Who has 2 thumbs and is a slacker?

This guy (imagine me pointing at myself with my thumbs) very disappointed with myself. We have been doing a DIY kitchen remodel and it has been long hours which equals little to no running. I havent run since last week on Tuesday so well over a week off. All the time on my knees doing flooring has really made me feel like I have "old man knees" and hopefully that will clear up soon so I can feel good about life again. I was supposed to run this am with mike, but my kiddo turned down the volume on my alarm clock and I didnt wake up naturally at 4:30am (imagine that!). Anyway, volume has been readjusted, and will be checked regularly. I will do a run this weekend for sure.

Seatbelts.

We dont need no water

I spilled water all over my macbook today. it sucks. I am worried that I will have to buy a new macbook.

However, I did spill the water after I got back from a 4.6 mile run. I felt rough, I am pretty sore from all the running and cycling I have been doing. I will blame the water spill on soreness and muscle fatigue. yeah.. yeah... thats the ticket!

seatbelts

mind your agua

Double Digits

Did a double digit (10) run today with Mike, and a couple of other guys, Bill and Mark. It was challenging for some reason. I was dogging it at the end of the run, definitely been a while since I ran that distance! I got home and we played with Ari for a bit and then around 9am he took a nap, and so did I! I slept till 11:30 and it was glorious, I totally couldve slept more. Here is what Ive eaten since I got up. I ate a Snickers Marathon energy bar before the run, then when I got home, I drank a glass of chocolate milk as a recovery drink (very good, btw) then I took my nap, and now its 12:30 and I am cooking some chicken to have with some vegies and rice. However, while that cooks, I am making coffee, eating a cookie, a cheeze stick, and drinking a coke (I am a pepsi man). I really dont eat horribly, but I really dont eat great either. I need to work on this somehow. Any eating advice is welcome.

Seatbelts.

Woah...

It has been awhile since Ive updated. Im not doing too good right now at posting my runs. However, I have been running... probably not as much as I should, at least, I feel that way, but I have been running. Last week I did a couple of BP runs with Mike where we did pick-ups for 1/4 mile every lap. It was great. Yesterday I did 9 with mike with 7 pickups for the run. I was surprised at how good I felt during the whole ordeal. Its probably the longest Ive run in months! Mike is gearing up for Run Like Hell in Oct, I cant do that race b/c I will be in Missouri visiting my family. Im going to try to hook up with Mark Maus and run with him the morning of the college football game. Hopefully that works out. We will have to do 13.1 to mimick the 1/2 marathon I will be missing out on! Im trying to cycle train on off days, which I did this am for about an hour. Anyway...

Seatbelts

been a while...

Its been a while since I last posted anything, there maybe some repeat info, but mostly new. I ran on Wed and Fri with mike. We did hills on Wed and I ran 6 with him on Fri, we did some speed pickups every lap, it was good. We finally got all moved in, and on Mon, Tues, and Thurs, I did cycling on the trainer. It was fun. Sorry for the weak post, it will get better, I promise. I am still settling into a new routine at our new house!

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Moving Blues...

I havent run since Friday! We started moving from our Apt. on Thurs and it has been crazy busy since. Trying to re-organize is a pain. I have however, set up my trainer in the garage (thats right, I have a garage now) and have cycled in the am the past 2 mornings. I think that is going to be my non-running day thing I do to keep moving. It was hard getting up early today. We finished V for Vendetta last night and it didnt get over until after 11, so it was hard getting up at 5am, Ari got up at 4 and cried, so we both got up to try to calm him down. So I reset my alarm for 5:50 and woke up at 5:47. I was seriously thinking about hitting the old snooze button but thought better of it and hopped on the bike and listened to some UYD.

Seatbelts...

flipping the script

Wut Up!! I was supposed to do hills today with mike, ran to meet him, and he said he just wanted to do some recovery running. I was so down with that. We ran over 6 and it was good. We ran at a nice relaxed pace and had a nice chin wag (chat). Last week I ran a grand total of 6.18 miles. How embarassing! I totally shouldve ran more.

I feel like I get into this Give Up/Try Hard cycle with my running. I havent really given up, but I feel like that last week was sort of a rest week and I need to slowly ramp up so I dont burn myself out.

I have some plans to do just 1 lap at bush park, then do like a calisthenics routine, then do a cool down lap. I am gonna check www.runnersworld.com for some shiz to rock.

Cheers Everyone.

Seatbelts