| Location: Portland,OR, Member Since: Nov 02, 2005 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: 5K: 15:41-Portland Track Festival 2010
10K: 31:34-Linfield College (Track) 2012
10 Mile: 51:57-Pear Blossom 2009
1/2 Marathon: 1:10:42-Foot Traffic Flat 2010
Marathon: 2:29:35-Newport 2013
50K: 3:48:06-Weiser River 50K 2021 Short-Term Running Goals: Next Race:
12-hour race, sometime in 2021
100 mile race, sometime... Long-Term Running Goals: Sub 1:10 Half Marathon
Sub 2:30 Marathon
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Strange thing happened to me this morning. I got dressed and ready to go running, then stood behind my door and stared outside for nearly 30 minutes, debating on whether I should run or not. I didn't really want to run, but rather felt compelled, like I was being forced to do it. Usually when I'm forced into something, I resist, so there I stood for what seemed like ages, not sure what was going on. Not sure if it was the cold, the scheduled work-out, or just running in general, but I wasn't having any of it today. Until my wife opened the door..... pushed me out..... and locked the door. I guess that was her way of being supportive and knowing that deep down, I really did want to run.
I bagged the speed workout and ran hills instead. It seemed like much more fun and about the same benefit. I ran up, down, around, and through "the cove." Many, many hills, but I loved it. It's just what I needed. I measured some of the routes I ran and the average increase was 160 ft in 1/2 mile. Not too bad, or so I think...
Pace is irrelevant on such a course, but I'll put it anyway: 6:52 min/mile
Speedstar-I really need to trash these shoes, but I love 'em and can't seem to stop wearing them. | Comments(4) |
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No problems with today's tempo run. I felt pretty good and survived the cold. My feet felt like solid bricks after just 1 mile, but seemed to "thaw out" by mile 4. I ran north past the armory, so the route was flat most of the time. Started with 1 mile easy, 5 mile tempo, then 1 mile easy to finish. My time was 2 seconds faster than on December 19th (also a 5 mile tempo on a similar course) and today was much colder. On the 19th I had to finish with a 5:01 last mile for a decent time, but today I was much more "even" in my splits, so I was happy with that (goal was 5:30): - 5:24
- 5:28
- 5:26
- 5:30 (slight uphill)
- 5:20 (slight downhill)
Total Tempo Time: 27:09 Pace: 5:26 Sinster (13) | Comments(4) |
| | Today was ROUGH!!! One of my worst runs in months. I like to think that I can generally handle unpleasant conditions. I'll run in single digit temps, snow, rain, ice, etc. I don't love it, but I survive. I guess today I learned the one thing that gets to me though--wind. It was horrible this morning. Weather channel said the wind was blowing @ 28 mph with gusts up to 39 mph. It was coming from the south, so I tried to run east to west and avoid it head-on, but it wasn't happening. As usual with my long runs, I wanted to hit around 6 min/mile, or even 5:50 after the last 2 weeks, but I didn't even come close. I did 1 mile easy, then started my garmin. Course was to the canyon trail, south past old hospital, through Jill's old neighborhood and the motel frontage road. Splits were: - 6:46-Slight wind
- 6:47-Increased wind and uphill
- 7:21-Wind directly to my front, all uphill (at one point, garmin says 9:15 pace) :(
- 7:10-Wind straight on, all uphill
- 7:04-Wind off and on as I go through a neighborhood
- 7:29-Road now flat, but wind seems to pick up
- 7:36-DOWNHILL and I slow down even more. What a joke. Gusts were easily 35+ right about now.
At this point, I've ran 7 miles in 50:10 (7:10 min/mile) and feel trashed. So I decide to turn around and run home:
- 5:41-Uphill the entire mile and it feels like I'm running DOWN an escalator!
- 5:44-Flat road, wind to my back
- 6:16-Wind off and on through neighborhood
- 5:47-Flat, wind off and on
- 6:21-Downhill-ish, but the wind picks up and nearly knocks me over multiple times
- 5:37-Finally flat and wind at my side
- 5:28-Same as above.
So my second 7 splits were all over the place, but my average was 5:51 per mile, so when it's all said and done, I'm okay with that. I was happy that, after 13 miles, I was able to finish with 2 quick miles. Overall though, it was just brutal today. I was frustrated at how slow I was going even though I thought my effort felt as high as ever. Whatever..... I guess that's just the way it goes living in a windy city. It makes me appreciate the runs in 10 mph winds! Red (63)
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An easy 4 miles after the dentist and before work. Winds were 25+ mph again this morning, so I stayed inside and ran on the treadmill. First 3 miles were at 5% incline, last mile was at 7%. Sinster (17)
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