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Free shoes!!! Who doesn’t love free shoes? K-Swiss is one of the sponsors for the Michigan Titanium and they graciously gave each of the MiTi Champions a free pair of shoes. They are the K-Ona C’s and super comfortable. I haven’t yet gone for a run in them yet but I have worn them around a bit to break them in. They will probably make their maiden voyage this weekend. I’m going to try wearing them sans socks to see if they can become my go-to triathlon race shoe.

Monday Night Time Trial

I did my first Rapid Wheelmen Monday Night Time Trial this past Monday.  The first race of the season (on the 7th) was cancelled due to weather so this was the first one.  They had a record 77 people turn out (last season’s record was 67) to race the 15 mile course in Ada.  I did my warmup by biking to Ada (about 10 miles) and then hung around until the start of my race. I wasn’t sure how much my legs would be able to handle after having ridden 100 miles on Sunday. However, as the starter counted down to zero, I had a surge of energy and flew out of the gate.

I ended up finishing in 36:40 for a  24.5mph average which should set my baseline for the year.  Because I biked over, I wasn’t wearing my aero helmet (I didn’t want to be THAT guy riding down the road in an aero helmet).  So, I am curious as to what (if any) gains I will see next time with that.

Finally, I had the pleasure of meeting Nick Lemke in person for the first time. Great guy. We’ve chatted through Twitter/Email a bit, but this is the first time our paths have crossed.  Nick is getting ready for his first Ironman this year – IMWI.  Here he is cruising in for a great finish

Road Id Tan Line

It’s that time of year again. Permanent RoadId tan line time of year.  I’m sure it will only get worse as the year progresses.  Thankfully there hasn’t been any sun burn yet this season (knock on wood).

Continue reading »]]> On Saturday, I ran my 8th River Bank Run 25k in a row. It seems sort of silly to write a full race report about it like I have done in the past (here, here, and here) though. So, I’ll try and keep it brief.

We did the whole expo thing on Friday which is always fun. A bit of a change up this year as I had to work the booth for the Michigan Titanium for an hour. This gave Jennie plenty of time to wander around even get her nails done. What do you think Jon? Freshly painted nails probably falls under than same category as matching tri kits which yields faster times right?

Working the booth was interesting. We did our best to pull the triathletes out of the crowd by looking for M-Dot shirts, hats, and tats. Being a running event, we got some interest from people whom upon finding out it was a triathlon would just say, “I can’t swim” and walk away. Four years ago, I couldn’t swim either. Oh well. Their loss.

After doing my time in the booth, I did a quick spin around the expo with Jennie. I was happy to see Gary from the LED Light Vests had a booth (review here). He had already sold out of all of his human vests and only had dogs vests left.

Race Morning

The weather forecast was up in the air for race morning with showers likely. No surprise there. It has rained for at least a portion of the race every year I have done this race. However, we woke up to clear skies and mild temperatures – the perfect weather for race day. We did bet a little bit of a misty rain, but not even enough to get wet from.

Pre-Race with Jennie. Did I mention that Jennie was running her first ever 25K race????

I really didn’t have a big hairy ass goal in mind for this race. My only goal was to stay under 2 hours so that I can continue to enjoy the benefits of the Two Hour Club.  My plan was to go out strong and if I felt good try and maintain that. Otherwise, I would back off and live to fight train another day.

Miles 1-7

I felt great for the first half of the race or so. I started out with the 7:00 pace group and settled in a groove. The first couple miles were a little speedy, but once we hit the shaded area along the river, the pace was reigned in a bit.  At mile 6, I stopped at an aid station to refill my hand held which caused me to fall off of the pace group a bit.  I caught back up in the next mile, but that was last I would see of them.

Rocking my Striders shirt at the Striders cheering section. We love Striders!

Miles 8-12

After catching back up with the pace group, my stomach started to bother me a bit. Nothing serious, just wasn’t comfortable. Normally, I would have taken a Gu at this point but I wasn’t sure if my stomach could handle it so I passed (bad idea). I kept the 7:00 pace group in sight, but dropped down to a 7:20-7:30 pace. My legs still felt good, but mentally I was out of it and just not in the mood to push myself for some reason.

