11.19.11 Satruday!

11 mile run today at race pace. Maintained a 7:32 per mile pace today and it felt good. 1 week to go for the Seattle 1/2 marathon. Looking forward to see what I will be able to do next week.

Good luck to anyone racing this weekend.

19 Mile run this morning on 4-5 hours of sleep... in the rain... Last long run before trail marathon in two weeks. 

Weights sometime later this evening. 

2 hours steady biking on trainer. The movie that I was watching helped me through.

Followed by 2 mile run. No big deal, except that it's my 6th straight day of doing a short, easy run after my ride, start of my comeback from run injury that kept me out for most of 6 weeks. Very happy to be running again!

10 mile turkey trot this morning. Beat my goal time by 10 seconds per mile, but of course, I'm still slow. It was a beautiful day for a run -- 60s and sunny -- but tremendously windy. A cold front has moved in and the expected high tomorrow is 40.

Very windy today--about 15 mph. 

2 rides this morning:

1.)  16.8 miles, ave. 16.2 mph.

2.)  27.7 miles, ave 15.6 mph.

44.5 miles total

I hate how slow I am.  I probably just need to ride a lot more.  DW also suggested I use Christmas money to get a pro bike fitting, which I've never gotten since I bought my bike.

Today I ran my first Half Marathon in Annapolis, MD. Beautiful course throughout the town and around the water and I finished in 2:29:46 which was under my goal time of 2:30:00. I am still very sore and probably will be for a few days but it was a great time and I am so happy to have gone from couch to 13.1 in a year.

Great job Man!!

Managed to run my second year of the Living History Farms Race. Spent the past week sick and puked every day. I self commited to NOT puke on the course. Had to stop several times to get my belly under control. Made it all of 5 feet past the finish line before I lost it. But hey, I didn't puke on the course!