Project 365–Day 96

Thursday April 7, 2011.

I guess I am getting kind of used to my morning runs on the treadmill.  Now that spring is here, sort of, I should be thinking about running outside, but I guess it is still dark before 6:00 AM so I am content on the treadmill. I finally got a good nights sleep when I forced myself to bed at 10:00. I actually woke before the alarm and headed downstairs.

This morning I planned to run 3 miles, I took a longer slower warm up and then got right into the guts, I seem to be favouring progression runs now, started at 9 min miles, ramped to 8:30 and finished at 8:00.

Had a good run and felt good when it was done. 3.2 miles – 26:10 min.

Plod On

Project 365–Day 95

Wednesday April 6, 2011.

I was up late again last night, there is no excuse just playing on the computer watching TV. This directly translates into difficulty pulling myself out of bed at 5:30 AM and getting to the treadmill. Stupid eh?

I jumped right into the run though, short warm up then 9 min miles for 10 minutes, then 8 minute miles to the end of the run.  21:15 2.5 Miles a very reasonable effort considering my right calf is still feeling the Sunday Run.

Plod On

Project 365–Day 94

Tuesday April 5, 2011.

Another funny day in this city, yesterday it was +7 and everything was melting, this morning it is –3 and the streets are a sheet of wet ice. Treadmill time.

I was still feeling the impact of the uneven surfaces in my lower legs (ankles and up) and I was feeling a little twinge under my left knee cap, so another recovery run.

I started out at a slow jog, 12 min mile, then ramped up to 10 for the first 10 minutes, then 9 for the next 10 and finished off with 5 minutes at 8.30.  It felt good at the end and I was glad I turned it down.

25 minutes 2.75 miles.

Plod On

Project 365 – Day 93

Ouch, may ankles, calves and hips are killing me. I guess the uneven footing and icy conditions worked my stability muscles a little more than I would have liked. I was up late playing on the computer and slept a little late. Then tried to drag myself down to the treadmill after finding all my running stuff in the laundry.  Yes it is a Monday morning!

I decided that I would try a  very easy recovery run and just try to loosen things up a bit. I started off at 15 min miles (walk), then 12 min miles then 9 Min miles, and finished at 8:30 min miles. Kind of a regressive progression run in that the start point was so slow.

But a run is a run and this one was OK. 21:13 min, 2.25 miles.

Plod on

Project 365 – Day 92

Sunday April 3, 2011.

It is the morning after the spring storm that dumped about 12” of snow on out beautiful city. I got up and headed to the Westhills Running Room for a Sunday group run.  This is my first outside run since I left for Alaska and I was really excited about it. I needed to run about 12 K to hit 310 miles in 2011 so that was the goal.

I got to the store and the half marathon group was going to run 16 so why not a little farther than I wanted but at a slower pace than I usually run with walk breaks so it should be OK.

We ran down to the Reservoir and then paralleled it for a while then back on 66 ave to 37 street to Richmond road.

The path was ploughed around the reservoir but this left a skim of ice on the path that made for interesting footing.

The views were great. It is always a very pretty run, but when buried under a foot of the fresh white stuff it is even more breathtaking.

As we hit the turn around point the sun had come out and the snow was starting to melt and the streets were starting to get sloppy.

I ended up running ahead of the group for the last few miles and woke up this morning with sore legs from (calves and hips) from all the uneven footing I guess a good thing.

A very fun run with great people

Plod On.

Project 365–Day 91

Saturday April 2, 2011.

Woke up to snow, not a little snow, a lot of snow, by supper time we had almost a foot of fresh snow on the ground. I put off running as long as I could, then I got a hankering for a beer and knew that if I did not run before I had a beer I would miss today. So game #1 ended VCU lost to Butler, and there was a pause before game #2(Kentucky/UConn), so I went to the treadmill and did a quick little 30 minute run. Did a run walk thing with progressive faster splits and ended up running 3.5 miles in31 minutes, a good day.

Plod On

Project 365–Day 90

Friday April 1, 2011.

Looked at the stats this morning, exactly 3 months into this streak thing. I have run 299.2 miles in roughly 47 hours.  That is almost 2 full days of running so far in 2011. The disappointing stat is the 299.2, if I would have run just a few more seconds in every run it would have been 300 miles. If I had known this morning when I fired up the treadmill I would have run for another 6 minutes and made the 300. Not that 299.2 is bad, I am just drawn to round numbers.

Had an ok run this morning 3 miles in 27 minutes.

Plod On.