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AM: easy 6 miles around the neighborhood - 50:00

100xabs before, 100xabs after

Pretty sore today - mornings are a lot worse on the soreness here lately.  Another easy 6 tonight, depending on the baby situation.

PM: 60 degrees and looks like a storm is brewing

moderate 6 miles with 6x 30-45 sec. strides in the last couple miles - 43:51

the soreness went away for PM run. 100xabs, some light legs, stretching and foam rolling

We go in tomorrow at 7am to be induced.  Looks like an early morning hill workout is the only hope for run tomorrow :)

We are going to the hospital today to be induced to have our first child!! Early morning workout on the treadmill. 

WU 2.8 miles,

4x0.25mi @ 6%, 8mph -these were difficult -

last 2 x @ 4%, 8mph.

Then a good 2 mi. moderate to hard effort - 13:20

6.3 total

My beautiful baby boy was born last night at 11:02 pm!  It was a wonderful run on a scenic course this morning with the thoughts of the wonderful experience going through my mind throughout the run :)  Tears of Joy!!  6mi. - 47:26

AM semi long run from hospital. 

16 mi. w/ wave run - 1:56:43.  6 mi. easy to track, 4 x [0.5mi.MP/0.5mi. HMP] - 6:30/6:10, 6 mi. easy back to hospital.  These were pretty close to goal pace for each rep.  Its getting hot! 

We're in the hospital with our wonderful new beautiful baby boy.  Tiff is recovering nicely and Jude is beautiful. Little sleep for both of us - especially Tiff :) 

Late AM easy run with strides - 5 mi. w/ 5x30-40sec. up to top speed - 37:17.  Its 75 degrees and sunny here, which is good because:

Today was the first day home with Jude Tucker Bell!  He was born Monday night at 11:02pm. We have been in the hospital since adhering to the 48 hour rule.  Tiffany was amazing and the my son is beautiful and already full of beans! :)  Hospital staff was awesome.  

PM: Terrace Lake Hill Workout - 10 x hills - most are about 0.15mi., the last being about 0.3mi.

AM easy run:  4mi. - 33:45.  I'm pretty stiff this morning. Its wonderful sleeping in my own bed.  That hospital fold out was pretty terrible.

Jude did really well last night.  I think I may have slept for a solid 4 hours str8 in one stretch.  Our first night at home was alot easier than the first few nights in the hospital.  No nurses coming in in the middle of the night :) 

PM easy run with 7 x 15-30 sec. strides:  4mi. - 31:27.  Really starting to feel some ofthat old sprint speed come back with these strides at the end of easy runs. 

AM - Seymour Half Marathon, Seymour, IN:

WU - 1.3mi. W/ strides,

8am start, 60 degrees and overcast with a 8-10mph wind.  Me and another guy were running for 2nd place from the start.  A much faster guy won in with 1:12:xx - Danny Fisher.  Tom and I were running alone the whole way, which wound being a bad thing:

Around 3-4 miles we missed a turn off and added almost a mile to the race.  The course is through downtown Seymour, IN streets and neighborhoods, so there are a lot of twists and turns.  After a cop car directed us back on course, we had added 0.9 miles. 

The effort and rhythm for Tom and I was good until we realized the mistake.  We had to stop, turn around and suck it up and try to play catchup.  

 The effort level was there, but disappointing result:

6:23, 6:12, 6:07, 6:21, 6:10, 6:08, 6:17, 6:19, 6:12, 6:23, 6:19, 6:28, 6:31, and then I hit my lap button at 13.1 -- 0:39 for 0.1 -

1:22:34 for the 13.1

The last 0.9mi. was 6:00 after hitting that mental let down

14 mi. - 1:28:34

CD with the winner and awesome and nice guy - 1mi. easy and stiff at this point.