A Good Week of Running

Finally. This may have been my best week of running since the Portland Marathon last October. Last week I missed several days on the roads and totaled just 30 miles for the week. This week I managed to get 6 days in and 60 miles! Not only did I get in the miles but I made the mental leap to stay with the sub 3 hour guys for on the runs our mileage coincides. Adding 4 or 5 miles per week I will get to my80+ MPW goal in 4 weeks.

A Possible Breakthrough

Whoo I feel good... da da da da da da... A little James Brown to start off the day!

Yesterday's run with Team Rogue started out pretty much like all of them had for the past 8 months. I didn't really know how far I would go or how fast I would run or who I would run with. I had in mind going 10 and asked around and found folks running 6,8 & 12. I decided to not decide and just see where it all went. I latched on to Larry and Jim who had said they were going 12. I have watched Jim steadily pull away from me over the past year and as Larry loves to point out he is just plain faster than I am or will ever be. :-) We were running my least favorite route of all time (don't want to get in trouble so I won't say any names) but I knew if I got dropped I could find my way back to Rogue. As expected, Jim and Larry began to pull away from me after a couple of miles. To my surprise though, I was able to stay within half a block and never lost contact. Well except that part around the UT Main Building where I ended up in a dead end courtyard for the Student Union. The pace was quicker than anything I have managed for a very long time but it felt GREAT! I wondered if I would suffer later in the day but had no ill effects.

This morning, I got a late start but managed to get in 5 miles in the heat and humidity. Tomorrow I am going to see if I can hang with these guys for the long run.

CALI <3. CALI <3. CALI <3.