Grandpa’s Memories

I had a nice easy run this evening at the gym. I have been reading Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit and Sexy – Until Your 80 and Beyond by Chris Crowley and M.D., Henry S. Lodge. I have decided I need to go to the gym more and do more exercise in the aerobic

I ran intervals this evening. I set up an advanced workout on the Garmin that consisted of the following: Run until heart rate goes above 130 BPM. Run eleven minutes at 6.5 MPH. Repeat the following steps 8 times: Go until heart rate goes below 120 BPM. Go until heart rate goes above 145 BPM.

Tonight Daniel and I ran a little over four miles on the Barton Creek Greenbelt. The weather was perfect with a temperature of about 70 and wind around eight MPH–not that we could feel it in the canyon, with tall trees and cliffs all around. We started at the 360 Access Point and ran up

What a day for a race, it was beautiful! The temperature was a little chilly at the start but once we got going it was unnoticeable. The temperature was 47F with a ten MPH wind, but by the time the race ended the temperature had warmed up to a whopping 53F. I did not do

I did a long easy run at the Gym Friday evening. I had the pleasure of shutting the gym down. We have a big build at work happening first thing next week, and there was a million little things I had to do before I left work, so I did not get out of work

Tonight was interval night at the gym. I did seven intervals: the longest was almost ten minutes at six MPH, the fastest and shortest was at eight MPH and lasted about a minute. Before I got to the gym I really did not want to do intervals, yet once I was done I wanted to

Wednesday evening I ran 5 miles with Daniel on Lady Bird Lake. It was overcast and tried to rain several times. All in all, it was a very good run; I was not sure how I would do after giving blood two days earlier. At about mile four, I did walk about 200 yards, but

Today I got a personal record (PR) in the Statesman Capitol 10K. I ran it in 1:09:59. Since I rode the bike for 4 hours in yesterday’s Rosedale Ride, I was not expecting to have a great race time in the 10K. I felt I would be happy just to run the race and not

I ran the Daisy 5K this morning. It was a beautiful morning with a lot of runners out. The race started at the Rogue store, just east of the freeway. The area looked pretty depressed, with numerous homeless people (I think) in sleeping bags on the lot just across the street from the starting point.

This evening we went for the first trail run of the season. Daniel, Doug, Michael, Charles and I met at the powerline entrance to the Green Belt at about 5:30 PM, (after work). Charles was riding his bike, so he went his own way and we did not see him after the start. He went

I ran the Star Flight 5K today. Did not get a PR (Personal Record) for a 5K but was close. I ran the race in 31 minutes which is a pace of 9 minutes and 58 seconds. It is my second race with a sub 10 minute pace, which is good for my first race

I ran intervals this evening at the gym. I did 9 intervals with the fastest a bit below eight MPH, of course that did not last long, about forty five seconds. Somewhere near the middle, I ran one interval for two minutes at seven MPH. I think this is helping my speed. I need to

I did a tempo run this evening. First I warmed up for ten minutes, then I ran for 20 minutes with a slightly increasing pace, the first ten minutes was at 6.1 MPH, the next five minutes was at 6.3 MPH and the last five minutes as at 6.5 MPH. Between each increase I paused

Tonight was interval night at the gym. I ran for forty minutes and did eight intervals. I started at six MPH and worked up to seven MPH, I did two intervals at seven MPH than started working back down to six MPH. Last night, after I got home, I was exhausted. I think it is

Long easy run at the gym this evening. Ran for 1 hour at 4.5 MPH and covered a little less than 4.5 miles. It took several treadmills before I found one that I liked — the audio seems bad on the North side the building. I watched CNN getting ready for the Texas debate with

I had a tempo run at the gym this evening. I ran for 10 minutes to warm up then ran at 6.1 MPH for 10 minutes, then I ran two intervals, the first at 6.5 MPH and the second at 7.0 MPH. I felt very good about the run this evening, I felt I could

Tonight I run two and a half miles on the treadmill at the North Pure Gym. It was my first time at the north facility. The facility was really nice, much larger and the was not as crowded. I jogged on the treadmill for forty five minutes increasing the speed for one minute than decreasing

Tonight I ran intervals on the treadmill at the gym. It went pretty well, my fastest interval was close to 8 MPH, I’m not sure how long I held that speed, I had worked up to that speed by increasing the speed every 30 seconds by about a half mile per hour. I probably held

I ran for thirty minutes on the treadmill at the gym tonight, the pace was set at six MPH or ten minutes per mile. I was able to hold this pace most of the way, I slowed down three times and the last seven minutes I ran at 5.5 MPH. Unfortunately, my nose started bleeding,

I went to the gym again tonight and worked out on the treadmill. I ran an abbreviated set of intervals which consisted of two intervals, where each interval was at 6.5 MPH and lasted for 4 minutes. This is quite a bit less than I was doing a couple of weeks ago. My goal over

Today I ran some sprints. It consisted of 8 repeats of running for one eighth of a mile at a pace of 7 minutes per mile then walking while I waited for the heart rate to drop below 105 beats per minute. I had trouble reaching the speed and I was about dead by the

I did an interval run this morning, and what a difference twenty-four hours make! It clouded over last night and the temperature was 48 degrees this morning. I was sweltering in my three layers of clothes when I was running. I ran at the track over at Webb Middle School. There was one other runner

Ran an easy 2.25 miles today. Went over to the track at Webb Middle School and did a mile (4 laps). It’s the first time this year that I have been over there. There were two other people working out. I got there shortly after 7 AM. I need to go more often, it would

Today I did a tempo run, I tried to keep my pace below a 10 minute per mile for 2 miles. I felt that I did pretty well, each time I checked my watch I was doing a little under 10 minutes. There was a few places that gave me trouble, the final uphill run

I ran 3 miles this morning. What a change several days make; the temperature was about 70 degrees when I started, and the humidity was about 100%, compared to several days ago when the temperature was below freezing. The Garmin record is here. Later: I need to get moving a little earlier or moving a

Ran 4.08 miles at a 11:30 pace with Daniel, his wife Andrea, his mother-in-law Marilla and Zoe their 10 year old dog. The temperature was not a problem at a little above 60 degrees, however the wind was noticeable. The motionbased report is here.