run, run, run

Greensboro, NC 7am

Pace: 7:58

Didn't feel like getting out of bed this morning. I took the same route as yesterday, but ran one the near side of the park, so I didn't go quite as far. Weather was a perfect 60 degrees. It's supposed to get up to 74 today.

Greensboro, NC 7:30 am

Pace: 7:52

Planned on going 5, but the loop I took ended up being 4, going long tomorrow, so I stopped.

Boise, ID 9:30 am

Pace: 8:03

I did three loops. 11 miles, 10 miles and 7.5 miles. I held the pace under 8 until the last few miles which I thought was pretty good considering the travel day yesterday. My flight didn't arrive until 11:30pm.

Now I'm home for three straight week. Planning to use that time to really dial it up. Continuing with the 10-mile morning runs, insanity at noon and watching the diet.

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 7:52

Felt a little sluggish but had a good run with Randy for 5.5 miles. We had to take a different route because Cloverdale is still torn up. After I went back out for the next 4 miles, I ran into another friend and ran with him for a while.

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 8:25

Pretty slow this morning. Feeling sluggish. After my long run on Saturday, I fasted most of the day Sunday and started up insanity again on Monday. I don't think I've really recovered yet.

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 7:55

Feeling better today but it was really cold out this morning.

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 8:05

Started out pretty slow (8:33), but gradually sped up each mile until my final mile was 7:14.

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 7:56

A pretty solid run. 6.5 with Randy, the rest on my own. Ran past Kneaders twice. That wonderful yeasty, cinnamony fresh-baked smell just about killed me.

Boise, ID 10:00 am

Pace: 7:50

I planned on running 12-15 for my Saturday morning run, but I didn't map out my course. Ended up being closer to 10, so I went around the block and called it good.

A solid run holding a good pace. Long run next week.

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 8:01

Started out a little sluggish, but picked up the pace as I went on. Went back to the old course. Cloverdale is still torn up, but it's back to being relatively flat without any deep holes.

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 8:08

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 8:16

The rain finally arrived. I planned on going ten this morning, but when Randy was done at 6.5, I just didn't have it in me. I'm a wus.

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 8:11

Rain again this morning. But the weather wasn't as cold, only 50 degrees, so I wore shorts and a ball cap. I don't know if I had more energy than yesterday. I just took a route that didn't afford me an opportunity to cut the run short.

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 7:41

Good run at a decent pace. I only did the first loop with Randy because I'm going long tomorrow.

Boise, ID 8:30 am

Pace: 8:22

Had a pretty good first lap, but wasn't really committed. I had some work to do at the house that had me debating whether to do a long run or not. So after the first ten, I went back out for another loop. I slowed down quite a bit and my breathing was kind of funny because of a little sore throat that came on. So I decided to call it done at 20.

Then, of course, I felt guilt for the rest of the day. But, I figure that if I consider a 20-miler to be phoning it in, I must be doing something right.

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 7:54

Boise, ID 6:30 am

Pace: 8:29

Not feeling well at all. That sore throat I was feeling on Saturday has turned into a full-on head cold. Slogged through at a slow pace.

Boise, ID 6:15am

Pace: 7:55

Sick. The cold has gotten worse. My ears are plugged and I feel pressure in my head. I guess I'm starting the taper a little earlier than I had planned. I'm not running tomorrow.

Boise, ID 6:15 am

Pace: 7:51

I took yesterday off to recover from the cold. Felt better this morning until about 2 miles into it and then I didn't feel so good anymore, so I cut it short and I'll give it another shot tomorrow.

Bountiful, UT 6:30 am

Pace: 8:14

Feeling better, but now I'm on vacation. After driving to Utah last night, I got up and ran to the end of Davis Blvd. and back before getting back in the car and heading down to Vegas.

Anaheim, CA 6:40 am

Pace: 7:39

Didn't run on Monday because we had to catch the 7:20 shuttle to Disneyland. Today we didn't go in until 9:20, so I was able to get a run in. I ran around Angel's Stadium and then along the Santa Ana River Trail. That is the ugliest river I've ever seen. The sides were paved and I was expecting to see some water, but it was dry.

Held a decent pace and got progressively faster each mile.

Anaheim, CA 8am

Pace: 7:27

I went the other way along the river trail. 12 miles at marathon pace. Not bad considering I spent the last two days on my feet for 12 hours straight. Such is life at the happiest place on earth.

Anaheim, CA 6:30am

Pace: 7:33

Last run in CA. I took yesterday off because we went back to the park. I went South down the river trail. At about the 4 mile mark, I approached an underpass and saw a shopping cart in the middle of the path with a homeless guy next to it. I didn't want to deal with him, so I went up and crossed the street. As I darted across the street, I hooked the iPod cord and it came off. So I'm standing on the other side of a busy street staring at my iPod in the middle of the road, expecting to see it destroyed any second now. When the traffic broke, I ran back across, scooping up the ipod along the way.

Other than that, the run was solid, but uneventful.

Ely, NV 8am

Pace: 7:57

6,600 feet elevation and windy. When I first went out, I realized that the wind was really cold, so I went in and put on another top layer. Then I got out and ran with the wind and got kind of hot. With the wind and downhill out, against the wind and uphill back. So it wasn't such a great run.

I read somewhere that Dean Karnazes can run and pee at the same time. I was on an empty road in the middle of nowhere, so I decided to give it a try. I'll just say it was a bad idea and leave it at that.