Weekly total
Monday: 4
Tuesday: 4
Wednesday: 2 + leg workout
Thursday: 4
Friday: upper body workout
Well, no running this weekend, and only 14 miles otherwise. Come on, Richard, get it in gear...
Running Towards Fitness
Personal AwarenessThe ancient Greeks used to believe that a healthy mind and a healthy body not only went together, but were both critical for happiness and a successful life. They were also intertwined, meaning that a weakness in either area would affect the other. When I started this transformation I was overweight and full of excuses. And by overweight I don't mean just a few pounds - I weighed over 70 pounds more than I do now. I finally took my life into my own hands and started exercising. At the time, I had no idea where it would lead - to a stronger body, a happier, more nimble mind, and a chest full of race medals. Healthy mind, healthy body, indeed! It hasn't been easy, or without issues, but I wouldn't trade the experience for the world.
Weekly total
Monday: 4 (1 race)
Saturday: 6
Total run: 10
Workouts: 1
Alright, that sucked. I went from a 5-day running week to a 2-day week. Still, my knees are feeling much better after their pounding on Monday, and I promise that next week will be better. Really. I'm even going ...
Stitches from the FAQ
There's been a lot of discussion lately about stitches - what they are, and how to prevent them. I thought I'd toss this tidbit out there, from the rec.running FAQ:In the May-June 1992 issue of Running Research News there is an article by Dr. Gordon Quick about the causes ...
Weekly total
Monday: 2.5
Tuesday: 5
Wednesday: 2
Friday: 4
Saturday: 5
Total run: 18.5
Workouts: 2
Not a bad week, all things considered. I was probably most happy that I ran for five days - and that I had my first speed workout in a few months, even if it was on the treadmill.
Bloodwork
Feel free to skip this post - it is vaguely fitness related, and this is a useful place for me to keep all of my statistics... Anyway, I had my annual physical today, and got my bloodwork back (they'd taken it at my last MCL visit, so that we ...
August 2004
Running: 38
Biking: 32
Swimming: 200m
Workouts: 4
Most of the month was spent not running due to my MCL sprain. That's all but healed, although I still have some strength issues that I need to deal with. I could have been swimming, biking, and going to the gym while I was ...
Weekly total
Monday: .5
Tuesday: 1.5
Wednesday: 3.5
Thursday: 2
Saturday: 5
Total run: 12.5
Workouts: 1
My two mile run on Thursday was done at my previous 5K pace and felt great, even on a treadmill (and I really dislike running on a treadmill, especially in a hot room). The five-miler on Saturday was the longest I'd ...
Weekly total
Tuesday: 3
Wednesday: 2.5
Thursday: 3
Sunday: 3.5
Total run: 12
Biking: 30
Workouts: 1 core
Its funny - I actually had thought that I'd done more workouts than that. Ah, but the blog doesn't lie now, does it? I guess that's why doing this summary is a good idea. Next week, I want ...
Weekly total
Tuesday: 5.4
Thursday: 7
Total run: 12.4
Biking: 22
Workouts: 1 general
Geez, that's almost half what I was hoping to do. No long run this weekend, no running during the week except for my speedwork training. I need to do better than that. Sunday was bad, since I knew I needed ...
Weekly total
Tuesday: 6
Friday: 3.5
Saturday: 8
Sunday: 2.5
Total: 20
Twenty miles isn't great, but since that covers a vacation (where previously I would have run zero) and over half of it was done in the coastal Florida humidity - I'll take it.
About
I'm Richard Stanford, a fit, happy runner. Of course, that wasn't always the case. Dip into the archives to follow my progress from couch potato to sub-four hour marathoner.
I also like to cook, write, code, and play with power tools...
Personal Records
| Distance | Race | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon | 2006 Freescale | 3:54:07 | 8:56 |
| 20 Miles | 2006 RunTex | 3:00:08 | 9:00 |
| 30K | 2005 RunTex | 2:42:44 | 8:45 |
| Half M | 2006 3M | 1:42:57 | 7:51 |
| 20K | 2005 Decker | 1:40:42 | 8:06 |
| 10 Miles | 2005 Pervasive | 1:20:13 | 8:01 |
| 10K | 2005 Dublin Dr Pepper | 48:43 | 7:51 |
| 5 Miles | 2005 Turkey Trot | 37:01 | 7:24 |
| 5K | 2005 Margarita Run | 22:32 | 7:15 |
| 4K | 2006 Fila Relays | 17:24 | 7:15 |
| 1 Mile | 2006 Congress Ave | 6:23 | 6:23 |
2007 North Trail Half Marathon
I'll start out by saying that this wasn't a PR. Not even close. It was, however, a really fun race, taking place in the middle of a fun weekend, surrounded by fun friends.
Fun!
Going into it I knew that I wasn't going to PR. To be honest, I was more than ...
Update
Well, so much for keeping the blog current, eh?
I've been doing pretty well, most of the time. I'm currently in Dallas just a few hours away from running in a small half marathon (400 people, give or take) - and I've only managed to get up to 10.5 miles ...
Lunchtime Ladera
This was my third time to run Ladera Norte, and its actually getting easier. I walked once, about 3 minutes into the hill, for a minute (timed), then ran the rest of the way. Not that I was fast - the remainder took me a solid 5 minutes - but I ...
2007 BagelFest 5K
I'm very glad that I did this race. I almost didn't - the idea of doing something where I know that I wasn't going to come close to a PR was not terribly enticing - but I've done it every year since I started running, and its been a whole ...
Unplanned 3 Miler
Well... I know that I said that I wasn't goint to run today... but I did anyway. You see, at lunch today Thon offered to run his 3 mile hill loop with me this evening. Naturally I stuck to the gameplan and told him that I wasn't running until Saturday. ...
Rollingwood Revisited
I went to Rollingwood for the second time - or at least the second time since my recovery - and while ended up running a slightly different course due to inattention, it was a fantastic run. Last time I averaged a 9:41 pace (9:54, 9:30, 9:46) around the hills, and it felt ...
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