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Archive | September, 2009

26 September 2009 ~ 11 Comments

Again at The End

This morning I got up to do a long run but I wasn’t sure how far I was going to go.  I figured it would be 10-13 miles.  I keep thinking I should come up with a legitimate training plan, just haven’t been super motivated to do so. It was dark when I started and [...]

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25 September 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Nutrition Review: POM Wonderful

This review is long overdue… the kind people at POM Wonderful sent me several little bottles of their 100% pomegranate juice to sample & review. I have to admit, my first impression made it a little hard for me to continue. I tried to drink a little POM straight up first thing in the morning, [...]

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24 September 2009 ~ 14 Comments

The End of The Vegas

This morning, I ran to the end of Las Vegas…. Apparently it was only 3.14 miles away from my house. And that was after running in the opposite direction from the “end” before looping back to the road that took me to the “end”. I’ve run on this road plenty of times, but it narrows [...]

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22 September 2009 ~ 11 Comments

Fartlek Fun

Fartlek: Swedish term meaning ‘speed play’; a method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise Just saying the word fartlek is fun. Fartlek Fartlek Fartlek Faaaaaartlek Um, yeah… where was I? Tonight I left my house to run without any real plan other than [...]

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16 September 2009 ~ 15 Comments

Temporary Autumn

Last week I complained about how overheated I felt after my weekly run at Fleet Feet. While the temps weren’t as high as what I ran in during July and August, they were still over 100 that day. But there was something else going on with the weather last week. I don’t know if was [...]

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14 September 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Monday Motivation

My mom and I were chatting back and forth this morning. She told me that it started sprinkling partway through her run. In an effort to get home before the rain really started to fall, she managed to cut 5 minutes off her usual time. She said, “I guess I found my motivation.” I offered [...]

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