Slept in till 6 am Thursday morning. Wanted to get up at 3:30 am and do the 11.2 at Percy Warner Park. Ended up going at 12:30. Only went into work for a half day. Dropped off the canopy and other tail gate supplies at Walnut Grove on the MTSU campus at 7:30 before going into work. All of the spots parallel to the road were already taken.
Run at PWP was awesome. As I passed the 3 mile mark on 3 mile hill, still climbing wondering to myself why I wanted to run the Monkey Marathon, I saw a deer standing on the side of the road. We both looked at each other like, what the hell. Continued to practice running the downhills on my toes. Worked great, average pace for the run was 7:51. Added the Luke Lea overlook, didn't slow down much to look at Nashville. Needed to be back on the road at 1:30 to pick up Dylan at school to head out to the game. Barrelling down hill with the switchbacks, saw another deer on the side of the road. This was a fawn with spots, never have seen one this close. 10 yards farther down the road a 6 point buck and a doe. Crazy, close to the road. Never saw another runner or biker the entire time in the park. Lots of lizards on the road and a turtle about the size of a silver dollar.
Made it back to Murfreesboro, with just enough time to jump in the shower before waiting in line to pick up Dylan at school. Got to MTSU about 3 pm. We were able to park real close to were I'd set up our canopy. Good time tailgating. Speedy showed up around 4 pm. His wife and daughter around 5 pm. Darrell came by about the same time and we got our tickets to the game. The game itself was a bust. MTSU sucked. No offense, couldn't move the ball. Defense was hit or miss. Couple of good plays. We got clobbered 31-17. Dylan played the second half with a friend from school, they had box seats. I watched the rest of the game behind the band. Love hearing the band at the game. MTSU had 21 tuba's, Troy had more according to the kid in front of me.
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Week 14 recap
Last week was the first week of training for the Monkey Marathon. Already I'm slacking on the long runs. Should have run a 16 mile long run on Sunday, but only did 14 miles. Went out to Cedars of Lebanon with Speedy and FM2. Ended up with to much slowdown on the trails, 4 miles worth. Next time I'm sticking to the gravel. Between the spider webs, rocks and other obstacles the pace was super slow. Hard to get a good rhythm going.
Next weeks long run is a scheduled 18 miles. Probably go out to Spain hill and just add 7 miles. Good thing about adding on the miles in the middle of the run, its almost impossible to bail out of the run and cut it short. Could backfire if it's hot, but I'll just carry another water bottle if its warm.
Spent most of Saturday at the Wilson County fair. Darrell and Dylan rode as many rides as they'd let Dylan ride. Most of the rides had a 48 inch minimum, Dylan is 47 inches. Some would let him ride and others wouldn't. The only ride I rode was the ferris wheel. PJ, doesn't do the rides. I've got some pictures to add when I get back to the house. (typing this at lunch) This is one of the best fairs in the area. Clean and a little bit of something for everyone. Only wish they had more of a variety of animals.
Dylan on a Kubota
Darrell on the ferris wheel
Darrell and PJ watching the dog show
PJ and Dylan in front of a Farmall
Monday was a 7 mile recovery run on the golf course. Tonight, I hope to get in a tempo workout. Have to see what time I can get out of work.
Next weeks long run is a scheduled 18 miles. Probably go out to Spain hill and just add 7 miles. Good thing about adding on the miles in the middle of the run, its almost impossible to bail out of the run and cut it short. Could backfire if it's hot, but I'll just carry another water bottle if its warm.
Spent most of Saturday at the Wilson County fair. Darrell and Dylan rode as many rides as they'd let Dylan ride. Most of the rides had a 48 inch minimum, Dylan is 47 inches. Some would let him ride and others wouldn't. The only ride I rode was the ferris wheel. PJ, doesn't do the rides. I've got some pictures to add when I get back to the house. (typing this at lunch) This is one of the best fairs in the area. Clean and a little bit of something for everyone. Only wish they had more of a variety of animals.
Monday was a 7 mile recovery run on the golf course. Tonight, I hope to get in a tempo workout. Have to see what time I can get out of work.
Friday, August 1, 2008
backside of summer
School is starting or has already started. Dylan is in 2nd grade this year. Thinks he's a big kid. He started reading one of Darrell's "Harry Potter" books the other day. Little to much book for him. I need to dig out Darrell's old books from the attic. Everything Dylan has on his book shelf is geared towards a beginning reader or even younger. Darrell's books are adolescent or older.
Darrell has signed up for classes at MTSU. He's changed his major, English. Doesn't really matter to me what major he ends up with, just so long as he goes to class and passes. This time around he's scheduled classes starting after 11 am. He's definitely not a morning person. He's a night owl. I started out as a Photojournalism major on my first trip through college at Western Kentucky University. Quite a change to the accounting major I ended up with, many years later.
