I'm a husband and father, avid runner (training for my 2nd marathon), music lover (with a special obsession for Phish), and all around fan of nerdy stuff (hey, I'm an accountant, what do you expect?).
Check out my 'main' page at http://markfleming.posterous.com for pictures, links, and other miscellaneous things I find interesting, or check out my running (b)log at http://runmarkrun.posterous.com to follow my progress as I train for my 2nd marathon.
After running sporadically to not at all for the last couple of months, it's time to get back into it. It's actually been kind of nice to take some time off after running pretty heavily for the last couple of years, but I think I'm starting to get stir crazy. I'm kind of thinking of a late spring marathon -- perhaps up in the northeast in late May. But first, I'll probably ease back into it over the next couple of weeks.
One thing that has been very enjoyable about our trip to Western NY has been the abundance of hills. The Charlotte area is very flat, which makes it difficult to incorporate hills into my marathon training program. Up here, I've been treated to challenging hills on almost every run...from my 9-miler in Angelica to my 5.5-miler the other day in Webster. For sure, my legs are feeling a bit more tired than they have in a while, but it's a great feeling :)
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Ran from my mother-in-law's house down to Lake Ontario. Had only planned to run about 3.5 miles, but I noticed a little pier at Webster Park and decided to run down to the end. Spent a few minutes taking in the scenery and turned around and ran back. Fairly nice hill on Holt Road as well.
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Ran from my mother-in-law's house to Wegmans and back. I actually stopped for some lunch at Wegmans, which made for a tough return trip (I had a 7" sub, which was way too much food).
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Wasn't my best run. My shins were really tight which is extremely unusual for me, and I felt pretty fatigued throughout the race. However, I still finished with a pretty decent time for me -- somewhere around 26:30 (it was manually timed, and I didn't write down what my time was).
It wasn't the most organized race I've run, however it was 1st year of the race and there were only about 30 participants so it really wasn't a big deal. The weather wasn't ideal either --it rained for most of the race--but it wasn't too cold. However it was really great that I got to catch up with a few people from my hometown. Overall, it was a pretty nice race and I hope that I'll be in town to run it again next year.Comments [0]
7/24 - 3.32 miles in 30 min (9:00 min/mile avg)
7/26 - 3.41 miles in 32 min (9:28 min/mile avg)
7/28 - 9.0 miles in 1hr 26 min (9:33 min/mile avg)
7/31 - 3.97 miles in 35 min (8:41 min/mile avg)
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Didn't really have much time to get out today, but somebody pissed me off at work and I really needed to blow off some steam. A nice, easy 2 mile run did just the trick. Now, if only I could get all of my work finished before I head out on vacation....
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Was on the road at about 6:15 this morning to beat the heat. Had a
really great run despite not sleeping well at all last night. Could
have easily run another mile or two, but decided not to push my luck.
Don't need to injure myself before the "real" training even starts.
Plus, I'm planning on a 9-miler for next weekend in the rolling hills
of Angelica :)
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Ugh...it was miserably hot and humid. Running at lunchtime is not
ideal here in the summer.
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Hot + humid = HEADACHE!! Still, sub 9min miles is faster than I've
been running lately, so not a terrible run. Actually felt really
strong until the headache hit in the last mile or so.
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