After sleeping in some today Sonya, Evan and I ran a lakes loop. We could tell that we where getting out a bit later than normal because the lakes had so many people down at them. All in all the sleep was much needed and felt good. Plus the extra people is not such a bad thing. Evan like to see all the people. Something we like about bringing the jogger besides having Evan with us is the extra places we have to put things like water bottles and such. We had a bottle with us which was good since it was a tad warm. We had a good run !! We got in like 13 miles or so. A nice start to the weekend.

Hanging with Sondra

Today Evan, Krya and I had the pleasure of having lunch with my old boss and great friend Sondra. It is so great to spend time with her. I miss my days working for her at the Edge !!!

After Sonya got off work we took Evan for a good run on the parkway. We got in like 10 miles. Evan is such a joy on so many fronts. Running with him is great ! I felt pretty good today. I was better with the water drinking. Still need to stretch better.

Later in the night we went over to the Chris Lundo's house for a little get together. It was fun to sit and talk with all the people. It is nice to have such friends.

Evan and I ran this afternoon. The weather outside was super great !!! To bad I felt so bad that all we got was like 5 miles. I just felt so tired. I am sure my lack of water all day did not help my cause. On the bight side I did have a nice afternoon with Evan. The girls where off with the church group to stuff boxes for Feed my Starving Children. They have done this a few times and love it.

Title's ?

So what is in a title ? One of the worst things about do the blog is coming up with a title each time. After a while you just feel like you have used everything possible. Maybe it is just that I am not that creative huh ? SO for now on I will not use a title unless I feel real moved by something.

I got out today after work with Sonya. We ran for Gear to save on time. I needed to get to my parents to pick up Summer and Evan and she was getting a massage after the run !! Perfect post marathon activity for her. We did a nice run around Calhoon and Isles then through the neighborhoods back to the store. I was a bit tired and stiff at times but not super bad. I MUST be better about stretching everyday. I truly believe that will be the key to feeling good pre TCM this fall. We ended up with a solid 10 miles for the day.

Tool Tuesday

Today is the Tool show !!! My little brother Kevin's law firm Briggs and Morgan have a box at the Xcel center. Sometimes he is able to get tickets to shows for us. Being that Tool is a hard rock band let's just say getting tickets is much easier that say for the Police ? I have long liked Tool but have never seen them live. I was not let down. The show was super great !! Thanks Kevin.

As for the run for the day I just got a short 6 miles in. Man was it hot out today once more. Figured 6 miles is better than nothing. Overall I felt good just hot. I need to race soon just to get the feet wet once more.

Playing with my mind ?

So today when I went out for my run I was feeling so so stiff. This has been a very common feeling as of late. As I get older I know that this is a most important thing to take care of but I also know I have been very bad about doing it. If I am to get training better for TCM this fall I need to focus in on this much more. To make things even worse It has been kind of hot as of so I have been felling real slow !! After my long run yesterday and the fact that I felt like I ran a marathon I went just a easy 5 miles. I ran on the parkway which was nice. I feel living on the TCM course will be good as I try to play mind games with myself on the course while I train. You know get my head to the point where I feel like I can close my eyes and run strong come race day. All in all it was not a bad run. I will take it.

** Nice picture of Sonya running Grandma's marathon 2007. She is one tuff cookie.

Good run

I met up with Steve and Paul down at the MN river bottoms for the big Sunday long run. We started at 6:30am so we could miss the heavy day time heat. The trail was in great shape, the bugs where not bad, and the temp was ok. With all that we got out a little harder than I thought we would but I was just driving the pace. We went out like 9 miles then looped back. I was a bit tired from the pace I set comming back and felt like I was slowing down but we ended up like comming back 3 min's faster !!! Maybe I am not in that bad of shape after all. I was nice to run with those guys down there. I love the trails.