12 wins, 5 CR's, plus four 2nd, five 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th, 5th, 9th, 16th, 20th, 28th, 38th, and 62nd place, with 1 DNF
Short-Term Running Goals:
Goals
Enjoy running, stay fit (and maybe lose a few pounds). Play ultimate frisbee.
4 year coach of Langston Middle School- love it
Long-Term Running Goals:
Unretire at some point
Run a sub-6 hr 50 miler
Win a 100 mile ultramarathon
Personal:
I have five cute kids. And I have some rockin short green racing shorts- I wear them mainly because it embarrasses my wife so much. I like ultimate frisbee, trail running, reading, and cheering for the Denver Broncos! And I have the absolute best wife in the world. And I used to run for the now-disbanded national Team Pearl Izumi- Ultra!
Here is a great read, and appropriate for Sunday. It's a great view on Christianity and war. A bit long, but I really encourage you to read the entire thing.
PM- 8+2=10. 60 for the past 3 days, each consisting of a 10 mile morning run and 10 mile lunch workout. I am nothing if not consistently boring these days.
This month was my highest mileage month ever (436, beating Aug 2009 of 406.5). And in Sept 2009, I ran my marathon PR, so that's good. However, my Jun-Jul were much higher in 2009 than this year, so that's not good.
Gotta admit The North Face puts up some awesome video of UTMB. This video was posted while the race was still going. Gorgeous, rugged scenery. I'd love to see the Alps.
Here a great article from someone who voted Obama last election, but now will be voting Ron Paul in 2012. Very short, thoughtful read.
Lunch- 10
PM- A local high school student asked me to help him break out of his 7-min pace he runs every day, even in his cross country races. After some warmup, we ran a 6 min mile over very hilly terrain, then a 6:40. Then we did some sprints, 100-300 yards, very fast (4:00ish pace). 7 miles total.
Lunch- ez 7. We had a few cooler weeks (i.e. low 90's), but now summer has returned with mid-upper 90's again. Still hot.
Ron Paul post of the day (yes, this is now a recurring theme on my blog)- Here's another great article about why Ron Paul can win the 2012 election, despite the media doing it's best to portray him as either insignificant or an outsider. If you don't know much about Ron Paul, please read some of his writings.
Awesome trail run with Barry, who just returned from 2 weeks in Alaska. Left at 5:40 am, drove to Rocky Bottom, where we jumped on the Foothills Trail to run to Sassafras Mtn, the highest point in SC. Then we continued on to Hickorynut Mtn and Bald Knob overlook. The trail is generally runnable, but never flat (and it sure seems like both ways are uphill!). Long runs definitely go faster when you have someone to talk to, and it's nice to alternate as the spider web sweeper. UROC wants a video from their elites, so Barry and I put together several shots of me running with his camera- definitely added some time to the run. We even texted Marci from the top of Sassafras, just to make sure she wasn't in labor (baby due Sept 9). We pushed it fairly hard all run, even as the heat increased to a very muggy 90 deg. The last 4 miles, in particular, we were pretty much all out though I felt spry and energetic. Quads got a good bashing, which is exactly what I wanted. Finished 20 miles exactly with 5400 ft climbing in 3:40 (10:58 avg- Sportracks said 20.5 miles with 6100 ft climbing), followed by a nice stream soak and chocolate milk (courtesy of Barry and his girlfriend, Ally, who met us at the finish for their 15 mile hike immediately after the run). Drove home, arriving 7.5 hrs after leaving. Great run, felt good, especially compared to last Sat. Highest mileage week of the year. One more hard week, baby pending, then 2 week taper to UROC.
