Running in Austria and Liechtenstein
Posted by Brad in Training on 13. Aug, 2008 | 1 Comment
I was in Austria and Switzerland last week for work and managed to sneak in a quick 5-mile run one evening. I started from my hotel in Feldkirch and originally hoped to run on some trails. But after a few mishaps which included almost losing my balance and sliding about 30 feet down a steep [...]
Cool weather, I’ll take it
Posted by Brad in Training on 16. Jun, 2008 | 0 Comments
A lot of things tried to keep me from running today. The commute home from work took longer since I left earlier than usual and had slight traffic, it started raining really hard less than a mile from my house, and I didn’t feel like getting on the trail once I got inside. After I [...]
Training dumpster
Posted by Brad in Training on 14. Jun, 2008 | 0 Comments
My recent training has been really bad and I’m in danger of not being prepared for Lake Tahoe next month. I’ve been meaning to get out on the trail as much as possible, but work has gotten in the way quite a bit. This week was a real challenge with long days followed by work-related [...]
Five questions
Posted by Brad in Training on 13. Jun, 2008 | 0 Comments
1. How would you describe your running 10 years ago? More regular, much faster, and more painful. I used to train 6x/week at a 1/7th-mile indoor track at The University of Texas at Austin. I’d regularly run half-marathons on the track holding a ~7:45/mile pace. I can remember how painful it was mile after mile [...]
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 [...]
Afternoon river run
Posted by Brad in Gear, Training on 06. Apr, 2008 | 0 Comments
I wanted to get in another 6-8 miles this afternoon to help prepare for this Saturday’s 25K at Lake McMurty but I ended up just logging 4 miles. I’m having a bit of a seam issue with the Under Armor tights I’m wearing underneath my shorts. So about half way through the run, I realized [...]
