May 26th, 08
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…since my last run.
Tomorrow I start to rebuild my training base. I’ve taken the last week off in an effort to get over a cold that turned in to a sinus infection, to which I added pink eye over the weekend. I’m still seriously congested, but I’m least starting to feel a little better and I’m sleeping fairly well.
Overall, this past winter and the current spring have been the worst – weather wise – I have seen. During the winter, if it wasn’t snowing – which it was most of the time – it was cold, cold cold. Once winter was finally over, we got more snow – heavy, wet, spring snow. Seriously no fun. Finally, the snow stops and then the rain, wind, tornados, and blustery weather kick in to place. Today was Memorial Day and it was supposed to be nice – sunny, mid 70′s – NOPE. It was cloudy, cold, and windy. I don’t think it got much over 60 degrees. Very stinky.
I spent most of today in the backyard working on a seriously over engineered set of stairs for my kid’s swing set. The old ladder was in bad shape and needed to be replaced. Rather than simply building a new ladder, I built a super-duper, heavy-duty, deck quality stairway. It looks good, and works great. I also shored up some of the supports on the overall play structure and basically made the thing bomb proof. I now have the best swing-set stairway in Woodbury. Of course, Jen say’s it needs a handrail…
Until next time.
Aaron
May 15th, 08
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I was able to make up for my missed effort yesterday by squeezing in two runs today!
Started the day with a nice run this morning, the weather was great and I headed out the door at 5:05 am. Nice and cool, got to see the sunrise, and overall had a nice, easy, feel-good run. Here are the details:
- Distance: 4.48 miles
- Time: 43:34
- Pace: 9:41 min/mi
- Calories: 624
At lunch, I was also able to sneak away and get in the 3 miles that I had scheduled for today. Stuck to the treadmill because I was limited on time, but it still felt good to get in a short run. It’s been a long time since I’ve gotten to go to the gym during my lunch hour. Here are the details from that run:
- Distance: 3.02 miles
- Time: 28:41
- Pace:9:27 min/mi
- Calories: 421
My pace lately is a little slower than what I had been running, but I’m OK with that, it will get better as my fitness improves and my body gets more used to running. I have a lot of training ahead of me and I don’t want to push things to hard and end up injured.
Later…
Aaron
May 13th, 08
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Today I managed to get up a little early and go out for a run. Here are the details from the iPod/Nike+ dohickey:
- Distance: 3.24 miles
- Time: 29:37
- Pace: 9:07 min/mi
- Calories: 451
I really felt the fact that I haven’t really run in about 2 weeks – it was harder than I anticipated. In a week or two, I’m sure I’ll be right back in the swing of things and feeling good again.
I also officially started my marathon training plan for the Twin Cities 
Marathon. I’m following a pretty straight forward plan from Hal Higdon, which I think will work fairly well. I think if I just get the miles in and stick with the plan, I’ll do well and be able to finish strong. I actually had to modify the plan just a little because I’m starting training 20 weeks out rather than 18 – so I just added 2 weeks up front.
So, I’m off to a good start and I plan on keeping it up!
Later…
Aaron
May 12th, 08
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It’s all gone so fast.
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
All in the blink of an eye.
I love you little buddy!
Daddy
