running

I have to start running again soon

I have to try....

Life can sure be challenging.  A couple of months ago I went to a physical therapy/ chiropractor place to make a concerted attempt to finally fix my ongoing plantar issue.  It didn't work.  I probably needed to go longer but simply could not afford it.  As of Oct 1 I had maintained my 20 mile weeks for 19 years and 4 months.  The big goal was 20 years but it was not to be.  I officially threw in the towel mid October when I realized my plantar was going to prevent me from anymore running.  I resigned myself to no more running.  I had a nice fall back with morning and evening doggie walks.  That is actually going pretty good.  As of today I/ we have 23 miles so far this month.  Pretty darn good if you ask me. 

This past Saturday morning Misty, doggie and I did the short 3 mile version of Kens and afterwards I couldn't get trails and endurance off my damn mind.  The rest of the weekend I was envisioning myself hiking/ walking the 25k at Bandera in January.  I even fantasized about hiking/ walking the 50k.  I guess my trail life may not be over with yet.

I'm going to really attempt to be aggressive and start working that knot in my foot with the lacrosse ball.  It hurts like hell but I have to try......

kilometers

So my 57 for 57 plan didn't quite work out as planned.  Life and my right foot conspired to shift the plan to 57 kilometers instead.  Oh well, that's the way it seems to go lately.  I'll just keep on trying to keep on I suppose.

15

Had a great 15 miler at Barton Creek this morning.  I finished in 3:30, hiking the HOL in under 10 minutes.  Very encouraged with today's run however my plantar is pretty flaired up post run today.   I've decided that I'll do the 25k at Warda.  Our upcoming weekend schedule only allows me one long run between now and the race and that's not enough.  That will work fine.  I have plenty of time to build up my mileage and hill strength for Bandera and continue to work on getting my plantar fixed too.

black

I left out that the one friend is WHITE, everybody else is black

minority

I get so fucking tired of being in the minority all the time.  Gun control, politics, race, Confederate flag, anthem kneeling, our fucking dangerous, idiotic President....thankfully I have one friend who sees things the way I do....I'll keep biting my tongue.....

20.0059464817

1 mile doggie run/walk followed by 10 miles at Townlake this morning.  Operation 57 for 57 is alive.  However, I did have a hitch in the giddyup and missed my 4 miler yesterday morning.  I purposely got an earlier start (4:45a) than originally planned to possibly get back one of the miles I missed yesterday.  That was not it be though.  10 was it for today.  Oh well, I'll get caught up.  Even with a lot of stretching my plantar is hurting pretty good post run this morning.  I'll get it figured out though.  A little funny though.  The last 2 months I haven't gotten my minimum miles to quite maintain my 20 mile weeks, or so I thought.  As of yesterday I'm at 20.0059464817 miles per week.  I almost laughed out loud when I saw that number.  Anyway, I'm hanging in there.  As of today I need 599 miles by 6/1/18 to get my 20 miles for 20 years.....