Mike
Beautiful morning for a run...the temperature was perfect with a nice cool breeze and no humidity. Feeling good :)
- Miles:
- 3186 total / 516 in 2013
- Goal:
1) Run 1000 miles for the year 2) Ragnar Madison to Chicago relay 3) Average one half-marathon a month. 4) Maybe a fall marathon 5) Live to tell about it!
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RUN
great Morning "5" 5 mi 00:45 09:00 pace
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swim
great Master's Swim Class 1000 yd 01:00 105:35 pace
My first masters swim session and it went really well. Lanes are assigned based on your pace, so I put myself in lane 4 and was able to keep up with the other person in my lane, who was also reall... read more
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RUN
tired Morning "5" 5 mi
Run felt good, but a fun Father's Day with friends and family wore me out...feeling a little tired today. Happy Monday!
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RUN
great Round the lake. 10.6 mi 01:43 09:40 pace
Kind of a spur of the moment run and really glad that I did it. Kept it slower and drank about double the amount of water that I typically do. Felt great!
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RUN
great Morning "5" 5 mi 00:42 08:18 pace
Burning up the streets with coach Kerry this morning and perfect negative splits (completely unintentional). 8:58, 8:21, 8:16, 8:07, 7:51. I also just signed up for a masters swim class which sta... read more
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swim
great 2250 yd 00:55 43:01 pace
Started out with my usual:
300 - crawl/freestyle
300 - breaststroke
300 - backstrokeThen decided to push it a little and did 54 laps (1350 yards) of front crawl/freestyle. Got into a groove and... read more
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RUN
alright Morning "5" 5.35 mi 00:55 10:16 pace
Felt pretty good overall, but I'm still sore a little sore from Ragnar. Mighty humid this morning, too. Today is Louie's fifth grade graduation...excited to see my big guy move on to hi... read more
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swim
great Late Lunch Swim / recovery 900 yd 00:20 39:06 pace
Swim West changed their open/lap swim hours and I can't believe that they didn't check with me first...1:30pm - 3:00pm is going to be difficult, but I snuck out today for a late swim'... read more
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RUN
great Ragnar leg 36 7.85 mi 01:13 09:15 pace
This was the final leg of our Ragnar Madison to Chicago relay. I was physically and mentally drained before even starting this run so I slowed the pace, stuffed a couple of Oreo cookies in my fuel ... read more
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RUN
good Ragnar leg 24. 6.81 mi 01:01 08:58 pace
This was leg 24 and half of leg 25. It was pretty cool coming up to the chute and cruising right through it. This run started at 2:35pm and was a little harder due to sitting in the van for over 24... read more
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I remember fondly notching night kills at the Wasatch Ragnar last year. SO much fun.
10 days ago • Like
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RUN
great Ragnar Leg 12 6.82 mi 00:58 08:31 pace
This was my first leg in the Madison to Chicago relay. After sitting in the van all day, a nice run at 9:11pm was just what the doctor ordered. Only one kill (kill = passing another runner) but sti... read more
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swim
great Last swim before Ragnar! 1800 yd 00:45 44:00 pace
In a shit mood today because of work, but I snuck out for a swim and very glad that I did...feeling much better about the world right now.
Started with a moderate warm up:
300 yard - front crawl/... read more -
RUN
great Lowell Fun Run! 3 mi 00:28 09:20 pace
Today was the annual Lowell mile fun run. I love running with all of the kids and this year I was one of the lead runners for the 2nd/3rd grade group. I thought it would be easy to stay in front... read more
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swim
great 1200 yd 00:40 58:40 pace
A little something different today at lunch, but I didn't have time to log it until now. Busy, busy day.
3 sets of the following for a warmup:
100 yard - front crawl/freestyle
100 yard - b... read more -
RUN
good Morning "5" 5 mi
It's Ragnar week...time to taper!!! My phone somehow turned off last night so my alarm didn't go off. Luckily, Stacy had opened the window at some point in the night so the birds took c... read more
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RUN
good Sunday morning 5K 3.11 mi 00:27 08:32 pace
Pre-Ride the Drive warm-up run and Ragnar speed work. (8:59,8:46, 8:06 and the last .11 at 7:08). Hope it warms up a little for Ride the Drive...it's mighty windy out there.
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swim
great Swim'ch... 1800 yd 00:48 46:56 pace
Really starting to enjoy these lunch swims...second mile this week. Not bad for a runner. LOL!
6 sets of:
100 yard - front crawl/freestyle
100 yard - breaststroke
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RUN
good Morning "5" 6 mi 00:57 09:30 pace
Snuck a run in before the rain on a nice Friday morning. Great breeze and not quite as humid this morning.
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RUN
great Morning "5" 5 mi 00:46 09:14 pace
Holy humid morning Batman! I have been reading about breathing techniques while running recently and I have already noticed an improvement with my pace and general comfort during a run. Good stuff!
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swim
great Lunch swim 1800 yd 00:50 48:53 pace
A new distance PR today...felt really good to blow off some steam and splash around.
6 sets of:
100 yard - front crawl/freestyle
100 yard - breaststroke
100 yard - backstroke
nice run Mike!
about 17 hours ago • Like