OK, my second posting is underway with not a lot to talk about. I am hoping to get better at this as the weeks go by. I plan on posting the past weeks events at sometime on Monday; Timbeaux has already e-mailed me this morning wondering where this is at? Well here it is.

 

The week did not start out all that good since I was trying to recover from the Memorial Day bike spill and knowing I would be on-call all week did not help. My alarm clock (Marci) wakes me every weekday morning at 4:00am for some type of exercise, going to the gym three days a week is the norm for me regardless of what is going on, I cannot tell you the last time I missed a regular workout. I am well past the time of wanting to be big and strong, now I just want to stay in decent shape and I am not talking about the round kind of shape (Arnell). I am normally in the gym every M/W/F for about 45 minutes to an hour and that is it. T/T mornings consist of stationary bike training. I bought a well used Schwinn spin bike and on days when I am not in the gym, I am in the garage with headphones blaring for 30 to 45 minutes. So from here out I will be omitting these events because I am normally sleeping through most of it and have very little brain activity at the time. If by some chance I come up with something I think you might be interested in I will let you know.

 

Wednesday afternoon Blake and I went for a run, not much to tell other than my shins are hurting. We went 3 miles at about an 8:30 pace which was what the goal was but for the next two days I walk with a limp. The problem is I am a heal striker, so when I run for longer than just a couple of miles my feet and shins hurt. I have been experimenting with my landing and stride but have had no luck with the discomfort. It is nothing that I cannot deal with but running 26.2 will be challenging.

 

On Saturday morning we planned a family ride with the four of us leaving from our driveway. We went 20 miles averaging close to 15mph, on the road by 8:00 and home by 9:30. Nothing too difficult, had one stop at the Chaneyville Fire station for a drink and an adjustment. As you can see in the picture below Cam does not want to be here but the thought of us doing something without him is too much for him to bear. His riding is improving but his attitude is not. It is a work in progress.

 On Sunday morning Blake and I planned a 30 mile loop, basically the same ride as yesterday but with a few extensions, no stops and some aerobar riding. He loves this type of riding. We did have to make one unplanned stop to get a picture of a silo. Now you must be asking why stop to take a picture of a silo? A month or so back we had to make a trip to a family reunion in Mississippi and Cam saw a silo, he was just amazed. What in world was that he asked???? So now it is a running joke and I wanted to show Cam that we have silos here close to home. 

 

 

 Anyway, as our ride near completion we saw Marci out on the road for her long run. So off the bike and into my shoes I go with the intentions of catching her.  Blake called it a day. My legs were feeling good but she had about a mile head start? I put the thought of catching her out of my mind, I went out easy knowing that I needed a slow easy run and that is what I did. With about a mile left to go my parents slowly drove by bringing me and Marci some water, how is that for support, Thanks. As we neared the house I was closing on her but just ran out of steam. I finished around 10:00am and man it was some kinda hot. It is going to be a long summer.

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