It ain't Chinese algebra!

Around Tyzer's house and home via Timbers. Super windy and cold. 

Freaking wind! Bitter cold all week and I finally gave up. Maybe more tonight if it dies down. 30-40 mph gusts and only 29 degrees so it feels like 11 degrees with wind chill. 

Union HS

Big Al's 

Similar to yesterday

MVHS and Target North. 

Fishers Landing. 

Around Evergreen HS and Winco, then home. 

Around Fishers Landing and Fred Meyer. Cold. 

Target North and HP. 

34th to 164th to HP and home. 

Las Vegas, from the hotel to old downtown and back. 

Last run in Vegas for a long time (I hope).

Same as last week; around Winco and Evergreen HS. Rain off and on which was annoying, but better than running The Strip in Vegas.

HP, Target, Timbers. Best run in months. Actually had fun for a change...

Cold and rainy. Felt good again though. 

Up and early around Fishers Landing before GR. 

Blah. Just blah. What a waste of a week. Glad it's over.

Usual Monday. 

Past Fred Mayer, then back around walmart and home.

Fred Meyer, then Costco and home. 

Fred Meyer, Target, HP.

Mill plain to I-205 and back. 

HP, Target and home. 

Mill Plain to church and home on icy icy roads. 

Fred Meyer and back. 

MVHS and Target North. Saw a house with Christmas lights still up...

Around Union HS to the Camas trail and home.

Evergreen HS and Mill Plain home. Final 4 miles in 5:45, 5:51, 5:41, 5:44. 

Movie theater, HP and Walmart. 

North Target

Sick

Sick

Probably well enough to run, but it just didn't happen.

Slept in and didn't feel like running after a junky week. But them watched the marathon trails and was inspired by the great races, so finally laced up my shoes. Ran to Camas Meadows and along the Lacamas Lake trail. Very enjoyable run in the drizzly rain.

34th to 164th and Target, then home via Walmart. 

Around Union HS, with a few miles on the track, then home for 9 miles. Final mile with the boys in the neighborhood on their bikes. 

Frontage road to MVHS. 

Target north. 

HP to 34th and 192nd. 

Around Evergreen HS to Choklov and home via Mill Plain. 14 miles easy, then 1 in 5:47, then two miles easy with boys on bikes. 

Dog Park for the first time in months.

Wells loop. 

Walmart to Target and home. 

PM: The rare double for me these days. Did some yard work, then ran 5.2 mikes to Union HS. 

10 miles

All over the place it seems. Basically, around Evergreen HS and north a little bit more, then home. 14 miles easy, then 5:47 & 5:30 for final two miles.

Early morning for work, so didn't run until 3 in the afternoon. Just ran the neighborhoods for 4 miles, then met the family at a park and played for a bit, then 1 mile home. 

North Target to Harmony and Timbers. Drizzly rain and wet, but enjoyable. 

North Target, around the Stake Center, and home.

Wells Loop. 

North Target and HP. 

Mill Plain to I-205, then nothing to Evergreen HS, dog park, Timbers, and home. 12 miles easy, then off/on tempo and recovery. 13 in 6:04, 15 in 5:51, 17 in 5:26, 19 in 5:21.

First 20 mile run in.....a year?

Target North and movies, then around the old HP and home via 192nd. 

Big Al's to Walmart and around Westridge. 

Westridge, Costco, then to Les Schwab and Fred Meyer. 

Big Al's and Walmart.

Around the neighborhood. Frustrating that I hit snooze too many times.

Around Evergreen HS and back to Union HS for 13 miles. Then 3 miles on the track in 5:55, 6:02 & 5:44. 1 mile easy, then Mill Plain to HP and home for 2 more harder miles in 5:44 & 5:29. Felt good. 

Around Camas Meadows. Daylight savings, a 20-miler on Saturday, and a 5:20 am wake up on Sunday beat me down this morning. So hard to get out of bed...

Around Union HS. Time change is ruining my streak of solid runs. 

AM: 7 miles early before GR. I've got to clean up my food intake...

PM: 7 miles around Camas Meadows.

MVHS and Target North. 

Camp Alpine, out in the highway. Chilly and no gloves. But I survived. 

Mill Plain to I-205 and then back via Winco and Evergreen HS. 11 miles east, then a 5 mile tempo (6:11, 5:59, 5:48, 5:36, 5:20) from evergreen to North Target and around Dog Park. Then 2 miles very slow. 

Around Big Al's and Lowes. 

Around the movies and then secret street to 192nd and home. 

Target north and around the general area. Final mile in 5:33.

McGillvary to church and home via Mill Plain. 

