- 1.68 miles
- 6:41/mile pace
- 2020
- From/To Home
- Streak extender, up tempo
- 25 Push ups, standard, streak extender single set in the driveway
- Felt affect of yesterday's push-ups as this was harder than it should've been...pretty weak, but guess I had to start somewhere?
- 2.15 miles
- 8:10/mile pace
- 2014
- Pleasanton, CA
- Happy Birthday to me! I'm a man!, I'm 40! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjF93E4LjlA
- 38 more holes of golf today, scored well for 1st 18, horribly for second and then bogied the final 2, whatever, I suck.
- Glad to have made it 1 year officially, many times I wasn't sure, many more times I thought of course I would, but in reality I never knew, until today, now I know...so, time for a new streak...and to continue this one for at least a few more days.
- Did 25 push-ups today, 1 set, nothing noteworthy as they won't be until after I finish my golf binge.
- 2.77 miles
- 8:01/mile pace
- 0630
- From/To Home
- Still sore from weekend activities, but felt pretty good after warming up, which ironically happened about the same time I stopped running because I was back home.
- 2.28 miles
- Streak extender -- didn't feel like going any further as I wanted to get back to put kids to bed and watch more of the addictive, though completely non-sensical show Becca has me semi-hooked on #&@$% *#@.
- Unassociated: Played baseball with Case before work and hit range balls with him after work...I like that he's getting older.
- 5 miles
- 8:20/mile pace
- 0600
- From/To Home
- Slow run around the block...almost zero people out, which was strange as I wasn't up especially early. Need new shoes, amazing that I couldn't or didn't get to it this past weekend....
- 2.5 miles
- 8:25/mile pace
- 0619
- Mt. Pleasant, SC
- Streak extender -- trying to shorten and slow down my streak extender runs so as to enable them to be more full recoveries....realize that saying this after nearly a month of short slow runs is a bit funny, but that's my thought process anyway.
- Saw my cousin Kathryn out on the street during my run...which would be really amazing, except that I'm staying in her house, so it wasn't that amazing.
- 2 miles
- 8:30/mile pace
- 0607
- Redondo Beach, CA
- Short slow run that was a little less comfortable than such a short and slow run should be, but it is done...also did a few push ups, which I will need to make a habit of it I want to consider a push up streak starting on my 40th birthday -- yes, I am still of the belief that I probably was overtrained when I was so miserable a few weeks back and very possibly still recovering from the same, so, yeah, I know starting another streak is an absurd concept, but if I weren't prone to absurdity, would you be reading this blog?
- 1.2 miles
- Minimum streak extender.
- 4.15 miles
- 8:03/mile pace
- 0835
- From/To Home
- Last run prior to resuming actual training...that's my hope anyway. Speaking of training...if we assume that I somehow hang on and finish out the 366 days of streak running then what? My recent difficulties have convinced me that maybe I won't just run every day for the rest of my life, but, I do have some other very long streaks that I think probably will continue -- like 30+ years of brushing my teeth every single day, no matter what the weather or circumstance may have been. So, I'm thinking I may be just start another random streak if only so that I can write really depressing posts here every day still. Any suggestions? Right now I'm thinking perhaps 25 push ups a day? Or should it be more? I'm serious about the suggestion request.
- 1.61 miles
- Hardish
- 0705
- From/To Home
- Streak extender.
- 1.98 miles
- 8:04/mile pace
- 1625
- From/To Arrowhead CC
- Difficult. Definitely in the top 20 hardest runs of the streak to date. Everything hurt (body aches from cold I have, plus head ache pounding with each step), but at least it wasn't hot. Arrived from HNL at 7am, went straight to work, then left work at 4pm so I could get this run in before going home for fear that if I waiting until boys went to bed there would be a chance that I would fall asleep and end the streak. As it turns out it is a good thing I did so as I fell asleep next to Case after reading him books and didn't wake up until a little before midnight -- I still had over 10 minutes, so I could've still managed, but I was glad I didn't have to try and had I not run earlier, who knows, maybe I wouldn't have woken up until after midnight. Anyway, by the skin of its teeth the streak goes on. Yeah, I do realize I'm the only one who cares, but hey, I care.
- Decided not to do treadmill simply because my minimum treadmill distance is 2.5 miles and I wanted this one over with even if I had to deal with the heat...again, thankfully that wasn't a problem as it actually rained a bit on me during the run.
- 1.75 miles
- Proving that it is all about mental preparation and attitude, this run was one of the hardest to date...that stated, I still plan to take it easy through tomorrow to see if I can bounce back a little bit. I would like to feel legitimately good, like, spring in my step good (I don't feel bad/sick or anything, just sluggish) by Sunday so I could at least get in the long run, but we shall see.
- 1.81 miles
- 8:53/mile pace
- 0715
- From/To Home
- Slow streak extender, probably slowest I have run in 2012.
- 1.82 miles
- 8:33/mile pace
- 0555
- From/To Home
- One loop around the neighborhood. Finishing a short and slow run early in the day then watching recorded Olympics before work is a really cool way to start the day. Perhaps not as 'cool' as Case's since he decided to play in the sprinklers at 7am and get his little brother to crawl behind him to enjoy the same, but cool none-the-less.
- 3.68 miles
- 8:09/mile pace
- 0700
- From/To Home
- I'm slow, but consistent. 65 days to go until I have a decision to make about this streaking thing...well, that is if all goes well.
- 2.03 miles
- Streak extender. Legs feeling tired and tight as a result of yesterday's hilly hard running spurts, probably would've been a good day to take off completely, but then what would you have to read about, right? Anyway, Olympics start tomorrow...well, Opening Ceremonies are tonight, but the actual Games start tomorrow, I am very pumped about them, though I haven't decided exactly how I will follow them yet -- live on-line, or wait until I get home and watch on TV (either recorded or as the network dictates)? Talk about a 1st world problem.
- 6.86 miles
- 7:39/mile pace
- 0603
- San Bruno, CA
- 11 minute warm up, 7 x two minute surges with 1 minute recovery between them, 20 minute cool down. Ended up doing this on some hilly roads for safety reasons and because there was a golf course at the top of the hill that I wanted to see.
- http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/07/24/top-u-s-streaker-hits-44-years/ I wonder if this guy started to get nervous as his streak approached 300 days thinking of how tragic it could be if the streak were to end so close to 1 year, but not quite there...
- 2.45 miles
- 8:11/mile pace
- 0610
- From/To home
- Streak extender
- 3.81 millas
- 7:52/milla
- 1730
- Playa Mujeras, Mexico
- Suplemento de la raya
