Thursday, August 26, 2010
Heading to Colorado
Tomorrow morning i head to colorado for an elk hunting trip. can't wait, wish i was there now, even though the season doesn't open until saturday. everyone be sure to follow me on my spot website, which is on my facebook page.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Snakes and Turtles
with work and trying to shoot my bow as much as possible i have not been running nearly as much lately. i have a goal of 400 miles for this year. i think i have ran about 215 so far. this week is gonna be an easy one since i leave for colorado on friday and want my legs to be as fresh as possible on the trip. luckily i have been able to shoot my bow quite a bit recently and have pretty good confidence again.
i ran 10 miles yesterday. it was a little hot (85) and very sunny when i headed out, as i have mentioned before, the sun shining bright always makes me so tired. i headed out at 6:45 pm. about mile 5.5 the sun started going down, and i got a huge second wind. i felt so much better running after the sun went down, i felt like i had only ran a mile or two, instead of 6. the second half of the 10 miles was only 4 minutes slower than the first half, usually i slow down much more than that. i actually had to slow myself down on the last 2 miles. i was feeling so good, but knew the end would be painful if i kept up the current pace. after mile 2 my 1/2 miles ranged from 5:53 to 6:18. one 1/2 mile was 6:18, 4 were at 6:00, 3 at 6:04, 3 at 6:07, 3 at 6:11, and 2 at 5:53 (these were mile 2.5 and mile 10). my overall pace was 11:52, and i had a pretty steady pace for the entire run. my average heart rate was 166, my max heart rate was 169, pretty stable too. came 1/2 a step from stepping on another snake, just as it was getting dark, then the traffic started up on the road with no shoulder and high weeds. i hate snakes.
i have to throw out props to jeff who is killing mile after mile.
on another note, since i haven't been running as much my strength training and yoga hasn't been getting done either. after my hunting trip i have to get back to running pretty hard to get back on track for the st jude's marathon.
thought of the day: "the turtle only makes progress when he sticks his head out." (author escapes me right now) otherwise he is just sitting in his shell, in his comfort zone, not really in danger, but not gaining anything either. have you ever seen a turtle on the road, when the first car passes, the turtle just shuts up in his shell and basically waits for a car to hit him. his only hope is for the next drivers to spot him in time and swerve to miss him. he is leaving his entire existence up to the responsibility of the drivers. i don't see many turtles on the roads where i run, based on the drivers, i would say the turtles were wiped out years ago.
i ran 10 miles yesterday. it was a little hot (85) and very sunny when i headed out, as i have mentioned before, the sun shining bright always makes me so tired. i headed out at 6:45 pm. about mile 5.5 the sun started going down, and i got a huge second wind. i felt so much better running after the sun went down, i felt like i had only ran a mile or two, instead of 6. the second half of the 10 miles was only 4 minutes slower than the first half, usually i slow down much more than that. i actually had to slow myself down on the last 2 miles. i was feeling so good, but knew the end would be painful if i kept up the current pace. after mile 2 my 1/2 miles ranged from 5:53 to 6:18. one 1/2 mile was 6:18, 4 were at 6:00, 3 at 6:04, 3 at 6:07, 3 at 6:11, and 2 at 5:53 (these were mile 2.5 and mile 10). my overall pace was 11:52, and i had a pretty steady pace for the entire run. my average heart rate was 166, my max heart rate was 169, pretty stable too. came 1/2 a step from stepping on another snake, just as it was getting dark, then the traffic started up on the road with no shoulder and high weeds. i hate snakes.
i have to throw out props to jeff who is killing mile after mile.
on another note, since i haven't been running as much my strength training and yoga hasn't been getting done either. after my hunting trip i have to get back to running pretty hard to get back on track for the st jude's marathon.
thought of the day: "the turtle only makes progress when he sticks his head out." (author escapes me right now) otherwise he is just sitting in his shell, in his comfort zone, not really in danger, but not gaining anything either. have you ever seen a turtle on the road, when the first car passes, the turtle just shuts up in his shell and basically waits for a car to hit him. his only hope is for the next drivers to spot him in time and swerve to miss him. he is leaving his entire existence up to the responsibility of the drivers. i don't see many turtles on the roads where i run, based on the drivers, i would say the turtles were wiped out years ago.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
No running this week
no running yet this week. i have really been concentrating on getting my bow ready (i leave in 10 days) and i have made very good progress so far. i plan to get back on track tomorrow. i need to keep running to stay in shape for the elk too and so i can continue my schedule when i get back. i really need jeff to push me to get restarted when i get back. i think todd will be pushing me too.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Uh Oh
well, i am way off track, funny how it seems like i have had more energy at night now that i haven't ran in nearly a week. we are going on a trip tomorrow, hopefully i will have some time to run (although it may be on a treadmill). i have been shooting my bow a little more lately, like i said before, that is a priority over running for now and i have been pretty busy lately. i have not been shooting my bow nearly as much as i want. funny how i was running anywhere from 40 min to just over an hour 3 nights a week and then 2.5-3.5 hours on the weekend and last week i ran 2 nights and none this week and still haven't been able to shoot my bow even 30 minutes every other day. i have just over 2 weeks before i leave for colorado, have to shoot shoot shoot. i will keep you posted.
