http://thinkhole.org/run The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:57:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ran two miles with Jaime tonight, and then finished out with one more mile. Total was 3.01 miles in 31:40 (10:31/mi) with an average speed of 5.7 mph and a max of 10.6 mph. Splits were 11:21, 11:14, and 9:00. Burned about 450 calories. Been a long time since I ... http://thinkhole.org/run/2009/06/24/np1m-easy-three/ My NP1M plan includes 4 x 30-minute runs this week. So I met up with Coach Nathan in Harrisburg tonight for a 30-minute run followed by some Indian at Passage to India. We did 3.10 miles in 30:02 (9:40/mi) with an average speed of 6.2 mph and a max of ... http://thinkhole.org/run/2009/06/23/my-first-run4naan/ Sunday (6/21) I did 3.11 miles in 32:18 (10:22/mi) with an average speed of 5.8 mph and a max of 7.8 mph. Splits were 10:13, 10:30, and 10:37 with the last tenth at a 8:31/mi pace. Burned about 470 calories. That's the first 5K distance I've done ... http://thinkhole.org/run/2009/06/23/np1m-run-and-lift/ Trying out some new themes, and it would appear that this one breaks the ability to search the archives. Oh well, does anyone actually visit websites these days? RSS makes the whole "theme" thing seem a bit obsolete anyway. http://thinkhole.org/run/2009/06/22/search-is-broken/ Did 5 x 0.2 mile hill repeats again today. This time I dropped to a walk during the recovery part of the loop, and then pushed it harder during the uphill run. I think it paid off. Total was 2.31 miles in 28:18 (12:16/mi including recovery walks) with an ... http://thinkhole.org/run/2009/06/20/np1m-hill-repeats-again/ Good run tonight. Did 2.14 miles in 20:03 (9:21/mi pace) with an average speed of 6.4 mph and a max of 8.0 mph. Splits were 9:19 and 9:35, with the last 0.14 at a 7:54 pace. Burned about 320 calories. I need to do one more 20 minute ... http://thinkhole.org/run/2009/06/18/np1m-good-run/ Overcast and light rain tonight, and cool enough that I actually wore a hat. Did 2.30 miles in 23:10 (10:07/mi) with an average speed of 5.9 mph and a max of 8.3 mph. Splits were 10:00 and 10:02. Burned about 345 calories. Not a bad run, but eating a black ... http://thinkhole.org/run/2009/06/17/np1m-in-the-rain/ I may have done a bit too much too soon at the end of last week, and ended up with some rather annoying pain in my left hip. So yesterday I took a rest day, and keep ice on it. Surprisingly enough it seemed fine today. Frozen ... http://thinkhole.org/run/2009/06/16/np1m-week-2/ There's a loop in my development that's about a quarter mile downhill and a quarter mile uphill. So on Friday I decided to try some hill repeats. I'd walk the downhill part, and run the uphill part. I did five repeats and one cool-down walking lap for a total ... http://thinkhole.org/run/2009/06/14/np1m-w1d3/ So the NP1M plan for this week is to run three times this week for 12 minutes each time. I probably won't get a chance to run tomorrow, so I did another day of running today. Covered 1.26 minutes in 12:11 (9:40/mi avg pace), with a max speed of 8.6 ... http://thinkhole.org/run/2009/06/11/np1m-w1d2/