Go Run Long

runwithrach:

Beautiful morning run from Lakeland to Arlington, Tennessee along the Memphis-Arlington Highway.

12 miles, 1:58:56

It was a great morning for a run! The heat broke, and temps in the mid-60’s felt awesome.

Thursday Night Run

I think I’m going to be ready for next Saturday’s Hotter than Hades Half Marathon.

On these pub run, I try to work into a fast pace and finish strong as a way of working on my kick. Tonight, I took it out relatively easy and worked down to miles 2 and 3 down to 6:49 and 6:39.

With the literal 100 degree temps, it wasn’t easy. But, I held on and finished strong.

Bring on Hades!

Ouch.

Embarrassing Stats of the Day

The 20K race walk IAAF World Championships “A” standard is 1:24.

Yes, that’s 6:45 pace. Walking.

My half marathon PR: 6:45 pace (1:28:40)

So, my FASTEST half marathon is the basic world champion qualifying standard. The lead guys are much faster than that, like 6:15 pace.

Oh, and the 50K race walk “A” standard? 4:02. That’s 7:47 pace.

My 50K PR? Something like 40 minutes SLOWER than that.

Well, summer has arrived.

10 miles with not enough water to make it through. I downed 20 ounces of water during the run, then 32 more ounces after I finished. Then, 32 more ounces of Gatorade. Think I was behind on my fluids?

Good scenery, good company, and a good adventure.

"If one could run without getting tired I don’t think one would often want to do anything else."

C.S. Lewis

Tempo run…

I wasn’t feeling all that well today. Tired, a little bit of a sore throat, general blahs.

That wasn’t enough to let me postpone my tempo run.

8 miles total with 6 at tempo. The middle 6 were at 6:40ish pace, with a little pickup at the end.

One of my fastest long-ish tempo runs ever.

How times change…

One month ago…

Person A: The government tracks everything we do! They can monitor where you are with your phone, track all your social media information, look into your credit card transactions, spy on your Skype calls… ALL IN REAL TIME! Not only that, if you don’t like what the government is doing and speak out against them, they can do things like send the IRS after you!

Person B: Oh, come on! That’s conspiracy theory crap. You watch too many movies.

Today…

Person A: The government tracks everything we do! They can monitor where you are with your phone, track all your social media information, look into your credit card transactions, spy on your Skype calls… ALL IN REAL TIME! Not only that, if you don’t like what the government is doing and speak out against them, they can do things like send the IRS after you!

Person B: But this protects us against terrorism. You don’t have to worry about any of that unless you have something to hide. Oh, and they have safeguards in place, trust me. 

Details

Many years ago…

I asked the girl of my dreams to be my wife.

That was years ago today.

It’s been a great adventure! Love you, Rach!

Don’t worry about HOW you run. Your form typically gets more efficient the more you run. It may take a while, but it happens.

Tinkering with your form risks injury more that it helps your running.