Recovering at Home

After running the 25K River Bank Run at a snail’s pace, I went with a group of guys to move a hot tub and lay sod. Boy am I sore now! As I recover at home, I wonder what will be my next milestone event. I haven’t raced in 10 years, but I want to improve. Right now, I’m considering:

Reeds Lake Triathalon

Grand Rapids Marathon

I’m open to any other ideas. I know I need a lot more distance, speed and hill work though.

Drifting Home …

I’ve run a dozen miles, in the dark, uphill (and barefoot) since my last post. Still, I’m only 0.1 miles ahead of Bill Faber. That guy is a machine! He’s relentless in his pursuits … including his demands that I remove our running log from December 2006. So, I’m caving! I’ve moved last year’s columns.

I’m not used to running in this cold. I think I need to get a face mask. I’m pretty warm when I’m moving, but the wind really cuts into my face. I’ve never had any problems running with my 60GB iPod until the weather dipped below freezing. Now, it stops or sputters every few miles.

Home-Again!

Working from home again today. I ran 6.0 miles yesterday and need to do another 5.0 to keep up with BP! These runs are taking a long time. I feel healthy, but SLOW. I’ll update the spreadsheet after I run. I wonder what my total miles will be for the first week and month of 2007…

Update: I ended up running another 8.0 miles today. A very hilly route.

Home-Movies

We finally made the ride to Camp Geneva. The 20-mile route is described in a previous post. Only five (good) men did the trip, but it was nice. There was a tail-wind and the rain held off. It was a cold and windy day, but the chicken and afternoon service was awesome! Here’s a short movie of the trip.

Home-Maze

I ran about 9 miles today. It may have been closer to ten miles after getting lost in a trailer park maze. Shortcuts rarely pay off! This was probably one of my last good runs before next weekend. Classes start in the morning!

Home-Banking

Not much running. I’ll try to get out today. In addition to biking to and from work on Friday, I did my banking via bike on Saturday. Together, I went about 40 miles. I’m still feeling like a slug for not running. I would like to keep biking to work. It will need to be Tuesday and Thursday though. I have to take a bunch of boys to school MWF! I hope to run those days.

Home-In-Record-Time

I went for a ride with Scott Nibblelink Sunday. He said he would go about five miles and hadn’t been out much this year. His wife (Terri) warned me that he was very competitive and was no doubt setting me up. Sure enough…I rode over to his house and he was ready for a triathalon. Road bike, the shoes, camel pak, shades…the works.

I did my best to stay up with him, but he smoked me on the hills. I NEED A ROAD BIKE!! This hybrid is OK for the trails, but sends all my effort to the front shocks. I did get my revenge when Scott went down a hill and lost his back tire. He managed to dump in the grass and suffered no damage/injuries. You can see the area at about the 18.5 mile mark of my roughly 23 mile ride.

Home-Run

Well, I got back to running today. Here’s my 11 mile route. Not a stellar pace, but I feel like I’ve hit a home-run mileage wise. According to this blog, I’ve completed over 400 miles  (running and biking) since the start of July. Respectable for a inactive old guy!

Home After Dark

I biked about 33 miles tonight. It was so dark by time I got home. I really need to get some kind of light for biking and running. The route down south (Sandy Pines – Dorr) was very hilly.

Home-Front

I ran late tonight to avoid the heat. After eight miles, I still arrived home dripping wet. A storm front chased me the entire time. This weather is too hot! There’s only a small window each day to get in a workout.

I’ll call this an endurance run with some hill work. I ran on the golf course. That feels good on the knees!