Ditto yesterday

Another 5K at a 5:00 pace indoors at lunch ... beginning to love the Paramounts. The heel strike took a little getting use too. The toe off rocks , they feel like the are spring loaded getting me up on my toes allot more then any other shoe I have ever wore.

5K on cruise control

5K done at lunch at a 5:00 pace today.

Speed work at work

Working 12 hours today so I had a little more time then usual in the gym. 12K was done , first 5 at 4:26 , 2 at 4:20 , 2 at 4:10 and the last one at 4:00 for a 43:21 time. Breathing wasn't too bad up to the 4:00 pace . 4:26 was easy! Wore the Acis shoes today , no issues with the knee. Will try the Saucony Paramounts tomorrow.... jury is still out on those shoes!

August 8 2009

Some things just have to be rationalized, namely my plans for Aug 8 2009. I am going to run my first 5K and 50 mile race in the same day!

At 09:50 I am going to run my first 5K with a goal of a sub 20:00 time. Its a local race in Neustadt, http://www.run4youth.ca/. But wait, three is more....

As soon as I am done the 5K its off to Mansfield for my first 80K run, http://www.dirtyrunnerproductions.com/trail_race/. The race starts at 09:00 am but I probably wont start until sometime between 2:00 and 4:00 pm. I cleared the late arrival with the race director . The only thing Dian said was that I have to complete 80K to be a finisher and get OSU points.

Top 3 reasons to do this ....

1) I am working nights the following week. Running all night will help me to adjust my sleep patterns.
2) Its cooler at night. It can be really hot in Ontario at that time of year. If its a real hot day I will go out real easy or I may wait until night fall.
3) I want to put my new headlight to use!

10K at lunch

Did a test run on the Saucony Paramounts at lunch. 5K at a 5:00 pace then 5K at a 4:30 pace. They are really nice shoes but they may not be the ones for me. I need a mid range stability show , these are low. They may make a good race day shoe but I need to run a little further in them to make sure. I will give them a try again tomorrow.

13K today

It was a beautiful but wet early spring run! Temps at 9C and
moderate to heavy rain. Headed up the 2nd to the Holland Gelenelg
town line then back, 13K at a 5:31 pace. Wore the Garmin but didn't
look at it until I was home, it felt like I was runnign closer to a 5:00 pace . When you factor in the +/- 400m in elevation change it was closer to a 5:10 pace, to bad Garmin didn't factor in elevation!

I didn't run with music , wanted to hear the natural world and I wasn't disappointed. I love the sound of the rain! In many paces there was fast moving water , the robins, geese and frogs were all making a racket too. Ran down the middle of the road to avoid the puddles and soft parts. I didn't pass a single car the entire way ... running in Grey is great!

Speed today

16K +401/-405m today at a 4:56 pace. Weather was good, Sun , temps at 10C but a stiff Southerly Breeze!