Let's take a run down Broad Street - Page 5

Scratch · #61 (**permalink**) 02-25-2008, 04:01 PM

I suppose today's weather helped. Very comfortable for running.

7.5 miles and when I got to the park, I thought I might only do 5 or so. But I was able to find that really comfortable easy pace so I just kind of kept going. Still, I think I'll take the next 2 days to rest the legs good.

Scratch · #62 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 02:45 PM

I had hoped to go out today and with this run for the first time surpass 100 miles of running in a single month. I guess right now I'm glad this year's a leap year so I can go get a few more miles tomorrow to get that goal.

It was cold. And windy. That's what I don't like. The wind. As soon as I got out of my car at the park, I knew I'd be good for maybe 30 minutes of running but to try do an hour would hurt a lot. So I ran my fastest 4 park loops ever and went back to the car.

Tomorrow's to be warmer with less wind. I shouldn't have any trouble picking up another 3 to 5 miles and going up over 100 miles for February.

Scratch · #63 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 03:24 PM

Went out and did another 3.8 miles, little less windy, not quite so cold. Gave me 101.2 miles for the month. It felt good getting that milestone.

Now I hope to give a good effort on Sunday at a 5 mile race.

Scratch · #64 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 02:50 PM

Sometimes I really hate being a diabetic. Everything was looking good going into the 5 mile race today, blood sugar was around 140 mg/dl, I injected 1u of Novolog about 20 minutes prior to help with the liver dump from stress ahead. But the liver dumped like I've rarely seen, at the race finish my blood sugar had jumped up to 256 mg/dl.

I had hoped to get around 45 minutes today. The first 2 miles I was on pace, after that things just kept getting worse probably because of the blood sugar spiking like that.

Went quickly home, changed, threw the golf bag in the car, walked and golfed 18 holes this afternoon.

I'm hungry now.

Scratch · #65 (**permalink**) 03-06-2008, 03:15 PM

I took Tuesday off, although maybe I should have run considering how nice the weather was. But my head was still out of sorts after Sunday's race and the bad blood sugar, so I let that day go. Went out for 3.3 miles tonight, just kind of ran to run, finished up and went to the pharmacy to pick up the supplies needed for another month.

It might be worth noting that strength training has definitely become more emphasized. One advantage it has is that I don't have to be so fussy about the blood sugars and calculating how much to eat before going out to run. So even if I'm not running, the strength workouts do a lot of good to help keep my basal metabolism chugging along and my insulin sensitivity high. Sometimes it makes the running a bit tough though now, especially if I'm doing squats. But my legs need to get stronger and obviously as I've continued to train my overall work capacity continues to expand.

Maybe for the first time in my life, I'm beginning to think of myself as becoming fit and strong. It's been a lot of work, but it's been worth it.

Scratch · #66 (**permalink**) 03-08-2008, 01:28 PM

Weather and a tire problem, so I put together a crazy little workout that I just got over with.

10 minutes, exercise bike easy.
4 minutes of tabata interval protocol, 20 seconds hard as possible, 10 seconds recover, repeat until 4 minutes is done.
Then I got off the bike, went outside, and ran/walked about a total of 1.15 miles out and back.

I hope to run tomorrow. It's to be cold and windy, ugh.

Scratch · #67 (**permalink**) 03-11-2008, 02:57 PM

Pretty nice weather today. So that was no problem and I got out for 4.1 miles.

At least I know I'm making progress again towards a one-arm chin up. Yesterday morning, I did a 5x5 of pull ups with an extra 25 lbs. and that's new mark.

Scratch · #68 (**permalink**) 03-13-2008, 03:19 PM

First the good news. I went up over 200 miles of running on the year with today's run. Last year I don't think it was until August that I reached 200 miles.

But I think it's time to look at all the signs I've been seeing and realize the way I've been pushing my body the past 3 months with running and strength training has pushed me a bit beyond the limit. I've got to take 1 to 2 really really easy weeks here I think.

When I was out there today, it felt a lot like that 10K race I had back in September where I just fell apart after 3 miles. I tried to do a tempo run today and after about 10 minutes at tempo pace, my legs just started dying on me. When I finished up and checked my blood sugar, I was fine at 128 mg/dl. I just might be extremely tired now and I've been trying to bull my way through it.

Scratch · #69 (**permalink**) 03-19-2008, 05:40 AM

Ran 3.3 miles after work yesterday, decided to go out and run for about 30 minutes. Tomorrow I'll go for 40 minutes and I'll aim to do an hour run on Saturday.

My last tough workout was Saturday morning with lifting some weights, but other than that I've gone into cutback mode to let my body get some more rest and recovery. It felt like it made a difference yesterday, legs didn't feel so dead and it felt like I could have run longer, but I decided not to push things like that right now.

Scratch · #70 (**permalink**) 03-22-2008, 09:19 AM

I bagged Thursday's run because of wind, but got out today. Legs felt the best they have in a while and they should if the extra rest has been needed. No squatting this week, hardly any running the last two weeks, oh you mean my legs can actually feel like running again?

So I did 6.2 miles today. Some point I should look at the calendar and plot out how I want my weekend long runs to play out, hopefully I can make one 10 miles long 2 weeks before Broad Street and that'll help me feel confident about having the distance in my legs.

Scratch · #71 (**permalink**) 03-23-2008, 07:34 AM

3.1 mile run this morning, forced myself to push it and it gets tough when it's all by yourself and don't have racers in front of you to try to pull you along. It did result in me running 5K distance by myself in less than 30 minutes for the first time ever, 28:24. I've broken 30 minutes in 5k races with my best being 27:12, but never running solo.

So I'm thinking that I should be able to set a new 5K PR next time I get out to a race.

Scratch · #72 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 02:47 PM

Pretty nice day with the weather. Except for the wind, why does there always have to be wind lately? Started out with a brisk pace, eased up for the middle, then closed out strong.

Scratch · #73 (**permalink**) 03-27-2008, 03:05 PM

4.2 mile run this afternoon, no wind! Yay.

Legs didn't feel too bad considering I had taken on 20 heavy squats this morning.

Scratch · #74 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 08:22 AM

7.8 miles of hills and wind. That's my longest run in over a month, yikes.

Dan Gato · #75 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scratch

Did 6.2 miles today. Will try to run farther tomorrow, I'd like to do at least 9.

Scratch, If you run this much. are you losing weight?
or you eat a lot of carbs to maintain your weight?
Your exercise routine is amazing !