Rollin' THUNDER

-12 degrees. Lastnight I was 188 pounds. The heaviest I have ever been. I didn't care if it was -12 or -40, I need to get in shape. I was warm enough, but I wore snow goggles. They just fogged up and iced over, so I won't be wearing those again.

Ran on the indoor track at the Icenter. That was a lot of left hand turns.

Ran on a treadmill today. Hopefully I don't make this a habit.

Again on the treadmill.

No run, played basketball instead.

Short easy run for the week. It was nice outside. I can't wait for spring to be here for real.

Long run for the week. I did it on the treadmill while watching a basketball game. I don't mind running on treadmills, especially if there is something interesting to watch. This run was obviously fairly uneventful. Lately I have been getting blisters around my right big toe. I could feel something and assumed I was just getting another blister. I got home and my sock had quite a bit of blood on it. My foot didn't hurt, but it sure bled a bit. It also bled on yesterdays run. I will treat it and keep an eye on it.

Windy. I felt good during this run up until about mile 9. My right achilles tendon started to hurt a little bit. My sock didn't fill up with blood today, thats a good sign. The blisters are feeling better and not bothering me at all. Hopefully this achilles pain goes away before tomorrows run.

10.27 miles. This was the first run in a long time that I felt like I was holding back to try and be around a 7:40 pace. My actual pace was 7:30, and that felt fairly easy for the majority of the run. My achilles felt good the entire run. It was sore this morning, and I was contemplating riding a bike or going swimming today just in case. I planned on doing a 2 mile loop to start this run and I would gauge how it felt. If it was good, Id keep going, if I was concerned I would stop and hit a bike. It felt fine. My blisters are also healing up nicely and there was no blood in my socks after the run.

This is a blister I had a few years ago. For some reason I only ever get blisters around my right big toe.

Both my phone and weather.com said it was 33º when I left. So I dressed like it was 33º . It didn't take long to realize that it was probably more like 43º , and I was too warm. I just dealt with it. After I had been home for about 5 minutes, my wife got home from the grocery store and asked how my run was. I said "hot". She said "I bet, it's way warmer than 33º out there". Currently both my phone and weather.com say its 39º , but while I was running I saw several people walking and carrying their coats in their arms. I doubt they would do that if it was under 40º .

After my run before I ate or drank anything, I got on the scale. I was 161 lbs. On December 31st before I went to the bathroom before bed I was 191 lbs. I know I can't compare the two because they were different times of day, dehydration, and an empty stomach, but it was still nice to see that my hard work is paying off.

Yesterday I dragged my feet and kept putting my run off. I had to do some repairs on the apartments, and they didn't go nearly as well as I was hoping. By the time I was done with those it was past 9:30 pm and I was frustrated, so I didn't go running. WHAT A WEENY! I decided last night that I need to go running first thing in the morning so I don't let anything else get in the way, including my laziness.

Today's run went pretty well. I felt like I had a lot of energy. I got to a part that had a long hill. It wasn't very steep, but it was pretty long. I wanted to try and run it at a faster pace, and at a minimum not let my pace drop below what it was when I started the hill. I did it very easily. Hopefully tomorrow's run will be just as good as this one.

I was a little worried about this run because of the blisters around my right big toe. I have found the easiest method of dealing with them is to sterilize the area and some tools, pop it, and cut the skin off. It hurts for a few hours afterwards, but it makes running easier than running with blisters. I had cut a blister off yesterday, so it was fresh, red, and kind of painful when I walked. Plus I had a couple more that were a few days old, so they were a little sore, but not too bad.

I woke up at 5:45, ate a banana, bread with jam, mint chocolate gu, and about 8 oz or gatorade (about 400 calories). I made 12 more oz of gatorade and put it in a bottle. I placed a peanut butter gu in my pocket, a bottle with water, my gatorade, an espresso gu, and a chocolate outrage gu on the bumper of my car.

I started at about 6:30 with a 5 minute warm up, then ran for about 20 minutes away from my house, then headed back home, ate the gu in my pocket (peanut butter) about 2 minutes before I got home, chased it with about 4 oz of water and 4 oz of gatorade, grabbed the next gu (espresso), then headed out for about 25 minutes, and repeated the process (last gu was chocolate outrage).

I was really pleased with this run. I didn't feel like I was pushing myself in order to maintain my goal pace (7:40), and about half of the time I was having to tell myself to take it slow and easy and not force anything.