Miles 13-Finish

Best. Final. Miles. Ever. Ok, maybe not the portion through the zoo, but other than that, this is the most fun I have had at the end of this race. I’ve never liked running through the zoo (not the actual animal part of the zoo, but the park area) for some reason. I think Jennie nailed it though when we were talking about it. It is a half mile stretch of windy roads with lots of people, aid stations, rock and roll bands, etc. You’d think the crowd support would help, but it is almost over stimulating.  Plus, the windy roads make it so you can’t see that far in front of you and you lose perception of how far you have gone and how far you have to go.

But besides the zoo portion, I had a blast at the end of this race. I knew that I had sub-2 hours locked up pretty easily, so I took it fairly easy. There was no sense killing myself at this race when I still had more training to do over the weekend.  By taking it easy, I got to actually take it all in. Normally, I am in a death march to the finish with my eyes dead ahead and focused on only one thing – the finish. This time, however, I had fun high fiving the crowd, recognizing people in the crowd that I knew and encouraging fellow runners on the final stretch.

I ended up finishing in 1:54:33 which I realized this morning is actually a 5 second PR from my previous best in 2010. Whoops! I thought my PR was 1:53-something. Should have gone harder I guess.

I felt pretty crappy shortly after the race and I have narrowed this down lack of nutrition on the run. I ended up not eating either of my Gu which was stupid. Lesson learned.

Post Race

After I finished, I ran back to gear check and did a quick cleanup and wardrobe change and headed back to the finish to watch for Jennie. In no time, I saw her bright shoes her turn the corner for the final stretch.

Finishing strong with a smile on her face!

I’m super proud of her for putting in the training and having a great race.

I think Bailey was hoping the balloon was a toy for him.

Other Notes

Congrats to both Spike and The Redhead for great races! They crashed with us on Friday night so I am taking partial credit for both of their PRs. I think that is only fair right???

And finally, I have to share this picture that I snapped while watching for Jennie.

Ah-freaking-mazing. And I am fairly certain that neither of the two women next to him were his guide.  The next time someone tells me they can’t do something, I am whipping out this picture.

Happy Finishers!

Thanks for reading!

Official Results

Continue reading »]]> Hi there. Long time, no talk. Don’t worry, everything is good, I’m just super busy. I picked up a side job doing some extra development work and that is consuming most of my free time. Rest assured I am still doing plenty of training. Last night I finished up my 6th straight day of riding and 3rd 3 hour bike ride in 4 days. I am telling myself that I am taking a day off from riding today, but depending on how the weather shapes up, I might have to extend the streak. I may be addicted to riding.

As evidence of all of my riding, my bike was making a bunch of noise on yesterday’s ride. I looked down to find this:

Not good.  The crank arm was on the verge of falling completely off!  Thankfully I had my Crank Brothers multi tool with me. Love this thing. Compact and has pretty much everything you need for an on the road repair. In no time, I had everything back to normal.

I’m still a little concerned about how/why the crank arm loosened up in the first place. Anyone else ever have this happen?  Is this something I should be paying better attention to?

Any ways, that is my quick update for the day. I’ll hopefully be back soon with a more in depth training update.

Continue reading »]]> The “10,000 Hour Rule” is a common theme from Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers.  While I haven’t read the book in over a year, the idea behind it has been on my mind lately. If you haven’t read Outliers (you should), the general idea is that to become truly great at something, you must spend 10,000 hours practicing that something. Gladwell goes on to use examples such as The Beatles, who put in their 10,000 hours playing Hamburg, Germany, and Bill Gates who spent countless hours programming on the high school computer (yes, “computer”, there was only one) at the age of 13.

This topic came up in conversation with Jason and Jeff last month in Texas.  And even more recently, one of my Priority Health Champion teammates posted about the same thing.  So, it got me to thinking.  Where am I in this journey to 10,000 hours?  Well, since mid-2008 when Jennie got me my Garmin 405, I’ve been logging all of my data in SportTracks. Prior to 2008, I would log my mileage only in either a notebook or on whatever marathon training plan I was following, but didn’t log any times.

The data is as follows: 145 hours in 2008 (from 7/7 to end of the year), 452 hours in 2009, 571 hours in 2010, 680 hours in 2011, and 225 hours so far in 2012.  That brings me to a total of 2,073 hours.  Not too bad. 20% of the way there.  Assuming that I can maintain at least 500 hours per year going forward, I should be there in 16 years. 16 years from now puts me at 44 years old.  If Crowie can win Kona at 38, maybe I can at 44??? haha. 

