Today's run

I am going to keep it simple...it was bad ,,,started off good, but idiot me didn't bring water along. It was in the 80s with humidity high also. I was dehydrated by mile 6. Plan was for 10, I revised it to 8 and cut it short at 7.5

1-9:47

2-9:31 (uphill I am going too fast)

3-9:37

4-9:47

5-10:05

6-11:41 (by 5.83 I was forced to walk time was 58:03)

7-14:46 (walked)

7.5-5:06 (yeah at least I managed to run the last half mile)

Not pretty but I learned my leason

I finally did it!!!!

Long time coming, but I finally did it.

I ran my first double!!!!

Since I first started running back in the 80s and since returning back, I have never run a double.

I just did. I ran 8 this morning, with relative effort, and I just ran another 5 with the same effort.

I tried to hold back the whole way, but the legs kept going. I literally had to slow down to what seemed like a crawl the last mile.

The splits:

1. 9:39
2. 9:27 (uphill)
3. 8:42(downhill)
4. 8:41
5. 9:21

I ran in my Nike Air Coos, and they felt great for once.

Now, here is my worry. I am planning on 10 miles tomorrow. After how well the legs felt this PM. I am worried that I may have put too much out. The splits (especially miles 3 & 4) were very fast for me, even though it was as if wasn't even straining. Lets see what the legs say tomorrow.

My run tomorrow might get rough!

Procrastination is a bitch

Between work being so damn busy, I did not post a team thread last week for my Team (Team 8--GO Crazy Eights!!) of the Mileage Game. This weeks has been just as busy, but right now I am really thinking of going for a run, which would make it my first double ever or doing my team post. I think I will do my team post tomorrow. My team mates will understand a double getting in the way. Looks like I will make the kids something to eat and then go off for a small run (maybe.)

Stay Tuned!

The Early Bird

First of all let me say, I hate getting up early. This morning I was up at 5:15 so I could be out the door at 5:30 (my boss was driving me in and she was picking me up at 7:20.) Plan was originally for 7 miles, but I guesstimated wrong and wound up with 8 miles as per Garmin. So out the door I went into the darkness. Legs felt heavy the first mile, but some how I managed to get through the first mile, second mile would be all uphill so Houston we "might" have a problem. But we didn't. The next miles flew by. I guess it must have been listening to Steve Runner's Phedippidations. He was talking about junk miles and there benefits. Right now the only thing I could think of them was that they are junk as there name applies. As I write this my legs feel great, so obviously going slow helped quite a bit.
Here are the splits:

1. 10:36
2. 10:03 (uphill)
3. 9:51
4. 9:12
5. 9:15
6. 9:05 (uphill)
7. 8:55
8. 8:44

I finished pretty strong, even though last mile and a half was spent trying to go slow.

So overall I felt good!!

Lets see what the legs will feel like tomorrow.

Today's Run...observations

OK, after struggling to get out of bed, I shortened my run from the planned 7 to 5.5 miles.
Right away I knew it was going to be good.

First mile is usually reserved for warming up, and I was feeling good from the moment I started. The second mile rolls and already I was settled into a good pace. The third starts going slightly downhill and then the last 1/3 of the mile it starts to climb, my pace was spot on and I was feeling good and comfortable. Mile 4 is almost at the "top" of this hill, it flattens for about 1/8 of a mile and then starts up again. Once again, pace seems very easy. By mile 5 I am starting to hold back, and it is hard. The last 1/2 mile is spent just trying to cool down. And trying is an understatement. It is hard, I want to go fast.

Over all it was 5.5 miles in about 50:25, or about a 9:10 pace, my fastest mile was mile 4 where I believe my pace was ~8:28 (for a uphill). I felt good the whole run, and it looks like everything is starting to come together. Lets see what tomorrow holds.

Ok, this is my first post

Lets see how this grand experiment goes.

I am going to religiously attempt to blog my daily training experience (and feelings on many subjects); but be warned I can go on some serious rants.

Right now I am just trying to get a great base of running going. I am still trying to get that elusive 50 mile week in, I have come close many times.

While I am not currently training for anything, my goal is to run a marathon in Spring of 2008.
So all these miles will be put to good use. I don't know if I want to run Ocean Drive (Cape May, NJ) or the NJ Marathon (Long Branch, NJ)

They each have there pros and cons. Although I do feel that I need to try and seek redemption at NJ, which was site of my first marathon as well as a very ugly second half of that race.
Here is the link to my race report that I posted on Running Times.

http://www.runningtimes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1136

Ocean Drive is held at the end of March, so the possibility always exists for sever wind (and rain and snow) add to the fact the race is along the oceanfront and that possibility is very strong. NJM is last weekend in April, so the specter of heat, and humidity (plus the wind as it is also run partially by the oceanfront) is nothing compared to course design. Its two 13.1 mile loops and each loop seems to take on an identity of its own.

Stay tuned, this adventure may get bumpy.