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 […]
I’m working out, but not thrilled. Did both a run and a ride today; the run was very decent, but the ride was not. Figured that since today is my birthday I’d cop out by putting up results rather than a whole lot else. and… Oh, and Sunday is race day! An 8K this time. […]
I’m not as fast as I’d like to be, but I don’t know if I ever will be. On the other hand, I’m faster than I was last year. Last year in the 8K leading up to the Great Aloha Run my pace per mile was 11:29. In my five mile “stress test” earlier today […]
I’m intrigued because while on front I’ve made zero progress, on another I’ve made tremendous progress. Due to the influence of Racing Weight, I’ve been very closely tracking my weight and body fat–daily, in fact, as well as running a “stress test” (my own term) on Sundays, currently a three mile time trial. When I […]
I’m tired, but I have to keep going. Since starting up a second class I’m teaching (there weren’t enough students for me to do two a week for awhile), I’m left with less time to train. Fortunately, since the marathon is over, I’m more into doing two workouts in a day when I’m off–both cycling […]
So while I have lost weight since the Livestrong Challenge in Philadelphia, I’m convinced it’s not from running. Why? I’m incredibly hungry all the time and before I do a run, I absolutely have to eat. While I’ve not been a calorie counter–and I’ve had a lot of success losing weight without counting calories–I’ve been […]
I finished up my nineteen mile long run on Sunday, filled with heat and dousing myself with water. It was not fast–but I didn’t expect it to be–and it was long. And I didn’t have enough in me to finish nineteen miles. But I did it–fifteen plus miles worth. The next two weeks leading up […]
I’m confused. I actually was one week ahead in my training program and since I really did not want to do more than one nineteen mile run I took last week easy and did a hike of a few hours rather than a full on long run. Went back for an easy eight miler Saturday […]
I went all out on my five mile run on Monday, as hard as I could, and ended up with a pace of 10:30 per mile which could have been a little quicker had I not needed to use the bathroom: Compare that to, for instance, my pace in the Ford Island Bridge 10K in […]