DO you ever get to spread out to accomplish anything?

This has been the state of my mind lately. I can not seem to get my mind around the tasks ahead of me. I am putting things out of order in my life. Sequencing is key normally to my success, however when I have a big one in front of me, task, decision, etc, it seems that I get twisted into inaction. I despise that. In fact I sit here blogging when in fact, I should be looking at training procedures. guh.

Anyhow, I think i have cleared the decks on a couple of these. I have completed my travel arrangements to the Poconos in October for the foliage change! Woo Hoo.

We will be staying in the Blue Room at the Bischwind Inn Bed and Breakfast.
www.bischwind.com, which this should be a nice weekend. Marathon included!
www.steamtownmarathon.com

One day at a time.
Curtai

It has Evloved

From a simple scooter that I want to scoot around on, to a full motorcycle. It is not a fancy nor big, but a motorcycle nontheless. Robia was sure to mention the slide into the motorcycle. She says that it is a little stressful for her. I will be careful, wear a helmet and not go too fast. Millions of people ride motorcycles all the time, they don't all get into hellish wrecks. Most of the time, paying attention is the key.

Anyhow I ran last night a short one, but ran all the same. Not fast, I did not even time it.

I am all set for the Marathon in OCtober in the Poconos, but am surely questioning the Race in September in TUpelo. I may simply not be ready, unless I pull my head out right this minute with diet and discipline. (neither of which is my favorite)

We'll see, the Tupelo Marathon is one that I can wait to sign up for until the last minute if need be. Now that sounds like a person who is NOT committed.

Hmmmmm

Curtai
Perhaps I should just go slower for this one!

I was able to get in 10 last night but it was very hot and I was soaked through. I was at a snail's pace, but I put 'em in. 10.37 Mi in 1:47 about 10:23 pace (SLOW!)

I ran two today.

I signed up and sent to money for the Steamtown Marathon in Scranton PA, Oct 8. THis will coincide with an audit I must accomplish, so I will have free airfare. Robia has said she will go as well so we can make a long weekend of it. THat is if she's willing.

Does anyone know a good Bed and Breakfast in Scranton, PA?

The next thing to do is send the money off for the Tupelo, MS Marathon. Which is Sept 3.

Curtai

Ultimate

Finally the running legs are coming back. I do not want to go through that again!
I intend to run 10 tonight, we'll see once I get the kiddies put to bed, what my mental state is...
If I can get out the door by 9:00 then I may go, if not then not, I may opt to wake up Super Early. 3:30 I should say would about do it properly.

That is Freakin early.

Report soon.

Curtai Out

Too Far at Lunch

I have an hour for lunch and I really like to run at lunch. There is something about the midday heat and being able to run then that makes me feel stronger. Today I ran to the Triathlon store and picked up a new pair of sun glasses for $10. It is just about a 5k each way.
I managed 30:37 going and 33:25 on the return It was Hot out there.

Problem is it was just too far. I can neatly manage about 4.3 miles with a quick lunch shower and everything. The extra two miles stressed me out.

I am super jazzed about the 14 on Saturday, I may try to do a 15 this Sunday...

happy happy Joy Joy

OK, I went for the worlds slowest distance run yesterday, but guess what I went 14 miles, how cool is that, I have not been that far since I broke my shoulder.
14 Mi 2:33 with lots of little stops etc for water.
Oh it was mid day heat here in FLA, so temp was 85-90F during the run.

I am really pleased with this.

Been running each day and having a ball.

Curtai Out for now.

Sorry, I have been Quiet

Life is wild. I have been watching Joshua for the last week or so as Robia has been out of town, first to a professional conference, the last weekend to a Charity Fundraiser. Both of these are awesome events.

While she was away I did manage to get in a few runs at lunch and a couple races. Our local races, the GATE to Gate and Billy Bowleggs are tow short distance events 4.4 and 3.1 miles respectively. I posted a 35:47 for the Billy Bowleggs, which is not too bad. I could definately tell that I was in Marathon training as the sprint pace was just not there like last year when I did a 29+ change. No big deals though as I really just concentrated on enjoying myself.

For the BB run, I posted a 25:40 or so but that is with a kid in a jogger. I could not find a sitter for Joshua, so he went with. The way this run is, that I just walked for the first minute exactly then took off. This allowed nearly the entire field to get out in front of me a thin out. The added benefit is that I was passing people for the entire race, while rarely being passed. I have to say that I really do prefer to be the passer rather than the passee. I heard second hand some people grumbling about getting passed by an Old man with a stroller. While I want to encourage everyone to have fun, I am not going to give up the occasional jogger run to keep them from getting sad about beig passed by a stroller. Perhaps they should train a little harder. LOL

Anyhow, I ran last week at lunch and clocked a sub 40, today it was 37:15 (nice) I was pleased with this as to run faster, I have to run faster.

I have no idea of how the racing schedule is going to go for the fall. Much depends on how Robia is feeling, so nothing is written in stone!
Possibles

Sept - Tupelo
October - Steamtown, Harrisburg, or nothing
November - NY City If I get a lottery entry, in which case I will cancel any run in October in New England as I will be going up there as part of an Audit for work.
Additionally, there is ultimate frisbee tournaments to consider.
April of 07 perhaps, Boston if I can raise the cash!

Does anyone know how to tell when a pair of shoes need to be replaced? I have three pairs that I rotate. Old Blues are about a year old and have lots of long runs and 2 marathons on them
Oranges are the middle in terms of age, no marathons, probably would be good for rest of summer, Finally, the kids have around 100 miles on them, just broken in nicely.

FOr the sake of this post I am going to try to track the shoes miles,
Blues will start at 300 miles
Oranges at 200
and yellows at 100, Shoes to be retired from racing and training at 400 miles. I know this is kind of arbitrary but I do not want to risk injury.

So today was blues
B304, O200, Y100 <----- THis is how the shoe distance will look.
Curtai