Eating hills for lunch

Ran today down on the Cedar Lake/ Theo Wirth trails. I think this will become a major run for me. I love the mix of hills and flats. When I got into Theo Wirth which has the most hills I felt very strong. Each week I have run there I feel better and better. I got in like 8 miles today. I feel like I am turning a corner maybe.

Running with PR

Today was a great run with my buddy Patrick. I tok Pat down to the MN river bottoms. He had never run down there and thought this was a good call. I love running with Pat. He is one of the most talented runners I know. His spirt and drive to be his best is very cool. We had a great run. The weather was pretty good, the trail was great. We went like 15 to 16 miles. I felt good !!!!! What a nice feeling. Now if I can only get a few more days like this.

Get in Gear ??

Boy after todays run I need to get it in gear !!! The day started with going down to the "Get in Gear 10k" race. Sonya and a bunch of our friends from the store where running. I had the kids today and Sinya was running. It was a bit warmer that what we have been used to at this time of the day so it seemed to take a bit out of people. I thought all in all people ran super good. I was very proud of Sonya. It is not easy to go race when you know you are not at your best.

After the race Sonya took over with the kids and I got to go out for my run. I desided to go to one of my favorite places to run the MN river bottoms. It sure was warm at 2pm ! To make matters worse I was not smart and had not eaten at all or drank much water before hand. So guess what..... I felt like crap and cut it short at 5 miles. I need to be better than that.

Later that night Sonya had a great B-day party for me. Bunch of peopl came over and we hung out by the fire pit and drank lot's of beer and had cake !!! How's that for a way to end the day. Better luck tomarrow on the run.

Too much & no time

Man do you ever feel like there is not enuff hours in the day ? This is a daily feeling around our house. So as a results my runs sometimes take a hit. Today was one of those days. I got out this morning after droping off the van to get fixed. It was a nice morning temp wise. I felt pretty good and all. I just ran on the parkway and back home. I think I got about 4 miles or so. I could have gone farther but the thought of making it home in time to have some 15-20 mins to lay in bed with Sonya and Evan was to strong to fend off. I think it was a great choice !!

On a side note Sonya and the kids took me to Olive Garden for my b-day !!! Thanks guys.

Birthday run

So today is my birthday !!! Yea I love birthdays. It was a great day for me. It started out with morning rolls with me girls. Then Sonya brought me lunch at work. It was so good to eat luch with her. We do not get to do that very often. So to cap it all off we droped Evan off with my parents and Sonya and I got a good 7 mile run in on the Luce Line trail. It is soft and flat !!! Perfect for today. We did 5 1 min pick up towards the end. They felt pretty good and Sonya seemed to do pretty good with them. She is running Get in Gear 10k this weekend. I do not think it will be a super burnner of a race for her but I think she could be suprised. She has been sick but she is one tuff cookie. To cap off the day we saw the movie 300. It was pretty good !

Finding my grove

Today I ran after work with Sonya. We went to the great trails around Cedar lake and up and around Theo Wirth. I know I have said it before but these trails just feel so good to me. I am so free while running in places like that. I felt very good. Sonya also seemed to be feeling good. We ran like 58 min's. I think it was like 7+ miles. Good run !!!!

Day 2 back

So tonight i got out for my run after work. It was a long 10 hour day at the shop which is normaly not a good mix for a run after work. Today was different. I think being able to watch the London marathon on Ryan's lap top got me fired up to go. I ran from home down to the parkway and did a loop. I ran when i could on the grass/ dirt parts. Boy does that feel good. I felt pretty good out there. I even found myself picking up the pace at times !! It was a easy 5 mile loop for the day. Not bad I got to keep it up.