What ever it takes!

So I ended up signing up at the Orem Rec Center, it was just too good of a deal through my work to pass up.  I went and tried it out this morning and it was fine, better than Golds I think, cliental is a bit "mature" so I fit in perfect. 

I've decided to take the week off from running, I just over did it this weekend, Friday night my son had a birthday party at HangTime the trampoline place, it looked like so much fun I had to try it, after an hour of hoppin' around with the kids I was spent.  Then Saturday I played soccer, some how my wife got hooked up with a bunch of Arab soccer players that get together every once in a while.  I think it's great for the kids, it feels like real soccer compared to the club soccer Utah has become famous for.  I personally don't like soccer cause I end up hurt every time I play but I decided it looked fun so I played goalie.  Well, between the trampoline and soccer I felt like I had run the New York marathon on Sunday, I was a mess and could barely walk.  I'm getting old.

One more thing about the Arab soccer, it is so funny to see my completely blond toe head family out playing with a bunch of Arabs but they don't seem to mind, and my wife is the only girl out there but she is a tough mother.  One of the guys named Mohamad showed up late, he asked what team he was on, they said your on the Mohamad team, if your name is Mohamad your on that team :)

I think taking this week off from running was a good idea, cross training is making me feel a lot better.

I know Jake gets annoyed with me taking up his blog space so I'll say it here.  As far as Deba goes in the New York marathon I've been thinking about it. Someone like her that's whole life is running, I can totally see going into the race thinking, "I've trained on this course every day for a year, I'm in the best shape of my life, and all I want out of my running career is a nice big sponsership and a big win under me, I'm just goin for it.  It's not like she was running out of her ability,  and the gamble almost paid off, 2 1/2 hours of free publicity, and if she would have won the New York City marathon she'd be very rich right now.  Unfortunately for her Jeptoo was a better runner and was having a better day.  It's not like anyone else in the feild was able to go out with Jeptoo so what's to say Deba could have?  Anyway, I think it was a gutsy run, it almost paid off, but she put it all out there to see what she was made of.

1 hour on the elliptical followed by 30 minutes of weights. 

I miss LifeTime!

1 hour on the elliptical.

Wow, what a nice warm morning in the middle of November.  I decided to run outside, it was a bit of a trainwreck, treadmill running feels just fine but any uphill slope just kills my glute still.  Maybe I should go to a doctor, I thought for sure after 4 months I'd naturally heal.

I stayed home to put a new intake into my Camaro, it only took me an hour and that thing is awesome!!!