Welcome to Brad runs!
This is my new site to chronicle my attempts at running. I did a similar blog in 2005, My First Marathon, to track my journey as I went from a newbie runner who struggled to string together 3 miles at a time, to completing my first marathon almost 5 months later. So yes, I've been running less than a year, and despite always having the goal to just complete that one marathon in my lifetime, I found myself hooked on running after I completed it. So here I am, back at it.
Like many other runners, I too have set goals for myself in the coming year. First is to run at least 1,000 miles over the course of 2006, which is about 20 miles a week. While I haven't seen 20 miles in a week since September, I think I can easily get back up to that level as I attempt to achieve my other goal of 2006, to complete 2 marathons. I already have my first marathon picked out, the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon on May 7th (just 123 days from now). I am also planning on a fall marathon, and am currently considering the Twin Cities Marathon and the Chicago Marathon.
My previous marathon was the Akron Marathon, back on October 1st of 2005, which I completed in 4 hours, 7 minutes and 49 seconds. I really enjoyed it and thought it was a great race (despite being the only one I've done), but I feel that I should get in some variety with my races since who knows how long (or short) I will keep doing them. I'm not a serious runner and realize that I'm never going to set any records or win any races, but I still enjoy the challenge. At this point, my only goal is to finish my next one in under 4 hours, even if it's only by a few seconds.
I started off the new running year by completing a 5 mile run on the treadmill at work. I live near Cleveland, Ohio, so the weather for running outdoors is less than ideal this time of year. So most of my runs in the winter come via the treadmill. I tried to add some speed work to my running today, with little success. I alternated between 1/2 miles of 9:00 and 7:20 for 2 miles before my lungs convinced me to stop that. I kept the pace for the final 3 miles a little under 9:00, and finished the 5 miles in 42:52 (or something like that). I'm going to give the speed work another try sometime, though at a slightly slower pace.
Like many other runners, I too have set goals for myself in the coming year. First is to run at least 1,000 miles over the course of 2006, which is about 20 miles a week. While I haven't seen 20 miles in a week since September, I think I can easily get back up to that level as I attempt to achieve my other goal of 2006, to complete 2 marathons. I already have my first marathon picked out, the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon on May 7th (just 123 days from now). I am also planning on a fall marathon, and am currently considering the Twin Cities Marathon and the Chicago Marathon.
My previous marathon was the Akron Marathon, back on October 1st of 2005, which I completed in 4 hours, 7 minutes and 49 seconds. I really enjoyed it and thought it was a great race (despite being the only one I've done), but I feel that I should get in some variety with my races since who knows how long (or short) I will keep doing them. I'm not a serious runner and realize that I'm never going to set any records or win any races, but I still enjoy the challenge. At this point, my only goal is to finish my next one in under 4 hours, even if it's only by a few seconds.
I started off the new running year by completing a 5 mile run on the treadmill at work. I live near Cleveland, Ohio, so the weather for running outdoors is less than ideal this time of year. So most of my runs in the winter come via the treadmill. I tried to add some speed work to my running today, with little success. I alternated between 1/2 miles of 9:00 and 7:20 for 2 miles before my lungs convinced me to stop that. I kept the pace for the final 3 miles a little under 9:00, and finished the 5 miles in 42:52 (or something like that). I'm going to give the speed work another try sometime, though at a slightly slower pace.
posted by Brad at 7:02 PM
1 Comments:
this is pretty awesome, i like the personal best list as well. hope you keep this up as well as you did the previous running one
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