Archive for July, 2008

Karate 51

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

I missed last Tuesday’s class in Devon, but managed to show up for today’s class in Elmwood. It was an informal class, and so we were able to be personally instructed by the Sensei. Marilyn and I practiced a lot of stuff, but the most important was that we practiced going down a [...]

Run 63, 2008

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I decided on a change of pace today and chose to run at the indoor track. I wanted to do just 5 km and see how fast I could do it. The problem is I think I lost count of the laps, I may have done one or two extra ones (unlikely) or [...]

Run 62, 2008

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

You just can’t predict how you will feel and perform before a race or a training run, no matter how much training or experience you have. Of course you can make much better guesses with experience but you never really know how it will go.
I would have thought I would not finish my 32 [...]

Run 61, 2008

Friday, July 11th, 2008

I was really determined to ease up a bit and not run very fast at all today. So I started out aiming for an 8 minute pace and ended up with a 9:30 pace for the first 3 km, just shuffling along. Of course I ended up speeding up and catching up to [...]

Karate 50

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

We approached today’s class in Elmwood with a bit of hesitation because, well, you know, we’re just a bunch of old geezers who are still feeling sore from last Tuesday’s class in Devon. I did not want to try very hard today and I really hoped we would not have to do any kicks [...]

Run 60, 2008

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

I went out on the road today to try out my new pair of Mizuno Waverider 10’s. I ran 11 km at a 6:58 pace (1:16:35 total). The run went well.
Friday I need to do another 11 km but I need to run it at an 8 minute pace because that’s how fast [...]

Karate 49

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Yeah! We are back in business! We had our first summer class yesterday and it was great! The warm-up courtesy of Sensei Jordon was a bit crazy, but we went through the basics in the first hour and I really liked it because that is what we need over and over again [...]