Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Today was a good day...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
New Year
So begins a New Year, new challenges... New friendships will grow, perhaps some old ones will fade.
2010 had a lot of things to be thankful for, some great times with my running, and some challenges with life, running, and the pursuit of happiness.
My goal this year is to enjoy life. Nothing more nothing less.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Another season coming to a close
So this is the second year @ Aloha HS working with the Warrior XC program. Last year was much easier when I wasn't working for 2 months, so juggling work, coaching the kids, coaching my wife, and getting my own running back on track, it's been a crazy last 2 months.
The good news is that I'm running strong again. The new shoes are certainly helping out a lot... yes Marvin, it's gotta be the shoes.
The kids did great this season. We had hopes that the girls could possibly make it to state, which would have made an amazing season for them unbelievable. When the dust settled today, they finished third, which was great... but 3 points out of second place. It was a heart breaker, but they gave it their absolute best and ran their hearts out. That's all we expect out of them. On paper, Westview looked to be the #2 team and we did our best to break them up. Annie will be going on to state along with Alex on the boys side. So, it's back to LCC again to a course that I know all too well having run it multiple times in my day.
Now that time will be a little less hectic I can get my mileage back up and start to think about Eugene. 2:45... we'll see.
The good news is that I'm running strong again. The new shoes are certainly helping out a lot... yes Marvin, it's gotta be the shoes.
The kids did great this season. We had hopes that the girls could possibly make it to state, which would have made an amazing season for them unbelievable. When the dust settled today, they finished third, which was great... but 3 points out of second place. It was a heart breaker, but they gave it their absolute best and ran their hearts out. That's all we expect out of them. On paper, Westview looked to be the #2 team and we did our best to break them up. Annie will be going on to state along with Alex on the boys side. So, it's back to LCC again to a course that I know all too well having run it multiple times in my day.
Now that time will be a little less hectic I can get my mileage back up and start to think about Eugene. 2:45... we'll see.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Starting over
So after a rather long hiatus, I have started the road back again. Back in May I started to have some problems with my plantar fascia. Ironically it was on the left foot... which didn't make me happy at all. I tried to run through June but quickly realized that I was going to need to shut it down for a while.
A quick trip to the doc confirmed what I already knew. The therapy included lots of stretching and sleeping with a night splint. Do you know how fun it is to sleep with one of those on when it's 100 degrees out and approaching 80 in the house? Not very... but I will admit that it did help tremendously.
Through August I was able to start back up running again but was limited initially to 4-5 miles at a slow pace and could not run consecutive days. Even then I thought that I may need a shot to get through this.
So here we are now... it's September and I've avoided the need for shots, I'm back to being able to run consecutive days, and I've been able to actually test out the strength of my foot. I've lost speed and lots of endurance, but I really can't complain.
I ran a 3k XC race with the kids last night and although I was slower than I thought I could do (probably because I was more focused on pushing Andrea than my own time - she nailed her predicted time!), it went very well. 11:46 for this old phart...
Pints to Pasta is a go! It won't be my best performance, but it will be good to race again.
A quick trip to the doc confirmed what I already knew. The therapy included lots of stretching and sleeping with a night splint. Do you know how fun it is to sleep with one of those on when it's 100 degrees out and approaching 80 in the house? Not very... but I will admit that it did help tremendously.
Through August I was able to start back up running again but was limited initially to 4-5 miles at a slow pace and could not run consecutive days. Even then I thought that I may need a shot to get through this.
So here we are now... it's September and I've avoided the need for shots, I'm back to being able to run consecutive days, and I've been able to actually test out the strength of my foot. I've lost speed and lots of endurance, but I really can't complain.
I ran a 3k XC race with the kids last night and although I was slower than I thought I could do (probably because I was more focused on pushing Andrea than my own time - she nailed her predicted time!), it went very well. 11:46 for this old phart...
Pints to Pasta is a go! It won't be my best performance, but it will be good to race again.
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