Get it!

Oh, I love this pic!

3 weeks before race crappy run – Training Log

Training for: Lawrence 1/2 marathon.

Planned: easy, scenic 10 miles

Actual: 12.85 nasty, painful miles in a seemed-like-forever 01:35:09 – 7:24 min/mile pace.

So my goal for this race is to break 1:30:00.  Which works out to needing to average a 6:52 min/mile pace.  I may have to rethink that goal.

When I left it was 39 degrees, so I bundled up with a sweatshirt, gloves and ear muffs.  By mile 2.5, I was so hot that I ended up taking off my sweatshirt and hiding it behind a bush.  Speaking of which, I need to go retrieve that.

I just never really got into the run.  My right hamstring is a bit tight, and I’m afraid to push it and tear something.  My lower shins have also been barking at me a bit.  I kept waiting for those things to subside like they usually do, but they never did, and I just sludged through the rest of the run.

Not sure exactly where I measured wrong, but I ended up running a lot further that I had planned.

Route:

Splits:

This is what we do after Ben goes to bed

Chillin in the bjorn

This is how we roll!

Intervals, how fun.

Training for: Lawrence 1/2 Marathon

Planned: ~1 mile warm up, 9 x 400 meter intervals at 5K pace with 1 minute jogs in between, ~1 mile cool down.

Actual: 1.15 mile warm up – 9 x 400m (1:28 fastest, 1:33 average) – 1.79 cool down. 
Total of 6.26 miles in 43:52 – 7:00 min/mile pace.

It’s been a long time since I’ve ran on a track.  My shins thanked me :)

My new Garmin has a real cool feature for running intervals like this.  I didn’t quite understand when I was done and ended up running an extra half of an interval.

Snow? Really?

I love snow.  I get giddy when I see it in the 10 day forecast during the winter.  But only during the winter.  When I have already made the mental switch to spring and have worn flip-flops out and about, snow does not appeal to me.  I wasn’t very excited to see this on my homepage.

My wife is a Stud with a capital S!

Chelsea decided to start running today.  She found a Couch to 5K program that looks good.  So we hooked her up with my old Nike+ and off she went.

Lookin good!!

Kiss those guns…they deserve it!
 

She came back 30 minutes later, not quite as excited as when she left, but with a feeling of accomplishment all the same.  She ran/walked 1.61 miles in 27 minutes.  What a champ!  I’m so proud.  It was actually probably closer to 24 minutes because she didn’t shut off the Nike+, but whatev.

She did let me take an after pic, but I don’t think I’m allowed to post it :)

Oh my wind – Training log

Training for: Lawrence 1/2 Marathon

Planned: 10 miles at 7:10 – 7:20 pace

Actual: 10.35 miles in 01:15:00.  7:14 pace.

I started out a bit slow, my shins were a bit tender.  Around mile 2 they loosened up and I was able to get a good pace going.  Mile 7 is where I faced the wind.  It was a painful last three miles with the wind at 15 MPH gusting up to 22.

This was kinda steep route as well.  I’ll have to remember that for the future.  Here is the elevation chart:

And here is the actual route:

A quick study

We think that Ben has learned to cry when he wants to be picked up.

For the time being, it’s adorable…

Self portrait

We’ve been getting tired of taking pictures of Ben all the time, so we’ve been training him to take his own picture.  He’s off to a pretty good start.

A new blog!

Q: Why do I need another blog?

A: Lots of cute pictures of Ben need to be posted and my twitter stream is getting a bit crowded.

Our son was born 12-20-08 and my wife maintains a fantastic blog with lots of Ben pictures and I’m jealous!  I have a geek blog where I talk about .NET and GPS and programming, and the people that read that blog probably don’t want to hear about Chels and I laughing during church when Ben farts (which we do).

After Chels got pregnant last year, we both quit smoking and soon after, I started running.  I’ve since really discovered a love and slight obsession with chasing the perfect mile.  I just ran my first race (a 5K) a couple weeks ago, and I’m training for a half marathon in the end of April.

So that’s my story.  If you wanna hear a geek post way too many pictures and videos of our son and all the TMI from being a runner, stick around…we’ll have pounds of fun.