High-Octane

I don't really have any plan for running right now so I'm just getting up and then deciding what to run and how long. The problem is I was an hour late to work today....I can't make a habit of this. I want to run some long, really slow miles and try and keep my HR below 140 but I just can't seem to do it. As soon as I get started I just don't like running that slow. On some of the hill I almost have to walk to keep it that low. After mile 4, which has a big hill, I just gave in and ran what I wanted to run!

5/14/2012
Mile	Time	HR	HR %
1	8:57:00	127	63%
2	8:34:00	141	73%
3	8:16:00	141	73%
4	8:45:00	145	76%
5	8:12:00	142	74%
6	8:05:00	143	74%
7	8:21:00	146	76%
8	8:17:00	149	78%
9	8:20:00	145	76%
10	8:16:00	147	77%
11	8:24:00	151	80%
12	8:24:00	153	81%
13	7:57:00	154	82%
14	8:11:00	153	81%
15	7:59:00	156	83%
16	7:46:00	160	86%
0.03	Cool-Down
Total	132:44:00	147	77%
Pace	8:17:45
Big Loop, out to end of chruch road, smallville, then out and back small loop to make 16.
65Âș
Target: Just Run.

Romans 8:24-25

²⁴ For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

This was the BEST run I've had in ages....!

I got to run 2 miles with my daughter Callie. She's back from college for a few days before leaving for the entire summer. She will be a counselor at two Centrifuge Camps this summer working on the drama team.

Callie has been struggling with her running....maybe you guys could help figure out what's wrong. About a year ago Callie started having trouble with her feet. She ended up with a fracture in one of her feet (we had it x-rayed), she laid off for several weeks, started running again and then acquired another fracture. After lying off several weeks again she went to a foot doctor who prescribed orthopedics and had them custom built for her. She then began to run with the orthopedics (which she says were very uncomfortable) and things seemed okay for a while. I don't know the exact timing but I believe after a couple of months she then started having lots of trouble with shin splints. These were very painful and slowed her running down quite a bit but to top all this off, now her calves seem to tighten up like rocks when she run. Her runs have been only 2-3 miles each time she runs but if she runs more than a couple of days she basically has to lay off for a week. Today I told her to just take the orthotics out of her shoes and see if that helped. On top of all this, she has been to Luke's Locker and she's tried two different shoes (per their recommendation) to try and help the problem. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated.

Psalm 144:12

¹² Then our sons in their youth
    will be like well-nurtured plants,
and our daughters will be like pillars
    carved to adorn a palace.

I ran 7 miles by myself and the 2 miles with Callie to make a total of 9 miles. Everything feels pretty good. I seem to be getting some of my speed back. I really enjoy having someone to run with even if it is only a couple of miles.

I have added a schedule of possible upcoming races for my in the next few months to my profile. We'll see if I can stick to the plan!

5/16/2012
Mile	Time	HR	HR %
1	7:51:00	132	67%
2	7:42:00	153	81%
3	7:08:00	156	83%
4	7:25:00	162	87%
5	7:20:00	164	89%
6	7:09:00	165	89%
7	7:22:00	169	92%
8	8:30:00	140	72%
9	8:02:00	137	70%
Total	51:57:00	157	84%
* Avg Pace	7:25:17

*Miles 8-9 are not included in the Avg Pace

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work; If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

Went on a camping trip. Ran throughout the park and on some trails. I don't feel comfort