Author: Mark Allman

Today’s run was a 13.1 mile rolling hills route. Pace was 9:41. Weight was 147.2.

Today’s run was a 5.1 mile hills route. First day with a new pair of Hoka X2’s. Pace was 9:35. Weight was 146.2.

Today’s run was a warm early morning run of two loops just west of the UC campus in Cincinnati. Total distance was 4.12 miles. Pace was 10:26.

Spending the weekend in Cincinnati, around the UC campus. West McMillan runs from campus over and down south, then to W. McMicken (not a typo), then up Ravine St. back to W. McMillan.. It’s a good training run with the hill at Ravine St. having a 12% grade for at least half of the climb. Today’s run was one loop around the course for about 2.55 miles. Pace wasn’t really kept (forgot to start the timer).

A wet, cool and humid early morning for a run. Strange that now the rain is something I hardly notice. Just getting out there, week after week, changes the way you look at the “daily training run.” You just do it. Rain? Whatever.

Today’s run was a 5.1 mile route with some good hills. Pace was 9:25. Weight was 146.4.

Up early (3:30 AM) for a longer run this morning. Skies were cloudy, so it wasn’t until about the halfway point that it started to get light enough to see all the potholes in the roads. Potholes and skunks are the two primary worries.

Today’s run was a 13.1 mile rolling hills route. Pace was 9:17. Weight was 149.0.

Today was a recovery day. Nice and not too crazy on the bike. I didn’t feel bad at all this morning and the ride didn’t uncover anything.

Today’s ride was a fairly flat 7.15 mile route. Pace was 4:26. Weight was 146.8.

Today was the first in-person race for me since the Key West Half in January, 2020. Fun to be back around people. Also fun to get nailed by little boys (it’s always boys) with giant squirt guns along the route.

Today’s race was a one mile, 5K and then a half marathon, or 17.2 miles total. Pace for each was about 9:16 (2:02:00 for the half). Weight was 147.0 before I left for the race and 145.0 after I got home, had some coffee and put my feet up for a few minutes. I read that runners can lose up to about 4 ounces of water per mile, and that’s just about what my number was. Over the course of the race I took in at least 32 ounces of fluid. That’s a bit over four pounds total, so a bit over four pounds divided by 17.2 miles is in the ballpark of four ounces per mile. Very interesting data.

Nice, humid, clear early morning for a run. This is the last run (perhaps) before Sunday’s “Triple Threat” race (1 mile, 5K, then a half marathon). Looking forward to in-person races again.

Today’s run was a 10.6 mile rolling hills route. Pace was 9:18. Weight was 148.0.

I bought a more trimmed down Camelbak and tested it on the run. Not the best. It doesn’t really fit snug unless you really tighten it down. If you don’t tighten it so much then it bounces around and if you get it tight then it rides up and scrapes on your neck. The hydration line has nowhere to go when not needed. It literally just hangs down by your arm, or flops all over the place if you’re running. It’s better because it doesn’t feel like a vest but that’s it. What I’ll try is to add a strap around the waist to keep it from bouncing all over the place. Out of the box: bad. Time to try some hacks.

Today’s run was a rolling hills 12.5 mile route. Pace was 9:39. Weight was 148.6. The time and pace are somewhat estimated because I stopped three times (!!!) to try adjusting the Camelbak to get it to fit.