Archive for April, 2007

14 km today in a chilly drizzle…

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Today’s run was supposed to be my weekly 17 km long run. But I am still pretty sore from trail running so I decided to cut back a bit. I had only planned to do 11 km but I met MM on the way back who was going by another route so I [...]

I’ve got it figured out now…

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

…but it sure took me long enough. Running on asphalt is way more stressful on your bones and muscles than running on soft trail dirt. It’s good for building up your tolerance and endurance for long distance running, as long as you don’t over do it by increasing your distance or decreasing your [...]

My trail running shoes are no good for running…

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

…or so I discovered in last Sunday’s 17 km trail run. I think they were pretty uncomfortable compared to my Saucony’s or my Mizuno’s. They are/were still useable, but why bother when I can run in better shoes? So in today’s 11 km trail run I wore my regular Saucony running shoes [...]

I’m in the last week of my training schedule…

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Here is an update on what’s happening with me. I am still very busy at home and at work. I have to resort to speed reading the posts on the running forum. So keep running everyone and have a great summer!
Last week I ran 56 km. This week I run 30.5 [...]