Weekly 9/5 9/12 9/19

Wow that three weeks went by really fast.  Kassidy has started Soccer, Brock has started baseball, bought a new car and I have been very busy at work.  The other day I put in a vote for 26 hour days, I think with 2 extra hours I would be able to get everything done.

Over the last three weeks I have had to fight a rib injury for the first two and an ankle injury for the last two.  ICE has become a huge friend of mine.  This last Saturday they brought two trash cans full of Ice Water to stand in after the run.  The first two minutes were hell but after that everything went numb.  As I am writing today I must say the whole body feels really good. 


Lessons Learned:
KFC two hours before a run is not recommended.

ICE is my friend.

Running in a Group is a lot of fun and makes the time fly.  (Thanks to all my Round Rock Fit friends)


Could I run a marathon next week?
It is starting to feel like a real possibility.

  8/30   4.08 miles 42:02
  8/31   4.22 miles 43:02
  9/02   3.75 miles 38.36
  9/04   5.49 miles 57:04
          17.54 miles total

  9/06 4.90 miles    48:16
  9/07 4.23 miles    41:49
  9/10 3.21 miles    31:17
  9/11 5.14 miles 1:04:50
        17.48 miles total 

  9/13 3.20 miles    32:32
  9/14 1.71 miles    25:48
  9/16 4.23 miles    52:02
  9/18 6.00 miles    58:54
        15.14 miles total  

Weekly Update 8/22 8/29

Week 8/22
8/21 was the first official group run with Round Rock Fit, actually it was a 3 mile pace run to determine the group that we would be in.  I must say I felt guilty because the pace run was only three miles and Saturday is supposed to be my long run.  I am really glad that I decided to join the group and have already met many great people with the same goal in mind, to finish the marathon.  One of the guys in the group was 70+ years old and has ran 49 marathons in the past 7 years, AMAZING.   

Week 8/29

Another great week of running increased my miles back up a notch and everything was going well.  Then on 8/29 I was headed to do some cross training on my Mt. Bike and I was in a car accident and totaled my vehicle, which is also the reason I am late with this post.  Luckily there were no major injuries, just some bruised ribs.  I was actually able to run both Monday and Tuesday, however today my ribs are pretty sore so I may take Thursday off, we will see how I feel in the morning.

  8/16   2.86 miles 26:27
  8/17   2.86 miles 24:12
  8/20   3.78 miles 35.36
  8/21   2.98 miles 26:38
          12.48 miles total
 
  8/23 3.77 miles 38:26
  8/24 4.23 miles 42:36
  8/26 3.76 miles 32:24
  8/28 5.60 miles 54:50
        17.36 miles total