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Friday, November 28, 2008

50/50 : Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance! - Dean Karnazes, Matt Fitzgerald

1 comments Posted by Rahul Verma at 9:19 AM


Recently I have finished listening to this audio book while on my long runs. This is an amazing description of his journey through all 50 states in America, finishing 50 marathons, in 50 consecutive days. Dean walks you through all the planning that went into this adventure. The book is very well done. He describes all the runs individually stressing on the memorable moments. I thought I got personally involved in the book when he described about a marathon which he ran in Green Bay. I run some portions of the same route regularly. He also mentions about a young runner who ran along with him for her first marathon ever, to my surprise I had seen her run around our neighborhood when she lived in Green Bay. In spite of Dean's stature as one of the best ultra-marathoners of our time. He makes sure the book remains informative even for novice runners like myself. There are useful tips for runners of all caliber and experience to gain. I strongly recommend this book , it surely made some of my long runs go by quick.

 

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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Weather Woe's

2 comments Posted by Rahul Verma at 9:35 PM

Green Bay's notorious winter is back. In the last few weeks the temperatures have dipped to less then 20 degrees Fahrenheit. It is getting tough, to run outdoors in morning hours. I'm surprised how quickly the weather has changed from record-breaking 70 degrees Fahrenheit in October to quickly dropping to 20 degrees. Compared to this, last year, I was able to run outdoors quite easily up to middle of January. I think the injury's risk goes up in colder weather. Obviously I want to avoid this. I am trying to do 3 runs a week. The first run is usually a speed run. This week I did 2 miles of easy run followed by 4 X 800 meters with 1.5 minutes of recovery interval in between. The pace for 800 repetitions was 7.5 minutes per mile. The 2nd run today was a Tempo run, 1 mile of easy run followed by 5 miles @ 8 minute per mile pace. This weekend I am planning a long run of 14 miles at 9.15 minute per mile pace. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

 

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