thursday

Doggie is getting back in shape, 4 miles in 46 minutes this morning in the 'hood!  It's still January by the way.  34 this morning!!

Marine

One of my Marine buddy's sent us some old pics from our days in the Suck (Marine Corps) yesterday.  One of them was my 2 roommates Mark H  and Jay H.  A wave of nostalgia came over me all of a sudden.  I sat for a minute and thought about the time I'd spent with those guys.  Mark and I were roommates about half or more of my 4 years.  Jay was a year ahead of us and became my A Chief when I became section chief.  He was my right hand man.  He was a pretty manic dude too, always up to some kind of mischief but a great artillery man.  Mark was a brooding sort of guy from Ft Smith Arkansas who was still madly in love with a gal from home.  He spent a lot of time talking about her.  He also liked to eat the occasional tab of acid.  One day he ate some during the work day and had a bad trip and escaped to our barracks room and climbed the walls for hours he told me later.  Thankfully for him no one missed him that day.

The internet and FB are amazing tools.  In the span of an hour I researched both Mark and Jay.  I found Mark's daughter on FB, friended her and then sought out Jay.  What I found was his obituary.  He passed away last spring.  After some more searching I found his brother on FB and chatted with him.  Apparently Jay died in his sleep after years of using pain meds for ailments he suffered from for years.

One of my main memories was of listening to a lot of Crosby, Stills and Nash and Neil young in our barracks room with with those guys.  Oh and lots and lots of beer and weed too....maybe that was the breeding ground for my love for that music now.....

I need to make sure I continue cultivating the relationships I have with my Marine buds.

life

Another family 3 miler this morning!  Afterward I did 120 crunches, 40 push ups and a bunch of stretching!  Life is good!

beautiful

Misty, doggie and I did a good run/walk for 3 miles of Kens trail yesterday.  What a fantastic weekend it was to get back to some easy running. Beautiful weather!!  I've done a lot of post run stretching and am feeling pretty darn good, besides the plantar.  Yesterday on the short downhills at Kens I could really tell how much stronger I am from doing the lunges the last 2 months.  I can't remember feeling that stable in my knee and quad area on the downs!!   When I made up my mind to get back to running my plan was to run for at least several months before resuming the lunges but I think I've changed mind.  I think it would be a great idea to do some after every run that way rest days are rest days.

cortisone

Misty and I did the Pleasant Valley to Lamar loop yesterday morning in 1:37.  Pretty slow but that's to be expected since this was my 2nd run in 8 weeks.  I felt pretty good overall.  Felt sort of heavy but it'll get better.  I did a lot of stretching yesterday evening and feel pretty good besides my plantar that's not healed.  I really find it hard to believe that after only very easy walking the last 2 months that it hasn't just healed on it's own.   It was actually quite painful yesterday evening.  I'm kicking myself for not getting the cortisone shot already.....

thursday

2 mile doggie walk and 20 reverse lunges this morning

wednesday

50 burpees in 30 minutes this morning

streak

I'm going to start running again Feb 1.  My feet won't be healed but I'm going for it anyway.   I've decided that my 20 mile per week streak is too important to let it simply fade away.  I'm at 19'538 now.  I'm gonna get to the 20k mark and reevaluate then.  All I need is 87 miles per month to hang on.  As of Feb 1 I'm at 20.03 miles per week since 6/1/98.  So, this'll take me past the 19 year mark and shortly after that I'll pass the 20k mark.  I've always included any walking I've done so it won't necessarily be all running.  I'm really excited about starting back running!!

resolutions

My New Years resolutions are going well.  I've eaten a cup of oatmeal with blueberries and banana in it for breakfast every day this year so far.  I'm really enjoying it!  That was my Mom's breakfast every day.  Seems right to carry it on.  I haven't meditated every day but am in a good weekday routine with it.  We'll see what the results are down the road.

200 crunches this morning

sunday

70 lunges and 70 pushups in an hour on Sunday!!

cold

Cold ass early morning doggie walk.  22 degree wind chill!!

5 sets each of 10 lunges and 10 pushups!!

thursday

Lots of jumping jacks and leg lifts!! Lower abs getting stronger!!

tuesday

1 mile fast walk with doggie this morning.  130 high butterfly kicks, 40 lunges and 30 pushups.