Rollin' THUNDER

Trying to get back tobeing "a runner". I have done some running over the last 7 years while in school and residency, but now want to be consistent enough and dedicated enough to place in my age group in races.

5.15 miles at night. Crystal rode her bike and came with me. I was very tired and slow during tonight.

5.7 miles tonight.

5.38 miles, crystal came along on her bike. Ended with 4 strides (or at least what I am calling strides).

7.7, crystal came with her bike.

3.75 with ruby. Crystal and Lincoln came on their bikes.

4.68, crystal on her bike. I ran 1.8 miles as hard as I could to end the run. Very disappointing how slow I've gotten over the years, but hopefully I can get back to good shape. I hit my target pace for the 1.8 miles, but it was hard and slow.

8.71 miles. Went camping last night so got very little sleep and what I got was terrible. Winds during the run were 18-24 mph, so not ideal running or sleeping conditions.

4.23 with ruby

5.65, 3 with crystal

3.65 with crystal and ruby

7.7 miles late at night. I had a hard time getting out the door for this run. I was very tired and just wanted to go to bed, but going to bed isn't going to help me reach the running goals I've set for this year.

5.0 easy miles with crystal

4.24. Nfl playoffs got in the way of my long run this week. Hopefully I can get to it tomorrow.

6.02 miles with crystal. Bad week with no motivation or desire to run. Hopefully next week is better.

10.72, rained quite a bit during the run. Luckily it was 65° and I love running in warm rain.

5.32 miles, 31°. The first 3 we're with crystal. Yesterday was 65°. But running in the cold is a good reminder that running in the cold isn't bad at all. Just wear a little bit more clothing.

6.75 miles, 30° with freezing rain. Only slipped 4 times, didn't come close to falling at all.

Today was supposed to be an off day but my wife needed to do a 4 mile run so I went with her to motivate her to go out in the cold. Lots of freezing rain last night. Thousands of downed tree branches in our neighborhood. No real ice on the roads, just 30° and windy.

3.54 with crystal and ruby. Ruby got lost chasing a rabbit right before the 1 mile point, she beat me and crystal home by about 15 minutes.

7.54 miles in spring. Did first 3 with Hurley, then the last 1 with crystal and jenni.

5.33 miles with Ruby

11.69, crystal ride along on her bike.

7.04 with crystal. Still having trouble staying motivated for several days in a row.

12.74 miles, crystal came with and rode on her bike. About 12 mph winds that seemed like a head wind unless running directly north. Kind of annoying.

6.43 miles. First 4 with crystal and ruby. 

4.46 with crystal and ruby.

5.7 with ruby. I played basketball on Thursday night for the first time in 45 months. My legs were super sore for 3 days so no running for a few days. Probably won't play basketball until after the half marathon.

4.67 with crystal and ruby.

6.72 miles

9.04 with crystal. This was crystals long run for the week. 

13.72 mile long run. Felt easy and relaxed for the majority.

7.4 miles. First 5 were with crystal and ruby. It may have been a bit too hot for ruby to do 5 miles. She was going pretty slow and not running off very far for the last 1.5 miles or so.

4.01 miles with crystal and ruby.

3 miles

3.3 miles with ruby. March was bad with sickness and busy work. Trying to get back in April.

3 with ruby

No excuses lately, just pure laziness. Trying to get going again. Found a couple races in a few months that I want to try and train for.

4.51 with Ruby. I signed up for a race, hopefully now I start running regularly.

5.72 miles at night. Saw 1 frog and 1 rabbit. Not sure why I'm writing that, but oh well.

5.72, felt very sluggish

4 easy miles, since easy miles are the only thing I am fit enough to do.

4 miles, legs were sore even though I haven't done anything.