First Fartleks of the Season

Ran again with the wife tonight with humidity at 71%. My awesome bride completed 4 miles while I did 5 with fartleks in the middle. We waited until about eight in the evening to get started so at least the temperature cooled off a little as the sun went down. To put it succinctly, it was a good time.

Another Great Running Day

It's getting to where you just can't trust weathermen any more. Today was another mild day ("mild" being a term relative to late July weather) with the temperature not even reaching 80. Again it was overcast and a perfect afternoon for running 4 more easy miles.

I'm not so sure about increasing the turnover rate since it's such a different stride for me. I need to get back to doing my knee and hip exercises, so maybe that will help. For an easy run my pace seemed a little too fast even though I consciously slowed it down a number of times. I don't think I'll ever be fast, but I would like to be fast enough to qualify for Boston someday.

Act Two - Same Goal, Different Race

First day of the new training session! Four easy miles, although halfway through I increased my turnover rate. Which then confused my Nike iPod sensor since it's used to my plodding longer strides. The Nike+iPod was a birthday gift from Alan, which totally rocks since it lets me know how I'm doing pace-wise.

The first mile of the run was with my lovely wife, who is taking part in her first triathlon in less than two weeks. She is quite the woman! We will run the Kansas City Half-Marathon together on October 18th, and then Alan and I will run the Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa on November 16th. Those are my goals this year, and after running a half in Dallas in April I think that's a pretty good year.

The temperature today was supposed to be in the upper 90's with a heat index of 105. Fortunately we had cloud cover all day, a little rain this morning, and a nice evening for a run. Let's hope I'm this lucky for the next sixteen weeks.

The Time is Coming

It's almost time to start training for autumn races again. I'm planning on the Kansas City Half Marathon with my wife in October and the Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa with Alan in November. Training begins the week of July 27th and I'm looking forward to it. Meanwhile, Happy Birthday America!