An Over-the-Road Truck Driver training for his first marathon, then getting hooked like a hungry trout.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Bessemer AL
I did some hill work because, well, because there was one. A road goes over the ridge behind the Flying J truckstop. I took in the view then ran through a neighborhood with a no-trucks-allowed sign outside of it. A lap around the parking lot finished up a three-mile distance.
70 degrees with high clouds
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Dallas TX
Windy today, and we needed a shower, so Cindy and I decided to exercise at a Ballys gym. Our trusty Blackberry Google Maps search showed one nearby that we had never been to in Dallas. After finding that we could park near the facility, I ran seven miles on the treadmill in 70 minutes. Then I cranked my pace up to 8:30/mi for a half-mile and warmed down for another half-mile. Total of eight miles.
70 degrees outside, seemed like 90 degrees in the gym. Dallas people do not turn on the a/c for 70 degrees, they like it warm.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
El Paso TX
The sun was going down as I ran seven miles this evening along the frontage road near a cluster of truckstops on the east side of town. Tempo run, took about 64 minutes. My goal was ten-minute miles, so I was on-track (not literally, no track at the Flying J)
Scattered clouds, calm, high 60's. Beautiful orange west-Texas sunset.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Dayton OH
I ran three miles at a nine-minute tempo, then another at a ten-minute tempo. I used the treadmill at Bally's. Then I soaked in the hottub and watched the snow come down.
Afterward we got a pizza from the Papa Johns in the same strip mall as the Ballys. Why do they always have unhealthy restaurants near gyms?
18 degrees with heavy snow (outside!)
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Kansas City MO
Today I did some speed work in the parking lot of a casino while waiting for our company to satcom us about the location of an empty trailer for us to use for our next load.
25 degrees under a starry sky
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