I am pretty wiped today, but it is a good wiped — aside from this doomful headache. I mixed a four-mile treadmill run (35:40) with weights (legs) and some medicine ball work. It was a good way to end what was the best workout week I’ve had in a couple of weeks.
iPod: a podcast of Radio Times featuring an interview with David Maraniss on his book, “Rome 1960: The Olympics that Change the World” and a podcast of Thomm Hartmann.
Nice morning for a run. I managed four miles, with four more to go for the week.
iPod was filled with podcasts: Glenn Greenwald’s interview with Charles King on the crisis in the Caucasus and a set of live tracks from the Shout Out Louds at the South By Southwest music festival.
I’m starting to feel a bit better out there. This morning, with a nice breeze keeping the body temperature down, I put in a five-miler and then felt good enough to hit the weights afterward.
That’s 12 miles for the week, so far, with a goal of 20 and two days left.
On the iPod: a podcast of Friday’s Bill Moyers Now program and a Wilco performance from DC.
A truly beautiful morning. The temperatures were perfect for a run, with a wide-open blue sky and a light breeze. I managed four miles, managed being the operative word. I’m not sure what the problem has been lately — some days I lack legs, the others wind — but I haven’t been able to push it. Part of it probably has to do with a light workout load recently, due to vacation and business in the office. And my diet has been terrible — my weight is up.
It is a farily discouraging stretch, especially with the Jamesburg 5K less than a month away. If I plan to run it and improve on last year’s 26:45 — let alone matching the 25 and change I ran in the South Brunswick 5K in November last year — I have to get more serious, push the miles and the pace and pay more attention to what I’m eating.
Music: Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal
The rain this morning was remarkable in its intensity, making it almost impossible to see the road as we drove to the gym. So, as might be expected, I opted for the treadmill, watching Olympic coverage and then switching to CNN for news from (the former Soviet) Georgia.
I did three miles in 25:48 — an 8:36 pace, which is the best time I’ve had in a while.
Music: a mix
Hank Kalet 