Tonight I planned on running 10 miles from Boston Store to Snowville Rd and back. By the time I got to the Boston Store parking lot, it was 6:30, dark and spitting rain. I ran to Blue Hen Falls and by the time I got there, I had enough of sliding around in the mud. I hadn't even got to the worst part of it yet, closer to Snowville.
So I turned around, got back to my car and did 4 miles on the Towpath between mile markers 21 and 23. I forced myself to run an easy pace and was glad I did. I felt great at the end of the run other than my legs and arms feeling a little sore from swimming laps and lifting the past couple days.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Tennis & Snowshoeing
Today my brother and I went over to Towpath to play some tennis indoors. Every Friday night and Sunday morning they have open court for non-members for $10 per person per hour. We played an hour Friday and played another hour today. We were a little rusty Friday, but it didn't take long to get our ground strokes and serves back to normal. It felt great playing inside while snow was flying outside. I always love playing at indoor domes, probably because it brings back memories of playing at Avalon and Liberty Racquet Club when I was younger.
Afterwards, I drove over to Pine Hallow at the CVNP and snowshoed for an hour. This is a great workout! There was plenty of snow on the ground and I saw other people out on the trails cross country skiing and snowshoeing as well.
Afterwards, I drove over to Pine Hallow at the CVNP and snowshoed for an hour. This is a great workout! There was plenty of snow on the ground and I saw other people out on the trails cross country skiing and snowshoeing as well.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
2012 Running Schedule
Usually I don't post schedules for the whole year, but this year I'm pretty excited to try a new distance (100K) and run races I've always wanted to, but never got around to signing up for (Cortland 10 Miler & Potatoe Stomp). I figure if I write it down, maybe I'll stick to it. So here is my tentative race/event schedule for 2012:
- Mill Creek Distance Classic Half Marathon - March 4th
- Forget the PR 50K - April 15th
- Pace at MMT 100 - May 12-13th
- No Frills, Just Hills FA - May 26th
- Cortland 10 Miler - June
- Pikes Peak Marathon - August 18th
- Mantua Potatoe Stomp 9 miler - September
- Oil Creek 100K - October
- URINEO - December 15th
- MHM???
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Chinese Inspiration
I got off work a little bit late today and got home around 5:30. I didn't feel like cooking anything, so I ordered some General Tso's Chinese food. After eating half of this, I cracked open my fortune cookie. It read, "When you exercise the body you cleanse the soul." I had planned on kicking back and watching TV tonight, but after reading this I felt motivated to go do a workout.
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