Time: 81:14
Distance: ~11.5 miles
This morning Meagan and I got out into a cold DC morning for some miles around the city. We both love running in the nation's capital because of all the monuments, bike paths and cool neighborhoods like Georgetown. The run started from Dave's and ran down Wisconsin to the bike path that leads into the mall. We ran by the Washington Monument, up the Mall, said hi to all schmucks on Capitol Hill and back the same way we came.
My achilles never felt good. I was trying to have a good time with the amazing surroundings but the lower right leg never felt right. I definitely shouldn't have gone 80+ minutes, but I thought things would have warmed up or my endorphins would have kicked in. This achilles business is not looking good and I'm going to have to monitor the situation a little more carefully.
I got home and immediately stretched, used the stick and iced. I may have even popped a couple Vitamin I's just for good measure.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Zap Fitness
Time: 34:54
Distance: ~4 miles
On my drive out to Greenville this morning I fired up TweetDeck and noticed a tweet from the Zap Fitness page. I learned that the team was going to be in Greenville for the next month. I quickly shot a text to my buddy Dave Nightingale and confirmed that the team was in fact staying near Furman University. It was great that we were able to meet up later in the day for a run on Furman's campus.
I met some other guys on the team including Ryan Warrenburg, Frank Tinney, Dave Jankowski, Nate Peck and Nick Polk. They were living the life of a distance runner this afternoon. Lounging around the apartment watching tv, messing around on the Internet and napping. We had some good laughs and shared recent stories. The big news for them was that Craig Lake recently "stepped down" from Brown University.
The group that went out to run was just the two Dave's, two athletes from Furman and me. We ran on some trails, roads and campus sidewalks. Always a fun time to catch up with some very talented runners. Jankowski recently soloed 13:40 something up at the launch pad (Boston University's indoor facility which is ridiculously fast) in Boston. Good times.
Distance: ~4 miles
On my drive out to Greenville this morning I fired up TweetDeck and noticed a tweet from the Zap Fitness page. I learned that the team was going to be in Greenville for the next month. I quickly shot a text to my buddy Dave Nightingale and confirmed that the team was in fact staying near Furman University. It was great that we were able to meet up later in the day for a run on Furman's campus.
I met some other guys on the team including Ryan Warrenburg, Frank Tinney, Dave Jankowski, Nate Peck and Nick Polk. They were living the life of a distance runner this afternoon. Lounging around the apartment watching tv, messing around on the Internet and napping. We had some good laughs and shared recent stories. The big news for them was that Craig Lake recently "stepped down" from Brown University.
The group that went out to run was just the two Dave's, two athletes from Furman and me. We ran on some trails, roads and campus sidewalks. Always a fun time to catch up with some very talented runners. Jankowski recently soloed 13:40 something up at the launch pad (Boston University's indoor facility which is ridiculously fast) in Boston. Good times.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Kyoto Miles
Time: 58:29
Distance: 7.68 miles
Pace: 7:36
Map
This morning I went on a run with the Ekiden from our hotel to a river. It was nice to finally get along a path that we could find a rhythm. We spent most of the first 10 minutes starting and stopping at traffic lights. On the return trip we ran through a park/shrine area where other people were taking a morning walk. It was a nice light run to start the day.
Distance: 7.68 miles
Pace: 7:36
Map
This morning I went on a run with the Ekiden from our hotel to a river. It was nice to finally get along a path that we could find a rhythm. We spent most of the first 10 minutes starting and stopping at traffic lights. On the return trip we ran through a park/shrine area where other people were taking a morning walk. It was a nice light run to start the day.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
This Is a Hot & Cool Spot
Time: 29:10
Distance: 4.02 miles
Pace: 7:16
Map
The day started off at 5:30 when my eyes opened and they weren't going to be persuaded to go back to sleep. I was up 90 minutes before breakfast and spent the time browsing the intertubes. Down at breakfast we were treated to more runny eggs and bacon/ham.
The team gathered in the lobby an hour after eating for a course tour. Each of us took turns at the front of the bus trying to visualize, to the best of our ability, what the race was going to be like. We struggled to find some of the kilometer markers but made the most of our time. The lineup for the race will start with Ben True on the downhill 8.0k opener. He will hand off to Dave who will run over two overpasses on a 5.8k segment. Next will be Zac on a shortened 7.9k flat leg. I will run fourth over 6.2k and hand off to Murat who runs 6.4k. Luke will bring it home on a 10.2k final segment.
Once we were through with the course tour it was time to get in some training. We were bussed to the track again where most of the teams were present. It was similar to going to a cross-country meet where true distance running is the focus. However, there was more of a track feeling to it because we were on the oval watching guys do strides and cut shapes. It's hard to explain the scene but imagine a track practice with 15 teams, no sprinters or field events and no females.
