Training Log Archive: iansmith

A morning run along the river; I completed a science museum-Harvard loop and a Harvard-River St Loop. Since the start and completion of the River st loop was during the Science museum loop, you could say that I ran a pair of nested loops.

I saw an amusing dog on the esplanade. His owner would throw a tennis ball, then the dog would retrieve the tennis ball, drop it, and bark until the owner again threw the tennis ball. The whole experience reminded me of a comedian named Eddie Izzard.

I intended my pace to be slower; I strictly enforced a four steps per breath breathing rate, but clearly the allure of pushing myself as hard as I can was too great. This is not acceptable training; I will attempt to run a 10 minute mile loop in the near future. Goal for the week: between 17 Feb and 23 Feb, run five days for at least thirty minutes per day.

A morning run in astonishingly cold conditions. The temperature was 11 F, with wind speeds of 25 mph. I was inadequately bundled, so I did not run as far as I planned - and I hurried home. Apart from the distraction of cold exposed skin, my mental focus was pretty good; I contemplated a proof by contradiction question posed of me.

I will likely use the metric system for future entries because it's a better system and the rest of the world uses it. My running goals are 5 minutes per kilometer for intense road training and 4:30 per km for street-Os and similar short to moderate distance races.