Frustration!!

Well besides being frustrated with the weather getting crappy again, I found out that I have to get another surgery done on my left leg. The vein doctor didn't get everything taken care of last year when they closed off my great saphenous vein so now they are going to go in and rip the rest of it out on the 15th of April. I am just hoping that it won't cut in to my training schedule to much. Oh well the joys that come from having kids and getting older. Keep up the good work everybody...... I have the utmost confidence that you will all amply make up for what I lack.

I haven't checked in for a while because I was out of town last week. I spent 5 days in Tampa at a conference. I have to say, that I feel like I am doing much better. I ran 4 days last week and didn't have any trouble with my right IT. My left groin is still giving me a little grief but seems to be improving. I am keeping my pace at 9 min miles so that I don't over do things until we get a little closer to race day. My competitive nature, even against myself, makes this a difficult thing for me but my wife is good at reining me in. Muscle strengthening seems to be what I needed because I have continued to lift through all of this as well. The great thing about running in Tampa was that I never got winded, being at sea level and all. If my legs could have done it I felt like I could run forever. Saturday I ran 6 miles, on a treadmill because I was not running outside in the dark in Tampa, and felt really good doing it. I did tend to sweat more there, and that is saying something coming from me:) Anyway, I don't want to jinx it, but I am doing pretty well right now.

OUCH!!

I hurt my back last Saturday, and haven't run since. I guess I'm getting to old to try and haul a full-size couch with hide-a-bed all by myself, but I did it anyway. That's why my back hurts. I've been doing a lot of stretching totry and get it to feel better, but no running. The running, however, begins again in earnest. I am excited for the nicer weather, so that I can run without freezing my fat butt off, and without wearing an additional twenty pounds of clothing. I'm packing enough weight on my own, I don't need more clothes weighing me down! Don't get discouraged, folks, y'all are awesome! RUN ON!!!

more from me

So, I was reticent to add any more of my successes. However, Dad told me I needed to so here it goes. Saturday was a very good day. I had intended to run 7 miles, and call it good, but at 6.5 I was still feeling really good. So I ran an extra mile. At least I measured it as 8 miles. I ran it in a great 66 minutes too. Feeling rather pleased, I hopped on my motorcycle and made sure that I had indeed ran 8 miles. I feared that I had guessed to long a distance. I made the route and behold it was actually 8.5 miles. That again is less than 8 min mile.

There are several runs coming up here in the community. A 10 miler and a breakfast run/walk. I think I'll go ahead and participate. It'll be good for me to run some competitions before I come up to the relay. Keep it up y'all. We are very blessed folks to have the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm excited to participate in Conference soon.

Haven't Posted

I haven't posted in a while because there isn't much to report. I have really decreased my mileage because I can only get about 2.5 miles before I start to hurt. I have started lifting 3 days a week and decreased my run to 3 days a week but top out at a distance of 3-4 miles before I'm forced to quit. I think the strengthening is helping though so I will keep it up for now and hopefully back at things with a vengeance in May? We'll just have to see. I guess being tied right now as one of the 2 old farts on the team should have clued me in sooner:)

another milestone

I ran 4.1 miles in 32:09. That is less than an 8 min mile. Praying for you Annie.

Great meeting

Just wanted to say THANKS! to all who were able to come to the meeting. It was great to meet Katie, and even though I think I am more scared now than ever before, it was good to get together. I have been extremely discouraged because of all the injuries that Jonathan and I are experiencing, and now I believe that we are going to need the faith and prayers of everyone that we will even be able to finish the race. I haven't been able to run for about 3 weeks now because of my knee and I'm hoping that it will eventually heal. It hasn't felt like this since after my surgery 17 years ago. Man how old I am! I'm so grateful that everyone else is doing so well! It is so fun to read everyone successes! Maybe someday I will be able to post one! I suppose for me just trying is the biggest success of all. Thanks for the encouragement, I'm still walking, but it is just not the same!

Yay!

Finally, a Saturday that I actually felt good. I got 7 miles in 59 min. no breaks. Ah success.