A group of us laced up the shoes for a short run followed by some light drills and strides. I'm feeling good and look forward to running hard tomorrow. I plan to run conservatively which will be hard to do as the tendency will be to go out fast. If all goes well I'll be around 3:00 for the first kilometer, 9:00-9:10 at 3k and will be able to negative split on the second half. A final time of 19 minutes would be a decent result.
After our run we drove to a noodle house and had a great lunch of ramen. But, not the kind of ramen you ate as a poor college student. This was delicious served in a big bowl with onions, pork and a light broth. Lunch was brief and then we returned to the hotel for a nap or tv watching. Our next scheduled meeting was at 4:00 pm when we met with our student guides. They are responsible for getting us to the start of our respective legs tomorrow and have the privilege of watching/carrying our gear. The introduction process was terribly awkward which consisted of the standard smiles, nods and bows.
When I was here two years ago the record was set on the opening leg. An athlete ran 22:50 for 8k which is flying. All the buzz last year when Jailhouse, Owen and Ari (former Brown teammates) were on the trip, was about a runner from Nihon University who ran 28:28 on the final leg. That's not 28:28 for 10k. That's 28:28 for 10.2k which is like 27:40s for 10k on the roads. Rolling. Nihon is back this year and they hope to repeat. When our manager returned from the press conference, he reported to us that members of the media wanted to know about his fitness this year. The best quote of the day came from the response of the Nihon coach who said something along the lines of, "[the athlete] runs very fast when there is someone in front of him. He pushes himself when he can see other runners ahead. And, he has very good eyesight."
I'll rush through the opening ceremony where each team is introduced on stage. I was named team captain and got to carry the placard across the stage for all to see. During the introductions Dave and I were sizing up which teams had the best warmups. There is a squad, I think Daiichi Institute of Technology, that has these green and orange unis that resemble the University of Miami. It makes me wonder if they get arrested a lot. Yamanashi Gakuin University has some really classy white tops that are very clean and Toyo University looks good with the blue.
After the ceremony, Yamanashi presented our team with a gift bag contain some stuffed animals and a pair of sunglasses. Jack Fultz knows their team manager because a couple of years back the Ivy team trained near Mount Fuji at their school. It was a very nice gesture and a complete surprise.
Dinner is in a few moments. I'm having the eel with tempura. I'll close this post out with the second best quote of the day taken from the front of Sega World:
Pleasant time is necessary for your lifetime.
This is a hot & cool spot, as you know.
Come on now!!
True words to live by.
Distance: 4.02 miles
Pace: 7:16
Map
The day started off at 5:30 when my eyes opened and they weren't going to be persuaded to go back to sleep. I was up 90 minutes before breakfast and spent the time browsing the intertubes. Down at breakfast we were treated to more runny eggs and bacon/ham.
The team gathered in the lobby an hour after eating for a course tour. Each of us took turns at the front of the bus trying to visualize, to the best of our ability, what the race was going to be like. We struggled to find some of the kilometer markers but made the most of our time. The lineup for the race will start with Ben True on the downhill 8.0k opener. He will hand off to Dave who will run over two overpasses on a 5.8k segment. Next will be Zac on a shortened 7.9k flat leg. I will run fourth over 6.2k and hand off to Murat who runs 6.4k. Luke will bring it home on a 10.2k final segment.
Once we were through with the course tour it was time to get in some training. We were bussed to the track again where most of the teams were present. It was similar to going to a cross-country meet where true distance running is the focus. However, there was more of a track feeling to it because we were on the oval watching guys do strides and cut shapes. It's hard to explain the scene but imagine a track practice with 15 teams, no sprinters or field events and no females.
A group of us laced up the shoes for a short run followed by some light drills and strides. I'm feeling good and look forward to running hard tomorrow. I plan to run conservatively which will be hard to do as the tendency will be to go out fast. If all goes well I'll be around 3:00 for the first kilometer, 9:00-9:10 at 3k and will be able to negative split on the second half. A final time of 19 minutes would be a decent result.
After our run we drove to a noodle house and had a great lunch of ramen. But, not the kind of ramen you ate as a poor college student. This was delicious served in a big bowl with onions, pork and a light broth. Lunch was brief and then we returned to the hotel for a nap or tv watching. Our next scheduled meeting was at 4:00 pm when we met with our student guides. They are responsible for getting us to the start of our respective legs tomorrow and have the privilege of watching/carrying our gear. The introduction process was terribly awkward which consisted of the standard smiles, nods and bows.
