got the runs

A fairly leisurely run along the W & OD trail that begins in DC and heads west for ~45 miles or so.  Not quite the river trail, but it is well-maintained, there are many short stretches through old-growth forest, and it has very nice gravel shoulders (for those of us who appreciate softer surfaces).  This followed by an hour of fairly strenuous weight-lifting at the gym--i felt like a truck ran over me this morning, if you want to know the truth.

By the way--I haven't looked at who else is on this, but "hello" to all you Logan Transplants.  I'd give Paul's left arm to go for a nice saturday morning run with y'all.

If you're ever in the nation's capital, you've got a place to stay.

5 miles at ~7:30 pace. 

I had planned on a long trail run on saturday, but felt a cold coming on that bullied me into a more restful weekend.  I felt great this morning, though; that eastern sunrise wooed me along and promised me a great start to the week.  Oh, and there's lots of little workout stations along the trail, so i get fun breaks to do chin-ups etc--cool!

Have a great day, all.

Windy and cold, ~7:30 pace.  But felt really quite nice.  I felt like a dog with his head out the window or something--eyes a'watering, struggling to breathe, ears a'floppin'.  My beep beep alarm didn't go off, but my running alarm did--and it even allowed me one snooze's-worth of sleeping in.  Good times.

5 miles at ~7:30 again.  A fairly brisk morning, but nothing like yesterday.  The snow started falling when i was doing my post-run stretching, and is supposed to continue for a couple hours.  I found myself thinking nasty thoughts when I ran past all those DC runners who, for whatever reason, can't seem to conjure the energy say "hi" or wave or even make eye contact.  I mean seriously.  Maybe I'm blinded and therefore simply can't see their faces on nice sunrise days, and so I just THINK people are looking in my direction with smiles on their faces, as I do, thus making me look like a proverbial idiot every time i run past someone with a big ol' grin on my face.  "Hi everybody!". 

(it was a good run today, by the way.)

Howdy howdy,

A gorgeous sunday afternoon run in shorts and a t-shirt and my new shoes.  I was in West Virginia thursday-sunday for a ski trip, which took the place of running for the weekend.  Some warm temperatures and springy snow--nice for getting in those last (seemingly first) turns for the year.  Unfortunately, someone was generous enough to share a cold with me, and now I feel pretty worn out.  I keep blaming daylight savings, but I know it's the cold.  I like to tell myself that running helps the healing process, but I know this isn't true.  Good times.  Good times.

Went out of town for a conference tuesday-wednesday.  Found a nice bike trail to run on in Cambridge Maryland tuesday evening after consuming lotsa sea-food.  Not bad, actually.  It's frustrating because as the weather approaches "perfect" for running, I find myself out of town in situautions that don't lend themselves well to sneaking out for runs (unless I sacrifice a a dangerous amount of sleep).

Six miles between 7:00 and 7:30 mpm on saturday afternoon down in lovely Charlottesville, VA with my friend Adam.  I felt really fresh because I had taken friday off to swim rather than run to give my legs/feet an extra long break.  A great way to usher in the joyous St. Patty's Day festivities.  We picked it up at the end, and it motivated me to get back into speed training.

5 miles somewhere between 7:30 and 8:00 minute miles (so i guess is should probably buy a watch one of these days...)

Pretty brisk out, but felt great!

2 miles out at 7:30 pace,

2 miles back doing strides between nicely spaced telephone poles along the W&OD trail.  Smacked greatly of doing speed training out west of logan by the dumps.  Oh, the good ol' days...

A relaxed 7.5 mile run on a gorgeous northern Virginia day.  I took wednesday off to do a 45 minute swim and an hour of lifting, so my legs felt well rested and strong for this run.  I have phantom tickles of plantar fasciitis while walking around town, so I'm keeping things rather chilled out for the moment, and I think swimming is the best cross-training option for me. 

7 miles through Georgetown and on a gravel trail along the beautiful Potomac River.  A wonderful run with ~2 miles of strides in the middle up tempo for the last mile.  Finally some consistent springy weather around here.

3 easy cheesy miles during my lunch break, and the exact same three after work.  I was stuck near the office for about a half hour so I figured why not.

Hope the arizona runners are having a good time.

4 miles out and back.  The first 3 or 4 miles were pretty groggy, and i was feeling my legs from the previous day.  These were followed by a couple of auto-pilot miles, and the last couple miles felt great.  I felt my form slipping a couple of times, and sped things up a bit to get everything back in place.  Beautiful weather! 

A liesurely run with a friend.  Sorta bloated, if you wanna know the truth...

After taking two days off of running due to work related things, I went out pretty hard on this run.  I felt pretty crappy for the first couple miles, but finall fell into my groove around mile 4.  I did strides the last few miles and felt quite strong.  Another beautiful day--i could have run forever!