Ok, so maybe the 10,000 hours thing isn’t an exact science.  But the simply correlation between how much time you spend training for something and how successful you are is a pretty easy one to make. Regardless of when I hit 10,000 hours or how much my performance changes between now and then, rest assured, I will continue to put foot in front of the other (or arm in front of the other, or pedal in front of the other) as long as humanly possible.

So, where are you in your journey to 10,000 hours?

Continue reading »]]> Sunday was my first ever Time Trial race; the Fisk Knob Time Trial. This is an annual event in its 32nd year that serves as sort of a kick off to the road racing season.  It is a 17.3 mile course through the rolling hills of northern Kent County. Fisk Knob Park is the highest point in Kent County so the race finished with a nice .5 mile climb at the very end.

This is the final climb to the finish (looking down the hill).  Hills are difficult to photograph, so you know that the climb is a doozy when you can see it in a photograph.

I registered for this race towards the end of the registration period so I was assigned number 156 (out of 180 or so).  This meant that my start time would be at 2:18 with the first rider going out at 1:00.  That gave me plenty of time to kill.  I rode out and did some warmups and even included a set of “flushers” that I learned from my spin class instructor Kattie.  Flushers are:

• 60 seconds at low cadence, big gear then 60 seconds soft pedal – repeat for 3 sets
• 60 seconds at high cadence (110RPM+) then 60 seconds soft pedal – repeat for 3 sets
• 60 seconds at HIM pace then 60 seconds soft pedal – repeat for 3 sets.

They are a great way to warm up the legs and loosen up.

It was crazy windy out for the race with a steady 15-20mph wind out of the SW and gusts stronger than that.  It was windy enough that a few people ditched their disc wheels for their stock wheels.  With no race wheels myself (yet), I didn’t have to worry about it.  The temperature was nice and warm though with temps in the 70’s.

Before I knew it, it was time to line up. I made sure I shifted into an easy gear and found my spot. For starting, they had one guy holding you upright so you could clip into both pedals.  This would be a first time for starting like this and I had a fear that he would say “Go!”, let go, and I would tip over.  Thankfully, that didn’t happen and I had a successful start.

Just getting started after managing to stay upright.

The race starts off downhill and before I knew it I had spun out of my gears and was coasting down the hill at nearly 40mph.  I knew the first 4 miles or so was mainly downhill so I pushed it as hard as I could.  I caught up to and passed the 2 riders in front of me fairly quickly and was feeling great.

Still early on in the race on the first downhill.

5.5 miles in, we turned onto Red Pine which runs North-South. I thought that with the S-SW winds, this would be the toughest section of the course.  However, because the road is lined with Red Pine trees (hence the name of the road), the wind was pretty mild and I surprisingly didn’t notice it in either direction.  There were two turn arounds on Red Pine which were a pain mainly because you lose so much momentum trying to go around a cone. It did give me a chance to take a glug from my water bottle though.

In no time, I was turning back on to 20 Mile for the final 5 miles of the course.  I got passed by one guy and passed another on this stretch.  Drafting wasn’t allowed, but I tried to use the guy who passed me as motivation to hang on.

With a mile left, the course turns onto the final stretch.  I had thought that the hill would begin as soon as I made the turn, but there was actually a pretty decent run up to the climb that allowed me build some back up momentum that I lost on the turn (NOTE: I am horrible at taking turns fast. Need to work on that).  I chugged as hard as I could going up the hill and crossed the finish line with a time of 44:28.

I was super happy with my time as my A-Goal was 45 minutes.  44:28 put me at a 23.3mph average.  This earned me 8th out of 15 in my AG and 34th out 160 overall.  I was actually surprised that I wasn’t higher up in my AG.  I looked back at the previous 3 years’ results and my time would have easily earned me 1st or 2nd in my AG.  From the looks of it, the 20-24 AG must have had a couple people age up this year as that AG has been smoking fast the past couple of years. Oh well, guess I just need to get faster!

If you want to see all the nerdy details of the race, feel free to check out my Garmin file.  Based on the results of the race, I think I need to adjust my HR zones as I was in Z5+ for nearly the entire ride based on my current zones.  Also, I think I need to switch back to my 12-25 rear cassette.  I just could not get comfortable with the gearing on the 11-28 cassette and found myself jumping back and forth between spinning and mashing.  I usually ended up spinning and ended up with an average cadence of 104RPM.

