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Run – to H Avenue to Starbucks (8:47 pace)
01240 days
Today marks my fastest two mile pace. I ran at starting around 10:00am and it was about 86 degrees, which is warmer outside than I prefer. It was a hard run and it was tiring. However, it is my fastest pace to date at 8:47 per mile. That is 11 seconds faster per mile than my previous best time.
Tonight’s Run (8:58 pace)
01244 days
Tonight marks the first time that I ran under a nine minute mile. I ran tonight at a 8:58 pace, beating my last run by two seconds. I felt I was running faster and I expected to beat my time by 10 seconds, because I felt that good. Or at least contrasting how I felt from Sunday’s run, which was really hard on me. Tonight I was not that labored. However, it all felt good because it was at night and 70 degrees. I eat an hour before the run, stretched well. My left knee hurt just prior to starting, but no real pain when I ran. Normally, a lot things hurt prior to running, it is my body telling me that it does not want to do this stuff.
Today’s Run
01246 days
Today, being Sunday morning and it is my slowest day of the week, I wanted to get out and run. I have not run since last Tuesday night. I was going to run my normal two miles from my street up to Avenue H back past my street to Starbucks.
Today, I was so not motivated to run, I still feel very tired. But, I started at 7:30am with some treadmill work, to warm up, followed by some stretching. I got out and ran at 8:00 am. The run was very hard on me. I wanted to stop but having my GPS on keeps me going. The results on the GPS makes it hard to stop. I did stop to walk twice (believe it or not) for a short moment, but the guilt was too much and I started running again.
I figured today would be a terrible day to record, but I ran hard and my breathing was labored. I guessed that my pace would be between 9:15 and 9:30, but to my surprise it was 9:00 exactly. I was running fast and that is why I was so labored. Today’s result’s is the fastest to date. Here is my motionbased results.
Run – Avenue H
01251 days
Tonight I wanted again to run from the house to Avenue H. I ran this path last Saturday and Sunday. Teri wanted to run at Joe Walker Middle School. I am not a big fan of running in circles. I won out, we will run done the street. I eat 1-1/2 hour before and we set out around 9:00pm. I warmed up on the treadmill and did some stretching. Teri did not want to run by herself. She does not like me running in front of her. So, I gave her a four minute head start. I set my timer on my watch and turned on the GPS and started to run. I felt pretty good and I did not pass Teri but finished behind her by about 100 feet. So the four minute head start is about right.
I ran at 9:04 pace, my best ever on this route. I am still looking to beat the nine minute pace.
Run – Home to Avenue H
01254 days
by douglaspaulwade
in Fitness
Being the first day of a three day weekend, I wanted to start running again or start running consistently. I got out and ran from the house to the Avenue H and back to Starbucks. It is two miles. I felt pretty good, but my breathing was labored. My pace was 9:16, the fastest to date on the run to H Avenue.
Run at Balboa Island
01287 days
Our friend Hope and her Daughter Amanda are visiting Southern California for a conference. The conference let out at noon on Sunday. It would be fun to spend the day with them at Teri’s favorite place (her family owned a house on the Balboa Island, many years ago). So, at the beach, sounded like a great place to run. I planned to run around the entire island.
I warmed up, stretched a little and walked up Marine Avenue to the north side of the island and started running. I ran about 1-1/4 mile when I saw Teri talking to a local on the south side of the island. I stopped running to be introduced and after a little time, started back up running to the little side of the island. I went over the bridge at the canal, and made a right turn to get back to the walk. My right calf, said stop! It really started hurting. I stopped running, and walked the remaining part, with a small limp. I cooled down and went out to lunch with the ladies. After lunch we went shopping.
Teri gave the tour of the island as we walked around, my calf was getting tired, finished up and we drove home. There is still some soreness, but not that bad. I will monitor it and see what it does. I plan to run a 5K this weekend, so I will have to be light on it for this part of the week.
From Garmin Training Center, I have these 1/4 mile laps. I am glad for these times. I have wanted to run under 9:00 mile and for most of this, I did it (until I got hurt).
- Lap 1 – 9:01/mi
- Lap 2 – 8:44/mi
- Lap 3 – 8:52/mi
- Lap 4 – 8:58/mi
- Lap 5 – 8:44/mi
- Lap 6 – 9:07/mi
Today’s Run
01289 days
I was unable to run in the morning. Teri and I were helping some friends move. So, in the afternoon, I wanted to strap on my Garmin Foot Pod (thanks Tracy) and do some treadmill work inside the house to avoid the 100 degree heat. I have not been on the treadmill since I was in Las Vegas, where I re-hurt my calf.