luckily i have been eating better lately (most likely because emily is on a healthy kick again) so my weight is pretty stable. hopefully on monday i will be able to shoot and run and get back on track. last year i was running about the same and shooting my bow at least every other day. weird how things change.
thought of the day: if you are expending a large amount of energy and then quit expending that much energy, you suddenly have more energy to expend, and i am expent.
luckily i have been eating better lately (most likely because emily is on a healthy kick again) so my weight is pretty stable. hopefully on monday i will be able to shoot and run and get back on track. last year i was running about the same and shooting my bow at least every other day. weird how things change.
thought of the day: if you are expending a large amount of energy and then quit expending that much energy, you suddenly have more energy to expend, and i am expent.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Free Four
today i ran a "semi-free" four miles. i didn't wear a gps, heart rate monitor, or my running watch. i did wear my regular watch, so i did time my run, and i did run on a trail that i had marked, it is pretty close. so i ran 4 miles, maybe a little more. it took me 42:13, a 10:33 pace. one day, when i am finished with the training schedule, i am going to really free run. run with no gadgets and no predetermined length or time. it felt much cooler this afternoon but just as humid, once again i couldn't breathe for a mile or so at the start of the run, and my legs were a little sore. i wore some new shoes. i sent my sauconys back, they hurt my right foot, and they sent me a new pair, i think with some new insoles they will be good, they do seem to weigh a little more though.
i leave for colorado in 3 weeks, from here on out i will have to concentrate on shooting my bow instead of running. i am still gonna be running, have to so i will be able to run the marathon in dec, but i haven't been shooting my bow at all this summer, so i have to work on that more for now.
thought of the day: you can run until your legs fall off, but that doesn't seem like it would help you reach your goal.
i leave for colorado in 3 weeks, from here on out i will have to concentrate on shooting my bow instead of running. i am still gonna be running, have to so i will be able to run the marathon in dec, but i haven't been shooting my bow at all this summer, so i have to work on that more for now.
thought of the day: you can run until your legs fall off, but that doesn't seem like it would help you reach your goal.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Felt Like a Breeze
I did 4 miles last night, this week is another "resting" week. i did this 4 miles faster than any other 4 miles this year. about 1 minute faster. not that i was really trying, but my parents were coming over so i was trying to get back before they got here. once again my gps quit working for a while, this time i think the battery died, it never came back on. i did have to guess at the mileage, but i am sure i ran at least 4 miles. my time was 38:36, which is a pace of 9:39. i felt pretty good for the entire run, except the raw spot on my second toe was really hurting.
thought of the day (new to me but maybe you've heard it before): worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but you don't get anywhere. not sure who said it, but i kind of liked it.
on call tonight, didn't get home until 9:30pm, skipping yoga.
thought of the day (new to me but maybe you've heard it before): worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but you don't get anywhere. not sure who said it, but i kind of liked it.
on call tonight, didn't get home until 9:30pm, skipping yoga.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Why?
today i did the scheduled 16 miles. i didn't do it yesterday because i did not get up in time (wanted to try to get it done before it got hot) and i decided it was going to be too hot in the afternoon to run, besides, we were having emily's mom over for supper. so i decided to get up this morning and run before church. my plan was to start at 6am. by the time i got everything ready and out the door it was 6:20. i thought i still had time to make the run and get to church by 9:45, wrong. i finished the run at 9:44, and even if i had gone straight to church, was really in no shape to be there. so i stretched a little, layed down for a little and then took a shower and got ready.
here are my splits, didn't use heart rate monitor, it is starting to dig into my sides a little.
