5 degrees and we get in the car and head out for a road race. I won’t be racing today due to a knee injury and Carl is staying home because it is just too damn cold for him. While we all just tried to stay warm, the announcer spoke about the course, other races, and then the National Anthem played. Soon Cat was off! She started off great and was back quick enough to win the overall female prize. So congratulations on being number one! Going to nurse my knee and here is to hoping I make the next one with carl in a couple of weeks!
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I haven’t run in years. At least not at any officially sanctioned event. I’ll jog on the trails with my dog and it is quite enjoyable, but I haven’t stepped foot on a road course in a long time. So I told the wife I’ll run with her at the next event. I’ll take the dog since he likes coming with me and we can give it a try again. Of course she was giddy since I used to do it all the time 15 years ago, so it reminded her of the old days when I would tag along. Did I mention it was single digits outside? We also…
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I’ve been trying to work on my photography skills, using different angles, shutter speeds, etc. I’m amateurish at best, but know enough to be dangerous. Luckily my wife Cat doesn’t mind being on the other end of the camera and is doing work to promote her running and fitness.
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This year I was signed up to do a few 5k’s, but we signed up first and then found out the dates, times, and locations. Well, of course, each one would fall on a date when the local guys would get together. So I scratched on every race and really didn’t do much running at all. Jogging, yes. I did quite a few 5k trail runs on my own. My first no excuse run-a-virtual-5k came up. I ran it on the treadmill. Finishing time was: 30:26 I was hoping to break the 30 minute mark but kicked up the speed a minute or two too late to make up the…
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A beautiful but windy day outside led me to lace up my running shoes and try out another trail run just as I did the other day. Call it impulsive, but the shoes went on, the Fenix watch, and the new addition of a heart rate monitor on my chest. After a slight walk warm up, I quickly shot my heart rate up to 160 as I climbed the slippery leaf covered hills. The wind was blowing like crazy, but I was well protected in the woods. I decided to take a left in the woods on a trail I don’t usually go on. Figured I would try and stay…
