Ran the 7 mile Mo-Pac to I35 loop at Lady Bird this morning in 1:10. I ran at a pretty good pace and got in a couple of good walk breaks. My time includes a cool down walk across the footbridge. No residual soreness from the hill repeats yesterday.

I'm really going to try to get in another 7 tomorrow morning. That's going to be a bit tough because I'll have to be packed up for our trip to Houston when I leave the house tomorrow morning.



Feb....102

2010....158

Steve and I did 3 Jester hill repeats for a total of 5 miles this morning!! It took us almost exactly an hour.

Pretty excited about starting some hill training towards Cactus Rose. Today sort of makes it feel official.

Yesterday morning I mentioned to Misty that I was thinking of moving down to the 50k at Hell's Hills. She encouraged me to stick with the 50 mile even if I'm super slow. That's all I needed to hear. I love her!!


Feb....95

2010....151

Got in another 4 miles today. I wanted to take advantage of the gorgeous weather!!


Feb....90


2010....146

Got in 14 miles at Barton Creek. Had planned on getting in 21 but had enough of the muck and cashed it in. Physically I felt good and my time was 3:05. I'm so ready for the weather to clear up.

Feb....86

2010....142

Had a good 7 mile run with Steve and Shan. We started at the 1st St parking lot and ran Longhorn Dam around Lamar and back in 1:07. The consensus opinion is that loop is longer than 7 miles. Our time did not reflect our effort at all.

Continuing to wear the boot at nite.....brought a frozen water bottle to roll my foot several times during the day. I'll also be rolling my foot with the TP ball frequently.

Feb....72

2010....128

Ran the 7 mile Mopac- I35 loop at Lady Bird this morning. It was freaking cold!!! I didn't bust it too hard....running and walking it in 1:11 including a cool down walk on the footbridge under Mopac. It was a good "time on feet" workout.

Physically everything is feeling okay except for my right plantar. It won't seem to go away. I do need to roll it more often and I did sleep with the boot last nite. I'm going to continue with the boot for a while. I'm hoping it's the shoes (Brooks Cascadia. I hadn't a problem in years until I started wearing them. I pulled the trigger on some La Sportiva's today. Mark Lindsey raves about them so I'm hoping they workout well.

So far so good this week with the higher mileage....and the forecast now has NO rain for Thursday morning!!!


Feb...65

2010...121

Ran 7 miles downtown from my office to LadyBird in 1:10. Good run. Took it easy....mixed in some walking....good long cool down walk.

Feb...58

2010...114

Excellent workout this morning at my Mom's house.

5 sets of jumping jacks, abs and pushups

300 jumping jacks

110 reps of abs

65 pushups

Got in an early 7 miler with Sam V at Barton Creek this morning in around 1:30.

Really have to focus on a good higher mileage week next week!!

Ran 7 miles this morning from downtown and part of LadyBird Lake in 1:08 with Shan and Steve.

Thankfully, it was just cold and NOT RAINY. The time is a bit slow because we had fairly lengthy stops at 1st and 15th streets for red lights and.....Shan's shoe came untied twice. I love it when that happens!!!

I asked Steve to pace me the 4th loop at Cactus Rose. He said he'd give it some thought. I also emailed Doug, Shan's main squeeze, to see if he would pace me the 3rd loop.

On our run this morning we talked about easing into some Jester repeats to get my body ready for the hills at Bandera.

The mental prep begins NOW!!

Plans are to run 10-12 miles with Sam tomorrow morning!!

Ran 7 miles this morning downtown. I started at our office, ran down to Lady Bird. Ran to Mopac then to Congress and back to the office in 1:10. Felt good. Pretty chilly morning.

I need to do the same thing tomorrow morning just in case I wimp out Thursday with the wintry mix the weather guys are predicting.

30 minutes of yoga this morning with Misty. I really need to start doing this regularly.

Ran 14 miles at Barton Creek in 3:04 from the HOL. I was expecting to have the trail all to myself today but when I drove up I was surprised to find there were already several cars parked.

It was Roger Davis and Michael Sawyer with a Jemez training group. There were several other peeps I knew. Murali, Bhavesh and David J.

I ended up running most of the way with Murali and a guy named John who seen at races.

It was a very good run!!

Ran 10 miles this morning at Lady Bird. Did the first 7 with Shan and Steve in 1:03:32. We got a water refill, walked across the footbridge under Mopac then I ran the 3 mile loop alone. Total time was 1:43:50.

Not bad for being my 2nd run in 2 weeks. I was super pleased with the first 7, considering I talked pretty much the whole way and stayed in oxygen debt.

Also......seriously considering doing the Cactus Rose 100 on Oct 30. Lots to consider with this one. Runners provide all their own aid except ice and water.....and I would need at least 1 pacer and a crew (Misty) and hopefully a couple of other peeps. AND...it's a bitch. This would easily be the hardest run I've lined up for!!

We'll see.

First run in almost 2 weeks. Ran Lady Bird from the zero marker at the 1st St parking lot east to Pleasant Valley....Longhorn Dam and back to 1st St. 6 miles in a shade over 1 hour.

Good to be back running now if the weather will cooperate some. No biggie though, I'll have to get out in it. Lost 140 bucks the last 2 months due to not being able to run in events I've signed up for. The super cold weekend got my Bandera 100k and my Dad's passing caused me to miss the Rocky Raccoon 50 mile this Saturday.

Oh well, time to look ahead. I've got 2 months to get ready for Hell's Hills 50 miler in Smithville. Looking forward to getting in a good long run.