Category: running

Race #186Half Marathon #682021 Race #22021 Half Marathon #2South Carolina Half Marathon #49Mountains to Main Street Half Marathon #3 Originally I had planned to make this a sub-1:50 half marathon, as close to 1:45 as I could as a step towards a half marathon PR. After a month off from dedicated training thanks to Covid…

Yesterday, on a day full of so much stress and chaos, marked the completion of a year of running a minimum of at least one mile every day; most days I easily surpassed that. I never thought that I would join the ranks of those runners yet now I cannot see myself as any other…

For a while I did not know whether I would run a marathon this year, mainly due to the unpredictable nature of the pandemic and human response. (I know that because of that fall marathons may still change formats.) At the beginning of this year I stated my goal of chasing my half marathon PR>…

On the last Friday in March I set out on a run, only 4 miles. Nothing special. I did not have high hopes for the run since South Carolina decided to bring mid 80s temperatures with plenty of humidity on the fifth day of Spring. I also wondered about my choice to run what I…

I kept up the run streak through my COVID infection and focused on building the miles back up little by little through the next week. Thus, I did not write any entries for those weeks. This week I plan to continue the slow build and perhaps add speedwork back next week. Monday, 50 minutes, 5.72…

A few weeks ago, I started my first dedicated training cycle in nearly a couple years. I did “train” for Atlanta but I did not end up completing the plan I first wrote out for speed. Even as I wrote out that initial plan, the first stepping stone towards a half marathon PR, I felt…

Race #185Half Marathon #672021 Race #12021 Half Marathon #1South Carolina Half Marathon #48Greenville (GHS/Prisma) Half Marathon #7 I knew that I wanted to run this race. I love the course and the organizers usually do a spectacular job putting on the race. I did not register until fairly close to the race, waiting to see…

Monday, 70 minutes, 7.98 miles, spin bike 17.6 milesOriginally I thought I would drive over to school to use the track to get in my speedwork for the week. Instead, rain settled in…or never left…so I switched the runs up and ran easy on the treadmill instead. (If only the temps had dropped a few…

Monday, 70 minutes, 7.76 miles, spin bike, 11.7 miles, .57 miles walkingI felt good throughout the run. Soon I will have the ability to run outside after later days at work but until I can finish the run in the light rather than the dark, I will run on the treadmill. Today I tried running…

Monday, 70 minutes, 7.99 miles, spin bike, 11.5 miles, .80 miles walkingI got started later than usual thanks to my regular ART appointment. I felt good throughout the run and specifically focused on my form as I ran. Occasionally my ankle felt pinched but when I focused on good form, that went away. During the…