Medford. I miss southern Oregon. 

Mill Plain to I-205 and back via Evergreen HS and Tinbers. 19 easy miles and final mile in 5:28. 

I went old school today; Timbers, Dog Park, HP. 

Chickfila and then Mill Plain to Safeway and back via MVHS and Big Als.

AM: 6.7 miles. Feel blah after a late night dinner program at El Gaucho. 

PM: 5.3 miles to Union HS and back. Nearly 70 degrees!

MVHS and Target North, then HP and around Big Al's.

Tinbers and Union HS. 

Dog Park, north of Timbers and then Union HS. Had planned on running 30 but my watch died, so I'll run more later. 

3 hours later, ran an additional 10 miles. Wells loop, around Union HS and then 1 mile on the track at Shahala MS in 5:16, then 1 mile easy home. 

Timbers, Dog Park, HP.

Around Big Al's and Chickfila, then Mill Plain to 192nd and home. 

To highway 14 and then Wells loop extended to Union HS.

HP, Chickfila, movie theater and then 34th to 192nd.

PM: 4 miles in the hot afternoon. Hadn't drank enough earlier and it was brutal. 

Big Al's and then Mill Plain to Walmart and home. 

Mill Plain to I-205, north around Evergreen HS and back down 162nd/164th. First 12 miles easy and then 6 mile tempo (6:08, 6:01, 5:55, 5:36, 5:46, 5:32) and then 2 super slow. Super tired at the end. 

HP, Dog Park, Timbers. 

Big Al's and back, twice. 

Top of my right foot was feeling a bit "off" the past couple days. Took the day off. Rather be cautious and lose a little fitness rather than cause further problems. 

Chickfila and MVHS. 

Big Al's to secret street parallel to highway 14, then home. 

HP & Chickfila, then to Camas Meadows and the Lacamas Trail to the very bottom, back through Camas to the lake, then home via the trail and Union HS. So peaceful around the lake at 6am. This has become my running area to recharge and fall in love with running again. 

Timbers, Dog Park, HP. 

Timbers, then 172nd to Chickfila and 34th and 192nd.

MVHS and back. 

Chickfila and then to Shahala MS and a few miles on their track, then home.

PM: 5.3 miles around Wells loop.

Fishers Landing. 

HP, then north of Evergreen HS and then Safeway on Mill Plain. 11 easy miles, then a 5 mile tempo (5:55, 5:44, 5:30, 5:35, 5:25) and half mile easy to finish off the run.

Timbers, Dog Park, HP. 

Timbers, Dog Park, Movie Theater and home. 

Woke up at 4am wide awake. Finally got up at 4:30 and decided I'd run my long run today instead of Saturday. All over the place, mostly around Evergreen HS and the church building.

Around Disneyland and the Convention Center. 

Around Disneyland again, but through some different neighborhoods a little further south.

Noon: 5 more miles.  

Final run around Disneyland. Started at 5:40 this morning and ran south from the hotel a couple miles. A lady yelled from her car window that I should turn around b/c there was a fight going on in front of me. Sure enough, I saw and heard what she was talking about. I quickly turned around and ran on safer streets for the next 10 miles. 

Timbers, Dog Park, HP. Plus 10 pull-ups near the park by Big Al's. 

Timbers, Dog Park, Chickfila, Shahala and home. 

Chickfila and movies. 

Chickfila and Target North, then around the church and the highway 14 frontage road. 10 miles easy, then 1 mile tempo in 5:11.

Around the neighborhood and Big Al's.

Mill plain to I-205, Chockolav and back to 164th and home. 10 miles easy, then 5 mile tempo (goal 5:55) in 5:56, 5:47, 5:51, 5:48 & 5:50. Heart rate slowly climbed from 144 to 157 during these 5 miles. One mile easy (7:21, HR 135) then 2 mile tempo around Timbers (goal 5:30) in 5:28 & 5:24 w/ HR 160 & 166. 1 final mile easy (7:24) down 192nd and Costco then final mile all out (goal 5:15) in 5:05 w/ HR 166.

First time I've worn my HR monitor in a few years. Interesting data... Very pleased with the run today.

Timbers, Dog Park, HP.

Timbers, Union HS, then 5 miles around Shahala track. 

Chickfila and movie theater.

P.M. 4 miles to break in new shoes. 

MVHS and Target North. Left hamstring isn't loving life lately. 

Chickfila and movies, then Union HS and home. 

