Age is just a number.

AM-Easy 10 miles. No watch.  7th out and back.

PM-Easy 10 miles at 7-7:30/mile pace or so up to the Sandy bench and back down.  Windy as hell this afternoon..  Picked up the last mile a bit to practice form.

AM-6 miles easy on 7th out and back. 7-7:30 with last mile at 6:30 ish.  Cut back and recover now.

PM-4 miles jog 7th and Trax. 7:30/mile.

AM-Easy 6 miles at 7:10 average.  Library loop.  Good heart rate this morning, my resting is down to 36-38 bpm!  Energy levels are good and 7/min pace was at 112-120 bpm which is around 70% mhr for me.  Feeling faster and stronger now than last July but by how much?    Feeling kind of restless to race again now.

PM-Easy 4 miles at lunchtime.  7-7:30/mile.  7th east out and back.

AM-Easy 6 miles at 6:40-7/min pace with ten 30 second pickups on the road.   7th and 13th out and back. 

PM-Easy 6 miles on the Ft Union loop.  6:45-7:30/mi.

AM-easy 5 miles at 6:30-7:00/min pace.  Last 2.5 miles at 6:42/mile avg.

PM-No run this evening, I was busy washing an old truck and one motorcycle which has not been ridden in almost two years now. shame..    Any way things are still riding on a hair's edge as far as racing either this Saturday or the next.  Finding someone who can watch the boys while I'm gone for a few is extremely difficult now days.  Not sure why that is but it is..  Wife is going on a weekend trip with friends today and then working the next.  Bear with me, I'm feeling a bit down and sorry for myself right now I guess.  Oh well.. Maybe when retirement comes around one day I guess.  But with the current economic and political system that might not be until 2050 or when I'm dead whichever comes first..  LOL!   Forgive me as I slept maybe 4 hrs last night. We have a new cat that likes to attack  toes when they stick out from the covers!  We call her the toe marauder.

AM-Easy 5 miles.  6:30-7/min pace with some pickups at the end.  I think my daughter is going to come through for me on the babysitting issue.  Yeah!  One less thing to worry about today.   Took an electronic technicians exam today for a major company.  Almost passed it! The good news is that I know where I was weak and I will pass next time for sure.  This is a really good career position and would make me feel rich in comparison to jobs in the past.  Just gotta study more.. 

PM-Easy 5 miles this evening to get rid of some boredom. 7:30/mile pace.

AM-An interesting run for sure.  I'll keep short and simple with no excuses.  The first 10 miles were run quick in 56:32.  Too quick..  But I didn't care I was here to have fun and win some sorely needed cash.  At that point I was pretty much alone with the nearest guy almost a mile away.  It was me, the motorcycle cop and the wind going back up towards Copperton. After mile 13 something shut down and my body just was not willing to cooperate with the demands of the mind.  I think my best days are behind me now I thought.. I had to get these negative thoughts out somehow.   I know it's tough going uphill and with this crosswind but I kept looking at my watch and it did not lie.  It was the same slow death in pace and energy levels I have experienced previously.  At mile 23 I was walking and was desperately craving sugar.  I think I have a gas tank the size of a motor scooter's!  LOL! I kept doing the walk and slow jog routine until I hit the finish surrounded by all of the half marathon people coming through.   It was anti-climatic in a sense.  Oh well..   You know it was still a good experience mainly in part because the people who put the event on really did their best to make it happen even in spite of all the obstacles they encountered that day.  One official even lent me her jacket because I was cold at the start.  These are the things that put a personal and home like feel to an event unlike the mega races that are out there now.   I don't know for sure if I will ever get below 2:40 again but I'm not going to be obsessed by it.  I'll just keep going and be grateful of what I can do today:)

PM-Easy 4 mile jog. Body is feeling better after a nice nap.  7th out and back.