Sprints

So probably the thing I hate more than running, is sprinting, which is a form of running but a really ridiculous form a running. Our team captain, he isn't officially but I will refer to him as such, he's done tons of running, he just did a half marathon sometime last fall. And his legs are about twice the length of mine, he likes to sprint. Today we did two 1,200m, two 800m, and two 400m. The only thing I have to say afterwords is, I hurt.

I haven't posted in a while because I don't have alot to report. Since I pulled my right IT 2 Saturdays ago I have really had to scale back my runs. This last Saturday I did 4.5 miles and it took 37 minutes. We did go to the hot pools Saturday night and I felt a lot better afterwords but Sunday morning everything was back to usual. I guess I will have to back down on training, again, for a while and heal up.

Back at it

After a minor set-back (I bruised my sacro-lumbar joint and spine snowboarding) I was back at running today. Boy how things change in a week. I had absolutely no desire to go running at all. I ended up pushing myself and went 5.1 miles but I was the slowest I've ran since January. I just hope I can get back my motivation and strength to be back where I was.

so i ran yesterday 5.6 miles on a stupid treadmill.....in 52 minutes. i had been running the first 3 days this week outside in the warm sunshine and then it decided to rain. i am definitely enjoying the outdoor runs much better than treadmill ones now. i also added my strength training back in this week and well today i can barely walk.......but hey its suppose to make you run faster and well lose more weight( something i need todo after this winter). brev is wearing running shoes and him and kyle are now "runners" around the block:) pushed the two of them in a stroller thinking i'd run with them...yea right they weigh almost a hundred pounds together and after a mile i hurt! gotta love the kids atleast they want to get involved.

Heroes!

I just wanted to let you all know that you all inspire me soooo freaking much! You are my heroes! I was running today, dogging it hardcore, when I thought about Jeremy looking down and laughing himself sick at all of us poor out of shape country kids who are out running like idiots. Oh, the funny bone got me and I started chuckling a little. I'm sure he's very happy with us, and I'm honored to be a part of this, this great team. You all will always be an important part of my life, running or not. I think this team is the best team ever! EVER!!! Anyone who is discouraged or not happy about where they are, just remember, it's not the distance you run that matters, nor is it how long it takes you to run that distance. The mere fact that you chose to get off the couch and hoof it for any distance makes you a definite WINNER! Our team is full of winners, and I'm proud to be a part of it. RUN ON!!!

Chocolate Milk is AMAZING!!

Ok all, if you are wondering what the best after run recovery nourishment is, I'll tell you: CHOCOLATE MILK!! It is amazing how refreshed I feel after a nice glass of the brown stuff.

As for my training, I have run 2 times this week with 17 miles under my belt!! That's right I managed to do 10 miles today! I even got done before my treadmill turned off. (Note to those who have a treadmill, many of them stop after 100 minutes.) So after being totally bummed out after my running last week, I am feeling pretty good this week. I will still run 2 more times this week so I may even get more than 25 miles. We'll see.

As for the rest of my training I recently purchased a punching bag and have enjoyed having something to get my aggression out on. I need to invest in some sort of protection for my hands however since Bob (the bag) has been beating me up just as much as I have been beating him up! It's kinda fun though. I found out just how uncoordinated I am kicking, however, when I almost landed on my behind!

Hope you are all having a great week and that your running will be tolerable! Happy Running!

Training

So I've started training with some of my buddies that are doing the cross country team also. I've had a bit of a cold the last week and thus my running has suffered. Yesterday we worked on speed. Not something that I'm at all good at, especially since I've just been going for distance. Well that kicked my trash, but by the end of this I should be in good shape for the Wasatch!!

Rock me like a Hurricane

I ran 5 miles in 42 minutes this morning. Felt good. It was probably about 25 degrees out, so really pleasant! I'm still not running as well as I used to, it's probably because I'm still a freaking fatty. But I'm working on that too. I look forward to seeing you all at the team meeting! RUN ON!

That's Lame

Ya I feel like a slacker too Min. I've been trying for 7-8 miles on Saturdays lately, but I can't seem to get past 4 even though I'm running 5s during the week. Grrr. Not enough sleep maybe? I'm hoping for a few tens before the race so I can honestly say I can do all my legs with no problems. I am very grateful to be healthy however. Hope all y'alls aches heal. Today I did 5 in 41.