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Bradley: Time for a run. Last weekend’s 7:09/mi 5K was pretty cool. I’d really like to hit that 21:00 mark; that would be 6:45/mi. Let’s see… four miles in 30:00 is doable. That’s 7:30/mi.
Body: It’s 90° and humid, you moron. You haven’t lived in Florida for five years, man.
Bradley: Don’t be a wimp.
Body: This [...]

Graph from an interval workout shows good results for me, but not so good for my GPS

Quantifying my exercise for the halfway point of 2008

Returning to speed work, in the pool and on the track, after a few months off

It’s been a long time since I thought running six miles was a big deal. But today I did so, and with no symptoms at all in my left Achilles: no soreness, pain, tightness, or discomfort. Nothing. And my pace was good: 53:54, or just under 9:00/mi.
I don’t plan to go back to the first [...]

Went for a two-part bike ride today: first to campus to make photocopies (4.69 mi round trip, 20:45), then got home, dropped my bag, grabbed some water, and did a quick ten mile out and back. Halfway was pretty slow: 27:40 (5:30/mi). O, the wind. I rode directly into a 25+ mph breeze (gale?) for [...]

Earlier tonight I realized I read the Y schedule wrong, so I couldn’t swim at 7 like I planned. And it was too late to bike. So I stretched like mad, took a deep breath, and went for another short, slow run (29:30, 2.4 miles, 12:30/mi). Mixed results. I had some soreness and stiffness in [...]

An Achilles injury puts me back in the pool, which isn’t so bad.

Unplanned 16 mile run (longest in a while): 2:24:40 (9:03/mi).

Odds and ends on a warm weekend: storm windows, a visit from Erin’s friend Cindy, etc.