"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

I ran the Payson loop this morning and man was it dark out, you just have to love the time change;-) I kept the pace easy all the way and then when I was done I did my strength training to finish up, average pace was 8:45, total time 53:16. I didn't have time for the elliptical today, but my plan is to continue with the 6 miles a day on the week days and then maybe increase to 7 miles next week, this is my 3rd week at this mileage so I am hoping I will be ready to increase next week. I will continue at alternating the long run every other week and then have a less longer run on the off week. I plan on continuing the elliptical on the easier days and then on the harder workouts take those off as not to over do it.

See ya tomorrow.

A beautiful afternoon run today and it was so nice being out there in the nice sun, it does a body and soul good! A few weeks ago my Step-son Mason threw down a challenge to me to run 1.50 in under 10 and a half minutes, he is on the high school soccer team and they had to run that to make the team. Mason did it in 9:42, which is pretty quick. I knew it would be tough to accomplish with my lack of speed training but I had to show him that I could do it! So today was the day, I headed out towards mini gu corner I warmed up with 1. 5 miles and then I went for it. I had some head wind so I knew it was going to be close and I kind of eased into it as not to over do it. I was feeling pretty good after a mile but I was struggling towards the end and my HR at the end was up over 170, so I would say that is my V02 max! I did it in 10:18 and I was pretty stoked because he wasn't giving me much of a chance!!!  I think with a little bit of training I could get it down under 10 minutes, but that remains to be seen. After the victory I just cruised home, average pace for the run was 8:00 and my HR average was 154, total time was 48:53. After the run I jumped on the elliptical for 22 minutes, no resistance and the pace was moderate. I feel really good about today and hopefully I can walk tomorrow;)

See ya later.

Another morning run under my belt and boy was it dark, it's hard to get use to... I ran the payson park loop and my legs were pretty tired from the hard workout yersterday afternoon, so the pace was slow and easy. Average pace was 9:11 with my HR average at 139, total time was 56:26. After the run I jumped on the ellipticasl for just an easy 10 minutes to loosen up the legs and then I finished up with my strength training on my upper body and some push-ups. Thats about it for today I am pressed for time so I got get going.

See ya tomorrow.

Lazy...

more lazy;(

So my goal today was to get out by 6:30 and get in a longer run but as luck would have it, it didn't happen. I was suppose to drop my son Ethan off at the church for a service project and then I was going to head out after that, but when we got to the church at 6:20 no one should up. so after waiting for another 15 minutes and no one showing up we headed home, my wife was going to drop my daughter off at the school so she could catch the bus with the track team but since I was up I told her I would do it. By the time I did that it was after 7:30 and I was out the door at 7:40, so I was not a real happy camper! Oh well now to the run, I headed out to GU corner and then down into the river bottoms to my 5 mile mark and then I headed back to Osborns and was really thursty so I fueled up... I was able to chat with Pat loss for a bit and then I headed back towards the house, I decided to run some what of a progression run beacause I new that I wouldn't have time to run as far as I wanted so here are my splits; 8:42(159), 8:39(142) not real great, 8:29(143), 8:15(152) better, 8:15(151) pathedic, 7:59(151) better... Starting to back back down now,  8:03(152), 8:12(159), 8:36(154), 8:36(152). I guess it was kind of a progression run but it wasn't the best. Average pace was 8:23 HR average was 151, total time 1:24:49...  I ran into my brother Curtis again but as I was pressed for time I didn't have time stop and chat, and I didn't want to get my butt kicked again. After the run I did my upper body strength training and then after I was done I just felt like I had to do a little more so I jumped on the elliptical for a 10 minute warm up and then I did the contenders course which progresses from 0 on the resistance up to a 5 and then it backs back down to a 2 and the it moves back up to a 5 and then back down to 0 to finish up. I finished up with a 5 minute cool down for a total of 35 minutes so I feel a little better about the workout today.

See ya Monday.