Skiing or Golf?

Getting some extra shut eye made the decision for me. Waited till 2:30pm to tee off and managed to avoid the snow and all the other weather craziness. shot an 89 at Jefferson (41 on the back) and got some exercise walking the course.

Did some lifting and stretching today at the gym. Tomorrow starts the new training program!

Spring Snow

I thought I would be running solo in the crappy weather today but Matt showed up at the Discovery Park parking lot this morning. We did 8 miles at a little over a 8 minute pace. The weather didn't turn out to bad but it did snow a couple times on us!

I felt pretty good but my right ankle is a little swollen and my legs didn't have a lot of spark. I guess it's only been 6 days since the marathon.

Been a while!

Ok, take 2 on this thing. I got a new pair of Brooks running shoes in February and ever since my Ipod/Nike thing stopped working. On top of that the links into this blog of the run statistics also stopped working so I lost interest.

Anyway, lots of updates from the last 10 weeks!

First off I finished the Whidbey Island Marathon Sunday in 4:05:27, not to shabby but I was hoping it would be faster.

- The first 13 miles went as planned in 1:47 despite some serious hills.
- The next 4 were fine.
- At 17 miles Laura's friend Ernie met us with salted baby potatoes, they were great!
- 19 miles in I tried to use the bathroom w/o success.
- Mile 20 was rough, my quads started cramping
- The last 6 miles was a a combination of running on the flats and downhill and walking the hills.

In recap I am going to try Cytomax, banana's and some more pre-race protein to fight off the cramps. I am planning on running the Eugene marathon on May 4th.

I was able to run 4.5 miles yesterday at an 8 minute pace so I take that as a good sign after only 3 rest days.

My new bike! Felt B12


It was a long silly story trying to get this thing but I love it. Anyone who beats me on the bike this year is simply better than me and not on better equipment.

My first ride on the bad boy was a 45 miler in a March snow storm!

I will be updating this regularly to keep anyone interested up to date on my training and races. On the right pane I have a training schedule and log so check it out from time to time.

Stupid Dodgeball!

I managed to log 4 miles yesterday before dodgeball. That all went fine. Dodgeball was a different story. The opening play I pulled "something" my butt! So, no hills tonight but hopefully with some stretching and Advil I will be ok for Saturday's run.

Back on the bike!

I didn't get a chance to hit the gym today so I broke out the ole 1990 Trek 330. She's been been sitting dormant since last Fall until today. Nothing really to speak of other than a brisk 14/ish mile ride a little North of Matthews Beach. It was a chilly night and the flat tire at the end of the ride didn't help. Felt good to ride again, I am really looking forward to Triathlon season!

Wind but no wet

I expected some nasty weather for my run this afternoon but for the most part I lucked out. The wind was blowing pretty good but the rain held off. I was surprised how good I felt after 15 miles on Saturday and having a little "to good of time" watching the superbowl yesterday. My game plan was 8 miles around a 8:15 pace or so. It felt like I was taking it pretty easy for the first mile (7:53) and after that I picked it up a bit. I will lift tomorrow and go another 6-8 miles Wednesday.
Today's run

(almost) 15 miles of fun!

Now that I am out of the bath tub I can get moving on the rest of my day. This morning started with a 14.67 mile run with Laura and John. Our goal was 15 so we were in the ball park. We started with 2 laps around Discovery park before leaving the park and doing a 5 mile loop on the bluff and then finished the whole thing off with another lap around the park.

I was in far from top form today (Dodgeball!) but overall I felt great.