25.51 miles in 3:15

5 minute warm up- .62 miles (8:01 pace)

3:05 run- 24.33 miles (7:36 pace with my watch running during 3 water/gatorade breaks and a bathroom break)

5 minute cool down- .56 miles (8:53 pace)

After the run I took off my sock and there was a nice orange goop in between my big toe and 2nd toe. It had the consistency miracle whip. I will have to make sure to keep it clean and dry the next couple of days.

I started this run on the ame route that I usually do. About 7 minutes in I decided that I didn't want to do an out and back like I usually do. I decided to warm up for a few miles, then run up to the temple. I decided I would run to the temple, jog back down to where it was flat again, and repeat. I did it 3 times. According to Garmin, from where I was turining around, to the temple was a 201' elevation difference in .98 miles. The half marathon and marathon I am doing this summer both have some long hills, so I figure I should probably try and get some long hill runs in. I felt good doing this run, but I was taking it pretty easy going up.

My average pace for the total run, including a 5 minute warm up and 5 minute cool down was 7:44.

Today was supposed to be an easy run for an hour. It has been a long time since I did any speed work/running faster by any means. I can't even remember if I did any speed work for my last marathon in September. Next Thursday I am supposed to do a speed workout, so I decided I would try it today and see where I am at. Well I have got a lot of work to do.

The plan was to warm up for 10 minutes, with the second 5 minutes of those 10 being around a 7:38 pace. The workout was to run for 90 seconds at a 5:12 pace, followed by 3 minutes at an 8:52 pace as recovery, and repeat this 10 times. Then 5 minutes at 7:38 pace, then 5 minute cool down.

Well.... the warm up and cool down went well    :)

My average paces while trying to hit 5:12 were: 5:35, 5:23, 5:19, 5:36, 5:36, 5:25, 5:34, 5:33, 5:29, and 5:29

My average recovery paces trying to be around 8:52 were: 8:09, 8:40, 8:45, 8:55, 8:48, 8:35, 8:43, 8:38, 8:50, and 8:59.

I have never thrown up from a workout, but I thought I was going to during this workout. I am out of shape and have a long ways to go, but I think this was a good start to getting there.

Total time was 65 minutes, average pace was 7:26.

This was an aweful easy run. I was putting way too much effort into my "easy pace". I did hills on Monday, a speed workout yesterday, and donated plasma this morning. All of those things combined today to give me a horribly hard run.

Average pace was7:36, but I was struggling to keep a steady pace. I was all over the place with my pace and never got into a groove. I have got to start running before plasma, except I did that on Friday and thought I was goint to pass out when I was done, but thats life.

This run went much better than yesterdays. I did have a slight discomfort in my left calf, so I will watch that tonight. I also got a good colon/anus/sphincter/what-ever-you-want-to-call-it workout for about 7 minutes. Before I left for the run I told my wife that my stomach didn't feel right. But what can you do? I couldn't wait around forever, because my wife also needs to get her run in.

As I could feel that my bowels were about to lose the battle I decided that I would turn right and go 3 blocks to Cal Ranch. I got to where I was going to turn, but I just kept running straight. I thought to myself "hmmmm, I was going to turn there". Then I remembered that Article Circle was only 1 block away. As I neared Article Circles parking lot I became aware of why I hadn't turned right. There was no way in H-E-double-hockey-sticks that I would have made it to Cal Ranch, and I think subconsciously I knew that. I opened the door to Article Circle and hoped like crazy that the bathroom would be empty. Luckily it was.

I made it, and all is well.

Total time was 1:25:00, avg pace including warmup/cool down was 7:32.

Got up at 4:00 am to do this run. I've got a lot of things to do today, so I guess sleep has to be something I miss out on.

Nothing really note worthy about this run. I didn't listen to music, that's the first time in probably a few years that I have done a run having to listen to my breathing and feet hitting the ground. I don't seem to like that as much as some other people do. I did feel a lot better today than I did yesterday, and yesterday I felt a lot better than Wednesday. So I guess I feel great today.

This is the longest run I have ever done, by just under 2 miles. We are down visiting family this weekend, so I did this run starting at my parents house. I looked at the weather forecast, and starting from about 6:00 am to noon there was a 30% of higher chance of snow/rain. Some of my siblings are coming over around noon, so I wanted to get my run done before they arived, and I didn't want to run in the rain/snow when it was about 34 degrees. I like running in the rain, but not when its near freezing. So I decided that the best time to do this run would be at 2:00 am (and the weather forecast was wrong, it is really good weather right now (9:30, and has been all morning, and looks like it will stay nice for a while).

