I’ve written a RunningAHEAD gadget for Windows Vista’s Sidebar. It has the following features: Displays distance totals, latest workouts, or PRs. Has a “View Log” link to open the current log summary in a browser. Can show multiple logs and/or stat types by using multiple gadget instances. Can directly open workouts when “Latest Workouts” stats [...]
I ran 28 races last year, so I had a little bit of racing burn out coming into this year. Over the winter I took about two months off from racing, and I just ran easy to build my base up. I’ve been running 30+ miles a week since mid-December, and I re-introduced intensity/speedwork around [...]
Yesterday was the third running of the Flying Monkey Marathon. The weather was cold at the start (39F), but it warmed up a little during the race (50F). I survived it and avoided injury, but I didn’t run as good a time as I wanted to. I finished in 4:31:53, which knocked 1:47:43 off last [...]
At the Cougar Crawl on October 18, I ran 20:02 for a new 5K PR. That cut 38 seconds off my previous PR, which was nice, but it bothered me that I didn’t run sub-20. Running sub-20 has been my main goal all year (a New Year’s Resolution that I actually stuck to), so I [...]
Since the Du Run Run, I’ve trained a lot, but I haven’t done any more multisport events. I rode my friend’s bike some more, swam a lot in my pool, and did some bricks. But my swimming lessons at Excel Aquatics didn’t work out so well. I got kicked out of class. Or at least [...]
On Sunday, June 15, 2008, I competed in my first multisport event, the Music City Du Run Run Duathlon. This event was a 2 mile run, a 10 mile bike, and another 2 mile run. Other than running, I didn’t train for it. I did a little bike riding while on vacation at Hilton Head [...]
I finished yesterday’s Country Music Half Marathon in 1:45:37, which was over an 8 minute PR for me. It was also much faster than my 2:14:47 last year. Just about everything went right, including the weather. It rained all morning right up until the start of the race, but then it stopped. During the race [...]
I wrote a little iGoogle gadget today that displays a user’s total distances from RunningAHEAD.com. It uses the scripts feature that you can access from your RA Tools menu. The gadget is not fancy, but it allows you to set its title and the log ID for the user you want to track. You can [...]
Yesterday at the Walk & Roll – Focus on Abilities 5K, I came in third overall and first in my age group (M30-39). So that’s two age group awards in two weeks! This time I hung around to get the award, and it included more in gift certificates than I spent on the race. Making [...]
At Saturday’s Purity Moosic City Dairy Dash 10K I got my first age group award! Or at least I qualified for it. I came in third in my age group (M35-39), but I didn’t know it because I had to leave immediately after the race to take my son to swimming lessons (indoors!). The official [...]
