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November 29th, 2008

Ran a good run

Soo far soo good…. Next Sunday I run 26.2 miles in Vegas. I was in vegas for Thanksgiving and I was able to drive some of the course, Las vegas Blvd needs a lot of work, there is a lot of construction on the strip and the road is full of pot holes and uneven pavement. It rained quite a bit and flooded a few streets, I can’t wait to see how this event will unfold with weather and the changing hands from Devine racing to the Rock and Roll companies.

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/29/2008
Time: 12:00:00
Total Time: 1:00:00.00
Distance: 7.45 miles
Average Pace: 8:03.22/mile

November 23rd, 2008

Taper time !!!

All good.

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/23/2008
Time: 08:00:00
Total Time: 1:29:00.00
Distance: 10 miles
Average Pace: 8:54.12/mile

November 20th, 2008

Taper time.

My Seventeen week marathon training program in mild weather and a day or two of heat, wet and one day of coyotes is all winding down to just a trickle of running. Nine miles this Sunday and then next Sunday eight. I feel like a small kid that’s leaving Disneyland, all the fun behind me and now only memories…but wait what about 26.2 in a few days? For me the marathon run is a thing I do for timing and to guage how much or how little effort I put in my training and yes to try for a new PR. At the starting line I bring my shoes and bib, timing chip and the training of Seventeen weeks of fun. Oh and I broke 900 running miles yesterday for the year, Wow! and in 2003 I was counting the stairs I had to climb and using handicap restrooms, never giving up does payoff, and the fruits of determination are sweet!!!

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/20/2008
Time: 21:00:00
Total Time: 00:30:00.00
Distance: 3 miles
Average Pace: 10:00/mile

November 16th, 2008

In celebration of Las vegas marathon I tried to run black jack, but only came up with 2 face cards.

This is my luck, tried to do 21 miles today and at mile 19 I was done. It was very hot and the wind was blowing hard, I felt like a strip of meat in a dehydration machine, beef jerky anyone ? Hot and very dry wind blowing from the east to west. This was a good weekend, Saturday I was able to fly my daughter around San Diego With my instructor. We flew a piper archer it’s a little bigger than the one I train in but it’s easier to fly, She loved it and to bring something new in a childs life is a great thing to do, now she has tasted flight in a whole new way, like teaching them how to ride a bike or swim a memory that they can grow on. I would say this was a perfect weekend. This was my marathon today, training to this point and now my taper runs I’m ready and in a few weeks I get to play in Vegas, It’s a fun 26.2 miles and all the months of running and time I put in to this will show by my finish time if all goes well. Flying, running it’s all the same to me, A blast, I guess that’s why I am all over the board today on this post.

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/16/2008
Time: 07:30:00
Total Time: 3:20:00.00
Distance: 20.16 miles
Average Pace: 9:55.04/mile

November 12th, 2008

Ran a good run

Gu and shot blocks work well for me.

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/12/2008
Total Time: 00:45:00.00
Distance: 5 miles
Average Pace: 8:59.73/mile

November 11th, 2008

Ran five miles

All good, today another five then Sunday in the spirit of the Las Vegas Marathon I will try to run Black Jack as my peak run, then its all down hill from there.

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/11/2008
Time: 20:00:00
Total Time: 00:45:00.00
Distance: 5 miles
Average Pace: 8:59.73/mile

November 9th, 2008

20 mile run

Ran good. 18 mile taper next week. I looked at the time again and again and I did run this in 3:06:30 and thats with 2 GU stops and four red lights, I’m impressed.

Found myself in the moment again, the perfect balance of energy needed vs energy stored breathing in vs oxygen needed. I know there must be a formula that we all have to be in perfect balance with our bodies and I will figure this out someday for now I’m just in awe of being in that place and I will keep going there as long as I can, it’s not running in that place that i’m in it’s really feels like I belong there, no running discomfort only peace, must be like deep yoga of somthing along the same lines, however I tried yoga and I never felt nothing other than thinking I was sitting there with my eyes closed and waiting for something to happen, it never did. More deep thought from a guy that must be real tired to come up with this stuff or not ?

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/09/2008
Time: 12:06:51
Total Time: 3:06:30.00
Distance: 20.11 miles
Average Pace: 9:16.41/mile

November 6th, 2008

Ran a good run

All good.

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/06/2008
Time: 19:00:00
Total Time: 00:45:00.00
Distance: 4.76 miles
Average Pace: 9:26.93/mile

November 5th, 2008

Ran a short run

Ran a small run a little fast or a little slow it matters not just go! go! go!

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/05/2008
Total Time: 00:20:00.00
Distance: 2.25 miles
Average Pace: 8:53.33/mile

November 4th, 2008

Ran a good run

Had a good run, tomorrow I try again. Getting ready for Vegas I’m looking forward to the great task ahead of me. When I think of running 26 miles forget the .2, I shake my head and just have to say wow the things I have overcame in my training over the last three years, not just the running part that seems so small to all the other life stuff that has happened to me and my family. looking back I think as people have said that near death experences when people say that they have seen the light and all of their past family and friends are waiting there for them it seems kinda like the ending of the marathon of life, like a real marathon people are waiting ? The late nite ramblings of a real tired marathoner, until tomorrow.

Workout:

Type: Run
Date: 11/04/2008
Time: 19:00:00
Total Time: 1:00:00.00
Distance: 6.5 miles
Average Pace: 9:13.85/mile

Run :	106.7	-	72.4%
Strength:	40.6	-	27.6%
Other:	0.0	-	0.0%
Total:	147.4

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November 29th, 2008

Ran a good run

November 23rd, 2008

Taper time !!!

November 20th, 2008

Taper time.

November 16th, 2008

In celebration of Las vegas marathon I tried to run black jack, but only came up with 2 face cards.

November 12th, 2008

Ran a good run

November 11th, 2008

Ran five miles

November 9th, 2008

20 mile run

November 6th, 2008

Ran a good run

November 5th, 2008

Ran a short run

November 4th, 2008

Ran a good run

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