I went to bed around 10:00 pm, but we are sleeping in the same room as my kids and Kaylin was being crazy. All she wanted to do was climb in our bed and wrestle with me. After about 35 minutes of that I decided that I was going to go sleep in another room. My wife was supportive of that decision.

I woke up at 1:54 am (about 3 hours of sleep, STUPID weather forecast), 6 minutes before my alarm even went off. Got ready and headed out the door. I did 5 out and backs, 4 of which were about 45 minutes, and 1 of about 30 minutes. I ate the same pre run food as last week including the GU, and had a peanut butter GU at 45 minutes, espresso love at 90 minutes, and chocolate outrage at 135 and 180 minutes.

I ran without music for the first 3 hours. It was really dark so I was already down 1 sense, and didn't want to have music take away my hearing as well. I bought pepper spray specifically for when I run at my parents house because I have been chased by dogs several times. If a dog was going to be coming at me that I couldn't see, I least wanted to be able to hear it coming (I did have to pull it out once because of a big dog barking and running toward the road. Luckily (for the dog) there was a fence that I couldn't see because it was dark).

The first 2 hours and 10 minutes went great, and I couldn't believe how fast the time was going. But I started to get tired, and used the music as a distraction/motivation for the last 30 minutes.

I kept my watch running during all my water/gatorade breaks, but did stop it for about 6 minutes as I was paying a visit to the bathroom at Maverik.

Glad this run is done, and I'm glad I don't feel like I have been hit by a truck, but there is still time for a lot of soreness to sneak up on me.

5 minute warmup, 0.63 miles, avg pace of 7:57.

210 minute run, 27.01 miles, avg pace of 7:47.

5 minute cool down, 0.54 miles, avg pace of 9:19

Total of 28.17 miles in 3:40:00, avg pace of 7:49.

am: 8.65 miles. I wasn't able (motivated) to get a run in yesterday. So I will do doubles today and tomorrow to make up the miles. I was originally going to run about 14 miles this morning, but I will run 4 times around 8.5 miles each to get in yesterdays miles.

pm: 8.89 miles. I am really considering having my right big toe nail rmoved for good. It is coming off for the third time in 3 years.

am: 8.61 miles. My right knee hurts pretty bad at the beginning of every run lately. The pain goes away after about 3 or 4 minutes, but I almost stop and head home every time. Hopefully I can stretch/strengthen/baby it back to normal.

pm: went for a 2 block walk with the kids tonight. My knee was SCREAMING!!! I guess I will hit an exercise bike for a little while and try to let it heal up.

Day off. Tomorrow I will try a short run and see how my knee feels after 2 days rest. Depending on how that goes, I will either be camping out in a gym for the next few weeks using the bikes, or I'll get back to running. I am hoping for the second option. I have goals I want to reach, and they don't include biking. But I will do whatever it takes to keep my fitness level from decreasing.

I took more time off than I was planning. Laziness always seems to get the best of me. Last wednesday (2/25) I walked with my kids to get some ice cream for them. My knee was killing me from the very first step, so I decided to take some time off from running. On Sunday I walked about half a mile and my knee felt good, but I was lazy so I gave it more time. I played basketball on Wednesday and it felt great, no pain at all for the 2 hours or so that I was playing.

Today after only 12 minutes it started to hurt again. Not bad, but I could feel it. It would be off for 5 minutes then on for about 7. This continued until I changed how I was landing on my feet. I normally land on the ball of my foot toward the big toe side (between big toe and 2nd toe). I switched to landing on the ball at about the 4th toe. The pain didn't come back at all while I was doing that.

Heres to hoping I can figure this out and not have a crappy spring of training.

Went for a short walk today. My right knee is being a baby. I am going to go get a cortizone shot and an exercise bike. Hopefully I can get my knee better and maintain my endurance the best I can while riding an exercise bike. Lame

I got my cortisone shots in both knees about 10 days ago. I played basketball 3 times last week without any knee pains or issues at all. Back to running today. 6 easy miles to start off. Tomorrow I will go longer. I will take a 3 or 4 weeks to try and build back up to 70-80 miles a week. Hopefully the knees will be ok and I can have a good spring/summer of running.

