connect.garmin.com/activity/131953344
my plan called for an easy run. my wife's called for two miles. perfect! we ran together. the plan was to run to main street and back and then out and back again, but when we got to main, we changed plans and went for a bit more looping route. we had a great time. my wife ran the whole time even up the hills that would until recently have made her stop to walk. she's going to do great at saturday's race. can't wait!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
God will finish what he started...
“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God.” (Philippians 1:3-11, NIV)
I love the good news Paul starts his letter with. If you are a believer, God is working to make you more and more like Jesus. It may seem like things go well for a while and then everything falls apart. You stumble carelessly into some stupid trap of the devil and feel miserable. “Ugh! Not again!”
Fear not! God has not given up on you. Not by a long shot. He sees the end and he’s not frustrated in the least. He’s still at work and he won’t quit!
Let me remind you of God’s promise to his children. These words apply to you if you’ve put your faith in Jesus. “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
That’s awesome news, right? What God started in you, he’ll finish! Keep entrusting yourself to him! When you fall down, get back up!
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4.01 miles in 33:53
connect.garmin.com/activity/131675909
no lazing around today. i got up before my alarm went off at 5:00, got dressed and headed out the door...after checking dailymile and snooping around facebook a bit. (confession is good for the soul.)
i walked a block and then started my warm up. i ran a little over a mile to the track at pratt high and then started in immediately on my 6 x 200m workout. the "sprints" were supposed to be at 800m pace, so i didn't kill myself and was able to run between each of them.
i did all six of them and then ran right out the gate and home by a slightly different route. the mile or so i did on the streets was a great cool down.
no lazing around today. i got up before my alarm went off at 5:00, got dressed and headed out the door...after checking dailymile and snooping around facebook a bit. (confession is good for the soul.)
i walked a block and then started my warm up. i ran a little over a mile to the track at pratt high and then started in immediately on my 6 x 200m workout. the "sprints" were supposed to be at 800m pace, so i didn't kill myself and was able to run between each of them.
i did all six of them and then ran right out the gate and home by a slightly different route. the mile or so i did on the streets was a great cool down.
Monday, November 28, 2011
3.10 miles in 35:56
connect.garmin.com/activity/131615605
i was a lazy bum this morning. i woke up before my alarm went off at 5:00, got up, reset it for 6:00 and went back to bed. don't be hatin' me now. you'd have done the same thing if you were faced with a 6 x 200m workout.
instead of this hard workout, i ran a 5K with my wife tonight. we dropped our daughter off at piano lessons, walked a bit and then ran the entire rudolph run route without a single break! i was (and am) so proud of my wife for gutting it out. this is the first time i can remember her not taking at least one short walk. she's ready for this saturday's race. hope she does even better!
i was a lazy bum this morning. i woke up before my alarm went off at 5:00, got up, reset it for 6:00 and went back to bed. don't be hatin' me now. you'd have done the same thing if you were faced with a 6 x 200m workout.
instead of this hard workout, i ran a 5K with my wife tonight. we dropped our daughter off at piano lessons, walked a bit and then ran the entire rudolph run route without a single break! i was (and am) so proud of my wife for gutting it out. this is the first time i can remember her not taking at least one short walk. she's ready for this saturday's race. hope she does even better!
Saturday, November 26, 2011
10.38 miles in 1:29:41
connect.garmin.com/activity/130997373
i didn't set an alarm last night. i figured i'd run with the gorun group at 6:30 if i woke up on time. if not, i'd get a few hours of extra sleep and run on my own later. i woke up at 5:00, so i made the group run.
the parking lot at health strategies was empty when i got there, but a few seconds later winston pulled in followed quickly by patrick. a minute or so later, kevin showed up and then lacy and a few others. the group was probably 10 to 12 strong when we left. i didn't count.
the wind was insane, but didn't bother us much in among the houses. here and there we felt its nasty, biting teeth, but it wasn't as bad as i thought it might be.
i kept up with the group for the first few miles, then dropped back a bit. my plan was to keep them in sight so i wouldn't get lost and i pretty much succeeded at that. when they turned around, i did the same. they caught up with me and ran on by, but i somehow hung on long enough to get back to familiar territory.
i ran the route religiously until i hit central, then left it to take the shortest route back to the parking lot. it didn't cut off much. when the rest of the crew ran into the lot, i heard them say they'd run 11 miles. my shortcuts took off a half mile or so.
after stretching a bit and talking, i loaded myself up and headed back to the in-law's.
i didn't set an alarm last night. i figured i'd run with the gorun group at 6:30 if i woke up on time. if not, i'd get a few hours of extra sleep and run on my own later. i woke up at 5:00, so i made the group run.
the parking lot at health strategies was empty when i got there, but a few seconds later winston pulled in followed quickly by patrick. a minute or so later, kevin showed up and then lacy and a few others. the group was probably 10 to 12 strong when we left. i didn't count.
the wind was insane, but didn't bother us much in among the houses. here and there we felt its nasty, biting teeth, but it wasn't as bad as i thought it might be.
i kept up with the group for the first few miles, then dropped back a bit. my plan was to keep them in sight so i wouldn't get lost and i pretty much succeeded at that. when they turned around, i did the same. they caught up with me and ran on by, but i somehow hung on long enough to get back to familiar territory.
i ran the route religiously until i hit central, then left it to take the shortest route back to the parking lot. it didn't cut off much. when the rest of the crew ran into the lot, i heard them say they'd run 11 miles. my shortcuts took off a half mile or so.
after stretching a bit and talking, i loaded myself up and headed back to the in-law's.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
3.10 miles in 22:49
connect.garmin.com/activity/130649898
happy thanksgiving, everyone! i rolled out of bed this morning around 9:00 and hit the streets of wichita near my in-law's house. i walked a half mile or so south and then turned around and ran for all i was worth in an attempt to be a bit more competitive in this year's "feed the turkey" 5K. i had to do better in order to beat Ray J. and Brian A.
i ran up seneca for half a block and then turned into the parking lot at the baseball diamond. i ran across the lot and then along the sidewalks to the south high parking lot. i turned north and ran up to 33rd.
turning west on 33rd, i ran back and forth for a mile or so, circled around the block and then, toward the end of my 5K, turned north to finish near "home".
i hit stop at 3.1 miles with a time of 22:49. not 100% sure, but this may be a PR. i'll have to go look. i know it's only the second time i've been under 23 minutes. i guess we'll see in a while whether that's good enough to beat ray and brian!
happy thanksgiving, everyone! i rolled out of bed this morning around 9:00 and hit the streets of wichita near my in-law's house. i walked a half mile or so south and then turned around and ran for all i was worth in an attempt to be a bit more competitive in this year's "feed the turkey" 5K. i had to do better in order to beat Ray J. and Brian A.
i ran up seneca for half a block and then turned into the parking lot at the baseball diamond. i ran across the lot and then along the sidewalks to the south high parking lot. i turned north and ran up to 33rd.
turning west on 33rd, i ran back and forth for a mile or so, circled around the block and then, toward the end of my 5K, turned north to finish near "home".
i hit stop at 3.1 miles with a time of 22:49. not 100% sure, but this may be a PR. i'll have to go look. i know it's only the second time i've been under 23 minutes. i guess we'll see in a while whether that's good enough to beat ray and brian!
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