Steady as it goes

The title of this blog entry sums up one more week in the books for me. Things have been overall very steady. I did miss my first day of running in like 50+ days last Thursday but that was ok as it was going to be a very late night run and I knew I had to get out early the next day. No need to run twice in like 7 hours. I ended up the weekend good with a solid 11 miles with Steve on Saturday then I got in a Valentines run with Sonya. We where looking at 30 miles for the day. Sonya got in the full 30 miles but I called it a day after 24 miles. My groing was getting pretty sore and I figured better safe than sorry. It was still a upgrade of 4 miles to the long run and I ended the weekend with a solid 35 miles. My run last night tells me that it was a good call to stop early on Sunday. All parts where pretty good as I knocked out a solid 9 miles. Keep it rolling people !!

P.S. Great job by all who ran the Psycho Wyco trail races last weekend. Helen has a good write up on the trip down in the TC Running RV.

Double the Fun

What a weekend it was. As people who follow this blog know I have been on a very good streak of running for sometime now and feeling like I am getting my grove back mentally about running. This post from super ultra runner Goeff Roes awhile back really helped me get in a good frame of mind. As we all know being in a good place upstairs helps so much when getting out the door.

So this weekend like all the past few ones I found myself getting out early with Paul on Saturday morning. This week we where going to do 20 miles. This was going to be my longest run yet of this year. The 18 miles last week felt good so I was up to added on the extra 2 miles. The run on a whole was great. Paul and I had a great time talking and running down by the lakes and such. I would say the first 18 miles where great. Now the last 2 miles kind of went down hill a bit because the footing was getting harder but all in all we got in a solid 20. After the run I was a bit sore but overall not bad.

After a good day and night of drinking water and eating some food I was excited to be able to run with Sonya. She was going to do 20 miles as well and I figured I would just go along for the ride then drop off after a while. Well mile after mile went by and I was feeling super good. So going by my "Goeff" attitude I was going with the flow. Before I knew it I had in a second day of 20 miles !! Man back to back 20 mile days. Boy it had been awhile. So long that I do not think I even had done this before Leadville 100 last summer. Man I was happy with myself.

This weekend gave me lot's of confidence in what I am doing as a runner and continues to make me excited for the upcoming season. Bring on the races... but not before some more good training.




The great weekend ended with a fun day of sledding for Summer's b-day party with the girls, my brothers and Kraig's little Lucy.

What makes us believe

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

I am so pleased to share with you this amazing and special movie I found posted on Flotrack. This is the story of the Men of York H.S. cross country team. This team has won a ton of state titles over the years but what struck me most while watching this was how lucky I feel to have had the H.S. coach I had and the teammates I had. Many people take many things for granted over the years but for me the lessons I learned back then 20+ years ago are the ones that still make me the Husband, Father, Runner and person that I am today. This movie has touched me so deep. I hope you please find time to watch it as I promise you that it will be well worth the time !!

1,2,3 off we go

Well it has been one heck of a week since I last wrote on this blog. I have kept my string of running days going which has made me happy. I can feel my body getting stronger week by week. This week has been a cold cold week in many ways.

One it was cold to see my Vikings loose that dam game the way they did last week. It was a great season but it came to a end way to soon in my mind. Not to sound like a total rube but the best team is not playing in the upcoming Super Bowl. Hell one way to look at it was we had like 200 more yards on offence then the "greatest show on turf" plus gave the dam ball away how many times more and where still there to win the game with just seconds left. I know could of should of. Better luck next year I guess. Second it was cold as in temp's outside !! Man those where a few frigid run this week.


So on to other things for those of you who run with a ipod like I do a bunch of the time do you ever have a song that seems to come up allot and when it does you feel like you are flying ? Well this song by Rogue Wave does that for me and lately it has been coming up allot on the old ipod. Good stuff. Well take care and have a great weekend of running.

Hmm looks like fun

So we are always looking for what that next race/ challenge could be for us. It seems like my year of races keeps changing day to day. I feel like I should just take that part of my blog off. One race I keep coming back to is the North Face 50 mile final out in the San Fransisco area in December. I guess I will have to see how things are going but I think I might have to find a way out there. Here is a great video of the Women's champ this year Caitlin Smith.

As for my running it is going strong still ! I have kept alive my streak for 2010 so far with 22 straight days. I will have to say even though this is not very long it marks a good point for me as I think it has been at least 1 year since I have run 22 days in a row. Overall I have felt real good each day and getting stronger I think. Had the second Friday in a row with a GREAT trail run with the guys. I am hoping to knock out a 20 miler tomorrow morning so we will see. I am just going with the flow. Go Vikings !!

Ultramarathon Woman

So my wife Sonya and I have this good friend Kim who like us loves to run long, real long. Sonya first met Kim a few years ago at the Sunmart 50 mile race in Texas. Lucky for us she and her family moved to MN and her and Sonya have been able to become good running friends. It makes me so happy when I get to hear that Sonya got to get out for her daily run with her friends !! This is a movie about Kim that was filmed at last years FANS 24 hour race in which she was the Women's champ. Enjoy !!

On a Roll in 2010

So you know how we all roll into the new year every year and we talk about all the things we want to do different or better. Well I for one always like to do that. I remember my old high school coach Mr. Kleyman saying that even the best races you can always find something you could do better as well as even the worst races you can find something you did pretty good at. I have tried to live my life in all ways that way.

For 2010 in my running world I decided I need to put forth a honest effort and try to be better at sticking with things no matter how hard they get. With my daily runs that meant getting out no matter what, even if that meant running on the dreaded treadmill this winter. I told myself I would have a 3 mile minimum for distance. I figured if I felt like I needed a real easy day 3 should do the trick. I also know I need to do workouts once more. Man I have been so bad with this for far to long.

I am happy to report that so far everything has been working out pretty good. I have run everyday this year so far and even better I have been feeling pretty good doing it. I have had a few days where I just did not feel it but got out there or in two different cases even ran on the treadmill. I know it sounds silly at this point since the year is only 12 days old but I am pretty happy about it. I even am a bit excited to be putting a race schedule together. I hope everyone else is having a good start to there new year as well. See you at the trails/roads/ metrodome/ or even treadmill !!