Arie's Running Blog

6:50AM 74F 80-90% humidity. Since conditions were not so great I didn't push it, especially not in the first third. I ran strong and averaged 8:00. I also fought the urge to put more milage than the 10 I planed. I felt good at the end although I was totally wet.

1:21:41

I will be traveling in the next 3 days and I'm going to make a big effort to run. Lets see if I can do it.

5:30AM 76F 80% humidity. Yes 5:30 it's not a mistake. I'm flying to DC today and will have meeting all day and will give a talk at UMD and then go to dinner so that was my only chance to run. I ran in our neighborhood just 2.2 miles but did them fast. It's a very hilly route so it's as if I also did hills training. It's the shortest I ran in a very long time but getting up so early for this purpose was the main thing. I did 7:34 pace on these hills.

0:16:38

7:40AM 68F 60% humidity. I'm in Washington DC. Had a very nice run this morning. Went up Wisconsin Ave. to Macomb to Conecticut Ave. pass the Zoo and down to Dupont Circle then on P street through Georgetown and up Wisconsin Ave. back to my hotel. I really love DC. Weather conditions were nice as well. Lots of people running in the streets. Did a nice pace as well on those crazy up and down streets (7:48). I'm looking forward to my run tomorrow morning.

0:43:20

6:50AM about 60F and low humidity. I'm still in DC. I ran from my hotel through parts of Georgetown all the way down to Lincoln Memorial. Then along the reflection pool to the  Washington Monument. Up 15th street to Pensilvania Ave. Ran infront of the White House and all the way back to Georgetown and back to my hotel. Very nice and scenic run with lots of ups and downs. Nice pace over all (7:49 on average).

0:55:53

9:15 AM 70F low humidity. Went to Duke tracks to do speed work. Eventough I slept a lot last night I felt tired after two days of traveling. I did 5 intervals of 0.5M at 3:19, 3:17, 3:17, 3:20 and 3:22. As you can see I was loosing it a bit at the last two intervals. Over all I did 5.5 miles.

0:42:51

3:20pm 76F 45% humidity. Did my run late today because of schedule issues but the weather is great. It was actually fun to clear up my mind after sitting in my office all day and teaching. Did a nice pace (7:43 on average). Rest tomorrow.

0:36:41