Mill plain to evergreen HS and I-205 for 10 easy miles (8:00/mile average). Quick bathroom at Starbucks and then I made my way back with a 10 mile tempo with a goal of each mile under 6:00/mile. Splits were; 5:59. 5:55, 5:50, 5:55, 5:43, 5:44, 5:43, 5:41, 5:42 and 5:19. Felt really, really good the entire time. Splits were consistent and felt easy. Final 10 average was 5:45/mile.

Timbers, then north and east to 164th, dog park and Shahala. 

Chickfila and Fred Meyer. 

AM: 7 miles before GR @ Prov.

PM: 6 miles at kids soccer practice. 

Chickfila and movies, then around 34th to 192nd. 

Big Al's and back. 

Evergreen HS to Choklov. Then to Lieser and across highway 14, then east along old evergreen highway. First time I've ever run here and it was great (zero traffic, flat, good views). 19 miles easy then final mile in 5:06. I'm feeling fit. 

Timbers, Dog Park, HP. They no longer open the bathrooms at the dog park due to vandalism. Not cool, especially on the first run after Sunday night desserts. 

Chickfila and then 34th to 192nd, Wells Loop, then home. 

Timbers and Union HS. 

Chickfila and MVHS, then home. 

Evergreen HS and church. 

Camp Alpine with my dad. Not too many more chances to run here. 

Timbers, Dog Park, HP. 

Chickfila and movies. 

Fred Meyer and back.

Costco and back. 

My neighborhood. Right IT band super tight. 

Not a good day.

Super bad allergies yesterday when we got to town. Took 4 different allergy meds last night and none did the job. My allergies get worse the hotter the day, and this weekend was approaching record temps (100 in PDX) and unusually hot on the coast as well.

Anyway, 67 degrees at the start (more then 20 degrees warmer than 2013) & the race played out like usual; ran with people for 4 miles, then took the lead. Ran with the lead bikes to the turn around at 15 and back towards the finish. Felt good through 18 or so, but could tell that I was slowing down. I hadn't done a good job of hydrating during the race, but had dumped water on my head at each water stop. That wasn't enough.... About mile 20 I realized that 2nd place was gaining ground and I picked it up. He caught me with exactly 4 miles to go at mile 22.2. I tried to go with him and both calves cramped up. Shortly after my vision started to go black, wasn't running in a straight line, struggled to take a deep breath and my arms/legs were covered in goosebumps despite the unbearable sun and hot race conditions. My body was shutting down. I stopped for a bit, knelt on the road, got passed again, then started up again. Things didn't improve but I managed to shuffle along for the next four miles. The last 2 were pathetic and I was barely faster than a walk (9:30 and 13:##) Got passed again and again. Good times!

Crossed the finish line and drank 8 cups of Gatorade back to back to back....That helped.

The heat was brutal, and frustrating because today (Sunday) the temps were back to normal (low 50's with lots of clouds and no wind. Perfect and NORMAL)...

Anyway, not the result I was hoping for, but whatever. Had a good day with family afterwards, so that was fun.

Had considered finally going back to race Boston when I was running 5:06 mile splits at the end of my 20 mile training runs but now I can skip those plans and save my $ instead. It all works out in the end.

Muscle soreness is completely gone, so I tried to run this morning. It didn't go well...

I broke in a new pair of shoes (for work) yesterday, and they are garbage. My left foot paid the price today. Only ran 15 steps before limping home. Good stuff.

First run in two weeks. My left foot still has some lingering pain. Its been a frustrating month to say the least. 

Timbers, Dog Park, HP. Foot feels close to 100%. Felt a little funky for the first mile or so, but then no problems. Grateful that it wasn't worse.

Fred Meyer and then HP where I ran 1 mile barefoot. Then 1.5 miles with Ryan in his bike and the others for .5 miles. 

AM: 6.7 miles to Chickfila, Target north and movies. 

PM: 4 miles while my car was serviced.

MVHS and North Target. 

Mill Plain to Safeway and Church, then along the frontage road to 164th and home.

Chickfila to Union HS and home. 

Camp Alpine. 

Chickfila and Movies. 

Chickfila and Shahala. 

Fred Meyer and back.

Fishers Landing. 

Chickfila, Evergreen HS, Choklov, Mill Plain, home. 

Chickfila and movies.

Chickfila to Walmart and home. I strained my right hamstring yesterday morning at the ward breakfast, playing some intense ultimate frisbee, Our team won though, so I guess it was worth it. I shuffled along this morning and it was tender, but runnable. 

Chickfila to MVHS and home. Hamstring was better than yesterday but still not 100%. Probably closer to 75-80%. 

MVHS to Target North and home. 

AM: 8 miles on Mill Plain to church and home.

PM: 5 miles to Costco and Union HS in the rain.

I drove to Evergreen HS and ran around that area this morning. Felt good; hamstring pretty much back to 100%.