Sun didn't come up this morning until I'd already finished one loop on the golf course. Gray morning, no sunrise but plenty warm and humid. The days are getting shorter and summer is slipping away fast.
Darrell has signed up for classes at MTSU. He's changed his major, English. Doesn't really matter to me what major he ends up with, just so long as he goes to class and passes. This time around he's scheduled classes starting after 11 am. He's definitely not a morning person. He's a night owl. I started out as a Photojournalism major on my first trip through college at Western Kentucky University. Quite a change to the accounting major I ended up with, many years later.
Sun didn't come up this morning until I'd already finished one loop on the golf course. Gray morning, no sunrise but plenty warm and humid. The days are getting shorter and summer is slipping away fast.
Monday, June 2, 2008
One baby
Now I know why the geese at the golf course were making so much racket and why one would disappear for awhile. They had baby this morning, well not actually this morning. As big as it was it must have hatched a week or so ago. All I saw was one baby, but I didn't get that close. Geese don't play around, they come right at you honking, hissing and biting.
Recovery run this morning went well. Started out slow and gradually picked it up. Didn't really plan on it, but it turned into a nice progression run according to the heart rate. It graphed out on a nice uphill rise. Never really looked at the watch, just picked up the pace on the second loop, without pushing to hard. Moderate effort, about 8:00 pace. Still slow enough for a recovery.
Golf course was in great shape, despite all of the recent rain. They must have mowed the grass on Saturday before the rains hit as well.(that's what we did) The fairways and cart paths were super smooth, plus the sun was up at 5:00 am, so I could see everything.
Dylan is getting pretty good on the skateboard. We went back out to the YMCA park in Smyrna on Sunday afternoon. Had to wait because of lightning? We'd driven away from the storm in Murfreesboro, and it just blew over in Smyrna. Found out the skate park in Murfreesboro isn't really under repair, not yet anyway. They're waiting to raise enough money to repair it. They used wood for the ramps versus the park in Smyrna which is built to withstand the weather. Evidently the cost to build a park like the one in Smyrna is around $100k. No wonder the wait to rebuild the one in the 'boro.
Dylan finally mastered the half pipe. He goes off of all of the ramps. Older kids were still trying to go off some of the smaller ramps. He did come back and put on his wrist guards after one tumble. That's probably a good thing, it doesn't take much to break your wrist. Darrell did it when he was Dylan's age, tripping on the sidewalk. Good to see these kids have picked up one trait from dad:) Even though it isn't an especially good trait.
Recovery run this morning went well. Started out slow and gradually picked it up. Didn't really plan on it, but it turned into a nice progression run according to the heart rate. It graphed out on a nice uphill rise. Never really looked at the watch, just picked up the pace on the second loop, without pushing to hard. Moderate effort, about 8:00 pace. Still slow enough for a recovery.
Golf course was in great shape, despite all of the recent rain. They must have mowed the grass on Saturday before the rains hit as well.(that's what we did) The fairways and cart paths were super smooth, plus the sun was up at 5:00 am, so I could see everything.
Dylan is getting pretty good on the skateboard. We went back out to the YMCA park in Smyrna on Sunday afternoon. Had to wait because of lightning? We'd driven away from the storm in Murfreesboro, and it just blew over in Smyrna. Found out the skate park in Murfreesboro isn't really under repair, not yet anyway. They're waiting to raise enough money to repair it. They used wood for the ramps versus the park in Smyrna which is built to withstand the weather. Evidently the cost to build a park like the one in Smyrna is around $100k. No wonder the wait to rebuild the one in the 'boro.
Dylan finally mastered the half pipe. He goes off of all of the ramps. Older kids were still trying to go off some of the smaller ramps. He did come back and put on his wrist guards after one tumble. That's probably a good thing, it doesn't take much to break your wrist. Darrell did it when he was Dylan's age, tripping on the sidewalk. Good to see these kids have picked up one trait from dad:) Even though it isn't an especially good trait.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
back to work
Long holiday weekends take a toll. Today was catch up at work. Slept in this morning and only had time for 4 miles and weights this morning before work.
Saturday we went fishing in the tail waters of Cordell Hull Dam. It was all of the guys. We went late in the afternoon and didn't really start catching any fish until it started cooling off a little bit. The boys used worms we dug up at the farm. No big fish, mostly blue gills, some pretty good sized though. Highlight of the trip, a bald eagle. Darrell spotted it. It flew towards us and then turned and landed in the trees on the cliffs overlooking the tail waters. That may be the second time I've ever seen a bald eagle in the wild.
