain (Elliptical)
Where: Planet Fitness Downingtown
A good elliptical session. Legs were not too terribly tired to start, which was a good sign. I’m still having a little tightness in my right calve muscle, but I stretched very carefully beforehand and everything seemed fine, maybe even better [...]