AM: 9 miles on HP, Dog Park, Timbers loop. Basically the typical Monday in reverse. 

PM: 7.5 miles on Camas Meadows and Wells loop.

Fred Meyer to Walmart and back home. 

Around Portland. Stayed the night for work and ran around some nice areas and some sketchy areas. Found a cool park with a wood chip trail that I circled a few times. Good run. 

Chickfila, Walmart, Costco, and home. 

In Hurricane. Hot, but not horrible. I managed anyway. 

Into LaVerkin and up the hill towards Zion and back. Hot again (shocking).

Early run in Hurricane before heading for home. Felt a few raindrops, which was nice since it was nearly 80 degrees at 6am. 

Around south salt lake. Felt like blah after late night pizza, slurpees, and swimming. It will be good to get home and back to normal eating. 

Chickfila and Walmart. 

MVHS and Target North, then Costco and small neighborhood loop with Ryan.

Mill Plain to Safeway, church, and home via McGillvery. Finished with a .5 Mike loop with Ryan in the rain. 

HP to Dog Park, Evergreen HS and Chocklav, then home. Get good throughout until the final mile or so, then tired. Ran 1 mile with a combo of all the kids. 

HP, Dog Park, Timbers, plus a little with the boys. 

Chickfila and North Target, 164th to 14th secret street and home via Fishers Landing and 192nd. Then 1/2 mile with the boys. 

Wells to Prune Hill and home, then the small loop with the boys. 

Chickfila and home, then Costco and back. 1/2 mile with the boys. 

To church and back. 

Typical Saturday.  

Timbers, Dog Park, HP, home. 

Chickfila and Big Al's, home and then the east loop. 

Chickfila and movies, then home. 

MVHS, Target North, Fred Meyer. 

Safeway and church, then a bit with the boys on their bikes. 

Evergreen HS, Choklahv, and Mill Plain home. Then a few miles with the boys in their bikes. Felt sluggish all week long. 

HP, Dog Park, Union HS. Rain this morning which was a nice change. 

Fred Meyer and Target North, then Walmart and a bit with the kids on their bikes. 

Chickfila to highway 14, then secret street to 192nd and home. Then the Werrie loop with the boys on bikes. 

To church and back via Mill Plain. 

Fishers Landing loop and then a bit with the boys. 

No run. Camping with the family. I did eat lots of junk food, stayed up entirely too late, and slept like junk. Typical camping trip.

HP, Dog Park, Timbers, then 1 mile with the boys on their bikes. 

Timbers, Dog Park, Target North. Then 1.5 miles with the kids on their bikes. 

Chickfila and Union HS. 

MVHS, Target North and HP. Then a bit with the biking boys. 

Fred Meyer, movies, HP. My wife and kids passed along their sickness...

4th year in a row that I've run this race. I think this is the slowest time; in too lazy to look. It was 108 here yesterday so heat was a bit of a factor, plus I've had a cold since Thursday. Needless to say, I had low expectations and was content to just win, regardless of finishing time. I ran with the second place finisher through 9 miles, then picked up the pace. And that's my race report.

HP and back. Short run today because 1) slightly sore from Saturday, 2) it's my kids birthday, 3) I slept in. 

Chickfila and back. Still a little sick. And tired. But not sick & tired. 

Chickfila, Target North and Fred Meyer. Still sore... I've turned into an old man or something. 

Chickfila and Target north. Then my right calf cramped up on me and despite stretching and walking, it didn't loosen up. It's felt blah ever since Saturday so I just called it quits and called home for a ride. 

Legs still feels jacked and hurts to walk. So I rode the bike this morning for the first time in 8 years? 11 miles, it was boring, and I don't feel like I got anything close to a good workout. 

15 miles on the bike. Boring. 

Leg still isn't cooperating. 

Leg felt OK through .75 and then final quarter mile it felt like my calf was going to seize up any step. 

Same as yesterday. Leg felt OK through .8 and then felt like it would blow up the final bit. So stupid....

Felt better than the last two days, but stopped at 1 to be safe. 

Union HS and back. Leg felt good for 2.5, then it felt like I was doing more harm than good. So much for racing a 50k next Saturday...

Ran to Highway 14 and back. Right calf feels better (doesn't feel like it's on the verge of snapping) but still tight and sore-ish. An improvement, but I was expecting better after it feeling so much better yesterday, but we'll take what we can get I suppose. I'm 99% sure I'm skipping the 50k this weekend. Bummer...

Chickfila and back. Leg feels a bit better. 

 Chick-fil-A and Fred Meyer. 