Alright, enough about me. What about the rest of the competition? 

The overall winner was an 18 year old kid who finished in 38 minutes flat.  That is a smoking 27.3mph average! I should have asked for his autograph for when is famous and racing in the TdF.

While most of the racers had fancy TT bikes and race wheels, there was probably about 30% of the racers on non TT bikes.  I really enjoyed watching these racers. While it is easy to get swept up into the craziness of aero, race wheels, Cervelo P2 & P3/Specialized Transition & Shiv/Trek Speed Concepts/etc., these riders provided a refreshing reminder of the everyday road warrior and the simplicity of the sport.

First off is the fat bike jorts rider. Yes, jorts. A fat bike, for those who don’t know, is a specialty type of bike with tires at least 3.5” wide. This is compared to my 23c tires which are 23mm (.9”) wide.  They are popular for riding on snow, sand, and other unstable conditions.  They are not a fast bike by any means due to their high rolling resistance.  I can only imagine the workout this guy got racing 17 miles on it.

Next up is the hand cyclist – only one today. This is just incredible to me. I can’t imagine racing like this. I would feel so vulnerable this close to the ground. He ended up finishing with an impressive 20mph average.  I’ll have to look for him at the River Bank Run next month as there are usually a couple dozen wheelchair and hand cyclist racers.

The next woman I wish I would have had a chance to talk to. I saw her and her husband pull up before the race started. They pulled up in a big Buick with a handicap sign hanging from the window. This tiny little old lady (probably in her 70’s) gets out of the car with a cane and heads over to registration. Yep, she used a cane for walking, but was out there racing – with clipon aero bars to boot! Awesome.

Ok, this guy is on a TT bike, but I couldn’t resist sharing. He is riding a pink camo QR. Where does a guy even get a pink camo QR??? And I am fairly certain that it is actually his bike and not one he borrowed. #1 I think I have seen him before at races and #2 He won the 25-29 AG with a 25.6mph average so I guessing the bike fit him pretty well.

Next up is the tandem riders. There were actually 3 sets of tandem racers, but this couple I have seen at other races. They did both of the gravel races I did earlier this season on their tandem.  Not only that, but Mike, the guy on the front, finished (fast tandem time), hopped on a Fixed Gear bike and raced AGAIN – solo this time.  I talked to the woman after the race and it was apparently his 5th race of the weekend.

Finally, there is this guy. He was in the 19 and under category riding a Surly bike with internal geared hub. No fancy aero bars, no shoes/cleats, just straight up cycling. I’m not sure if it this was his first race ever, but I saw him finish and he had the biggest smile on his face; like he had just conquered the world.

And finally, just one more picture for you…

These were posted all over the park. Thankfully there was plenty of porta-jons.

Continue reading »]]> Last week, The Twitter started a conversation about the best possible presidential team.  Somehow, I got voted President based on my policy to “export all dumbasses” as my first order of business. It was determined that MattyO is exempt from this policy because he has an “anchor wife” in Heather.  Below are my nominations for the best cabinet team of all time.  Please let me know in the comments if you accept your nomination.  If you weren’t included, please feel free to apply for any cabinet position (real or made up) that you think you are qualified for.

VP

Nomination: Jon
Reasoning: Jon gets the spot of VP as the co-conspirator of this whole thing. He wanted Secretary of Epicness Awesomeness, but VP is just as good, right? All of the fame, none of the work.

First Lady

Nomination: Jennie
Reasoning: Obviously.

First Dog

Nomination: Bailey
Reasoning: Obviously. Although I am sure that he would be willing to share with Porter, Maglee, Sophie, and Frank

Spiritual Advisor

Nomination: Matt Smith
Reasoning: Pastor extraordinaire, Matt Smith wins this nomination in a landslide. It is kick ass sermons like this (http://go-smitty-go.blogspot.com/2011/11/weekend-recap.html) that helped move him to the top of the list.

Secretary of State

Nomination: Heather
Reasoning: The position of Secretary of State must be held by someone who is both intelligent and good and negotiating with foreign countries who are often at odds with each other.  Well, Heather is a rocket scientist, so that must make her pretty dang smart. AND she is married to MattyO, so she must be a pro at diffusing conflicts and dealing with stubborn meatheads.

