I run.. Because I want to run.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Robinson — Leave a comment

Headed out last night after work. I realized it had been a while since I ran without headphones at all (plus my bluetooth headphones weren’t charged,) so I decided a nice run listening to the world around me was in order!

As I wasn’t paying attention, I was waaaaay overdressed. I thought it was in the thirties, not the forties out. Luckily an unzipped jacket lets a lot of heat out, but I still stunk to high-heaven when I was done. Strangely my wife didnt’ want to hug me when I got home… But I am getting ahead of myself.

Today's run - are the sort that make this true!

I decided a nice 5-miler was an order, at no specific pace what so ever. My standard five mile route takes me along my wife’s path for her drive home. I won’t lie, I have used that to my advantage and hopped a ride at some points. Last night was the sort of run that if she HAD come along I would have just waved hello and kept going. It all felt that good, and I enjoyed every step. About a mile and a half into it, I ran by a runner going the same way I was. Then I ran by them again about 1/2 mile from my house on the way home. He was friendly both times! Runners are some of the coolest people, lets be honest here. I have had bikers swear at me, I have had motorcyclists swear at me.. I have had drivers swear at me.. I’ve had runners say “Hi!”

Dailymile had the route at 4.95, Cardio Trainer had it at 4.76 miles. Either way, I did it in 43 minutes even.
Cardiotrainer’s mileage breakdown:

Mile 1: 9:02
Mile 2: 9:16
Mile 3: 8:55
Mile 4: 9:18.

Not exactly on pace for my dream 3:30 marathon, but still – quite pleased as I enjoyed it! I couldn’t find where my stick was – so I am sore today. Man I love that thing.

If you don’t make it important, you will just make an excuse.

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Robinson — Leave a comment

So, The last several days have not been my most productive. I took saturday off – planned – as I had decided to run on friday and my legs were going to need the break.

Sunday rolled around – and it was a “lazy around the house with family” day. Then come monday morning I had planned to get up and run at 5am, but I didn’t manage to fall asleep until around 1 am (went to bed at 9pm). Monday evening I went shopping for groceries. Tuesday, I went to run in the afternoon – and EVERY single bit of running clothing I owned was dirty. Not just dirty, but sitting in a pile of dirty laundry since the previous week dirty.

In other words, I was able to find some excuse to not run Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Time to remember what is important.

Tagged with: did not run, excuses, Lazy
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Why run in the cold? Because the Zombie apocalypse may not come in summer!

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Robinson — Leave a comment

I couldn't even find a picture of a Zombie in snow!

Have you ever noticed that all of the zombie movies take place when it is warm out? Well, I think this is NOT indicative of the true threats we face from the Zombie Apocalypse and is filmed this way purely so that we can see the cute actors/actresses in scanty summer clothes. And while I may be okay with watching that on TV, I do believe that our mass media is getting us ill prepared for potential disaster! It is COLD out there for half of the year, and yet we are only prepared for the WARM Zombie apocalypse.

Even those runners that stick to an exercise program throughout the winter by going to a gym and running on a treadmill – are they really prepared? Does that elliptical help? Well, let me remind you about my blog post of several days ago – my ability to run was severely hampered by not being used to the cold. My lungs hurt and I had to stop and catch my breath. Now do you THINK the zombies are going to give you a “time-out?” I THINK NOT!!! Read more ›

Tagged with: Cardio, Running in hte cold, Zombie, Zombie Apocalypse, ZombieLand
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Doing Laundry doesn’t make it warmer outside.

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Robinson — Leave a comment

This is not an environmental heater apparently..

Seriously, I was surprised too. You would think the dryer blowing hot air out of that small vent in the side of the house would help take care of that “Teens” temperature out there.. Nope, I got home started the washer and dryer hoping it would knock the temperature up a few degrees, but no luck.

Petting the cat didn’t help either. (not that I thought it would..)

However, after running out of ways to put off running – I found that putting on layers of clothing before going outside did make the temperature bearable. So off into the 14 degree temperatures I went. I did begin running with my bank robber impersonation in full swing with a bandana up over my nose/mouth. After 1/2 a mile or so I was warmed up enough and able to pull it down and just run. Read more ›

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HOLY FRICKIN COLD BATMAN!

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Robinson — 3 Comments

I froze in place RIGHT as I started!

So, I got home from work yesterday and after checking on the baby status (still no baby from my brother’s family) I headed out to run. I knew it was cold – So I put on my compression shirt and pants (that sounds much more manly than “running tights”), lined running pants, work out jacket, shell and the infamous Perry the Platypus hat. I opened the door and started to set up my phone and..

HOLY CRIKEY ITS COLD!!!!!!!!!!

It was 12 degrees degrees out when I left for my run. For my Celsius-smart friends that is -11.1111111111111111 according to Google. No matter how you look at it, after running in 50 degree weather on friday it was REALLY REALLY COLD!!!!!! Read more ›

Tagged with: Perry the Platypus, Running in the Cold, Running in winter
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New Years Day Run – 50 degrees?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Robinson — Leave a comment

New Years Day.. What a better way to start off the New Year than with a run? With this in mind, I checked the temperature and dressed appropriately.