Sunday we chopped up the downed cedar tree. Tim and I cut up some pieces to make a bench. The first attempt was pretty lame. I gave up and Tim took over. Between him and a little input from everyone else they finished up the bench. It turned out really nice. Lots of character. Took the boys back to the same place to go fishing, but waited until around 6:30 in the evening. Lots more fish this time. Darrell only caught one, but it was a decent size Sauger. We didn't get back until late. Darrell and I stayed up to clean all of the fish and everyone else went to bed. Took some benadryl for my allergies.
Monday morning it rained before we got up. Everyone stayed dry in the camper. I went for a 8 mile run down Little Creek road. It was just a 4 mile out and back. It was already hot and sunny when I started. Saw a 6 foot black racer and pileated woodpecker.
Saturday we went fishing in the tail waters of Cordell Hull Dam. It was all of the guys. We went late in the afternoon and didn't really start catching any fish until it started cooling off a little bit. The boys used worms we dug up at the farm. No big fish, mostly blue gills, some pretty good sized though. Highlight of the trip, a bald eagle. Darrell spotted it. It flew towards us and then turned and landed in the trees on the cliffs overlooking the tail waters. That may be the second time I've ever seen a bald eagle in the wild.
Sunday we chopped up the downed cedar tree. Tim and I cut up some pieces to make a bench. The first attempt was pretty lame. I gave up and Tim took over. Between him and a little input from everyone else they finished up the bench. It turned out really nice. Lots of character. Took the boys back to the same place to go fishing, but waited until around 6:30 in the evening. Lots more fish this time. Darrell only caught one, but it was a decent size Sauger. We didn't get back until late. Darrell and I stayed up to clean all of the fish and everyone else went to bed. Took some benadryl for my allergies.
Monday morning it rained before we got up. Everyone stayed dry in the camper. I went for a 8 mile run down Little Creek road. It was just a 4 mile out and back. It was already hot and sunny when I started. Saw a 6 foot black racer and pileated woodpecker.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Run, run, run
Happy mothers day!
Weekends are always way to busy. Up at 3:30 am on Saturday in order to get a run in before setting up for the See Spot Run 5k. Ran the course twice, slowly. Great turnout for the race, over 290 registered, 237 finishers through the chute. (lots of dogs poop out coming back through the start area) This is a real fun race. I like running at MTSU, never have "officially" run a race on the course, always before the race starts or some other day. Lots of dogs, big and small. Still waiting for the file from the race director so I can match the times with the names and finish the results. Big time saver not entering the times manually, but still need to buy a bar code reader to eliminate entering the bib numbers manually.
Got home and started on the yard work. I weedeated, so Darrell could mow the back yard, it was a jungle. Electric bush trimmer/cutter got water in it from the shed and wouldn't work even after drying it out. Cut the bushes the old fashioned way with the manual hedge trimmers. Suprisingly my arms aren't sore today. Did manage to get big time sunburn on my back. Wore a cowboy hat so my head and face wouldn't get burned. PJ and Dylan were at her sisters yard sale.
Jumped in the shower and off to t-ball. Game didn't start until 4:00 pm. Seems like all of the games we had last year were early morning, nothing after noon. It's going to be tough next weekend, once its starts warming up. Those little kids will wilt in the heat. Dylan played great, got a couple of good hits. The other team was really sharp, good thing they didn't keep score.
Sunday I'd wanted to go to Spain hill and get in about 12-13 miles. Talked with speedy on Friday and he wanted to go out to Cedars of Lebanon. Never did hear from him. Guess I'll just run 12 or so from the house.
Swirling winds
Wiped out from my run this morning. Wanted 12 miles at 7:30 pace. Seems like every turn I took the wind was in my face. Mostly just steady, but gusts that would stand you up straight every so often. Never did really figure out which way the wind was blowing, primarily from the Southwest, but gusting from the North? Maybe that's why it was a little cooler this morning. Only 60 degrees when I headed out the door at 6:30 am. Even put on the arm warmers for the first 2.5 miles. Stopped at 9 miles to hack up a bug, I sucked into my windpipe. Almost coughed up a lung trying to get rid of it. Slogged it on home after that. Must be the sunburn and the dehydration from yesterday catching up with me.
Lots of mother days tributes.(from Lisa and Jill) I guess everyone has women in their lives that have touched them. For me, PJ, her mom, my mom and my grandma (granny) but I'm not much of a writer, I'll leave that to the others.
Weekends are always way to busy. Up at 3:30 am on Saturday in order to get a run in before setting up for the See Spot Run 5k. Ran the course twice, slowly. Great turnout for the race, over 290 registered, 237 finishers through the chute. (lots of dogs poop out coming back through the start area) This is a real fun race. I like running at MTSU, never have "officially" run a race on the course, always before the race starts or some other day. Lots of dogs, big and small. Still waiting for the file from the race director so I can match the times with the names and finish the results. Big time saver not entering the times manually, but still need to buy a bar code reader to eliminate entering the bib numbers manually.