This race went way better than I could have ever predicted. In January and February I was really training hard, too hard. My knees started getting sore and I had to get some cortisone shots. I then decided to take a little time off from running and play basketball to get a break and let me knees rest. I was planning on a week, maybe two weeks of rest. I got some ribs broken which made breathing painful and running next to impossible. So I ended up taking much more time off than I had anticipated/wanted.

We moved, I got a job that really sucks my running motivation out of me. My training hasn't been there. I went into this race knowing that my training was poor at best, and I might argue that it was down right awful. My Parents and Wife kept talking about my "race", I had to remind them that I was not in shape to race and that this was just going to be a medium distance run for training for UVM on June 13th.

This is a hard course that has about 4.5 miles of trails, and many really steep and long hills. From 1.5 miles to 2.1 miles there is a 245' hill. Then at 3.3 miles to 4.1 miles it goes up another 235'. Its a hard course. But I have found that I get a greater feeling of accomplishment on the tougher courses.

The race started on time, which is always nice, especially since I took some caffeine pills to give me a little extra boost during the race. Jon Heslop and Ben Van Beekum took off at the start. I knew I couldn't keep up with them even if I hadn't missed 1.5-2 months of training. I let them go, but somehow found myself in 3rd place in a race that I wasn't planning on racing at all. Unfortunately that only lasted for about a mile. I was passed by 3 guys before we got to 1.5 miles. When the first one passed me I started to go with him for 2 or 3 seconds, but I caught myself and reminded myself that I was not racing and I didn't want to do something stupid this early on a tough course, so I let him go. Soon after, 2 more guys passed me and I didn't even think of going with them.

We got to the hill at mile 1.5 and I was about 40' behind 3rd place and 20' behind 5th, but I was fine with that. After about .1 miles I noticed they were coming back and I felt like I wasn't working too hard on this really steep hill. It must have been my incredibly well rested legs :) . By the time I reached the top of the hill, I had passed all 3 guys and had about a 30' lead on the 4th place guy. I thought about going hard on the somewhat flat trail for the next 1.1 miles and putting some distance between us. I again had to remind myself that I WAS NOT RACING I was just running, so I used the flat trail to recover from the hill.

At 3.3 miles the 4th place guy was now about 80' behind me, so he had been recovering as well. I started up the hill and quickly felt how out of shape I was. I contemplated walking for a bit, but kept going. I got the the top of the hill, and the 4th place guy had closed the gap a bit and was now only about 40' behind me.

4 miles into the run is where I decided I was no longer just running, but that I was going to race and try to take 3rd overall. I knew the worst of the hills were over and that I could push myself for 9 miles.

For the next 1.4 miles the 4th place guy kept closing the gap I had on him. I couldn't see 5th or 6th, so I didn't worry about them. At about 5.4 miles we got back on trails. I have run on trails very few times (maybe 3 or 4 times in 7 years), but I have liked it every time. I pushed a little harder on the trails, hoping to increase my lead. I looked back and saw that in very little time I had really increased the lead.

Right around mile 6 the trail starts going down hill. It loses about 250' in half a mile. I lengthened my stride and let gravity pull me down. This was the last spot I saw the 4th place guy. I kept pushing and hoping that I was on the right course. There was one point where I had to run around a locked gate (which ended up being the right trail).

Around mile 9 my calfs started cramping up. Nothing major but it was annoying and I thought about stretching them out for a minute. I just changed how I was landing on my feet. I had been landing on the ball of my foot, but changed to landing mid foot and the cramps went away. They only came back once or twice over the next 4 miles.

The last 5 or 6 miles were really  uneventful, just running and following arrows. I started passing 5k runners with about 1 mile to go, that helped pull me in a little faster.

They only awarded the overall winners (but left them in their age divisions) and top 3 of each age division. I was hoping for a 3rd overall ribbon, but I guess a 2nd age division is good too. I ended up about 15 minutes behind 2nd overall and 16 minutes behind 1st overall. I was the first finisher that isn't a sponsored runner, for some reason I am taking a little bit of pride in that.

I also one a $30 gift card in the raffle that my wife and I can use on a date night.

After the award ceremony I ran an additional 3.1 miles to give me 16 total for the day.

Last Saturday I only ran 6 miles. My legs were still sore from the half marathon on May 2nd, and I just wasn't feeling it. When I decided that my long run for the week was not even close to a long run, I knew I could be in serious trouble for Utah Valley marathon next month. I decided I'd look for someone desperate to sell their Ogden marathon bib, that way I'd be forced to get my first "long run" in since before my knees got hurt in February.

