Running
Nine weeks ago last Sunday I started training for the Austin Marathon in earnest. I’ve made it this far without any major injuries and with only a few minor ones (sore knees, small muscle pulls). I’m at the halfway point time wise, but still have the majority of my planned training miles to go. I’ve […]
Last Saturday I had a 10 mile run scheduled. I was a little nervous because the week before I had barely completed a 9 mile run. I decided to go down to Lady Bird Lake (Town Lake) and run the trail there with the rest of the runners in Austin. I’d never been before, […]
I hit the hundred mile mark on my shoes last night. I bought them shortly before starting the marathon training during my mom’s last visit to Austin. After last night’s run I am at 100.88 miles according to the shoe tracker on MapMyRun.com. A lot of those miles aren’t part of the “official” training (59.45 […]
It has been three weeks since I’ve started running as part of my marathon training. So how are things going? Not bad. So far: I’ve run 48.62 miles I am currently averaging 8 min 33 sec per mile (week three) My longest run was 7.39 miles in 1 hour 12 min. On average my weight […]