Tag: training

  • The BQ(Q) – Chris H

    Thanks to longtime RA runner Chris for filling this out, I especially liked his thoughts on racing as a skill. Good running, Chris! Name: Chris H Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 37 Height :  5’10” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 180 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Tell us a…

  • The BQ(Q) – Don S

    As I have posted more and more of these BQ(Q)s it is becoming clear that the answer people give to the final question is usually the best.  Don’s answer is first rate.  Thanks again for taking the time to fill this out, Don! Name: Don S  Sex:Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 35…

  • The BQ(Q) – Kevin B

    Name : Kevin B (Gville Kevin on RA) Sex: M Age (at the time of first BQ): 36 D.    Height: 6’1’’ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 160 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? What was your finishing time? Tell us a little about the race. 3:06:41 at 2012 Baystate Marathon in…

  • Training Totals – 10/15-10/21

    Numbers   Total Hours of Exercise: ~6.5 Running : 30 miles in 5:07:57 Cycling: 4 miles in 22:19 Strength and Flexibility Time (stretching, lifting and bodyweight work): 00:10:00 Climbing ~1:0:00 Other 0:00 Hebrew Study Time: 0:35:00 Comments: Good week for running, mediocre week for everything else.  Work is just too fucking busy to get everything…

  • Training Totals – 10/1-10/7

    Numbers 10/1-10/7 Total Hours of Exercise: ~3:30 Running : 11 miles in ~1:50:00 Cycling: 0 Strength and Flexibility Time (stretching, lifting and bodyweight work): 00:1:00 Climbing ~1:30:00 Other 0:00 Hebrew Study Time: 0:15 Comments: This was suppossed to be a rest week, but then, being me, I set up a ton of goals for the…

  • Numbers 9.24 -9.31

    Numbers 9.24-9.31 Total Hours of Exercise: ~6 Running : 24 miles in ~3:55:19 Cycling: 8 miles in 50:00 Strength and Flexibility Time (stretching, lifting and bodyweight work): 00:10:00 Climbing ~1:00:00 Other 0:00 Hebrew Study Time: 5:00 This Week on Milo: The “jock roll” continues to grow, check out the great blogs over there. I did a little…

  • Week in Review: Ending 5/13/2012

    Scheduling.  It always comes down to scheduling.  I work fifty to sixty hours a week, I’m married, I have a social life, where does study and working out fit in? Sometimes it isn’t easy, lately it has been downright impossible.  Another week of not meeting my goals, but this coming week is another chance to…

  • Recap: Week Ending 5.5.2012

    Ugh, not a good week at the gym, but a good week with the books. You win some, you lose some. Body Looking back – Work was out of control busy much of the week and time for the gym  disappeared.  I did make it twice, both times for relatively big sessions, including the start…

  • Training Totals 4.30.2012

    On my previous running blog every week I did a day by day recap of how much I had run, how long it took, etc.  But really, who the fuck cares?  Unless you’re some sort of elite athlete, reading a list of a bloggers weight training, or time on a bike, is just boring.  We’ll…

  • Training Totals Week Ending 3/11/2012

    RECAP: Still here, still running. Insanely busy with work, but fitting in some miles and keeping to my promise to build the miles slowly and not get hurt.  Last week was the first time I hit thirty miles for the week since November and it felt fine. In an abundance of caution, I took a slight…