"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

I had a pretty good run this morning no major aches or pains just the usual suspects:-) I ran about a mile and then stretched for a minute and Michelle came running by and she was kind enough to stop and then we ran together for a few miles. We had some good conversations about the anxiety of the up coming race and bad dreams and of not getting to the race on time and the alarm not going off, just the usual stuff!

 My average pace was 8:32 with a MP mile in there at 8:24 I know thats kind of stupid to list that because it was pretty easy for a marathon pace, but my last .69 of mile was a little faster which was a 8:14. I would like to hold that pace for the first 15 or so miles of the Marathon and then see how I can do on the downhill portion, but I don't know. It will be easy the rest of the week, just enough miles to try and keep the legs loose...

Total time 40:00.

See ya tomorrow.

Asic Nimbus 10 (126)

A very easy run this morning. My hip was a little sore also, but I am hoping it will get a little better each day... I plan on running Wednesday and thursday, and then Friday just take it easy...

Average pace was 9:25, total time was 32:25.

Thats about it, see ya tomorrow.

Asic 2130 Red (225)

Just another easy run but I got really bored so I threw in an adjusted MP mile in the middle, which was 8:13... I then took it easy on the last one and that one was at 9:20, average pace was 8:54 total time was 28:13. Wow, the first of October the summer just flew by! I am a little nervous about the race on Saturday which is kind of weird, I really don't get nervous for these kind of things but for some reason I am! I think mainly I am wondering how my hip will hold up, especially on the down hill portion, and will I get through it with out injuring my hip more than it already is... But these things seem to work themselves out one way or another, and I will know on Saturday. I plan on running just a couple miles tomorrow and then maybe 1  mile on Friday or I might not even run at all on Friday, I will just have to see when I get there. Well, the race is upon is and now all that is left is the tears the aches and pains and runners high that some will get, I expect big things from some of the people on this blog. Its almost like Christmas:-D

See ya tomorrow.

Asic Nimbus 10 (130)

I ran just a couple of miles to shake the old legs out, the hip was a little annoying but tolerable... This might be the last time I post before the race, so I would like to say to everyone "Have a great race to all, and I hope to see some of you when I get down there." I might run a mile in the morning before I head down with the family, but then again I might not:-)  I think I have done all the I can do at this point now its just time to "Get-R-Done!"

See ya soon

Asic 2130 Red (227)

Just a quick note about the race and it was a tough race, rainy and windy and one for the books... I feel pretty good about my time considering the conditions and I felt better towards the end of the race, well I wouldn't say better but my splits were better but I was feeling it. I'll give my splits tomorrow when I get home, but for right now I just want to dry off and get warm and spend some time with the family... I'm not sure of my overall Place or division, but I will find out out later I guess.

See ya tomorrow.

Asic 2130 Blue ()

PM Sunday.

Now that I have had a chance to think about things, I feel very good about the effort, one bad thing is I lost all my splits because my Garmin 305 got water in it so when we got home today I tried to dry it out and now it is fried! I thought those darn things were water proof but apparently not... My splits towards the end of the race were pretty darn good considering I was tired and the conditions were horrible, I wish I had them, oh well sometimes life is not very fair:-) But it gives me hope for the future to some day get it under 3 hours, but I have alot of work to do in the mean time and I think right now I need to get healthy so I can get to where I wast to be:-) So with that said, I will be taking some time off now to really get healthy basically my hip and foot, which I haven't been complaining about (the foot) and just let my body heal up. I agree with some of the other runners that SG really beats you up, and I will have to re-evaluate if I will run it again, I probably will but I will have to see...