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Running
Just FYI, if you are a runner, and like myself want a metronome to help keep your cadence, I would recommend this little product: Crystal Metronome. It’s a very simple little app that lets you set a beats per minute (bpm) rate. You can then output it to an MP3, drop it on your very small MP3 player/IPod, and set it to repeat. For running I set it to 180 bpm. You can also select from some different sounds for the beats like a high-hat or wood block. A lot of Pose or Chi runners will use these little clip-on...
This time of year is really cool because there are a couple of relays that are very popular in town. Most road races are individual, so it's pretty awesome to get a team of 4 or 5 people together and go after it. The first event was the Zilker Relays. This is a 10 mile relay of 4 people. So each person gets a 2.5 mile leg. This is a great distance because it's short enough to make it accessible to a lot of people and you can pretty much go all out on it and not...
So this morning I had planned on running this little 5K, the "Get Your Rear in Gear 5K", which benefits colon cancer education etc... So the problem is that I did a 13.5 miler yesterday morning to the top of Mount Bonnell no less, and stuck with DV and Joseph. We were definitely the "fast runners" on the day. So then I had this dream last night that I was walking to the race and realized that I still had my work pants on, and I had this pair of stretchy shorts in my other hand. I couldn't...
Well, I did my first 5K this morning since running with Gilbert's Gazelles, and it was interesting for several reasons. The good news is that I finished 2nd overall (woohoo!), the downside being that there was really only one fast runner and he smoked me(dang!) It was really a community fun-run so the competition level was pretty low, but any time I can race and be timed, it's a good experience. I woke up hoping to feel good. In fact, I felt pretty poor. My outside right knee was really stiff from Thursdays' track run. My left inside...
Today was the 3M half marathon. What a day! I got up at 4:50 on about 4 hours of sleep (tossed and turned like I always do before events). This is my first running event since splitting the Austin marathon 5 or 6 years ago. I slugged a protein shake w/ banana, got in the car and headed north. It didn't take me nearly as long as I thought to make it up north with no traffic, which was great because I had plenty of time to "do ma thang etc..." before the race started. I saw some Gazelles, and...
I did my first run at Meriden today with Gilbert's Gazelles. This was a pretty intense run. We did 5 laps of the approximately 1K loop. I ran together with Roger, Chris and Phil. The up and downs are pretty difficult. Running down the steep incline towards the end on Meriden, I could hear my feet slapping the pavement. I need to figure out how to mellow that out. Chris was dropping the pain on us basically at will, but it's always good to have a rabbit. Then afterwards, he skipped the other exercises. That's not even fair. ...
I did my first really long run in a while today. "Long" is a relative term, but today's run was around 14 miles. I felt really good almost the whole time. I didn't run very fast after Thursday's "tempo run", which was intense, probably 7.5 minute miles on average. I was still a little sore from the training last week. I'm really just getting back into the running "stride". The Thursday tempo run is basically a 4 mile "race" with all of the guys/gals in the group. It was my first tempo run. I run with Gilbert's Gazelles...