Feb 8, 2007
78 Days & Counting
The Run: 5 miles
The Tunes: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
The Mood: Really didn’t feel like running today, but once I got going it wasn’t too bad.
First of all, allow me to say "Hi" and "welcome" to my little corner of the blogging world. I'm looking forward to sharing my various experiences as I train for the Nashville Country Music Marathon.
After running the Louisville Triple Crown for the last 5 years, completing 4 Mini's and conquering (sort of) the Derby Marathon course last year, I decided to continue my quest of running a marathon in every state and head down to the Music City and see what Nashville has to offer.
As of today there are less than 80 days until the Nashville Race, which is the same day as the Derby Marathon/Mini. 78 days to be exact. I put in an easy 5 miles, which puts me at 15, so far, for the week with 2 more runs to go. Today was one of those days where I almost bailed. I got home from work and had huge urge to be lazy. But once I got the running gear on and headed out the door I settled into an easy groove.
The tunes of choice for this run were from the Chili Peppers latest album Stadium Arcadium. Not necessarily my favorite album of theirs, but I find that it has a nice collection of songs that have a steady beat nice for an easy pace with a couple of jams to rock out to and pick up the pace now and then.
So far my best run this week was on Tuesday. I LOVE to run in the snow! I am a native of Green Bay, WI so anytime it snows here I make sure to hit the road….reminiscent of my days in the Frozen Tundra (GO PACK!). I guess the snow got me pretty psyched up because my pace was nearly a minute per mile faster than what I have been running lately. The road itself was too slick, but the extra resistance from the dusting of the white stuff did give the legs a little extra work out.
The cold has yet to keep me indoors. I hate treadmill running. I feel like a rat on a wheel, and even though the Y has TV’s to distract you, it takes some pretty severe weather to keep me off the road.
This weekends long run is scheduled for a 14 miler. I’ll be sure to update you on the many adventures that the “Not Quite Ready For Prime Timers” (NQRFPT’ers) will encounter. Even if the run itself is boring, the conversation never is!
The Tunes: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
The Mood: Really didn’t feel like running today, but once I got going it wasn’t too bad.
First of all, allow me to say "Hi" and "welcome" to my little corner of the blogging world. I'm looking forward to sharing my various experiences as I train for the Nashville Country Music Marathon.
After running the Louisville Triple Crown for the last 5 years, completing 4 Mini's and conquering (sort of) the Derby Marathon course last year, I decided to continue my quest of running a marathon in every state and head down to the Music City and see what Nashville has to offer.
As of today there are less than 80 days until the Nashville Race, which is the same day as the Derby Marathon/Mini. 78 days to be exact. I put in an easy 5 miles, which puts me at 15, so far, for the week with 2 more runs to go. Today was one of those days where I almost bailed. I got home from work and had huge urge to be lazy. But once I got the running gear on and headed out the door I settled into an easy groove.
The tunes of choice for this run were from the Chili Peppers latest album Stadium Arcadium. Not necessarily my favorite album of theirs, but I find that it has a nice collection of songs that have a steady beat nice for an easy pace with a couple of jams to rock out to and pick up the pace now and then.
So far my best run this week was on Tuesday. I LOVE to run in the snow! I am a native of Green Bay, WI so anytime it snows here I make sure to hit the road….reminiscent of my days in the Frozen Tundra (GO PACK!). I guess the snow got me pretty psyched up because my pace was nearly a minute per mile faster than what I have been running lately. The road itself was too slick, but the extra resistance from the dusting of the white stuff did give the legs a little extra work out.
The cold has yet to keep me indoors. I hate treadmill running. I feel like a rat on a wheel, and even though the Y has TV’s to distract you, it takes some pretty severe weather to keep me off the road.
This weekends long run is scheduled for a 14 miler. I’ll be sure to update you on the many adventures that the “Not Quite Ready For Prime Timers” (NQRFPT’ers) will encounter. Even if the run itself is boring, the conversation never is!
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