Bryan's Running Blog

45:24 ==> 9:00 per mile. I ran through Crockett Park and up Arrowhead Drive. Unfortunately, my achilles has been sore ever since Saturday's run.

46:34 ==> 7:18 per mile. I did my basic Carondolet loop once (2.16 miles) and then ran from my house out along Old Smyrna Road until the start of the big hill (2.11 miles) and back.

I decided to pick up my pace today. I probably started a little too fast with a couple of the first miles under 7:00. I slowed down a little and went really slow when running up the (minor) hills of this run.

My achilles feels about the same now as it does after running 9:00 pace -- maybe a little stiff, but no real pain. I'll probably do a weekly run like this.

55:52 ==>7:59 per mile. I ran the treadmill today. First mile around 9 minutes, next 3 at 8 minutes, next at 7:30, the next got down to 6:58 for about a half mile, but then I thought I should probably be going slower so I went up to 7:30, and then the last mile varied between 8 and 8:30 pace.

I felt fine, but I got a little bored. The TV monitor is to the side of the treadmill, so it is difficult to stay on the treadmill and watch TV. A guy next to me was trying to watch TV and ended up falling off the treadmill. So it gets a little boring, and the best way to entertain myself was to change around the speed a little, although today was supposed to be a slow run.

In other exciting news, a skunk must be living in our crawl space under the house because we woke up this morning to an awful smell. We got someone to come out and set up traps. Apparently it's skunk mating season. You learn something new every day....

41:52 ==> 8:17 per mile. I ran the same run as Monday (Crockett Park and Arrowhead Drive). I bought shoes last night -- there goes another $100. They are Brooks brand. I think I'll like them. I plan to rotate shoes every other day for a month or two. However, my achilles was sore today while running -- typically it isn't sore during the run. Must have been from my last couple of runs. I particularly felt it around hills. Unfortunately, it's hard to avoid hills on my runs. My neighborhood is an area of rolling hills. I can usually avoid the steep ones and right around my house is quite flat. But I'd get bored running the same quarter mile around my house over and over and over.

No skunks in the skunk traps this morning, although our house still stinks.

38:32 ==> 8:58 per mile. I ran two laps around the Carondolet neighborhood. I am getting very annoyed with my achilles. I'm tired of running these slow, boring runs. Ran in the old shoes today. My achilles felt OK.

Basketball game in the evening.  I'll count that as two miles.  My achilles always feels fine playing b-ball.

1:28:11 ==> 9:23 per mile.  Blazing speed!  I went down the river trail to the end and then through a neighborhood out there by a golf course.  I'm happy that I was able to do the run though, and my achilles didn't hurt (although it's a little sore now -- 5 hours later).