been meaning to post...

Ive been meaning to post about his past weeks runs for a while now, but I just keep putting it off. I ran 9 on Sunday with William, it was awesome - I dont know whats up, but you just cant ask for better weather lately, especially for december running! I ran on Monday with Mike, I only did 4.5 because my knees were really sore, I think its because it was getting ready to rain - ive got screws in my right knee and I swear it hurts when the weather changes for the worse. I ran again on Wednesday, this time I did 7.5 and it was a good run. Im planning on meeting up with Mike on Friday and running with William again on Saturday before he does his Corvallis 5k.

Forerunner news! I was using a Garmin Forerunner 50 that I got for Christmas last year. THe only reason I asked for it was because one of Garmins product specialists told me it was Mac compatible. It was not. Well... I kept asking Garmin when it was going to become mac compatible and they kept saying "this date.. no, now its this date..." and so on. I got fed up with it and asked them to exchange it for a Forerunner 305. Its a bit fancier and its actually what I wanted for Christmas last year, but it was too expensive to ask for! So, I mailed the FR50 to them yesterday, and should be getting the FR305 in return, hopefully next week sometime! I am really excited about it.

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this past week...

This past week I ran on Monday, Wednesday, and today (Friday). I did 6 on Monday, 7.5 on Wed, and 7.5 today. It all felt really good. My seven and a halfer today was awesome, every lap was faster than the last and I feel like I couldve gone longer. Im gonna try to run with William on Sunday am, hopefully I will fare better on Ball Breaker hill than I did last time!!

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lots of updates!

Okay, heres the situation, my parents went away for a weeks vacation... but seriously, I did a nice 6 miler with studer at 5am on this past Friday, felt great, then went home, showered and slept till 10am, it was glorious. Then, William (Trail Series Champ) got in touch with me and we ran at a sweet spot today, we did about 6. It wouldve been fun to go longer, but alas, duty called. This run today was amazing, we started early and it was all foggy and then the further we climbed, the fog cleared. By the time the sun rose, we had some great views of Mt. Jefferson and other scenic views. To get to these views, we ran up a hill that I dubbed "Ball Breaker Hill". It was seriously breaking my balls to get up it. I am really looking forward to running with William again! Gonna run with the Studer tomorrow, 5am. Should be a good run, lots to talk about! Cheers everyone.

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6 with speed

Did a six miler with the studerbaker this am with a fair amount of speed worked into it. I did 4 laps at Bush, with my 3rd being the fastest, but the 4th wasnt too far off. I am feeling like I need to ramp my training up just a bit, like adding another 5 or 6 miler into the week to up my mileage and to get ready for ultra training. Im not sure how to work it all out, but will need to take some time soon and figure out a training schedule.

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best run in over a year!

Yesterday am, I did 10+ with mike and it was seriously my best run in a long, long time. Everything just worked, you know? In terms of speed and consistency, each lap got faster and faster and my final lap was the fastest of 'em all! I had a really good speed burst for the final 200m or so. With Cascade 1/2 only a couple of months away, I feel really good about it. Yesterdays run put me over 35 miles for the week. That hasnt happened in quite a while.

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still rollin along

This week I did a 6 miler on Wed with Mike and again today. Seriously felt great during both of'em. made me wish I had more time in the am for running. Too bad stupid things like work get in the way. We are planning on a 12 miler tomorrow, maybe 16 if there is time. It all depends on what time we start up. I am hoping for a 12 at 5am.

I bought some stuff from Hammer Nutrition for the first time a bit ago. Because I was a first time customer they threw in a bunch of free samples, I was stoked! I was most excited about the Recoverite I bought. I use it after longer runs and it really helps with post run soreness. Havent been disappointed yet!

How is everyone else doing?

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double digits again.... finally

Well, back at it. Mike and I did 12+ this am. I definitely hadnt planned on doing that much, but at 10.5 we were both like, "well... lets do one more lap!" conditions were perfect, no rain, not too chilly, it was awesome out. We wouldve been stupid not to do as much as we could! I feel pretty good about it. My next race is the Cascade 1/2 and 2 months out Im already at the distance. So, hopefully by January, I will be in better shape and ready to run it!

Yesterday morning I went and watched a Cyclocross race. It was amazing! The whole atmosphere was electric! It totally made me want to go buy a xc bike and get after it. My bud Mike did the race on his old mountain bike, and really had fun. I took a ton of pics, so I will try to post some of'em in the future.

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