Goodbye April

ORN: Total Time 1 HR -- (58"R / 122"W X 10)

No pounds lost during April, but did lose one belt notch. Unfortunately, the knees don't care about losing a belt notch :)

Out & Back Before the Rain

ORN: Total time = 1 hr, 25' (57" R/ 123" W X 17)

For some reason, I don't seem to have many words to pass on about my training.
It's progressing as planned, and I'm just holding my breath that nothing goes wrong.

Plodding Along

Total Time: 1 Hr (55"R / 125"W X 16)

Easy Day

Yesterday's ORN: Total time = 1 hour (54" R / 126"W X8)

I've received the Garmin 305, but I'll probably wait until my run/walk intervals are 50-50 before taking it out of its box.
I'm more concerned right now about total time on the road rather than how slow I'm moving.

Spring......Again

Sunny, 58 degrees, & Saturday morning. It's Spring (I hope). Last time I thought it had arrived, I ended up with snow on my head and wind in my face.
Still plodding along. Nothing fancy. Just hoping the real heat arrives gradually this year, so I have a chance to acclimate. If not, this penguin will be muttering things unfit for public web postings. But concentrating on the here and now, for a change, today was a great day to train.

[ORN: Total time: 1 Hr, 20' (53"R / 127" W X 15)

Back on Schedule

Returned to the streets last night. Much too windy for a good time, but I guess it's time to start building a little mental discipline anyway.

[ORN: Total time: 1 HR 15' (51" R/ 129" W X 12)

Back from Boise

Spent last week in Boise on business. Only did one workout. Nice to see my slacker ways can return so easily. Oh well...... another week has begun, and I'll get back on schedule.
Watched a bit of the Toledo marathon yesterday. It's a small marathon to begin with, and I think about 1/4 to 1/3 of the registrants probably didn't show up. Really windy, although not as bad as it will apparently be in Boston today.

Outside

After Monday's debacle, I decided I needed to stay outside and let my legs adapt to asphalt and concrete. Unfortunately, it was 28 degrees and windy outside today. Nevertheless, I was out there. I dropped back on the number of intervals, but assuming there's no more leg muscle and hip discomfort, I'll increase them one a session to catch up with my total time on the road.

Total Time = 1:10 Hr (47" R / 133"W X 10)

Reality Check

Both my Buckeyes and I got a nasty reality check last night. In the Buckeyes' case, the better team won. Rats.
In my case, for the first time this year, I went outside to run. Holy Moly. I expected a significant difference between running on a treadmill and running outside, but I did not expect such a huge difference between running on an indoor track and running outside. Sheesh.
My total time for my run/walk session last night was suppose to last 1:18; instead, I went 52 minutes before calling it quits. Even though I was running on the streets, I felt like I was running in mud. I am sooooo slow. Clearly, running on the outside terrain, even with very minimal slopes, is a whole lot different than running on an indoor track. Not sure how I forgot that. The whole thing has called into question my goal of completing a half-marathon this October. Well, I'm not giving up, but I may have to adjust the goal. In the meantime, it's back to the drawing table to see if I can devise a different schedule to reach my October goal.

ORN: total time= 52' (45" R/ 135" W X 17)