I set out to do:
- 1/4 mile at 3.0 MPH (walk) warm up pace;
- 1/4 mile at 4.0 MPH (walk) continue the warm up;
- One mile at 6.0 MPH;
- 1/4 mile at 4.0 MPH;
- 1/2 mile at 6.0 MPH;
- 1/4 mile at 7.0 MPH;
- 1/4 mile at 3.0 MPH to cool down.
I want to improve my speed, so this 7.0 felt good. In a little while, I plan to move that up to 8.0, but maybe in a week or so. My calf is talking to me, since the run last Thursday.
I did learn that non-GPS data, like using a foot pod will not load in Motionbase. I had to load it into Training Center. That is not my favorite application, but I got a chance to review it.
2008 A.V. Summer Cross-Country (Second Run)
01290 days
by douglaspaulwade
in Fitness
I went to Pelona Park in Palmdale and met up with over 150 runners for the 2008 A.V. Summer Cross-Country run. I wanted to run better than the week before.
I was in Manhattan Beach at my mother-n-laws during the morning and having a lunch at the Cheesecake Factory in the Marina. However, I started to feel bad; I was starting to get a headache and stomach issues. When we drove home (Teri drove, I napped). I started to feel better. When we got home, I took another nap and started to feel better, at least good enough to run. My thoughts were, I did not cycle today, I slept in, I should do better at the run. I felt the sickness may be related to dehydration, so I drink a lot of water and headed over to the park. I met the regulars, the Marshall’s, the Mullins. I introduced myself to Karl Stutelberg who is a real runner and ran in the last Boston Marathon, see his blog.
I felt good at the start and ran strong for the first 1/4 mile and then settled into a normal pace for me. At the first mile, the timer, stated 9:38 (last week 9:42), so I was ahead of schedule. I made it to the big hill, and was tired. I walked more on the hill then last week, but I tried to offset by running faster on the down side. I did pass James Mullin and he passed me back and kept on going.
I finished in 135 place, what a discouragement. My time was around 33:06 or about 20-30 slower than last week. I was disappointed, but did not feel good today, so it may have contributed to the results. I hope the placement of 135 was due to more runners than me being so much slower.
My right calf (the tore one) is really sore. When I got home, Teri and I walked the dog for three miles at the end, it was really talking to me. I iced it and it was sore in the morning.
Here is a picture from Google Earth of the course.
AV Cross Country Course
Running at JWMS
01293 days
Tonight, I wanted to run with the ladies. I asked my wife Teri and our friend Tracy to run. Teri’s left leg LCL is talking to her and she wanted to run but not to hurt it to much more. Tracy has not run in about two weeks. I rode my bike hard home and was tired.
However, we took a slower pace, but the data stated it was not as slow as we thought. We ran at Joe Walker Middle School, where the track is easier on the ol’ body.
Teri ran one mile, walked a lap, followed by one more mile. Tracy and I ran two miles, where at the end we gave it all to finish (last lap under two minutes). On the first mile, we did not pass Teri, so she was running well. We wanted to stop, but neither one of us wanted to quit, but if one of does the other would too.
Overall, we ran a 10.03 pace (6.0 MPH) in 90 degrees with 23 MPH wind.
Today’s Run JWMS
01295 days
Today, I planned to run down the street and back to Starbucks, but Teri was joining me and she has some soreness below her left knee, so she wanted to run at Joe Walker Middle School, because the track is rubberized. To be honest, I did not want to run there. I do not like going in circles when I am by myself. I do not mind if someone runs next to me, but Teri and I run at different paces, so I know I would be by myself.
I started out slow and sore. My knees were talking to me, I felt the entire time it was not going to be a fast pace. Overall, I did run a 9:36 pace, 10 seconds off from yesterday, but the last lap is where I try to run all out, today it was a disappointment at 2:02, I always try to get it under two minutes. The entire time was the same conversation, about stopping and quitting. I did not quit, boy, but I wanted too.
The weather was muggy, but cool. We finished and I was sore in the knees and shins. We drove home and I stopped at Starbucks to get my iced coffee. I walked home and took the dog on a three mile walk in the heat. My hip and left knee really started to talk to me on the walk, but they will quiet down after I get some rest. Today we are having a family party, so it will slow fitness day which will be very pleasant.