When I was here two years ago the record was set on the opening leg. An athlete ran 22:50 for 8k which is flying. All the buzz last year when Jailhouse, Owen and Ari (former Brown teammates) were on the trip, was about a runner from Nihon University who ran 28:28 on the final leg. That's not 28:28 for 10k. That's 28:28 for 10.2k which is like 27:40s for 10k on the roads. Rolling. Nihon is back this year and they hope to repeat. When our manager returned from the press conference, he reported to us that members of the media wanted to know about his fitness this year. The best quote of the day came from the response of the Nihon coach who said something along the lines of, "[the athlete] runs very fast when there is someone in front of him. He pushes himself when he can see other runners ahead. And, he has very good eyesight."
I'll rush through the opening ceremony where each team is introduced on stage. I was named team captain and got to carry the placard across the stage for all to see. During the introductions Dave and I were sizing up which teams had the best warmups. There is a squad, I think Daiichi Institute of Technology, that has these green and orange unis that resemble the University of Miami. It makes me wonder if they get arrested a lot. Yamanashi Gakuin University has some really classy white tops that are very clean and Toyo University looks good with the blue.
After the ceremony, Yamanashi presented our team with a gift bag contain some stuffed animals and a pair of sunglasses. Jack Fultz knows their team manager because a couple of years back the Ivy team trained near Mount Fuji at their school. It was a very nice gesture and a complete surprise.
Dinner is in a few moments. I'm having the eel with tempura. I'll close this post out with the second best quote of the day taken from the front of Sega World:
Pleasant time is necessary for your lifetime.
This is a hot & cool spot, as you know.
Come on now!!
True words to live by.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Planes and Buses, Planes and Buses
Time: none
Distance: none
Today was an entire day of travel. An. Entire. Day.
Meagan dropped Dave and I off at the Charlotte airport for our 9:51 am flight to Chicago. Once in Chicago we hopped on the plane bound for Tokyo and met up with Zac, Jack, Luke and John. It sounds like we were it at Bible camp or something with all of those names. Our flight departed at 12:05 on Thursday and wouldn't land until 3:00 pm on Friday on Japan. The flight alone was just over 12 hours. The time difference is 13 hours. Jet lag central.
During the flight I sat in the same row as Jack Fultz and we were able to talk strategy among other things. I watch several movies including most of Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (I'll give it a 6), The Proposal (6), State of Play (7/8), and one more that I can't remember. I also finished the book Sway (very similar format to most marketing/advertising/negotiation books. Come up with a few cases to illustrate a theme. Find several mini-cases to illustrate the theme. Summarize research papers. Conclude with summary of first case study and how it illustrates the theme), and started another book Then We Came to the End.
I didn't sleep much on the flight, but there would be time for that later.
Upon getting to Tokyo we did the whole customs thing and then wasted time in the airport while waiting for the west coast guys (Murat and Ben). Once we were all together we took a bus from Narita (international airport) across town to Haneda (domestic airport). It was already getting dark around 5:45 pm when the bus left and completely black when we arrived at our destination around 7:00 pm.
We jumped on a 45, 60, 75, 90 minute flight to near Izumo? I don't remember the flight because at this point my body was shutting down. Our team was seated at the very back of the plane and almost immediately my eyes shut for the duration. Normally the team flies to Izumo but for whatever reason we stopped in ??? which was a 90 minute bus to the Wel City Hotel in Izumo.
We finally got to the hotel around 11 pm on Friday October 9th. I essentially lost Friday to roughly 26 hours of travel. The mood will improve in the morning when we get to spend our first day in Japan without the worries of making flights and catching buses. I look forward to meeting our hosts and exploring more of the city.
So far the guys on the team are great. We have enjoyed sharing stories about coaches, races, travels and the Ivy League in general. Basically we walk around with our noses sticking up in the air. Not because we are elitist Ivy League grads, but because we feel huge compared to some of our new Japanese friends.
Distance: none
Today was an entire day of travel. An. Entire. Day.
Meagan dropped Dave and I off at the Charlotte airport for our 9:51 am flight to Chicago. Once in Chicago we hopped on the plane bound for Tokyo and met up with Zac, Jack, Luke and John. It sounds like we were it at Bible camp or something with all of those names. Our flight departed at 12:05 on Thursday and wouldn't land until 3:00 pm on Friday on Japan. The flight alone was just over 12 hours. The time difference is 13 hours. Jet lag central.
