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99 Days of Training: Day 73

Apr09
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

99 Days of a Training is a 99-part series that I will document my daily progress towards my first marathon. Each day I plan on recognizing a word or phrase that corresponds with that day’s training. This series will conclude on May 6th, 2012 when I toe the start line (or somewhere in the back of the pack) at the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH.

8:26. No, that isn’t the time… that is the pace at which I ran tonight. Not just for 1 mile, or 2 miles, but 5 miles. Wow. Back on January 1st I ran a 5-miler in which I thought I was blazing. I ran that 5 miler in 45:35, for a pace of 9:04. Even my PR of a 5k was only at 27:12, or an 8:45 pace. Tonight I would have ran roughly a 26 minute 5k (8:22 pace). Considering my first 5K was about 13 months ago and I ran a 10:30 pace, this is nothing short of amazing.

I’m still amazed at this hours later. Oh, mile 2 was SUB-EIGHT!! I still am at a loss for word,s but this is awesome! This was a regularly scheduled 5 miles, but I wasn’t planning on the speed. I was looking forward to this all day and when I got out there I was just flying. The loop I’m doing is 0.6mi, and going in I was hoping for about a 10:30 pace.. but after I nailed lap 1 at 5:31 I thought this may work. The next 2 laps were exactly 5:01. Then I think a 5:14, 5:25, 5:35 ,and I forgot from there… but regardless that was freaking awesome.

As a reward, I had more Starbucks tonight .

Check out my RunKeeper data for this one…

Posted in 99 Days of Training, Training - Tagged 2012, 5mi, 99 Days of Training, awesome, hotel, jog, Lap Log, marathon, outdoor, PR, run, spring, track, training, travel

99 Days of Training: Day 51

Mar18
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

Screw it, I’m going running.

I do believe that is my new motto. And that is what I said today. Without necessary regard to what could happen if I don’t take it easy I went out for a scorching (relative) 3.37 miles this afternoon. My pace wasn’t normal, but it wasn’t that bad either, but that is no concern to me right now. My goal is to get back on track with my training and hope that my ‘mysterious ailment’ and my knee allow me to do so.

For the first time in a while I wore my heart rate monitor (HRM) just to make sure that I’m not overdoing it. I figure if I am still sick that running would shoot my HR up. For the most part I kept in my ‘target’ zone, but as always it spent some time outside of it. To my surprise I kept inside the ‘target’ zone more than I used to, which is a good thing.

I’m going to hit the road again tomorrow with hopes that I’ll have the same kind of results: no body aches, no pains, no major fatigue and a feeling of the frustration exiting my body.

- DailyMile for 03/18/2012
- RunKeeper for 03/18/2012

Posted in 99 Days of Training, Training - Tagged 2012, 99 Days of Training, injury, marathon, mild, run, sickness, training, winter

Flying Pig Training: Week 3 Recap

Feb05
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

Whew, what a week! Unlike my sick kid in week 1 or the sick me in week 2 this week was healthy and charged! My runs of 5 on Monday (5.02 actual), 4 on Tuesday, 6 on Wednesday (6.03 actual), 4 on Thursday (4.04 actual) and getting in a day early my 12 long run (12.03 actual) put me at 31.12 for the week, .12 above my schedule.

While my runs may not be super fast lately, my long run on Friday was actually at a pretty good pace. I think the warm weather and sunny skies majorly aided with that. Next week I have a similar schedule, just replacing my long run with 14. At 31.12 I hit the most I’ve ever done in a week, so next week I’ll pass that at 33 if I’m able to get everything in. Fourteen miles matches my highest at a time, so next week shouldn’t be bad. My real challenge comes February 25th with my first 16-miler.

Posted in Flying Pig 2012, Training - Tagged 2012, half marathon, jog, legacy trail, marathon, outdoor, run, training, winter

99 Days of Training: Day 1

Jan28
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

Word of the day: Hills.

This word is brought to you by the letter ‘PAIN’ and the number ’11.25′. Okay, I know ‘PAIN’ is a word, not a letter, but I was trying to make it Sesame Street-ish. I was able to get in a painful, hilly 11.25 miles today at the Legacy Trail. The plan only called for 10 but since I have a rest day tomorrow and missed 2 runs earlier in the week I figured an extra bit won’t hurt. Well, it hurt.. but I don’t think that I would be any less sore had I stopped with 10.

Posted in 99 Days of Training, Training - Tagged 2012, 99 Days of Training, legacy trail, marathon, outdoor, run, winter

Flying Pig Training: Week 1 Recap

Jan23
2012 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

No excuses… but I failed on my first week of training for my first marathon. While I failed at the training, I succeeded in something more important: taking care of my family. Days 1 and 2 went as scheduled, but Wednesday came and our little man was sick. Putting my kids ahead of everything I had the easy decision to take care of him instead of getting in my training. After taking him to the doctor we found out he had RSV. RSV can be bad in infants, but luckily he had a mild case. Wednesday was scheduled for 6 miles, I got in none.

Thursday proved to be not much better as I only got in 2 of the 4 scheduled, since I had to travel for work. I had to go to Cleveland and upon arrival it was snowing with a couple of inches on the ground. I tried to hit the treadmill but I just can’t do them…no excuses, but I failed at that.

Friday was a scheduled rest day, I can tell you I succeeded at that!

Saturday was scheduled at 12. I was going to get up and run with the Striders at 7, but our kids made sure that didn’t happen. Our 7 month old woke up at 11:30pm and refused to fully go back to sleep until 3…I was awake with him for the majority of that. At 5:30 our 3 year old woke up and decided he was up for the rest of the day. In a futile attempt to get him back to sleep I slept on the floor beside his bed for 2 hours using a blanket and a giant-stuffed sheep as a pillow.

Luckily I found time later in the day and got in a good 12 miles at the Legacy Trail.

Weekly Goal: 31 miles
Miles Attained: 23.05

So I missed by less than 8 miles… not great, but with the situation, I’ll take it.

Posted in Flying Pig 2012, Training - Tagged 2012, marathon, outdoor

Oh what a day…

Feb19
2011 Leave a Comment Written by @drose0

What a beautiful day! Sunny, slight breeze, 56′ and not a cloud in sight. And the perfect day to get out and run like you’ve never ran before. And that is exactly what I did today. With 14 days until my first 5K I decided to get in a long run. Since the experts recommend being able to run further than 3.1 miles before you run a 5k I decided to up that and get in 4 miles today (I had previously done 3.5 as my best). It was grueling (I really hate inclines), but in the end the feeling was awesome to complete it. I guess if I wanted to look at it this way, I’m 2/3 of the distance to a 10k now.

14 days until the first 5k…. this will be fun!

RunKeeper Log for 2/19/2011

Workout Recap:
Warmup: 5 minutes
Jog: 4 miles / 48’56″
Cooldown: 5 minutes
Calories: 896* / **
Average Heart Rate: 155bpm **
* – Using my Polar HRM, not RunKeeper
** – Includes 5 minute warm up and 5 minute cooldown

Posted in Workout - Tagged 4mi, home, jog, outdoor, run, spring

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