ADELANTE!

We all have a sickness That cleverly attaches and multiplies No matter how hard we try. Great lyrics from Incubus. Pretty much defines what running is in my life. But the song goes on to explain how we all have someone in our lives that "digs" at us to keep us grounded, and that would be my wife. Great workout this morning. Once again, a complete debacle in terms of locating a vacant track, but finally found one not in use and proceeded to improve upon this workout from last week. Good sensations, just not fast yet. Plus, I was a bit tired from yesterday's 7.5K at 5:35 pace on hills, but all in good time. Big recovery run this morning, as my legs were quite fatigued from yesterday's effort. However, I can truly sense how strong my legs are getting with each healthy week passing. Very nice. Will get ready for tomorrow's medium long run at a nice steady clip... which went very nicely. Pretty much 90' of working my @ss off on the Mountain. By far my best long run...

Found out yesterday that one of our Customer Service Specialists was struck by a vehicle on her morning run. She was killed instantly. 26 years old. And so, I headed out today with a heavy heart for our company (we are such a tight bunch) for my weekly long run. A long, steady, 90' run to the Illinois Momument through Kennsaw Mountain National Park. It was a beautiful morning, and once again, I have to state that this HVAC material we use in our apparel is revolutionary. In 65+ degrees I ran with my HVAC long sleeve and felt great the entire run. It did not even feel like I had a shirt on, let alone a long sleeve. I worked very well the entire way and only had slight tightness in my right quad and only bonked a little the final 800 meters, but closed quite well over the last 600m after a brief stretch. Anyhow, recovery is the name of the game for this week as I have an expo to work... Simple, easy recovery run this morning before hitting the road to Nashville. Left calf/soleus stil...

This is the hill that my daughter, Madelyn, ran all the way to the top by herself, a climb of several hundred meters. She ran non-stop, uphill and downhill, without falling and without fear. This is her "Red Mountain." To the right is a war-path located on top of the Red Mountain, unbeknownst to many. This award-winning photograph was taken after hours of awaiting the proper filtration of sunlight through nature's canopy of leaves. It is entitled, "Limb Awry."

What a crappy start to my week. Due to a combination of travel, exhaustion, going to the well in a race, food poisoning, you name it, I have had fever, chills, and all other flu-like symptoms since arriving back into Kennesaw. Seems like I got a 24-hour bug, but hopefully that is it and tomorrow will be nice, as I have scheduled a solid 2h-2h15' long run. Also, spoke to my Coach, who was quite pleased with our progression, and is the one that advised me to move my long run back one day to tomorrow (good advice) and so I did, only going 10K+ today as a recovery run. Anyway, we mapped out the next two weeks leading into a hilly Half Marathon in Nashville in which I aim to run 5:30 pace or so. We shall see how much fitness I can gain in two week's time. However, the key is to get over this bug ASAP. So, I'm going to bed early... and I had a night full of sweats. I woke up about five times, all soaked in sweat. But I stayed in bed and did not worry. By morning, I had plenty of ...

Alright, a good start to the week. I love entering training weeks off excellent long runs, and this past long run was a dandy. I sure ran hard and pushed myself well, not too hard, as I am still developing my body to handle the rigors of endurance, but I pushed myself quite well. Monday, I met up with Dave and took him on my Gilbert St. 10K loop and that went well. Tuesday, I met up with Robin to escort me around Atlanta's version of Memorial Park, the Chattahoochee River. It's a 5K loop on dirt/gravel along the river, one of the few flat places to train in the Greater ATL, with 1/4 mile markers as well. After a disastrous attempt to get out there at 8AM (traffic is ridiculous), I started out again at 9AM and was ready to run. We hit the first loop and I was feeling a bit sluggish, but running well. However, I soon realized that I was going to have a bit of difficulty running on this slippery surface. I remembered back to Houston and Memorial Park, and the first couple of times...

Alright, a nice start to my week. After traveling to Birmingham with my sales rep Monday morning, I headed out for a nice recovery run and felt quite good considering how tired I was and the extent of my Sunday long run. However, the fatigue from the quick trip (had to awake at 4AM) caught up with me Tuesday, as I slept in until 10AM! I usually naturally awake at about 7AM, and since I had a Dr.'s appointment with Robin Rogers at 11AM, I postponed my hill workout until Wednesday morning, before I drive down to Jacksonville for an expo. My post-massage run went quite well, as I tried to beat the thunderstorms, and ran fantastically fluid and efficient. Hill workout went great. Woke up to extremely sore and dead-legged for some reason, with quite a bit of ankle pain as I had some uncomfortable sleep due to my shin strains, but otherwise, I was ready to roll. Awoke to cold and rainy weather, and so I wore my HVAC long sleeve, my absolutely favorite piece of apparel, and headed out in ...