"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

I ran 5.12 miles on my own and I ran out to the big blue mailbox but then I extended up the 200 meter hill into Payson and then I turned and headed for home. My legs were pretty dead but then seemed to loosen up after a little bit, IT band was marginal but not to much of a bother and achillies was about the same as it has been, getting better. After the run Ethan was waiting and wanting to go a few miles so we did, he is starting to get faster in his training runs, we ran out to the old barn via canal road and the average pace was 8:28 and a total time of 17:35 with him out front most of the time especially at the end when he was 40 to 50 seconds a ahead of me. I had one 8:00 mile with him so I am counting that as a marathon pace mile;) I finished up with some strength training on my upper body and then some push ups, all in all a good start to the week and to the new month.

See ya tomorrow.

I just lost my whole entry so here we go again! I ran the mini GU corner route today and I did 6 pick-ups in the first 5 miles and the splits went like this 7:56, 7:56, 8:10, total time was 41:44 with an average pace of 8:19.  The 6 pickups were from telephone pole to pole but the length would be every other pole and then I woiuld recover at the same distance, the pace for the 6 said a 6:40 pace, I don't know how accurate that is but even if its with-in 10 seconds its pretty good. After that I ran 2 miles with Ethan in 18:03 and then I tacked on another mile in 8:30 for a total of 8. I felt pretty good today, a little sluggish but not to bad, its still way hot and humid!!!

See ya tomorrow.

I woke up late this morning so I ran 3 miles with Eth and then after that I went and did another 4 miles, started out slow and then slowly build up the pace until at mile 6 I was at 7:50 pace after that I slowed down the last mile to just under an 8:30 mile to finish up. My legs were not into it today so I really had to concentrate just to get through the run, my average pace was 8:25 with my total time at 59:10. Mile 6 was tiring but then when I saw the pace I went I could see why, I don't know if its the humid air or the hotter than normal mornings that are taking its toll but my energy level is pretty much gone! Oh well, no strength training this morning as I am late and I need to get going.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran in the afternoon today as I was not able to run this morning out of laziness. I was having a really good run and I had about a half mile left when something went really wrong on the top of my left foot, very very painful! I was just able to hobble home and I'm afraid that maybe I have broken it!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that its not the case but the way that it is feeling, there's a good chance;( I'm icing as we speak but I know what a break feels like so I am not optimistic! Just before it started to hurt I was thinking to myself how good I was feeling and how much fun I was having and then BOOM just like that I might be out for awhile. I thought at first it was a cramp but I think that was wishful thinking, I'll have to go and get an ex-ray here when my wife gets home and then see where we are at... My average pace was 8:30 with 2 of the miles at 7:23 and 7:27 both downhill and I was holding back on them, total time was 59:51. The last mile was fittingly at a 9:11 pace on the dot sounds kind of weird I know but that is the honest truth! S&$$#$&$%T!!!!!!

Updates to come.