Posts Tagged ‘tempo run’

Dreamland Amnesia

The Wolf Moon made its appearance last night (A “wolf moon” is when the moon is at its closest point to the Earth.  This happens once a year.)  It was big, beautiful, spectacular… it gave me temporary amnesia. 

I drove to the trailhead watching the sky.  The Wolf Moon was setting over the Rocky Mountains, and it [...]

Speed workouts suck

I’m ramping up running workouts this week in preparation for the Las Vegas Half Marathon (coming up on December 6). Instead of doing moderate tempo runs, which are my specialty, I’m throwing in speed work and intervals during the week while doing my long runs on Sunday.
Hate to say it, but I don’t like speed [...]

Running Playlist

Our Saturday run was cancelled due to weather.  Sunday I ran solo on Davidson Mesa.  Because it was flat, grey and incredibly boring, I decided to do a tempo run.  I ran three 3-mile loops, staying on the Mesa because of the black ice on the streets.
The music on my iPod made the time go [...]