Big catchup

Wow. I have fallen off the blogging.

Wednesday: ran 4mi--around the Art Museum--with strides on the return.

Thursday: hit some vbs, for about 20min before being kicked off by the Festival Latino. Sigh.

Friday: Did a late tuneup workout at Pottruck. Feeling sluggish and lazy and wanting to do something depleting, but knowing that would be stupid with tomorrow's tourney. So, just 1.5mi warmup run, then some jumprope and blockjumps. Hope I am nice and fresh and antsy tomorrow.

More catching up

Monday: did a run on W River Dr and back by the zoo and down 34th St. I think it was about 6mi. Biked 15min to stretch out the legs.

Tuesday: played vb @ Hutch, ran around the Art Museum, some strides at the end.

Loop

Catching up...

Friday: Ran 2.5mi on the 'mill, lifted full upper body circuit.

Saturday: Ran a fast 6.5mi loop on the river.

Sunday: Ran THE Loop at dusk.

Conshy

And on the rest day... he cycled. 28mi: through W Fairmont Park then out Bryn Mawr Ave to (hilly-ish!) Conshy St Rd to W Conshy. Crossed the river and came back via the path through Rox/Manayunk, then down Kelly Dr to Locust St. Nice break from the pounding of running.

NewLoop®

Ran a new version of the East Falls Loop: up 34th St, past the zoo, the gates with PA civil war generals, behind Memorial Hall and down to the river, then a regular W River Dr -> Kelly Dr loop, returning to Pottruck on Chestnut. 11mi, around 1h20m.

Columbia Bridge, Spin

Ran Pottruck <-> Columbia Bridge on the W River Dr side. There was a swirling wind the whole way, especially coming through the bridges. Ran a 6:20 measured mile from the 6.75 -> 7.75 markers on the way home, but otherwise the pace was easy--total time was around a few ticks under an hour.

Cooled down with a 10min spin on the stationary bike at Pottruck.

Hutch + Pottruck

Played ~90min of vb with Wharton and a few Pigs. It's so sluggish. Not too excited about vb currently.

Went to Pottruck after work for a 4mi run on the 'mill. Nothing special (29 min?)

Sunday

Ran a slushy East Falls Loop, or rather out-and-back (the W River Dr path was not powed). Except for scattered bits of muck on the ground, it was actually a nice day for it: sunny, blue skies and mid-40s; I didn't even wear a hat. The way back in was wind-aided, and therefore much faster than the out.

Saturday

Pottruck: 5mi on the treadmill in 34:4x, although I suspect that the thing was miscalibrated (or maybe I was just bouncy--got two new pairs of Asics 2110s on deep discount last week and they feel great). Then did 10min on the stepper, reluctantly. I hate that thing, but I must do something to get some vertical back for this volleyball shindig at the end of the month.

Friday

It was admitted student visit day, so I was swamped with meetings / presentations all day. Snuck out for a 3mi run at 3pm and another at 5pm. The first was nothing special, just miles; the second was a little quicker: mile splits of 7:06, 6:41, 6:19 for 20:06. Oh to be fast.

Thursday

3mi treadmile run in 20:4x, 15min stationary bike intervals; volleyball with Pigs/BEasts/HammeRED @ Hutch.

Pottruck

4mi on the treadmill, around 29min. That is all.

Die ZauberfLöop

Ran ye olde East Falls loop, with Mozart in my ears. My highlights CD gets me from home to the Art Museum, leaving an Overture, and Der Vogelfänger to bring it home down 22nd.

Beautiful day for running, I kind of feel like heading out for a short spin on the bike.

Catch Up

Yesterday afternoon got to do a 12mi spin with CDeux through Fairmont Park. Caught the tail end of the Philly Phlyer bike race around Memorial Hall and saw the last of the wintry trees.

Today: another run up to the Girard St bridge, this time from Levine over to the Kelly Dr side. Then back to Hutch and VB with Chris, Matt, Jen. Trying to get back in shape for Pigs reunion / Wharton tourney at the end of the month.

Girard Ave

Oy. Legs feel like lead today. Started out planning to Loop it again, then revised to Strawberry Mansion, then decided to turn around at the first post-museum bridge. Not disappointed though, and this is the beauty of running for fun vs. training, had a nice run, beautiful weather, got to catch a bit of the St. Patrick's Day parade on the Ben Franklin coming home.

KimmelLoop ®

Ran the E Falls loop, then back down the B Franklin Pkwy to City Hall and down to the Kimmel Center to swap vouchers for orchestra tix. Miles. Hooray.

Burbs

Friday afternoon was beautiful, so went for a 30mi spin out to the main line burbs. Nice hills, but it would have been nice to make it back before dark.

Pottruck

30min run=4.2mi, 30min bike=16.5 virtual miles.

Pottruck 10K

Did 10K on the treadmill in 43:24, which, coincidentally, is exactly 7min pace. Damn you recalibrated treadmills! I thought I was getting faster.

Spring Break!

And 27 freaking degrees in Philly. Woo.

Stubbed my toe pretty bad wandering around downstairs to fetch water for CDeux in the early morning, and wasn't sure I'd be able to run. It was all swollen when I pulled my running shoes on, but managed 25min on the mill. Then lifted legs (squats, hamstrings, curls, calfs). Tried to do lunges, but the curling of my toe was too painful. Then did 20min on the bike to spin down. Maybe I'll run long tomorrow.

Back to the gym...

Biking and cycling go hand in hand: my legs were not happy after yesterday's ride, but felt fine as soon as I hopped on the treadmill. Did 5mi in 35:0x, then did a full upper body lifting circuit.

Norristown

Went for an afternoon bike ride on the river path. Turned around at Norristown when the stiff headwind and snow blowing in my eyes made it ridiculous to continue. The ride home, aided by a tailwind, was significantly faster. Don't know the exact time, but a couple of hours and change, 38mi total.

Loop

Yesterday: rested, ate.

Today: Ran the East Falls Loop, starting from FitzH2O and finishing near City Hall. Rough estimate is 10-11mi, no idea of time.

Pottruck

It would have been a great day to run outside--today is one of those days that makes you realize that spring is just around the corner---but my research meeting lasted almost three hours. So, instead, I found myself at Pottruck. I don't know what came over me, but I was ravenously hungry around lunchtime, then had an afternoon snack, and cookies at DBGroup; which is to say that I was well-fueled. Nine miles on the hampster wheel in 63:xx (they've recalibrated the treadmills so they are back to a normal incline, and a bit harder, so these numbers feel more realistic.) Which means that my BSR goal should be within reach; just have to remember to eat enough cookies.