Today's Run - 12/31

Ella and I headed to ACAC on New Years Eve Day. I did a 4mile Run on the treadmill while Ella hung out at the Kid Zone. The 4miles on the treadmill was quick as I worked to maintain a constant speed.

Dec 31, 2009

New Year, New Challenge and Opportunity!

I have officially started training for my 1st Marathon. I have the opportunity to train the EMC team to support The Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center and run the Boston Marathon. In conjunction with opportunity of racing and training, the EMC team is fund raising for the Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center.

I will continue to post my training and fund raising efforts and results and look forward to sharing my experience and information of the good works of the Respite Center.

Today's Run - 12/26

After a number of cold days the weather finally broke and we had a clear day with temps in the mid-high 40s! I headed out for a run in shorts, and short sleeve shirt, gloves and a head/ear cover. It was perfect!

I decided to stretch my run a bit doing almost 7miles. I worked through the neighborhood looking for hilly sections. I enjoyed the long run as I have been really doing only 3-5miles regularly since Nov. I need to get my mileage up for the marathons in 2010.

Today's Run - 12/25

I have started to enjoy running on holidays and this morning had a itch to get out. I was happy to see that the forecasted icy rain held off until after we finished our Christmas package opening. I got few new pieces of cold weather running gear for gifts, so I excited to try them out. As I started my run it started to rain a bit, but overall it was just cold, windy and crisp. I am surprised how much the scenery changes with all the snow on the ground. I took a picture on my route to capture the conditions and views.

Today's Run - 12/24

Winter is officially upon us as we returned from our cruise to find 2Ft of snow on the ground. The cold weather has kept the snow on the ground longer than usual and I thought it would be fun to run outside in the cold crisp air and snow filled backdrops.

Running in the cold was not to bad. I bundled up in a hat, gloves, long sleeve shirt, running pants and wind jacket to beat the 20 degree chill. After getting warmed up I really did not mind running in the cold. I ran a pretty usual route but had to stick to the roads as the sidewalks have not been cleared yet. I was careful to avoid the black ice spots on the road. Considering the conditions I am pretty happy with my splits and pace.

Today's Run - 12/12 through 12/21

We went on our yearly family cruise this past week. I was excited to run in the port cities of Charleston, SC and Key West FL.

I while at sea I ran on the treadmills in the gym. I did attempt to run the outer deck the first day, but found the wind was too variable to make it possible. I did a mile on the deck track and then decided to go inside and run on the treadmill.

The Charleston run was excellent! The weather was perfect for running, clam and cool. I ran through the historic battery, Broad Street and the old Market. The historic houses were fun to see, and the it was a great time. Unfortunately the Runkeeper GPS application seemed to have some issues and did not capture my route completely.




I was not able to run in Key West because I caught a stomach bug and was isolated in my cabin for 24hrs. After being freed from isolation, it took me another day to feel like I recovered enough to run. I ran on 12/18 and again on 12/20 in the ship Gym.

I finished up my last run on the cruise with a leg and back massage. I really need to stretch my calves more and the masseuse had to work them out pretty good.

Today's Run - 12/9 & 12/10

I was traveling for business this week to Connecticut. The weather was cold, windy, rainy and snowy so I ran on the treadmill in hotel gym. I really worked on keeping a faster pace than my normal runs and was able to finish 3miles in ~26:15 both days.

12/9 Run
12/10 Run

C'Ville Men's 4 Miler Results

Here are the official results from the race yesterday.

PLACE NAME                  
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124 Douglas Morrison      

AG DIV   DIV/TOT  TIME    PACE  C
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34 M3034  12/33     32:19  8:05 N

There were a total of 257 runners and 33 in my age group. I am happy that I placed in the top 50% of both.

Today's Run - 12/5 - C'Ville Men's 4 Miler

I braved the weather and ran the C'Ville Men's 4 Miler this morning! The weather all week has been warm and nice, but not for the run this morning. I woke up to 40 degrees with a constant rain. By race time is was in the low 30's and rain, mid race it was mix of rain and snow and right after finishing it was snowing with accumulation on the ground.

The 4 Miler Course is a nice rolling track that starts out pretty much all down hill for the first 2 miles. You then turn around and run up the hill you just came down. I started the race a very good clip and ran the first 2miles in ~15mins. I was not able to keep that pace for the last 2 miles unfortunately, but did finish in ~32mins. I am pretty happy with my race, but would have liked to be more consistent in my pacing.

I over dressed despite the cold wet weather. I think that the last mile was hard because I was getting over heated in my rain jacket. I wore my new shoes for the race and was very happy with the familiar feel of the ASICS.

Today's Run - 12/2

The cold weather is here and I ran indoors on the dreadmill for the first time in a long while. In preparing for the C-Ville 4miler I kept my run short but tried to run hard. I ran a pretty fast 5K with multiple burst of speed to complete in just over 26mins. It was a good run, but I was very bored as I felt as though I was on forced march.

The weather is looking pretty bad for Saturday's Race. I hope that snow and race hold off until later in the day otherwise I will really have to think about running.


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