First LaFortune double

Posted by Brad in Training on 04. May, 2008 | 4 Comments

Today is the first time I’ve made it more than one loop around LaFortune Park. Usually I burn myself out near the end of the loop and decide to just stop after three miles. So I throttled it back for the first two miles but was feeling good so pushed the pace just slightly. I [...]

LaFortune Park and the road runners

Posted by Brad in Training on 24. Apr, 2008 | 1 Comment

I started running at LaFortune Park this week after deciding I should look for other trails in the midtown area. The Riverside trail is nice, but it can be a bit monotonous. LaFortune is a nice 3-mile loop of mostly small gravel with a few asphalt sections (one 1/10 mile section through the side of [...]