With the Great Aloha Run nearly upon us, I’m winding up my training and resting a bit before the big event. Today’s run was the first in awhile and was relatively slow and easy. I have a longer run on Thursday night and a short quick one on Saturday. The big day is Monday! [ad#Google […]
I’m trying to get back on track. The past week was horrendously busy, the weather was poor, and my bike needed a new rear tire. And after running that sub 10 minute mile paced 10K, I wasn’t really feeling myself yet. Today, after an insanely early day (assisting with technical matters at a 7 am […]
I’m almost ready. I ran the best overall race of my life this past Sunday at the Johnny Faerber 10K, but I was struggling with the distance–or rather, going harder than I was used to for longer than I was used to. But I did better than ever. I have two weeks to get ready […]
I’m hopeful for an injury free last couple of weeks of training. It’s been a tough few weeks with work, my part time jobs, and my family all presenting issues. I’ve still been largely able to stay on track with my workouts. I haven’t been able, however, to lose the weight I want or follow […]
Inspired and instructed by Racing Weight, I’ve been keeping relatively close track of my weight, speed, and body fat since late last year. For instance, when I started keeping track of this, on December 26, 2010, I weighed 179.8 pounds with a body fat of 29.1% and ran three miles at a 10:59 pace. On […]
I’m tired, but pleased. I ran the best race of my life on Sunday, coming in at a pace almost two minutes per mile than the previous year, a pace more than half a minute faster than I was hoping for. Success has been happening with all of my running events recently. I am hoping […]
This 10K was a real test. I’ve been faster in the 5K and 8K leading up to it, but 5Ks and 8Ks aren’t really long enough in my opinion to tell me a lot about how fast I really am, since I can power through short distances. a 10K, however, is long enough to be […]
I’m not at my best despite the numbers. I’m doing well running by all estimations but I don’t feel like I’m doing my best. I’ve got more speed in me than I’ve ever had before, but my weight is still not down, my body fat isn’t either. I think my working out and watching my […]
I’m frustrated, even though I’m running decently. This weekend was just about a total failure to get anything done, and two flats on Sunday was the last straw. I was expecting the worst during today’s run, but for a five miler with some hills, things went pretty well. The last time I did a non-race […]
For the second year in a row, I took on this 8K early in the year, the second of three races in the Great Aloha Run Readiness Series. Having had a rocking 5K a couple of weeks ago I was hoping for a lot of the same. And in large part, I had it. Compared […]