On December 27, 2023 I ran my first race as an adult at 54 years old. That race was the goal target when I transitioned from walking to running. In order to continue running, I need to have a goal to reach. Without a goal, I don’t find running something I would just do. As…
I turned 55 today and PR’d a 5k in training doing 800m repeats. Finally hit my sub 30min goal and beat it by 55 secs. 55 may be lucky for me ?
Running Training End of the first week in my training towards the Dec 27th 5k race. It was a pretty good week overall. I ended up getting a 5k PR of 30:49 during my Wed Tempo Run. This week included 6x400m Intervals, Tempo Run @ 10min/m, a botched progression run starting at 10min/m -> 9:30min/m,…
Running Training My last race was a week ago and I am now looking toward the next goals. In a previous post I talked about possibly doing a half marathon. That will not be the next goal, however I have the training plan and dates for a half worked out. Before that, training will be…
This morning (Sept 29, 2024) I ran a 5k race down in the beautiful Mission Bay area of San Diego. Just across the bay from Sea World at Crown Point park. It was a fantastic morning for a race. Average temperature was 66 degrees during the run and the sun was behind the marine layer…
Running Training I have been slacking in the training update department, but sometimes life doesn’t always go to planned schedules. The heatwave is finally over and I was able to log 13 miles in that last week or so. Unfortunately I’ve had another life issue come up that has prevented me from getting back into…
Running Workouts This has been a pretty good week for running. Oh, the weather hasn’t changed. As a matter of fact, we are having our highest temps this week. As per usual, each workout started with a 1 mile warmup. That mile is not included in the screenshots provided. The run I had on Friday…
I thought it might be interesting to show some various stats. This post is going to include a graph of the distance I have run by month over the past year and the temperature measured over my Aug 30 running workout. Mileage Stats As you can see, December, January and February were quite low (the…
Running Workouts The Aug 28th was on treadmill and was difficult. Treadmill work is getting better, but still don’t feel comfortable on treadmill. I discovered a new negative (or maybe positive depending on your view).. When you get tired outside and start to slow down, you just slow down. On a treadmill, when you get…