1 year, 1000 miles (Page 21)

2 weeks is a blink of an eye compared to the rest of your life.  Eat well, do what you can safely.

Didja miss me? 

Probably not, but I'm back.

I've been in a funk lately.  Life has gotten in the way of training (and racing) a bit.  I've been working crazy hours at my real job, and I've been trying to ramp up my small business.  Pile on top of that some unexpected financial burdens, and training and racing have taken a back seat. 
The damned rabbit is well over 100 miles ahead of me, right now.  By my calculations, I need to run 3.4 miles every single day of the rest of the year to meet 1000 miles.  I'm not sure I can do that, but I will continue pushing and striving.  The miles will start coming again when life relaxes a little.

I sadly will probably NOT get to do the Breezy Point Triathlon on June 2nd, and Rev3 Williamsburg will definitely not happen.  I have no idea when my next triathlon will be.
I do know that I am registered for the 21Sep13 running of the Hero Rush near Richmond, VA.  I will be running in honor of a friend of mine who was a firefighter before Muscular Sclerosis destroyed his body.  The race takes place on the same day I had originally intended my re-match with the Outer Banks Olympic Triathlon, but such is life.  I might just do the Outer Banks Sprint instead.

Ransick - Bummer, take care of yourself and be smart!!

Look at Karl go - out pacing the pace bunny.

Now to help make a bunch of us feel old  I was talking with my 10 yr old last night (the one who did the 5k in the snow with me back in March).  She was commenting on how when the kids were doing the Kids Running America runs after school, she liked being the last one running.  I was telling her, her "teachers" were calling her their Energizer Bunny.  She looks at me innocently and says, "What's that?"  she had no clue - dad felt old at that comment. 

Can I join? I was having some work, health and motivation issues last year and the first part of this year. I stopped logging last year. I think I have most of my running logged for this year. Maybe missed a few days. In 2008-2011 I ran almost 10,000 miles total, topping out at just over 3100 miles in 2010. Last year I have no idea, but think it was less than 800 or so. I took so much time off it almost feels like I'm starting over. I can get in some miles now, but have no real speed at all. My race pace is now slower than my average training pace less than two years ago. Something like this may be just the thing I need to keep myself motivated. Even at that it will be a struggle. I'm only at a bit less than 200 miles for the year, almost 4.5 months into the year.

What say you?

I don't know - you sound over qualified.    but seriously, welcome aboard join us in tracking down the pace bunny  (see spreadsheet)

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Mike, take care of yourself.  Catching that bunny is not worth it with hurting ribs.

Don, welcome!  You are gonna destroy us.  Nothing like a good challenge to get you motivated tho.  In 2010 and 2011, I missed 1000 miles by about 40 miles.  In October 2012, I realized that the same fate would await me unless I got busy.

Erin, glad you are back with us.  Still in Alaska or now in CO?

Speed, sorry things have been hectic for you but glad that you are back.  I really was wondering where you were.

Thanks for the welcome.

A couple years ago running 50 miles/week seemed easy. Now I'm having trouble getting over 20, and I think it's been more than 6 months since I have. I was battling a sinus infection for several months and it became so difficult to breathe while running I eventually stopped for a while. That's finally gone, but now it's like starting all over again. I may get over 20 miles this week and hopefully I can start building up again. It will take some time. I also gained some weight due to the inactivity. As I build that should start to come off - hopefully.

I was racing frequently, but have taken a break for the most part. I had gotten used to competing for AG wins and now that's very far away. Don't see the point of paying to just run a few miles. That being said I do have a few races in the future. My family is doing the Bolder Boulder 10K at the end of the month. That won't really be a race for us this year, but we're doing it because it's a cool event. Later in the summer I'm doing the Pikes Peak Ascent. That will be my focus for the next couple months. If I get any speed back I may do some other races.