Thoughts on the Run

Went out for a short fast run and it was a little shorter then expected. About a mile in my dog, Rocky, seemed to have injured his paw. We turn around to run back and found us running into the wind (#1 thing I hate when running). It was a good run though and he definitely likes to sprint!

Off to see how his paw is.

37:00 - 4 miles

It is interesting when you pick up the pace. For one, you get done running faster, but you also hurt in new places. On Friday I ran this run and still feel some of the effects. Granted, I skated for 2.5 hours while coaching hockey since then, but those are different muscles.

Either way, good to be back on the road running and looking for more time when it’s above 40 degrees to go running. As I type, it is currently 22 degrees outside. In 2 weeks though, a ridiculously large gym opens that I have joined, so I will try out the treadmill again.

12:00 - 1.5 miles - 33 degrees

Trying a new training strategy and instead of going for distance, going for speed and build up to distance. I know that I can jump out on the road and go 6 miles, but I’m not happy with a 10 minute pace. I want that to be an 8 minute pace and am looking at upcoming 5k/10k races to test it out.

Been busy here looking for direction and feel that it’s right in front of me and just a matter of stepping forward.

34 minutes

I have started to gather interest in creating an annual half marathon here in the Frederick/Firestone area. Both mayors are onboard with the idea and then next step would be to pick a date and get sponsors. As I was running today, I was also thinking that it would be great to have a charity to donate money to from the event. Does anyone know of any local charities to get involved?

40:00 - 4 miles

I had an idea out on the run today. Why not start and run a Half Marathon for Frederick, Firestone, Dacono? So I have sent off an email to the mayor of each town and cc’d each town’s Board of Trustees. We’ll see.

Other strange thought:
Why is it on the show America’s Got Talent two out of the three judges are British?