This evening I ran four and a half miles near home. I choose a new route because I was wanting to put in near five miles and passing the house would be boring plus there would be a temptation to stop each time I passed. So on map my run I plotted out a longer …
I joined Daniel and James at the Veloway this evening for a nineteen mile bicycle ride. Yesterday spoiled me with the cool temperatures, this evening was hot, temperatures in the low nineties. However, there was no wind, thank goodness! We rode for about two hours with a moving speed of about fifteen MPH. Here is …
This evening I ran five miles on the Hike and Bike trail around Lady Bird Lake. I was prepared for a hot slog similar to last week, but about a mile into the run the wind came up and it started raining lightly which cooled the air down and made running a whole lot more …
This morning I rode down to watch the Capital of Texas Triathlon. I watched the bike race portion from several vintage points. The best was at the intersection of Congress Avenue and Cesar Chavez Street. I had a nice ledge tolean my bike against and sit on; it was in the shade and people walking …
This morning, I attended the Austin Cycling Association’s (ACA) hosted ride THERE AND BACK. It was a great ride, except that we had the wind in our face in the second half, when we turned to return to the start. The route started at 8 AM from Braker Lane and Jollyville road, crossed over to …
Thursday evening, after work, I went to the Veloway with James for a moderately paced eighteen mile bike ride. It was hot with a strong wind out of the southeast which was particularly noticeable just before the sharp little hill about two miles around the course. Here is the Motionbased record:
This evenings run was a hot, hot, hot, about ninety seven at the beginning and it dropped all the way down to ninety five by the time I quit. To top it all off I did not hydrate enough through out the afternoon. When it came time to leave I realized I had not been …
Yippee! I did it. I finished the Congress Avenue Mile in 8:53. That is an all-time record for me (At least since, I was in high school — but I do not remember the details of my running times that far back.) That was a pace of eight minutes and fifty-two seconds per mile! That …
I did a long run this evening. Running from Mo-Pac to I-35 along Town Lake Trail. It took about one and a half hours at an average speed of about five mile per hour. My heart rate was a little higher than I would have liked at 129, it was thirty two minutes in the …
This evening I did four intervals at the gym preparing for the 2008 Puma Congress Avenue Mile this Saturday. I was wanting to get an idea how long it would take to run a mile. The first interval was a warm up interval where I wanted to get my heart rate up to 125 beats …
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This evening Daniel and I went the Barton Creek Greenbelt for a four and a half mile run. It was a really good run, the clouds looked heavy like it could start raining at any point, and we felt a few drops at the start, but it never did. The two main things that happened …
I ran the Annual Chuy’s 5K this morning. It is my first time to run this race and I really liked it. Usually I do the Austin Cycling Association’s Armadillo Hill Country Classic, which is a pretty ride, but this year I am concentrating on running and hopefully getting my speed up. The race course …
I ran a slow five miles on Lady Bird Lake this evening. I ran from the Mopac bridge to to the Congress avenue bridge on the south side of the lake. Then doubled back to the Pfluger Bridge and crossed to the north side of the lake. Over the next month or so I will …
Kenny came for a visit this weekend. It was really good to see him; he is looking well and is fitter than I have seen him in a long time. He has been having health problems and it was a real relief to see him walking and biking. Over the last year he has had …
Today I ran the ASH Dash 5K race. The ASH (Austin State Hospital) volunteers sponsor the race; they are an organization whose purpose is to improve the quality of life of the children and adults who are patients at the Hospital. The race was on the grounds of the State Hospital, which was established in …