How am I feeling today? It is nice outside, and I feel a bit sore in the hamstrings from Tuesday’s track workout. A little of that Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) that is so wonderful. Otherwise, I seem to have at least half a brain and know that I don’t have to mow the lawn again until next week, which is a good thing. I … Continue reading You Get What You Need – Thursday – July 29, 2021
How am I feeling today? Okay, I would rather that circumstance had let me go on the trip/vacation that I have been looking forward to for several months. However, with the rising number of COVID hospitalizations, I chose to cancel my trip and am good with that decision. It doesn’t mean that I am not a bit frustrated or down about not seeing loved ones, … Continue reading Strides – Thursday – July 22, 2021
The first half of 2021 is done. As screwed-up as 20221 has been, my life is quiet, spent on the hill where we live, play on the computer too much, and not one where I worry about all the stuff I am not doing due to the pandemic. I do what I feel comfortable doing (too many would consider my life boring), enjoy the life … Continue reading Halfway Through 2021
Today’s Running Focus Enjoy the run Planned Workout Description: Workout: Stryd 5K Plan – Week 1, Day 6 60:00 minute long run Purpose: The long run is a main staple in training and is your longest continuous effort in the training week. The goal for this run is to practice extending duration and increasing your time spent running. Over the course of the training plan … Continue reading Longer – Saturday – June 19, 2021
Today’s Running Focus Keep the Easy Day Easy How Am I Feeling This Morning? Pretty good, the sun is shining, the Achilles is not bothering me nearly as much as I thought it might when I ended the run yesterday, and today is an easy day, so I am going to try to keep it that way. Planned Workout Description: Workout: Stryd 5K – Week … Continue reading Easy Day & New Shoes – Wednesday – June 16, 2021
Today’s Focus Heat Acclimatization Planned Workout Description: Workout: Intro to Stryd Day 6 – 30:00 Purpose: Recovery Run After yesterday’s easy run and 2.5 hours of lawn mowing, a recovery run sounds really great. However, it will be hot today and even hotter tomorrow (I mean the first week of June and 80*F weather in Maine???). So I will probably run down towards Wildwood at … Continue reading RunLog – Saturday – June 5, 2021
Today’s Focus Trust the plan Planned Workout Description: It is the first day of the two-week Intro to Stryd workouts. Today I am finally getting to start seeing what running with Power is all about. I will find out if running with Power is part of the solution to at least a few of my running woes. I got the Stryd pod back in March. … Continue reading Monday — May 31, 2021
Today’s Focus Stay warm Planned Workout Description: Workout: 10×3:00-minute run, with 1:00 minute recoveries Purpose: To see what shape I am in; I will probably run really easy on as many of the recoveries as possible to see how my conditioning is and how the Achilles is holding up to the load past 30:00 minutes. Warm-up: 100-ups Run #1 Course: Howard-Town Office-Howard Type: Run/Walk Distance: 4.8 Duration: … Continue reading Saturday – May 29, 2021
Today’s Focus Don’t get too frazzled. It will be one of those days, errands in town, construction on the house, attempting to get a good run-in, doing all the non-running routine to help my running. Then ensuring that TheWife gets her run-in and outside stuff done, getting the final load of firewood into the truck for them to deliver to their friend who needs it. … Continue reading Thursday – May 27, 2021
During this latest Achilles injury, I have had time to think about my relationship with running shoes, writing reviews and I asked myself: Do I want to review running shoes on my blog? Should I run in as many different brands/styles of running shoes in the future? What brand has worked the best for me? What kind of running shoes do I run most comfortably … Continue reading Moving Away from Running Shoe Reviews
Rehab Sucks! Yes, rehabilitating an injury sucks – big time. Yet, if you take part in sports, are active, or are simply alive and kicking, you will have an injury that requires you to rehab it at some point in your life. As a runner, it seems that I get to do more than my share at times. For me, this most recent Achilles tendon … Continue reading Rehab Sucks But You Gotta Do It
Yes, it is still Winter, although I did get lucky and get most of my run in before the squalls and winds got here. The temps were around freezing with a ten or so mph breeze, pretty typical for January or early February, but it is mid-March, so I am ready for this stuff to be done. It isn’t, and March is known for Mother … Continue reading Cony-Piggery 10K – RunLog 3/14/21
