53' along the water on Saturday.....nice day.....had the rare cross wind instead of head/tailwind.....changed the route for Monday and did 43' through parts of town.....no sweatshirt......l/s shirt and windbreaker.....almost too much clothing.....getting warmer.....bring it on.....oh, no calf or Achilles issues (calf sleeves x 2 for both runs)....
Weds. 50 miles on the road bike. 60'sF made for pleasant touring of several small mine towns in the UP.
Thurs. 20 miles of backroad exploring north of Hancock.
Friday. 38 minutes of running local backroads.
PM 25 mile tandem bike ride with friends and the Bride.
Bushman, sounds like a day close to nirvana.
yeste- wu, 3x150 with 150 jog,3x200 with 200 jog, 3x150 with 150 jog, at 800m race pace. cu
today-- heading for an easy 8 on trails this PM, tapering for sub-section,section, eventually state!
crazy weekday schedule led to 4 days off....ouch....returned to the pavement today with an enjoyable 51' effort along the water....beautiful day.....debating whether or not to do a small run tomorrow to make up for lost time.....will decide in the am....
Sunday; 30 mile tandem ride on the Fox River trail. Daughter no.1 stoked the bike right up to 22mph, no worry's.
Monday AM; 45 min run including 5x30 second hill repeats. Blustery 55F and overcast.
Nirvana is being on 2 wheels, coasting into Copper Harbor down "41" from the Lodge to the stop sign. Nirvana is beating Fish. Nirvana is shaking Bill Rodgers hand from the podium at Bellin.
Tuesday AM; Same route as yesterday, incl. the 5 hill repeats. 30;28;26;26;23;PR! Bingo!
PM; MTB ride planned. Weather dependent.
AM run in the fog; Total calm and 58F made for a serene setting on the backroads.
Hit the hill 6 times; increased the intensity as in 29;28;27;26;24;25. Capped it with some stretching and a couple of Pete McGill's drills.
Checked the Murray Greys on the home stretch. One new calf, and one huge Bald Eagle standing watch. I can only surmise all the cuts coming from Washington and Madison have left our noble national symbol to await a shed placenta for lunch.
35' on Thursday....no problems this time....52' today.....along the foggy water.....calf sleeves x 2 for both runs/jogs.....some very minor tightness of the left Achilles today....much better though than a few weeks ago.....looks like the schedule will prohibit another run until Tuesday...
AM 4 miler. Blustery but sunny at 50F. Good to be out and about.
Friend Bill did his 200th Marathon @ Green Bay on Sunday. Damn tough guy. Broke 4 hours both Sat and Sunday.
Medium effort 5.5 miles. Glorious day with mid 50 temps. and bluebird clear skies. No aches, no pains. Put 2 sub8 miles in the middle, rest was the 10 min/mile norm.
sad for Sammy; so talented, yet so troubled. RIP.
Yesterday,80 minutes running through One Eye Forest on rolling trails. Cool and cloudy. Marsuials out and about enjoying the coolweather.
Monday, an hour of paddling on the lake after work. Landed at 1/2 way at an area that might soon get a bit of running exploration. Wore my wetsuit as temps were single digit celsius. Very quiet, not a human to be seen. Choppy water.
Sunday, club 5k handicap race from Bendigo Jockey Club. Leg weary but hung tough to 4k in 16.00 and then buried myself with a 3.53 last km.
Saturday, interclub relays. Ran 1st leg for O/35 team. 3 laps for total of 3.2kms. Couldn't hang on to the young uns. Greg H led our open team through a strong 10.59. Greg would also run last leg (of 4) for O/35, I was running last (of 3) leg of O/50s. Led out a group of 3 O/50 guys in cold windy conditions. I managed to shake 2 of them including Wolf who was leading out my O/50 team. Got outkicked over the last 300m. Ran 12.10.
Wolf hung tough with a 12.19, handing off to Pete H who battled around to hand off to me. I struggled through 1st lap but had an O/60 mate/rival start HIS 1st lap 50m in front of me as I started my 2d. Dug in to run psat him on my last lap with a 12.56 clocking. We squeezed ourselves into 2d.
Greg H ran a solid 11.24 last leg for O/35s to get us a 2d there as well.
The last leg of the open was the exciting one. Our boy Pete C (800m 18yo) against the Y's hard nut vet marathoner Ian. Ian kicked hard into the breeze 500m out to open 10 metres on Pete. Pete dug deep drew level 200 out and kicked home to win by 20 metres.
A good day.
Kicked off the start of summer training with a 30 minute run. Felt good albeit a little awkward, but that was to be expected as I re-established myself in the SoFla weather. Did 15 minute of circuit afterward.
Still have some residual tendinitis in my foot so iced that.
Wed. AM; overcast skies with 50F temps. Opted to bike rather than run. 47.6K in 1:53xx for a 25.1k avg............ 2 roosting Turkey vultures were the only critters of note.
mopak,
welcome back.
Sunday AM; 4 mile run. Road side woodlots are carpeted with the flowers of spring. Fresh floral aromas make the presence of Spring finally undeniable. Quiet and calm, just a few turkeys picking roadside grit.
Sunday PM. Got in 25 miles of our 30 mile bike loop before a thunder storm cut things short. Daughter #2 ferried us home.
Quite possible this was the best run I've had in 11+months.
Covered 2.4 miles fartlek fashion under the stars. Sub 8 min pace. Just surged until I got winded, backed off until I felt recovered, then surged again. Fanning the flames of a feeble fire I feared would never start.
PM; Casual 20 mile bike ride with Gary T and Gary K.
AM; Ran 1/2 mile then the right ankle tightened up. Live to run another day.
Ran the same trail through the woods and was rained on twice. Sunday evening I saw the clouds overhead bubble a bit. 70 miles away some 127 people died in the Joplin tornado. It's weird that so many people can die and you have no idea, or maybe not since lot's of people die everyday, but this time it was so close. In the middle of today's run the wind really picked up and my first thought was of being punctured by some flying debris in the woods as a tornado descended on me.
02,
Thanks for the kind words. My Mother was an English teacher and a grammar Nazi in her own right.
AM 75 minute trail run on Rib Mt. Covered maybe 6.5-7 miles.
PM; 40 minutes on the spin trainer. Hit 2 intensity spikes, but just worked up a good sweat for the most part.
Weather was windy but dry and moderate temps made for a fine day afield.
Paranoid in MO.
Heart felt condolences to all our Brethren in Mo. Joplin area especially. The news clips show incomprehensible devastation.
6 miles easy. Had planned to double with the wife, another easy 4-6 plus hill sprints but she had to work late. Will pick up that 4-6 by stretching to one of 14-15 tomorrow, with 8 tempo tomorrow.