Secretary of the Treasury

Nomination: Colleen
Reasoning: As a small business owner, she has to be good with money, so what better place for her than here? However, based on her recent experience with the housing market, it was actually a toss up between this and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Secretary of Defense

Nomination: Jeff
Reasoning: If you need an explanation for this, I’ll just let Jeff show you his gun collection.  This would be assuming that Texas decides to remain part of The Union.

Attorney General

Nomination: Rachel aka Manic Defense
Reasoning: This position is usually held by a lawyer and what better lawyer than Rachel? I think that there should be a presidential meeting with the Attorney General in August at the Michigan Titanium.  What do you think, Rachel? You know you want to sign up.

Secretary of the Interior

Nomination: Mandy
Reasoning: While the Secretary of the Interior generally comes from a western state, Mandy will break that trend. After all, she is our favorite forester and lumberjack, right? With her partner in crime, Porter, she is sure to rock the position.

Secretary of Agriculture

Nomination: MattyO
Reasoning: I think we all know that MattyO is farmer at heart. If anything, we know that we will be well stocked with eggs and sweet potatoes.

Secretary of Commerce

Nomination: Annie
Reasoning: From what Jeff says, she is great at spending $$$. Annie obviously gets the position of Secretary of Commerce based on her extensive experience working in the retail industry.

Secretary of Labor

Nomination: KC
Reasoning: I don’t know many harder workers than KC.  Biking over 10,00 miles in a year? Yeah, that is hard work.

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Nomination: Jason
Reasoning: I am a bit hesitant to nominate Jason for this position out of fear of a Vegetarian Mandate, but I am confident that he will increase healthy eating and eradicate obesity within the first 4 year term.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Nomination: Beth
Reasoning: Jon helped me out this one, but apparently this is Beth’s background, so I am going to trust my VP’s judgment here.

Update (via Jon): Beth has also agreed to turn all roadways into bike lanes.

Secretary of Transportation

Nomination: BDD
Reasoning: Big Daddy DIESEL. It is kind of obvious, isn’t it? Don’t let the diesel name fool you, though. I bet this guy has us converted over to biking everywhere instead of driving.

Secretary of Energy

Nomination: EMZ
Reasoning: Do you know anyone with more energy than EMZ? I swear this girl is powered by pickle juice. Need more proof? How about this: January = 307 miles, February = 338 miles, March = 341 miles.

Secretary of Education

Nomination: Ellen
Reasoning: Who better than a Grammar Queen for this position? At the very least, she will make sure we avoid embarrassments like this: http://www.lifeinreviews.com/2012/03/awe-and-blah-draw-something-and.html. I would pick my wonderful editor of a wife, but since she is already First Lady, I figured that she will be busy enough with that. I am sure that she will be more than happy to assist with comma placement when needed, though.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Nomination: Shannon
Reasoning: Thanks to BDD for this nomination. Shannon from Iron Texas Mommy is racing for Team RWB at Rev3 which makes her a perfect fit.

Secretary of Homeland Security

Nomination: Jeff (dual position with defense)
Reasoning: Again, do you really need a reason? Ok, you need a reason. How about this: http://danglethecarrot.blogspot.com/2012/02/it-is-time-to-go-underground.html?

Seriously though, who wouldn’t want this awesome team leading our country? Who wants to join the campaign?

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I’ve had the Steve Job biography on my Kindle for a while now, but just finally started it last week.  I’m nearly done with it already.  It is that good.  I highly recommend it to anyone even if you aren’t a techy geek like me.

Easter candy is half off. Crap. Somehow this 42oz bag (yes, 42oz as in 2.6 lbs) of M&Ms made its way into our house. If I mix it with raisins and peanuts for a trail mix, I can consider it a health food right?

Ok, this is technically 4 pictures, but the final 2 go together.  On the left, Bailey put on his Sunday best for Easter this year. On the right is the first picture we got of Bailey which is the one the adoption agency used on Petfinder when he was still a little pup. He has since developed a case of the crazy eyes.

Continue reading »]]> What a whirlwind of a weekend. I can’t believe how much we crammed into 4 days.