.5= 5.29
1.0= 11.11 5.42
1.5= 17.01 5.49
2.0= 22.58 5.57
2.5= 29.02 6.04
3.0= 35.07 6.04
3.5= 41.04 5.57
4.0= 47.11 6.07
4.5= 53.15 6.04
5.0= 59.34 6.18
5.5= 65.38 6.04
6.0= 71.56 6.18
6.5= 78.01 6.04
7.0= 84.05 6.04
7.5= 90.05 6.00
8.0= 96.09 6.04
8.5= 102.28 6.18
9.0= 108.43 6.14
9.5= 115.55 7.11
10.0= 122.10 6.14
10.5= 128.39 6.29
11.0= 135.33 6.54
11.5= 142.09 6.36
12.0= 148.53 6.43
12.5= 154.50 5.57
13.0= 161.54 7.04
13.5= 168.38 6.43
14.0= 175.50 7.11
14.5= 182.40 6.50
15.0= 190.24 7.44
15.5= 197.29 7.04
16.0= 204.09 6.39
during the run i drank 4 pounds of gatorade and took 4 of the gu gels. when i got back home i drank another pound and a half of tea. after that i weighed myself and was still 4 pounds lighter than just before the run. at mile 5 and 1/2 i got chased by a boxer. at mile 9, i was back home to switch out my water bottles (i bought 4 extra with 2 extra belt hooks so i can carry 6 bottles at a time or switch out all 4). then i was back on the road. i did walk for 1 minute at mile 12 and 1/2, 1 and 1/2 minutes at mile 13 and 1/2 and 30 seconds at mile 14 and 1/2. one other notable event is that i had placed a piece of tape on my right big toe because last week my second toe had rubbed a pretty big blister on that toe. however, the tape did not help. i didn't cover the entire big toe and ended up getting a blister on the big toe anyway, and the tape rubbed my second toe raw. it started hurting me right around mile 1 and didn't stop until i was finished. also, just after mile 15.5 i was heading up the last and biggest hill and right as i got to the top my right side started hurting really bad, making it really hard to breathe. i finished the run but that made it very tough.
thought of the day: this thought came to me as i was on the home stretch and my side and toe were aching extremely bad. i thought to myself, "why do i want to hurt this bad just to be able to say i have run this far?" the only reason i can come up with is because i am pretty dumb. i know it is not because i enjoy pain, i do not enjoy pain. can't really come up with anything else right now. after thinking about it for a minute, i guess the answer has to be elk. i want to be in great shape when i go to the mountains hunting in less than a month.
here are my splits, didn't use heart rate monitor, it is starting to dig into my sides a little.
.5= 5.29
1.0= 11.11 5.42
1.5= 17.01 5.49
2.0= 22.58 5.57
2.5= 29.02 6.04
3.0= 35.07 6.04
3.5= 41.04 5.57
4.0= 47.11 6.07
4.5= 53.15 6.04
5.0= 59.34 6.18
5.5= 65.38 6.04
6.0= 71.56 6.18
6.5= 78.01 6.04
7.0= 84.05 6.04
7.5= 90.05 6.00
8.0= 96.09 6.04
8.5= 102.28 6.18
9.0= 108.43 6.14
9.5= 115.55 7.11
10.0= 122.10 6.14
10.5= 128.39 6.29
11.0= 135.33 6.54
11.5= 142.09 6.36
12.0= 148.53 6.43
12.5= 154.50 5.57
13.0= 161.54 7.04
13.5= 168.38 6.43
14.0= 175.50 7.11
14.5= 182.40 6.50
15.0= 190.24 7.44
15.5= 197.29 7.04
16.0= 204.09 6.39
during the run i drank 4 pounds of gatorade and took 4 of the gu gels. when i got back home i drank another pound and a half of tea. after that i weighed myself and was still 4 pounds lighter than just before the run. at mile 5 and 1/2 i got chased by a boxer. at mile 9, i was back home to switch out my water bottles (i bought 4 extra with 2 extra belt hooks so i can carry 6 bottles at a time or switch out all 4). then i was back on the road. i did walk for 1 minute at mile 12 and 1/2, 1 and 1/2 minutes at mile 13 and 1/2 and 30 seconds at mile 14 and 1/2. one other notable event is that i had placed a piece of tape on my right big toe because last week my second toe had rubbed a pretty big blister on that toe. however, the tape did not help. i didn't cover the entire big toe and ended up getting a blister on the big toe anyway, and the tape rubbed my second toe raw. it started hurting me right around mile 1 and didn't stop until i was finished. also, just after mile 15.5 i was heading up the last and biggest hill and right as i got to the top my right side started hurting really bad, making it really hard to breathe. i finished the run but that made it very tough.
thought of the day: this thought came to me as i was on the home stretch and my side and toe were aching extremely bad. i thought to myself, "why do i want to hurt this bad just to be able to say i have run this far?" the only reason i can come up with is because i am pretty dumb. i know it is not because i enjoy pain, i do not enjoy pain. can't really come up with anything else right now. after thinking about it for a minute, i guess the answer has to be elk. i want to be in great shape when i go to the mountains hunting in less than a month.
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