9/30/08

Work Related- I hit my budget so I will get a nice paycheck. YaY! On to more pleasant subjects.

Yesterday was my day off from running. A nice day to give my legs a little rest. Today I put in 4 miles on my "hilly" course. I felt good the whole run. My calves were a little upset with me the last half mile on the way up the final hill but nothing too horrible. I took a minute and a half off the second half of the run. Reverse splits on a recovery run are always nice. I am still ridiculously slow but tomorrow and Saturday I am going to push it a little bit harder on my short runs to see what I can expect on the 11th. I am very happy now that I got my run in . Looking forward to tomorrow. I hope anyone reading this has a great evening.

9/29/08

Today is my day off from running. I anticipated being rather sore today but I woke up and was pleasantly surprised that wasn't the case. I can tell that my muscles are a bit tired but that is what the day off is all about. I am going to be picking up my overall mileage a bit this week. I am looking to build my base so I can start working on speed. My form isn't where it should be because I am running slower than I am accustomed to. I have a 5k race on the 11th and a half marathon on the 25th. That should give me a good understanding of where I am in my training.

Today was an interesting day outside of running I look forward to giving anyone who is reading this some insight in the near future. Until then pretend I didn't say anything :P

9/28/08

Well well where to start. I woke up this morning with the greatest of intentions. I wanted to get up and get my run in before I went fishing. Well when I woke up I had no desire to get out of bed so I fell back asleep. When I finally wake up it is time to leave for fishing. I said what the hell I will just run when we get to the spot. Bad decision #2 of the day. I got my 10 miles in today and I am very pleased that I did but the course was horrible. The road was graded so I had to put more pressure on one leg on the way out and the way back. I hate that it screws up my form and just makes life in general more difficult. The road I was running on was also way heavier on traffic than I anticipated and the people driving the cars didn't really like to get out of the way so I was always back and forth between the horrible graded road and the grass. Good news is I completed the run and I get to do 12 next weekend, good news number two is I know I will never run that course again. Anyway. Have to get some stuff done back to work tomorrow.

9/27/08

I took yesterday off because my left knee was telling me to be careful with it. After a good evening of rest I was ready to go this afternoon. With a ten miler in front of me tomorrow my idea was just to take it easy and run my easy three mile route at the house. When I got to the end of the road I decided to go left to run my 3.5 route instead when I got to the turn around I decided to keep on going and hit my favorite hill and just made it an easy four miles today. I took a minute off my best time on that route which really isn't much to brag about because of how slow I have been running lately but I was happy with the results. Tomorrow is the ten miler and I am looking forward to it.

9/25/08

Work was its usual pleasant self today. I would say I look forward to the weekend but I don't really ever get one so off we go into something that won't get me riled up.

Today's run was great. It was only 79 out when I went for my run. A slight breeze would kick in from time to time and unlike yesterday I didn't have a cramp. I only ran 4 miles and only anticipate doing 5 tomorrow and 3 saturday before my big day on Sunday but what made today so great was the unbelievably beautiful woman I passed running with her dog. I have never seen her in my neighborhood before and I can honestly say I am rather disappointed about that. The first time I passed her I was impressed but was convinced i just didn't get as good of a look as I should have but I passed her again and I was even more impressed the second time. I can only hope I am lucky enough to continue the trend.

9/24/08

Well today was rather boring so I will skip to my run. I had the grandest of plans for this afternoon's run. I was planning on getting 5 miles in..I had my route planned out. I had a nice hill included as always. I set out and bam I have a stomach cramp right out of the gates. It wasn't bad at first and I tried to breathe it away but it just wanted to be a stubborn old cramp so I had to struggle through my run. I got just under the two mile mark and decided that if I didn't want to ruin the rest of my day I should turn around at the 1.75 mark and just run 3.5 today. So I turned around and damn am I pleased I made that decision. I got to the 3 mile mark and the cramp decided i wanted to let me know who was boss. I told it where to go and finished the run with a relatively decent time I suppose. Now that I am done I feel great but man that bastard was mean.

side note. Fat women in cars need to realize that some people in this world enjoy exercising and they shouldn't eat a donut at 6:30 at night while talking on their cell phone and backing up their SUV out of the driveway. They might hit someone like me if I am not paying attention to your nasty ass driving with your knee. Just because you can't turn the steering wheel with out it rubbing up against your leg doesn't mean you should drive with it so you can eat and talk at the same time. Okay Rant over.

9/23/08

Well after a wonderful day off yesterday I got back in the saddle. I was rather sore which I wasn't expecting today but I set out to do a short run a bit faster than normal and that is what I did. I am happy I was on the road today and I am looking forward to getting a good 4 or 5 in tomorrow. I am busy today so that is all for now.

9/21/08

Sunday.

I woke at 4 this morning and did some fishing. The wind was a bit of a problem but I was still able to catch some red fish. It was the first time I was able to get out there in a month. The Titans as usual did everything they could to lose their game but the defense wouldn't let it happen. That makes them 3-0, the first time since 1999. Good stuff.

After the game I went to the St. Marks trail for the first time and got in 8 miles. The course is rather flat however there is an up hill grade on the way back. Nothing to write home about but it is up hill none the less. I was able to get in a negative split take a minute of my fastest mile on the last one. It felt good getting some real mileage in again. Next weekend I get to run 10.

In closing I purchased the 3rd book in the inheritance trilogy saturday and have knocked out about half of it at this point. So far the reading is easy and the writing is good. Looking forward to what happens next.

9/20/08

I have been on the hunt for a new pair of running shoes all week and haven't had any luck. I found some really good deals on shoes for some friends and family but I couldn't find anything in my size so I am a bit put off however I was able to get a new hat and three pairs of new shorts at a really good price so I can't complain too much. After work today i got in a quick 5 k. Half way through I started getting a cramp and was able to control it with my breathing. The 8 miler is tomorrow. I plan on going slow and just finishing but I am sure it will be interesting. I picked up a new book today and I look forward to diving in to it. That is about it Go Gators...i love watching UT get their asses kicked.

*** Side note. I ordered a new external hard drive the other day. I should receive it on monday. Once it is in I plan to get all my music back on my computer so I can start getting so good mixes together for my long runs. Any suggestions are welcome.

Catch up

For the past few months I have been getting back into training shape. I have to run an 8 miler on Sunday to get me where I need to be for the start of training next week. Over all things have been going well but my times are a bit slower than I expected. Getting older is much harder than I expected. Only 30 and I am already complaining. I am going to be the old man yelling at the kids to stay off my lawn just wait and see.

Training Begins

I made the decision a few months ago to train for a marathon. Assuming I don't get injured I plan to run the Tally Marathon in February. Its been a while since I trained regularly so this should be an adventure. To keep my mind in the right spot I have decided not to drink and record my thoughts here. Good luck to anyone who reads this my mind is rather odd.

Test

This is a Test. I bet you couldn't have guessed from the title.