connect.garmin.com/activity/158460124
i came home for lunch and my wife was dressed to run. i asked if she'd already run. when she said she hadn't, i offered to run with her. i changed quickly and we were off. we walked to the highway then started running.
it was a bit warmer than what we were used to...and humid! ugh! we ran almost a mile, walked for a bit, ran some more, walked a bit throughout the run.
when we got back to school street, i decided i'd better go on or i'd be late getting back to work. i sprinted up the hill and ran on to the house where i showered quickly, grabbed some portable food and headed back to my office.
Friday, March 16, 2012
3.10 miles in 24:29
connect.garmin.com/activity/158391521
"man, those things are bright!" says the man backing out of his driveway of my knuckle lights.
"that's the idea," says i. "i want to be seen." a great conversation for a foggy morning, don't you think?
i woke up late this morning - late for me is 7:00ish - since everyone else is off for the day and won't be bothering me about breakfast. i got dressed quickly for a run and hit the streets. my back, which has been bothering me almost all week, was a little twingey at first, but it settled down as i warmed up.
since it was dark and foggy, i decided to stay close to home and run on streets that are less heavily traveled. today that meant running the same loop three times plus a little to get in a 5K. my splits were all negative - 8:14, 7:55, 7:35 and 7:19 for the last tenth. i was running pretty hard at the end and enjoyed a little puking episode immediately after stopping my garmin. thankfully, it was just one little heave in the gutter and it was over. you wanted to know that right?
since i had plenty of time left before work, i took an especially long walk to cool down. i picked up a few cans for our church's collection along the way - we use the money from recycling them to send kids to camp every summer - and in the last block a little trash. why do people litter? grrrr!
"man, those things are bright!" says the man backing out of his driveway of my knuckle lights.
"that's the idea," says i. "i want to be seen." a great conversation for a foggy morning, don't you think?
i woke up late this morning - late for me is 7:00ish - since everyone else is off for the day and won't be bothering me about breakfast. i got dressed quickly for a run and hit the streets. my back, which has been bothering me almost all week, was a little twingey at first, but it settled down as i warmed up.
since it was dark and foggy, i decided to stay close to home and run on streets that are less heavily traveled. today that meant running the same loop three times plus a little to get in a 5K. my splits were all negative - 8:14, 7:55, 7:35 and 7:19 for the last tenth. i was running pretty hard at the end and enjoyed a little puking episode immediately after stopping my garmin. thankfully, it was just one little heave in the gutter and it was over. you wanted to know that right?
since i had plenty of time left before work, i took an especially long walk to cool down. i picked up a few cans for our church's collection along the way - we use the money from recycling them to send kids to camp every summer - and in the last block a little trash. why do people litter? grrrr!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Strange moments...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Mascot madness...
Every camera was focused on the players of Western KentuckyUniversity as they erased a 16-point deficit in the final five minutes of their
“First Four” game against Mississippi Valley State. The commentators yelled
their excitement in the final seconds, trying to be heard above the screaming
of the Hilltopper’s fans! March madness at its best!
Off air, another kind of athlete was revving things up,
egging the delirious fans on. Big Red, WKU’s big, round, likeable mascot was
strutting its stuff. “I consider myself a world-class dancer,” Red boasted in a
post-game interview with dailymile. “You
have to be athletic to do the stuff I do!”
During the regular season Big Red puts on quite a show at
WKU’s home games. Its dancing prowess is complemented with crowd-surfing
skills, high-flying dunks and repeated runs up and down the steps of Diddle
Arena. “I have to get to those Hilltopper fans,” Big Red reported. “And if you
don’t think you have to be athletic to crowd surf, try it yourself.”
Asked about its training plan, the mascot shrugged its
shoulders. “I don’t really have a training program. You either have it or you
don’t.” Big Red has it for sure, claiming to be more athletic than JeremyEvans, former Hilltopper, who now plays for the NBA’s Utah Jazz. “I can throw
down food as well as Jeremy Evans throws down dunks!” Red brags.
Truth be told, however, the Hilltoppers mascot’s supposed
athletic dominance is occasionally called into question. Big Red went up for a
slam dunk at a home basketball game and its feet flew out from under it. The
furry creature crashed to the court on its back. At first, the fans thought it
was a joke and laughed. They quieted when it took their beloved mascot awhile
to get back up.
The toughest part of being a mascot, according to Red, is
having to turn down appearances due to other obligations. Not that it’s a
problem most of the time. The red thing has super powers. “I’m like Santa Claus,”
it said. “I can be several places in a short time frame.” Like St. Nick, Big
Red has to deal with being mobbed by kids. “When I visit local schools, I
sometimes ‘borrow’ items to put in my mouth, and forget they're in there. That
gets me in trouble every time.”
No one knows now whether the 16th-seed
Hilltoppers will put up another “W” against the 1st-seed University
of Kentucky Wildcats in the first round of the big dance. One thing that’s
sure, though, Big Red will be there cycling or rollerblading or stair-climbing or
dancing to rile up the WKU fans! And those Hilltoppers will show their
appreciation their favorite off-camera athlete with raucous cheering!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
1.38 miles in 14:52
connect.garmin.com/activity/157751916
my wife wanted to run this evening, so we went out for an interval workout. she'd read about them and wanted to give them a try. we warmed up by walking for a bit and then running a few blocks at an easy pace. we did six one block sprints with two blocks of walking or easy running between, finishing at home. we walked to cool down.
my wife wanted to run this evening, so we went out for an interval workout. she'd read about them and wanted to give them a try. we warmed up by walking for a bit and then running a few blocks at an easy pace. we did six one block sprints with two blocks of walking or easy running between, finishing at home. we walked to cool down.
Monday, March 12, 2012
4.25 miles in 37:39
connect.garmin.com/activity/157251546
it feels good to be running again...really good. i didn't do
anything fancy this morning. i just ran at an easy pace through the fog. the
knuckle lights came in handy. i'm sure i avoided close calls with a couple of
cars when they saw the bouncing lights.
for the next week or two or three, i'm only going to run
three or maybe four days. i don't want to do too much too soon and end up
injured again. once the base is back and my achilles is closer to 100%, i'll
pick up the pace and add miles...lots of them!
i'm thankful i still have eight months to prepare for the
run for missions 100-miler.
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