Fast Running Soldier

So we are in Ohio now! What a drive yesterday...wow, 9 hours with two babies still in diapers. We actually made great time and only had to stop twice!

I mapped out a run last night on my favorite mapping site...gmap-pedometer.com (a little plug for them) and did just over 6 miles. I averaged a 7:24 which I am happy with. The route was really hilly. More than what I am accustomed to. Amelia doesn't seem to be very runner friendly, there aren't any sidewalks and there isn't much of a shoulder to run on anywhere, oh well. Here were my splits:

7:38   7:15   7:20   7:32   7:22   7:15 = 44:22

Felt sick last night and this morning, so I didn't go out today...I know, stupid excuse, Sasha should add that to his top ten excuses. I'll see if I can make it up tomorrow for my longer run.

AM- Went 5 miles and felt sluggish and sore. I am not sure if it was from not running yesterday or I started out much to quickly. I had to cut it a little short because of an Easter Egg hunt that we went to as a family. Last year Ethan was still pretty little so he slept right through it, today he had a good time though! I averaged a 7:34 pace. 

7:22   7:05   7:25   7:55   8:01 

PM- Was feeling a little better this afternoon and wanted to go out and get some of those lost miles from yesterday. This time I put on the 5 fingers and ran the whole time in them. It was a pretty good run. Being that I ran in the 5 fingers and that I haven't really been feeling good, I made up my mind to take this one easy. I figured an average of 8:00 pace would be good and I ended up with an 8:02 average.

8:15   8:07   8:14   8:11   7:50   7:40 

Day of rest. Watched General Conference with the family, all 36 of us! I had the opportunity to bless Ryan today with the whole family around. It was such a nice experience, I have the greatest in-laws and extended family!

Today's run felt bad. I am not sure if I was still a little tired from Saturday's run, or just one of those days. I averaged a 7:48 pace which isn't typical of my runs. Usually around a 7:30 pace. Here are the splits:

7:45   7:29   7:47   7:57   8:01   7:56   7:43 = 54:38 

....well, I'm back. Took a few days off and really shouldn't have. We have been having a big family reunion...36 of us...and balancing a two boys in diapers. It has been hard getting enough sleep, so I have been slacking. Today I went out, but it was a little after 4:00pm. It felt good though. I averaged a 7:23 pace.

7:41   7:19   7:32   7:44   7:28   7:13   6:55

My last run in Cincinnati... :( I leave tomorrow for Italy without the family and then off to Afghanistan about a month from now. It will be sad. I am sad already now, but what can you do. There are people in the world who need our help, not to mention hoping to keep this country safe from another 9/11 type attack. Somebody has to do it, may as be me! 

It was a good run though, I averaged a 7:09 pace for the 5 miles, which is my fastest 5 mile run in quite some time. It felt really good to get that low again. Here are my splits: 

7:33   7:10   7:12   6:57   6:53 = 35:45

My next run will be in Italy! 

My first run in Italy. I went out with another LT I met here. We had a good run, I felt a little sluggish, but that should be normal. Hopefully we'll get another run in tomorrow too!

Another nice run today. We went into the downtown area of Vicenza and ran up the main little mountain here, Monte Berico. Good run, a little slow though. We averaged about a 8:00 pace.

  7:56   7:46  8:37   8:37   7:55   7:27 

  Another good run down near the center. We were going to run up this crazy hill, but got a little lost and by the time we found the base of it it would have ended up being a 9 mile run or so and we had to get back for some appointments to finish inprocessing. It was a little longer today and the average pace was slightly better, a 7:52. We picked it up the last mile coming home, somewhere in the low 6s.

8:25   8:00   8:26   8:14   7:43   7:04  

Good run near Monte Berico SFC Horvall.