Hmmm I dunno

2 mile walk just keeping the blood flowing with a low impact walk...tomorrow if I don't have any grreat soreness I will run slowly for 2.  I really don't want to have it flare up more than it is before sat.  I will run the marathon and after if I need to recover, then thats fine.  stupid foot.  lol too bad I can't just float down the river.

Just a short mild 2.5 to keep it all together....lol....I hope the fishing is good this weekend. :D

On our way to run with the Salmon!  Will update as possible!

PEACE OUT HOMIES!

Salmon Marathon...Sweet!  Finally Race Day.  Wendy and I met JD, Lysa, Stacie, Erin, and Cameron ( the best support guy ever ) and had a quick bite to eat, then loaded up on the last bus to the start.    It was pretty cool at the start around the low 40's, but they have a little school house they open for the runners to stay warm.  We only had about a 15 min wait, I kissed Wendy and we were off.  I started with just my shirt and shorts because I really like the cool temps.  Apart from the speedsters, I noticed right off that I was passing a bunch of people but I couldn't find JD, I figured that he took off and was ahead of me somewhere.  Around the first mile mark I looked back and there was JD coming up strong!  I realized I was running a much quicker pace than I had planned for, but I felt good so I thought I'd ride it out for a couple of miles and then scale it back.  Whats funny is at dinner the night before I joked about running fast and then dealing with the wall when it came. Little did I know that I was totally foreshadowing my race. lol  Anyway back to the race... at mile 7 my IT band started giving me that twinge so I tried different strides until I could manage it.  I managed to stay in the 8:30 range on my pace too.  I hit the half at 1:48: 40 and still felt great so I kept trying to keep a good pace.  When I turned up the out and back (mile 14-17) I was dreading it because this stupid not steep hill saps my strength.  I was shocked  when the mens half marathon leader past me and then a couple of minutes later the womens leader past me.  Last year I ran into the end of the pack for the Halfer's.  Anyway I saw James as he was coming back down and realized I was only about 3/4s of a mile behind him.  I got to the turn around and managed to get my pace back into the 9 minute range  a couple of more times and then... BAAMM!!! This huge wall smacked me in the face.  Wow that hurt I had a couple of ten minute times a 12 minute mile a couple of fourteen minute miles and finished out with an 11:30 on 26.  Overall I took 45 mins of my previous PR, and learned that I have the abilty to go farther than I thought at a faster pace.  And that wall I hit because of the faster pace kicked my butt.  Oh well It was still awesome and I can't wait for the next one.  PS Wendy is a butt kicker because she didn't train and was ahead of her PR from last year until she twisted her knee at mile 21 on a cattle guard crossing.  She still finished though and only twenty minutes behind her previous time.  It was awesome to have all the people go up with us and enjoy it all!  Thanks everyone YOU ALL ROCK! 

Damn cold.  My legs feel pretty good now and as soon as my cold leaves me I will hit the road.  It feels like forever since the marathon and I'm lookin for the next obscure race.  Any Ideas?

First day back and my left IT band said OUCH!  I haven't felt it at all until I ran about .3 miles so I had to stop and stretch and walk, then run til it hurt and start over.  Damn I thought I was GTG but aparently not.  I'll have to see what the roller can do for me.

Peace Out Homies!

Another day of jog/walk.  My IT seems to be a little more mild today...slow recovery I wanna run now dangit!

Improvement?  maybe... Wendy and I went to the kids Jog-a-Thon and ran with them.  I had no IT pain at all!  I ran with Carter and we ran around a 9:45 pace.  Wendy ran with Carson at around a 11:00 minute pace.  I've been hitting the stretching and roller everyday and I think I got most of the knots in my hips worked out.  Tomorrow I will go for a slow run and see how I feel.

Kinda dismal 2.  It started out ok I was at about a 8:30 pace until about 3/4 mile when I felt my old nemisis the left IT.  It was kinda twingy not really a sharp pain, but it felt like it could go there at any second.  It really pissed me off, so I kept running through it until I got to the hill coming home and then I pushed too hard.  I had to walk for about 20 secs, as soon as I couldn't feel it I started running again and made it home.  I finished out right close to a 9 min pace.  I'm gonna roll and stretch. I can feel the knot in my hip thats causing it. maybe I should go the Master Pain Dealer and have him work on it again.  I am happy I made it out though other than the IT everything else felt great.