Go, you chicken fat, go away!

Nice morning out.  I saw a bunch of new faces today.  I even saw a dude that looks like he may be faster than me.  I'm going to have to break his leg.

Time - 44:35 (avg. pace 8:21)

Splits -

1 mile - 8:16

2 mile - 8:22

3 mile - 8:36

4 mile - 8:30

5 mile - 8:17

0.34 miles - 2:34 (7:33 avg.)

Last night my left calf muscle cramped up again in the middle of the night.  Seriously, it's the worst charlie horse ever.  My friend said that I need to drink more water.  But I don't want to pee the bed.

AM Bike Ride

Distance - 17.52 miles

Time - 1:06:26

Avg. Speed - 15.8 mph

Max. Speed - 21.7 mph

What a miserable ride home.  Headwind for 12.5 miles.

PM Bike Ride

Distance - 17.61 miles

Time - 1:19:56

Avg. Speed - 13.2 mph

Max. Speed - 20.3 mph

By the way.  I love the Suns dancers.  Who knew that so many of them were bloggers?

No other fast dudes out running this morning.  They probably all have broken legs.  I did see the Hawk for the second time.  Br. Hawkins goes to church with me.  I think he recently lost his job, so that's why he has more time for running.  He's taking the Scouts on a 50 mile hike next week. 

No cramps last night, so I must not be pregnant, Lori. 

Hey, Rhett.  Remember that Cramp-No-More stuff we got at the Havasu Half?  I put that in my water last night, and it was de-skusting!  I tried to drink as much as I could.  Finally I put a single pack of Raspberry Ice mix in it.  That helped a little, but I couldn't finish it.  Maybe it had expired and was rancid.

It rained last night, but you wouldn't know if from looking at the sky this morning.

Time - 44:12 (avg. pace 8:18)

A few observations lately:

1) I observed a couple of bruises on my legs between my hips and knees on the quads.  They kind of bugged.  I couldn't remember how they got there, but yesterday it dawned on me.  The smaller one on my right leg was from where my cell phone was hitting my leg on my 8 mile run last week.  The huge one on my left leg was from the frozen water bottle in my other pocket.  By the way, the ice completely melted to water in just over 4 miles.

2) I observed 5 neon yellow golf balls along Rittenhouse Road within a mile and a half stretch.  The wierd thing was, they all seemed out of reach of the driving range.  I figure Hansel and Gretel were not twins but quadruplets.  Their evil counterparts, Gransel and Hetel, were marking their path with them.  Marking your path with neon yellow golf balls is just pure dag-nasty evil.

3) I observed 5 ears of corn in between the sidewalk and the road today.  There is a corn field right across the Queen Creek Wash.  I wondered if they had fallen off the back of a truck or if some kids had picked them and thrown them there.  Either way it made me say, "Ah shucks."

Time - 22:19 (avg. pace 7:26)

Splits -

1 mile - 7:46

2 mile - 7:34

3 mile -6:59

This was the first time I've run a sub 7 on the third mile.  I hope I didn't push it too hard.  I feel a sharp pain in my left knee.