Lenox Winter Vacation

Arrived Saturday in Lenox for some snow and cold. Big storm walloping the east coast with New England expected to get hit hard Saturday night. Woke up Sundy morning... not a flake. Just cold and blustery. Doah!
Was hoping to replace some miles of running with snowshoeing.

Wizard of Voz

Talia, now 6 years old and a voracious reader, just watched the "Wizard of Oz" again for the 1st time in a year or so. She always thought it was the Wizard of 'VOZ' rather than "OZ". Easy to mistake the difference if you've only heard the name but never read it yourself. How cool.

Holy Shit- I ran 18 miles yesterday

Ran to Saguaro at the Broadway trailhead, then to the main loop. Instead of turning around at the Visitor's center, I kept going around the loop. Achilles was killing me the whole way, but the rest of the body was fine. Feeling fatigued 1 day later, but great. No pain. I really shouldn't vary from my training plan so much, but it was a beautiful day and I couldn't stop running.

Hoping I don't hurt myself. 15 more weeks to the LA Marathon.

130.71 Miles in November

According to my Nike+ log, I did 19 runs for a total of 130.71mi at an average pace of 8:02/mi. I think it's overestimating by about 4-5%, but still, that's way more than I've ever run in a month before.

I'm generally fatigued and always fighting off the next potential injury- but my LA Marathon Training is still on track.

Back to Running- with a New Goal

The calf is feeling capable and I'm back to running. Really enjoyed a 15mi run up reddington pass last weekend, so it got me thinking. I'm in position to train for a marathon. First time in my life.

We'll see what happens as I work through the training program, but right now I'm 17-1/2 weeks from the LA Marathon.

I feel like I'm at base camp at Everest with a goal in sight. It's taken almost 2 years to get to base camp. If I don't summit (26.2) on 3/21, then I sign up for another and try again.

5K run- won my first race (sort of)

I was nearly crying inside as I watched the half marathoners start and run off without me and my soleus. Damn soleus. Nevertheless, it was a beautiful morning and I trotted off on the 5K run. I started towards the back, went out slow and comfortably, not trying to race, but just enjoy the ride. I did slalom between the cones and stretched out my legs as they began to warm up to the race. Grabbed gatorade at the half way point (Note to self, gatorade doesn't taste good until 10 miles) and then missed the turnaround... probably cost me a good 15 to 20 seconds.

Passed one person after another and ran down a 27 year old woman on the final few hundred yards.

Surprise- I ended up 9th overall (out of 209), 7:35 pace and 1st place in the 45-49 age group. Got a nice etched beer mug as a prize. cool!

http://www.everyoneruns.net/results_details.asp?RaceID=13&ResultsID=37

http://www.everyoneruns.net/results_details.asp?RaceID=13&ResultsID=38

2 days to go

I've gotten in 3 easy 3-mile runs on the treadmill. Soleus wasn't especially sore today after the run. I'm thinking I might be able to do the half, but it certainly would be a risk to the fragile soleus. Plus, I haven't trained in 3 weeks. don't know what to do. Aaargh!