Last week, I ventured down to the Orange Reservoir Loop for my first speed workout. Today, I ran the same workout again. I did the same 5x320m intervals with 320m easy recovery jogs. By keeping everything the same, I’m able to compare the two workouts and see if I’m making progress. Happily, I am. Comparing … Read more
This morning, I had a problem. I was supposed to do a repetition workout, but I didn’t have access to a track or a marked running route. So I decided to try something new – basing my repetitions on time instead of distance. I’m in the first week of a training block focusing on my … Read more
This week, I started my winter training block focused on lowering my 5k time. And that meant that today was my first speed workout. Other than it being fairly cold, things worked out well. I enjoyed it, it felt good, and I’m looking forward to a few more of these throughout Phase 1. Dealing with … Read more
I’m a data nerd, and I like to be able to look at data from my runs. At some point, I plan on writing up more thorough reviews of various running apps. But in the meantime, I wanted to take a few minutes to share the apps that I use. Apps I’ve Used in the … Read more
Yesterday, I outlined the 5k training block that I had planned for the winter. The first step in this plan was to run a mile time trial and use the results to set my training paces. Well, this morning I woke up bright and early and I set out to run that time trial. It … Read more
At this point, it’s been just about two weeks since I ran my half marathon time trial. I’ve taken it easy the last two weeks to recover, and I’m looking forward to starting a new training block. Long term, my goal is to run a marathon next fall and a half marathon late next spring. … Read more
Last week, I ran a half marathon time trial and you can read more about the race itself here. But today I wanted to reflect a bit on my taper before the race and my recovery after the race. Tapering for My Half Marathon I increased my volume a lot over the summer, and at … Read more
I spent the spring getting back into running after an injury, followed by some base building in the summer. By August, it was time to actually train a bit and set a baseline for what kind of times I could achieve. I didn’t have a solid plan, and I kind of muddled through a bit. … Read more
I’ve been running on and off for years, and a lot of that time “off” has been because of my knee. So today, let’s talk about getting back into running after an injury. For years, I’ve had issues with my right knee. Muscle imbalances made my kneecap unstable. Throw in some probable overuse. And you’ve … Read more
When I started running again earlier this year, my goal was to survive until the end of the year without getting injured and (hopefully) run a half marathon. Well, I made it to the fall injury free. And last weekend, it was finally time for the half marathon time trial that I had put on … Read more