Got home and started on the yard work. I weedeated, so Darrell could mow the back yard, it was a jungle. Electric bush trimmer/cutter got water in it from the shed and wouldn't work even after drying it out. Cut the bushes the old fashioned way with the manual hedge trimmers. Suprisingly my arms aren't sore today. Did manage to get big time sunburn on my back. Wore a cowboy hat so my head and face wouldn't get burned. PJ and Dylan were at her sisters yard sale.
Jumped in the shower and off to t-ball. Game didn't start until 4:00 pm. Seems like all of the games we had last year were early morning, nothing after noon. It's going to be tough next weekend, once its starts warming up. Those little kids will wilt in the heat. Dylan played great, got a couple of good hits. The other team was really sharp, good thing they didn't keep score.
Sunday I'd wanted to go to Spain hill and get in about 12-13 miles. Talked with speedy on Friday and he wanted to go out to Cedars of Lebanon. Never did hear from him. Guess I'll just run 12 or so from the house.
Swirling winds
Wiped out from my run this morning. Wanted 12 miles at 7:30 pace. Seems like every turn I took the wind was in my face. Mostly just steady, but gusts that would stand you up straight every so often. Never did really figure out which way the wind was blowing, primarily from the Southwest, but gusting from the North? Maybe that's why it was a little cooler this morning. Only 60 degrees when I headed out the door at 6:30 am. Even put on the arm warmers for the first 2.5 miles. Stopped at 9 miles to hack up a bug, I sucked into my windpipe. Almost coughed up a lung trying to get rid of it. Slogged it on home after that. Must be the sunburn and the dehydration from yesterday catching up with me.
Lots of mother days tributes.(from Lisa and Jill) I guess everyone has women in their lives that have touched them. For me, PJ, her mom, my mom and my grandma (granny) but I'm not much of a writer, I'll leave that to the others.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Skate board wannabe's
Took Dylan and his cousin Bryan to the Skate Park in Lavergne on sunday. The both did pretty well. Seems like they are actually better than Darrell was at their age.
Run this morning was going to be a recovery on the golf course, but we got to much rain last night. Ended up just running from the house to the greenway and back for 6 easy miles.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Pacer anxiety
Tempo this morning. Effort was easier than last week, but 11 seconds slower. Good thing I'm not tapering. Little twinge in my achilles, so I backed off in the 3rd mile and thought I'd really slowed on the last one, but it wasn't quite as slow as I imagined. Splits, 6:32, 6:34, 6:42, 6:47. I went to hot on the first one, paid for it in mile 2. Ready to quit all the way through mile 3, but hung on for one more mile. Didn't push the last mile, really afraid the achilles would strain. Speedy checked out on the last mile and I lost sight of him for the last quarter.
Peter emailed the pacer info this morning. I'm still in the 4th corral. Yesterday I ate way to much snack crap out of the snack machine. Need to slow down on that the next couple of days.
Filled out Darrell's FASA info on the PC this morning. What an exercise in frustration dealing with anything the government tries to simplify. Went a lot quicker this time. Only real frustration was the PIN process.
Peter emailed the pacer info this morning. I'm still in the 4th corral. Yesterday I ate way to much snack crap out of the snack machine. Need to slow down on that the next couple of days.
Filled out Darrell's FASA info on the PC this morning. What an exercise in frustration dealing with anything the government tries to simplify. Went a lot quicker this time. Only real frustration was the PIN process.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Normal as it gets
Darrell is 19 today. Holy crap, time flies.
Slept in this morning. At least until Lance decided it was time to get up. For such a little dog, he sure is a persistent little pest. Ran 6.4 miles from Fleet Feet. First 2 miles were with R. I haven't seen him in awhile. We went out pretty slow, but before we hit the 2 mile turnaround he had picked up the pace to around 8:15. Felt really good. I only planned on doing 4 miles. Told R. I was feeling good and he headed back to Fleet Feet and I continued on to add more miles.
See William smashed his goal. From the workouts he's doing it would seem he's going to get sub 19 before I do. Lots of raw speed. Must be fast twitch fibers, and I'm more slow twitch, with a little sissy on the side. I just don't like to hurt and cave when the going gets tough.
Typical Saturday, running around town from sunup till sundown. Got Dylan a street hockey puck at Dick's Sporting Goods. There's a store I could spend hours browsing. We left PJ home to make that trip. Met PJ's folks at Macaroni Grill to celebrate Darrell's birthday. PJ got them to sing to him. That young lady had a beatiful voice, and she sure could hit the high notes.
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