30 Min Easy
Got in my easy 30 min tonight. I waited until nearly 9 to head out. It had really cooled off and the humidity had lessened. Feels good! This week’s schedule for New Albany Walking Classic is:Monday – 45 “tempo”Tuesday – 30 min […]
Month: July 2008
I Wish this City was Pedestrian Friendly
I Hate Road ConstructionI hate the fact that the majority of places I want to go I need to drive. What makes this even more irritating is that in Central Ohio there are only a couple of months when road construction can […]
Tonight’s Workout
Deb and I did our 45-min “tempo” walk tonight. Though hot and humid, it was actually cooler at 5 p.m. than it was earlier. There was a great breeze and the clouds helped keep it cooler. Before I got to our walking […]
Change of Plans — I Walked This Morning!!
What a day! I knew it would be hot, so I decided to walk with the Buckeye Striders this morning at 7:30. I just had a feeling that if I didn’t, I wouldn’t get my 6 miles in today. We went to […]
30 min Easy…
… Just as the training schedule said. I walked from my house to around the “big block” in our neighborhood, back home and then one more lap. It was actually about 16:25 per lap, but that was OK. The CD of the […]
Training for New Albany Half
Deb and I continued our speed workouts today. We walked 4 X 1/2 @ 10K pace, but when I got home, I noticed we were really supposed to do 8 X 400 at 5K pace. Oh, well. Neither of us slept well […]
Speed Work Outs
I finished my speed work out about 10 tonight. Sometimes I prefer to walk at night — it starts to cool down, it’s usually a little less humid, the air smells different, there’s less distraction, my neighbors don’t look at me like […]
Racewalkers Don’t Get Respect Deserved at Olympic Trials
Check this out: http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/columns/story?columnist=caple_jim&id=3474900. It’s the first story I’ve found about yesterday’s racewalking event. At least the walkers got sympathy if not respect. (144)
Last Speed Workout
I completely forgot to report about our speed workout this past week. We did eight 1/4 mile sprints. For some reason, I’m having diffculty deleting some of the saved workouts from my sport watch, so the memory keeps getting full. Consequently, I […]