First Tri of Year

Well my buddy Tom asked me to do the Mighty Mite Triathlon in Forrest City Arkansa with him and I’m thinking I’ve been running a lot, knowing I’m a pretty good swimmer, and the bike I suck at but I can relax on the bike if need be, I said yes. 

So I got a whole 10 minutes on my actual bike before the tri and one swim in.  Not really enough.  Wasn’t bad, but I started cramping up during the run and I finished horribly, because I walked the whole run portion.  Maybe it was poor training, maybe it was dehydration, maybe a little bit of both.

So then the following Thursday I came down with a stomach bug of some sort and running has not been in the cards.

Day 195, 07/14/10, no run, 0 miles
Day 196, 07/15/10, morning 20 min swim,  no run, 2 miles
Day 197, 07/16/10, taper for tri, 10 min bike, 1 mile
Day 198, 07/17/10, triathlon 10 min swim, 50 min bike, 3 mile  run, 9 miles
Day 199, 07/18/10, run to swing set and back, 2.5 miles
Day 200, 07/19/10, neighborhood morning run, 4.5 miles
Day 201, 07/20/10, neighborhood morning run and walked 18 holes, 3 miles
Day 202, 07/21/10, treadmill run, 27:30 , 3 miles
Day 203, 07/22/10, not feeling great, ran walked treadmill, 3 miles
Day 204, 07/23/10, sick, no run, 0 miles
Day 205, 07/24/10, sick, no run, 0 miles

568 miles down…432 more to go

Sweatin' in Church

So I have the house to myself the next couple days because the Christi and Mary Ev went to Indiana for her Grandmother's 95th birthday party. Happy Birthday Nana! After jamming my leg up against the back of the stroller the day before and it being my normal off day I didn't run Friday. Ran the same neighborhood loop through belle mead and grove park on Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately I couldn't stop sweating before church on Sunday even after a cold shower and relaxing for 30 minutes. So I go to church at 10:30 and left at 10:35 because I just couldn't stop sweating. I try another church at 11:00 and although I had the AC in the truck cranked all the way up I believe sweating may have stopped but my shirt was soaked by then. Oh well the Good Lord will still love me.

I will be doing a triathlon on Saturday the 17th so the rest of the week will be a little slow going. Got a stationary bike ride in at the new club we joined after a quick run on the treadmill.

Day 190, 07/08/10, no run, 0 miles
Day 191, 07/09/10, morning neighborhood run, 4.5 miles
Day 192, 07/10/10, morning neighborhood run, 4.5 miles
Day 193, 07/12/10, treadmill run and 30 min on bike, 27:30, 6 miles
Day 194, 07/13/10, walked 18 holes no run though, 0 miles

542 miles down…458 more to go

Silly wheel

This morning was suppose to be as easy a stroller run as I can have once I actually get Mary Ev to agree to come with me and I get her strapped in but our normal 2.5 mile run had a slight hiccup when the front wheel of the stroller came off. Let's just say 2 miles for the pain and suffering luckily there were no serious injuries.

Day 189, 07/07/10, morning neighborhood stroller run, 2 miles

527 miles down…473 more to go

Nothing special

Nothing special just waited until it got to be the hottest part of the day before I ran luckily it sprinkled on me sort of


Day 188, 07/06/10, afternoon neighborhood run, 3 miles

525 miles down…475 more to go

Run with water

A couple days in Naples running with my brother in law who is pretty fast in the heat of the morning got some good miles in while on vacaction. Had to make up for a couple missed days when I got back to Memphis, but having a babysitter living with us for a few weeks has made it nice to go running whenever. Started running with bottle of gatorade or water and it is been helping my stamina and keeping me a lot cooler that is for sure.

Day 175, 06/23/10, night run in pelican bay, 3 miles
Day 176, 06/24/10, morning run in naples neighborhoods, 5.5 miles
Day 177, 06/25/10, no run, 0 miles
Day 178, 06/26/10, morning run in naples neighborhoods, 5 miles
Day 179, 06/27/10, travel day no run, 0 miles
Day 180, 06/28/10, morning neighborhood run walk, 4.5 miles
Day 181, 06/29/10, morning neighborhood run, 3 miles
Day 182, 06/30/10, morning neighborhood run walk, 4.5 miles
Day 183, 07/01/10, morning neighborhood run, 3 miles
Day 184, 07/02/10, morning neighborhood run, 3 miles
Day 185, 07/03/10, morning neighborhood run, 5 miles
Day 186, 07/04/10, morning neighborhood run, 0 miles
Day 187, 07/05/10, morning neighborhood run, 4.5 miles

522 miles down…478 more to go.