The Drizzt Diary

I dropped my car off for a detail wax job this morning–more than wax, some sort of waxy sealant–and went for a run.  borrowed a friends garmin and boy—that was some run.  i entered a min and a max pace and took off.  it beeped at me more than i think it should have!!! it took me a while to get consistent. i enjoyed being held accountable. i will have to figure out the virtual runner thingy and borrow it again. one of the greatest realizations was, i found myself relaxing into the pace–i may have to get on ebay and purchase one of these babies.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 02/06/2009
• Time: 09:00:00
• Total Time: 1:08:00.00
• Calories: 889
• Distance: 7.42 miles
• Average Pace: 9:09.62/mile

got some new shoes yesterday at Luke’s Locker in Houston.  my second pair of Asics (sp) didn’t hold up as well as my first pair.  was dissapointed.  went to houston instead of austin and tried on and ran with several brands.  it was a bit of a tie between an Asic and a Nike–Nike won.  so, first run with the newbies.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 02/02/2009
• Time: 14:00:00
• Total Time: 00:42:00.00
• Calories: 549
• Distance: 4.5 miles
• Average Pace: 9:19.88/mile

Cold–34 at start–kept this pace for all 11 miles.  What a workout.  The boys weren’t beat but I  sure was.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 01/31/2009
• Time: 08:00:00
• Total Time: 1:45:00.00
• Calories: 1374
• Distance: 11 miles
• Average Pace: 9:32.34/mile

Know I have a long run tomorrow but was forced to run today instead of yesterday.  The farier was LATE for my horses footwork and it messed up my day yesterday.  How dare he!!! So, just went out and ran–was a bit windy.  Didn’t check my time or pace–just had to get it in between work and picking my son up from school.  We then had to go take a DRIVING test–he is almost 16, yeah!!!

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 01/30/2009
• Time: 14:00:00
• Total Time: 00:00:00.00
• Distance: 6.5 miles

late entry

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 01/27/2009
• Total Time: 00:42:00.00
• Calories: 549
• Distance: 4.5 miles
• Average Pace: 9:19.88/mile

10:24 first five then 9:48.   went out for a 10 mile run. actually skipped my run on friday.  first run i have skipped since i started this back in march of 08. i must admit i have been going through a real rough time but because i am so tenacious and stubborn and all those other adjectives that deal with ‘gettin er done’ no matter what, i can lose track of my needs.  one of those existence vs. consciousness issues.  oh well.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 01/25/2009
• Time: 14:00:00
• Total Time: 1:40:00.00
• Calories: 1308
• Distance: 10 miles
• Average Pace: 10:00/mile

overall weight and flexibility w/o. didnt seem as energized as last fri.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 01/21/2009
• Total Time: 00:55:00.00
• Calories: 405

My one good hill in CS is full of construction trucks and debris–road work–they are building student housing.  Ugh.  So, have found a program from a book I bought from Runners World. I do this once a week.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 01/20/2009
• Total Time: 00:00:00.00
• Distance: 4.25 miles

treadmill work—warm up; 3 miles at 8:30 pace then two 1/2 mile at 8:00pace with rest between.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 01/20/2009
• Total Time: 00:00:00.00
• Distance: 5 miles

Missed my group run yesterday due to my son being so ill we needed to go to the walk-in clinic which took all morning.  The weather was nice this morning–in the low 60’s and sunny but it got windy after about 30 minutes.  My workouts last week seemed to have paid off.  I felt so strong.  I had to stop several times and reposition the gel pad under my right metatarsal.  I finally found the exact place it needed to be to provide comfort.  I had to stop to my dress and undress my outer layer, tie and retie my right shoe–had to find the correct tension with the gel pad in there..  My bangs kept blowing out of the clip.  I just kept telling myself this was a training run and not to worry about the time.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 01/18/2009
• Time: 09:00:00
• Total Time: 2:22:20.00
• Calories: 1860
• Distance: 14.3 miles
• Average Pace: 9:57.01/mile