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

Fantasy Football Video

Check me out throwing out some football knowledge.

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3 Days, 2 Runs, 1 Tired Guy

On Thursday,  the 23rd, I did an interval run at night, along the river on the Prairie Path. Having the only light I could see being the lighter colored rocks in the woods makes you move a little faster. Broken into 4 sprints, here are the times in order; #1 (1.5 miles )12:32, #2 (0.9 miles )7:29, #3 ( 0.9 miles) 7:04, #4 (1.5 )10:22   Here's my route. In total  4.8 miles, 37:29

 In the middle of one of my breaks, I decided to shoot a little video for my fantasy football video blog.

Then on Saturday, I went for a hot midday run from home  along Indian Trail Road, all the way to Eola.  Temps topped around 92 degrees between 3:30-4:30. It was hard  to not focus on how dry my mouth was getting. I would give myself a mouthful of water every 3-5 minutes, to make sure I didn't over heat. Didn't see any other runners out, so once again I am either the most extreme distance runner in the area or the dumbest. The out was around 2.9 miles which I did in 24:44 and my back time was 23:35. Nice negative split! Here's my route.
In total 5.8 miles, 48:20.

Tennis, please!

On Saturday I got to do something that I hadn't done in awhile. I was finally able to have some time and someone to play tennis with. My buddy, Jim, invited me up to the local high school courts by his place. 

Before I left, I had checked the radar and I could see that there was a storm coming, but it looked like we would still be able to get in some good swings. The drive out was uneventful and no rain. By the time we started walking out to the courts it was starting to sprinkling. 

We were able to warm up but as soon as we started into playing a set it started to rain a little harder. As we played the wind picked up and well as the humidity. Then all of a sudden, I felt a really cold breeze and the humidity dropped and the storm got angrier. The rain turned colder and harder, then into very small hail. The rain started coming don in sheets, but we continued to play. Having to account for 50mph gusts made the match interesting. We finally had to suspend play, because there was about a half inch of water on the court and on a soft serve or a ball with any kind of spin would just die in the water.

Today I'm watching a little Olympics, right now its the Men's Gold Medal Tennis match between Roger Federer and Andy Murray. I plan on doing my quick circuit routine of Pushups, Pullups, Planks, Flutter Kicks, Curls, Flys & Situps, before I go for a run. Not sure how far I will go or even where, but i need to go for one. Anyways, hopefully I'll be back on later tonight with my run info.

I'm the worst Blogger ever!

Sunday, July 27th
Another Run with Bobby, this one was on the Prairie Path W1, as well as many more to come.

Distance - 4.5 miles
Time - 36:21=total, 19:03/out, 17:17/back
Pace - 8:04

Tuesday, July 31
After going to Hollywood Casino and stuffing myself on the buffet then watching Vanessa win big, then proceeded to refuse to walk away from the machine as it took all her money. Needless to say I needed to go for a run.

I decided to head east on the Prairie Path E1. Yesterday I dicovered the Woodland Swamp County Forest Preserve with a trail. It ends up onto Felten Rd. which ends up back at the path. The only problem with the prairie path is the buzzing from the electrical wires, it gives me a headache if I'm under it too long. So I sidetracked and on the way back home I cut through a park up to Molitor and head back home. Overall it was a fairly short run, but I pushed it and it was nice to get back out.

My calendar is now full of days to run. Since we've moved into the new place I have been putting things in my sight line to remind me to do pullups or pushups. I've noticed my self feeling stronger and having more energy, which is awesome. Now back to work for the next 48 hours, then I get my weekend off hopefully be bck on here and talking about a run on Friday as well as my updated, Year to Date Total Miles!

Dist - 2.7 miles
Time - 19:40/loop
Pace - 7:16

Another Farm Run

After a busy day I thought I should hit the pavement on this balmy June Saturday evening. I was battling with the brake pads for a couple hours in the afternoon heat. I also managed to do an oil change and grab a few things from Menards for the garden.

My run route wasn't decided until I had to make a decision on whether to run east or west on Theodore. Of course I decided to head west. I knew most of the mile markers so I figured I'd push myself a little bit.

The first mile was slow an easy since it was so hot I didn't want to go crazy. After running down Theo, I took a left onto Ridge and pushed myself uphill for about a quarter mile stretch then it was a nice smooth half mile southerly length to Black Rd. which I finally head east.

The 3 mile marker is the start of the open field that I run through. It slows me down some, but I make sure I'm keeping my knees up and pushing it. The turn north onto County Line is mostly uphill. It's a nice way to finish a tough and hot run. My last mile was actually quite fast. Here are my stats:

Dist: 5.0 miles
Time: 37:57
Pace: 7:35
M1 - 8:03
M2 - 7:50
M3 - 7:15
M4 - 7:41
M5 - 7:06
Temp - 83*

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