Archive for August, 2006

Random Running Blog

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Thursday morning 11 miles in 1:50:00 (10:00/mile)
- Week to Date/Projected total - 31.5/4?

I remember stumbling across a website a number of years ago in the early days of the web that would redirect you to a random web site. Back in those days you could almost get your mind around the possibility of ultimately [...]

Wednesday

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Wednesday afternoon 5 miles in 48:00 (9:36/mile)
- Week to Date/Projected total - 20.5/4?

Stay tuned for a nifty way to check out some new running blogs.

Tuesday

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Tuesday afternoon 6.5 miles in 55:00 (8:28/mile)
- Week to Date/Projected total - 15.5/4?

Impressive Running

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Monday afternoon 6 miles in 54:00 (9:00/mile)
Monday evening 3 miles in 25:00 (8:20/mile)
- Week to Date/Projected total - 9/4?

Monday was one of those days when everything seemed to click. Running along the side of the road through traffic during my first run and in a horrible looking part of town didn’t matter. [...]

Hardcore

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Friday Afternoon 5.5 miles in 50:42 (9:13/mile)
- Week to Date/Projected total - 29.5/45
Saturday Morning 15 miles slow (no watch)
- Week to Date/Projected total - 44.5/45

Darrell gets credit for a first-time event here on ye old runningblog. He actually posted a comment to a post before I’d written it. I began this entry last Friday and [...]

Thursday

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Thursday afternoon 6 miles in 55:00 (9;10/mile)
- Week to Date/Projected total - 24/45
Ran home, grabbed a sandwich, ran back to work.

Pictures

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Wednesday afternoon 5 miles moderate (didn’t have my watch)
- Week to Date/Projected total - 18/45
My legs remain tired and sore from the 10k and from running with wild abandon through the mountains.

I need to post some more pictures. A picture does two things (it probably does more, but for the sake of this post [...]

Strollers

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Tuesday 6.5 miles in 1:02 (9:32/mile)
Started slowly, and gradually worked up toward 8:00 miles

What is it with that stroller guy? Long time readers of this blog (yes, you in the back there) might remember that I got beat by a long-legged runner pushing a stroller last Thanksgiving. Well, guess who passed me at about [...]

Catching Up

Monday, August 21st, 2006

Spent the last week camping in the mountains. Did some running, did some kayaking and water skiing, and lots of walking and ran a 10k yesterday. Definately need to catch up.
I did get a chance to “jack in” last Thursday. The campground (Camp Edison at Shaver Lake) has WiFi available in a limited [...]

It’s Nada Friday

Friday, August 11th, 2006

Here it is almost 9pm on Friday and I haven’t logged a mile.  I’d intended to get 5 in this afternoon, but it wasn’t to be.  I went to work very early to get things done before leaving early and what with packing and getting the lights on the camper working and watching The Brady [...]