Sunday, April 28, 2013

Three zeros!!!







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            Three zeros!  With a time of 1 minute, 00 seconds, and 08 hundredths, I saw THREE zeros when I looked at the time.  Four zeros?  It’s possible.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

sub 1 minute







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            No zeros this time, but I broke 1 minute.  Very cool.  I was LESS stressed out today than the previous two efforts.  Maybe I was in a generally good mood.  Listened to Wait, Wait—so nice that we can laugh at everything. 

9 degrees! Yahoo!







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            Ah, ha!!!  Zeros again!  I was allowed, by my own rules, to run up  only 6 flights of stairs again today.  Even though I sprinted 3 tenths of a second faster than yesterday, I was LESS out of breath and worn out.  I think because I began the sprint today in a bit less than full speed.  I was simply running at probably 95%.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

running through concrete








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            I love to see those zeros!  I think I was the most weary of any run after the mid-run sprint.  I started out very fast, putting everything into it.  By the time I was finished, I was pulling the ankles out of thick concrete.  I wish I could see myself as I finish—it feels like I am putzing along at a snail’s pace.  I knew I needed to run quickly,

Sunday, April 21, 2013

12 pull ups







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            .4 seconds today meant that I had to run the full 16 flights in our apartment building.  Ugh.  I certainly can’t blame people who necessitate dodging of pedestrians and dogs—there were only two people on the entire sprint area.  I did think ,

Hi ho the gangs all here







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            Very difficult today.  I really struggled with the leg ups.  My gut was hurting.  I missed being allowed to run only 6 flights of stairs by 43 one-hundredths of a second.  You can’t even imagine .43 seconds.  It’s gone before you can organize your thoughts.

only stairs



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            Ran only the stairs one time today.  I got outside and I decided to wait until I could run an errand at the same time.  Then things changed and I never got back