Last Day with Dave
I woke this morning with a headache. I did my normal morning before race stuff like eating peanut butter, drinking milk, no coffee… I took an Advil (didn’t want to take much because of the heat, etc.). When we stepped out into […]
Category: Training
First Full Day of Dave
I am BEAT! The good news is, Dave says I’m doing a lot of stuff right. The bad news is, the one thing I’m not doing, pushing off with my back foot, I have no idea how to do. What is frustrating […]
First Part of Clinic is OK
There are about 30 of us in this weekend’s walking clinic. During the weekend, Dave tapes everyone so we can see before and after. Because there are so many, Dave asked for volunteers to arrive early tonight. (So there is more time […]
Dave McGovern Comes to Columbus
Dave McGovern, racewalking coach extraordinaire, will be in Columbus this weekend for a walking clinic! I’ve never been to one of Dave’s clinics — I have been to Jonathon Matthews and Bonnie Stein. I’m very excited. I can’t wait to be a […]
Teleseminar Sidelines Walk
I had a ton of mail to get out tonight, and got most of it to the PO. Great! Then I called into a teleseminar about how to get on national TV. The seminar started out OK, but covered a lot of […]
45 min Easy
For my 45 min tonight, my daughter and I went to Antrim Park and walked twice around the lake. I parked in the upper parking lot to give us a little more opportunity to warm up, but because we walked somewhat casually, […]
Today’s Speed Workout
We did 8 X 400 at our 5K pace today. [8 laps of 400 meters (1/4 mile)with a 2-min rest between]Lap 1 3:33Lap 2 3:34Lap 3 3:33Lap 4 3:23Lap 5 3:35Lap 6 3:33Lap 7 3:29 Lap 8 3:21 At our fastest, we […]
Early Saturday — Great Walk!
The Buckeye Striders had a great turnout at 7:30 a.m. today for our weekly walk! We usually meet to walk at 8, but because several of us are training for the New Albany Half, we needed to get in 6 miles today […]
Tonight’s Speed Workout
3 X 1 miles. I waited until nearly 9:20 to go out to walk. It wasn’t an intentional delay, I ended up buying shoes, then eating dinner, checking e-mail… before I knew it, it was late! This is exactly why we are […]
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 […]