What a beautiful morning!
It's been hot in Denver lately, with daily highs approaching the century mark. I've been running (well, OK -- lumbering, then) in the mornings. As I progress through the C25K program, the intervals start getting longer. Today was day 2 of week 2, or W2D2 in C25K parlance. I went around 2 miles (including warmup and warm-down walks of five or seven minutes per), with 90 second intervals followed by 120 second recovery periods. My overall pace (per RunKeeper) was 15:38, including the warmups.
Today's "run" felt really good. In previous days, I'd been getting winded, and often getting a small stitch in my side during the last interval. Not today! I felt like I was barely breathing hard at all.
Getting up early to run has me feeling pretty good lately. Why didn't I start running again sooner?
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Hello, Readers!
It's been a long time, but I'm going to dive back into this blog a bit.
I've learned something important. Dudes with desk jobs and a hobby of making beer need to find something active to do. I'm currently a tub of goo. :sadbanana:
So, to combat the tub-of-goo problem, and in advance of my upcoming "big 40" day, I've started a running program. I'm following the "couch-to-5k" training program over at coolrunning.com, which has transformed a lot of tubs of goo into runners. I've done it before, and now it's time to do it again.
So far, I've done the first two workouts of the program, and I feel pretty good. When I was a younger guy, I was pretty active, and it feels good to be out there again. Hopefully, I'll be in shape enough that ski season won't kick my ass like it did last year.
As for beer content: The Dry Dock Brewing Apricot Blonde recipe makes a damn fine blonde ale, and I'm not a fruit-beer drinker. Also, I have my tickets for the GABF, and I'm volunteering as a greeter for the Friday session too. See you all there!
It's been a long time, but I'm going to dive back into this blog a bit.
I've learned something important. Dudes with desk jobs and a hobby of making beer need to find something active to do. I'm currently a tub of goo. :sadbanana:
So, to combat the tub-of-goo problem, and in advance of my upcoming "big 40" day, I've started a running program. I'm following the "couch-to-5k" training program over at coolrunning.com, which has transformed a lot of tubs of goo into runners. I've done it before, and now it's time to do it again.
So far, I've done the first two workouts of the program, and I feel pretty good. When I was a younger guy, I was pretty active, and it feels good to be out there again. Hopefully, I'll be in shape enough that ski season won't kick my ass like it did last year.
As for beer content: The Dry Dock Brewing Apricot Blonde recipe makes a damn fine blonde ale, and I'm not a fruit-beer drinker. Also, I have my tickets for the GABF, and I'm volunteering as a greeter for the Friday session too. See you all there!
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