Chickfila, Big Als and Movies. Leg feels 100%

Around my neighborhood. 

Chickfila and north target, then movies and home. 

Went old school today; Timbers, dog park, HP. 

Union HS and back, with 25 pull-ups on my way home. 

AM: Chickfila and Fred Meyer. Then a little with the boys on their bikes.

PM: 3.4 miles with the two youngest on their bikes. Their longest ride ever.

MVHS, Target North, HP. 

Fred Meyer and Walmart. 

Mill Plain to I-205 and back. Rain started 20 minutes into the runand I was drenched for the remainder of the time. Summer is over in the NW, I guess. 

Timbers, dog park, HP, home. Then 1 mile with the boys on their bikes. 

Chickfila and back. 

Union HS and back. 

Fishers Landing elementary to the movies and home. 

Fishers Landing, Fred Meyer, movies, Walmart. 

Evergreen HS to Chocklov and then back via Mill Plain. Final mile in 5:35. 

Timbers, dog park, HP. 

Chickfila and target north. Then 1 mile with kids on their bikes. 

Union HS and Wells loop, then a bit with the boys on their bikes. 

MVHS and Target north.

Mill Plain to church and back. 

Felt horrible today. Just slow and old and blah... 164th to Dog Park, Evergreen HS, Winco and home. 

HP, Dog Park, Timbers. 

Movies and Fred Meyer. 

Chickfila and Fred Meyer, then 1 with the boys on their bikes. 

MVHS to church and home. Mile 9 in 5:44. Then 1 mile with boys on their bikes. 

Fred Meyer and movies. Late night made it tough to get out of bed this morning. 

Union HS, Wells Loop to highway 14, then home.

Through Westridge and Union HS and home. Limited time this morning. 

Chickfila and back. 

Chickfila and back, then to QFC and back. Chilly morning. First time I've had to wear long sleeves. 

Treadmill run in Salishan. 

Chickfila and HP. 

Fred Meyer and movies. 

Target North. 

Church and back. 

Camas meadows and Wells loop. 

The usual Saturday. 

Union HS and Westridge. Motivation is super low right now. 

Through Fishers Landing to Fred Meyer and home. 

Wells Loop. 

Fishers lamding and then Chick-fil-A.   

Chick-fil-A and movie theater. 

Chickfila and Fred Meyer. I ate entirely too much of my kids Halloween candy yesterday and didn't feel great today. 

Mill Plain to church and home via McGillvery. 

Fishers Landing to Adventist and home via Lowes.

Noon: 1.5 miles with the kiddo in his bike. 

Highway 14 frontage road to church and Mill Plain, then HP and home. 

Old school today; Timbers, dog park, HP. 

Target north. 

Chick-fil-A and back. Lots of rain. 

MVHS, Dog Park, Timbers. 

Mill Plain to church and back via McGillvary. 

Union HS and past Camas Meadows on the highway. 

Not a good start to the week. 

1st street and HP. 

Chick-fil-A and Fred Meyer. 

Chick-fil-A and Fred Meyer. 

HP, dog park, Timbers. Very frustrating run by evergreen elementary when some jack @$$ swerved into a massive puddle right as I was running past, completely drenching me from head to toe. I turned around and chased the individual, hoping they would get stuck at the upcoming traffic light. I got within 15 feet before he drove off. I would've loved to give him a piece of my mind, to put it lightly...

Fred Meyer and movies. I was tempted to run the same stretch of road, and at the same time, as yesterday morning in hopes of seeing the same red Chevy Silverado w/ Washington plates & with motorcycle in the truck bed....but I showed some restraint. Still annoyed...

McGillveray to church and Chucks, then home via Mill Plain. 

Chick-fil-A and 164th to 34th and home via 192nd. Drizzly but warmish. 

Chick-fil-A and target north. 

McGillvary to church and home via MillPlain, then a Mike with the boys in their bikes. 

Chick-fil-A and the movies. Right hip is hurting a few hours later so I'm thinking these shoes are done. I'd run in sketchers again, but they don't last like Saucony. 

Chick-fil-A and back to secret street by highway 14, then home past fishers landing elementary. 

Fred Meyer to movies to 1st street, then home via Walmart. 

To church and back. 

Church to Mill Plain and then around my neighborhood. 

HP, Dog Park, Timbers and home. Drizzly. Oh yeah...I also saw someone watering their lawn this morning. It's December 3rd....and raining non-stop in the northwest. 

In Las Vegas. Avoided the strip and ran around UNLV and surrounding neighborhoods. So nice to get out of the rain and enjoy some sunlight. 

Ran around the UNLV campus once, then 6 miles around their track.