It's over, man. Let her go.

Dropped the car off at the shop and ran home.  Nice night, but got colder as I got closer to home and could have used my lightweight gloves.  First time running with my new orthotics and they felt pretty good.  Similar to the last set, just a little softer.

AP was 9:47 which isn't too bad considering I had to walk a couple of times and I forgot my headlamp so was having to really watch the sidewalk when I couldn't run in the street.  I ended up with a little blood on my shirt anyways from wiping my face and not noticing I bit my lip or it cracked or something.

The weight is coming off a little, but my legs were SO tired afterwards and remained that way the next day.  My cardio needs help too since I'm hitting high 160s, low 170s and feeling like I'm maxing out at a much slower pace than I used to be running at that HR.

Lots of work to do, but now that my othotics are here, I'm heading to get new shoes and finalize my target race schedule.  Probably just a few 5 or 10ks with a fall half as the focus.  As much as I'd like to get a full marathon in this year, I don't think it's going to happen.  It will have to be 2013.

Beautiful day today and got a nice 2.7mi walk in.  Started from work, over to the Pirates PNC Park stadium to exchange some tickets, then over to near the old Mellon Civic Arena & new Consol Energy Center where the Penguins play to the Boy Scout office to pick up a copy of the boy's advancement records and a couple items from the store, then back to work.

The Pirates' Monday night game was rained out so they moved it to today as a double-header.  They beat the Colorado Rockies yesterday, then won one and lost one today, so they did pretty good!

Once or twice a season, Mrs. BNS and I like to hit an afternoon game and treat ourselves to the All You Can Eat seats.  Unfortunately, the Mrs. got a bug last night so she was iffy for the game(s) and ended up not feeling well enough to come down.  Fortunately, since we're "season ticket holders" they were kind enough to switch the tickets to the afternoon game in May, even though the tickets are non-refundable, exchangeable, etc.

I was certainly looking forward to stuffing my face for 18 innings, but maybe next month.  I should be closer to my goal weight by then and can afford to add a few pounds to work off over the following week(s).  :-)

Nice run after work.  About 60^o and drizzling with some wind.  Ran an out and back on the trail which is basically flat.  Goal was to not walk until the turn around, then take a 30sec walk, then run back.  Goal achieved. 

I forgot my Garmin at home, so no HR so I just threw the headphones on and tried to keep it easy and conversational.  Turned out to be faster than I thought (8:26 pace w/o the walk time).  I was sure I'd be closer to 10:00+.

I'll see how I feel tomorrow, but I'm looking forward to a longer run on Saturday.

Thanks to a fairly open day, I got out during the work day for a run.  It was a little chilly, but sunny so near perfect conditions.  Took it easy since I still plan to run tomorrow.  I kept the HR in the mid 150's, except for the time I looked down and something was freaking it out - it was showing 197...198...199.  I knew I was still alive, so an adjustment of the sensor fixed whatever was wrong and it dropped down to a reasonable 156.

Pace was easy on the fairly flat route at about 9:40.  No walking, so I was pleased with that.  Chatted it up with my buddy Greg at the gym after his run.  He's just getting back into it after Boston, which he noted were the worst conditions he's ever run a marathon in, and he's run several.  He's planning to defend his title at the Montour Trail Half, so it will be fun to run that one with him since it's my goal race this year.  Of course, I'll only see him at the start and as he comes flying past me on his way back from the turn around...

Sorry, no commentary to go with this entry, but I wanted to get the miles logged.

The plan was to run this morning, but other activities got in the way, so it turned into a late night run.  I wanted to get MILES in, so I drove down to the end of the river trail and started out about 10pm.  Right off, I could feel soreness on the sides of my lower legs...not shin splits, futher to the outside.  I remembered this happening back when I first started running a couple of years ago.  After a mile or so, I stopped and stretched them and they didn't bother me the rest of the run.  I must have forgotten to stretch them after the run yesterday.

I kept it easy, not really focusing on pace as much as HR and it stayed in the mid 150s - 160.  The fastest sections were definitely when I ran past the casino - it's all glass on that side and so I had to look good for the drinking crowd that were partying!  :-)

I thought of doing 8mi but then decided I'd go 3.5mi, walk a little and turn around to the 3.5mi mark and run back.  But after .18mi walking, I decided to just start running from there.  I was tired when I got done, but happy with my run.  Only walked for 15 sec or so two other times, so things are coming together again.