Shorts, T-shirt and a light jacket I shouldn’t have brought. On New Years Day. In New York. Seriously. If this is global warming, I may be in favor of it!!

I asked my son if he wanted to join me, but he felt he had earned a day of rest – after the previous day’s run. I decided on a nice 4 miler, running up Denton. Denton is the hill that my old Cross Country coach used to have us do repeats of for our LONG hill sprints. Needless to say, that was my SLOW mile – but I did run the whole way up. I do have to admit however, I MIGHT have taken a small recovery walk after reaching the top. I really enjoyed it – and was tempted to turn my planned 4 mile run into a 7 mile run, but my catch phrase for 2012 is DON’T OVER DO IT!!! So I didn’t, despite my soul yelling at me to keep running! Read more ›

Tagged with: Binghamton, cross country coach, Dailymile, New Years Eve, running
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Bryce’s Race Recap – YMCA Resolution Run

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Robinson — 3 Comments

My first race with my dad felt like I was running a marathon! Except it was only a 5k! After the race my legs hurt like crazy and I felt like I was going to fall down. Also Junior, My dad’s friend pointed out that we beat a bunch of people.

I thought that the leaders were going pretty fast and although they couldn’t go any faster than the lead bike.

My choice for after-race drink! Click to hear his chorus sing Hot Chocolate!

After the race I had a hot chocolate and a water bottle. The hot chocolate was very yummy, and the water bottle cooled me down.

I liked running the race with my dad, overall it was very fun!

Tagged with: YMCA, YMCA Resolution Run 2011
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YMCA Resolution Run 2011 in Otsiningo Park

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Robinson — 1 Comment

Bryce Running up the hill in his first 5k! ~ 2.7 miles into it!

Yesterday was the annual YMCA resolution run in Otsiningo Park. This is the first time I have run this race as an adult, but I loved it back in high school. Maybe my memory is off – but I remember it as being on New Years day, not New Years eve day. I have to be honest however, it doesn’t make a whole lot of difference to me these days, since my New Years eve is much calmer than it used to be!

This run is always a very relaxed one. No bib numbers or chip timing, just a timing clock to let you know what you finished in – as long as you remember to look up and check! It has runners, walkers and folks doing the run/walk thing. No one is out to break a record, and the smiling laughing and joviality is contagious. I think Bryce was a little nervous going into it – but he had done the distance before. We decided to start with the walk/run rotation to see if that would help him avoid that seemingly inevitable side cramp. Then, after they said to start – he changed his mind and decided we should just run! Read more ›

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Running with the boy.

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Robinson — Leave a comment

Thing 1 Showing how tired he is after the run.

Last night was Girl Scout night, so my wife and daughter went off to their bi-weekly meeting. This was the perfect opportunity for my son to join me on that run he has been asking about. With the 50 degree temperatures (on December 15th?) could it be any more perfect?

Considering his past-problems with side cramps, I thought I would take a clue from the couch to 5k and try something different. We ran for one minute, then we walked for a minute. He did really well and the walk/run combo was perfect! We did run into one snag about halfway into the run (at the 1.5 mile marker) he suddenly realized he hadn’t used the bathroom before we left. I let him know he shouldn’t be hard on himself for it, as running helps to “Speed things along” in that department, and we were only couple blocks from one of my bud’s houses. A quick visit (thanks Zak!) and back out we went. Read more ›

Tagged with: Running with a child, Winter Wonderland
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Rest day.. Because your body needs it, even when your mind doesn’t want to!

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Robinson — 3 Comments

picture from: http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll172/tonoxtekko/?action=view&current=resting.jpg&newest=1

Sometimes rest days are like a toddler’s nap. The Child may insist they don’t want/need them – yet due to that nap they are MUCH better to be around. Like wise, as a runner, we may not WANT to take a rest day, but our performance is drastically improved (and injury avoided) due to taking that time off.

Now in my case, I had run Monday and Tuesday, and took Weds. off. Many runners would say you don’t need a break after 2 days, in fact, I know runners that only take one rest-day a week. There is nothing wrong with any of these options – I think the trick is to know your body and what it wants/needs – especially based on the level of fitness you are currently at, and the extent of the training done on the non-rest days. When I was training for my Marathon, I tried to go 6 days. I followed a pre-written plan. Last year, pre-hernia – I ran two days, with one day off and kept this up as a standard. I also avoided injury, felt good and it seemed to “Work” for me, so I am returning to what worked.

My idea was to get up at 5 am and go running in the dark. The dark is much more peaceful in the morning than at night – as no-one is up and out at that hour, while everyone is rushing to get home in the evening. Once again, a mostly-free evening beat out the loss of sleep, and the alarm got shut off. I’m sure that extra hour will make me run better tonight!

And Today’s Christmas Carol is also from the Parlor City Boy’s Chorus:

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