Marathon Training

It's been a while since I posted. The marathon training has been going really good! I added a marathon race before my training marathon, the Eugene Marathon on April 29! Long story short, my wife's brother was going to run it, but due to an injury had to bag out. He already paid for a hotel and asked if Jan and I wanted it to spend a weekend in Eugene. I thought since I had a 24-26 mile training run on that day, I would use the Eugene Marathon for a training run. My main focus is still the Newport Marathon on June 2, but the Eugene should be a great experience!!!

2011 Running Year

Well, it was my best year yet in running. Every year I have increased my mileage and have gotten faster in my races. I ran 9 races year, 1 marathon, 1 half, 3 10k, 3 5k and the run portion of the Pole, Pedal, Paddle. I got in 1,901 miles of running, too. Even with an ankle injury, I was able to get close to my original goal of 2,000 miles.

December Running

Well, I'm almost to the end of the year. I plan to take the last week of the year off, but I think it will be hard, because I'm also taking that week off at work. I might need something to keep me out of trouble. Maybe cycling the last week would be a nice change. I had a goal of running 2,000 miles this year. I'm going to miss that by about 100 miles, but on a good note I ran 9 races this year! More than ever before!! Between running, cycling, and hiking, I have put 2,400+ miles in this year!!
I'm looking forward to next year, I plan to run smarter, not harder. As I get older, it seems smarter works better. I thank my body for holding up and getting me through another year of running, I have felt so alive these past 4+ years! I thank my wife for putting up with all the time I spent running. She a great wife and my best friend.

November Run

It's been another good month of running. Here it is only November 26th and I got 203 miles in this month. Another 13 miles, I will pass my all time high of 215 miles for one month! I've ran 10+ miles now for 11 straight runs! I'm so thankful to be able to be running so strong! Awesome!

October 200

I had a goal to run 200 miles in, October and I did it. In fact, I did 202 miles! Felt really good. I still think I will fall short of my goal of 2,000 miles for the year, but that's ok. It's been my best of running so far, so no complaints!

September balance

September has been a busy month with running, hiking, working, and home life. It's been hard to find a balance that keeps all happy. I love all equally, but I need to remember that keeping the home life happy, makes for happier running and hiking. I wish I could share my joys of running and hiking, but like a person trying to quit smoke, it needs to be done by ones own time.....

2nd Half in the books

Wow! What a year its been for me in running.
Ran the Sunriver (Half) Marathon for a Cause on Sunday (9/4) and I really had no goal time that I want to get for this one. I haven't trained too much, because I have been doing lots of hiking on the weekend. So most or all my running has been during the week. No speed work or hills workouts, just running.
So when I finished with a time of 1:46:46, 7 minutes better than my previous half, I was pretty shocked and very happy. I got 4th again in my AG for the 4th time in a row....crazy! 32nd overall out of 294.

This has been an awesome year of running for me, because I have been able to get a personal best in all distances that I have ran, 5k, 10K, Half, and Marathon.