We started off on Thursday by boarding the train and heading into Chicago.  We being myself, Jennie and my brother-in-law Brad.  As a Christmas present, we gave him a delayed trip to Chicago.  He had never been and shopping for a 15 year old is near impossible so the trip seemed perfect.  His Spring Break fell last week so he cashed in on the trip.

The trip is probably best told in pictures (you may have already seen these on FB).

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After the trip to Chicago, we brought Brad back home to his parents’ house which coincided with Easter. It turned out to be an amazing trip and a great weekend overall.  However, with all the running around, I am exhausted and feel like I need a break already. haha.

Ironman waits for no one though.  Last week was my recovery week which actually worked out well with all the travel. I didn’t do any “official” training on two of the days, however, I did a crap ton of walking on Thursday.  I estimated that we walked around 12 miles on Thursday as we wound our way through Chicago. We walked everywhere that day and didn’t use the L or buses at all.  It was a nice way to see the city, but even with my Hokas on, my feet were killing me by the end of the day.

I did get in a glorious run Friday morning along Lakeshore Drive while in Chicago. As I started my run, I noticed a guy wearing an IMWI finishers hat. I struck up a conversation with him and ended up running and chatting with him for nearly my entire run. I ended up with 6 miles which was all I had time for but it was one of those days where I felt like I could run forever.

This week is my return to a structured training plan. I have been following the No Plan Training Plan for the past couple of weeks and while I enjoy it, I want to get some of the structure back.  I had to hit the trainer today to get my ride in because the 35mph wind gusts proved to be too dangerous as I was nearly blown into oncoming traffic. Hopefully the weather cooperates for the rest of the week so I can nail my workouts.

On the racing front, I have my next race on Sunday. It is Fisk Knob, a 17.3 mile time trial.  This will be my first ever time trial race.  I am hoping to hit a 22-23 mph average, but that all depends on the weather and how well I can handle the course – the final 1/3 of the course is pretty much all up hill.  It will be interesting and fun to just hammer it for 45 minutes straight.

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading!

Continue reading »]]> It is finally time for some recovery! Technically last week was supposed to be my first recovery week. However, with a race planned for Saturday, and lots of travel and other obligations planned for this week, I decided to flip flop my training weeks.  I kept the intensity and volume pretty high throughout all of last week and into Monday. Starting today, I will back off a bit on the workouts. I know that I will miss some workouts and not have ability to bike with some of the travel so that will help me recover.  And I need the recovery, my body is feeling worn out.

Anyways, here is what I have been up to…

The Lowell 50

As I mentioned, I did another race on Saturday.  I hit the dirt/gravel on the mountain bike again for the The Lowell 50.  I chose the 28 mile loop and am glad I did.  The weather took a turn for the worse and we ended up with a starting temperature of 34*. Despite the cold, this race went much better than Barry-Roubaix for two reasons: I knew what to expect and the course was a bit less challenging (more pavement and no 2-track).  I did a slightly better job hanging with some groups, but still rode the majority on my own.  With the smaller field, I ended up taking 3rd in my age group out of 9.

The 28 mile group headed out at the start.

About 10 miles from the finish. There was a HUGE climb right after coming off of the bridge.

Coming across the finish line. There were 3 of us together in the final mile. I got out sprinted by one of the guys, but held off the 3rd guy.

My age group hardware.

Training

Training is going great. While I have a solid plan in place, I can’t say that I am following that closely. For as much shit as I have given MattyO about his “no plan plan”, I am starting to get it.  Last year, I followed my training plan to a T.  This year, however, I have basically been looking at the plan at the beginning of the week and then doing what I want.  I have been moving things around to fit my schedule and events like group rides/runs.

My biggest struggle thus far has been running for some reason. Part of it is the fact that I think I just needed a break from running after so much time training for the Woodlands Marathon.  I also think that I got so used to running long with my previous training plan, that I just can’t get motivated to do a short run.  All of my 4-6 miles runs have been struggles; both physically and mentally.  However, my long runs (10+ miles) have been awesome and I felt like I could run forever.  I may work with this and cut back on the number of runs per week and increase my per run mileage and see how my body handles it.

Team Priority Health Champion

I recently applied to be a Team Priority Health Champion and was accepted! I don’t know too many details yet, but I’m very excited to join a great team working to promote healthy and active lifestyles. 

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading!