Night Run!

Monday Night Marywood Run

Total Miles - 4.2
Total Time - 32:33   out - 17:39  back - 14:53
Pace - 7:45 min/mile

YTD Miles - 173.5

Weight - 167 lbs.
Temp - 44*


Gear:
UA Storm RPM Spine
UA Run Pant
UA Leggings
UA Run T-Shirt
UA Wind Jacket
FA Cloud Layer
EB Headlamp
Timex Ironman Watch

Another Blog?

Yes, I'm going to attempt to keep up with another one. If your interested in cooking, woodworking, gardening or anything else random I come up with to do, keep an eye out for my page.

Ronnie's Hobby Corner

Exercise Calendar

Here's a look at my workouts over the past few weeks.

Run with Bobby!

Thursday Swamp Preserve Run with Bobby.

Total Miles - 2.6

Total Time - 20:11

Pace - 7:45 min/mile

Temp - 45* 10 mph wind

YTD Mileage - 169.3 miles

Gear:

UA Storm RPM Spine Shoes

UA Run Pants

UA Long Sleeve Tee

FA Cloud Layer

Jack Daniel's Mesh Trucker Hat

iPhone + headphones

1 water bottle

Here are a bunch of photos that Bobby and I took:

Spooky Woods Run

Halloween Night Run Route

Total Miles - 5.5
Total Time - 42:50
Pace - 7:46 min/mile

Gear:
UA Track Pants
UA Charged Cotton
FA Cloud Layer
UA Storm Spine
iPhone + headphones
1 water bottle
Suunto Watch t3c



Good sprint down hill past Broadway.
Lots of geese in Memorial park, used tunnel
Cop blocked trailhead and had to improvise
Passed two sets of 3 kids, neither of them was dressed up, just up to trouble.

Sunday Sunset

Sunday Night Run Route

Total Miles - 8.8             Total Time - 71:16               Pace - 8:06 min/mile

1st Mile - 8:16                 Last Mile - 7:45             Out - 36:42   Back - 34:34

 After watching the Bears come back to win against the Panthers, I attempted to watch the late games but neither the lackluster effort of the Cowboys to start the game against the Giants, otherwise my only other option was the Cheifs/Raider game, no thanks. So I decided to get outside and run.

Moon over Bridge

The temp had started to dip by the time I made it outside around 5 pm. The temp was around the upper 40s for the start of my run. I had mapped out a path on the Prairie Path heading east and ending just past 88 by the kids store. It ended up being one of my longer runs in a long time.

Running towards a rising moon and away from a setting sun. Battling or Fighting Spheres as I mentioned in the video. Enjoy!

Squeezed In Another Run

So this morning I managed to sneak in another run right before I went to work. Once again, I just run down the IL Prairie Path down to Indian Trail. It was the same route that I did yesterday, but I smoked my time, cutting almost 4 minutes off. With the music pumping through my headphones, helped me keep my fast pace. After the run I made sure to chug a EAS protein shake.

With my early work schedule tomorrow, I'm not sure if I'll be able to get a run in before work, but I'm gonna try to make sure I do yoga and then go for a run after my dentist appointment.

Happy Running everyone!

Total Miles - 2.5
Total Time - 17:48    out-9:03  back-8:44
Pace - 7:07 min/mile


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Run for a Cause!!

Tuesday's Run Route - Run to the River Lot

Total Miles - 4.3
Total Time - 38:45  out-19:54 back 18:51
Pace - 9:00 min/mile

Wednesday's Run Route - Run to Indian Trail

Total Miles - 2.5
Total Time - 21:31 out-10:57 back-10:34
Pace - 8:36 min/mile

The last few days have been some of the toughest ones ever. So far the only way to get a clear head was to go for a run. Having not really done to much at all over the summer, makes me very disappointed. My year-to-date total is 149.9 miles. Which is well below what I wanted to be at so far this year, and my 2 races are much less then I wanted to do. With new found energy, I've been hitting the pavement hard this week and hoping to avoid previous weeks, where I end up following them up with nothing is a thing of the past. I still plan on trying to qualify for an Ironman Triathlon  by the time I'm 35, now I just have a little more work to do.

I am also hoping to find some causes to run for. My obvious first few choices are anything for Mental Health, Concussion Awareness and Rehab, & Cystic Fibrosis. If any of you have any specific runs or charities for either of these please post below. I'm also up for any other 5K/10K/Half or Marathon that would support a worthy cause. If there are any runners who have been doing this for awhile and have good ideas for fundraising, please let me know.

As many of you know Vanessa has been overcoming her head trauma injury, but still has a long way to go. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. She is the kindest and sweetest girl I've ever meet, and has unfairly had to battle so many things that she never deserved to deal with. Keep her in your thoughts. I run for her.

Sunday Run

My Sunday morning run. Ran with some headphones and enjoy the cooler winds that were blowing the entire time. Overall, a very nice run down Indian Trail Rd. to Eola and past my new favorite horse farm.

Total milage - 5.75 mi
Total time - 46:58
Out - 24:19 Back w/ break - 22:38
Pace - 8:09 pace

Also knocked out 55 push-ups so far today.

Fantasy Video and 1000 Views!!

Here's the link to my Weeks 1 & 2 Video. Also thanks to everybody, I'm gonna make it over 1000 page views!!

Weekend Runs

I managed to get a couple weekend runs in one Saturday and one on Monday. Still don't know how far they were I'll find out that tonight.

Here are some notes I wrote down about Satruday's Run. May not make any sense, but at least I'll know what it means and it can help me remember how that run went. Here you go:

Total Miles - 6.9
Total Time - 55:41  out-27:53 back 27:48
Pace - 8:04 min/mile
# - 169.2
Temp - 77* 30% Humidity 2mph NW

Started off chasing biker on PPath
Lots of Cattails along the river
Heat hit me hard to start
Quick pace
Stops at Crossing
Lots of Wildlife; bunnies, butterflies, squirrels & birds
All the way to River Rd, Construction
Someones dog wanted to run with me
Hispanic Festival and Carnival in parking lot.
Boat on the river made some calming waves on the shore

40 Pushups before run
35 Pushups after
10 Pullups

Monday's Run

Total Miles - 2.5
Total Time - 19:25  out-9:59 back-9:26
Pace - 7:46 min/mile

Draft Board

Here are some shots of the draft board. A little late but oh well. Fantasy Video should be up on Sunday.

A Day for Andrea!!

An idea inspired by my Aunt Janet, turned into a bittersweet day. Vanessa and I are so grateful that Meleah was able to get a new pair of lungs to finally have the chance to breathe. At the same time we know someone or in this case a family had to lose a daughter. We all thank Andrea for being a donor, and our hearts go out to her family on what would have been her 17th birthday. You can check out all the other people flying balloons around the world for Andrea, here.

I'm a donor, are you?

Challenge failed!

Yesterday I challenged myself to do a short run before work. I did wake up to my alarms, but I didn't get out of bed. At the time, my stomach was not doing very well and continued to bother me most of the day. Also my allegries were really asking up so it was hard to breathe.

Excuses, Excuses!

Maybe by some miracle I'll actually wake up and get up tomorrow, even though I work 2 hours earlier then I did today. Well I'm going to make myself do some pullups and pushups before I go to bed, maybe that will carry over into the morning and motivate me out the door and onto the trails.

Happy running everyone!!

YTD Totals

So far in 2012, I have ran 127.9 miles. It's a much lower number then what I was hoping to have by this point in the year. I've got a lot of miles to make up if I'm going to be anywhere near my New Year's Resolution of 500 miles. Only 372.1 miles to go!!

Cat Video...

I have started producing a cat video of our little friends. I figure cat videos can drum up a lot of attention and I've got some cute kitties. Here's an uneventful preview:

I Challenge Myself To....

I challenge myself to run the route I did today, tomorrow morning before work. If I get up at 10 am I'll have plenty of time to get to work at noon. I ran west on the prairie path, taking a shortcut through the neighboring parking lot of one of the apartment complexes on my street which is next to the path.

Down the path and crossing over Church St. and underneath the dense canopy of the forest trail, which made it feel much more humid then it actually was. Coming to a clearing of trees you get to feel the cool air for about 35 seconds before being engulfed by the tree cover. Sprinting all the way to the northern edge of the trail on Indian Trail Rd. Then turning around and picking up stride in hopes of cutting 2 minutes off my time on the way back.

Zooming down the trail with the dark night looming,  I was consistently checking my 6,  I was always making sure it was clear. It makes you go so much faster when you just pretend that someone is chasing you through the woods, as long as you keep your form. The way back was a LOT faster, and was under a beautiful sunset sky of pinks, purples, and blues. It felt good to go fast and to get a good sweat in, in such a short time. Well here are the numbers:

Distance - 2.5 miles
Time :19:08, 10:19-out 8:49-back
Pace - 7:39 per mile
Temp - 75*
Hum - 53%
Wgt - 172.5 #

Purple Balloon Release for Andrea

My cousin, Meleah, received a double lung transplant from Andrea Cleveland, who would have turned  17 this Saturday, Sept 8. Take a picture of yourself releasing a purple balloon by 1pm and post here with your name and location. Thank you for your support.

Coming soon...

Work on Week 1 Fantasy Football Video is underway. We will have a Draft Breakdown, Trivia, Highlights and a Field Goal! Look for it next week!

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Also should have my Year-to-Date mileage in the near future.

Last Saturday's Run

Took Molitor down to Church and went north over the closed bridge over Interstate 88 and through the construction on the other side. Once over I wove my way threw corporate warehouses and small start-ups. As I reached the top of warehouse hill I could see a few houses and a narrow counrty road would be my path. Having to jump from the ditch to the road as cars came by became a point of focus to distract myself from the steep climb over another bridge crossing back south over 88. I passed cute small houses packed together in the neighborhood behind the Church St. Park. Then I found myself home.

The run had some mist sprinkled in throughout the entire run. Which felt amazing and kept me cool

Here's my route.

Distance - 4.5 miles
Time : 39:07
Pace - 8:41 per mile