Last weekend was incredible — all of my parents’ kids and grandkids had a fun weekend at their place. It’s rare that we get everyone together, with families spread out across the nation.
Steamboat was fun, as always. Hotter than I like, and the first couple of miles doesn’t have too much tree cover so the sun felt worse than it probably should have. I cam in about 30 seconds per mile slower than I should have (again, just like the 5k from two weekends ago). But still, it’s a great race with some incredible runners at the front, and awesome volunteers and crowds.
Here’s the quick update: Getting about 20 miles a week in, ran a both 5k and a 4 miler way slower than I expected (heat and humidity are still not my friends) and am just flat-out enjoying running a heck of a lot more than I ever expected.
The fall will be busy. I’ve decided to run the Lake City Marathon as basically just a long training run. The next week is the inaugural Fox River Valley Marathon here in Saint Charles; I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to partake in the first running of my hometown marathon. Then in mid-October I’m running the Des Moines Marathon. Seattle in November? We’ll see.
Next year should see some fun things as long as the body agrees with my admittedly ambitious schedule.
I guess it’s official, this yearsummer will be spent running instead of cycling. I’ve commited to a few events so far:
There’s a couple of other runs that I’m considering. Suffice to say that cycling training has been shunted off to the side for now.
Last night I got in a nice 11 mile run along the Great Western Trail. I went out not really thinking that I’d go that far, but when I got to three miles (which would have made it a six mile run on my out-and-back route) I figured that another mile wouldn’t hurt. Then I added in another, making it a ten miler, and figured that I could get another half-mile out before Kristina would start to get worried. Yeah, it was slow. And I have a bit of soreness this morning. But oh so worth it, if only for the confidence I now have that only running long can give. And I can also be confident that my pace can only get faster.
My Intermediate Accounting II final is tomorrow, and I’m also retaking a test I bombed earlier in the semester. Training has been on hold for the past week while I attempt to cram five chapters of Kieso’s book into my brain.
Running is going to get me through the next couple of months; cycling will be somewhat limited. That’s not a bad thing right now. I’m going to be running the Steamboat Classic four-miler in June, and I’m thinking about possibly running a half-marathon in late summer or early fall. After that, the cyclocross season will be knocking on the door, which is really what I’m most interested in.
Coaches Panel: Advice on training while sick – VeloNews.
This is the story of my off-season, or more accurately my second half of ‘cross season and my offseason. Since mid-October, I’ve barely been on the indoor trainer, and have only run a minimal amount of miles on the treadmill. The good news is that I’m finally at the stage where I can run or bike and not feel fatigued within thirty seconds of starting; the bad news is that I’m seriously far away from any semblance of race shape.
In the words of Vince Lombardi then: “Gentlemen, today we start the big push.”
So . . . Blogger sent out a notice a while back indicating that FTP publishing would cease being an option. I surely didn’t want to give up using bobmeinig.com, so here we are. Blogging and more using Wordpress. Now I just need to post more often than I have been.