I texted all the people on KSL trying to sell their bibs and offered them all $30 for their bib. I was hoping someone would be smart enough to take $30 rather than losing their entire entrance fee. Luckily a few people said they'd take it. I decided to take the kids that said he would meet me at the expo. He wanted everything out of the bag except the bib. I was fine with that since I have plenty of shirts, and don't really need samples and ads that I wouldn't use anyways.

My goal was to start slow and maybe push a little towards the end if I was feeling good. I had wanted to run 7:20's-7:30's for the race. I took a 100 mg of caffeine 45 minutes before the race, a peanut butter gu and 200 mg caffeine 15 minutes before the race, chocolate outrage gu's at 45 minutes, 90 minutes and 160 minutes, and an espresso love gu at 125 minutes. I drank water and/or powerade at just about every aid station. This worked well and I felt good through the entire run.

For the first 9 or 10 miles I had to keep telling myself to slow down. I wasn't going way too fast, but I was about 10 seconds faster per mile than I wanted, and I didn't want to blow up at the end.

I came through the half at 1:35:17. I started to think that maybe I could start pushing a little sooner than I had planned and see if I could negative split by 5 minutes and get a new PR. Luckily I was smart and just stuck the plan. I don't know if I could have PR'd, but I didn't want to make my recovery take too long and then have done more harm than good for Utah Valley.

The hills from 14-17.5 seemed waaay easier than in years past. I don't know why, I haven't done any hill training since maybe Februaury, and my training hasn't been very good at all. Unfortunately the weather wasn't in our favor for any tail wind down the canyons (at least I didn't notice any) so I din't have much of a push where I was hoping to pick up some time. At one point around mile 20 I even felt a head wind for a couple of minutes.

The second half was 1:35:26, 9 seconds slower than the first half. I didn't push too hard, and didn't let the race atmosphere force me into doing something I didn't want to do. Overall I am extremely satisfied with this "long run." I don't know what I placed overall or in my age division. I didn't run with the timing chip because I bought the bib from a kid in a different age group and I didn't want to mess up placings (not that I was expecting to place, but just in case). I have messed up placings before by running with someone elses chip, and I don't want to do that again.

Hopefully I can get 2 or 3 weeks of good training in and then set a PR at Utah Valley. I am hoping that the conditions will be in our favor then, but they certainly can't be any worse than they were today.

Here are my splits:

1 7:18

2 7:14

3 7:05

4 7:10

5 7:13

6 7:12

7 7:10

8 7:13

9 7:19

10 7:19

11 7:20

12 7:27

13 7:29

         13.1 1:35:17

14 7:14

15 7:22

16 7:11

17 7:11

18 6:55

19 7:10

20 7:11

21 7:03

22 7:03 I started to get some cramps around here in both calfs and ham strings. Luckily nothing too bad, but it still wasn't super fun to have to worry about a bad cramp coming.

23 7:07

24 7:25

25 7:34

26 7:44

.2 1:52 (7:57 pace), second half 1:35:26

Total 3:10:43

Avg pace of 7:16

Total distance was 26.24. Up until mile 13, right as I passed the mile marker, my watch would hit the mile. I was running tangents pretty well, and this is by far the closest my watch has been to the "certified" race distance.

Blah!!!

This was my second best marathon, but not what I was hoping for. The problem is I had high hopes but poor training. I have seen on somebody's fast running blog, something along the lines of "piss poor practice produces piss poor performance." Unfortunatley I have attempted several times to prove this quote wrong, I haven't had much success in doing so. I have several excuses for why my training was bad, knee injuries, broken rips, sore calf. But laziness is probably the key to why I am always getting disappointed.

This was my first time running this race. I checked the elevation map many times and thought I knew where all the hills were. But after about mile 6 it seemed like the course was hill after hill after hill. It seems like the course is deceptively hilly most of the way. But again, my training wasn't any where near what it could have been if I had been a little smarter in Februaury (overuse injury) and march (broken ribs from playing basketball).

My plan was to come in under 3 hours. I was right on pace until mile 15. I think the heat and hills finally beat me and I thought about flagging my wife down and having her pick me up. But I pushed throught the last 11 miles. It sucked at the time, but I am glad I kept going.

