Pics from Easter

I know I’m way behind on this blog, here is a few catch up pics from Easter:

Day out with Daddy

Ben and I had such a fun day this past Saturday.

We woke up around 7:00 and let mama sleep in for a bit.  A bit being about 4 hours – which is barely a drop in her sleep deprivation bucket.

I needed some new running shorts for my race on Sunday because I got a new black shirt that I wanted to wear and I’m just fruity enough to not want to wear it with navy shorts.

So we went to Kohls and Penneys and Walmart (ugh) and finally found a pair at Target that worked.

Ben was a champ the whole time.  He was wide awake most of the time, “chatting" away and sucking on his hands.  I’m sure I look like a goon “chatting” back at him as we walk though stores.  Yup, I’m *that* dad.

We got home just in time so that mama could get a little Ben time before she headed out for a girl’s night out.

That is when I made a bad decision.  I thought going for a walk would be a good idea.  Outside air for Ben, exercise for our puggle, and a little activity for me before my big race.

Wrong answer Chuck.

I should have known after the first couple of blocks when Ben fussed after after a little bump in the sidewalk.  He does that sometimes if he’s really tired and he gets woken up.  No biggie I thought, he’ll fall asleep here shortly and we’ll be good. 

Nope.

With each bump, the cries got louder and the pacification time got longer.  At about a mile out (yeah, I’m not such a fast learner), I decided to turn around.  By this point, I was carrying him over my shoulder, pushing an empty stroller that had an over-energized, under-exercised puggle attached to it.

And I thought I looked like a goon in the store baby talking.

Ben finally calms down and I’m able to put him back in his stroller after carrying him for about 1/2 a mile.  So we are about 1/2 mile from home, when in a display of my learning disability, I decide that since he’s asleep now, that we can probably continue our walk so I head out for the loop that we normally take.

Bad idea.

About 3/4 of a mile from home, he get’s woken up and it all starts over again.  So I carried him the rest of the way home, feeling even dumberer than the first time, because I should have known better and gone straight home.

We get home and start getting ready for bed.  I’m really hoping that he will fall asleep quickly so that I can get things organized and get to sleep early.  After fighting it for 30 minutes or so, he crashed out.

It was a great day.  Not only did we get to spend so much time together, I also have even more respect for my wife.  It is so much work, and there are so many things to be aware of taking care of a baby, and she does it all day, every day.  What a champ!

Self Imposed Half Marathon

I was wanting to know what I should realistically set as a goal for the Lawrence Half Marathon, so I bumped up my scheduled 11 miler to a full 13.1.

I felt pretty good though out the entire run.  A little slow starting out like always.  There was also 25 MPH winds which is always fun – side note, I’m tired of Kansas.

Anyways, I ended up with a 1:38:14.  I don’t think I can shave any off that time.  I could barely up my pace the last quarter mile.

So, that’s what I’m going to shoot for, 1:38:00.  Even though I really wanted to break 1:30:00, I guess it’s just not in the cards.  Maybe next time.

Splits:

Route:

Mmmm…Data

I went through my training log tonight on BuckeyeOutdoors and marked my old Nike+ workouts at walks where appropriate.  I did this because I’m bored and my wife is out boozing it up while I babysit (which I totally love to do and she totally deserves it because she is super-mom!).  This also gives me some more accurate data which is always fun.

So here are my totals since 6-21-2008:

Runs: 106
Average distance: 4.9 miles
Total distance: 519.3 miles
Average pace: 7:21 min/mile (pretty happy about this)

Walks: 82
Average distance: 2.2 miles
Total distance: 178.3 miles
Average pace: 16:22 min/mile (blazin!)

Bike ride: 2 (just started logging them)
Average distance: 4.3 miles
Total distance: 8.5 miles
Average speed: 12.9 MPH

Total workouts: 190
Total distance: 706 miles
Calories burned: 69,839

Here is a chart that shows my increase in speed over time – You can also see the drop in pace that I’ve been complaining about lately :)

I can haz speed nao?

Just when I was complaining of my pace slowing down, I go and bust out 3.12 miles at a 6:40 pace!  Granted, I’m still going to probably adjust my sub 1:30:00 half marathon goal, but it was still nice to fly though some miles.

Splits:

Map:

Run postponed due to overeating

I’m supposed to do a 3 mile run tonight, but there is small matter of digestion that will need to take place first.

mmm…Asian Zing :)

Good training week so far

I haven’t had time to update my training log the last couple of days.  I really wanted to follow the format I was doing, which I blatantly ripped off my running idol, Steve Speirs, aka @britishbulldog, but alas, I’m just not gonna have time for that.  I really like throwing up the maps and the stats and whatnot, it’s just not going to be as structured as it was.  Which is fine.

So anyways, I’ve had a good week so far.  24 miles of running, 8.5 miles of biking and a mile of walking.

My pace has really been dragging the last week or so.  Not sure what the reason behind it is.  I’m running the Lawrence Half Marathon in a couple of weeks.  I originally was hoping to break 1:30 (6:52 pace), but I’ve been struggling to keep a sustained pace under 7:00 minutes a mile.  Dunno what is up.  I might have to change my target time.

Here are some pics of where I’ve ran/biked the last couple of days:

Biked to Clinton Lake:

Ran at Clinton Lake:
 

Biked home:

45 minute tempo run.  Which I didn’t even come close to executing properly.  I don’t know how to throttle my pace.  I only know how to run normally, and run fast.