Arie's Running Blog

6:20AM start, 70F, 85% humidity. There was a little bit of rain during the night which cooled things a bit but kept the humidy very high. I extended my run from 8.4 in the previous weeks to 10.2 today. It was harder but it felt good. I held nice pace and good form and didn't fade at the end (although I was a bit slower). I averaged 8:03 for the whole distance. It's not an easy route. Lots of hills some of which are nasty. It's part sidewalks part trail. I think I will do this course next week again and then increase.

1:22:11

8:00 AM 70F and 75% humidity. It was actually quite nice outside. I was still tired from sunday's long run so I took it very easy (8:25 pace). I did the usual 2 loops around the golf course.

0:48:47

8:00AM start 68F, 75-80% humidity. Morning are much more manageable now in terms of weather. I pushed a little bit harder today than yesterday but still not really hard. My average pace was 8:13. Humidity is still high and slowing me down.

0:47:42

Thought of the day: I went to buy running shorts yesterday. I went to a designated store for runners and bikers. And here is my question. Why do running shorts cost 30-40 dollars a piece? Yes they are light and made out of breathing material but I am willing to bet my shorts that the marginal cost of production is less than a dollar per piece. Even if you add shipment costs and tariffs at the port it won't grow much per piece. So why are they marked up 1000%? How much do you guys/gals pay for running shorts?

I ended up buying Nike ones that were the cheapest ($26) and since I got a $10 gift certificate as a prize for coming 3rd in  my age group in the last 5K I did, it cost me "only" $16 (before taxes). My hard running payed (literally).

Did speed work on the treadmill. I ran total of 6 miles with 5 intervals of .5M at almost 5K pace (6:50 to be exact) each and a short recovery of 0.3M at 8:20 pace in between, plus cool off and warm up .

0:45:15 

I'll be in Pittsburgh this weekend for a conference. Gonna run there 2-3 times. Anyone out there? 

6PM, 65F, 60% humidity. I am in Pittsburgh for a conference. I ran through Chenley park just a short 3+ mile. Boy that was an hilly one. It was nice to run outside after a day of travel.

0:24:55

If anyone in Pittsburgh is up for a weekend long run, I'm open for suggestions.

5PM, 72F, 50% humidity. Nice run in Chenley park in Pittsburgh. This course have some mean hills. One of them is called squirell hill (poor squirell). Over all a nice scenery. Did a good pace even in those tough up hills.

0:31:33

Today is my 11th Anniversary. I love you Galit (thst's my wife's name of course).

6:45AM 60F, 85% humidity. I ran with a colleague that came with me to Pittsburgh for the same conference. I actually didn't know he's a runner till now. I was surprised to learn he has more than 10 marathons under his belt and that he runs ~50 miles per week. Wow. So we ran together in Pittsburgh. It was anice run, lots of hills but nice streets and parks. We did a slow pace 8:20 so I finished with some energy still left for the rest of the day.

1:16:53

Today is the longest day of the year. I should use it well.