In the Pursuit of Wonder

Miles: 1.90 Time: 25:00.77 Pace: 13:08 HR: Avg: 156, 83% of max, HR Range: 148-163, In Zone: 17.53, peak HR: 176, min HR: 85, cal: 308 based on 240 lbs. . Shoes: Brooks Addiction(133.13). Time: 11:00 PM.  Did a mediocre job stretching today.

1st .5 Miles 6:14.85 min - 12:29 pace - 149 bpm - 86 calories - best pace 10:13

2nd .5 Miles 6:39.58 min - 13:19 pace - 156 bpm - 75 calories - best pace 10:34

3rd .5 Miles 6:51.99 min - 13:43 pace - 156 bpm - 70 calories - best pace 10:48

Last .40 Miles 5:14.35 - 13:00 pace - 163 bpm - 63 calories - best pace 10:37

Felt good, made it all the way to the corner before walking.  Ran more, walked less, worse time.

Miles: 1.91 Time: 24:31.49 Pace: 12:51 HR: Avg: 156, 83% of max, HR Range: 148-163, In Zone: 17.04, peak HR: 175, min HR: 109, cal: 310 based on 240 lbs. . Shoes: Brooks Addiction(135.04). Time: 8:52 PM.  Did a mediocre job stretching today.

1st .5 Miles 6:05.73 min - 12:11 pace - 151 bpm - 92 calories - best pace 10:18

2nd .5 Miles 619.22 min - 12:38 pace - 157 bpm - 84 calories - best pace 9:51

3rd .5 Miles 6:51.73 min - 13:43 pace - 156 bpm - 73 calories - best pace 10:08

Last .40 Miles 5:14.81 - 12:52 pace - 161 bpm - 61 calories - best pace 8:56

Miles: 1.91 Time: 24:08.77 Pace: 12:37 HR: Avg: 155, 83% of max, HR Range: 148-163, In Zone: 18.36, peak HR: 171, min HR: 81, cal: 314 based on 240 lbs.  Shoes: Brooks Addiction(136.95). Time: 8:47 PM.  Did a mediocre job stretching today.  Ate very sensibly today.

1st .5 Miles 5:50.79 min - 11:41 pace - 149 bpm - 94 calories - best pace 9:53

2nd .5 Miles 6:24.83 min - 12:49 pace - 156 bpm - 82 calories - best pace 10:31

3rd .5 Miles 6:37.69 min - 13:15 pace - 155 bpm - 75 calories - best pace 9:56

Last .40 Miles 5:15.46 min- 12:44 pace - 159 bpm - 63 calories - best pace 10:13

Miles: 1.90 Time: 23:28.39 Pace: 12:20 HR: Avg: 154, 82% of max, HR Range: 148-163, In Zone: 17.08, peak HR: 169, min HR: 79, cal: 323 based on 240 lbs.  Shoes: Brooks Addiction(138.85). Time: 9:25 PM.  Did a mediocre job stretching today.  Ate very unsensibly today.

1st .5 Miles 5:47.15 min - 11:34 pace - 147 bpm - 93 calories - best pace 10:18

2nd .5 Miles 6:18.13 min - 12:36 pace - 155 bpm - 83 calories - best pace 10:06

3rd .5 Miles 6:22.21 min - 12:44 pace - 156 bpm - 84 calories - best pace 9:52

Last .40 Miles 5:00.73 min- 12:26 pace - 158 bpm - 63 calories - best pace 9:48

yesterday's run was my best time to that point.  This run beat it by 40 seconds.  Hope this level of improvement keeps going.  Tried to spot a shooting star, but didn't see one.  This caused me to walk slower which counterintuitively helps improve the time as my HR recovers quicker allowing me to run a bigger percent of the distance. This resulted in 7.5 walks compared to 6 yesterday.  Lots of people don't like Galloway, but he's got some things figured out for those without a solid base.  Sometimes walking more gives you a better time.

Before my run I took a big bite of cake and took a drink of water to help wash it down.  Then I sneezed.  Usually you can tell you are about to sneeze, not this time.  So I shot a chocolate cake water mixture out my nose.  One of the most disgusting things I have ever done.

Miles: 2.89 Time: 38:46 Pace: 13:25 HR Avg: 153, Shoes: Brooks Addiction(141.74).

With the watch I am going to be recording less data on the blog as that was for a record for myself which is now stored elsewhere.

This run was kind of a mixed bag.  I ran .8 miles before walking.  Last run was .5 miles before walking.  This run started off slower, but I was trying to conserve for the longer run.  Still, I think that was a solid improvement.  I ran the same run a week ago in 39:47, so this represented over a minute improvement with worse tactics.

At about the 1.5 mile mark my right shin got really tight.  I even stopped once to try and shake it out.  Even while walking I was limping badly.  I pushed through and the tightness stayed in my shin, but expanded to my ham and calf.  By the end of the run, the tightness had worked itself out and I was running pretty good with no limp.  I also had swollen hands and my right toes went numb.  I have bought into Sasha's argument about running more often under the rational that the more often you run the quicker you will improve and the lower mileage per day will reduce the chance of injury.  After a rest day yesterday and today's performance I belive that, at least for me right now, a complete rest day actually does harm as it allows my muscles to tighten back up and un-does the stretching that occured in the previous days run.

The last few days I have been watching streaming running movies from the internet.  I have watched Saint Ralph, On the Edge, and Run for your Life.  The first two had a little to much taking the lords name in vain for my taste, but they were fun to watch.  Saint Ralph was about a 14 year old boy training to run Boston while at a catholic school while his mom was ill.  On the Edge was about a guy training and running in a trail race as a bandit because they wouldn't let him compete legitimately because of old infractions.  Run for Your Life was about the history of the New York Marathon and sort of a bio of the guy who started the thing.  All three educational and motivational.