who are those hooded hordes

after work, hot, sweaty no shirt type run. Finally summer might show up!  felt pretty good, need new shoes

tried some track work tonight.  warm-up from office to track

did some fartlek type running, pushed it at close to top speed for 200m (tried to keep it under 6min/mls), jog at 8:30 pace for 200m, did 2 sets of 4.  not too amazing but am trying to get into a routine.  wob did 'em too, nice to have some company on this type of crap.  felt good after, easy run back to home-base.  

Awesome sunny day run!  Summer has finally arrived, went at high noon so hot, hot, was sweet!  New shoes were a boon. Slow and sweaty, didn't have any water but felt good overall. Avg 8:43

nice recovery type run with wob out past landing jumbo jets. go celtics!

lot's of tooth parts and saliva flying around at office today, awesome.  So after work-wanted to do a 10kish run, tried to push it.  first 2.5 into a strong headwind, thought I was pushing fast, swinging the arms hard, look down at garmin and...9:20 avg, blah blah, but then wind died a bit, was able to pick it up, ran to BHS track, last mile+ on track, (5 laps) her are splits, just fo fun.  9:00, 8:11, 8:37, 7:33, 7:21, 7:11, 1:52 (last .29  a 6:34 avg).  

another note on the day, my boy got sucker punched from behind while two other dopey kids held his arms, this because Harry J stood up for a little runty kid these wankers were pushing around.  That is my boy.  What a stud.

just a quick bit o stuff after work on track, nothing too impressive

Well I went back to read my blog about this race last year and can't believe that I had forgotten how difficult it was!  Today was a bit of a bonker race, about 15 mins slower than last year.  Not sure if that was because of the heat (ran out of water, was dizzy, thought I was on another planet at one point, don't ask) or because I ran more races this spring, or just because I ate svenhard pastries for breakfast, could be it)  all in all a tough race with total ascent 4313 ft and descent of 4372 ft,  fast mile was mile 5 at 6:58 and slow was mile 11 on hill from hell, a soul shuddering 23:47.  delusions, now I know what it would be like to perish in the desert with no water, horrible, horrible.  I need a hydration pack or something for these I guess!  Next time, next time.  will post my place, etc, when they post 'em. 

some recoveryish run, wish it were rum instead of run. tried to keep up with bellsZbub, my runnin partner for the eve

woke up with nasty headache + tried to run = supercharged crap run

finally a decent run!! funny that it came after a night spent on the hard ground in the woods.  harry and BellZbub wanted to go camping.  I really don't like camping I have decided, the fire is fun though, made some pretty awesome tinfoil dinners, they were actually good!  Anyway, felt strong today, avg: 8:34.  some good hill, total acsent 2871 ft, total descent was 3108 ft. total time 1:54:31.  ate  logo os meus amigos!

oh and I was a bit stiff from yesterday's run, but warmed up, just to get all hungry and weak.  avg 8:41, splits 9:40, 8:53, 8:19, 7:53

this running in consecutive days sort of sucks at first, but then I warmed up and felt pretty strong.  finally got some sleep which helps.  just tryin' to catch gdoc.  Today tried to speed up a bit. here is the mixed results  avg: 8:15

9:07, 8:50, 8:36, 8:50  into a pretty strong headwind

7:44, 7:52,  with a bit o' tailwind

7:26, 7:37  with some headwindish crosswind, felt strong though

3:02 last .38, pushed it over a little hill to finish

Now the good part:  best baby back ribs, spaghetti squash, mashed yukon golds, homemade choc. cake and gpa Froerer's homemade raspberry icecream, does not get much better!

a bit of a hill workout with Wob, started slow and stiff but finished strongish enough, sort of, for now

this was a mentally challenging run, if I hadn't set out on a "your too far away now to turn around" type of route I wouldn't have made it that far, felt better in middle miles.  legs stiff, walked at the end for awhile to try to cool down  avg: 8:48  total time 1:50:33  cheers

got up this fine morning feeling pretty good considering a friday of a bit too much largesse of several varieties, started the trifecta early.  started a bit stiff but warmed up quicker than expected.  5 miles at first: 8:57, 8:14, 8:11, 7:34, 7:03 (pushed hard to try to get under 7, not quite, not quite)  avg 8:00 for morning 5 miles.  later in afternoon ran a little 1.86 with Wob after watching USA lose to Ghana, crap, and some tennis, sweet. this last at an easy 9:20 pace.

nice, very warm morning run. did 5 miles at 8:38 to warm up, then 2 x 800 m track at low 6 min pace, two together made a 6:26 mile, last mile cool down was a 7:53 on the track.  nice run, felt pretty good considering I ripped out a hangnail on ole' morton's toe last night, damn near fainted.  After run I then proceeded to have a pretty crappy day.  Here is to running though, and a cold brew!

yep, a whole mile with Harry, was going to hike a bit after but got windy and cold and we wanted pie