A run with Steve

It was a great day for a run today.  Conditions were almost perfect. I did a long run through suburbia to my old house and back.  My wife and I moved in with our inlaws after our daughter was born last year so it was good to see the old place.  I realised afterwards that I managed to run past every house I’ve lived in while I’ve been in NZ today.  It wasn’t on purpose but it was interesting.  It was only after I got home that I remembered that I’d been carrying my camera in my waist pack the whole time and hadn’t taken any photos!

It was a really good run in the sense that I enjoyed it tremendously.  However, it was quite a slow run too.  For some reason I just had no pace today but I decided fairly early on that that didn’t matter.  I was out for a long run not a fast run so I just put it out of my mind and kept going.  I did 23.46 km in 2:23:44 for an overall pace of 6:08/km.  I’m afraid the map is a bit boring this week as my link to Google Earth wasn’t working.

I had Pheddipations by Steve Runner on my ipod and during the podcast I heard something that really surprised me.  Guess who was the Featured blog of the week – Andrew is getting fit.com!  I feel quite honoured that a runner like Steve would find my journey worthy of a mention. :)

I hit some major milestones in my run today.  Firstly, it was my longest run yet (by a whopping .4 km) and secondly, it takes me to over 500 miles (800ish km) for the year.  I reckon that is quite an achievement even if I say so myself. ;)

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September 14, 2008 | Filed Under running 

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16 Responses to “A run with Steve”

  1. UsmanNo Gravatar on September 14th, 2008 7:23 pm

    That is quite an achievement :) …congrats. I’m sure you’ll get to see your blog in many other places.

    Usman
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  2. AaronNo Gravatar on September 14th, 2008 9:38 pm

    That definitely qualifies as a long run all right! Well done.

    Do you carry water with you? I found today I was getting a bit dehydrated…

    Aarons last blog post..Long Run Redux

  3. Andrew(AJH)No Gravatar on September 14th, 2008 10:25 pm

    Nothing wrong with a slow pace on a nice long run like that!

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  4. MizFitNo Gravatar on September 14th, 2008 10:29 pm

    KUDOS ON BEING FEATURED!!

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  5. CyndiNo Gravatar on September 14th, 2008 11:28 pm

    Hey, you’re a celebrity now! :-) What a nice surprise during a great run…very cool.

    As always…I am humbled by your 2+ hour runs. Very nice!

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  6. JeffNo Gravatar on September 14th, 2008 11:39 pm

    Nice run, Andrew. Makes sense that your longer runs will be at a slower pace than shorter ones.

  7. FeliceNo Gravatar on September 15th, 2008 2:36 am

    500 miles — fantastic! That’s really great.

    Felices last blog post..I’ve been thinking a lot about food.

  8. CammyNo Gravatar on September 15th, 2008 4:41 am

    All kinds of good news over here! Congrats on all of it–featured blogger, longest distance and the 500 miles!

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  9. DaveNo Gravatar on September 15th, 2008 8:08 am

    The accomplishments keep rolling in. No pictures, c’mon man!!

    Daves last blog post..Ran Half Marathon 1st in 15 years

  10. AnnetteNo Gravatar on September 15th, 2008 2:24 pm

    congrats! You’re famous ;)

    Annettes last blog post..Happy Birthday Jacob!

  11. Metroknow - Almostfit.comNo Gravatar on September 15th, 2008 3:06 pm

    Wow that really is awesome Andrew. And quite a cool side note that you passed the places in which you had lived!

    I am not familiar with that podcast – I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip!

    Metroknow – Almostfit.coms last blog post..Photos of What We Eat #13: Grilled tuna with Beschamel sauce

  12. John's Weight Loss BlogNo Gravatar on September 15th, 2008 9:46 pm

    Awesome achievement! I’m sure you’ll be shooting for 1,000 next year!
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  13. Witold RugowskiNo Gravatar on September 17th, 2008 12:49 am

    I was a little envy when I have read that 6′/km is a slow in Your opinion :) This is my best time on my 6 times shorter route ;) )

    But, hey, its my first month with daily running ;)

  14. KateNo Gravatar on September 17th, 2008 3:24 am

    Congrats on the great run mate!

    Kates last blog post..Maintenance Weigh in #2

  15. AndrewENo Gravatar on September 17th, 2008 6:51 am

    Aah…I still have that too when I read the blogs of more experienced runners. :)
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  16. BetsyNo Gravatar on September 19th, 2008 1:27 pm

    That is so cool!

    Betsys last blog post..I have created a monster

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