It was incredibly difficult to roll out of bed at five-fifteen this morning, but I did. It’s been (very uncharacteristically) raining for several days in Los Angeles and it was just a wet, dark, miserable morning for a run. But about two miles into it and I started to feel better, and by the time… Read more »
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Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton
There’s just something about running in the cold rain. You want to run fast to get done quickly but you also want to be careful and watch every footfall so you don’t slip and break an ankle. Of course “cold” is relative: It was 57°F when I started. And it wasn’t a torrential downpour or… Read more »
They Just Seem a Little Weird
I’ve been trying to consistently go for a really long run on Monday mornings and a “regular” run on Thursday mornings. I’ve done a pretty good job at it for about three months now; I even managed to get in a five-miler on Thanksgiving. This morning while coming down Century Park towards Olympic, a man… Read more »
I Need a Dump Truck, Mama, to Unload My Head
I spent all day Sunday in a cloudy-headed funk, so I went on a nice long run this morning. I just finished a 10.0 mi run with a pace of 9’43″/mi with Nike+ Running. go.nike.com/03c91p07 #nikeplus — David Vincent Gagne (@davidgagne) November 19, 2012
It Could Be All Downhill from Here
Nothing exciting at all today. Just a brisk run in the cold. 55°F, but the sun was just coming up and it was a gorgeous Los Angeles sky. I just finished a 5.52 mi run with a pace of 9’23″/mi with Nike+ Running. go.nike.com/01qh1h42 #nikeplus — David Vincent Gagne (@davidgagne) November 15, 2012 This morning’s… Read more »
Sinnerman
According to my iPhone it was a crisp 44°F when I left the house to run at 5:45 this morning. Once you’ve lived in Los Angeles for over a decade, that counts as “cold as hell”. I wore a hat and one of my Gator hooded sweatshirts, but by the time I hit 1.5 miles… Read more »
Lights Will Guide You Home
I listened to Fix You by Coldplay three consecutive times at one point this morning during my run. It’s seriously not even close to the best song to hear while running; the pace is too slow, the beat changes, it’s horribly depressing, etc. But it is a great song and I love it, especially lately…. Read more »
Never Going Back to New Jersey
I just finished a 5.52 mi run with a pace of 9’34″/mi with Nike+ Running. go.nike.com/89hlb29 #nikeplus — David Vincent Gagne (@davidgagne) November 1, 2012 I took a few minutes to stretch before I hit the road this morning, and I could absolutely tell the difference. I also tried to earnestly concentrate on maintaining a… Read more »
All These Things That I’ve Done
I just finished a 10.0 mi run with a pace of 9’29″/mi with Nike+ Running. go.nike.com/01elt1ro #nikeplus — David Vincent Gagne (@davidgagne) October 29, 2012 While all my friends and family on the East coast were hunkering down for Hurricane Sandy, I went on a ten mile run in painfully perfect weather. I am guessing… Read more »
Streak Broken
After watching the Gators get manhandled by the Bulldogs yesterday, I was understandably in a foul mood. I simply couldn’t bring myself to do much of anything. So my streak of hitting my 3750 daily Nike Fuel points goal ended at twenty-nine days. 1 My buddy Kelly gave me a Nike Fuel band for my… Read more »