Arie's Running Blog

9:05AM start. 55F sunny and light wind. I started late this morning. I did what became my usuael run between the two Duke Campuses and the loop on the East campus. It felt good. It was moderate effort and the weather was nice after two days of rain. The pace was 7:42.

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The plan for this week is as follows:

Monday - 4.75

Tuesday - 4.75

Wednesday - 4.75 (or maybe 6 if I feel good that morning and slept well)

Thursday - 4.75

Friday - I'm driving up to DC

Saturday - 7-8 miles in the beautiful DC

Sunday - I'm driving back to North Carolina.

I will not have a chance to have a longer run this weekend because of my travel. But at least I plan to move from 4 days run a week to 5.

8:10AM start, 55F, sunny and light wind. I ran what became my usual run between the two Duke campuses + the loop around the East campus. I also added two fartleks of 50 yards in what I think was my 10K pace.

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During my run around East campus a guy was playing with his dog and he let the leash off and the dog was jumping on me and licking me and sniffing me. I don't hate dogs, I fear them usually but I don't hate dogs. What I hate is dog owners who make themselves a nuisance. It wasn't too bad this time but a year ago a guy who ran with his dog went on my left side while letting his dog go from my right side and the leash just cut me pretty bad. It was right when I was about to go on a 4 mile run. I ran inspite of the fact I was bleeding. I still have  a 5 inch long scar on my right leg. The guy didn't even stop to say he's sorry or offer help. The guy from today felt really bad and appologized but I was cursing him. Not nice of me, I know. I kinda regret it.

8:40AM start, 55F mostly sunny, some wind. I run the usual West to East Campus plus the East campus loop but this time I als added a small loop around the main quad on east campus (about .6M). I added a couple of fartleks in 10K pace on the way back.

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So far the plan of moving from 4 times a week to 5 times a week is working fine. I plan to keep doing it for at least a month till I attempt 6 days a week. I am also not going to increase milage at first, perhaps only on the weekend long runs. On 4th of July I will run a 5 mile race and I think a 7:00 pace is at reach for that race. In November I will run a 10K and we'll see if I can do that also in 7:00 pace.

I decided to go to the gym after running the same route for three consqutive days. I ran 35 minutes on a moderate incline in moderate speed (7:42). It felt good. I so far ran 4 straight days. I'm going to rest tomorrow. I will be traveling to Washington DC. On Saturday morning I am planning to do my long run from Arlington to the the monuments in DC and back. Looking forward to it.

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6:50 AM start, sunny and windy.

I'm in Arlington VA for a conference. I had a great run this morning. I ran to the airforce memorial monument (I think this is how it is called) near the Arlington cemetary and then back pass my hotel and through Arlington downtown and eventually to the Mount Vernon Trail (MVT). The trail is very nice. I ran just a small part of it. The part I ran went along the Regan National airport (great for seeing planes just as they take off) and then on the banks of the Potomak north till a small park and back. It's a narrow trail and full of bikers but they were nice and courteous and for the most part you can run on the grass next to the trail. The view was beautiful. The conference is good too so it's been a great day. I miss my family tho. 

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