Feb 05
Last year about this time, it is hard to believe I had only one pair of running shoes, that I was actually running in – Saucony Peregrines. They were wearing out and I was in the final stages of researching what would be my next pair of running shoes. Narrowed the Choices Down to 5 …
Jul 25
It has been a good run (pun intended) for my Nike Free 4.0 v2 running shoes. However, when I run in them for more than 3.0 miles now, my knees, hips and ankles are starting to bark at me afterwards. Nothing serious, but when I start to feel these aches, I have learned from experience, …
Jul 18
Happy Birthday to my oldest daughter Jenni today. Three days in a row of no GPS while running, I went a little longer today, which meant that I had my Nathan hydration belt on, so I carried my flip phone and camera along. Kind of glad that I did, you get to see the salamander …
Jul 17
Today was a recovery run after my 17.0 mile excursion in the heat yesterday. It was kind of funny because today I waited until the rain and small thunderstorm went through, what a difference a day makes. At least until I opened the door and realized that the humidity was still in the 90% range, …
Jul 14
My Saturday morning 10.0 milers are not meant to be speed workouts, they are simply to get double-digit training miles in at a 9:00 to 10:00 minute pace overall. Today when I started the run it was already 80 degrees with over 60% humidity (not unbearable, but still pretty warm for running), so I decided …
Jul 13
Okay it is Friday the 13th and so far it has been a great day – gotta love it!!! Yep it has been HOT, official temps reached 90 degrees and my thermometers in the sun were well over 100, so yes it was HOT. However, the humidity was reasonable, so I didn’t feel like I …
Jul 08
The lawn is growing at an amazing rate in this heat and humidity and so it seems that my running is as well. The past couple of weeks have been the hottest weeks of the year and I have run more miles in those two weeks, than I have in any two week period this …
Jul 07
Good morning, well early afternoon, I got my 10 mile run in before it got ridiculous outside. When I started it was around 75 and about 70% humidity, when I finished is was in the mid 80’s and probably 75 to 80% humidity – unnngggghhhhhh. Did I ever tell you how much I hate the …
