Philippians 4:13

I slept in and skipped the run in the morning as I had to get ready to teach Sunday school today then a long day at church.  After lunch, I went out on a warm but windy day...3 miles with Moxie (in 22 minutes) then 3 more for a total time of 44:15.  I went out too soon after lunch and had a bit of stomach issues.  

6 miles early on a cool but windless day.  2 miles with Moxie, then 4 more solo.  Nothing special besides the fact that I got up (almost slept in again but didn't succumb this time).  (Ride Black)

6.5 miles in 46:30 with Pat B.  Spent the whole run talking about the state XC meet results and coaching.  Nice run on a pleasant day in between meetings.  (Ride Red)

6 slow miles on a cool morning.  3 miles with Moxie, then 3 more miles solo.  Just a slow easy run. (Ride Black)

Went to a school activity with my kids and then took the rest of the day off.  Got a 6 mile run in around 3pm in wonderful weather...shirtless in November!  2 miles with Moxie then 4 solo.   (Launch)

3 miles solo early then 3 more miles with Moxie for a good morning run.  Much of the same as my normal easy early runs...just gettin' it done.  (Ride Black)

Only one run today due to business travel.  

No run today due to a busy day with work meetings on travel.  Fly home tonight though!

I slept in and went for a run about noon after taking the kids to school, taking down Halloween decorations and planning a family vacation (got it booked!).  1 mile with Kami and Moxie then they went the rest of the way home at a walk.  I finished another 9 miles in 1:08:41 for a nice easy run before tomorrow's race!  (Launch)

Now for a busy remainder of the day (vet visit, errands and Guitar Hero at a friend's house tonight)!

I finished in 1:17:50 (1:17:36 on my watch) in 3rd place...officially.  Rode the bus to the start with Jeff Fogg, then saw lots of friends and other runners I know.  Bumped into Rob Murphy and Rob Rohde and got the start.  This was either going to be a hard fast day or an easy fun day.  The lack of any real training since St. George ended up making my decision for me.

Started off fast and felt good through 4 miles, then my left hammy and glute and lower back started to lock up.  Mile 5 was a transition, then from 6 on I felt the issues were not going to let me run fast so I went into cruise mode for the rest of the race.  Rob M. passed by me running great at 6 miles and was moving out.  If I had seen Rachelle driving again after about mile 9 I would have asked for a ride (my hammy and back were on fire!).  At around 11 miles, Rob R. passed me as I was just running easy, then John Taberna as well.  Oh well, just one of those days!  At 12 miles I start to push a bit to catch Rob and John and we all finish within about 13 seconds of each other.  Since I stuck in it, I wish I would have pushed harder for the 15 seconds, but once you are out of race mode it is hard to dig deep.  To our surprise, Rob Murphy missed the one and only turn on the race and ended up doing and extra mile and finished 4th...a real bummer as he was tearing it up.  

 Stuck around to see friends, run a buddy in, eat some food and talk and get the award for 3rd place.  Now off to home for chores and seeing the band that played at Kami's birthday party this summer at a local restaurant.  My left leg is really sore...hammy and lower back are killing me!

Went out tonight to see the band that played at Kami's party this summer and drown my aches and pains (and blow off some more steam from the race and the recent work stresses).