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.

Deschutes Dash 5K

It's been quite a year for me in running. I ran the Deschutes Dash 5k on July 17, I was hoping to get under 24 minutes. I ran a 22:09!! Awesome! My best time ever! I got 17th overall out of 139, 4th again in my age group. (3rd time in a row)
This was my 20th race in my running life!!

Pacific Crest 10K

Great Day for a run! I ran a 48:14, my best 10K time. I got 27th out of 410 runners, 4th in my age group, and I was in the top ten in the Overall Masters finishers.
This was my 4th different event in the Pacific Crest since 2007. Next year, I'm thinking of doing one of the duathlons.

2nd Marathon in the books

Saturday I ran my 2nd marathon and it went pretty well. I was hoping for a time between 4:00-4:30 and I ran a 4:32:36. Everything was going well till about mile 18, when my IT Band starting hurting. I had to walk a few times to help relieved the pain. I had some Advil with me, so I took that and it helped me finish strong. I came in 4th in my age group and 34th out of 74 finishers.
Looking forward to my next run, a 10K on June 26th and then a half marathon on Sept. 4.
=)

Back to Good

Finally! Calf is doing good! I ran the Salmon Run 5k last Saturday (5/7) and ran my best official 5k time. 23:54! I got 2nd in my age group and 20th overall! I didn't even push it too much, I didn't want my calf to start hurting. Calf did feel good and even ran other 4 miles later that day. I also ran 10 mile on Sunday and felt even better!!

Calf injury

Well, things were going great till last Saturday, 4/23. Headed out for a 12 mile run and a mile into it, BAM! Calf cramped up on me bad. I tried to stretch it out, but didn't help. I ended up walking home with my head down. Here it its Friday, 4/29 and still can't run. going to the LMT to get the calf worked on, hopefully get back into training next week.