During the flight I sat in the same row as Jack Fultz and we were able to talk strategy among other things. I watch several movies including most of Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (I'll give it a 6), The Proposal (6), State of Play (7/8), and one more that I can't remember. I also finished the book Sway (very similar format to most marketing/advertising/negotiation books. Come up with a few cases to illustrate a theme. Find several mini-cases to illustrate the theme. Summarize research papers. Conclude with summary of first case study and how it illustrates the theme), and started another book Then We Came to the End.
I didn't sleep much on the flight, but there would be time for that later.
Upon getting to Tokyo we did the whole customs thing and then wasted time in the airport while waiting for the west coast guys (Murat and Ben). Once we were all together we took a bus from Narita (international airport) across town to Haneda (domestic airport). It was already getting dark around 5:45 pm when the bus left and completely black when we arrived at our destination around 7:00 pm.
We jumped on a 45, 60, 75, 90 minute flight to near Izumo? I don't remember the flight because at this point my body was shutting down. Our team was seated at the very back of the plane and almost immediately my eyes shut for the duration. Normally the team flies to Izumo but for whatever reason we stopped in ??? which was a 90 minute bus to the Wel City Hotel in Izumo.
We finally got to the hotel around 11 pm on Friday October 9th. I essentially lost Friday to roughly 26 hours of travel. The mood will improve in the morning when we get to spend our first day in Japan without the worries of making flights and catching buses. I look forward to meeting our hosts and exploring more of the city.
So far the guys on the team are great. We have enjoyed sharing stories about coaches, races, travels and the Ivy League in general. Basically we walk around with our noses sticking up in the air. Not because we are elitist Ivy League grads, but because we feel huge compared to some of our new Japanese friends.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Time: 71:51
Distance: 10.26
Pace: 7:00
Map
It was an early 6:30 am start for the run with Dave Nightingale this morning. Last night he arrived from Zap Fitness which is a post-collegiate training group based out of Blowing Rock, NC. My former teammate Brendan O'Keefe used to run for the group. I was only looking for about 40 minutes but Dave was potentially doing some up-tempo stuff. We couldn't really see very well for the first 20-25 minutes of the run because the sun was still dreaming.
My first confrontational experience in Charlotte occurred on the run when we were just about to enter Freedom Park. I geeked out biker who was probably commuting to work felt the need to be an ass. I respect that he was riding a bike to work but that's where it stopped. As he slowly slipped by on our right he voiced that "there is a sidewalk just over there," which was his passive way of saying "get on the sidewalk!"
I told him that I find it rather nice to run in the street to which he replied, "It's illegal to run in the road."
Yup, that it is. I'm a huge rebel for running in the road. Especially when most of the suburban population is just waking up and there are no cars out.
I couldn't pass up, "It's also illegal to be a dick." Definitely not one of my better moments but this guy was ruining a perfectly good run by meddling in the tempo of it.
He mouthed something back but I couldn't hear it because I was too busy recommending that he should arrest the entire group of 8 that just ran up Princeton road. It was perfect timing on their part to run only a few wheels turn in front of this grumpy morning commuter. He was not being a good Samaritan for all those who were asleep in bed when he decided not to detain those 8 early morning joggers.
The remaining part of the run was better. The sun came out, the stars drifted off and the douchenozzle bikers made it to work.
Distance: 10.26
Pace: 7:00
Map
It was an early 6:30 am start for the run with Dave Nightingale this morning. Last night he arrived from Zap Fitness which is a post-collegiate training group based out of Blowing Rock, NC. My former teammate Brendan O'Keefe used to run for the group. I was only looking for about 40 minutes but Dave was potentially doing some up-tempo stuff. We couldn't really see very well for the first 20-25 minutes of the run because the sun was still dreaming.
My first confrontational experience in Charlotte occurred on the run when we were just about to enter Freedom Park. I geeked out biker who was probably commuting to work felt the need to be an ass. I respect that he was riding a bike to work but that's where it stopped. As he slowly slipped by on our right he voiced that "there is a sidewalk just over there," which was his passive way of saying "get on the sidewalk!"
I told him that I find it rather nice to run in the street to which he replied, "It's illegal to run in the road."
Yup, that it is. I'm a huge rebel for running in the road. Especially when most of the suburban population is just waking up and there are no cars out.
I couldn't pass up, "It's also illegal to be a dick." Definitely not one of my better moments but this guy was ruining a perfectly good run by meddling in the tempo of it.
He mouthed something back but I couldn't hear it because I was too busy recommending that he should arrest the entire group of 8 that just ran up Princeton road. It was perfect timing on their part to run only a few wheels turn in front of this grumpy morning commuter. He was not being a good Samaritan for all those who were asleep in bed when he decided not to detain those 8 early morning joggers.
The remaining part of the run was better. The sun came out, the stars drifted off and the douchenozzle bikers made it to work.
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