walk

Nice easy 2 mile walk in the 'hood this morning.

weak

52 miles in 15:35 Saturday/ Sunday.  We hear the term, "it's relative", all the time.  Relatively speaking my performance this weekend was pretty weak and disappointing. I need to look at my events list but I don't think I've ever run 50 miles slower than 12hrs.  I've been working harder than usual the past several months on core stuff but haven't gotten in many long runs.  And, I've been abusing myself pretty good with beer lately too.  How many people can say in a 7 day period they got drunk enough to fall down on their front porch and have trouble getting up and inside their house by themselves AND run 50 miles?  Well this guy can I'm ashamed to say.  It's the truth though and maybe putting it out here like this will help me slow down some.

This past weekend is the last event where I'll attempt to go longer than 50 miles or 100k.  I'm just not up for the mental stress and challenge of staying up thru the night any longer.  I'm thinking the Tejas 250 would be a great challenge along with the Bandera 50k or even 100k thrown in for good measure.

Oh, and no more loops at Run Like the Wind for me.  Sam needs solid volunteer support from people who are focused only on volunteering, not muddying the waters by participating too.

discipline

Shan and I had a good Thursday morning run.   We ran 1:07.09 so I feel like I redeemed myself a bit from last Thursday.  Last week I just wasn't feeling it.  I'm really happy with our time considering all the talking I did.  Shan probably did 2/3 of the talking though.  I texted her afterward and suggested to her that we could have run 1:05 or faster if Mark or Steve had joined in to share in the conversation.  Oh well, it was a good time as usual!!

I was perusing another running blog (JT) and saw that he lists what he does for each day of the week.  I've made some adjustments to my blog to start doing that.  If I'm committed to putting down a plan every Sunday for what my plans are for each day of the week maybe just maybe that'll add some discipline to my life.

plan

7 miles at Forest Ridge in 1:45 yesterday after work.  Decent run considering I've only run a few times this month.  My knees (specifically left) were hurting pretty much constantly after the 35 minute point. I have been a little lax in doing lunges regularly but I've got to figure out something soon.  I'm really tiring of this but I'm not throwing in the towel.  On a knee related note I'm signed up for the 24hr this Saturday/ Sunday at Run Like the Wind in south Austin.  Even with the knee issues I'm excited about the run.  It's going to be fun to see how it turns out\.  How far I can go, what my state of mind is, the dynamics of the event, the weather etc.....

As I'm writing this I'm realizing that I haven't finished an event since the 11/12 Wild Hare 50 mile!!  16 months!!  I've been signed up for at least 2 events that outside forces kept me from starting so I really feel like I need to have a good 2014 in regards to events!!  Here's my plan so far.

Run Like the Wind 3/19

Hogs Hunt 50k Huntsville May 10

Long Rick Run July 12 (4 out and backs at Barton Creek OR see how many miles I can do at Townlake during their open hours 5am-10pm

Lighthouse 50k Blanco Sep 20

Cactus 50m or 100m Bandera Oct 25

Wild Hare 50m Warda Nov 22 (depending on CR 100)

walk

Mark texted this morning that he was tired so it was just Shan and I for the weekly run.  Sort of glad Mark wasn't along.  I really wasn't feeling it this morning so I was glad when Shan agreed to mix in a few walk breaks.  Even with 3 walk breaks and a potty break we still went around in 1:11.  Pretty darn good for "not feeling it".

I've been getting some calisthenics fairly regularly but haven't posted about it.

rustic

I'M DAMN TIRED OF SITTING!!!   Our office moved Tue Feb 25 so it's only taken 6 days of total sitting to start inflaming my piriformis.  I had a stand up desk along with my normal desk at the other office for the last 6+ years.  My practice is to keep my laptop and a phone slip pad on the stand up that way if I need/want to look at my computer I'm forced to stand, and with my headset I can take phone calls.  The stand up was originally a patio table at my bosses house.  He wanted to get rid of it so I asked him if I could bring it to the office and he said okay.  My best guess is that I normally spend 40% of my day at my stand up but since the move I'm sitting 95% of the time and it's killing me.
Our old office was old and pretty beat up so having a rustic table inside was okay.  Our new office is a normal office.  New carpet, fresh paint and a normal office setting so my plan was to not bring the stand up until I could put a new top on it and paint the legs.  The plan has changed to me painting the legs after work today while I drink some IPA's and Sam is going to help move it to my office tomorrow on his way to work. I'll put a table cloth on it until I can get the new piece of stained and finished wood on it.

Had a good solo Thursday morning run.  I started off not pushing too hard and then a couple of miles in I thought I'd test my theory about mixing in some walking but still having a decent run time.  Well, sure enough it worked out.  I mixed in 5 walk breaks and ran 1:07.12.  Right there with other recent runs.  It felt good to be running AND taking some breaks.  I'm pretty sure it's been a long time since anyone was stuck running Thursday morning all by themselves.  I suppose I shouldn't say "stuck".  I'm good running alone anytime.

easy

6 miles in the hood this morning in 1:10.  Took it easy since I'll be busting it hard with Mark tomorrow morning.  Shan will be gone on vacation.

500

500 jumping jacks to get the weekend kicked off!!

Also a couple of sets of steps using a sturdy wooden stool built by Misty's Uncle Gene.  I need to start incorporating those once a week.