"A Hefty Hunk Of Steamin Junk"

My first run in over a week and it was hard to get going! I have a kinked neck, low motivation, and no energy but I was able to get the run in very slowly. My PF felt okay but is still there but one good sign is my hip seems to of healed up nicely so that is a good thing;-D I still don't know what my goals are right now or even if I have any at this point, I think for right now I am just going to take it one day at a time... I think the most I'll do is 3 to 4 miles a day until I feel better and all these injuries are completely gone once my foot has healed up and the PF is gone then I might step it up a little, but again it will be very slowly!

Well Obama won and now that it is all over I am going to give the guy chance, I still don't trust him but if he starts doing some good things then maybe my opinion will change, but we will see...

See ya tomorrow.

I ran out to the base of Harry's Hill, mostly flat with a little up hill, then I came the same way back to my house. No shooting stars this morning it was to cloudy. I felt pretty good going out but coming home my legs seemed to lose their zip, my average pace was 8:38 with my heart rate at average at 154 (A little high) my total time was 38:22. I then finished up with my standard Tuesday lower body workout on the Bowflex and also some core training on the rubber ball and then finished that up with some push-ups... I think things are coming along nicely, I would like to do some speed work on the new track at the high school before the snow flies but I will have to take it slow right now and ease into it, that is about it for today.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran up towards Loafer canyon but when I got to the first stop sign I turned left and headed towards the mail boxes in woodland hills, I just went far enough to hit my 2 mile mark and then I took a walking break, after that I turned and headed back to the house. I took it pretty easy going up and coming down, and it was a test to see if my hip has really healed up and it was pretty cool I had no pain at all... My foot is still bothering me but not as bad as it has been, just enough to be annoying;-( My average pace was 9:09 with my heart rate average at 148 and my total time was 37:05 my heart was up in the 160 range going up the hills and then coming back down my breathing was alot easier... No shooting stars again this morning I am still stuck on 4, it needs to clear off so I can see the sky again, maybe towards the end of the week it will get better;-D

Thats about it for today, see ya tomorrow.

I ran out towards mini GU corner, hit my 2 mile mark and then took a walking break and then I turned and headed for home... The pace was very easy as my legs were tired from running up Loafer yesterday I think the average was right around 9:09 and my heart rate was 142 still a little to high, total time was 37:32. There was a nice full moon out this morning and it was real easy to see, and I had to go a little earlier than usual because my Daughter Abby has an ortho appointment, it was very bright. No more shooting stars this morning either as the full moon took care of that, but there will be plenty of dark days ahead so I'm sure the tally will increase. I better get going so I can make the ortho appointment.

See ya tomorrow.

I ran towards Payson this morning and it was still a bright full moon which made it easy to see, but not real great for seeing shooting stars. My pace was real easy again today, just plodding along and enjoying the scenery and trying not to take it all to seriously. Sometimes being a step dad sucks and I'll just leave it at that! My average pace was 9:13 with my heart rate average at 145, still way to high for that pace, I am hoping this will change over the next few weeks, total time was 37:19... Tomorrow I may do a little longer run but I will have to see how I am feeling, ever since I ran up Loafer on Wednesday my legs have been tired so I will have to see how they are doing in the morning and then go from there. I was thinking maybe 8 to 10 miles just the thought of that scares me, which is kind of amazing considering I ran a marathon a month ago I guess I am still a little burnt from the race.

Well thats about it, I will see you tomorrow!

My goal was to run out to GU corner, out and back, and my legs were feeling pretty good so I  pushed the pace a little bit. I had an 8:12 on mile 3 and then on mile number 5 I did a 7:28 my average pace was 8:32 with my heart rate at 148, total time was 1:08:46. This is the longest run that I have had since the SGM and it showed the last few miles I was working pretty hard, my hip was great but my foot started to hurt towards the end and right now its a little sore I'm sure it will get worse as the day goes on, I hope not... It felt good to get a little bit of a longer run in for a change, it was getting kind of boring doing just 4 miles a day but I have to stick to this lower mileage for now, I need to get my foot healed up! No shooting stars again this morning, I got out a little later so it wasn't dark enough, oh well;-D

Well I think I will go and sit by the fire for a moment, it was pretty cold this morning, I would say the coldest so far this year. As soon as it warms up a bit this morning  I will be back into my lighting bonanza, I am at 6,000 lights and counting. Every year I tell myself that I am crazy but I have been doing this since I was a kid so I just seem to stay with it, oh well tis the season...