After the race I threw up in the shower, then threw up again while watching my 2 kids do the kids k. This was the first time I have ever thrown up from running, or any exercise ever. I felt horrible both physically and mentally for several hours. When I finished the marathon, I forgot to stop my watch for about 10 seconds. My watch read 3:09:00, but I wanted to check the official time. I saw that I took 5th in my age division. I noticed that this years times were much slower than last years (overall winner was about 5 minutes slower, and my age division winner was about 21 minutes slower. Different runners, but still) I don't know if it was too hot today, a weaker field, or a combination of sevearl things. Maybe it was just the field. I noticed I placed after the awards ceremony. I went and asked if I would be allowed to still get the award, they said yes. This was a big mental pick me up. My time stayed the same, but I felt like I accomplished something more than just finishing another Marathon.

I start Podiatry school in about 45 days, so this may have been my last marathon for a long time. I am hoping to still train and hope I can find some races here and there, but I am lazy now when I just had regular school and/or a regular job, so who knows how well training will go while taking 20+ credits? Hopefully I surprise myself.

Ut Oh! My weight keeps creeping back up. I guess I need to start being more careful about what I eat (I literally just ate a bowl of frosting using animal crackers as spoons).

7.18. Ran out towards Cleveland then came back. There were more hills than I was anticipating, but it was still an ok run. I really need to get back into shape here.

4 miles, out of shape. So nothing has changed over the last month. Who knows, maybe one day I'll change, but no promises.

Still being lazy, still want to not be lazy. Hoping this is the start of a good streak.

5 miles in the morning before school. Hopefully I can make this a habit. I signed up for a marathon 7 months early and 1700 miles away. Maybe I can get back in to running and run the equivalent of me running to the start line from now, until the race starts. I think that will. That might be a fun goal.

5 miles at my parents house in Utah. I was a little worried that the elevation would get to me, but I guess I haven't been in Cleveland long enough.

6 miles. I was thinking about what has changed that is making me not feel excited to go running at all. I figured that maybe not listening to music while running has made it not exciting anymore. So I made a playlist and used music today. This run was much more entertaining then the last few runs I have been on, so I guess I will be using music again.

6 miles

avg 7:38

6 miles after Macksons preschool open house. The first 4.5 miles were uphill the entire way. Last 1.5 were a slight down hill.

Avg pace was 7:53

6 slow miles. I woke up at 3:30 today to study for a test, so I wasn't well rested.

5.24 miles

avg 7:42

7.54 miles after school. Avg pace of 7:33

This run felt a lot better than most have in the last few weeks. I just need to lose 20 pounds and not try to force too much running too soon.

7.53 miles, avg pace w/ warm up/cool down 7:39.

8 miles, avg pace 7:41. Im finding some decent routes around my house. But no matter where I go or which direction I go from my house, its a hill workout. Not super long and steep hills, but every road is either a long hill, or has a bunch of short steep rollers. I never would have thought that Ohio would have more hills than Idaho or Utah. No mountains, but tons of hills!

6 miles, avg pace 7:44

I almost didn't do this run. It is raining, cold, and dark. I told my wife I was going to go running, then I turned to go sit down. The thought crossed my mind that my running goals don't include being a pansy about the rain and cold. So I changed and went running.

I spit on a cars windshield. I probably passed (or they passed me) close to 100 cars on one road, and all but one were kind enough (the drivers were kind, not the cars themselves) to give me a little room. But one car gave me less room. They were driving close to the middle of the road, but when they saw me they moved way to the right. So I spit on their windshield as they passed. It was raining lighty, so they porbably didn't even notice.

8 miles. My watch died at abou 7.05 miles and I was averaging about 7:32/mile at that point. I may have gotten down to 7:31 at the end of 8. I could have tackled a deer at about mile 2.5. There were 2 on the side of the road, 1 ran to the other side of the road but the other one just looked at me as I ran by. Maybe next time I will tackle it just to say I have tackled a deer.

I haven't been running since Tuesday night because I played basketball Wednesday morning for 2 hours and I have been incredibly sore since then. When I sat down after my run, my left hamstrings started to scream at me. So I guess I wasn't quite recovered from basketball yet.

My plan is to try and get a group of guys to play basketball with once a week. My entire body was sore, including arms and back. So I guess it was a good full body work out.

6 miles, avg pave 7:38

No school today, so I was finally able to get a run in. In fact, I am done with school until after new years. I just have 6 finals to take in the next 2 weeks.