I am at that point in a new training program where everything has started to break down and it is a lot of work to push through it. I have completed every workout on the training plan for the last two weeks, not always on the day I was supposed to, but I did get to everything. Today was my long run/walk day and I'm going to count the University District Street Scramble for my workout.
This week was a better showing for team Same Same but Different than the Alki scramble. We came in 5th out of 14 teams so I'm happy with that finish. There was one tricky checkpoint behind McCarty Hall that a lot of teams had trouble with and we couldn't find. That would have put us in 4th place, but still not too shabby.
We managed to cover around 10 miles (if you take the average between Tim and my activity tracking apps) in the three hours. Once RunKeeper fixes their embedded maps, you'll be able to check out our course.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Training Week 1
The running app I use has had it's embedded map function broken for quite a while now so I have not been logging my runs. Hopefully they'll fix the problem soon as the community is getting pretty impatient.
Anyway, I figured that since I'm doing the Rock n Roll Half Marathon in June and the RSVP bike ride in August, I'd better start getting back in shape. I found a half marathon training app and am slowly working up my duration and distance. Today was my first "long run" training day and I have to admit I cheated a little by taking the mostly downhill route, but at least I got out and did the run. I am hoping a nice side effect from all this training is that I'll actually look OK in my bathing suit in Costa Rica over Thanksgiving.
One day Runkeeper will fix their embedded maps and you'll be able to see my route.
Until then, here are the vital stats:
Distance 5.01 mi, Duration 1:04:46, Average Pace 12:55 / mi
Anyway, I figured that since I'm doing the Rock n Roll Half Marathon in June and the RSVP bike ride in August, I'd better start getting back in shape. I found a half marathon training app and am slowly working up my duration and distance. Today was my first "long run" training day and I have to admit I cheated a little by taking the mostly downhill route, but at least I got out and did the run. I am hoping a nice side effect from all this training is that I'll actually look OK in my bathing suit in Costa Rica over Thanksgiving.
One day Runkeeper will fix their embedded maps and you'll be able to see my route.
Until then, here are the vital stats:
Distance 5.01 mi, Duration 1:04:46, Average Pace 12:55 / mi
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