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>>On Assignment<< Amy of Runner’s Lounge has started a meme for fellow running bloggers. She assigns a topic pertinent to running and offers us a chance to run with it.
These are the results for the 1 mile event at the Boston Indoor Games last week.
What I think Great Parks for Runners should include:
(Bonus!)
When you run without sleep or coffee onboard you discover
a silent element of running – the motion.
A rhythmic locomotion that can lull you into a somnolent state.
There is something so comforting - something so right about running.
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I did interrupt my nirvana to do a 1 mile tempo. These are getting too easy – maybe I need to lower bar.
Next week:
I'm going to try and get a picture of the new state-of-the-art video replay screen at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.
The U.S. Olympic trails will be held here in June.
It was designed by a former Oregon track star Tinker Hatfield - he now works for NIKE. The screen was paid for by NIKE; it’s fifty feet tall with a screen thirty feet long. w00t!
Track Web cam – yeah it’s raining!
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I’m running faster – a total revelation. After years and years of just maintaining my pace - I’m starting to see improvements. Today’s tempo run was an easy 15 seconds faster then last months. I could contribute it to Daniel's Running Formula I worked with last Fall. But I think it has to do with the fact my heart is running smoother. Why?
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Start slow – use the run/walk method.Don’t compete with others – save that for later.Be yourself.Don’t set unrealistic goals.STRETCH after each run. Tattoo this on your inner thigh.Reward your achievements – new gear, etc…Join a running club or group for direction.When it hurts rest – walk. (Walking is not a malfunction.)Enjoy the process of improving fitness.Look in the mirror and say, "w00t – I am a runner!"
Optimistic status regenerated.
Found the exact shoe I was looking for.
On the quest to achieve greatness let’s not forget we are human. Not everyone in a race will come in first; in fact – only one individual.
I remember one occasion - at the end of a race I ran many years ago. An older male runner blazed by me near the end of a 10k. He was panting madly as he passed. I thought to myself, “what a fool,” as I watched him pass. A few minutes later, up ahead, I saw him stagger – fading to the side of the road. I quickly ran by him – as did other runners around me. But there were several runners that stopped - forfeiting their time. Sirens and commotion ensued after I crossed the finish line. I never did hear an update on the runner’s state. He was apparently in pretty bad shape.
To this day, I am still ashamed I didn’t stop and lend a hand. Someday that fool may be me.
This post was spawned after reading - this simple statement- by Catherine - via Problogger.
Running slower is a challenge for me. (Especially when it’s raining out and I just want to get home and have my 1st cup of coffee!) But on my long run days - I must stick to the prescribed menu,”At least 3 min/mi slower that the mile speed you have set your half-marathon pace at.”
Last year I came in 13 minutes faster than my predicted time. So I know the program works.
For a faster than 2hr half-marathon Galloway recommends a goal pace of 8:00-9:19 mile.
Add 3 mins to than = about a 12 min mile for me – excruciating .
(Average pace today 10:08 – way too fast!)
Next week’s Mantra – run slow… smile.
start to finish
stead fast waters
mossy green
a heart shaped puddle
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Although I was running faster, my pace remained frozen in time. For some reason my Garmin Forerunner had stalled.
I wasn’t running near any tall structures at the time.
What other disruptions could cause signal fade outs?
See this image for all the satellites orbiting the Earth. I guess it’s possible they were being swapped out at the time.
Just like last year I will be following Galloway’s Half-Marathon training method. I finished strong last year, coming in just over 2 hrs – so my plan this year is to nip under that 2 hour bar.
I will be following Galloway's 1:59 min Time Goal Program with modifications to his LSD runs. I really don’t want to get injured. He suggests working up to a 17 mile training run. Hell - if I’m going to put that much time in, I might as well be entering the full Marathon. Anyways, I trimmed it down to around 13 miles. The magic number I need to complete to finish the race.
I still have to get my long runs up to 7 miles before I starting the program. I have 117 days to prepare – so no time to loiter.
BTW: To win $500 Female finishers will have to come in faster than (1:12:57) Last year's course record. Let’s see now, that’s under a 6 minute mile…
Registration fee: $75 before April 1st
Eugene Marathon @ myspace
When I first read this article at zenhabits about commitments, I was surprised that he classified running as a hobby. I’ve never thought of my running as a hobby.
But after reading these online definitions:
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Nothing is more depressing to a runner than being overtaken at the finish line by a runner – whom you passed twice during the race.
Except, maybe, to find out she is in your age category!
But what made this incident not so bad was the fact she came up to me after the awards and thanked me for making her kick-ass! (That’s a runner’s term to run faster than everyone else.)
It appears we both benefited from the occasion.
How fast can a fridge run?
