El Burro Blanco

Clyde Behunin was born 33 years ago to this day. Sometimes I wonder how he must of felt like coming into this world. Shell shocked and excited is probably how the little guy first saw the world. It just seemed like yesterday he first joined us in this small journey we sometimes call "life."

We went to dinner on Saturday night at La Frontera and Clyde brought up the idea that he wanted to run 33 miles for his birthday. Dave, Steve, and I looked at each other and decided that would be one of the craziest things to do. Running 33 miles wasn't that bad but doing it at 12am (midnight) would make it that much crazier. Sure enough, we all decided to meet at Clyde's at midnight and run with him for his birthday. I am sure our wives thought we were clinically insane.

We started at midnight and did our old tempo loop for close to 13 miles and then did our normal Wednesday morning Clyde's loop x 2. We did those loops in reverse today though. I was basically running on empty the whole time since I hadn't sleep in what seemed like days but we all survived and now have something to talk about for the rest of our lives. We did the 3 loops in just over 4 hours.

Dave, Steve, and I decided that Clyde's birthdays suck and we either want a magician or a clown for next year. Happy birthday Superfly! You are truly one of a kind :)

3 miles this morning.

A little sore but not too bad.

9 miles this afternoon.

7 miles with some of the boys over past Little Valley and then up on to 2450. Pretty warm again and needed the water breaks. It is supposed to be great weather the rest of the week.

2 miles this evening pushing Norah to the park and playing on the playground. She liked going down the slide and then shocking me. She thought it was hilarious.

Usual morning run with the guys. Nice conversation and happy to get some more miles in. Little sore but the ice bath last night helped.

First track race ever tonight. I hope to break the 5:00 minute barrier!

We had the Panther Relays today and it was a really good workout for the kids. Their was an open mile at the very end of the meet. Dave and I decided to do it a week or so ago. I had never ran a track race before in my life. I was fairly excited to do this. I warmed up a little bit with some strides and then got to the starting line. Plan was to hit anything close to 5:00 minutes and I would be happy. Dave and I ran right next to each other for the first 3 1/2 laps and then he got me the last 200 meters. Those long, beautiful legs of his are not fair for my short, fat legs. He got me by a second or so but I was happy with my effort after running 33 miles the other day. I ran 4:51 for my first 1600m race. 1:14, 1:13, 1:13, 1:11 were my splits. It was lots of fun even though I lost. Still a Tier 2 runner and coach!

Did a little bit of a cool down to call it a day.

14 miles this afternoon.

I did an easy 4 miles with some of the team. I then went over to club run and did 4 miles along the DC trail before anyone showed up. Aaron and Clyde came so I did another 6 miles with the looping over towards Bloomington. 88 degrees on our run this evening. Solid afternoon after not feeling well this morning.

8 miles over to Santa Clara and back. Fairly warm this morning.

Planned on running with Dave this morning on Prospector but I got over to his house a little late. I ran from Dave's house and looped around the turf farm and then did our usual 15 mile loop towards Staheli Farms, down Stone Cliff, up River Rd., over Foremaster, enjoying Telegraph, and back to Dave's humble abode. I wanted to hit the trails today but I was happy with the run. 6:55/mile. 

Happy with the 100 miles for the week. A big week and one that helps since Dave and I only have 3 weeks until Zion. It should be exciting.